Great Hollow Home, Main Hall.
Yekawa stood on the high platform, looking down at the Arrancar below.
"All Arrancar below the Espada, proceed to the side hall to receive your numbered shoulder epaulets."
As soon as his voice fell, the Adjuchas-class Arrancar obediently lined up and headed to the side hall to collect their number plates. As they walked, these Arrancar even marched in step. If the Shinigami of Soul Society were to see this, they would probably drop their jaws, never imagining that these savage Menos Grande had now become a well-trained army.
A moment later, only Yekawa and the Arrancar Espada he had just selected remained in the hall.
Yekawa pointed a finger, and a dark golden light appeared on Szayelaporro's left shoulder. Immediately, a exquisite shoulder epaulet, shimmering with black and gold, whose material was indistinguishable, appeared on his shoulder.
On this epaulet, there was only a large number 0.
This epaulet was created by Yekawa using his powerful Reiatsu as ink, directly writing it onto their garments, and then materializing it into an epaulet. Because their clothes were originally formed from the remnants of their cocoons during their respective transformations, made of high-density Reishi, transforming them into epaulets was merely a simple task for Yekawa, the Child of Hueco Mundo.
Yekawa believed that Aizen's act of directly inscribing numbers onto the Arrancar's bodies was from a scientist's perspective, assigning numbers to his experimental subjects. But its essence was a contempt for Arrancar!
After all, in his previous life, only poultry in slaughterhouses would be stamped. Therefore, Yekawa did not adopt the same tattooing and engraving behavior; he merely chose to issue them shoulder epaulets.
When it was Nnoitra's turn, he discovered that the last three Adjuchas had not fused with a sub-hogyoku; they had only become Arrancar through the Gate of Transcendence. Therefore, their attire was ordinary clothing, not made by Yekawa from the remnants of a large cocoon, making it impossible to directly create shoulder epaulets.
As soon as Yekawa turned his head, he saw Grimmjow, who was standing nearby, looking nonchalant and always with his chest exposed. So, he directly waved his hand, cut a piece of fabric from the end of Grimmjow's coat, and then used this fabric to create three shoulder epaulets marked with the numbers 8, 9, and 10.
Just like that, Grimmjow's long coat was directly transformed into a short one.
"Hmm, not bad. You look more spirited!"
Yekawa was very satisfied with his on-the-spot modification skills. He even thought that with his craftsmanship, he could completely go to the Human World and become a trendy fashion designer.
"I..."
Grimmjow stood frozen, his mouth twitching, wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn't speak.
...
Looking at the Espada he had strengthened, Yekawa showed a satisfied smile. Compared to the Espada assembled by Aizen in the original work, his Espada were undoubtedly more than just one level stronger.
Even the last three Adjuchas-level Arrancar, who were just making up the numbers at the very end, possessed Squad Captain-level strength. Even the very worst, the Tenth Espada—Rudbornn, was the Seventh Espada in the original work.
As for the first eight, into whom he had implanted sub-hogyokus, they were simply not something an ordinary Squad Captain could handle alone.
"Now this looks more like one of the Three Realms!"
Yekawa secretly sighed.
In the original work, Hueco Mundo was definitely the most disappointing existence among the three major powers. Although its territory was the largest among the Three Realms, its strength was the weakest, which was truly a bit embarrassing.
But with the Espada under Yekawa's command, he believed he could contend with both the Gotei 13 and the Sternritter.
"My Espada, come with me to see how the construction of my new Hueco Mundo is progressing!"
Yekawa waved his large sleeve, leading his Espada away from the Great Hollow Home.
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Hueco Mundo Ruins.
An Arrancar wearing a white robe with a black sash and a bull horn-shaped mask on his head was directing tens of thousands of identical-looking, uniformly dressed, round-skulled Arrancar to orderly transport various stones, timber, and other materials.
There were tens of thousands of these identical round-skulled Arrancar. They were arranged in neat lines, with orderly divisions of labor, and were rebuilding Hueco Mundo at an extremely fast pace.
Hueco Mundo, which had been reduced to dust during the great battle with Aizen, had already begun to take shape in a short period, appearing even grander and more magnificent than before.
Upon seeing the arrival of Yekawa and the Arrancar Espada, the bull-horned Arrancar immediately bowed in salute:
"Greetings, Lord Yekawa!"
This bull-horned Arrancar was Rudbornn, the leader of the Exequias in the original work, and the tens of thousands of round-skulled Arrancar participating in the construction were the skeleton soldiers he produced after his Resurreccion.
Although Rudbornn's combat power was not strong, his ability was very useful. Yekawa believed that Aizen's act of assigning him to Szayelaporro to form the Exequias in the original work was a great waste of resources.
After Yekawa found him, he first made him devour many unruly Adjuchas and thousands of unintelligent Gillian, force-feeding him to the peak of Adjuchas, and then helped him become an Arrancar with the Gate of Transcendence.
However, perhaps due to limitations in his aptitude, he could not evolve into a Vasto Lorde like Grimmjow and Wonderweiss, but this was enough!
Yekawa did not make Rudbornn participate in the Arrancar ranking; instead, he directly appointed him as the Captain of Hueco Mundo's Construction Unit.
The Rudbornn strengthened by Yekawa could produce up to thirty thousand skeleton soldiers after his Resurreccion. These skeleton soldiers could exist for decades. Although their combat power was extremely weak, only at the level of the lowest Freshmen Hollows, their sheer numbers made up for it. Moreover, they possessed a decent level of intelligence and did not require additional feeding; they could survive by consuming trace amounts of free Reishi in Hueco Mundo.
Even if these skeleton soldiers unfortunately died due to an accident, Rudbornn could simply reproduce them after his Resurreccion!
"This isn't the Exequias; this is clearly my Hueco Mundo Infrastructure Corps!"
Looking at Hueco Mundo, which had been rebuilt to such a scale in such a short time, Yekawa revealed a satisfied smile.
He believed that with Szayelaporro the scientist and Rudbornn's construction unit, even a desolate desert could be transformed into a modern society for him.
After all, Yekawa was not Baraggan; he had no interest in ruling over a group of unintelligent Hollows in this savage place.
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