On the outskirts of West 1st District, near Shiba House in the north.
Standing under the banner stretched out by two huge arms, a flash of hesitation flashed across Duan Mu's face.
A full week has passed since he returned to Soul Society from Hueco Mundo. During this week, he has been hesitating whether to tell Sister Kongkaku what he saw and heard in Hueco Mundo.
because……
Shiba Haiyan has always been the pride of Sister Kūkaku and Iwajiu. Every time they mention this brother, both of them will show a look of pride on their faces.
If possible, Duan Mu doesn't want Sister Konghe and others to know about this.
The most important thing is...
He failed to kill the other party!!
"Master Duan Mu?"
Just when Duan Mu was hesitating what to say, two tall figures slowly walked in from a distance carrying a pile of ingredients. It was Jin Yan and Yin Yan: "What are you doing standing here? Why don't you go in?"
"
"Well……"
Hearing this, Duan Mu opened his mouth, sneered and said, "I'm about to go in."
"You came just in time. The two of us are about to prepare lunch. Let's stay and eat together." Jin Yan raised the food in his arms, then looked around Duan Mu and said doubtfully: "Master Yanjiu, I'm not with you."
Come back?"
"He took a few of his younger brothers to play in West District 1."
Duan Mu shook his head. Although he planned to truthfully tell the two sisters about Hueco Mundo's experience, Iwajiu's overly impulsive character made Duan Mu hesitate to tell him. After some tangle, Duan Mu said
Before coming here, I sent the Rock Vulture to the West District 1.
Because of Yanjiu's character, once he knew that there was a ghost standing in his elder brother's face, he might do something stupid. If he didn't tell him, Duan Mu was ready to let Sister Konghe make the decision.
Following Jin Yan and the others, Duan Mu went down the stairs and reached the bottom corridor.
As soon as he entered the corridor, Duan Mu was stunned.
"Have you made up your mind to come in?"
Shiba Kongkaku, who was leaning on the corridor, puffed out smoke and said: "I was thinking just now, if you don't come in within ten minutes, or turn around and leave, then I will let you go even if I chase you to the Wanshiwu House.
Taste my fist after a long time."
"It seems..."
Duan Mu observed Shiba Kukaku's expression and sighed: "Has anyone been here before me?"
"Jin Yanyinyan, you go and cook. Let this busy man stay here for lunch at noon."
Shiba Kūkaku did not reply, but gave instructions to Jin Yan and Yin Yan, and then looked at Duan Mu and said, "Come here." After that, he opened the sliding door on the side and walked in.
Duan Mu saw this and hurried forward.
As soon as Shiba Kukaku sat down, he went straight to the point and said: "About my elder brother, Ukitake came here dragging his sick body and told me the night after your report." After that, she looked at Duan.
Mu said angrily: "Let's not talk about Yanjiu for now, in your eyes, am I the kind of person who will impulsively run to Hueco Mundo?"
"What's more..."
Shiba Kongkaku took a puff of his cigarette, knocked on the ashtray on the side and said, "That's just a Hollow. You don't need to fight desperately because of it."
"I didn't try my best, I just happened to hit..."
Duan Mu subconsciously showed a smile, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shiba Kūkaku.
"come over."
"ah?"
Duan Mu, who had just sat down, stood up and came to Shiba Kukaku's side with a confused look on his face.
"Squat down."
Duan Mu's mouth twitched slightly, but he still squatted down without hesitation.
The next second...
Bang~~~
The extremely familiar fist hit Duan Mu fiercely, causing Duan Mu, who had just squatted down, to lie directly on the ground.
"Next time you use that smiling face to deal with me, I will use the Hanakuru Cannon to shoot you to the Seireitei!"
Shiba Kukaku pressed Duan Mu's head with one hand, rubbing it on the floor, and said with a dark face: "Do you think I am the captain of the Gotei Thirteenth Team? If you don't want to fight, use your skills of concealing spiritual pressure.
, even if you travel all over Hueco Mundo, you won’t be discovered.”
"I thought that compared to Yanjiu, you bastard would at least know how to exercise restraint and wouldn't be as prone to getting into trouble because of his impulsiveness."
"Unexpectedly, you bastard is so impulsive that you are even more exaggerated than a rock eagle. Do you think Hueco Mundo is Rukongai? You fight an Arrancar in a place like that, and you are an Arrancar comparable to the captain of the Gotei Thirteenth Team.
, don’t you want your life?”
"..." Duan Mu.
to be honest……
Regarding the current situation of being pressed against the floor and being rubbed, Duan Mu had already anticipated it when Sister Kunghe asked him to squat down.
When being pressed and rubbed, he subconsciously mobilized his spiritual pressure for defense, but after listening to Sister Konghe's words, Duan Mu dispersed his spiritual pressure, trying to make Sister Konghe's pressure more comfortable...
Shiba Kongkaku let go of his hand, and he didn't know what he thought of. A strange color flashed in his eyes: "Hueco Mundo is far more dangerous than you think. You are lucky this time, and you didn't meet those really scary guys. Otherwise, you will be hidden."
No matter how good your reiatsu skills are, it will be difficult to leave Hueco Mundo safely. You have to know that besides exploring the circuits, there are many ways to find people."
"The Hollow with the big brother's face is just a Hollow. It does not represent the Shiba family, let alone Shiba Haiyan. There is absolutely no need for you to take risks because of it."
Duan Mu didn't speak when he heard the words. Sister Konghe didn't seem to care, but when he mentioned the Hollow, he could clearly feel an uncontrollable irritation and anger. The reason why he said this in front of him was just because he didn't want him to do it again.
Just go find that phantom and cause trouble.
"Do you have any special hobbies?"
Shiba Kukaku looked at Duan Mu who was lying motionless on the ground, rolled his eyes and said: "Get up, let Jin Yan Yin Yan see it, and think I am abusing you."
"...How can it be called abuse?"
Duan Mu got up without wiping his face. He sat next to Konghe and said with a smile: "Sister Konghe taught me a lesson. I promise not to be impulsive again next time."
"Do you believe this yourself?"
Shiba Kūkaku curled his lips, picked up the cigarette, lit it and took a puff.
She has always seen Duan Mu's changes, and it can be said that she understands Duan Mu's character better than anyone else.
Although he usually looks gentle and kind, and has strong restraint, when he is impulsive, he is crazier and more terrifying than anyone else, and he does not think about the consequences at all.
If she were in Soul Society, she could barely support Duanmu from behind, but in a place like Hueco Mundo, even the Shiba family couldn't provide him with any help.
When she heard this from Ukitake, she already understood that the reason why Duan Mu fought with the virtual was not because of any commission or accidental collision, but because of herself and the rock eagle.
After hearing this, Shiba Kuukaku's first reaction was not anger or gratitude to Duan Mu, but fear!!
Although she didn't like Duan Mu's character very much when they first came into contact with him, it felt very hypocritical and disgusting.
But although Duan Mu has flaws in his character, he has been working hard to change, and he gets along with them sincerely. Unknowingly, Konghe has regarded Duan Mu as a family member like Iwajiu.
There is no need to say words like thank you, but lessons must be taught, because if what Yoruichi and Kisuke said is true, then just thinking about how dangerous Hueco Mundo is now makes people shudder. She doesn't want Duan Mu to do it again.
I went on an adventure in Hueco Mundo because of myself.
Thinking of this, Shiba Kongkaku glared at Duan Mu: "You can continue to accept the bullshit Golden Seal Society's commissions, but you should stop accepting any commissions related to Hueco Mundo. If you let me
I know you went to Hueco Mundo again, so don’t come to my place anymore, I’m too lazy to help you collect your body!”
"Um."
Duan Mu nodded. He had never thought about going to Hueco Mundo again if it was not necessary.
Anyway, he has already completed all the things that need to be studied.
If he wants to study Xu's life form, Duan Mu only needs to invest experience points into Xu's patterns. There is no need to go to Xu's circle, nor does he need to come into contact with Xu.
Shiba Kukaku changed the topic and suddenly asked: "Are you having few commissions recently?"
"Um."
Duan Mu nodded. Just like every year, after the winter comes at the end of the year, commissions from Nishi Rukongai become increasingly rare.
Although I got the transfer pile from Urahara Kisuke, there are no stores in the east, south, or north, and there are no suitable receptionists.
In addition, Captain Yamamoto allowed him to move freely within the Seireitei with a "special pass". Duanmu has been working hard to expand the scope of work within the Seireitei these days, and he really has no time to go to the other three Rukongai stores to prepare for opening.
matters.
However, Duan Mu was not in a hurry.
Because Nishijinori and others, who have been idle for a while recently, have already planned to attack the Eastern Rukongai. After they unify the area with the lower number of the Eastern Rukongai, they can open a store by themselves with less trouble.
"Then continue to practice the ghost way here this winter."
Shiba Kongkaku paused for a moment and continued: "With your current spiritual pressure strength, it is enough to support you to release the top ghost path above No. 90, but you should also understand the principle of biting off more than you can chew, and I will teach you this.
Ghost path, but the ghost path practiced this winter is still based on the ghost path learned last winter."
"After you finish eating, come with me to the Da Kong He Martial Arts Training Hall, and let me see how well you master those ghost ways."
Duan Mu nodded when he heard the words and did not refuse.
Although he really wanted to take advantage of this winter to visit other divisions except the sixth and seventh divisions to try to get to know more female team members.
As for why the sixth and seventh teams were removed, it was because the area where the sixth and seventh teams were located was still a restricted area for Duan Mu.
The Sixth Division is the Noble Team, and the team building is located next to Noble Street. Duan Mu does not have permission to enter that area yet.
The Seventh Division is the inner court guard force, responsible for guarding the major places in the Soul Society. Duan Mu also has no authority to enter.
But since Sister Konghe asked him to stay and practice, Duan Mu would not refuse. Anyway, those female team members would not run away if they stayed there, and he would be able to make friends with them sooner or later.
and……
Duan Mu knew very well that Sister Konghe wanted to express her gratitude by guiding her in the ghost way; although in Duan Mu's opinion, Sister Konghe did not need to thank herself for such a thing, but if it could make her feel better
Otherwise, Duan Mu would not refuse Sister Konghe's kindness.
However, the proficiency in mastering the ghost path.
Duan Mu sighed slightly, because the advanced ghost ways "numbered 60-89" are far more difficult to master than Duan Mu imagined.
Except for the Eighty-Eight Broken Paths: Flying Dragon Strikes Thieves and Sky-shaking Thunder Cannon, which he upgraded to a high level with experience points, most of the other high-level ghost ways are still at low levels even after a year of practice. Only Duan Muji
Duan Kong, whom he valued highly, was trained to an intermediate level by him.
However, he didn't learn many advanced broken paths. There were only two kinds. In addition to the flying dragon that struck thieves and the sky-shattering thunder cannon, he only learned the 'Seventy-three Breaking Paths: Double Lotus Blue Fire Pendant'; even if he added the original
He knows how to use it, and he has already upgraded it to the advanced Thunder Roar Cannon. He only has three advanced ways to break the path.
Because in Duan Mu's view, his attack methods are sufficient, and learning too much will delay his practice. After all, except for situations where he needs to use it immediately, he does not intend to invest experience points in any ghost path.
As for the top level breakers above No. 90, Duan Mu only learned the 'Black Coffin' move and is still at the entry level...
The last time he fought against Ginjo Kūgo, he used the entry-level black coffin. In fact, if Ginjo Kūgo had not been scared off, he would have just touched it lightly... and the black coffin would have collapsed on its own.
Have any lethality.
Different from Po Dao, Duan Mu has learned as many as five advanced Binding Dao to deal with any situation, while the top Binding Dao has not been learned at all.
The reason is simple...
Because the advanced 'abandonment chant' can only allow Duan Mu to unleash the full power of the ghost path when it is below the advanced level. With the advanced 'abandonment chant', the advanced binding path and ghost path can only be unleashed.
One-fifth of the power. The higher the number, the weaker the power without chanting.
In addition, the Binding Dao is mostly used in battles against the clock, and there is no time to chant. Even if you learn the top Binding Dao, you will not have any binding ability after giving up the chanting.
It is better to concentrate on improving the proficiency of advanced binding methods. In this way, although the power will be weakened when using it without chanting, the binding power can be improved with the improvement of proficiency.
Breaking the Dao is different from binding the Dao. After the Binding Dao binds the enemy, as long as the binding force is sufficient, there is enough time to chant.
Duan Mu also thought about whether to spend 100,000 experience points to reach the top level of abandoning chanting, so that he could abandon chanting to exert its full power whether it was to use Duan Kong or Flying Dragon to attack thieves, but in the end he gave up this idea.
Instead, he took out 200,000 from the nearly 240,000 experience points and added them all to the spiritual pressure.
Reiatsu: Top level (200444/1000000)
Before the experience value reaches the limit barrier, Duanmu plans to add all the experience points to the spiritual pressure.
Because, after his spiritual pressure reached the captain level, he suddenly had an inexplicable hunch that it might be difficult for him to increase his spiritual pressure to the limit with just 1 million experience points.
It was like some kind of vaguely foreseeable barrier. The stronger Duan Mu's spiritual pressure, the clearer the barrier became.
This barrier is not reached at 1 million proficiency levels. It may be reached at 900,000 proficiency levels, maybe 800,000... or even 500,000 levels.
Depending on each person's talent, the upper limit of this ultimate barrier is also different, and Duan Mu has never felt that his talent in spiritual pressure is that good...
After all, his initial spiritual power talent was actually inferior to that of many students from the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy.
And when the spiritual pressure reaches this limit, it is very likely that the Zanpakutō cannot be activated until the shallow attack is obtained again.
Duanmu planned to use the experience points he would gain in the future, except for those just in case, to use them on his own spiritual pressure. When he encountered a barrier, he would then use other methods to break through.
If you follow what Aizen said in your memory, then in addition to spiritual pressure, the four skills of cutting, boxing, ghost, and walking also have limit barriers like spiritual pressure. No matter how strong you are in a certain ability, it will be affected by the spirit body.
limits and cannot grow.
Aizen was able to figure this out, which shows that after his spiritual pressure reached its limit, he specialized in one or two of the four techniques of slashing, boxing, ghost, and walking for a period of time, in order to break through the spiritual pressure.
limit, but it also encounters extreme barriers.
But in the process, his spiritual pressure most likely broke through a barrier, but in the end he gave up on this long road and turned his attention to external objects!
Although this is just Duan Mu's own speculation, the possibility of the speculation being true is extremely high. After all, according to Duan Mu's conclusions when studying Kyū, the Shinigami evolved step by step through techniques such as slashing fists and ghost walking.
It has reached a point where it is equal to the virtual life form.
Duanmu plans to re-take the path Aizen took with the help of the system after his spiritual pressure encounters a barrier.
The system is his biggest advantage and where his confidence lies.
