I Died and Became a Hollow, But I Get Stronger by Being an Idiot Chapter 68: The Adjuchas I Stalked Is Now a Vasto Lorde — An

Decades had passed since that ridiculous day when I decided to follow that female Adjuchas across the endless sands of Hueco Mundo.

Back then, I was just an idiot Gillian, huge and clueless, trying to sneak around like I had a plan.

Turns out she survived too — and got stronger.

Now, the sa woman stood before again. But this ti... she was a Vasto Lorde.

Her presence alone bent the night like she owned it.

Her sharp mask now smoother, fiercer, more complete.

Her cold aura felt like the edge of a blade pressing against my massive chest.

She tilted her head, eyes glowing faintly beneath that mask.

"Tell ," she said — her voice low, serious, cutting through the silence. "What is your na?"

I blinked.

"GRRUAAH?"

(Translation: 'I don't have one.')

She narrowed her eyes, like she understood anyway.

Because nas ant sothing to her — but she could tell by my guttural roar and wild stance that I was different. Not just another hollow with a label.

A mont passed, thick and heavy.

Then she gave a sharp nod.

"You're the idiot Gillian who keeps surviving, aren't you?"

I gave a proud roar.

"GRUAARRR!"

('That's !')

She smiled — or maybe it was a smirk under the mask.

"Most would have died long ago. You've got so strange luck… or stubbornness."

I shrugged with a giant claw.

"GRUAAH."

('Neither. Just stupid.')

She laughed softly — a sound almost too human to co from a Vasto Lorde.

For the first ti, it didn't feel like I was facing a killer.

It felt like I was facing... soone who got .

We stood in the endless night, two creatures from the sa dead world, bound by chaos and chance.

She cocked her head.

"Will you tell your na soday?"

I looked up at the dark sky, letting out a low, thoughtful rumble.

"GRUAAAHH..."

('Maybe when I stop being an idiot.')

She nodded again and stepped back into the shadows, disappearing like a ghost riding the desert wind.

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