342. The Greed

Orihime's Santen Kesshun sucessfully saved Ichigo. He and Ulquiorra continue to fight, but soon after Orihime is grabbed by none other than Loly and Menoly. In the middle of this situation, Yammy pops out of the floor in front of everyone.

Summary
The chapter starts out with Yammy eating. A small Hollow dog starts barking at him and Yammy angrily throws a bone at it, scaring it off before yawning. He gets up from his seat and tells himself he probably better get going and leaves the room.

Meanwhile, Orihime's Santen Kesshun that she summoned up to protect Ichigo from Ulquiorra's blow shatters away. Ulquiorra immediately turns to Orihime and asks why she was helping him and why she didn't protect Ichigo from some of his blows earlier. Orihime has a hard time answering his questions and says she doesn't know before being cut off by Ulquiorra. Before he can say much more, Ichigo interrupts and tells Ulquiorra to shut up and Orihime to keep her distance. Ichigo then mentions to Ulquiorra that he's being pretty chatty before starting up a Getsuga Tenshō. Ulquiorra tells him that he should know by now that Getsugas don't work on him, but ends up surprising him seeing Ichigo charge at him with a Getsuga-charged Zangetsu. Ichigo strikes him but Ulquiorra blocks him. Ulquiorra tells Ichigo that it's not going to work on him because he couldn't even beat him with his Hollow mask when they fought last time.

Suddenly, Loly and Menoly appear behind Orihime and grab her. Loly tells Orihime that since Aizen doesn't need her anymore, she can do whatever she wants to her. Loly then rips off part of Orihime's clothes on her shoulder.

Ichigo turns around and notices Loly and Menoly attacking Orihime. He charges at them, prepared to let loose a Getsuga but Loly threatens him to stay back or otherwise she'll pluck out one of Orihime's eyeballs. Before Ichigo can attack, Ulquiorra appears in front of Ichigo and blocks his attack. Ulquiorra tells Loly and Menoly to not get the wrong idea that he was helping them only that Ichigo must first kill him before he can fight anyone else. Ichigo angrily shouts at Ulquiorra to move, but before he can respond, Yammy pops out of the floor in front of everyone.

Characters
Characters in order of appearance:
 * Yammy Rialgo
 * Ulquiorra Cifer
 * Orihime Inoue
 * Loly
 * Menoly