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Sasuke asked in confusion.

"All you need to do is face your body and lay your soul back down inside it."

Following Li Yue's instructions, Sasuke laid his soul down so that it overlapped with his body. Then his body opened its eyes, climbed up from the ground, and widened them in shock.

"My Chakra is gone!"

"Becoming a Bleach means abandoning your ninja powers. Naturally, your Chakra is gone too."

Chakra was the product of combining the body and spirit, but fundamentally, it was still a power attached to the soul. The Chakra within Sasuke's soul had been completely washed away by spirit particles. He was now a genuine Bleach! Even his species had changed, so naturally his power system had changed as well.

"Here, this is your Zanpakuto."

Li Yue took an Asauchi from a private red packet in the Chat Group and tossed it to Sasuke. He had gotten it from Aizen.

"A Zanpakuto?"

Sasuke caught the Asauchi, thoroughly puzzled. Then he thought of something and looked at Enma's Blade hanging at Li Yue's waist.

"Is it like that sword of yours?"

"That's right. A Bleach draws upon the power of the soul, and a Zanpakuto is a power nurtured by your soul. Every person's soul nurtures a different power. It will become your most important strength."

Of course, there were cases where two people nurtured the same Zanpakuto.

"Every Battle Soul Blade has its own name. My Zanpakuto is called Enma's Blade. As for yours, you'll have to ask it yourself!"

"For now, this sword is called an Asauchi. Only when you truly ask for your Battle Soul Blade's name will it gain a name of its own. A name represents power. Once you know your Zanpakuto's name, you will gain strength powerful enough to kill Uchiha Itachi."

Li Yue was very curious about what kind of Zanpakuto Sasuke would nurture.

Aizen, watching from within the Chat Group, was equally curious.

He had given away two Asauchi. The first had allowed Li Yue to awaken Enma's Blade, which could travel between worlds. What kind of ability would this second one awaken? Unfortunately, Aizen had no time to come over right now. He was still in the Pure Land, helping Li Yue search for Senju Hashirama's soul.

"What should I do?"

Sasuke stared at Li Yue. He could barely wait to learn his Zanpakuto's name.

"Having you perform Blade Meditation definitely won't work, because you're not the calm type."

In Li Yue's eyes, Sasuke's personality was actually somewhat like Ichigo Kurosaki's. No matter how strong the enemy was, Ichigo would charge in and start slashing first. If he couldn't win, he would just activate a cheat! Sasuke, on the other hand, did not care how strong the enemy was either. As long as he thought he was strong enough, he would charge in recklessly. If he lost, he would just get humiliated! The outcomes might differ greatly, but both of them were the type to fight first and worry later.

Sasuke was clearly Indra's reincarnation, yet his talent for controlling Chakra was not even comparable to Sakura Haruno's.

"So, I'm going to let you experience this power directly with your own body!"

Li Yue drew Enma's Blade from his waist.

Kisuke Urahara had managed to awaken Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakuto with just a few slashes. I, Li Yue, might not manage it in a few slashes, but a few hours should be enough, right? He won't die anyway, so I'll just slash him until he does!

"Hmph! Then bring it on!"

The moment Sasuke heard that it would be actual combat, he became excited. He had gained new power, and was about to gain the strength to defeat Uchiha Itachi. He was already fired up!

Then... he got flattened.

Li Yue looked at Sasuke lying on the ground with only a sword hilt left in his hand and fell into deep thought.

Something was wrong. You successfully became a Bleach, which means you really do have talent for it. Even if the Spirit Blades I created are only at the level of Seated Officers, isn't it a little too pathetic that you haven't shown the slightest reaction after several hours?

Li Yue had deliberately copied Kisuke Urahara's method of slashing Ichigo. Slash by slash, he cut Sasuke's Asauchi from the tip all the way to the hilt. To avoid cutting too quickly, each slash only removed about one centimeter. A perfectly good Asauchi had been sliced into pieces by Li Yue, just short of being minced into filling.

Throughout the process, Li Yue had also kept taunting him. It could be said that Sasuke had been pressured both physically and mentally.

Yet Sasuke showed no reaction at all. You're Indra's reincarnation, damn it. Is getting humiliated really an unavoidable Indra family tradition?

What exactly was missing?

Li Yue looked at Sasuke lying on the ground and began thinking about what element was lacking.

He had an Asauchi, he had changed classes into a Bleach, and he could indeed sense Reiatsu. So what was missing?

Li Yue recalled the process of awakening his own Zanpakuto. Oh, his Zanpakuto itself was a Meme Lord, so it could not serve as an example. When other Bleach awakened their Zanpakuto... Li Yue's eyes suddenly lit up!

Got it. I know what's missing!

Style Points! I forgot the Style Points!

As everyone knew, Bleach battles had another crucial factor besides Reiatsu and Zanpakuto: Style Points. When your Style Points could not compare to your opponent's, you were bound to get humiliated!

Li Yue snapped his fingers, activating his dream authority. The training ground abruptly transformed into an ash-white desert. The sky shifted from day to night, and a crescent moon hung high above.

The sudden cold wind slowly caused the unconscious Sasuke to open his eyes.

Looking at the suddenly unfamiliar surroundings before him, Sasuke was confused. He gripped the hilt with difficulty and climbed to his feet, staring blankly at the gray-white desert surrounding him.

"Where is this? Shouldn't I... shouldn't I be in the training ground?"

He looked at the hilt in his hand. That was right—his sword had been sliced apart by Li Yue slash after slash, until only the hilt remained. But why... why was he here? And where was Li Yue?

Was this a genjutsu?

Sasuke grabbed a handful of sand and frowned. The sensation felt real. Could it really not be a genjutsu?

Confused, Sasuke looked around, trying to find some useful clues. Yet aside from the crescent moon hanging in the dark sky, there was nothing else.

"I should leave first."

Sasuke lifted his leg to leave, but the instant he did, the air suddenly grew heavy and strange music began to play.

It was BGM! BGM: on the precipice of defeat!

"This feeling..."

The sudden weight on his body reminded Sasuke of the sensation of being suppressed by Li Yue's Reiatsu before.

"Is that Li Yue?!"

Sasuke spun around. What he saw was not Li Yue, but a huge face—a gigantic white bone mask even larger than his entire body. It covered the face of an enormous ape at least ten meters tall. The ape lowered its head, and glowing yellow eyes stared coldly at Sasuke through the eye sockets of its bone mask.

"What is this...?"

"Hehehe~~~"

An eerie laugh emerged from beneath the giant masked face.

"Look what I found—a lone and weak Bleach!"

Weak!

Those two words successfully provoked Sasuke, because the last thing he had seen before losing consciousness was Li Yue looking at him in disappointment. You can't even awaken your Zanpakuto. You really are weak.

"As a Bleach, you dared enter Hueco Mundo without even a Zanpakuto. You're quite bold!"

"Zanpakuto..."

Sasuke looked at the hilt in his right hand. Li Yue had said that awakening a Zanpakuto was easy, yet after Li Yue had slashed him for several hours, he had not awakened one at all. He had even been seriously injured and knocked unconscious.

"Oh? Feeling sad? It's okay. You'll stop feeling sad very soon, because I'm going to eat you!"

The white mask on the giant ape monster's face split apart, revealing a mouth large enough to swallow a person whole. It lunged at Sasuke and bit down.

Sasuke hurriedly rolled aside to evade it. After dodging, he instinctively slashed at the monster, only to realize afterward that his sword did not even have a blade anymore!

"Damn it!"

Left with no choice, Sasuke used his free left hand to pull a shuriken from the ninja tool pouch behind him and throw it at the monster.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The shuriken struck as though they had hit metal, sending out sparks before falling into the sand.

Damn it, I don't have Chakra anymore. Otherwise, I could have used Ninjutsu!

The monster seemed to be enraged by the shuriken. It swung a backhanded slap, sending Sasuke flying.

Puhah—

Damn it!

He had finally obtained new power. Was he going to die before he had even awakened it?

After landing, Sasuke spat out a mouthful of blood. Then he struggled up from the ground, gripping the hilt in his right hand. He was drenched in blood and looked utterly miserable as he watched the ape monster approach step by step.

Just as Sasuke was beginning to despair, the strange music in his ears abruptly changed. The eerie tune became urgent. It was BGM! The BGM had changed to: Number One.

For some reason, as he listened to the new BGM and followed its drumbeats, Sasuke's heart became firm.

I refuse to die here. I still have to use my new power to kill that man. How could I possibly die so casually in a place like this?!

Sasuke slowly raised the hilt in his right hand and held it horizontally before himself.

Since Li Yue said you are my power, then obediently tell me your name and become my power!!

Sasuke's previously calm Reiatsu began to surge, even overflowing from his body and turning into a blue pillar of light that blasted outward in every direction.

Braving the impact of the Reiatsu, the giant ape monster walked up to Sasuke, opened its huge mouth, and bit down at him.

Facing the gaping jaws, Sasuke swung down the hilt in his hand with all his strength.

"Open your eyes! Indra!"

The giant ape monster was sliced in half. The hilt in Sasuke's hand also transformed into a blood-red Tachi. At the Tsuba, a blood-red Three Tomoe spun continuously. With his slightly tattered Shinigami uniform, the blue Reiatsu surging around his body, and the blood-red Tachi in his hand, Sasuke's Style Points were instantly maxed out!

Sasuke: Ninjas really are weak trash!

Meme Lord: It's Indra.

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Ah, it's Indra.

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: When you gave him the Asauchi, Li Yue, I thought that might happen. I didn't expect him to really awaken Indra's power.

Meme Lord: After all, Indra's Chakra resides within his soul. In a sense, it counts as half of his soul. After becoming a Bleach, the power of that half became his Zanpakuto. That actually fits Bleach logic quite well.

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: I'm very curious about his Zanpakuto ability, especially what it will become after Bankai.

Meme Lord: If his Shikai ability is the ability of the Three Tomoe Sharingan, then his Bankai will most likely be Mangekyo abilities. It will probably be something along those lines.

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: If that's all it is, then it's far too weak.

Meme Lord: Without Yin-Yang power, he can't awaken the Rinnegan. If it's only the Sharingan, then that level is the limit.

After telling Aizen about Sasuke's Zanpakuto, Li Yue looked at Sasuke, who was hugging the blood-red Tachi and laughing wildly, and shrugged helplessly.

The upper limit of this world was the Otsutsuki clan. Later, Boruto added all sorts of tattoos and even newer settings, but in the end, it was still an internal conflict within the Otsutsuki clan.

Before the Fourth War, the Otsutsuki clan's power was an era of eyes. The upper limit of that era's ocular power was the Rinnegan and Tenseigan, the level of Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura.

Unfortunately, Otsutsuki Hagoromo had already been captured by Aizen, so Sasuke had no way to rise to Otsutsuki Hagoromo's level. He had no way of obtaining Yin-Yang power.

But that did not prevent Sasuke from awakening his Swagger Force.

You're right, but this is Second Pillar. Every time he gains a little new power, he goes looking for someone to fight while acting extremely smug. What he loves most is challenging opponents above his level, only to get slapped down at light speed, then rely on his teammates to save him and lose all his dignity!

See? Sasuke had already started laughing wildly.

Originally, Sasuke had only joined the Four Laughing Heroes in Shippuden. Now, before he had even graduated from the ninja academy, Sasuke began laughing wildly the moment he awakened his Zanpakuto. The boost from awakening his Zanpakuto had gone straight to his head, making him join the Four Laughing Heroes three years early.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. How pitiful. After becoming a Bleach, you absolutely cannot lose your Style Points. That means defeat. The moment you started laughing, your aura vanished. You lost every last bit of Style Points.

Smack—

Li Yue instantly appeared behind the wildly laughing Sasuke and slapped the back of his head, knocking him straight onto the ground.

"Who?!"

Sasuke snapped out of his ecstatic joy and turned around.

"Li Yue!"

Not only did he see Li Yue, but the night and desert had completely vanished as well. He had returned to the training ground. As a member of the Uchiha clan, he immediately understood what had happened.

"Was that genjutsu just now?"

"That's right. I stood beside you and controlled you with genjutsu. The way you got sent flying by the air was truly spectacular."

Li Yue wore a smile as he said something that made Sasuke burn with shame and anger.

"How could that have been air? You were pretending to be it, right?!"

"It was air. Look at your injuries."

Sasuke lowered his head. Where were the injuries inflicted by the ape monster? There were only the wounds Li Yue had inflicted earlier. In other words, all the wounds from the ape monster in the desert had been fake!

"But I clearly felt pain all over my body. You can fake even that feeling? You can even fake wounds?"

Sasuke stared at Li Yue. The excitement he had felt from gaining power moments ago vanished completely.