"Poison?" Saitō Furōfushi was full of questions. Can you even poison Kidō?
"And my Zanpakutō's ability, I'll remind you, so you don't call me despicable later," Yamabuki said with extreme confidence. "My Zanpakutō's ability is also poison. As long as my blade stabs you, your body will be paralyzed! It's still not too late to back out now."
Saitō Furōfushi looked disdainful.
Watching the two of them compete, the other Captains had expressions of watching a show, some eating sunflower seeds, some eating popcorn, some cheering from the side—they loved a good spectacle!
Yamabuki and Saitō Furōfushi stood in the training hall, staring at each other.
"Saitō, want to raise the stakes?" Yamabuki asked.
"Alright! If you lose, how about you be my slave for a month?" Saitō Furōfushi said.
"No problem. If you lose, you promise to do one thing for me," Yamabuki directly raised the stakes.
Hmph, watch me trick you to death!
Uhin Zenjōji waved a large flag and shouted, "Let the match begin!"
Yamabuki slapped his hand on the ground: "Bakudō Number 21, Crimson Smoke Escape!"
Instantly, the entire area was filled with red smoke.
Saitō Furōfushi remembered Yamabuki's words that these smoke were poisonous, and immediately covered her mouth and nose, retreating. Then she carefully watched the smoke, searching for Yamabuki's whereabouts, fearing that this guy would rush out from an unexpected angle.
Just as Saitō Furōfushi was intently staring forward, a cold blade extended from behind her, gently resting on her neck.
"Battle over! You lose!" Yamabuki looked smug.
Everyone present was stunned. What just happened?!
Saitō Furōfushi immediately guessed what was going on.
"Your Zanpakutō's ability isn't paralysis at all! It's silent movement?" Saitō Furōfushi said, surprised and angry. "How dare you lie to me?"
"How can you trust an enemy's words? All's fair in war. Let me think, what should I make you do?" Yamabuki was finally able to gloat, his heart swelling with pride.
His initial claims that Crimson Smoke Escape was poisonous and his false report of his Zanpakutō's ability were all to lower Saitō Furōfushi's guard. Then, he used Crimson Smoke Escape to obscure vision, and then used his spatial control ability to instantly move behind Saitō Furōfushi, silently placing the blade against her neck.
This whole maneuver was simply perfect! He dealt with a strong enemy without shedding a drop of blood!
"You bastard! How dare you play dirty with me!" Saitō Furōfushi's spiritual pressure instantly erupted, a crimson spiritual pressure sweeping like a tornado. She turned and slashed.
Yamabuki showed no fear, meeting the attack with a frontal slash.
The two blades clashed, and the spiritual pressure of Captain-level combatants collided. Weaker squad members were directly pressed to the ground, paralyzed.
Saitō Furōfushi's eyebrows twitched. If she remembered correctly, just over a month ago when she fought this guy, he was scurrying around like a monkey trying to escape her. How could his strength have improved so much in just a month?
As the first Squad Six Captain, losing to this little monkey would be too embarrassing!
Thinking this, anger surged, and Saitō Furōfushi's swordsmanship became faster and faster, eventually turning into a blur of motion.
However, all the spectators present were masters among masters, and they instantly saw the flaws in Saitō Furōfushi's swordsmanship.
She was now eager to win, attacking fiercely. Her offense seemed sharp, but in reality, it had many weaknesses.
"Clang!!!"
Blades clashed, a loud clang!
Saitō Furōfushi's sword stopped less than two inches from Yamabuki's neck, while Yamabuki's blade tip was pressed tightly against Saitō Furōfushi's chest!
"Are you a sore loser, shorty? I won't do anything strange to you anyway, after all, no one would have desires for a washboard. Let's just call off our bet, sigh!" Yamabuki directly struck at her heart.
"Washboard?" Saitō Furōfushi looked down at her chest. Although it wasn't completely flat, it was far too small compared to Batsu'unsai Katori's majestic peaks that looked like mountains from every angle!
"Go to hell with your washboard!!!" Saitō Furōfushi slashed fiercely. Yamabuki once again activated his Silver Radiance Angel's Shunpo ability, instantly moving behind Saitō Furōfushi, and placing his blade on her neck again.
"I already said, our bet is off, you don't have to be so tense!" Yamabuki said with a faint smile.
Saitō Furōfushi was so angry she threw her sword on the ground: "You say it's off, and it's off? Fine, I promise to do one thing for you, anything at all. Even if you tell me to pull out my sword and slit my throat, I'll do it willingly!"
Yamabuki was overjoyed. Sure enough, using provocation was the perfect strategy against such a tsundere and irritable kid.
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I do," Yamabuki said, looking smug.
It's really hard to finally get to gloat!
After more than a month of bitter dormant, he finally stood up!
Kinroku Izuhara gently pushed up his glasses: "This kid took a stroll in Hueco Mundo, and I didn't expect his strength to improve so quickly. Although his spiritual pressure is still very immature, it will probably be difficult for us to easily defeat him now!"
And this scene in the training hall was also seen by Yamamoto.
He nodded with great satisfaction.
"Yamabuki, come here, I have something to tell you," Yamamoto said.
Yamabuki hurried over.
Yamamoto didn't ask why Yamabuki had mastered other powers, but went straight to the point: "Yamabuki, with your current strength, you are more than capable of being a Captain. Would you like to be the Captain of a squad?"
"Absolutely not. Anyway, you don't pay me, so I won't be any Captain. Being my Chief of Staff is pretty good," Yamabuki refused without hesitation.
"Really." Yamamoto smiled with a hint of indulgence. Since this kid didn't want to, he wouldn't force him: "If you change your mind, you can come to me anytime. With your current strength, being a Vice Captain is truly a waste of your talent. By the way, what do you think of Chōjirō Sasakibe and Feng Yuan?"
Yamabuki didn't understand the Captain Commander's meaning. How did the topic suddenly shift to these two guys?
"They're good people! What's wrong?" Yamabuki asked blankly.
"Nothing. Didn't you keep clamoring for more manpower before? I'll transfer these two to your command for now. You can order them to do anything you need," Yamamoto said.
Just now, if Yamabuki had shown even a hint of distrust towards these two in his tone, Yamamoto would have immediately eliminated future troubles by making those two physically evaporate.
It was still the same as before, although Yamamoto didn't trust Chōjirō Sasakibe and Feng Yuan, he trusted Yamabuki's judgment.
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