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Chapter 199 Manipulation and Huge Sums

"Ok?"

Just as Guan Yi used the modified Black Coffin and Geo Weiger's Resurrection Blade, hundreds of miles away in Hueco Mundo, Barragan, who was raising a chess piece, paused and looked over as if sensing something.

"What is it, Your Majesty?" asked Fendor Kyrias, the subordinate official opposite him, bowing his head.

Barragán narrowed his eyes slightly, and after two seconds placed a chess piece down: "Continue, ignore it."

The unusual and intense spiritual pressure seemed to belong not to Hollows, but to Shinigami.

But Barragan, as the oldest Hollow, has seen everything. He is just a Shinigami who has accidentally entered Hueco Mundo and is not worth Barragan's special attention. If Barragan is his subordinate and cannot even handle this, then he has no value in following Barragan.

Moreover, other individuals sensed the collision of spiritual pressure and were rushing over there.

It was a figure that moved like a cheetah, with light blue tousled hair, sky blue eyes, a few strands of hair hanging down in front of his forehead, lake-green eyeshadow patterns, and an extremely sturdy build.

After being destroyed, the remaining Hollow mask is attached to the right cheek in a tooth-like pattern, and there is a number tattoo on the lower right side of the lower back - '6'.

It is none other than the 6th Espada, Grimmjow!

“A very strong, unfamiliar spiritual pressure fluctuation, a Shinigami? And another spiritual pressure seems familiar, it looks like one of that old man's subordinates from Hueco Mundo…”

Let me see what's going on!
Rushing to the location from which the spiritual pressure fluctuations came, Grimmjow's eyes were met with a desolate crater ravaged by a fierce battle.

But the spiritual pressure that had been so clearly clashing just half a minute ago seemed to vanish into thin air, without any trace of its origin or destination. Grimmjow knelt forward on one knee, stood at the edge of the deep pit, frowning as he peered in. A few seconds later, his sky-blue pupils flashed as he looked toward the center of the desolate pit.

Poof - poof -

The sand was stirred up, and Geo Weiger, who was buried deep in the sand, stood up in a sorry state, with sand falling from his body like a torrential rain and spitting out sand from his mouth.

The golden eyes scanned the area, seemingly finding no enemy, then paused briefly on Grimmjow, gritting its teeth and growling, "Escaped? Death!"

He then used Resonance to return towards Las Noches. Grimmjow, who had been almost completely ignored, grimaced in annoyance and simultaneously activated Resonance to block Geo Weig's path.

"Hey, Saber-toothed Tiger, didn't that old guy from Hueco Mundo teach you basic manners? What just happened here?"

“Grimmjow, show some respect to His Majesty!” Geo Wieger shouted.

“Your Majesty?” Grimmjow scoffed meaningfully, too lazy to argue with this loyal dog of Barragan, and directly placed his hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist, saying, “Perhaps I need to teach you how to respect your superiors, besides… I just saved your life, you bastard, didn’t I?”

In Grimmjow's view, the clash between Geo Weiger and the invading Shinigami clearly resulted in Geo Weiger's defeat. After all, although Geo Weiger pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, only appearing somewhat disheveled, his chaotic and weak spiritual pressure could not escape his perception.

If his arrival hadn't startled the owner of that spiritual pressure, Geo Weig would have been killed!
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Geo Weiger's face showed struggle and displeasure. After a moment, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Sixth Espada, a guy who looks like a Shinigami captain has infiltrated Hueco Mundo and just ambushed me here. His whereabouts are currently unknown. Please do not block my way. I need to go to His Majesty as soon as possible to report and apologize."

"Ha, that kind of strength, so it really is Captain Death?" Grimmjow's face showed an excited smile: "Hey, Sabertooth, you're not so useless that you don't even know roughly where he went, are you?"

Geo Wieg hesitated for a moment, then pointed southwest. Grimmjow, unsuspecting, activated his Cyclone and flashed off in that direction.

He didn't notice the deep fear that flashed in Geo Wieger's eyes when he looked up!
Why is this happening? What did that Grim Reaper do to me?! Why can't I control my body and my words anymore! Damn it—"

His body moved on its own again, returning towards Hueco Mundo, much to Geo Weiger's shock and anger.

'No! This can't be done!'

What does that Grim Reaper want to use me for?!

I cannot betray His Majesty!
However, after a brief pause and struggle, Geo Weiger's expression returned to normal, and he went to Hueco Mundo to apologize to Barragan.

……

[Hit Value +1577]

The Spirit Binding Technique was successfully activated, but the Hollows at the Arrancar level showed remarkable resilience in their resistance.

Since acquiring the ability to summon spirits and command generals a year ago, Guan Yi has entered and exited the mortal realm seventeen times.

The Hollows he used to practice controlling spirits grew stronger with each attempt, from approaching the level of a Hollow, to becoming Gillians, then controlling Gillians to devour each other, evolving into an Adjuchas, and now, a Spirit-Binding Arrancar.

Through countless experiments, his Death God version of Spirit Binding has been fully developed, and with the assistance of the Great Luo Insight, he has found, or rather confirmed, the flaws in the illusory body.

The void within its body, the Hollow Void! Even an Adjuchas, or even an Arrancar-level Hollow, has an incomplete soul and will if it possesses a Hollow Void. Exploiting this deficiency, by using the Spirit Binding Technique to invade the Hollow's core, Guan Yi can control its actions!
However, this was the first time he had controlled a Hollow at the Arrancar level. Even though he had made prior arrangements and severely injured Geo Weig, the struggle he faced was unprecedented. He didn't know how long he could maintain control or whether his plan would be exposed.

As for the other way of using Spirit Binding and Commanding, Spirit Consumption, after testing, Guan Yi discovered that its consumption limit is only up to the level of Void below the Great Void level.

At the level of Gillian, Hollows possess a strong sense of self-will. If they want to consume and digest their spiritual pressure, the obstacles are too great, and it is easy for their own spiritual pressure to be affected.

He will only attempt to consume a stronger Hollow if he no longer worries about being detected by Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi and prepares to master Hollowfication.

This level is already sufficient. With the assistance of spirit-summoning, Guan Yi's spiritual pressure has at least doubled in the past year.

"Did it attract Grimmjow? But let's not think about targeting Espada-level Arrancar for now."

At this moment, Guan Yi had returned to the real world and was heading back to Urahara Store. As he got off the intercity bus, a black cat that had been waiting for him leaped onto his shoulder.

"Huh? Mr. Yoruichi?" Guan Yi immediately showed a surprised expression: "Is there some important work at the shop? Why are you waiting for me here?"

"Are you really unaware, or are you pretending?" Yoruichi said. "When you left the shop earlier, I was following behind you. You should have noticed, right? Why did you deliberately shake me off? Did you get a girlfriend? No, that's not right..."

Her cat-like face revealed a gossipy expression, and she leaned close to Guan Yi's ear and said, "It's just about getting a girlfriend, there's no need to hide it."

In the past two years, there have been more and more "those" shops in Japan, and it's normal for a child your age to be tempted. However, going there every ten days or so is too frequent!

"That kind of shop?" Guan Yi was stunned for a moment before realizing what she meant, and quickly said, "No, no! How could I possibly go to a place like that! I..."

He hurriedly explained, but Yoruichi maintained a strange expression that said, "Don't hide it, I understand."

Guan Yi hesitated for a moment, then took out the 'new' phone from his pocket and said, "Mr. Yoruichi, I have something to show you. Don't tell Manager Urahara, well, it's best not to."

"what?"

Yoruichi glanced over and saw a message: a display of her bank deposit balance!
"Huh? One, ten, hundred... hundred billion? More than 123.5 billion yen?!"

As the count unfolded, a look of shock gradually appeared on her cat's face. This amount was more than she and Kisuke Urahara had saved over the past hundred years!

"You...this is yours..."

“Mr. Yoruichi, you know I have the ability to tell fortunes,” Guan Yi said. “The initial capital was 100 million yen given to me by the shop manager a year ago, and most of the rest was won through sports betting and stocks.”

This is the balance after I've made quite a few donations; my total income should be several times that... You know, this kind of money-grabbing method sometimes gets me into trouble, and I have to deal with it.”

"...You're really something." Yoruichi exclaimed, "Why did you keep this from Kisuke? Do you think Kisuke and I could stop you from getting rich?"

Guan Yi said helplessly, "Mr. Ye Yi, you know the manager best. If he finds out about this, I won't care if he deducts a little from my salary, but what if he says my principal came from him and asks me for a share of the profits?"

Yoruichi pursed her lips.

You know what, Kisuke really is capable of doing something like that.

Forget Kisuke, I'd love to rob him myself! This kid's become a tycoon without me even realizing it!

Just then, Guan Yi's phone rang. Guan Yi answered, "Hello, it's me, Guo Yan. Yes, is it convenient to talk? The Brazil vs. Italy game, yes, have you placed 100,000 bets?"

Okay, okay, don't bet too much. The odds for this match are too high; if you bet any more, it'll make the news. Alright, thank you for keeping an eye on things over there.

After hanging up the phone, Guan Yi said to Ye Yidao, "Guo Yan is an old friend of mine from when I was in China. Now she is my agent and partner."

Guan Yi, who was well-prepared, gave a flawless explanation for his disappearance in Hueco Mundo.

At least Yoruichi thought it made sense.

So she just twitched her cat paw and said, "Not telling Kisuke is fine, but..."

I need to see if you're sincere!

Guan Yi sighed: "Ten billion?"

"Very generous," Nightfall said, pointing to the cat.

The two parties have reached a deal!
(End of this chapter)