BG9 had half-expected Roka to either dodge the blast by teleportation or by blocking it by hardening her body's defenses. But the scientist was prepared for such contingencies. As he already planted a tracker on the Espada during their encounter and thus can locate her anywhere on the battlefield, no matter where she teleported to and his blast canon was enchanted to the point that it would easily bust through her hardening.

However, none of those things happen.

Roka with just a swap of her hand deflected the blast with ease and with no harm to her person. Much to the Sternritter's confusion and upon analyzing her further. He realized that she deflected it with just her Hierro.

'That shouldn't be possible...' BG9 thought as he looked over the 8th Espada. 'Records indicated that neither Aaroniero nor Arruruerie had an ability that enchanted their Hierro to that extent and she is far too weak to do just that on her own...could I have made a miscalculation?'

'You seem confused Quincy, so perhaps I should clarify some things for you' Roka explained as she flexed her right arm and then pointed it at her opponent. 'One...Arruruerie and Aaroniero's abilities aren't the only ones I have copied' Several crystal stone-like darts then emerged from her sleeve.

Garra de la Pantera' she uttered and the crystal darts then fired right at BG9 who immediately dodges out of the way when he looked behind him he saw that one of the darts obliterated an entire skyscraper size tower.

'And two...I am not limited to copying from hollows' and just as BG9 heard that he saw that several of the darts return and were now homing in on him in a way that...reminded him of Robert's Navigator.

Seeing no time to dodge The Sternritter then hardens his robotic body with Blut and braces for impact as the darts hit him head-on and engulfed the entire area in a massive explosion.

Meanwhile within the Palace of Governance

'So the situation has gotten that bad?' Quigley questioned Robert and he nodded in shame.

'It is, half of our forces have been divided battling the hollow beast in the holds and the Arrancar within the city. With both sides wearing themselves trying to take down the enemy and the other being massacred' Robert explained while looking at one of the monitors. 'If something isn't done soon. Then it will only be a matter of time before all of us are massacred'

Quigley then remain quiet for a moment as looked up at the screen. 'Well...from the recent reports one of the Espada has already fallen. So perhaps it is not too hopeless?

Robert then hummed bitterly. 'Said Espada was the lowest ranked among them and three of our Sternritters are already out of commission. One of whom got killed in action' he then grip his fists. 'And the rest of them had yet to unleash their full power'

Quigley then frowns in frustration. 'Well, there has to be something we can do, surely if we manage to take one of the top tier, Espada, by working together. We should at weaken their moral!' He argued but the Acctrone shook his head.

'It doesn't matter if we take out even the prima. So long as one powerful enough Espada exists the hollows morale will not go down he then let out a deep breath 'I afraid that the best we can do is order a retreat and gather what forces we can to the black city...or better yet call back Ichigo and the rest the royal guard from Hecuo mundo'

The Sternritter then looks at them with a stun expression and Immediately his face turns grim. 'And if they are too busy battling the Hollow king and his forces?'

The old Quincy then gave his comrade the most defeated expression he had ever seen 'Then we have no choice but to go with the former. Either way, this is a battle we cannot win at this moment

Quigley then hummed dejectedly as stared up at the screen and saw the number of hollows slowly overrunning the quinces. For sure while the silver city had its fair share of soldats, officers, and apprentice knights, the Arrancar even among the Gillain is simply too powerful individually for most Quincy of those ranks to handle. Never mind the Espada'

Yet there was something else that was bothering Quincy.

'Robert' Quilge spoke out. 'You said that the Arrancar invaded the silver city by opening a Descorrer correct?'

Robert then hummed. 'Yes?'

'Well, that leaves the question on how?' the spectacle man questioned. 'The Senkai barrier is installed with a dimensional blockage device that would prevent hollows from invading this scared city and they cannot be hacked or accessed from an outside source' the man explained. 'The only way for them to be disabled would be if one of the Arrancar managed to infiltrate the silver-city and turn them off the device or...' his face then went grim.

'We have a traitor within our ranks' Robert concluded and then lowered his head. 'And unfortunately, I have a sneaking suspicion on who it might be'

The aged knight then narrowed his eyes.

'However, that is not important right now...what matters is that we gather as many of our surviving men as possible to the palace of governance and aid the remaining Sternritters in either eliminating as many Espada as we can or rescue them' Robert ordered and Quigle nodded.

'For at this point survival is what matters most in this battle right now...'

Meanwhile down within the swears

Moe forced himself to limp as blood continued to leak out of his wounds and his vision became blurred. All the while fighting off the stink of dirty water that flushed through his nostrils.

Yet even all that wasn't the director's biggest worry.

Now that he was weakened and wounded. The rest of the Arrancar wouldn't hesitate to finish him off if they found out the kind of state he was in. Even if they were among the weaker ones, his odds of victory against them are pretty slim. Save for the one last fullbring he still has under his belt.

Luckily however this wasn't the first time he visited the sewers in the Silver City. As he often used them to avoid drawing attention to himself or act as a quick shortcut to bypass the crowds that often surrounded the medical district and eventually he found the ladder he was looking for and immediately began to climb up.

Moe then pushed up the manhole and breathed the taste of fresh air into his lungs. While allowing himself a moment of relief. Now knowing the medical district was only a few blocks away.

However, that relief was dashed when felt a familiar spiritual pressure near him.

'Hello pipsquck' Grimmjow said standing right above him. Still in his Segunda Etapa form. 'Miss me?'

Moe broke into a cold sweat as he look upward at the 5th Espada. 'You but...how?'

Grimmjow then sneered. 'How!? Oh please, you honestly think that you hiding in that crap heap like a rat was going to be enough to make me lose your trail? As weak as your spiritual pressure is. It was more than easy enough to track it down with my Pesquisa

Moe then gasp in horrible realization as the vicious man then jumps right down in front of him. ' At first I was curious about where you were headed. Hoping to cut down whatever allies you had that would patch you up' he then frowns in annoyance. 'Unfortunately, Nnorita already beat me to it'

The Director was then frozen in shock at what he just heard. 'Y-you mean'

'Yeah...' The Espada answered mockingly. 'Turns out your so-called medical district is already under attack by one of our own' he then narrowed his eyes menacingly at Moe while raising one of his claws at him 'And I would be damn if I allow that bastard to steal away my prey!'

Grimmjow then lunged at the wounded director.

'Now die!' He shouted, now more than ready to skewer the boy alive. While Moe stared him down. Almost as if he was ready to accept his fate.

Meanwhile at the academy

Ggio gave his prey a dissatisfying glare as he watch her struggling to keep herself off the ground. With her outfit completely soaked in her blood. While her body was riddled with bruises and broken bones.

'You know...I don't know why are even bothering to continue fighting me at this point' The Espada said dismissively. 'I mean you know you can't touch me let alone defeat me. It would be more practical if you just laid down and die'

'You think that just because you have the advantage at this point you think that victory is yours!?' Jackie spate out as she readied her stance. 'I will not lie down...so long as I still draw breath!'

Vega then stared at Jackie for a long moment before answering. 'Or...I can just leave this fight and kill the Headmaster and that girl hiding beneath the academy...'

Jackie then stood silent at what the man said before barring her teeth. 'So you are willing to abandon the fight just because you are afraid to finish me off!'

Ggio then turns around to face Jackie. ' I am abandoning this fight because me beating you wouldn't change anything other than giving yourself the sick satisfaction of dying before my hand' he then furrowed his eyes. 'And that is also assuming that finishing off an opponent who is already beaten, wouldn't be seen just as cowardly as well' he then turn his back around. 'And of course, that is also assuming I just don't come back and finish you off later

The female Director then growled In frustration and tried to lung at Ggio...only to get immediately pounded by several hundreds of fists all at once within a single second before being knocked back down to the ground. Much to his annoyance.

'Since you have a hard time understanding the difference in power between us even after the beating I gave out to you. I'll lay it out in layman's terms' Vega then raised two of his fingers. 'Try to imagine the speed of this...' the Espada then snapped his fingers much to Jackie's confusion. 'Imagine how long it took for that sound to reach to your ears and how fast that it managed to travel from me to you'

Ggio's eyes then went dark. 'Now try multiplying that...by a thousand times fold...'

Jackie then looked on at the man speechless. Almost not believing the Arrancar yet in her gut she knew that he was being serious.

'Even among the Espada ranked higher than me. At best they can only react to my speed. Not actually keep up with me...and you can't even do that' Vega said with contempt as he used sondio flash right in front of his foe. 'If you understand that then I suggest for your good you stay down'

Jackie then stared up at her opponent...and then smiled.

'Thank you...' she said much to the Espada's confusion and then to his annoyance she began to rise back up from the ground.

'At first, I couldn't properly calculate your speed and power from your release. So I kept taking damage to stockpile myself as much as possible before I had the chance to use this' Jackie's spiritual power then spiked before turning into a deep dark crimson. 'But now, since you just gave the exact extent of your abilities...' her eye then began to glow a bright gold much to Vega's shock. 'I can finally unleash this!''

Suddenly Jackie was engulfed in the massive whirled wind of spiritual pressure before everything faded to red.

Meanwhile the outskirts districts

Grimmjow roared in frustration as he tried in vain to skewer Moe with his claws, kick his head off with his feet or even tear his throat out with his teeth. Yet no matter what he did. The young director evaded his blow at every turn.

'What is the matter, Espada?' Moe said in a weak but confident voice. 'Lady Luck not smiling down upon you!'


It would seem that Jackie and Moe are about to pull up their aces, Be sure to stay tuned to find out!

Now given that some fanfics I have read include OST in their fights and certain scenes to increase immersion. I will try to implement some soundtrack names in my chapters to do the same. Including those that I have already written.

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