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Now, then...

How's your stomach doing, Ashisogijizo?

You swallowed it whole, so I think it will take some time.

My last-second decision to have you born without teeth

was the right move.

If you had chewed it and it multiplied in your belly,

even you would not have survived, Ashisogijizo.

Sound alike? Me mimic you.

You forgot.

Pernida is Quincy.

Me can kill enemy with bow and arrow.

No, no. I didn't forget.

I simply wasn't expecting the Soul King's left arm

to shamelessly claim itself to be a Quincy.

Shameless?

How so?

How is claiming to be a Quincy shameless?

I have always been a Quincy.

Me fed up with your endless bad-mouthing of Quincies.

What was that?

The way it speaks changed for a moment there.

Its vocabulary definitely appears to be growing

since we first engaged in combat.

Is it regaining its memory as the Soul King?

Or is it somehow evolving?

These arrows have nerves attached to them!

The nerves running through the ground bent the arrow's trajectory!

Damn it... This one's going to hit me.

Fool!

I didn't order you to step in!

If you had fallen to the ground, you'd have turned into a meatball!

I judged that you needed a shield in this battle.

I don't recall ever teaching you to assist me at your own discretion.

No, sir. You never taught me that.

Are you saying you learned on your own without my teaching you?

I don't know.

Nemu, or rather...

Nemuri No. 7.

Ever since Ichigo Kurosaki and his bunch showed up,

you've been through a great many battles

and I have taught you too many things.

Do you understand the toll it will take on me

to develop the next you into what you are now?

I do not, sir.

If you don't understand, then don't act on your own judgment!

You do not have the freedom to die by your own judgment!

You will die only when I order you to die!

Understand? Now get up!

Yes, I understand, Master Mayuri.

Do you remember what you called me when I first woke up?

I loved that name very much.

Ah, you're awake.

Good morning, No. 7.

I put my hands together and pray

Why is fate so cruel?

My will to put on a brave face is about to break

Everything I do seems to go wrong, you know?

Oh, calm down, I still have faith in you

Even if we're apart

Even if you forget about me someday

BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR

We don't need words to understand each other

We're connected on a higher level

I'm sorry, fate, but you're full of it

So let's laugh it off by putting on a brave face

With you, I think we can alter fate

On lonely nights when I feel like crying

I will pray for you

so that I won't leave you all alone

Forgive me for not giving this to you sooner, Master Mayuri.

The Hojiku-zai.

I stepped in to give this to you.

You noticed from the start that I forgot to bring

the Hojiku-zai with me?

Yes, sir.

When this attack began,

you did not go through the medicine cabinet

like you always do before heading out to a battle.

How observant of you. It's rather creepy.

I'm sorry, Master Mayuri.

Can you hear me, Nemu?

Yes.

Here's the plan.

As I fly around,

I am spraying a highly concentrated anesthetic over a wide area.

I don't know how it will affect the main body of the enemy,

but during our last exchange,

I measured the nerve density of its arrows.

At this concentration, I am certain I can neutralize its arrows.

Although... this high concentration will affect me slightly as well.

But it is unavoidable.

Nemu, your job is to inject the Nerve Coagulating Agent

directly into a nullified arrow.

The Nerve Coagulating Agent does not weaken the nerves

by obstructing nerve transmission the way an anesthetic does.

It will, as its name implies, coagulate the nerve transmissions.

It will forcibly stop all organs connected to the nerves

in the state they were

at the moment when the agent reached them.

In other words...

Once the agent takes effect,

open eyelids cannot close, a contracted heart will not expand,

and an open mouth will not close!

You are speaking too loudly, Master Mayuri.

Silence.

I don't know what its body is composed of,

but I've at least confirmed that it has blood inside.

I will use this drug to coagulate its blood and kill it!

The nerves in the ground have been neutralized by my anesthetic.

It's safe to step on it.

You must inject the drug

before it can detach its nerves from the arrow!

It's over, Pernida.

You think you can kill me with this, Kurotsuchi?!

What? Now it's talking almost like Zaraki.

Of course!

It evolves by absorbing

the data of everything its nerves connect to!

Not good...!

If its nerves have evolved to Zaraki's level,

Nemu won't stand a chance with her reaction speed.

Get back, Nemu!

That's...! Matai Fukuin Shōtai's ability!

Master Mayuri!

Master Mayuri...

What? Captain Kurotsuchi won't call you by your name?

Correct.

Lately, he's always calling me Nemu.

What's wrong with that? That's your name, isn't it?

No. My name is Nemuri No. 7.

Something popped out!

Hey, Kuna! What did you do?!

I-I didn't do anything!

Come on...

We're supposed to get the lab back up and running

before the captains return.

These are early relics from the Artificial Soul Project: Nemuri.

Haven't seen these in a while.

Nemuri... as in Nemu?

That's right. These are No. 1 through No. 3.

Relics?

Bluntly speaking... corpses.

Really? These lint-like things?

In the beginning, it was one failure after another.

We were finally able to create a brain with No. 4.

W-Was it No. 4's technology... that fixed my head?

That's right.

No. 5 reached the fetus stage.

Using that technology, the Captain modified his Zanpakuto

and was promoted to captain.

Oh, I see...

No. 6 grew up to be about two-years-old.

But then its cell division stopped and it died.

That was basically the lifespan of an Artificial Soul's cells.

That's why when No. 7 outlived her lifespan,

the Captain was beside himself with joy.

I wonder why...

Master Mayuri has stopped calling me Nemuri No. 7?

Why are you asking me instead of the Captain?

Because I don't think Master Mayuri

will give me an answer even if I asked.

If you realize that,

then you should realize that I don't know either.

I dunno...

Maybe it's because he's embarrassed.

Embarrassed?

I can't imagine Master Mayuri having such emotions.

Sometimes you say the darndest things.

The Captain said this...

To create a new soul from nothing, in other words...

Creating Artificial Soul Reapers is the dream of all Soul Reapers.

But it's silly for one to dream while awake.

Therefore, I am naming it Project Nemuri.

It's the Captain's way of being sarcastic.

From here, I'll be speaking speculatively.

Creating an Artificial Soul Reaper is not the dream of all Soul Reapers.

It is Captain Kurotsuchi's personal dream.

Do you understand?

You eat, sleep, breath, learn something daily and grow...

And during that time...

Captain Kurotsuchi lives his dream.

He was probably embarrassed that you'd notice that.

I hadn't noticed...

Seeing you grow smarter by the day...

even I could tell that you'd realize that one day.

If I had remained ignorant,

would Master Mayuri continue to call me No. 7 even now?

I doubt it.

Because you're the Captain's greatest creation.

There's no way you won't evolve.

Nemu! How did you get that power?

It is the power you gave me, Master Mayuri.

This Soul Reaper body you gave me...

I enhanced its power to just below 0.8% before critical breakdown.

- You did what?! - It is not a problem.

I can last another 400 seconds.

That's not what I'm upset about!

I did not give you such an order...!

Not an order.

It's my mission.

My mission is to protect you, Master Mayuri.

No! Your mission is to grow!

I believe I can show you my growth by protecting you, Master Mayuri.

Since when did you learn to talk back like that?

I never thought I'd see the day

when I could leave a battle in Nemu's hands...

How humiliating.

Soul scission rate at 6%.

I will shave away 6% of my soul

and fire it directly at that thing to destroy it.

Gikon Jurinju.

NEMURI NO. 7

Master Mayuri...

No...

Nemu...

Nemu...

Did you feel despair just now?

It couldn't be despair, could it?

Huh? What was that again?

Did I mishear you?

Let me have a better look at your face.

That couldn't be, right?

Not you, who lectured me about being a scientist...

There's no way that could be.

Your modified life form died?

What's there to be sad about? Didn't you once tell me...

That perfection has no meaning to scientists like us?

That perfection is despair. That you abhor "perfection"?

Then you should celebrate its death! It died because it was not perfect!

That leaves room to create something even better!

That is what I thought you would say.

Oh, I see...

You were beginning to believe that defective meat puppet was perfect.

How far you've fallen, Mayuri Kurotsuchi...

You should thank that monster of a left arm.

By killing your meat puppet,

that monster crushed your arrogance and negligence.

Despite your every effort, you are alone and helpless.

What you thought was perfect was destroyed.

If I were in your shoes,

I would not be able to stop laughing!

You are absolutely right!

I can't believe it took a pseudo-scientist like you

to remind me of my negligence.

It is utterly comical.

I see...

You came to feed on Nemu's meat scraps, have you?

Go ahead.

Eat until even the last piece of her skin is gone.

However...

I'm taking back her cerebrum.

You feel numb when you touch me, don't you?

Don't mind me. Get on with eating Nemu!

If you don't do it quickly, you will die before you finish!

Wh-What is this?

Embedded in Nemu's pituitary gland that you ate

is an implanted compulsory accelerated cell division organ

to surpass the Artificial Soul's cell division threshold.

It is a special organ that functions at all times

to allow the cells to continuously grow beyond the theoretical limit.

It is regulated by directly connecting to the parietal lobe

via the basal ganglia.

Let me rephrase it so that even an idiot like you can understand.

If that organ is ingested by itself without her cerebrum,

it will grow out of control and self-destruct.

I see...

a functioning nerve still remained...

Oh, dear. Now I'm no different than Zaraki...

What, you Squad 11 haven't fled yet?

You people are stupid beyond imagination.

Although I commend you for not interfering with the battle.

Listen carefully.

Thirty ken up ahead, under the ruins on the right,

you will find body preservation pods.

You two go on ahead with them.

Don't worry.

It took some time, but they should no longer be zombies.

Their lifespans were greatly reduced,

but I doubt they'd give someone who saved them grief

over something so petty.

Kurotsuchi...

Thank you.

Put me into an empty pod

and put Zaraki into the other one if you want to.

We'll see you later, Captain Zaraki...

Take care.

- Captain Kurotsuchi... - Captain Kurotsuchi...

- Thank you for saving our Captain! - Thank you for saving our Captain!

I'm getting thanked an awful lot today.

How unpleasant.

But that doesn't matter...

Evolution...

I've finally created a soul from nothing that evolves on its own.

I've surpassed you, Kisuke Urahara.

Unfortunately, I can't picture the look of envy on your face...

That's what will make seeing that look worthwhile.

The next time we meet,

I will show you how much distance I've put between you and me.

We'll show him together...

you and I...

An ache upon an unsatisfying grayscale

My confidence vanishes

I turned regret into lies

I ignored our chipped blades

I worked overtime just for maintenance

But I knew all along

that this faded color was an irreversible law

So I might as well pray

There's no turning back now

I thought I had made up my mind

but I'm still haunted by doubt and anxiety

A bundle of emotions torn to shreds

with nothing left for me to gain

What's more important than one's life

is to shoulder that burden to sever this monochrome

I keep searching for the answer to an unsolvable thesis

while making choices until I die

Then I remember where we came from

and the lives that could never interact

No one is allowed to use the scale since it falls apart in an instant

So, what can I measure ourselves against?

Instead, I hold onto your words

that gave my heart meaning

It's always a paradox

The moon waxes with each regret and sadness

The massive, unconquerable foe is the darkness that dwells within me

I forsook my pride and joy

but I am still confounded by this flock of imperfection

Beyond that white and resentful midnight sun

awaits an illusion etched in black

Wow... He even brought the arena up here...

Looks like His Majesty is giving us a warm welcome.

Looks that way.

Hey, girls! Gather around!

Gotta hand it to you...

You had them tag along with the city?

Bingo!

Now that the five of us are together...

let's go!

Why is Uryu Ishida at Eins Ast?

Don't let him out of your sight. Go!

Does Uryu Ishida bother you that much?

Bazz-B. What do you think you're doing?

What am I doing?

Shouldn't you be asking how I'm still alive?

"Shared memories, unspoken..."

"the mirror transmits, from the shadows."