Chapter 394 - 393: You Think you can Leave without Leaving Anything Behind?
It happened precisely at the moment Mazuru had used his ability to imprison Mask’s soul.
Ordinarily, that would have meant nothing—one more fallen quincy among countless enemies.
But Mask’s soul wasn’t his alone.
Hidden deep within it was a Schrift—the engraved letter of Yhwach—and along with it, a fragment of the Quincy King’s own soul.
When Mazuru’s barrier sealed that soul inside the Crimson Realm, Yhwach felt a flicker vanish from his consciousness.
For someone of Yhwach’s power, the loss of one fragment was trivial.
What drew his attention was not the fragment itself—
but the fact that something could steal it from him.
That had never happened before.
From that moment, his gaze shifted toward the realm he had long ignored: Hueco Mundo.
He could not yet descend there himself. His body remained sealed within the depths of the Wandenreich, preparing for the war against the Soul Society.
But Askin and the others were already within Hueco Mundo—and within Askin’s body resided another of his soul fragments.