Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 681 An Unqualified Fool

Yoruichi and Yuuko exchanged a glance, their joking expressions vanishing. They walked up to Ichigo, looking down at him condescendingly: "Do you know the difference between you and a captain-level Shinigami?"

“…Bankai.” Ichigo squeezed out the two words through gritted teeth.

“That’s right.” Yoruichi nodded. “Bankai, the final release of a Zanpakuto, a Shinigami’s ultimate technique. It’s not just a change and enhancement of abilities, but the increase in spiritual pressure is also five to ten times that of Shikai.”

"Ordinary Grim Reapers may not be able to achieve this even if they spend their entire lives. Even talented and gifted Grim Reapers need more than ten years of arduous training and practice to even begin to master it."

"Ten years?" Ichigo's face turned deathly pale. "Krukia's execution... only a few days left!"

“Of course, I’m only referring to the usual situation.” Yoruichi smiled knowingly. “You absolutely cannot master Bankai before Rukia’s execution day using conventional methods.”

"The conventional method?" Ichigo understood Yoruichi's unspoken meaning and suddenly looked up.

Yoruichi crossed her arms: "Yes, that's a method that will allow you to learn Bankai within three days."

Ichigo swallowed hard: "Three days? Can you do that?"

"It's not a question of whether you can do it or not, it's just that you only have three days left," Yoruichi said calmly. "If you don't want to hold us back, then prove it to us."

"Look at your level of awareness."

Upon hearing this, Yuko couldn't help but glance sideways. What? So Yoruichi can also say such serious things.

“You don’t need to worry too much. Your talent is quite outstanding among the Shinigami.” Yoruichi closed her eyes gently. “After all, I once taught a fool who, even with my help, took over a hundred years to master his Bankai.”

Yu Zi glanced at her coldly without saying a word.

"Was a special method used?"

Yoruichi nodded slightly: "To be precise, with that idiot's aptitude, it took him a full hundred years to reach the minimum requirement to use special methods."

“Minimum requirement…” Ichigo chuckled, “That sounds pretty stupid, huh?”

Yu Zi's eyelids twitched, and her tone turned slightly cold: "Instead of trying to sarcasticly criticize me here, why don't we get started already?"

"It seems like you don't care at all about Rukia's safety."

"What?! Is it Auntie?!" Ichigo coughed violently on the spot.

Given Auntie's aptitude, it would take her hundreds of years to even meet the minimum requirements... No, wait, could it be that Auntie is actually the type who gets rewarded by hard work? Or is her talent not actually that outstanding?

Come to think of it, Auntie's only special ability was that she was only the third seat in the second division, and she didn't even get to be the vice-captain.

Yoruichi patted Yuuko on the shoulder: "That's true, but why don't you hurry up and treat his injuries?"

"Ichigo, where's the medicine I gave you?"

“Here it is.” Ichigo obediently took it out from his pocket.

Yuko tilted her head: "Why didn't you use it when you were injured before?"

"……forgotten."

Yuko used a quick step forward and slammed her elbow into the potion bottle, smashing it in front of Ichigo's chest.

"Ugh~"

This impact sent Ichigo flying, crashing into a rock behind him. The rock cracked, embedding Ichigo's body within it.

"What, what are you doing!" Ichigo struggled to get off the rock, his voice filled with resentment.

Yu Zi said expressionlessly, "Because it's too stupid, I can't stand watching it."

"Just for this reason? I'm injured right now..." Ichigo subconsciously complained, but halfway through his complaint, he suddenly realized that his body had inexplicably stopped hurting.

"Eh?"

Ichigo looked down at his body. The red medicine that should have been on his chest had completely disappeared, as if his clothes hadn't been wet at all.

As for the other injuries... not to mention the pain, even the wounds have completely disappeared.

For external or internal use...

He suddenly remembered what Yuko had said when she handed them the medicine.

Ichigo couldn't help but say, "Hey, hey, hey, isn't this effect a bit too exaggerated?"

Ignoring Ichigo, Yuko said to Yoruichi, "Alright, take that thing out."

Ichigo, still touching his body, asked curiously, "What is that?"

"Of course, it's a special item that will allow you to master Bankai within three days."

As Yoruichi spoke, she produced a doll that was about the height of a person, entirely silver-white, and without facial features, from somewhere.

No, it's called a doll, but it's more like a human-shaped billboard, the kind you'd put up at the entrance of a shopping mall to advertise. It looks rather strange.

"What is this?" Ichigo looked at the doll with a puzzled expression.

"This is the Transcendental Body, one of the most important special spiritual tools of the Onmitsukido. It can forcibly rewrite the Zanpakuto's true form and materialize it," Yoruichi explained. "You've already mastered Shikai, so you can understand the Zanpakuto's true form, right?"

"The so-called Shikai requires dialogue and communication with the Zanpakuto to achieve the effect of synchronization."

"Bankai, on the other hand, requires the materialization of the Zanpakuto and its submission."

"The so-called concretization means that when we are having a conversation, we don't need to enter the world of the Zanpakuto, but rather we summon the Zanpakuto into our world."

"This is also the most important step, which usually requires at least ten years of training to achieve."

"But with this, it can be achieved effortlessly."

Ichigo's expression turned serious: "Then, what's the price?"

Ichigo Kurosaki knew that shortcuts weren't easy to take.

Yoruichi said solemnly, "This method can only be materialized once, and the time limit is three days. During these three days, you must do your best to defeat the materialized Zanpakuto and make it submit. In other words, you must conquer it with your strength."

"Wait, don't make it sound like you're about to fight your own Zanpakuto." Yuuko suddenly stopped him. "Ichigo, try connecting with your Zanpakuto. If you can understand it, then..."

Before Yuko could finish speaking, Yoruichi blew her a bullet to the head.

Yoruichi clenched her fist, which was steaming, and cursed, "I told you! Your case doesn't apply to everyone!"

"Ouch!" Yu Zi gasped sharply, rubbing her scalp. "What the hell is going on all of a sudden! That hurts, you idiot!"

Yoruichi snorted coldly, ignoring Yuuko, and turned to Ichigo, saying, "Don't mind this idiot. She lost to her own Zanpakuto when she used the Tenshintai."

"Huh? And that auntie is..."

Yuko held up one finger: "I'm having a friendly exchange with my Zanpakuto, exchanging sincerity for sincerity..."

Yoruichi immediately covered Yuuko's mouth with one hand and rubbed her forehead with the other: "In short, this guy's situation is a bit special and definitely doesn't apply to you. You just need to think about how to defeat your own Zanpakuto."

"Is that so?" Ichigo asked, sweating profusely. "Then what do I need to do?"

"Put the Zanpakuto in."

Upon hearing this, Ichigo, without any hesitation, resolutely thrust his Zanpakuto towards the Tenjin body.

The divine body shattered instantly, transforming into a tall, middle-aged man in a trench coat who appeared behind a protector.

"It seems you've recovered quite well, Ichigo." Uncle Zangetsu said, looking down at Ichigo, but his eyes glanced slightly at Yuuko.

“Uncle.” Ichigo’s expression shifted slightly.

In the midst of this tense atmosphere, Yuko suddenly said, "I didn't expect it to really be the image of a useless old man."

"Ichigo is doomed. Even his half-body looks like a useless old man."

Ichigo's lips twitched violently: "..."

I just don't want to be said that!

Ignoring Ichigo's stunned expression, Yuko muttered to herself, "But since he's an older man, all we have to do is go to the arcade together for a couple of rounds of pachinko, and then sleep together in a discarded cardboard box in the park for a couple of nights. Our relationship will naturally become closer, right?"

"Under normal circumstances, a good-for-nothing uncle can't refuse this kind of..."

boom!

"I don't need to tell you what to do." Yoruichi knocked Yuuko unconscious with a punch, leaving behind these words, and dragged Yuuko to make room.

"What's going on, Yoruichi?" Yuko stepped aside, rubbing her head and saying with a reproachful look in her eyes.

Yoruichi's temple throbbed: "Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?"

"Me? Aren't I just passing on my Bankai experience to Ichigo?"

"...That's the problem."

Yuko smiled, stopped teasing Yoruichi, and looked in Ichigo's direction: "It looks like it's about to start over there."

Yoruichi rolled her eyes at Yuuko without saying a word, then obediently looked over there.

"Hey, uncle."

"What? Ichigo?"

"Was what Auntie said true?" Ichigo asked gravely. "As long as I ask you to play pachinko, then..."

Before he finished speaking, a series of Zanpakuto of various shapes descended from the sky and plunged into the ground.

"Only one of these is a true Zanpakuto, capable of defeating me," Uncle Zangetsu said solemnly. "Ichigo, if you want me to submit, find it before I kill you, and then..."

Zangetsu launched an attack, and Ichigo quickly picked up his Zanpakuto from the ground to fight back.

Yuko stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded.

Just as Yoruichi was about to ask her what kind of expression that was, Ikuko rubbed her dry eyes and muttered:

"No, I can't tell which Zanpakuto is real at all. Judging from the feeling, they all have almost the same aura."

Yoruichi nearly collapsed: "Isn't that obvious?!"

Did this idiot actually intend to figure it out just now?

"This is still essentially a trial for Zanpakuto; how could you possibly get a real Zanpakuto by luck?"

Yuko wasn't too surprised: "So, in fact, all the knives were substandard?"

“No, rather, every single one is real.” Yoruichi said seriously, “A genuine fragment of Ichigo’s soul.”

Yu Zi glanced at her: "You seem very nervous?"

“Of course!” Yoruichi sighed. “The Transcendental Body was originally developed by Kisuke as an experiment, and he was the only one who successfully mastered Bankai in three days.”

"At the same time, he also judged that if the number of days were shortened further, there would be danger."

"No, if the number of days is extended, whether Ichigo's soul can withstand it is another matter."

Yuko blinked: "I see, so three days is the standard time?"

"Come to think of it, it seems you didn't explain it to me in detail back then."

"Aren't you worried about me dying?"

Yuko would have been fine if she hadn't brought this up, but as soon as Yoruichi was mentioned, she couldn't help but tremble all over: "You bastard, you never intended to subdue a Zanpakuto by submitting to it from the very beginning!"

"How could this be, I..."

Yoruichi grabbed Yuuko's collar with a forced smile: "So who was it that wanted to go out for a nice meal with their Zanpakuto? What did you think this was? A romantic comedy?"

"...Cold, calm down, Yoruichi."

Yoruichi shoved her away impatiently and looked at Ichigo again: "Just watch, this so-called trial."

"Even in Bankai, a Zanpakuto generally does not act with the intention of killing its master."

"He was teaching Ichigo how to use himself."

"Really?" Yuko tilted her head. "But But Butterfly never taught me."

"you shut up!"

“…Um.” Yuko choked for a moment, not daring to continue on the topic, and changed the subject, “Do you want something to eat? I’m going to…”

Yoruichi grabbed Yuuko again and shook her violently: "What time is it and you're still thinking about eating!"

"My head hurts so much~ It feels like it's going to fall off."

Yoruichi irritably pulled her hand away from Yuuko's collar. Yuuko straightened her clothes before saying, "You don't actually think that once Ichigo masters Bankai, we'll have the upper hand, do you?"

"Even with his half-baked ability to become intangible, he's probably only as good as a captain."

Yoruichi was silent for a moment, then looked at Ichigo in the midst of the battle with a slightly vacant gaze: "At least we have one more fighter."

"Don't worry, you can take care of one, Ichigo can take care of one, Hana can take care of two, and I can handle the remaining three by myself."

"You're really arrogant... Wait, how did you calculate that number?" Ye replied instinctively, then quickly realized the problem.

How come there are only three left after calculating?

"Look, with Kyoraku Shunsui's composure, he'll definitely slack off when the time comes."

Yoruichi gave a forced smile: "That's still far from right, isn't it?"

"Then Ukitake and he are best buddies, and Kyoraku Shunsui will definitely tell him about me. Those two will definitely discuss it and decide to go along with it, so Hana-nee can take care of both of them by herself."

"One, two... something still seems off."

“Kosho Aya is now the captain of the second division. As long as you use your beauty to seduce her, Yoruichi, she’s guaranteed to betray us.” Yuko’s lips curled into a smile. “After that, it’ll be Byakuya. Don’t be fooled by his indifference towards Rukia. I know he’s a good kid and will definitely stand on our side.”

After a moment of stunned silence, Yoruichi unconsciously reached out and touched Ikuko's head.

"what?"

"I think your brain has been fried."

Yuko slapped the phone away impatiently and started counting on her fingers: "In short, after removing the teammates mentioned above, the captains who can be considered as having combat power are only one, three, seven, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve..."