5-6 A Battle of Brains

*Gasp*

Did you think I was unaware? In the short time since I've been alive, I used to believe I was Szayelaporro.

How could I not look into the data stored in Hueco Mundo?

Did you think I wouldn't know about the transformations of Ulquiorra and Ichigo Kurosaki and how things ended between them?

What?!

And you probably thought by copying either of their powers, you'd be able to kill me, huh?

Ah!

That's just unfair! But it was the best chance you had.

Because, if you'd been able to recreate the power Ichigo Kurosaki had after he went berserk, it would've been just a bit more troublesome for me to kill you.

It's over, Roka. It may seem like overkill to say this right before I end you, but I really hated you.

As someone who was created as some kind of alternate personality of yours, your existence only serves to drive my inferiority complex.

But, it is true that I got to experience a fight to the death with that Soul Reaper, which showed me the pure joy of what it means to be alive.

So, I must at least thank you. For creating me.

But all of my hatred and gratitude will vanish now. I was never anything more than your shadow, but now it is you who will become a part of me.

I respect you for being able to cross swords with me even for a moment, though you could only do so by underhandedly stealing the techniques of others.

I was going to leave your upper half as charred remains, but as a parting gift, I'll devour you whole.

You...are nothing like Master Szayelaporro.

What? Even if I were him, I would still destroy you for disobeying me.

Why are you looking at me that way?

If you were Master Szayelaporro, you would have realized my true objective. That is why.

Wh-What?

Besides, he would never feel grateful to me for anything, no matter the situation.

Perhaps I should have watched you more closely.

If I had, I may have been able to face you in a different manner.

What? How can this be?! You've condensed Reishi from all over Hueco Mundo?!

Is that Lord Aizen's technique?! That means data on Lord Aizen after he fused with the Hogyoku must have existed somewhere!

Does this mean your threads reached all the way to the prison in the Soul Society?!

You are aware that I wandered around Karakura Town for a number of months, are you not?

What?!

The data that I downloaded is the power that stopped Lord Aizen.