Chapter 561 - 561 An Angry Toshiro

"S-sorry, Captain..."

Faced with Toshiro's worried and reproachful tone, Ashido didn't make any excuses but simply chose to apologize.

"Alright! Let's put that aside for now. You need to treat your injuries quickly."

Having said that, Toshiro nodded towards Nel in his arms and said: "Nel, I'm leaving it to you!"

"Mm-hmm, leave it to Nel, Toshiro."

Nel said, patting her chest.

With that, Nel got down from Toshiro's arms and walked over to Ashido.

However, Ashido was very confused. Nel looked like just a little kid, and during the time he had known her, he had never heard of her having any healing abilities. So Ashido couldn't help but ask: "Nel-san, what are you going to..."

"Ptooey!!"

Before Ashido could finish, Nel spat a big glob of saliva directly onto Ashido.

Ashido was completely dumbfounded.

"N-Nel-san! What are you doing!"

Ashido couldn't help but get a little angry.

But Nel ignored Ashido's protest completely and continued spitting on him.

Toshiro on the side couldn't help but smile and explained: "Nel's saliva has some healing effects. So, just bear with it for a while to recover from your injuries. Besides, even though Nel is very young, she's still a beautiful young girl. You're not exactly losing out here, hahaha..."

As he spoke, Toshiro couldn't help but laugh.

"I..."

Hearing Toshiro's words, Ashido felt a surge of frustration, almost causing internal injury.

However, perhaps to heal his wounds quickly and not hold Toshiro and the others back, Ashido ultimately endured the disgusting feeling and let Nel spit on him.

But after all, Ashido was a loyal subordinate and comrade of Toshiro. So, after Nel had spat for a while and was about to 'spit a rainbow', he stopped her.

"What are you doing, Toshiro? The more saliva, the better the healing effect. He can recover faster. Why are you stopping me?"

Nel said, somewhat dissatisfied.

"I told you, that's just vomiting, not spitting."

Toshiro forcibly 'suppressed' Nel's dissatisfaction, then looked at Ashido again and said: "Although Nel's saliva has some healing effect, your injuries are too severe. I'll also apply a Kaido to you."

"Geez... Captain, why didn't you just use Kaido from the start then?"

Ashido rolled his eyes weakly.

"Cough, don't say that. Nel's saliva can at least speed up your recovery a bit."

Toshiro said with a light cough.

With that, Toshiro bent down, squatted beside Ashido, placed his hands on Ashido's wounds, and began to perform Kaido.

Kido is generally divided into Hado and Bakudo. While there's also Kaido, which is specifically used to heal injuries.

However, unlike the more common Hado and Bakudo, Kaido has higher requirements for the user's aptitude and talent. Not everyone can learn it.

So, Shinigami who can use it are relatively rare, and most are in the 4th Division. Few in other divisions possess this skill.

As the most talented Shinigami in the history of Soul Society, Toshiro certainly had the aptitude for learning Kaido. Moreover, because he had a very good relationship with Unohana, he had learned some healing Kaido from her while recuperating in the 4th Division.

"Alright, your injuries are temporarily stabilized. But don't even think about continuing to fight for a while."

Toshiro said to Ashido after performing Kaido.

Hearing this, Ashido frowned: "But..."

"There are no buts! With injuries this severe, honestly, you're lucky to be alive. If you try to fight, you won't even survive!"

Toshiro scolded with a cold face.

"Yes..."

Under Toshiro's serious gaze, Ashido ultimately had to agree reluctantly.

Among those who came to Hueco Mundo this time, the weakest in strength were Rangiku, Rukia, and Nel, who looked like a little kid with no combat ability. Ashido hadn't expected that he would be the first to be defeated and become everyone's burden.

Although Ashido really wanted to get up and fight again, seeing the worried and caring look in Toshiro's eyes, he knew that what he should do now was to recover properly, not to be stubborn and make Toshiro and everyone continue to worry about him.

"Alright, Ashido, you just lie here and recover. As for the guy who injured you, leave him to me!"

As he spoke, a cold glint flashed across Toshiro's face. He turned and looked at the rubble pile formed by the collapse of a nearby wall.

"Alright, you should come out now, Mr. Quinto Espada. Although I put quite a bit of force into that last attack, since you were able to defeat Ashido, it shows you have some skill. There's no way you'd be killed by a casual strike from me. So, stop hiding there playing dead."

Toshiro said coldly.

Although the casual strike earlier was thrown in anger, Toshiro had only used his physical strength to hurl Noitra's scythe, not much Reiatsu.

Noitra was, after all, an Espada, and one of the stronger ones. There was no way he would be killed that easily.

Boom!

As soon as Toshiro's words fell, a burst of powerful Reiatsu suddenly exploded from under the rubble, blasting the debris away. Noitra's figure slowly walked out from inside.

"Yo, I am the Quinto Espada, Nnoitra Gilga. I never expected to meet the Vice-Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13. This is indeed 'lucky'."

Nnoitra maintained an unassuming yet unbowed demeanor on the surface, but his six arms unconsciously tightened their grip on his giant scythe weapons.

Nnoitra was indeed a battle maniac like Zaraki, but he wasn't stupid. Normally, even when fighting, he would choose opponents of comparable or weaker strength.

Even when he occasionally sought death, he would only challenge those one level above him, like Ulquiorra and other Espada ranked higher than him.

But against existences of Aizen's or Toshiro's level, Nnoitra couldn't muster any desire to fight, because they weren't even in the same dimension.

Challenging Toshiro would be pointless for Nnoitra, other than deliberately seeking death.

So, after being blasted away by Toshiro earlier, Nnoitra had stayed under the rubble. He couldn't run away, firstly because he doubted he could escape without Toshiro noticing, and secondly because he couldn't bear the shame.

But staying to fight Toshiro was clearly suicide. Caught between two difficult choices, Nnoitra simply decided to lie under the rubble and play dead.

In the end, Toshiro saw through it, leaving Nnoitra with no choice but to come out and face him.

"Nnoitra, is it? I don't care if you're an Espada or whatever. Since you dared to hurt my comrade, go die!"

Boom!!!

With that, Toshiro's vast, ocean-like Reiatsu, accompanied by boundless rage, instantly erupted and pressed down on Nnoitra.