371. Kingdom of Hollowes

As Barragan rots away, he thinks back to his past when he first met Aizen.

Summary
Barragan curses them all as he begins to rot from his own power.

Back in the past, Barragan sits on a throne with an army of Hollows kneeling down beside him. Barragan says that he's bored and what's the point of having an army if there will be no invasion to defend from. Suddenly, a large Hollow in the background gets sliced in two, and the Hollows are all in shock. Interested, Barragan watches as Aizen, Gin, and Tosen appear before his throne. Another large Hollow attempts to attack Aizen, demanding to know who he was, only to get sliced down by Tosen. Aizen then asks Barragan if he is the king of Hueco Mundo which he says he is. Barragan asks who Aizen was, seeing how he didn't have any Hollow mask. He concludes that it doesn't matter and was glad they came otherwise he would have split his army into two and have them fight each other out of boredom; he then welcomes all three of them into his palace of Las Noches.

Tōsen says it must be a joke because his palace doesn't have any roof or walls. Barragan says there is no need for a ceiling for the sky of Hueco Mundo is his ceiling. Aizen tells Tōsen he's in no mood for arguments and pulls out his Zanpakutō for Barragan to see. Aizen asks him if he's satisfied with what he has, which confuses Barragan. Aizen continues on, saying that if Barragan follows him, he will give him more power and a new world. Barragan begins to laugh, finding it ridiculous, because he cannot rise any more than he has now and there is no new world for him. Barragan commands his army to attack them, but Aizen, Gin, and Tōsen take the Hollows out with no trouble. Aizen mocks him, saying that he looks just like a Shinigami, wearing black and posed to attack. Barragan tells him to shut up.

In his thoughts, he says that Aizen will regret having given him power and that he will hunt him for all of eternity.

Back in the present, Barragan's body fully rots away. Aizen glances over at Barragan's death and turns away without a word. Hachi says that he found it strange that Barragan never rotted from his own attacks and theorized that he had another power keeping his rotting power away from himself. So when he sent his own rotting arm into his body, he was killed. Hachi concludes that Barragan was just another small life trying to keep death at bay. Starrk says it's horrible that Aizen can't spare a single world for Barragan's death, but says that they're not the type to avenge one another.

Characters
Characters in order of appearance:


 * Barragan Luisenbarn
 * Sōsuke Aizen
 * Gin Ichimaru
 * Kaname Tōsen
 * Hachigen Ushōda
 * Soifon
 * Tia Harribel
 * Starrk
 * Love Aikawa
 * Rōjūrō Otoribashi