"In that case, you can go back for now. By the way, you've worked hard this time, so I'm giving you half a month off to rest well," Yamamoto said.
"Captain! You truly are the best Captain in the whole world!" Yamabuki was so excited that tears were almost falling. Ever since he joined the Gotei 13, he had to complete a large amount of work every day and had never even thought of taking a vacation. This time, getting half a month off was perfect! Absolutely perfect!
He was going to use this half-month to do something big.
After leaving the Captain Commander's office, Yamabuki went to the tailor shop in Seireitei responsible for making clothes for nobles.
The owner of this tailor shop was a lower-class noble. Lower-class nobles received far fewer resources than upper-class nobles, so they often had to do small businesses to supplement their household income.
However, the average lifespan in Soul Society is very long, so century-old shops are not uncommon.
"Chief of Staff, you're here? Are you looking for clothes?" The tailor shop owner greeted him with a smile.
"Just looking around! Just looking around," Yamabuki said with a chuckle.
He glanced around the shop and found that the clothing styles were all quite conventional, without any particular features.
And certainly not the stockings he had been thinking about.
Yamabuki vaguely remembered that in the Human World, stockings were invented in the 14th century, and originally they weren't for girls, but for knights, used to increase friction with horses. Later, this trend gradually flowed into royal courts and nobility.
So, it's common to see ancient European nobles wearing high heels and stockings at high-society gatherings in some famous paintings.
"Oh, excuse me, how much does it cost to open a clothing store like this?" Yamabuki asked.
"The Chief of Staff wants to open a shop too?" The tailor shop owner looked surprised.
"The name sounds grand, but in reality, the salary isn't much. I want to do a small business to supplement my household income," Yamabuki laughed.
"Actually, it's not much money." The tailor shop owner quoted a number, and Yamabuki calculated that it was roughly five years of his salary.
Actually, according to Soul Society's timeline, five years isn't very long, but the key was that he didn't want to wait.
"Thanks a lot! If anyone dares to bully you later, just tell them my name, and I'll show them what's what!" Yamabuki said with a chuckle.
As soon as he left the tailor shop, his face immediately turned sour.
"No money! No skills! No workers! How am I supposed to open this shop?!" Yamabuki said bitterly. He originally thought doing business was simple, certainly no harder than venturing into Hueco Mundo, but now it seemed the difficulty of these two things was on the same level.
"Wait a minute, skills... Isn't there a god-tier tailor in Soul Society?" Yamabuki remembered a legendary figure, Senjumaru Shutara.
The creator of the shinigami garb, and also one of the future Zero Squad members.
The shinigami garb hasn't appeared yet, which means Senjumaru Shutara hasn't joined the Gotei 13 yet. Can I approach her to discuss technical issues?
Soul Society has developed for millions of years, and many of its tech trees are incredibly skewed. For example, they don't even have common transportation, yet they can invent super bizarre things like Zanpakutō, modified souls, and various biochemical bacteria. So, the barrier of technical expertise doesn't exist.
Before Senjumaru Shutara joins the Gotei 13, why not trick her into working for him? Senjumaru Shutara from a thousand years ago shouldn't be very old, just a young lady. Tricking a young lady should be easy.
Hmph, I'm good at this!
Yamabuki immediately contacted Feng Yuan. He wasn't good at finding people, but Feng Yuan was an assassin by origin and definitely had a relatively mature intelligence network.
Feng Yuan didn't ask for the reason. After accepting the task, she went straight to execute it. That was her best quality—never asking for reasons, only delivering results.
In less than half a day, Feng Yuan returned.
"Chief of Staff, I've found information on that woman. She's opened a tailor shop in Rukongai, West District 14. Should I tie her up and bring her here?" Feng Yuan asked.
Tie your head up!
Can you even beat her?
Even Senjumaru Shutara from a thousand years ago should not be underestimated.
"Give me the address. You don't need to worry about the rest; thank you for your trouble this time," Yamabuki said.
"Chief of Staff, please command me anytime you need anything," Feng Yuan said respectfully.
He was a smart man; how could he not understand the Captain Commander's meaning? The Captain Commander had tied him and Yamabuki together. If there was anything suspicious about him, he would simply physically evaporate.
After getting the information, Yamabuki rushed to Rukongai. West District 14 was a relatively high-ranking district, so the security was very good. At least, he didn't encounter any bandits while walking around.
Yamabuki went directly to Senjumaru Shutara's small tailor shop.
"Welcome!" A rather cool voice came. Yamabuki looked up to see a slender beauty in a kimono, about twenty years old, tall and thin, walking slowly towards him.
Indeed, she was different from the cunning beauty a thousand years later. Perhaps she hadn't experienced much of the world yet, as Senjumaru Shutara at this time appeared purer. Maybe her dream at this point was simply to be an ordinary tailor.
However, the spiritual pressure emanating from her betrayed her.
Although not comparable to the current Captains of the Gotei 13, she at least possessed Vice Captain-level spiritual pressure. This level of strength was more than enough for self-preservation in Rukongai.
"I'm just looking around." Yamabuki's mind was racing, trying to figure out how to trick her.
Senjumaru Shutara smiled slightly.
"The shop's business seems quite slow. I think the quality of these clothes is pretty good, though?" Yamabuki asked with a smile.
Senjumaru Shutara showed a helpless expression: "It's precisely because the clothes I make are of such good quality; they won't wear out even after ten years. Naturally, fewer and fewer people come to buy clothes from me over time."
Especially in this era, it was already difficult enough for ordinary residents of Rukongai to get enough to eat, let alone have money to buy clothes.
"Can I commission custom-made clothes?" Yamabuki asked. "The craftsmanship requirements might be quite high. I've looked for many tailors, and they all said they couldn't do it. Of course, if you think the difficulty is too high, you can give up."
Senjumaru Shutara raised an eyebrow. "Young man, are you challenging my profession?"
Yamabuki took out two design drawings from his chest.
The first design drawing depicted a rather exquisite maid outfit, similar to the one worn by Tohru in Dragon Maid.
The second design drawing was for the stockings Yamabuki had been longing for. However, it was difficult to truly capture the essence of stockings with ink and brush, so he could only describe them as he drew.
"So, you want to make a thin silk fabric to wear on the legs! It should be elastic, transparent, and able to conceal imperfections on women's legs? An interesting idea, I can try!" Senjumaru Shutara said with a serious expression.
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