Chapter 164: That gaze like a judge from hell

However, the celebratory atmosphere did not last long.

Just as Nel walked back to Ichigo Kurosaki and prepared to let Orihime Inoue heal him.

Nnoitra, who had been hit by the Cero, suddenly rushed out of the mushroom cloud.

Wielding the gourd-shaped scythe in his hand, he slashed toward Nel.

Bang~

Sparks flew!

Nel blocked this slash nonchalantly.

"Don't think that the current Espada are at the same level as when you were here, Neliel!"

Nnoitra, whose body was covered in dust from the previous Cero, sneered:

"Don't forget how many years it has been since you left Las Noches!?"

The moment the two looked at each other.

The screen suddenly became dim and gray.

It was clearly the same as the previous situation where Rukia fought the Ninth Espada, entering a flashback segment, laying out the past of Nel and Nnoitra.

Many years ago, before Aizen had already ruled Hueco Mundo.

Nel, who was still wearing that dirty, tattered green robe in the loli state in the previous shot, had already changed into the pure white female knight uniform, just like in the promotional photos.

Although it didn't show off her firm and elastic waist and long legs like that green robe.

The white knight outfit, which clung tightly to her skin, still perfectly set off the mature Nel's beautiful figure.

"Why don't you kill me? Neliel!?"

The flashback began; Nnoitra, who was only the Eighth Espada in the past, knelt on the ground, roaring unwillingly at the knight-clad Nel.

"I refuse. We changed from humans to Hollows, and then from Hollows to Arrancars, and regained our sanity."

"Beings with sanity need reasons to fight, and the same goes for taking the lives of others."

"I have no reason to kill you."

Nel, who did not yet have that striking scar on the bridge of her nose, turned her head to look at the weakling crawling on the ground, her red lips parted slightly as she responded indifferently.

"I do! Because I don't like the look of you!"

Nnoitra roared angrily.

"... In that case, you are just a beast, not even a warrior. I don't want to carry the life of a beast that isn't even fighting."

After saying this, Nel turned and left without any attachment.

Nnoitra's adjutant saw this scene and couldn't help but ask why he was targeting Nel so much, rather than the other Espada.

"Because I don't like the look of her!"

Nnoitra said coldly:

"She's just a female, yet her power on the battlefield surpasses that of males! That's all." ===== CHAPTER 166 =====