"I didn't expect you to be quite a good person!" Ōban Danjirō laughed.
Yamabuki's eyes showed a hint of embarrassment. He considered things from a perspective of benefit, while Ōban Danjirō was genuinely kind-hearted.
This era was a chaotic one. It was already difficult enough to survive, yet this big man was leading a group of children unrelated to him to make a living, come rain or shine.
"Half a year. In half a year, as long as we can win this war, the promised orphanage will definitely be built," Yamabuki said.
"Just for that promise, even if I don't want to fight with all my might in half a year, I won't have a choice," Ōban Danjirō laughed.
However, before they could finish speaking, the Captain Commander threw a pile of work at Yamabuki.
The squad assignments for the new recruits, their uniforms, and their food and lodging arrangements.
Yamabuki deeply understood a mother's hardship at this moment. He was practically the biological mother of these thousands of people. No matter what happened, these squad members would come to him, even for minor issues like colds and coughs, they'd come to him for medicine!
My Kaidō are indeed very powerful, but I'm really not a professional doctor! Shouldn't you go to Kirio Hikifune if you're sick?
He was busy until past seven in the evening, finally finishing all the work. As he was about to leave, he found Chōjirō Sasakibe waiting at the door for him.
"You haven't gotten off work yet! Why are you waiting for me here? Don't tell me something's wrong?" Yamabuki asked.
Chōjirō Sasakibe said excitedly, "Big Brother Yamabuki, I've learned Bankai."
Yamabuki looked at the boy in surprise. So fast?
He truly was a genius!
When I used to watch anime, I always thought Vice-Captains were weaklings who couldn't beat anyone.
In fact, Shinigami of the Vice-Captain-level are already quite formidable in this world. It's just that the enemies they encounter are too strong, there's nothing they can do.
"Let's go, spar with me. Let me see what your Bankai looks like," Yamabuki said with some pleasant surprise.
The stronger Chōjirō Sasakibe became, the greater his chances of survival on the future battlefield.
Of course, if following the original timeline, Chōjirō Sasakibe would not die in the fierce battle six months later. His end was a thousand years later, in the ultimate decisive battle between Shinigami and Quincy.
The Thousand-Year Blood War.
But that damned Soul King also said that with his arrival, this world had already changed. God knew if Chōjirō Sasakibe would die in this war because of his arrival.
The two of them went together to Yamabuki's Underground Training Ground at his home.
Chōjirō Sasakibe raised the Zanpakutō in his hand and solemnly released his Bankai.
"Bankai, Huanghuang Yanling Ligong!"
The shape of the Zanpakutō did not change, but countless golden lightning bolts appeared around Chōjirō Sasakibe's body, forming a lightning power supply. At the same time, dark clouds floated overhead, containing powerful electricity!
Yamabuki's eye twitched. As soon as he saw lightning, he thought of Alice during their previous battle, and the young lady's experience of being struck by lightning.
Although she wasn't harmed much, denying a physiologically and psychologically normal man the right to imagine things was even more cruel than a death sentence!
Chōjirō Sasakibe lightly swung his Zanpakutō, and a golden lightning bolt struck Yamabuki.
Although its power was not small, the disparity in strength between the two was too great. A Shinigami's battle is a battle of spiritual pressure.
The difference in their spiritual pressure was more than ten times!
Yamabuki only felt a tingling sensation on his skin, which was quite comfortable.
"That's it!" Yamabuki asked.
"It's not over yet!" Chōjirō Sasakibe lightly swept his Zanpakutō across the golden lightning palace in front of him. Golden lightning wrapped around his sword, giving the weapon an enchantment.
At the same time, due to the stimulation of the lightning, Chōjirō Sasakibe's own speed also increased significantly. In the blink of an eye, his Zanpakutō had already reached Yamabuki.
Yamabuki extended his index and middle fingers, lightly pinching them together, firmly grasping the Zanpakutō.
"Its power is decent against ordinary people, but it's far from threatening a Captain. Moreover, you should prioritize increasing your spiritual pressure. Without strong spiritual pressure to support it, even the strongest techniques are useless," Yamabuki said.
Chōjirō Sasakibe was clearly disheartened. He hadn't expected his Bankai to be stopped by Yamabuki with two fingers. This was too damaging to one's self-esteem!
"Alright, don't be so gloomy over there. We're having hot pot tonight, you'll be too late if you don't hurry!" Yamabuki laughed.
As soon as he heard there was meat for dinner, Chōjirō Sasakibe immediately forgot all his unhappiness. How could there be anything more important than hot pot in this world?
As the saying goes, some are happy, some are sad.
Yamabuki's safe return made everyone in Soul Society very happy, but the Quincy side couldn't be happy at all.
Alice was placed in a huge container, immersed in a bluish-green liquid. Her injuries had healed, and her frozen body tissues had thawed, but she hadn't woken up yet.
Mardon looked at the severely injured Alice, feeling very guilty.
If he hadn't been severely injured and unrecovered that day, he should have been the one to fight that Menos Grande, and Alice wouldn't have been injured like this.
Just then, the Quincy responsible for Kaidō said excitedly, "Lady Alice is responding! She should wake up very soon!"
Mardon finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this news. If a member of the Royal Guard had an accident, he wouldn't be able to explain it to His Majesty.
About ten minutes later, Alice slowly woke up from her coma. At this moment, she still thought she had entered hell. Only after seeing her colleagues did she confirm that she was still alive.
"That's great! Lady Alice, it's good that you're alright." Other members of the Sternritter came to visit Alice.
Alice hugged her arms tightly, trembling all over.
"Give me... give me a piece of clothing. I feel so cold!" Alice shivered uncontrollably, her teeth chattering.
"Quickly, get Lady Alice a piece of clothing!"
Soon, a subordinate brought a piece of clothing. Alice quickly put it on, but her body was still trembling.
"No, quickly get more clothes! It's still cold." Alice said, trembling.
Mardon vaguely felt that something was wrong. The temperature here was very comfortable. Even if Alice had just recovered from severe injuries, she shouldn't be this cold. But seeing Alice constantly trembling, he could only order his subordinates to bring more clothes.
Alice put on one piece of clothing after another, finally wearing seven or eight layers. Even then, when she couldn't put on any more clothes, she was still hugging her shoulders and trembling non-stop.
"Cold, so cold!"
Mardon immediately realized that something was wrong with Alice's body and quickly called for the doctor to examine her.
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