Hollowfication for Shinigami and Shinigamification for Hollows—these two techniques remained in a abandoned state before the Hōgyoku was created. After all, these two powers were inherently incompatible, and no one thought they could be merged.
Compared to Shinigami and Quincy, the power of Hollows seemed even more uncontrollable. Yamabuki's Hollowfication in Hueco Mundo perfectly demonstrated this point.
After regaining consciousness, he had completely lost the memories of that time, only vaguely hearing someone offering to show him black stockings. He wasn't sure if it was Unohana.
Seeing Unohana holding her sword, Yamabuki didn't dare to ask for confirmation, pretending he hadn't heard that remark.
When watching the anime, a classic scene was Hollow White and Ichigo discussing the "King and Horse" problem.
Hollow White likened himself to the king's horse, but once this power went out of control, who knew if the horse beneath the king would take on the crown and become the new king?
Although the power of the Hollow was uncontrollable, it was still his own power. In other words, the vessel of this power was hidden in his inner world; he just hadn't discovered it yet.
Moreover, as long as his life was threatened, the Hollow's power would automatically activate to save his life. The Hollow's self-healing ability was far beyond what Shinigami and Quincy could achieve.
"In a moment, I'll enter my inner world. If my body undergoes any changes, wake me up immediately." Yamabuki came to the training ground below, sat by the hot spring, gently closed his eyes, and called out to his Zanpakutō Spirit. His communication with his Zanpakutō had always been smooth; he was pulled into his inner world by his Zanpakutō Spirit in a second.
However, when Yamabuki entered his inner world, he found the situation more severe than he had imagined.
He remembered what his inner world looked like the first time he entered it: a pure white world with a giant cube floating in mid-air, representing the power of space. After he learned Bankai, the originally pure white world became divided into red and white.
Half of the sky was pure white, and the other half was pure red.
But now… why has my inner world turned rainbow-colored? Did I eat a rainbow? Or will I, like a certain idiotic goddess, be able to vomit rainbows when I get drunk?
But even if it was rainbow-colored, it wasn't the pure, vibrant colors seen after rain. The colors in his inner world appeared much more turbid and defiled.
It was like how white could be different: Origami Tobiichi's white was the perverted kind of white, while Accelerator's white was a turbid, distorted white.
Yamabuki felt that the colors in his inner world were more like they had been contaminated by the legendary Color Out of Space, causing intense discomfort just by looking at them.
"Little Red, Little White, where did you two run off to play? Don't you know the house has been stolen? Are you there? If you are, make a sound!" Yamabuki roared at the strangely distorted space. However, the two Zanpakutō Spirits, who had always guarded this place, were gone.
"No need to call. They can't hear you," a childish voice appeared behind Yamabuki. Yamabuki stiffly turned around and saw a small loli standing behind him.
Slightly pale skin paired with a pure black Gothic-style long dress, white hair covering half of her face, and a strange pumpkin lantern in her arms. The exposed eye stared straight at him.
A black Gothic loli? Why would a loli with this art style appear in my inner world? It's simply wonderful, ahem, I definitely didn't think anything dirty in my heart. I like gentle and considerate older sisters, definitely not these little lolis. I, Yamabuki, am absolutely not a lolicon.
"Little sister, how did you end up here? Are you lost? How about big brother takes you home?" Yamabuki asked with a smile, while his hand was already on the hilt of his Zanpakutō. Something out of the ordinary must be demonic. This loli appearing out of nowhere was definitely problematic. Could this be the power of the Hollow within him?
She's too cute!
If all Hollows were like this, I'd be willing to raise a football team of Hollows.
"I am you, and you are me. This is my home, and my appearance was approved by Little White and Little Red," the loli said in a cool, elegant voice. "You can call me Spirit Form. I represent the part of your soul that is the Hollow. When your life was in danger, Little Red and Little White handed control of your body over to me. At that time, only I could save you. This was decided by a vote of the four of us."
Yamabuki couldn't understand what this loli wanted to do and could only watch her movements warily.
"You don't need to be afraid. I know everything you're thinking. Don't forget, here, I can hear your thoughts," the loli said calmly.
"Then… little sister, how can I gain complete control over you? Do we have to fight again?" Yamabuki realized that he had always awakened powers through fighting.
It was the same with Little Red and Little White; he didn't know why they both liked fighting so much.
"No, I'm different from those two muscle-brained foolish women. I prefer to solve problems with reason," Spirit Form said.
Yamabuki's expression was strange. Hollows had always been associated with brutality and terror, yet this little loli, who represented the power of the Hollow, was now saying she preferred to solve problems with reason.
This didn't align with his understanding.
"How are Hollows created? Do you know?" Spirit Form walked closer, holding the pumpkin lantern.
Yamabuki, of course, knew that when a soul's negative emotions reached a certain level, they would affect the soul and cause it to degenerate into a Hollow.
"So, I am your negative emotions. Your task is to make me happy. I am a part of your soul, not a Hollow. If you want to see your inherent Hollow power, I can show you this child." Spirit Form raised the pumpkin lantern in her hand, and in its glow, a giant, eerie figure appeared behind Spirit Form.
It was a gigantic, pale white creature, resembling a Tyrannosaurus Rex rotten to bones, but its body length exceeded several hundred meters, emitting an ominous spiritual pressure. At this moment, it was staring coldly at Yamabuki with its eyeless sockets.
And the source of the bizarre scene in the inner world was precisely this Tyrannosaurus Rex Hollow.
"Everyone generates negative emotions. You are no exception; you just control your emotions better than ordinary people. But the moment before your body died, that control completely collapsed, which led to the complete eruption of the Hollow's power. To fully control this power, you just need to do more things that make you happy in your daily life. All the unhappy things you encounter, all the unhappy emotions you generate, are ultimately borne by me. All right, what's the one thing you want to do most right now?" Spirit Form asked.
Yamabuki was silent for a long time before cautiously saying, "Put on black stockings and step on me!"
"Go to hell!!!"
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