In Soul Society, I just want to retire

"By the way, besides being able to call other people's names, what other characteristics does that Hollow have? If you think of anything, please be sure to tell me. This matter is really important to me." Aizen said.

Ryuko had a troubled expression on his face.

She also heard the news from hearsay.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know." Aizen closed his eyes and rested.

Now we have two pieces of information in total.

First, this creature is likely intelligent, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Intelligence and the ability to communicate also make it easier to be deceived. While humans can guess what other people are thinking, they can never fathom a cat's.

Second: The only activity area of ​​this Xu was this brothel, and the people who were eaten were all women. Why was that?

Void is the transformation of human soul.

After a person becomes a vagrant, he will only retain some instincts, and lose almost 90% of his life experience and memories.

But there is still a small part left, and they still retain the obsession they had in their lifetime.

The simplest example is Sal Apollo.

Before his death, Sal Apollo was an alchemist who liked to use humans as test subjects to study various taboos.

The people killed by Sar Apollo turned into void because of their obsession with revenge and tried to kill Sar Apollo in return. However, they never expected that Sar Apollo devoured his brother's soul and also turned into void, killing all the avengers.

After becoming Xu, he continued his research when he was alive and became a crazy scientist who liked to study all kinds of life.

Aizen narrowed his eyes. If this logic was followed, this Hollow might have had some very bad memories with the women in the brothel when he was alive. These things had become his obsession, so after becoming a Hollow, this person would continue to kill the employees of the brothel.

If that's the case, the Void will easily come out on its own as long as there is a bait.

"Miss Ryuko, would you be willing to do me a favor?" Aizen suddenly asked: "Only you can help me with this matter."

Ryuko originally thought that this was a rather aloof child, but when he heard the other party begging him, he looked at Aizen with interest: "Why do you want me to help you? You must give me a reason."

Aizen had a sincere smile on his face: "After all, Miss Ryuko is the kindest girl. Only the most beautiful girl can help me."

These words made Liuzi very happy.

"No problem, leave it to me. I'll help you no matter what it is." Liuzi said happily.

then……

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

Ryuko asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Aizen... what... what are you going to do?"

I saw Liuzi hanging on a big tree with her whole body tied up, only her head was exposed. It was impossible for her, a weak woman, to escape.

"Do you like this kind of play? Put your sister down first, and we can discuss it together." Liuzi said in a trembling voice.

Aizen was very calm: "If my guess is correct, that Hollow must really like to eat the women in the brothel, and the more beautiful the women, the more he likes them. As the oiran, Ryuko-sister will reluctantly act as bait to lure the Hollow out."

Liuzi's face turned pale. What he meant was that he had become a bait?

"Wait, Aizen, what if the Hollow eats me? Are you sure you can protect me?" Ryuko asked.

Aizen smiled even brighter: "Don't worry, I am absolutely sure to protect you. Of course, if... if you die, I will definitely remember you."

What's up with this super unreliable answer?

Liuzi suddenly felt that this child didn't seem so cute anymore.

Chapter 17: Troubled Times

What happens to the bait? Although Liuzi has never fished before, he knows that once a fish takes the bait, it will definitely be eaten by the fish.

You look so cute, why can you do such a cruel thing?

"Help! I don't want to be the bait! How about I give you money? I don't want to be eaten?" Ryuko kept crying and Aizen watched with great satisfaction.

A loud cry means the bait is fresh and healthy, which is how you catch big fish.

"Come on! Cry louder, maybe the Hollow can hear you." Aizen said with narrowed eyes.

Liuzi was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak loudly.

What sins did I commit in my previous life?

The night was very dark today, with almost no stars or moon in the sky. After shouting for a while, Liuzi's voice became hoarse, and he didn't see Xu. He thought that Xu might not come back to eat him tonight. Just as he relaxed, Liuzi felt something coming from the darkness.

"Aizen... are you asleep? I feel like something is coming. Let me go quickly, Aizen! Are you there?" Ryuko looked at the endless darkness and felt that his psychological endurance was almost reaching its limit.

"Crack!"

There was a crisp sound.

It was the subtle sound of branches being stepped on.

Something was coming over, and judging by the sound of its footsteps, it was very large.

Ryuko was speechless due to the intense fear.

I could only close my eyes in fear and deceive myself that as long as I couldn't see, the things in the dark would not hurt me.

Then she felt something cold and sticky brushing against her face.

She was very familiar with the touch, very similar to a tongue.

Although she had been licked by many tongues before, the creatures in the dark still made her feel extremely frightened.

"Another bitch!" A dull and hoarse voice appeared right in front of Liuzi.

Liuzi closed his eyes tightly.

"What I like to eat most is bitches like you. None of you are good." In the darkness, the monster opened its bloody mouth.

Suddenly, the lights came on.

The sudden brightness made Xu and Ryuko very uncomfortable, and they quickly covered their eyes with their hands.

Because Ryuko was tied up, she couldn't cover her eyes, and that's why she saw the whole picture of the Hollow.

If I had to describe it in one word, it would be disgusting.

It looked like a giant toad, with white pustules all over its back and face, a long scarlet tongue, and a white bone mask on its face.

The light not far away was the lantern that Aizen was holding.

"As expected, he appeared. Can you tell me why you only eat women who work in brothels?" Aizen looked at the Hollow in front of him calmly.

"Who are you? A god of death, or something else?" Hollow's pupils shrank because he saw the Zanpakuto in Aizen's hand.

"No, I'm not a true Shinigami yet." Aizen said gently.

Kyon looked at Aizen warily. He was just a boy of eleven or twelve years old and shouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

"I'm very curious about what kind of life experience could make you degenerate into a Hollow." Aizen seemed to be running in his own garden, not taking the other person seriously at all.

Toad Xu becomes very painful when he talks about his life experiences.

"What do you know, a young boy like you? You will never understand my pain." The toad roared madly.

After hearing the other party's roar, Aizen did not get nervous or angry. Instead, he said in a very gentle tone: "It is true that I cannot empathize with your pain, but it does not prevent me from being a listener. I am not a god of death, I just want to help you."

Xu's eyes rolled around and he began to doubt his ears. There was actually a normal soul helping Xu. Is there something wrong with this kid's brain?

In order to show his sincerity, Aizen threw the knife to the ground and said: "I believe that relying on killing cannot protect this world. We must understand and communicate with each other, so as to reduce pain. Tell me, what have you been through? I will definitely stand by your side."

Xu was moved by Aizen's words. It turns out that there are such kind souls in this world?

It turns out that not all the light in this world has disappeared.

He couldn't help but think back to his tragic and bizarre life.

When he was a teenager, he also had a very happy family, with parents who loved him and a lovely younger brother. When he was young, his father arranged a marriage for him.

She was a very cute and beautiful girl, and he fell deeply in love with her at first sight.

But unfortunately, he was born in a troubled time.

In troubled times, human lives were worthless. The daimyo in his area went to war with another country, and all the men were drafted into the army. When he was captured, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart that if he won on the battlefield, he could return home and continue to live his happy life.

But they lost.

The defeat was complete, and the entire battlefield was stained red with blood and limbs.

He himself didn't know how he survived. After waking up on the battlefield, he was the only one of his companions still alive. He returned home according to his memory, hoping that his family was safe.

But when he returned home, he saw another desperate scene.

Both my father and mother had their heads chopped off and hung on the beams of the house. Their bodies had been rotting for more than several months, and maggots and flies were everywhere.

When he found his brother, all that was left was a skeleton lying in the wilderness.

But he didn't see his fiancée.

At this time, there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart, praying that his fiancée was still alive.

Perhaps God heard his prayers, and he found out that his fiancée was not dead. At that time, the rebel army broke into the village, burned, killed and looted, and his fiancée was abducted by the enemy general because of her beauty.

At this point, he no longer asks for anything. He just hopes that the girl he loves is still alive and that he can find her back.

The search lasted three years.

Finally, three years later, he heard about his fiancée, who had become the top prostitute in a brothel.

Even so, he still did not give up, and after going through untold hardships, he finally arrived at the brothel.

He wants to save his beloved girl from suffering.

However, when he saw his fiancée again, he was completely shocked by the scene before him.

Three years had passed, and the originally youthful girl had become even more beautiful. The abuse and humiliation he had imagined had not occurred. The girl, now dressed in a noble kimono and beautiful jewelry, looked at him with eyes that looked at him like a dead dog. She moved her lips slightly and asked indifferently, "Who are you?"

Chapter 18: Lament

The man kept explaining and explaining.

The girl seemed to finally remember that she had a fiancé, and the two looked at each other silently.

"Qingzi, come here quickly! What are you looking at?" A man's voice came from deep inside the brothel.

Judging from his attire, the man was either a noble or a general. He was wearing a sword and had many servants around him.

"Oh! Here it comes!" Qingzi made a coquettish sound from her throat, pinched her fingers together, and tiptoed into the man's arms.

"Wait, Qingzi, you..."

Qingzi paused for a moment and looked back at the man. Years of hardship had left his face weathered. He didn't have anything valuable on him, and even his clothes had been sewn and patched over and over again.

Look at the noble in front of him, surrounded by people and wearing silk and satin.

Qingzi already had the answer in her mind as to what choice she should make. She threw herself into the nobleman's arms without any hesitation and tried her best to please him.

"Qingzi...you...you are obviously mine..."

"Baby? Do you know this man?" The noble man hugged Qingzi's body and looked at the man as if he was looking at a dog, no, even worse than a dog.

"I don't know him. Where did this beggar come from? Just give him something to eat and send him away!" Qingzi said with a smile.

The man watched helplessly as his most beloved woman fell into the arms of another man.

What greeted him was a severe beating from these low-level servants.

He only remembered that it rained heavily that day. He was beaten all over and lay in the muddy rain. He didn't know how long it had been before the rain seemed to stop. The man opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Qingzi holding an umbrella and looking at him silently.

"Aoko...come home with me!"

"Home? Are you kidding? I don't want to stay in that poor home, getting up before dawn every day to do farm work, struggling in the soil, and seeing no hope. This is where I should stay. I don't have to do anything every day. I can make a lot of money just by making those nobles happy! Let's go. We have known each other for a while, and I won't make things difficult for you. Let's go our separate ways." Qingzi said.

From this moment on, the man suddenly realized why Qingzi refused to leave with him?

Because I am poor.

If I were rich, Qingzi, you would definitely come home with me.

But how to get the money?

The man picked up some martial arts he had learned on the battlefield, sold all his belongings to buy a knife, and started a business as a killer.

Two years later, the man finally saved enough money to redeem Qingzi. During these two years, he had forgotten how many people he had killed, men, women, the elderly, children, and even pregnant women. As long as the price offered was high enough, he would show no mercy.

Moreover, in the past two years, he has transformed from a young boy who knew nothing into a cold-blooded killer.