Playing With Other Supernaturals

Chapter 1335 The First Etoulde in That “Horrifying” Place

Alicia, still very much clueless as to what was happening, silently followed Yoruichi and Aizen through the door. The next thing she knew, she arrived in a white desert in the middle of the night.

'Night? Did we teleport into a different timezone?' But as soon as she thought about that, the wind hit her face and she noticed that something was amiss, "...Huh?"

As an Etoulde and a long-time spacefarer, she could survive in many, many places as long as it supports carbon-based life. Even if there isn't any air for her to breathe, as long as she has a steady stream of Magic Power, she'll be able to sustain her body for long periods of time. However, the problem right now was not the quality of the air, but its composition.

The quality of the air is akin to that of the Draconic Deus, but each time Alicia inhales, it strangely invigorates. She froze in place and carefully inspected what was happening. Naturally, it didn't take too long for her to figure it out, "Wait! A-all... All of this! All of this is made out of Spiritual Matter!?"

"Hooh... Now this is interesting." Aizen muttered softly, "This place actually has regenerative effects on you."

Yoruichi immediately took note of that and stared at Alicia too to watch out for other changes in her.

"Where are we!?" Alicia exclaimed as she looked around in disbelief. She also kicked up some sand to confirm that it was indeed all Spiritual Particles, "How is this possible!?"

"Don't you have something similar in your homeworld?"

Alicia was stunned silent and gave Yoruichi's words more thought, 'It's true... I heard that the capital has something like this and only those from the Holy Family, important court members, and a few selected people are allowed to go. Nevertheless, those are still just some rumors!'

While Alicia was deep in her thoughts, one person cautiously approached the group.

A tall female Arrancar of a curvaceous and well-endowed frame. She has olive skin, aqua green eyes, thick eyelashes, and short golden blonde hair. She wore a variation of the Arrancar jacket with a high collar, which covered the lower part of her face downward while baring a good portion of the lower half of her large breasts. The jacket has a zipper running along its entire length, which is opened from the bottom upwards. It had a beige air filter on either side just below the trim. The jacket's sleeves completely enveloped her arms, terminating in black glove-like extensions at her extremities, resembling the appearance of a cat's paw.

"Tier Harribel. It has been a while." Yoruichi greeted her.

Tier first glanced at Aizen with trepidation before returning her greeting as she landed in front of them, "It seems that you're doing well, Yoruichi Shihouin... And you too, Sosuke Aizen."

She also eyed Alicia who's staring at her as if she was some weird creature but soon ignored her and continued addressing Yoruichi, "I apologize but it's required for me to ask your purpose, seeing that you crossed unannounced."

"I also apologize for doing this. After all, it's hard to coordinate when this guy is involved.", Yoruichi turned her eyes toward Aizen while answering, "We'd like to go to the Soul Society to meet Captain Kurotsuchi."

Tier was silent for a moment before waving her hand and a slit in space was formed, revealing a dark void, "I see. I'll inform them from my side."

"Well, that was easy." Aizen chuckled and started walking through the opening.

Meanwhile, the corners of Yoruichi's mouth could only twitch, 'This bitch... She just didn't want to deal with Aizen... That's fair, though.' She sighed and grabbed Alicia's arm to drag her in, "Thanks."

Alicia's thoughts slowed down, but as soon as she stepped into the void, she panicked and thought she'd fall. Thankfully, she didn't and noticed that there was an invisible floor for her made out of thin solidified Spiritual Power. And upon further inspection, this thin floor was created by the man who kidnapped her and was walking in front.

Soon, the slit in the space disappeared behind them but strangely enough, they could still see each other clearly despite the fact that the only source of light was the fluctuating void, 'What's all of this nonsense? Even this strange void is full of Spiritual Particles and Spiritual Power.'

"She didn't have to be that scared," Aizen commented, initiating some small talk while continuing on his path.

"After you almost cut her in half and she only managed to survive through luck? I'm actually surprised that she didn't hate you much more." Yoruichi instantly retorted without letting go of Alicia, "In any case, is this really leading directly to the Soul Society? I'm surprised that they were allowing something like this."

"You can thank Kyouraku for that. He doesn't care about norms and traditions."

"Well, he's the one who released you against Yhwach so I can see that."

There were no more exchanges between the two of them after that and that caused Alicia a huge amount of frustration, 'Why stop now!? Please continue!' Her only source of information right now was what she could observe and their conversation with the latter gave her more utility. She knew that they won't answer her questions now so all she could do is wait and hope that they'll start talking again.

Unfortunately for her, the silence continued until they reached the end of the 'tunnel'.

Bracing herself, Alicia squinted her eyes to prepare for the sudden light.

The moment she regained her sight, however, she saw Aizen holding a blade aimed at his neck by a scarred, very wild-looking, muscular man with a maniacal smile on his already scary face.

"When are you going to get bored of this, Zaraki?" Aizen asked with a nonchalant voice while pushing the blade away from him.

Meanwhile, the one holding her hand until now have released her and also have come face to face with a relatively petite woman with gray eyes and black hair.

As their short blades clashed with each other, Yoruichi couldn't help but mutter, "Since when did Gotei 13 develop such violent tendencies?"

The black-haired woman smirked at her and retorted, "Who knows? It was you who left for such a long time."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The two separate clashes brought down the heavy weight of their Spiritual Pressures. And Alicia who was standing in the middle of it came to a terrifying realization, 'That golden-haired woman from before opened a tunnel using Spiritual Power... And it was the same for these four. I can't deny it anymore. It wasn't just a few special individuals... There's another race... No, another developed society that's capable of using Spiritual Power as much as the Etouldes do.'

It's a common belief in their society that aside from the Evies, only a large organization of other Spiritual Ability users of their level would be able to stand against the Etouldes if it existed. It was due to this belief that they were always watching out for such a group. As of now, the current consensus for the appearance of such a group is, '...Elimination. At least, that's what the Holy Father's faction would do.'