Why do you two get so excited when talking about gossip?
Yamabuki sighed and shook his head.
"I just want to ask a girl for a favor, but she's very resistant. What do young girls usually like? Can you two recommend something?" Yamabuki asked.
Chika Shihōin pinched his chin, deep in thought.
"Brother, this question is beyond my knowledge. When I was dating, girls always came to me. I never intentionally tried to please other girls. Alas, being too popular is indeed not a good thing; I've missed out on a lot of fun," Chika Shihōin said with a sigh.
Yamabuki wished he could rush over and strangle him.
Is this the legendary top-tier Versailles effect?
Born into one of the Five Great Noble Clans, handsome and dashing, with formidable strength and a gentle, unrestrained personality—aside from a few problematic women, few ordinary girls could escape the advances of such a man, right?
Yamabuki could only turn his gaze to Katori Chizuru.
Katori Chizuru pondered for a moment and said, "Well, ordinary girls usually like jewelry and flowers, right? After all, jewelry represents wealth, and flowers represent romance. Of course, it's not always like that; most girls like different things."
Jewelry and flowers?
How could these things work on a Sword Spirit?
Moreover, Yamabuki vaguely felt that the Sword Spirit's resistance wasn't because he treated her badly; it seemed she was afraid of his Bankai.
Why would someone fear their own power?
When Yamabuki came back to his senses, he found Katori Chizuru smiling mischievously at him.
"Instructor, could the girl you're talking about be Captain Saitō? Tsundere plus twin-tails… it has to be Captain Saitō! I suspected your relationship was unusual for a long time. I heard she even works for you? Have you two already developed that kind of relationship?" Katori Chizuru was fantasizing with all her might, her girlish imagination capable of encompassing the entire galaxy.
"Stop right there! Saitō is just an alien creature that looks like a girl. My ideal girl should be gentle, considerate, graceful, and have the image of a kind older sister. How could it be that girl?" Yamabuki took a bite of shaved ice.
"Gentle and considerate? Graceful? Isn't that my sister you're talking about? Could it be… you two have something going on… I should have realized it a long time ago, your relationship must be unusual! Does this mean I'll have to call you brother-in-law from now on? Um… my sister's chest… ahem, does it feel particularly good?" Katori Chizuru covered her small mouth with a surprised expression.
Heh heh, if anyone ever tells me again that girls are innocent and pure, I'll get angry with them. I'll crack open their skulls one by one, and they'll have more dirty jokes inside than boys.
"Don't make wild assumptions!" Yamabuki was truly fed up with this girl. He kept poking her temple with his middle finger knuckle.
"Help, help, help! I just said it casually, why are you reacting so strongly?" Katori Chizuru pouted unhappily.
"Then let me ask another question: according to normal thinking, what is a girl most afraid of?" Yamabuki always felt that his Sword Spirit seemed to be afraid of something.
What is she most afraid of?
Chika Shihōin and Katori Chizuru exchanged glances.
"There are so many things to be afraid of! Mice, centipedes, spiders, cockroaches, aren't girls afraid of these things?" Chika Shihōin asked.
"Not necessarily! Maybe someday your Shihōin Clan will have a wildcat-like young lady who specializes in catching mice, centipedes, spiders, and cockroaches!" Yamabuki said.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! If my daughter or granddaughter were like that, did you see?" Chika Shihōin took off his shoe: "I'd smack her in the face with the sole of my shoe! I'd let her know why the flowers are so red!"
"You said it! Katori Chizuru, you have to be my witness. If your granddaughter is like a wildcat in the future, I'll be waiting for you to smack her face with your shoe sole!" Yamabuki looked like he had succeeded in a cunning plan, but then he remembered that these two rascals hadn't answered his question yet!
"Don't change the subject, continue. What are girls really afraid of?" Yamabuki asked.
Katori Chizuru then whispered, "I feel that what Captain Shihōin said isn't quite right. Aren't girls most afraid of lacking a sense of security?"
Hmm?
Both men turned to look at Katori Chizuru.
"A sense of security?" Yamabuki was even more confused. Why would a Sword Spirit lack a sense of security?
"Continue. Under what circumstances would a girl lack a sense of security?" Yamabuki asked.
Katori Chizuru rolled her eyes: "Does that even need to be said? Of course, when her husband has a mistress?"
Yamabuki gave a helpless bitter smile. What kind of nonsense was this! A Sword Spirit normally isn't even considered a person, how could there be a third party…
Holy cow!
Yamabuki suddenly stood up from his chair. He seemed to have thought of something very important.
After Kurosaki Ichigo rescued Rukia and returned to the Human World, he began to fear his own power because he was afraid that the Hollow's power would devour his body.
Yamabuki thought of a very absurd possibility.
Could it be that after he learns Bankai, the Sword Spirit will develop a completely different personality?
Will this new personality replace the original Sword Spirit to control the Zanpakutō?
If his guess was correct, it would perfectly explain why the Sword Spirit was so unwilling to give him Bankai.
Put yourself in her shoes.
There is a peerless martial arts manual in front of you, but if you practice it, you will definitely suffer from multiple personality disorder, and a new personality will emerge to occupy your current body. Would you practice this peerless secret technique to become invincible?
Presumably, most people would not agree.
After all, what is invincibility for? For money, power, beautiful women, to protect one's loved ones!
But if you're not even yourself after becoming invincible, what's the point of all this?
"I see. I have something to take care of, so I'll be leaving first. Oh, and Katori Chizuru, if your sister asks who took you out, don't tell her it was me," Yamabuki said.
Katori Chizuru smiled mysteriously. How could skipping work publicly be announced so brazenly?
Yamabuki rushed home and entered the basement.
He entered the state of Sword Zen again.
Upon entering the inner world, Yamabuki saw the Sword Spirit hiding behind a Rubik's Cube, secretly observing him.
"Alright! Alright! Stop hiding and come out! This isn't like you at all." Yamabuki pulled the Sword Spirit out.
The Sword Spirit's eyes involuntarily darted elsewhere: "I already told you, there's no way I'm teaching you Bankai!"