Chapter 445: Hong Jiang and Harribel's Sacrifice
Neutra was caught off guard by the opponent's sudden attack. He seemed to see the shadow of another woman in Harribel, who was equally arrogant and annoying.
But there are still some differences between the two. If it was Nelu, she would have been waiting quietly for Nnoitra to attack again. Harribel seemed to have really transformed into the queen of the battlefield, attacking like this. Wave after wave.
"Three-pronged fog halberd!" Helibel raised his giant sword high and slashed in the air. The air between him and Nnoitra suddenly became blurry. The next moment, the three arms on the left side of the other party were all broken off!
"What kind of attack is this!"
Nnoitra was surprised. Seeing that Harribel had probably recovered, he quickly dodged sideways. It was also a very vague slash, but this time it landed on the ground, leaving a strange mark.
The reason why it is strange is that the inverted ravine on the ground looks like one, but it is actually made up of three ravines closely connected, and a large part of them overlaps.
"You didn't just swing one sword, but three swords at the same time, I understand."
Helibel heard Neutra's words and corrected him: "I did only swing one sword, I just attacked three times at the same time."
The Queen Shark is a return blade that can control and even create water flow. With this ability, Harribel previously only slashed three high-pressure water mist-like slashes at an extremely fast speed. Because of its high speed, it was also very fast. Hard to be seen clearly.
Neutra quickly understood what was going on, but Hribel's attack continued, with horizontal and vertical slashes that felt very compressive.
Some of these attacks, Nnoitra dodged, and some of them were forced to attack areas such as the chest, which can be said to be extremely risky methods.
The effect was also very gratifying. He found that Harribel's move was fast and powerful, but it could not ignore his steel skin. It had a good effect before, but it still hit weak places such as joints.
Besides, Nnoitra is not a mediocre person. He didn't take precautions for the first time. After he had expectations in his mind, although his moves were fast, he could still find some tracks.
Nnoitra suddenly felt that he was able to do it again, and he took the three-pronged fog halberd twice. The three arms on the left that had been cut off also grew out again. In a few steps, he came to Harribel with six arms. The scythe was raised high, about to strike back.
But before his sword fell, a thin layer of water suddenly emerged from the gill lines of the giant sword in Harribel's hand. As she stabbed the giant sword forward, the water instantly turned into a dragon-like stream. The water column bit at Nnoitra and rushed away.
"Jiaoliu!"
Looking at Nnoitra flying upside down, a hint of helplessness flashed in Harribel's eyes. To a certain extent, he and Die Zhong were facing the same decision at this moment, which was how to satisfy the compassion in their hearts.
Yes, even now she still has no intention of killing Nnoitra. Of course, her starting point is completely different from Hong Jiang's inner regret.
Does she admire Nnoitra? That's a joke.
She doesn't hate Nnoitra. To be honest, she doesn't like most of the Arrancars and Daxu very much. She even hates crazy people like Nnoitra.
But Harribel is such a person, somewhat similar to Stark. From the moment she awakened her self-awareness, she knew what her power represented, and that was - sacrifice.
How should we understand the word ‘sacrifice’ in Hueco Mundo? Most Daxu sacrifice the lives of many similar people for the sake of their own evolution.
In fact, it’s not just Hueco Mundo. There are tens of thousands of characters in this world and Soul Society who need to be ‘sacrificed’ by others?
Harribel hates sacrifice. Whether she is sacrificing herself for others or sacrificing others for herself, her request may have been simple from the beginning, even simpler than Stark who wants to have friends.
She just wants to live simply, and hopes that everyone will do the same and stop sacrificing something as hard-won as life for any purpose.
Therefore, since she gained consciousness, she has never swallowed a Daxu. She does not know how she can become a Vastod-level Daxu.
Hongjiang didn't understand this at first, and was also very curious, because once the secret of Harribel's ability to evolve without being swallowed was revealed, it would be theoretically possible for Hueco Mundo to have a peaceful order.
Of course, Hueco Mundo also has the possibility of strong rise. Most secrets in this world are like this. It is a double-edged sword. It just depends on the side of the person who uses it.
But aside from these, Hong Jiang has always valued and even respected Harribel. There are reasons why he is comparable to or even surpasses Stark's talent.
But more importantly, in Hongjiang's heart, Harribel is a person with a bodhisattva heart. I won't go into details about the many times he held hands on Hitsugaya in his previous life. Even if she was forced to a desperate situation where she was almost dead, the first thing that came to mind was It’s not about killing the opponent, or regretting not killing the enemy.
To a certain extent, Harribel already has the tendency to be a good old guy. Such a person should be very annoying, but he is used to seeing too many 'normal people' in the Soul Society, and in Hueco Mundo, which is full of killings. Among people, such a person is so rare and precious, like a gem that will never be dusted.
Of course, Hong Jiang still has higher expectations for Harribel. No, it shouldn't be higher expectations, but he hopes that the other party will make forced compromises in certain places.
This kind of compromise means being ruthless and deadly to some enemies!
Harribel still remembered that Hongjiang had asked such a question at that time. A large hollow whose spiritual pressure was out of control and about to explode must release a strong enough hollow flash.
However, there was a hollow on the way to release the hollow flash, and there were hundreds of hollows around it. If the hollow flash could not be released in time, all the hollows would die.
If the person who was about to lose control was you, Harribel, what would you do?
A train problem that conforms to the situation of the Hueco Mundo circle, Harribel's mentality naturally could not answer it. He wanted to reluctantly say to release the hollow flash to let more hollows survive.
But at the same time, he realized why this hollow should sacrifice for other hollows that it should not be responsible for? Such an answer went against her original intention.
Finally, she threw the question to Hongjiang, wanting to see how this wise man would solve it.
I still remember that Hongjiang's answer at that time was like this.
"I never want to make such a choice. Killing one person to save more people is a sign of incompetence in my opinion. If I were really strong enough, I should be able to save everyone, right, Herribel?"
"But unfortunately, I may not be able to do this in my entire life, which means that I may make such a difficult choice countless times. Excluding factors such as good and evil, closeness and distance, I will choose to save more people, the price of 100 million people in exchange for more lives. I can't say that this person will understand, I can only say that this can convince myself."
"Similarly, I don't want you to encounter such a problem, but if you do, I hope you understand one thing, Herribel."
"Sometimes killing one person means saving tens of millions of people!"
"If you resist even the slightest sacrifice, there may be more sacrifices. This is our helplessness..."