The one-eyed man threw a cloth bag from his bosom, and the bag hit the table with a "thud," indicating that the contents were heavy.
The man in the bamboo hat reached out and opened the cloth bag, seeing that it was filled with money. His usually lifeless eyes flickered. He poured out the money from the bag, carefully counting each coin one by one. Only when he had counted the very last copper coin did he nod in satisfaction. Not a single large coin was missing; it was good.
The man in the bamboo hat casually tossed his bundle over. The bundle was still dripping blood. The one-eyed man quickly opened the bundle. When he saw that it indeed contained the head of his archenemy, he burst into laughter. "Excellent! This person is finally dead!" Suddenly, the one-eyed man's laughter stopped, and he asked cautiously, "Did the other party, before dying, say something old-fashioned like offering double the price for my head?"
The man in the bamboo hat shook his head: "He did not say that before he died."
Only then did the one-eyed man relax. According to rumors, the man in the bamboo hat never lied. It seemed he could now rest easy.
"He offered three times the money!" the man in the bamboo hat suddenly said.
The one-eyed man's smile abruptly stopped, and then he suddenly drew his sword, but the man in the bamboo hat's sword was faster. With a flash of cold light, the man in the bamboo hat's sword was already at his neck.
"Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji! How dare you kill me?!" the one-eyed man roared, "If you kill me, who will dare to hire you to kill people in the future?!"
Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji's face showed a faint sadness: "Of course I don't want to do this, but there's nothing I can do, he simply gave too much!"
A flash of sword light, and the one-eyed man's head flew into the air, blood spraying out with it.
The tavern owner was so scared he wet his pants. A life was lost!
The one-eyed man's subordinates all drew their swords, ready to avenge their boss. Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji put away his blood-stained bundle, as if it were a treasure, and then said without looking up, "I don't kill people for free, so please don't make things difficult for me."
However, many people who lived in Rukongai were not afraid of death. They drew their swords and charged. Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji shook his head helplessly. When he looked up again, killing intent erupted!
A moment later, besides the boss, Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji was the only living person left in the tavern.
"I already said, I don't like killing people for free, why won't they listen to advice! Sigh!" Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji lowered his head and began to search the bodies, finding all the money on them, then stripping off their clothes one by one, as well as their swords, which were very valuable.
After confirming that these people had no further value, Wang Tu Chuan Yu Xu Ji happily left with these items.
He planned to find a place to sell these things. They should fetch a large sum of money, right?
...
Yamabuki and Unohana returned home in the rain, preparing the hotpot for dinner.
But at dinner, there was an extra person at the table, Senjumaru Shutara.
"Why are you here too? I remember the shop should provide meals, right?" Yamabuki looked at Senjumaru Shutara with a curious expression.
Senjumaru Shutara looked at Yamabuki calmly: "After dinner, come with me to test the strength of the improved shihakushō. I believe it will definitely succeed this time."
Yamabuki was completely helpless with this woman and could only agree to her.
After dinner, the two of them went directly to the Underground Training Ground to conduct experiments. Senjumaru Shutara looked at the Underground Training Ground with surprise, not expecting Yamabuki to have created such a place underground.
Senjumaru Shutara brought the latest improved shihakushō.
"What should I do now?" Yamabuki asked.
Senjumaru Shutara said: "You just need to put on the clothes, and do nothing else. The clothes will absorb your spiritual pressure and naturally activate the defense mechanism."
Yamabuki put on the clothes skeptically, then looked at Senjumaru Shutara with a face full of doubt: "Are you sure you're confident this time? It won't be like last time, will it?"
Senjumaru Shutara nodded vigorously, then raised the sword in her hand and chopped down without hesitation.
Pfft!
Blood spurted several meters away, and Yamabuki looked at his body in despair. Forget it, he was used to it; it would heal in a few seconds anyway.
Senjumaru Shutara looked at the completely failed result with disbelief. How did it fail again?
"Big sister, how about you only ask me to be your test subject next time when you're confident?" Yamabuki said with a sigh.
Senjumaru Shutara fell into deep thought again: "That's not right! This shihakushō was sewn with double-layered thread, so theoretically, its defense should have doubled. Why didn't it work?"
Is there a possibility that the original defense of this clothing was infinitely close to zero?
Even if the defense of this clothing doubled, it only increased from 0.01 to 0.02.
"I have an idea. I think we should trust science on this matter. How about we find Uhin Zenjōji and ask him?" Yamabuki said bitterly.
Senjumaru Shutara forcefully slapped her palm. Why didn't I think of that! So it can be done this way.
Soon, Uhin Zenjōji arrived, sporting a large belly. His life had been exceptionally stable during his time in the Gotei 13, and his weight had increased again.
"A new shihakushō? Let me see?" Uhin Zenjōji began to study this latest shihakushō, and Yamabuki also explained all his thoughts.
After understanding the general situation, Uhin Zenjōji was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "I know where the problem is! Look at these two things; what's different about them?"
Uhin Zenjōji took out two items from his person; one was pitch black and ugly, but the other was crystal clear.
Senjumaru Shutara asked curiously: "The black thing should be coal, right? Used for heating in winter. And that transparent stone is a diamond. I used this as a decoration when I made clothes before. What's different about the research for the new shihakushō and these two things?"
Uhin Zenjōji asked: "Are you sure these are two different things?"
Senjumaru Shutara nodded: "Of course, these are two different things!"
Yamabuki, however, somewhat understood Uhin Zenjōji's meaning.
Allotropes!
Something from high school textbooks.
Coal and diamonds are both composed of carbon elements, but due to different atomic arrangements, their appearances are completely different.
One is coal for heating in winter, and the other has become a diamond symbolizing love.
Originally, the price of diamonds was extremely high, but with the development of technology, artificial diamonds became more and more common, and it was impossible to tell whether a diamond was artificial or natural, as the composition was exactly the same.
Someone in later generations suddenly realized that diamonds were the biggest scam in the world.
A diamond purchased for ten to twenty thousand yuan would only be bought back by a diamond merchant for one to two hundred yuan, a 99% loss rate. Isn't that terrifying?
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