07x14 - The Espada Gather! Aizen's Royal Assembly

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Orihime has been abductedby the Arrancars.

In order to save her,Ichigo, Ishida, and Sado

have marched into Hueco Mundo,the world of the Hollows.

The first place that Ichigo and his friendscame to upon exiting the Garganta

was an underground passageway.

Afterwards, Ichigo and his friendsencounter many traps placed there,

and new Arrancarsappear before them.

Where are you intruders going?

This is my new spirit bow¦

Ginreikojaku.

Is that all you've got?

That's impossible!

Sorry¦

I really don't like finishing off enemieswho don't have any will to fight.

But it seems that this time...

I can't be so soft.

El...Directo.

It's over.

Chad¦

Crap¦

Damn human¦

I told you that I wasa Quincy, Arrancar.

The reason I haven't exterminated youis so you can tell Aizen that

Soul Reapers aren't the oneshe should truly be afraid of¦

It's Quincies!

What?!

What's this?! What's going on?!

It's collapsing!

That's because you guys overdid it!

Who's the one who was going onabout how we were underground?!

You're wrong.

Huh?

This room is made this way.

We guard this place¦

If there are people who aretrying to sneak into Las Noches,

we are to eliminate them.

If we lose, we are to disappearalong with this room.

Remember that, humans.

These are the sort of peopleyou're fighting against.

There is no end to this battle.

There is no victory for you.

Anyway, let's get out of here!Quickly!

œBe afraid, huh?

That's a pretty extreme claim, Quincy.But you've got one thing wrong¦

Lord Aizen fears nothing.

That is why we gather before him.We were born out of fear.

To us, his fearless pace isas bright as the moonlight.

We managed to get out¦

Aw man, I feel gross!

So this...is Hueco Mundo?

It's a pretty lonely place, isn't it?

There's nothing here...It's completely white.

There are plants here¦They're withered, though.

No, this is¦

It's made out ofsomething like quartz.

H-Hey!

What's wrong?

Th-This is¦

A castle¦ A palace?

So that's the place that guywas talking about, Las Noches.

It's huge¦

It's hard to tell howfar away we are from it.

I'm glad we're at a distance wherewe can see it in its entirety.

Does being able to see itmake a difference?

It's comforting.

A lot more thannot being able to see it.

That's right.

I don't care either way.

Anyway, it's safe to assume thatInoue's somewhere in there, right?

Probably¦

There doesn't seem to beanywhere else they could hide her.

Right¦

Let's run¦

If we wait around,we might get into another fight.

It seems we have intruders.

Intruders?

Underground Path collapsed.

Twenty two?!

They've broken intoa pretty far off place!

Indeed¦

It would have been interesting

if they had broken intothe room with the Hogyoku.

That would be great!

Shut up!

I'm tired¦ Don't talk so loudly.

Good morning, Espada.

We have an enemy attack.

Shall we have some tea first?

It's nice that we can clearly seewhat we're headed towards,

but it's pretty far away.

Yeah¦

We can see it¦We'll get there sooner or later.

Yeah¦

It doesn't seem likewe're getting any closer.

That just means thatit's pretty far away.

You said that yourself earlier!

Well, that's true¦

Say¦

What is it this time?!

Nothing¦ I was just going tosay that it really is far away.

You don't have to talk so loudly.

Put up with it and just run!

We don't know whenthe enemy will attack!

It's problematic if youdon't concentrate more!

You've been actingunusually condescendingly

since we've arrived here.

That's not true!

I'm just telling you to bea little more cautious!

Yeah, yeah¦

What's wrong?Are you tired, Chad?

What about it?It's just some wind, right?

No¦

Wh-What's this?

It's a sand storm!

Or rather, a tornado!

I doesn't matter what it is!Run away!

“ It's no good!“ Grab on to something!

Crap! Is this one of their traps?!

I don't know!

There's the possibility thatit's just a natural phenomenon!

Anyway, don't let go!

What's going to happen to us?!

H-Huh?

What's this?Are things this quiet in a tornado?

It can't be¦

Then what's the meaning of this?

I thought so!This is a Spiritual Partition!

A Spiritual Partition?!

That thing we used whenwe went to save Rukia?!

Why is it here now?

Ever since then, I carried arounda miniature spirit core with me

in the event thatsomething like this happened!

œIn the event? Who are you?!

Shut up, Kurosaki!

Thanks to me, you're safe.

You haven't even thanked me.You've got no right to complain.

Why are you actingso triumphantly?!

Anyway, where didyou get that from?!

Oh!

Don't tell me that youswiped it from Kukaku's place¦

How rude!

I received it from Kukaku!

Yeah, yeah, I know¦

Just kidding. Just kidding¦

What's with that attitude?!

If you don't like this,do you want to go outside?!

Do you have to goas far as to say that?!

Yeah, I do!

Ichigo!

What is it, Chad?

You shouldn't disturbIshida's concentration.

Whoa! A crack!Hey, do something!

There's no point in telling me that¦

I haven't learned how to repair it!

Crap¦ I haven't used itsince that time before.

I should have studied ita little more!

You good-for-nothing!

Speak for yourself!

Chad, don't be rash!

Stop!

You saved us¦

That was a little crazy, though.

Thank you, Sado.

It's all right.

Huh? What?

Has everyone been served?

Now then¦ Have a drink andlisten to what I have to say.

Kaname, the images.

Yes.

There are three intruders:

Uryu Ishida¦

Yasutora Sado¦

Ichigo Kurosaki¦

Are these

our enemies?

What's this?

You said that the enemywas attacking,

so I wondered what they were like,but they're still just kids.

They're not very exciting at all.

Don't underestimate them¦

They're humans who wereonce called Ryoka.

The four of them charged intoSoul Society by themselves,

and battled the ThirteenCourt Guard Squads.

Four? One is missing.

Where's the last one?

It's Orihime Inoue.

Oh?

So they've come tosave their friend, huh?

Who cares? They look weak.

Weren't you listening?

Huh?

Lord Aizen just told usnot to underestimate them.

I didn't mean it like that¦

Are you scared?

What did you say?!

Where are you going, Grimmjow?

I'm going to go and k*ll them!

Shouldn't we squash pests thatcome in sooner rather than later?

Lord Aizen still hasn'tgiven any orders.

Return to your seat.

I'm going to go andcrush them for Lord Aizen!

Grimmjow¦

Yes.

I'm glad that you're taking actionfor me, but I'm still talking.

Could you return toyour seat for now?

What's wrong?

I don't hear a response,Grimmjow Jeagerjaques!

I see. It seems likeyou understand.

Espada!

As you can see,we have three enemies.

You mustn't underestimate them,

but there's no need tomake a fuss about them.

All of you are to returnto your own palaces

and do as you always do.

Don't be arrogant or impatient.

Just sit and wait for the enemy.

Don't be afraid.

No matter what happens,

as long as you're with methey're no match for us!

Crap! No matter how much we run,I don't feel like we're getting any closer!

Is that palace really there?!

Looking closely¦

That crystal tree looksas small as a needle.

If it looks like that from this distance,then in contrast,

doesn't that mean that the palaceand everything else is terrifyingly huge?

I-It's not actually a mirageor something, is it?

It's not a mirage.

We can't see mirages here.

To make things easier,should I explain how mirages work?

You don't need to!

When I came here I thought this wasa world of death with nothing in it.

But surprisingly there are small animals.They're Hollows, though.

Huh?

Don't Hollows mainlyeat human souls?

I wonder what theselittle guys survive on here.

Here in Hueco Mundo,the reishi density in the air is pretty thick.

The smaller Hollows probably getthe nutrition they need just by breathing.

The reishi density in the air?!

You can tell that?!

The Quincies are a tribe that fightsby using the reishi around them.

We function better whenthe reishi is denser!

I confirmed it in my last battle.

If I can get a knack for it,

I should be able to displaymy powers better here

than in the World of the Livingor in Soul Society.

Oh? That's pretty convenient.

You function better whenthere's more reishi.

You're like a Hollow!

What?!

Soul Reapers are like that, too!

Huh? I'm different¦

Just you!

Kuchiki recovered her spiritual powerin Soul Society!

Maybe there's somethingwrong with Rukia.

Anyway, the fact that there'sa high reishi density

means that not only I benefit,but the Arrancars do as well.

I don't know how many HollowsAizen has turned into Arrancars

or how many he controls.

But even if he doesn't control them,

we're still enemies as well asfood for the Arrancars.

The reishi is densehere in Hueco Mundo,

so even if we seean ordinary-looking Hollow,

we should assume thatit's much stronger than it looks.

We must observe them carefully...

You've been talking too long!

Let's move on!

There you go again,as soon as I start talking!

Shut up¦

You can keep talking!

Let's go, Chad!

Wait!

“ Wha--?!“ Wha--?!

A human?!

Could it be that there areother humans aside from us?!

That can't be¦

Think about that later!Let's go save her!

Ladies and gentlemen,

were you able to match the faces ofthe Espada to their respective numbers?

I'm ten and Grimmjow is¦Huh?

At times like this,use this quick memorization chart.

Ah! This is convenient!

Here, here! Give one to me!

I won't give one to a Soul Reaper.

ARRANCAR ENCYCLOPEDIA

The Arrancar Encyclopedia.

Today, I shall tell youabout Hueco Mundo.

HUECO MUNDO

This is the world in which the Hollows live.

It's always night here.

It's a pretty barren place withwhite sand deserts and withered trees.

There isn't even any water.

Huh?

Then what about that tea earlier?

Shall I tell you the secret, Gin?

It seems like there's a high priceto pay for it, so I'll pass.

That's unfortunate.