Teacher's Wife

Ye Yang brought Tōshirō to the Second Division. Although the members of the division were a little surprised that Ye Yang would bring back a boy, none of them asked, since it was not something they could interfere with.

Ye Yang opened the door to the captain's office and stepped inside first. Soi Fon stood up from her seat and asked, "Why are you back so early today? Is something wrong again?"

"Come in," Ye Yang said to Tōshirō outside the door. Tōshirō was a little reserved as he entered the place for the first time. He looked around at the unfamiliar place, feeling somewhat at a loss. After all, he was still a teenager and couldn't be calm.

"This is..." Soi Fon said in surprise. Anyone would be surprised if Ye Yang suddenly brought back a boy. This had never happened before. Could it be...?

Ye Yang patted Tōshirō's head. "This is Soi Fon, the captain of the Second Division. You'll be interning in the Second Division from now on, understand? Hurry up and say hello!"

Tōshirō said angrily, "Don't touch my head!" But he still turned to Soi Fon and said, "Captain Soi Fon, nice to meet you. My name is Tōshirō Hitsugaya. Please take care of me!"

"Tōshirō Hitsugaya?" Soi Fon murmured, then finally remembered, "Brother Ye Yang, is this the genius boy you mentioned before?"

Ye Yang nodded and said, "Yes, it's not good to leave him at the Shihoin Clan. I don't want him to Shin'ō right now, so I'd like him to stay in the Second Division's barracks for now. That way, you can look after him when I go to the Shin'ō."

"Hey, why can't I go to that Death God Academy? Humph, I'll make Momo look at me in a new light." Tōshirō seemed very dissatisfied with Ye Yang's arrangement.

Ye Yang flicked him on the head. "Didn't I tell you? From now on, you have to call me teacher! Also, don't question my decisions! Understand?"

Tōshirō wanted to say something, but then he saw Ye Yang's unfriendly smile, and his intuition told him that something bad would happen if he didn't obey. So he reluctantly nodded. "I understand, teacher."

Soi Fon chuckled at the sight. Tōshirō's flustered and awkward appearance made Soi Fon burst out laughing. After all, he was still a child, even though he was trying to act mature. But that only made him more adorable.

Soi Fon touched the white hair that looked like a hedgehog, but found it wasn't prickly at all; instead, it was surprisingly soft. No wonder Brother Ye Yang touched his head so Seated Officer.

This time, however, Tōshirō didn't get angry. Instead, his face turned bright red, and he looked shy, which made Ye Yang and Soi Fon laugh. Soi Fon said, "Nice to meet you. I am Soi Fon, the captain of the Second Division. Since Brother Ye Yang has accepted you as his apprentice, you can come here to find me anytime if you have any problems in the Second Division."

"Okay, thank you, Captain Soi Fon Tōshirō nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Ye Yang leaned over and said to him, "You can call her 'Teacher's Wife' from now on~"

"Master's wife?" Tōshirō looked at Ye Yang with some confusion. Seeing Ye Yang's faint smile and the blush on Soi Fon's face, even the most dense person would understand by now. Although he didn't understand these things, he had seen the adults in the neighborhood before, so he naturally knew about these matters.

He nodded. "Understood, Madam."

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, and you can see the childlike innocence in his emerald green eyes. His eyes are like flawless emeralds.

Soi Fon couldn't help but say, "Since you're calling me 'Master's Wife,' if you have any questions about cultivation in the future, just come to me when Brother Ye Yang isn't around. I'll definitely answer them to the best of my ability."

"Yes, thank you, Master's wife." Unlike her attitude towards Ye Yang, she was still very polite to Soi Fon Tōshirō.

"May I call you Little Lion?" Soi Fon asked.

Tōshirō lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Alright, but you can't call me that in front of outsiders. You have to call me Hitsugaya or Tōshirō."

Soi Fon chuckled, "Alright, Little Lion." Soi Fon genuinely liked this child. After all, every woman has a hidden maternal instinct, and they are powerless against children.

"Hey, Brother Ye Yang, how do you plan to teach him?" Soi Fon asked.

Tōshirō looked on with anticipation as he spoke. Ye Yang had promised to help him become stronger, but Toshiro didn't even know the concept of strength, and he wanted to know exactly how to become stronger.

"First, there's the use and refinement of Spiritual Pressure, but what I can teach him isn't entirely his own. So, I plan to have him join the Punishment Force hone his skills there." This is also why Ye Yang brought her to the Second Division. As the saying goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Letting him train in the Punishment Force will also greatly benefit him.

"This... Little Lion can't even use his Spiritual Pressure yet. Isn't it a bit too early to let him join Punishment Force? You know, Punishment Force is no joke. There could be danger. Besides, Little Lion hasn't learned any combat skills yet. Shouldn't we wait until he's mastered combat before we talk about it?" Soi Fon said hesitantly.

Ye Yang turned to look at the sky outside the door. "A fine sword is forged through tempering, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold. Without experiencing these things, no matter how high one's achievements are, one will always be a hothouse flower, unable to withstand wind and rain. I plan to let him learn for a month first, and then join Punishment Force. So, what does Tōshirō think?" Ye Yang turned his gaze to Tōshirō, believing that Tōshirō would give Ye Yang satisfactory answer.

"Master's wife, then I'll be sorry to bother you during this time." Tōshirō's meaning was already very clear.

Soi Fon was somewhat worried, after all, a month was not a long time. From a child who knew nothing to a Punishment Force, a month was not a long time. However, since Tōshirō himself had said so, she had no reason to object. After all, she was only worried about Tōshirō's safety, and she also understood that this was for Tōshirō's benefit.

"Come with me, I'll take you to the training ground. I want to teach you the basics," Ye Yang said, leading Tōshirō towards the training room. This training room was specially built by Ye Yang, and he had prepared it for Tōshirō long ago.

This was an open space behind the team barracks. Ye Yang made some minor modifications and turned it into a training ground, where they wouldn't be disturbed by others. Soi Fon followed him over.

Ye Yang stopped and said, "First, let's talk about cultivating Spiritual Pressure. This is a long process. I've already taught you the method of refining Spiritual Power. So, first, unleash all your Spiritual Pressure and let me see just how strong it is."

"All of them?" Tōshirō asked.

"Of course, don't worry, I've already set up a barrier here, so your Spiritual Pressure won't leak out. Feel free to release it." To be honest, Ye Yang was also very curious about what level Tōshirō had reached after three years of training.

"Hah!" Tōshirō shouted, and a white Spiritual Pressure emanated from his body, forming a layer of frost on the ground around him. This showed that his Spiritual Pressure was biased towards ice and snow, and that the attribute was very pure. He was indeed the wielder of Hyōrinmaru, the strongest Zanpakuto of the ice and snow type.

Soi Fon stared wide-eyed at Tōshirō, looking incredulous, because Tōshirō's Spiritual Pressure had already reached the level of a lower-ranking Seated Officer and was still rising.

Ye Yang remained calm and composed. Three years ago, Tōshirō had already achieved this level of skill, and now he was certainly capable of even more. As for the exact outcome, even Ye Yang did not know.

The Spiritual Pressure continued to rise until even Ye Yang was surprised. Tōshirō's current Spiritual Pressure level was close to that of a high-ranking Seated Officer, roughly equivalent to a seventh or eighth seated officer. Of course, this was only in terms of Spiritual Pressure, since Tōshirō had not yet learned any actual combat skills and had not even learned how to fight.

Soi Fon was speechless with astonishment. Ye Yang had said that Tōshirō was a genius, but he hadn't expected Tōshirō to have reached this level. This was beyond what the word "genius" could describe; it was practically monstrous! No wonder Ye Yang was willing to let him join Punishment Force directly; what he lacked most right now was practical combat skills.

Fortunately, Ye Yang had set up a barrier beforehand; otherwise, if this unfamiliar Spiritual Pressure had erupted from the Second Division would have thought something had happened there. Ye Yang waved his hand, signaling Tōshirō to stop. It was clear that Tōshirō hadn't yet mastered controlling his Spiritual Pressure, and it took Tōshirō a while to retract it, as it was still too strong for him at his current level.

Ye Yang nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good Spiritual Pressure. However, I still have to remind you, don't think you can slack off just because you have a high starting point. When your starting point is higher than others, you should work even harder so that you can maintain your leading position. Otherwise, you don't know when you will be overtaken by those behind you, understand?"

Although Tōshirō possesses extraordinary talent, it is still just talent, not strength. Only when you transform talent into your own strength do you have real power. To prevent him from becoming arrogant, Ye Yang reminded him of this point.

In fact, Ye Yang's worries were unnecessary. Tōshirō had no awareness of being a genius. At this moment, he simply wanted to become stronger and protect the people he wanted to protect, nothing more.

Tōshirō nodded and said, "I understand."

"You can focus on your Spiritual Pressure training gradually. Next, we'll talk about combat. Do you know the four main skills of a Shinigami?"

"I know, Momo often tells me about it, it's something like the Zankensōki, right?" Tōshirō said.

"That's right, the so-called 'Zankensōki' refers to Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Shunpo, and Kidō. We'll do them in order today. First, let's learn Zanjutsu! Go pick up the wooden sword on that shelf over there and practice with it," Ye Yang said to Tōshirō.

Then Ye Yang began teaching Tōshirō the Zanjutsu; two figures flashed across the small training ground...()