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As Ryozo had battered away the Hollows again and again now panting a bit, with some wounds that he had suffered. He had a gash on his left shoulder and a cut on his forehead as well. He witnessed the blue orbs firing off into the sky destroying the flying hollows, yet was that one of his teammates skills? Not that it mattered, he didn't have to keep fending off Hollows. Thats when he felt the ground rumble quite fiercely near him. When he turned his head and looked, he was staring at the giant creature itself. A hollow was one thing, a Gillian however is another thing. And while he still had a trick it would only slow it down. "Those that embraced." Ryozo muttered as he let go of the black coffin in which it opened on its own, and what poured at were hundreds of what looked like dead warriors from the past, they all rushed at the Gillian and instead of attacking it, started to climb it from every angle. While Megumi was watching this sight, she hadn't seen any signs of a byakurai, but she could still feel Ryozo spiritual energy, so she at least knew he was alive. "That idiot, he really is just biding its time for us."
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It seemed as if the hollows were endless with more coming without any sign of stopping and the longer they took, the higher the risk and danger. Even more for three unseated officers still fresh out of the academy as he had used his bat to take out two other hollows while the glove saved him from an attack from behind by hitting the ambushing hollow square in the face. Luckily these hollows were weak enough that his low leveled shikai could barely take them out as his glove was now lv 9 and bat level 10; stopping to catch his breath with sweat spilling down his face.

He searched frantically for any sign of some object or person that was luring the hollows here, but it was at that moment that the air grew heavy briefly and looked up to see hundreds of blue orbs attacking the hollows and wondered if one of the others had such a technique. His thoughts were cut short for in the next instance did he caught sight of the head of a gillian and his eyes widen in shock.No way....this is getting crazy.'Wiping sweat from his eyes and looked down at the streets and surrounding buildings as he struggled to decide on whether to continue or retreat and gripped his bat so tightly that his knuckles were white. The free hand shook with indecision racking his mind as he knew he needed to decide quickly for hesitating too long could get them killed, but if he made the wrong choice could get them killed.*Damn it! d-damn it!* Fighting back the panic building up and with an act of desperation slammed the bat against his forehead which felt as hard as steel. A trickle of blood dripped down his forehead followed with a small ache, though it helped clear his mind.'Gillians are slow and Ryozo can slow it down further..I continue..five more minutes then I'm giving the retreat regardless of what happens.'Muttering this mostly to himself as it helped to keep his mind steady and started forward once more to resume his search.