amaotonovel Chapter 725 I Also Have Someone I Like
Chapter 725 I Also Have Someone I Like
Yuko met Yoshino's determined gaze, narrowed her eyes, and said, "Whether someone is a Grim Reaper or not depends on how you interpret it."
"I do possess the power of a Shinigami, but that's all I have. I have no connection with the Shinigami in Soul Society."
Yoshino paused for a moment, trying to find a hint of perfunctoriness on Yuko's face.
But deep down she knew that this woman had no reason to deceive her.
Fangye lowered her head, her slender fingers gripping the rim of the cup tightly, her fingertips turning white from the force.
Yuko glanced at it and said, "Don't break my cup."
“…God, I want to stop him.” Yoshino’s voice was tinged with weariness. “Although it sounds like an excuse now, today is actually the first time I’ve ever consumed the soul of a living person.”
"What do you mean?"
Yu Zi's cool voice rang out, accompanied by the crisp sound of her fingernails tapping on the cup.
“We Bounts usually only feed on the souls of the dead.” Yoshino kept his head down. “But God, Kariya has started feeding on the souls of the living. This is the only way I can stop him.”
Yuko's eyes flickered slightly, and she didn't seem to be lying.
"So, what is his purpose?"
"..." After a moment of silence, Fangye pursed her lips, "When we Bavents absorb the souls of the living, we generate a power."
"strength?"
"Yes, a force that influences space."
"Kariya wants to link Hueco Mundo with the real world."
Yuko frowned slightly: "Putting aside the question of why the difference between the souls of the dead and the living affects space, what does it mean to link Hueco Mundo and the mortal world?"
"You bavents live in the real world too, right?" Yu Zi asked, looking confused. "Or are you all a bunch of lunatics? You don't care about anything as long as you can cause trouble in the real world and do evil?"
Upon hearing Yuko's words, Yoshino suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with a hint of anger.
"certainly not!"
“Although we have always been regarded as monsters by humans, as aliens by death, and as food by Hollows.” Meeting Yuko’s cold eyes, her anger still hadn’t subsided, “we are just scavengers, barely surviving in the cracks of this world.”
She was slightly out of breath, her right hand on her chest, expressing her anger.
Angry.
Because it concerns the entire ethnic group.
Yuko wasn't angry, nor did she really have any issues with the entire Bwant tribe.
In fact, Ikuko understood after meeting Yoshino.
This Bount shouldn't be the type she understands, the kind who enjoys harming humans.
It certainly doesn't represent the whole picture.
Yoshino bit her lip, staring angrily at Yuko. Seemingly unable to see any offense in Yuko's eyes, she finally calmed down, crossed her arms, and turned her head away.
"I don't know what he's thinking...that's why I wanted to stop him..."
"To the Void, the souls of us Bounts are incredibly delicious... I don't know either."
She clenched her fist as she spoke.
She didn't understand why she had to do such a thing.
“I think so too.” Yuko stared straight at her. “Unable to control spirit particles as freely as Shinigami and Quincy, they can absorb spirit particles more easily than ordinary people. It’s no different from a walking cake.”
"But your fire toy looks quite interesting."
"...That thing called a doll is a special ability of our Bounts." Yoshino no longer hid Ikuko's thoughts.
Yuko's gaze fell on her fingers. "Is it because of that nail guard on your hand?"
Yoshino nodded slightly: "To be precise, it's an emblem."
Heraldry?
It is indeed a pattern.
"Are the other bavents the same?"
"Yes, although everyone's crests and weapons are different, they all use crests to control puppets to fight."
"When I fought you, your puppet, that one named Gaia..."
"It's Gates."
"That flame puppet named Getter seems to have its own consciousness," Yuko asked curiously. "Is that consciousness like the Zanpakuto of a Shinigami, a continuation of its master's soul?"
“No, the dolls’ consciousness is not a continuation of ours.” Yoshino pursed her lips slightly. “Although the dolls have self-awareness, they are more like hungry beasts parasitizing us.”
"If the master's mental strength is not strong enough, or if the body is severely injured and becomes weak, the puppet will take advantage of the weakness and turn against the master."
"What?" Yu Zi's expression changed slightly.
"So, the Bounts initially only acquired the puppets for self-defense," Yoshino continued, "to protect us from attacks by others, from Hollows or Shinigami."
Yuko asked with some curiosity, "How did you manage to control the puppets?"
"contract."
“Our souls are different from ordinary people’s. When our spiritual power grows to a certain level, we can form a contract with a doll. That is a special ability that belongs to us Bounts.”
Yuko sighed, "Special ability? That's a bit of a shame."
As expected, it was a difference in bloodline, no, in soul, like that of the Quincy.
Fangye paused for a moment: "What's a pity?"
Yuko replied matter-of-factly, "Don't you think those toys are interesting?"
“…Toys.” Yoshino clenched her fists.
Just how outrageous is this person?
“Dolls are dangerous to Bount, but they are also important partners, not toys as you say.” Yoshino bit her lip. “If you’re only asking me these questions to control the dolls, then you’ve got the wrong idea.”
Yuko's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile: "You seem to have your own dignity... no, the dignity of the Bavent clan."
“Of course!” Yoshino said excitedly, “We’ve always been trying to integrate into human society. We’re human too!”
"Human?"
Yoshino hesitated for a moment: "We, the Bavents, are a race that suddenly appeared in the world at some unknown time."
"Ok?"
Fangye clenched her fists: "We were just ordinary humans originally, but at some point, we suddenly mutated."
"Moreover, we cannot obtain love, nor can we nurture life."
Fangye slowly loosened her clenched hands, raised her head, and looked at him with a hint of sadness in her eyes.
"Slowly, they are a race destined to disappear."
Yuko's fingers, which had been tapping the rim of her cup, unconsciously stopped: "You mean... the Bount in that mansion..."
“Well, we’re probably the last Bounts in this world.” Yoshino smiled sadly. “That’s why God wanted to bring everyone together this time.”
Despite possessing the ability to live forever, their numbers were fixed from the very beginning.
Such a race is bound to perish.
After all, immortality doesn't mean you won't die.
Death Gods, humans, and Hollows—whenever they clash, casualties are inevitable.
It's already quite remarkable that anyone has survived to this day.
Yuko could probably understand what Yoshino meant by "scavenger".
To them, it was as if the whole world hated them.
Whether it's humans, Shinigami, or even Hollows, they are all their enemies.
……
Humans are inherently foolish; when they see someone who is different from them, they instinctively reject that person.
An immortal being whose appearance remains unchanged will naturally be rejected.
Yuko placed the cup on the coffee table and asked, "So, what is your relationship with that Kariya-gami?"
Yoshino was taken aback, completely unprepared for Yuko's sudden question. Her eyes flickered slightly, and she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word.
"I see."
"?" Yoshino looked over in surprise.
"Don't look at me like that." Yuko's expression remained unchanged. "I also have someone I like. How could I not know if you were looking at me like that?"
"Moreover, in a way, I am also a long-lived being with a wealth of experience."
"An immortal species? Death Gods can indeed live for a very long time..." Yoshino replied first, and then added, "Love and such, perhaps it never existed in the first place."
"He merely blinded me with false brilliance and then carried out his ambitions in the shadows."
Yu Zi commented casually, "She sounds like a resentful woman who was dumped by her ex-boyfriend."
Fangye: "..."
This person is really annoying, not only is their attitude cold, but their language is also completely...
Yuko suddenly stood up, causing Yoshino to look over, and then her body stiffened slightly.
Yuko stood in front of her, bending slightly down.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult your clan, nor did I intend to insult your companions. I just wanted to test your character with this attitude."
Yoshino stood there, stunned: "...What do you mean?"
Yu Zi smiled slightly: "I think someone who can say such things can't be a bad person."
That smile, probably enhanced by her good looks, seemed almost unbelievably beautiful in Fangye's eyes.
It's impossible to connect her with that cold, aloof person from before.
"We've been chatting until the early hours of the morning without realizing it, and I'm starting to get hungry." Yu Zi glanced at the clock, then turned to ask, "You guys probably need to eat something too, right?"
"Um……"
The change was so sudden that Yoshino, who hadn't quite caught her breath, could only nod unconsciously.
Yu Zi nodded slightly and rummaged through the refrigerator.
Is frozen human flesh acceptable?
"I don't have any fresh ones here."
Upon hearing this, Yoshino's hand trembled, and she subconsciously thought to herself, "What do you mean?"
Are you some kind of cannibalistic monster?
Could she have really walked into the lion's den?
Was that smile just now the last bit of warmth?
...and then I looked over.
"...That's chicken, isn't it?"
"Really?" Yuko glanced down at him. "You must have taken the wrong one."
"what about this?"
"That's pork."
"Wow, you can even tell the difference between pork and chicken. It seems your cooking skills are quite good."
"...Is there any connection between them?"
"Many young people these days don't even know the difference between the five grains."
"..."
So what on earth are they talking about?
Isn't this guy asking about anything else?
It wasn't until Yuko had been fussing around in the kitchen for a while that she came out with two plates of fried rice.
"Try it, my special egg fried rice is amazing! I added pickled cabbage, which balances out the greasiness of the fried rice."
"And this miso soup goes very well with it."
"Do you think you'll be unable to resist getting a second bowl?"
Yoshino suppressed the urge to complain.
If you're making fried rice, why did you bring out frozen meat and ask her that?!
Such sentiments.
Looking at the fried rice in front of him, he hesitated and asked, "What exactly do you want from me?"
Yuko swallowed a mouthful of fried rice: "Didn't you want to stop that guy named Kariyagami?"
"That's right."
Yuko, biting her spoon, said, "I can... well, to be precise, we can help you."
"What?" Yoshino exclaimed in surprise.
"why?"
As Yuko's fingers twirled, the delicate long-handled ladle spun between them. She tilted her head and said, "What do you mean, 'why'? If it's really as you say, wouldn't it be terrible if he succeeded?"
"But that shouldn't concern you, right?" Yoshino's gaze involuntarily drifted to the spinning spoon.
“How could it not be related?” Yuko rolled her eyes. “If Hueco Mundo and the real world were linked together, wouldn’t the real world be in trouble?”
Fangye gripped the spoon tightly: "God... is very powerful."
"I know, in terms of spiritual pressure alone, it's comparable to a captain-level expert."
"But for the Soul Society, your strength is not enough."
"If we send out several captains, we should be able to finish quickly..."
"No!" Yoshino shouted almost instinctively.
“I understand how you feel. You want to stop him, but you don’t want to attract the attention of the Shinigami or the Soul Society, which is why you keep asking about my identity.”
Yu Zi paused for a moment, "I forgot to ask earlier, do you have a grudge against Death?"
Yoshino looked at Ikuko in surprise, her eyes filled with a hint of confusion, but she eventually came to terms with it: "That's right, that was a long time ago. The Grim Reapers have probably forgotten about us by now."
Yuko blinked: "Someone said I look like an eighteen-year-old girl?"
Yoshino: The meaning is unclear. This person is indeed very strange.
She sighed. "Didn't I tell you? To this world, we Bounts are like a mistake."
"As the maintainers of order, Death will not allow our existence."
Yuko put down her spoon and wiped her mouth: "I see. You're worried about attracting the Grim Reaper and doing something bad to your companions?"
"Do you find it strange?" Yoshino asked with a helpless expression. "On one hand, you want to stop them, but on the other hand, you don't want..."
“No, sticking together for warmth is a human instinct.” Yuko finished her miso soup and continued, “Even if not everyone is full of goodwill, humans do have different feelings towards other beings of the same race.”
"Human?" A strange light shone in Yoshino's eyes.
Does this woman... think they are human?
Fangye pursed her lips. "Since you already know what I'm thinking, then..."
Her hand unconsciously touched the emblem on her nail guard.
If she's on Death's side, then she...
Yoshino knew very well that she was no match for Ikuko, but...