Chapter 38: Messing with Ishida
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Chapter 38: Messing with Ishida
"I swear on the pride of the Quincy... I will KILL YOU!!!"
That declaration left Ishida's mouth as he broke a part of the glove he was wearing, resulting in his Spiritual Pressure spiking even further while simultaneously qualifying him to push the Quincy's technique to absorb Spiritual Power even further, making it possible to do so even to the surrounding structures.
Seeing Ishda's current form, Yuna couldn't help but her chin in curiosity. She hadn't bothered much with the difference between Shinigami and Quincy, but now she couldn't help but get a little curious. Especially since Ishida was currently slowly disintegrating the nearby walls and turning them into his Spiritual Power. Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.
'How interesting~ He even turned his Spiritual Power into small strings and is using them to control his body. Not really sure why he is doing that, but I guess he was paralyzed before I arrived here.'
After she finished inspecting Ishida, her gaze landed on his opponent: Mayuri Kurotsuchi, in all his white and golden weirdness. Feeling his Spiritual Power, Yuna lost interest in him rather quickly. Additionally, from what she had heard, he was more of a researcher rather than a fighter, stifling her interest in him even further. However, there was one aspect that she was rather curious about.
'Why the hell does he wear his sword sheath between his legs?'
[Probably compensating for something.]
[Gah~ small penis, gahahaha.]
'Now, now, Chaos, you need to be more supple with stuff like this, or people will accuse you of only making easy dick jokes.'
[Oh? Wise words, unfortunately, they were spoken by you, resulting in them reeking of hypocrisies.]
'What!? My dick jokes are always supple.'
[You literally erected a giant ice penis inside the city, how is that supple!?]
'Hehe, errect.'
[Errect, Gahahaha~]
[*Sigh* I know it's a lost battle, but I'll never stop fighting.]
Meanwhile, Ishida's Spiritual Power has formed into a single wing of highly concentrated Spiritual Power, which quickly transformed into a shining energy arrow that Ishida nocked into his bow and shot at Mayuri.
Although Mayuri was surprised by the power behind the shot, he still managed to lean his body back in time to dodge the attack.
Unfortunately for him, Ishida had anticipated that he would dodge and had already moved above Mayuri, another arrow ready to be shot.
A loud explosion occurred as Ishida's arrow pierced through Mayuri's shoulder and contacted the ground underneath him, resulting in Mayuri getting further wounded by the shockwave.
Seeing that Mayuri was heavily wounded, Ishida prepared another arrow and nocked it into his bow.
"Apologize for what you have done, and I'll forgive you. If you don't, my next attack will be three times stronger."
Hearing that Ishida was willing to forgive his opponent, Yuna could only shake her head.
'Pride of the Quincy, huh? Doesn't seem to be worth much.'
[Why in the world does he suddenly back down?]
'Well, it turns out killing a fellow person is not easy.'
[Seriously? He's wussing out just like that.]
'Mah, it's not a choice I would ever make, but I can respect choosing humanity over revenge.'
[You can?]
'Oh, don't get me wrong; I think it's a stupid choice, but I can at least understand why a youngster that had mostly been living peacefully would hesitate to kill someone.'
Although Ishida offered to let him go, how could Mayuri possibly accept such a humiliation? Rather than bowing down and apologizing, he would fight to the death.
"DON'T GET COCKY, BRAT!!! BANKAI!!!"
While Ishida wasn't sure what Bankai meant, Mayuri's sword started bloating and, after a few seconds, turned into a giant creature that looked like a centipede with a comically large human baby head that had a halo hovering above it.
'That is some bizarre ass creature.'
[Reminds me of that puppet thing you fought while we were forcefully transported into the past.]
'Ohh, you are right! Well, this thing seems to be organic, making it even more bizarre. However, I have to say the smell of its poison is pretty decent.'
[So that habit finally surfaced again, huh?]
'Well, what can I say? There simply were no good poisons around in the human world, and I'm too lazy to look for the proper herbs as well. It's not like I can order poisonous plants over the internet.'
Meanwhile, Ishida was baffled by the weird creature that suddenly appeared in front of him, but that didn't mean he would back down. While Mayuri's Bankai was charging him, Ishida concentrated most of his Spiritual Power into his arrow, making it glow intensely.
The arrow was shot and hit the huge creature, easily piercing through like it was made of tofu and splitting it in half before hitting Mayuri's side, resulting in a massive hole getting pierced into his body.
Seeing the bloody form of Mayuri, Yuna could only shake her head. Considering over half his body was missing, there were little doubts that he would die soon as long as he didn't have any more tricks up his sleeve. Unfortunately, he did.
"I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!!! AREN'T YOU JUST A SHITTY QUINCY!?"
As soon as he finished yelling, he raised his sword and pierced it into his own neck, dumfounding the spectators. However, instead of dying, his body started melting away, shocking Ishida. He wanted to shoot another arrow, but he knew that that was impossible. He was fully out of steam, and the side effects of using his special form were kicking in as well.
Despite being completely liquid, Mayuri continued speaking.
"This isn't over yet, Quincy. I might not be able to attack in this form, but neither can I be attacked. I will retreat for now and heal my wounds. It might not have gone as I wanted, but the result of this battle is still the same. I'll fully recover, and you will die of my poison."
Mayuri's liquid form was just about to slip away through a crack in the wall when ice suddenly started growing out of the ground, collecting Mayuri's liquid form and sealing it in a transparent ice ball.
"Well, well, well, will you look at this? Captain in a jar~"
Moments later, Yuna appeared next to the sealed Mayuri and picked him up with a cocky grin on her face.
"UNHAND ME RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!"
"Yo, it's been a while, Ishida."
Obviously, she completely ignored the screaming Mayuri and put her attention on Ishida instead, who by now was kneeling on the ground with a dumbfounded expression.
"I-I see. Might I also ask why two people from Seireitei are here? Are they Yoruichi's acquaintances?"
"Mhh? Retsu and Rangiku? No, they aren't Yoruichi's acquaintances. I just met these two around a week ago, and since then, they have joined my harem."
Ishida took a while to digest Yuna's words, and a few seconds later, he nodded in understanding.
"Sorry, not sure what's going on, but something about my hearing was weird for a second. Could you repeat what you just said?"
"They joined my harem~"
Yet again, Ishida took a long time to digest Yuna's words, but after finding no other reasonable meaning, he sent a pleading gaze towards Rangiku, who only nodded her head, causing him to feel a bit of despair.
'The f*ck? So Yuna just busted in here, pranked everyone that could be pranked, and while doing so, she even seduced not one but two high-ranking people from the enemy's forces. Again, what the f*ck!? Did other people even need to come here to save Rukia? Wait a moment; she still remembers that we are here to save Rukia, right? RIGHT!?'
He felt like he would be really stupid even asking that kind of question, but considering the cozy atmosphere in the room, he just had to ask.
"Yuna, you still remember why we are here in Seireitei, right?"
Hearing Ishida's question, Yuna looked at him like an idiot before scoffing in disdain.
"Obviously, I know that. It's to have fu..."
[Rukia.]
"*cough*... it's obviously to save Rukia."
'Nice assist.'
[Shouldn't you remember her? Isn't she female?]
'Mah, I can't help it. Messing with these people here is simply too much fun~'
Obviously, Ishida noticed that Yuna had a slip of the tongue just now, but after taking his sanity into account, he decided to just pretend that Yuna was messing with him by pretending that she had momentarily forgotten their goal.
Before he could comment any further, Yuna's gaze landed on Retsu as she started speaking.
"Retsu, could you take a look at Ishida, please? Not exactly sure what is going on or if it can be stopped, but he is rapidly losing his Spiritual Power due to him using a sacrificial technique."
Hearing Yuna's request, Retsu simply nodded her head in agreement before her gaze fixed itself on Ishida.
"From the way you dress, I assume you are a Quincy. I'll put this bluntly; I took part in the Quincy massacre all those years ago. I don't mind trying to help you, but I think you should know about that before I do anything else."
Although Ishida was briefly stunned due to Retsu's words, in the end, he simply shrugged his shoulders. Frankly, he didn't believe that anyone could improve his condition anyway, but since someone wanted to try, he might as well allow them to. As for the Quincy massacre, he couldn't care less. That was hundreds of years ago and had nothing to do with him.
"I don't care about that. That event happened a long time ago and has nothing to do with me."
As soon as Ishida finished speaking, Retsu nodded in approval and got up from her seat.
"Very well, please follow me. Although we don't have a real treatment room, I'll make it work somehow."
Meanwhile, a little later, not too far away from the hidden underground cave, Shunsui Kyoraku was yet again relaxing with a nice drink while snow was gently falling from the sky.
However, the quiet atmosphere was quickly dispersed when Nanao Ise, Shunsui's Lieutenant, entered the courtyard.
"Captain, I have a new report."
"Ohh~ Nono-chan, come sit down and have a drink~"
"The number of cake incidents inside Seireitei was halved today."
*Shatter*
The moment Shunsui heard Nanao's report, the cup he was holding fell to the ground while he stared at Nanao in utter confusion.
"S-Seriously? W-Will we finally be freed from this curse?"
However, as if she wanted to crush the little hope that just sparked within Shunsui, Nanao continued her report.
"Unfortunately, the incidents of people getting pranked stayed more or less the same, but this time, half of the victims were hit by pie instead of cake."
"Haa? Pie? Where does that come from?"
"We are not sure, but we can only assume that the new wave of invaders is responsible for this."
"D-Do they have specific territories?"
"Yes, that seemed to be the case."
"Are they... fighting over territories?"
Hearing Shunsui's question, Nanao paused for a moment to gather her thoughts. Frankly, she wasn't entirely certain about that either.
"We are... not sure. We don't know whether the territories were conceded voluntarily or if some kind of fight took place. All I can say is that the west of Seireitei seemed to be covered by the cake faction, while the east was covered by the pie faction."
Shunsui digested Nanao's words for a short moment before a serious expression appeared on his face.
"Nanao, is it just me, or has the Gotei 13 kind of taken the back seats in regards to managing Seireitei? Are we still in control of Seireitei?"
Hearing her Captain's question, Nanao opened her mouth to answer, but no sounds came out. Frankly, she had no idea how she was supposed to answer that question. Obviously, the Gotei 13 still reigned over Seireitei, but as more and more days pass, that feeling gets weaker and weaker, bothering her greatly.
"I... I don't know."
After hearing Nanao's answer, Shunsui sighed deeply while picking up the cup he had previously dropped and refilling it with alcohol.
"Oh well, let's solve this the way I have been solving problems for the last week: Getting too drunk to care about them."
Seeing her Captain drinking a huge gulp of alcohol, Nanao could only shake her head while considering doing the same. It seemed like things were only getting more hectic rather than calming down.
'*Sigh* Guess I'll get myself a drink as well.'
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Chapter 38: Messing with Ishida
"I swear on the pride of the Quincy... I will KILL YOU!!!"
That declaration left Ishida's mouth as he broke a part of the glove he was wearing, resulting in his Spiritual Pressure spiking even further while simultaneously qualifying him to push the Quincy's technique to absorb Spiritual Power even further, making it possible to do so even to the surrounding structures.
Seeing Ishda's current form, Yuna couldn't help but her chin in curiosity. She hadn't bothered much with the difference between Shinigami and Quincy, but now she couldn't help but get a little curious. Especially since Ishida was currently slowly disintegrating the nearby walls and turning them into his Spiritual Power. Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.
'How interesting~ He even turned his Spiritual Power into small strings and is using them to control his body. Not really sure why he is doing that, but I guess he was paralyzed before I arrived here.'
After she finished inspecting Ishida, her gaze landed on his opponent: Mayuri Kurotsuchi, in all his white and golden weirdness. Feeling his Spiritual Power, Yuna lost interest in him rather quickly. Additionally, from what she had heard, he was more of a researcher rather than a fighter, stifling her interest in him even further. However, there was one aspect that she was rather curious about.
'Why the hell does he wear his sword sheath between his legs?'
[Probably compensating for something.]
[Gah~ small penis, gahahaha.]
'Now, now, Chaos, you need to be more supple with stuff like this, or people will accuse you of only making easy dick jokes.'
[Oh? Wise words, unfortunately, they were spoken by you, resulting in them reeking of hypocrisies.]
'What!? My dick jokes are always supple.'
[You literally erected a giant ice penis inside the city, how is that supple!?]
'Hehe, errect.'
[Errect, Gahahaha~]
[*Sigh* I know it's a lost battle, but I'll never stop fighting.]
Meanwhile, Ishida's Spiritual Power has formed into a single wing of highly concentrated Spiritual Power, which quickly transformed into a shining energy arrow that Ishida nocked into his bow and shot at Mayuri.
Although Mayuri was surprised by the power behind the shot, he still managed to lean his body back in time to dodge the attack.
Unfortunately for him, Ishida had anticipated that he would dodge and had already moved above Mayuri, another arrow ready to be shot.
A loud explosion occurred as Ishida's arrow pierced through Mayuri's shoulder and contacted the ground underneath him, resulting in Mayuri getting further wounded by the shockwave.
Seeing that Mayuri was heavily wounded, Ishida prepared another arrow and nocked it into his bow.
"Apologize for what you have done, and I'll forgive you. If you don't, my next attack will be three times stronger."
Hearing that Ishida was willing to forgive his opponent, Yuna could only shake her head.
'Pride of the Quincy, huh? Doesn't seem to be worth much.'
[Why in the world does he suddenly back down?]
'Well, it turns out killing a fellow person is not easy.'
[Seriously? He's wussing out just like that.]
'Mah, it's not a choice I would ever make, but I can respect choosing humanity over revenge.'
[You can?]
'Oh, don't get me wrong; I think it's a stupid choice, but I can at least understand why a youngster that had mostly been living peacefully would hesitate to kill someone.'
Although Ishida offered to let him go, how could Mayuri possibly accept such a humiliation? Rather than bowing down and apologizing, he would fight to the death.
"DON'T GET COCKY, BRAT!!! BANKAI!!!"
While Ishida wasn't sure what Bankai meant, Mayuri's sword started bloating and, after a few seconds, turned into a giant creature that looked like a centipede with a comically large human baby head that had a halo hovering above it.
'That is some bizarre ass creature.'
[Reminds me of that puppet thing you fought while we were forcefully transported into the past.]
'Ohh, you are right! Well, this thing seems to be organic, making it even more bizarre. However, I have to say the smell of its poison is pretty decent.'
[So that habit finally surfaced again, huh?]
'Well, what can I say? There simply were no good poisons around in the human world, and I'm too lazy to look for the proper herbs as well. It's not like I can order poisonous plants over the internet.'
Meanwhile, Ishida was baffled by the weird creature that suddenly appeared in front of him, but that didn't mean he would back down. While Mayuri's Bankai was charging him, Ishida concentrated most of his Spiritual Power into his arrow, making it glow intensely.
The arrow was shot and hit the huge creature, easily piercing through like it was made of tofu and splitting it in half before hitting Mayuri's side, resulting in a massive hole getting pierced into his body.
Seeing the bloody form of Mayuri, Yuna could only shake her head. Considering over half his body was missing, there were little doubts that he would die soon as long as he didn't have any more tricks up his sleeve. Unfortunately, he did.
"I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!!! AREN'T YOU JUST A SHITTY QUINCY!?"
As soon as he finished yelling, he raised his sword and pierced it into his own neck, dumfounding the spectators. However, instead of dying, his body started melting away, shocking Ishida. He wanted to shoot another arrow, but he knew that that was impossible. He was fully out of steam, and the side effects of using his special form were kicking in as well.
Despite being completely liquid, Mayuri continued speaking.
"This isn't over yet, Quincy. I might not be able to attack in this form, but neither can I be attacked. I will retreat for now and heal my wounds. It might not have gone as I wanted, but the result of this battle is still the same. I'll fully recover, and you will die of my poison."
Mayuri's liquid form was just about to slip away through a crack in the wall when ice suddenly started growing out of the ground, collecting Mayuri's liquid form and sealing it in a transparent ice ball.
"Well, well, well, will you look at this? Captain in a jar~"
Moments later, Yuna appeared next to the sealed Mayuri and picked him up with a cocky grin on her face.
"UNHAND ME RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!"
"Yo, it's been a while, Ishida."
Obviously, she completely ignored the screaming Mayuri and put her attention on Ishida instead, who by now was kneeling on the ground with a dumbfounded expression.
"I-I see. Might I also ask why two people from Seireitei are here? Are they Yoruichi's acquaintances?"
"Mhh? Retsu and Rangiku? No, they aren't Yoruichi's acquaintances. I just met these two around a week ago, and since then, they have joined my harem."
Ishida took a while to digest Yuna's words, and a few seconds later, he nodded in understanding.
"Sorry, not sure what's going on, but something about my hearing was weird for a second. Could you repeat what you just said?"
"They joined my harem~"
Yet again, Ishida took a long time to digest Yuna's words, but after finding no other reasonable meaning, he sent a pleading gaze towards Rangiku, who only nodded her head, causing him to feel a bit of despair.
'The f*ck? So Yuna just busted in here, pranked everyone that could be pranked, and while doing so, she even seduced not one but two high-ranking people from the enemy's forces. Again, what the f*ck!? Did other people even need to come here to save Rukia? Wait a moment; she still remembers that we are here to save Rukia, right? RIGHT!?'
He felt like he would be really stupid even asking that kind of question, but considering the cozy atmosphere in the room, he just had to ask.
"Yuna, you still remember why we are here in Seireitei, right?"
Hearing Ishida's question, Yuna looked at him like an idiot before scoffing in disdain.
"Obviously, I know that. It's to have fu..."
[Rukia.]
"*cough*... it's obviously to save Rukia."
'Nice assist.'
[Shouldn't you remember her? Isn't she female?]
'Mah, I can't help it. Messing with these people here is simply too much fun~'
Obviously, Ishida noticed that Yuna had a slip of the tongue just now, but after taking his sanity into account, he decided to just pretend that Yuna was messing with him by pretending that she had momentarily forgotten their goal.
Before he could comment any further, Yuna's gaze landed on Retsu as she started speaking.
"Retsu, could you take a look at Ishida, please? Not exactly sure what is going on or if it can be stopped, but he is rapidly losing his Spiritual Power due to him using a sacrificial technique."
Hearing Yuna's request, Retsu simply nodded her head in agreement before her gaze fixed itself on Ishida.
"From the way you dress, I assume you are a Quincy. I'll put this bluntly; I took part in the Quincy massacre all those years ago. I don't mind trying to help you, but I think you should know about that before I do anything else."
Although Ishida was briefly stunned due to Retsu's words, in the end, he simply shrugged his shoulders. Frankly, he didn't believe that anyone could improve his condition anyway, but since someone wanted to try, he might as well allow them to. As for the Quincy massacre, he couldn't care less. That was hundreds of years ago and had nothing to do with him.
"I don't care about that. That event happened a long time ago and has nothing to do with me."
As soon as Ishida finished speaking, Retsu nodded in approval and got up from her seat.
"Very well, please follow me. Although we don't have a real treatment room, I'll make it work somehow."
Meanwhile, a little later, not too far away from the hidden underground cave, Shunsui Kyoraku was yet again relaxing with a nice drink while snow was gently falling from the sky.
However, the quiet atmosphere was quickly dispersed when Nanao Ise, Shunsui's Lieutenant, entered the courtyard.
"Captain, I have a new report."
"Ohh~ Nono-chan, come sit down and have a drink~"
"The number of cake incidents inside Seireitei was halved today."
*Shatter*
The moment Shunsui heard Nanao's report, the cup he was holding fell to the ground while he stared at Nanao in utter confusion.
"S-Seriously? W-Will we finally be freed from this curse?"
However, as if she wanted to crush the little hope that just sparked within Shunsui, Nanao continued her report.
"Unfortunately, the incidents of people getting pranked stayed more or less the same, but this time, half of the victims were hit by pie instead of cake."
"Haa? Pie? Where does that come from?"
"We are not sure, but we can only assume that the new wave of invaders is responsible for this."
"D-Do they have specific territories?"
"Yes, that seemed to be the case."
"Are they... fighting over territories?"
Hearing Shunsui's question, Nanao paused for a moment to gather her thoughts. Frankly, she wasn't entirely certain about that either.
"We are... not sure. We don't know whether the territories were conceded voluntarily or if some kind of fight took place. All I can say is that the west of Seireitei seemed to be covered by the cake faction, while the east was covered by the pie faction."
Shunsui digested Nanao's words for a short moment before a serious expression appeared on his face.
"Nanao, is it just me, or has the Gotei 13 kind of taken the back seats in regards to managing Seireitei? Are we still in control of Seireitei?"
Hearing her Captain's question, Nanao opened her mouth to answer, but no sounds came out. Frankly, she had no idea how she was supposed to answer that question. Obviously, the Gotei 13 still reigned over Seireitei, but as more and more days pass, that feeling gets weaker and weaker, bothering her greatly.
"I... I don't know."
After hearing Nanao's answer, Shunsui sighed deeply while picking up the cup he had previously dropped and refilling it with alcohol.
"Oh well, let's solve this the way I have been solving problems for the last week: Getting too drunk to care about them."
Seeing her Captain drinking a huge gulp of alcohol, Nanao could only shake her head while considering doing the same. It seemed like things were only getting more hectic rather than calming down.
'*Sigh* Guess I'll get myself a drink as well.'
Chapter 38: Messing with Ishida"I swear on the pride of the Quincy... I will KILL YOU!!!" That declaration left Ishida's mouth as he broke a part of the glove he was wearing, resulting in his Spiritual Pressure spiking even further while simultaneously qualifying him to push the Quincy's technique to absorb Spiritual Power even further, making it possible to do so even to the surrounding structures. Seeing Ishda's current form, Yuna couldn't help but her chin in curiosity. She hadn't bothered much with the difference between Shinigami and Quincy, but now she couldn't help but get a little curious. Especially since Ishida was currently slowly disintegrating the nearby walls and turning them into his Spiritual Power. Nvl-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.'How interesting~ He even turned his Spiritual Power into small strings and is using them to control his body. Not really sure why he is doing that, but I guess he was paralyzed before I arrived here.' After she finished inspecting Ishida, her gaze landed on his opponent: Mayuri Kurotsuchi, in all his white and golden weirdness. Feeling his Spiritual Power, Yuna lost interest in him rather quickly. Additionally, from what she had heard, he was more of a researcher rather than a fighter, stifling her interest in him even further. However, there was one aspect that she was rather curious about. 'Why the hell does he wear his sword sheath between his legs?' Probably compensating for something. Gah~ small penis, gahahaha. 'Now, now, Chaos, you need to be more supple with stuff like this, or people will accuse you of only making easy dick jokes.' Oh? Wise words, unfortunately, they were spoken by you, resulting in them reeking of hypocrisies. 'What!? My dick jokes are always supple.' You literally erected a giant ice penis inside the city, how is that supple!? 'Hehe, errect.' Errect, Gahahaha~ *Sigh* I know it's a lost battle, but I'll never stop fighting. Meanwhile, Ishida's Spiritual Power has formed into a single wing of highly concentrated Spiritual Power, which quickly transformed into a shining energy arrow that Ishida nocked into his bow and shot at Mayuri. Although Mayuri was surprised by the power behind the shot, he still managed to lean his body back in time to dodge the attack. Unfortunately for him, Ishida had anticipated that he would dodge and had already moved above Mayuri, another arrow ready to be shot. A loud explosion occurred as Ishida's arrow pierced through Mayuri's shoulder and contacted the ground underneath him, resulting in Mayuri getting further wounded by the shockwave. Seeing that Mayuri was heavily wounded, Ishida prepared another arrow and nocked it into his bow. "Apologize for what you have done, and I'll forgive you. If you don't, my next attack will be three times stronger." Hearing that Ishida was willing to forgive his opponent, Yuna could only shake her head. 'Pride of the Quincy, huh? Doesn't seem to be worth much.' Why in the world does he suddenly back down? 'Well, it turns out killing a fellow person is not easy.' Seriously? He's wussing out just like that. 'Mah, it's not a choice I would ever make, but I can respect choosing humanity over revenge.' You can? 'Oh, don't get me wrong; I think it's a stupid choice, but I can at least understand why a youngster that had mostly been living peacefully would hesitate to kill someone.' Although Ishida offered to let him go, how could Mayuri possibly accept such a humiliation? Rather than bowing down and apologizing, he would fight to the death. "DON'T GET COCKY, BRAT!!! BANKAI!!!" While Ishida wasn't sure what Bankai meant, Mayuri's sword started bloating and, after a few seconds, turned into a giant creature that looked like a centipede with a comically large human baby head that had a halo hovering above it. 'That is some bizarre ass creature.' Reminds me of that puppet thing you fought while we were forcefully transported into the past. 'Ohh, you are right! Well, this thing seems to be organic, making it even more bizarre. However, I have to say the smell of its poison is pretty decent.' So that habit finally surfaced again, huh? 'Well, what can I say? There simply were no good poisons around in the human world, and I'm too lazy to look for the proper herbs as well. It's not like I can order poisonous plants over the internet.' Meanwhile, Ishida was baffled by the weird creature that suddenly appeared in front of him, but that didn't mean he would back down. While Mayuri's Bankai was charging him, Ishida concentrated most of his Spiritual Power into his arrow, making it glow intensely. The arrow was shot and hit the huge creature, easily piercing through like it was made of tofu and splitting it in half before hitting Mayuri's side, resulting in a massive hole getting pierced into his body. Seeing the bloody form of Mayuri, Yuna could only shake her head. Considering over half his body was missing, there were little doubts that he would die soon as long as he didn't have any more tricks up his sleeve. Unfortunately, he did. "I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!!! AREN'T YOU JUST A SHITTY QUINCY!?" As soon as he finished yelling, he raised his sword and pierced it into his own neck, dumfounding the spectators. However, instead of dying, his body started melting away, shocking Ishida. He wanted to shoot another arrow, but he knew that that was impossible. He was fully out of steam, and the side effects of using his special form were kicking in as well. Despite being completely liquid, Mayuri continued speaking. "This isn't over yet, Quincy. I might not be able to attack in this form, but neither can I be attacked. I will retreat for now and heal my wounds. It might not have gone as I wanted, but the result of this battle is still the same. I'll fully recover, and you will die of my poison." Mayuri's liquid form was just about to slip away through a crack in the wall when ice suddenly started growing out of the ground, collecting Mayuri's liquid form and sealing it in a transparent ice ball. "Well, well, well, will you look at this? Captain in a jar~" Moments later, Yuna appeared next to the sealed Mayuri and picked him up with a cocky grin on her face. "UNHAND ME RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!" "Yo, it's been a while, Ishida." Obviously, she completely ignored the screaming Mayuri and put her attention on Ishida instead, who by now was kneeling on the ground with a dumbfounded expression. "I-I see. Might I also ask why two people from Seireitei are here? Are they Yoruichi's acquaintances?" "Mhh? Retsu and Rangiku? No, they aren't Yoruichi's acquaintances. I just met these two around a week ago, and since then, they have joined my harem." Ishida took a while to digest Yuna's words, and a few seconds later, he nodded in understanding. "Sorry, not sure what's going on, but something about my hearing was weird for a second. Could you repeat what you just said?" "They joined my harem~" Yet again, Ishida took a long time to digest Yuna's words, but after finding no other reasonable meaning, he sent a pleading gaze towards Rangiku, who only nodded her head, causing him to feel a bit of despair. 'The f*ck? So Yuna just busted in here, pranked everyone that could be pranked, and while doing so, she even seduced not one but two high-ranking people from the enemy's forces. Again, what the f*ck!? Did other people even need to come here to save Rukia? Wait a moment; she still remembers that we are here to save Rukia, right? RIGHT!?' He felt like he would be really stupid even asking that kind of question, but considering the cozy atmosphere in the room, he just had to ask. "Yuna, you still remember why we are here in Seireitei, right?" Hearing Ishida's question, Yuna looked at him like an idiot before scoffing in disdain. "Obviously, I know that. It's to have fu..." Rukia. "*cough*... it's obviously to save Rukia." 'Nice assist.' Shouldn't you remember her? Isn't she female? 'Mah, I can't help it. Messing with these people here is simply too much fun~' Obviously, Ishida noticed that Yuna had a slip of the tongue just now, but after taking his sanity into account, he decided to just pretend that Yuna was messing with him by pretending that she had momentarily forgotten their goal. Before he could comment any further, Yuna's gaze landed on Retsu as she started speaking. "Retsu, could you take a look at Ishida, please? Not exactly sure what is going on or if it can be stopped, but he is rapidly losing his Spiritual Power due to him using a sacrificial technique." Hearing Yuna's request, Retsu simply nodded her head in agreement before her gaze fixed itself on Ishida. "From the way you dress, I assume you are a Quincy. I'll put this bluntly; I took part in the Quincy massacre all those years ago. I don't mind trying to help you, but I think you should know about that before I do anything else." Although Ishida was briefly stunned due to Retsu's words, in the end, he simply shrugged his shoulders. Frankly, he didn't believe that anyone could improve his condition anyway, but since someone wanted to try, he might as well allow them to. As for the Quincy massacre, he couldn't care less. That was hundreds of years ago and had nothing to do with him. "I don't care about that. That event happened a long time ago and has nothing to do with me." As soon as Ishida finished speaking, Retsu nodded in approval and got up from her seat. "Very well, please follow me. Although we don't have a real treatment room, I'll make it work somehow." Meanwhile, a little later, not too far away from the hidden underground cave, Shunsui Kyoraku was yet again relaxing with a nice drink while snow was gently falling from the sky. However, the quiet atmosphere was quickly dispersed when Nanao Ise, Shunsui's Lieutenant, entered the courtyard. "Captain, I have a new report." "Ohh~ Nono-chan, come sit down and have a drink~" "The number of cake incidents inside Seireitei was halved today." *Shatter* The moment Shunsui heard Nanao's report, the cup he was holding fell to the ground while he stared at Nanao in utter confusion. "S-Seriously? W-Will we finally be freed from this curse?" However, as if she wanted to crush the little hope that just sparked within Shunsui, Nanao continued her report. "Unfortunately, the incidents of people getting pranked stayed more or less the same, but this time, half of the victims were hit by pie instead of cake." "Haa? Pie? Where does that come from?" "We are not sure, but we can only assume that the new wave of invaders is responsible for this." "D-Do they have specific territories?" "Yes, that seemed to be the case." "Are they... fighting over territories?" Hearing Shunsui's question, Nanao paused for a moment to gather her thoughts. Frankly, she wasn't entirely certain about that either. "We are... not sure. We don't know whether the territories were conceded voluntarily or if some kind of fight took place. All I can say is that the west of Seireitei seemed to be covered by the cake faction, while the east was covered by the pie faction." Shunsui digested Nanao's words for a short moment before a serious expression appeared on his face. "Nanao, is it just me, or has the Gotei 13 kind of taken the back seats in regards to managing Seireitei? Are we still in control of Seireitei?" Hearing her Captain's question, Nanao opened her mouth to answer, but no sounds came out. Frankly, she had no idea how she was supposed to answer that question. Obviously, the Gotei 13 still reigned over Seireitei, but as more and more days pass, that feeling gets weaker and weaker, bothering her greatly. "I... I don't know." After hearing Nanao's answer, Shunsui sighed deeply while picking up the cup he had previously dropped and refilling it with alcohol. "Oh well, let's solve this the way I have been solving problems for the last week: Getting too drunk to care about them." Seeing her Captain drinking a huge gulp of alcohol, Nanao could only shake her head while considering doing the same. It seemed like things were only getting more hectic rather than calming down. '*Sigh* Guess I'll get myself a drink as well.'
