Mysterious Hollow in France!

The Unrefined Paragon

Tentō Zefā

Sword resting at his side and eyes trained on his target. Hand read to unleash kido if needed Tento spoke with a voice that completely contradicted the intense serious of his form as he gave a verbal response to Kaminari. The only real thing he was sensing was the power of the Hollow before him. Well, and the mighty strength of the two wonderful ladies besides him on this mission. Passively he was still paying attention, but no where to the degree Kaminari was nor did he have a sharp pin pointing radar when it sensing spiritual energy. That still needed refinement in his repertoire. "Thank you, I'm quite alright. Beetle acted way before that big guy could even get started".

Tento looked on at the hollow listening to its words. Throwing some out like the maggot comment and keeping others. A hollow but not a hollow? Was it some sort of mutation then? Held a different level of identity that caused it to act and go beyond? That would make sense with its reported focus of just attacking other hollows and not people. Was this Hollow more than the normal hollow than? It would make sense since this hollow itself was a bit stronger than the regular types. It was a wonder that made Tento curious.

It seemed that this unknown hollow was the giant creature they were looking for. This hollow right here fought it and survived! And so with this being the target of their mission, Tento listened with even more focus. Impenetrable skin. A hard defense from natural durability of some sort of ability. That probably meant that its mask was harder to penatrated. A...challenging thought. If its skin was hard to tackle then it could not be hindered and then its mask attacked. Add the size and likely strength that could wreck havoc and the factor of regeneration. Well, they had a mess on their hands if it came to a fight.

And that was if it did not have a specials ability that caused this. If this hollow had a division ability or a hazardous factor like the one in Africa, then they were REALLY in for a hard time. Its fine its fine. Whispered the two voices of Tento's zanpatuko said soothing its partner. Remember, that hollow had weaknesses. Weak spots that you all were able to find eventually and focus on. Just bide your time and find it. Just need one of you to strike, true and fast when it is time. Internal Tento smiled, giving a thankful wave of energy to the advice given to him. It was a true boon to have a zantauko. A friend and ally that could give wisdom and reminders.

Focusing back at the details at hand. Description. Vague as they were...big horns. A lot of creatues could be that. But just as the hollow Acideye was about to give something about this mysterious hollow's mask. A turn of events came. Stopping in its verbal tracks, Acideye had an overwhelming shift of fear as it began to thrash and fight. Bucking in a bull in a way as Beetle kept a firm hold on it. Smoke coming from her hand as a pulse of energy was felt as a forceful touch was given to Acideye in response.

Something was here.

Unsure of where but a likely idea of what. Tento kept his eyes on Acideye and Beetle as he attempted to focus more of sensing out the area around them. "Anyone got a read on where it is?", Tento quickly asked his teammates. After probing his question, Tento felt and heard the burst of explosive force erupted from the vents in the horn on her arm, launching it forward with tremendous force. The action immediately put Tento on guard causing him to tightening his grip on his sword. With a sudden motion Tento moved forward, ready to strike at Acideye if he attempted to get away.

BLACKHORN

Even with the proverbial knife at it's neck Acideye was still more confident about taking on this trio than the beast that had done in it's companions. After all, it hadn't revealed the secret ace up its sleeve which the Hollow figured would be more than enough to take down some measly Shinigami. It's now or never! thought the Hollow out of desperation as Beetle prepared to eliminate it as a potential threat. "Sssstupid Sshinigami! I'll kill you all with this, my true power!"

In the short seconds before Beetle would put Acideye down, a huge log suddenly fell from the sky and threatened to pierce the Hollow with its crudely sharpened end. Immediately after, another one would follow; evidently their thrower had figured the first might be deflected or destroyed by either the Hollow or Shinigami. This would prove a sound strategy as the second would pierce through Acideye's head unaltered, shattering its mask and killing it as a result.

At the same time as Acideye's death knell tolled, Kaminari would likely detect a powerful and dark spiritual presence at the nearby treeline roughly a football field's distance away. Soon after. all three would be greeted by the appearance of a hulking figure exiting the forest. The behemoth now walking towards them was a dozen feet tall, its massively muscular body dark like ash. Atop its legs and arms was metallic armor, with wickedly sharp cleaver-sized blades extending over its fingers, not resembling anything typically seen on Hollows. In place of a typical white and simple Hollow mask was a metal helm with great razor sharp teeth from jaw to nose, topped by two door-sized goat horns.

The spiritual aura radiating off the mammoth figure was just as Acideye had described, Hollow but not Hollow. In fact, particularly capable spiritual sensors might even convince themselves this is no Hollow at all, but an Arrancar. And yet, it did not resemble any kind of Arrancar even experienced Shinigami would have encountered before. On top of all the other strange elements surrounding this "Hollow" and the circumstances the trio found themselves in, it didn't appear to be moving aggressively towards the group. Instead it lumbered leisurely in their direction, wholly unconcerned with their presence.

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BLACKHORN

The ground seemed to rattle as Blackhorn walked across it unabated and unconcerned with the trio of investigators. It didn't care one iota about their presence, and made this clear as it didn't even turn to look at Tento as he spoke to it. Instead it lumbered towards Acideye's body, seeking to ensure the annoyance it had failed to finish off earlier was indeed a corpse. This was proven true as the chameleon Hollow's remains vanished in a cloud of spiritual particles.

With its prey finally dealt with Blackhorn's mission was complete, and now it stood still as a statue facing the Gotei group. Its unseen eyes, hidden beneath the heavy metal mask covering its face, stared in their direction. Its gargantuan body seemingly made of pure muscle didn't budge an inch as it remained still, perhaps daring the Shinigami to make the first move. But...why? Why was it seemingly challenging them now, when previously it had made no moves of aggression against non-Hollows? This question may linger in the air for Beetle, Kaminari, and Tento, who would receive no answers from the hulking beast standing threateningly before them.

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