A Battle to Establish Future Family Status!

"Araki, don't think that just because you can beat that wicked woman Unohana, you can definitely beat me too~"

After Saito Furofushi drew the Zanpakuto at her waist, she seemed to become a completely different person. Killing intent radiated from her like she was a demon from hell.

In truth, once Saito Furofushi learned that Araki had truly defeated Unohana, she had wanted to fight him. She wanted to personally experience Araki's strength through the sword in her hand...

And establish her future standing in the family while she was at it!

Though whether she would establish her future family status today, or become the family's lowest-ranking member, remained to be seen~

"Come on~"

Araki nodded at Saito Furofushi as he opened his System Panel.

He brought up the character awakening binding panel for his Fullbring.

Choose binding target: (1) Unohana Yachiru (Bound), (2) Saito Furofushi

"Bind."

Using his thoughts, Araki selected option two and completed the binding with Saito Furofushi.

Just as Araki had previously guessed, his Fullbring ability, the Ever-Blooming Flower, truly could bind with multiple people! Not only had he already bound himself to Unohana, but after choosing Saito Furofushi, he had successfully bound himself to her as well!

At that moment, Araki could clearly sense a unique connection between himself and Saito Furofushi.

"Hm? Araki, what did you do to me?!"

After Araki's Fullbring successfully activated and formed that unique connection between him and Saito Furofushi...

Saito Furofushi, who had drawn the Zanpakuto at her waist and was itching for a fight, seemed to notice something as well. She looked at Araki and asked.

"Don't worry. It's a good thing~"

Araki smiled gently at Saito Furofushi.

"A good thing?"

Saito Furofushi frowned slightly. After thinking for a few seconds and failing to make sense of it, she simply stopped thinking, raised her blade, and slashed at Araki.

"..."

Araki remained calm in the face of Saito Furofushi's sudden strike, still standing there with perfect ease.

Even when Saito Furofushi's blade was less than five centimeters from his neck, Araki remained where he was, as though he had never noticed her attack...

Just as it seemed that Saito Furofushi's slash would surely sever Araki's neck, the silver blade-light suddenly shifted in midair...

The attack that had been aimed at Araki's neck lowered by a few centimeters, and the blade struck his shoulder instead, splashing vivid red blood.

"Araki, why didn't you dodge?!"

Saito Furofushi flashed backward from in front of Araki and angrily questioned him.

"Because there was no point."

As Araki answered Saito Furofushi's question, he used his Fullbring to restore his wound. In an instant, the injury healed at a speed visible to Saito Furofushi's naked eye...

"What exactly is going on?!"

Saito Furofushi's pupils trembled as she let out an incredulous cry.

"It hurts!"

Before Saito Furofushi could think further, a sudden stabbing pain in her shoulder drew her attention.

"I got cut?"

Saito Furofushi touched her "injured" shoulder. It was her first reaction upon feeling the pain there.

However, when Saito Furofushi carefully examined the "wound" on her shoulder, she discovered that her shoulder had not suffered any injury at all...

"What is going on?!"

For a moment, Saito Furofushi stood frozen in place.

"Keep going!"

Araki spoke calmly as he watched the dazed Saito Furofushi.

Just then, Araki had gained a new understanding of his Fullbring's abilities. In fact, beyond the abilities indicated by the system, his Ever-Blooming Flower possessed another passive ability called Shared Sensation...

Yes, the Ever-Blooming Flower could ensure that Araki and those bound by his Fullbring would never die before their Spiritual Pressure was completely depleted...

It could also allow Araki and those bound to him to restore any injury by expending Spiritual Pressure. But that did not mean Araki and those bound by his Fullbring could no longer feel pain!

An injury would still hurt! Moreover, Araki's Fullbring had another side effect called Shared Sensation, or perhaps Heart-to-Heart would be a more fitting name!

That was to say, whenever Araki or anyone bound by his Fullbring was injured and used Araki's Fullbring ability to recover, everyone connected to Araki's Fullbring would feel the pain together.

In theory, this ability was a restriction on Araki's Fullbring, preventing Araki and those connected to his Fullbring from endlessly and recklessly using its healing ability to recover from injuries...

However, Araki's Zanpakuto, Yakushi Rurikō, could block the sensation of pain.

So in Araki's eyes, this was simply a wonderful thing~

With this ability, Araki was practically a god of internal family warfare! The Hidan of internal family warfare, okay?!

What? Domestic violence? It simply did not exist...

"Damn it, what exactly is going on?!"

Saito Furofushi looked at the calm Araki and suddenly felt a little uneasy. Araki had clearly been the one injured just now, so why was she the one in pain?! Saito Furofushi could not understand it...

"Damn it!"

Unable to comprehend the principle behind it, Saito Furofushi cursed and launched another attack at Araki with her Zanpakuto in hand.

"Pfft~"

This time, Saito Furofushi aimed at the top of Araki's foot.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."

The instant the Zanpakuto pierced Araki's foot, sudden pain shot through Saito Furofushi's own sole, making her bare her teeth in agony. She had no choice but to quickly pull the blade from Araki's foot.

As Saito Furofushi withdrew the Zanpakuto embedded in Araki's foot, the wound immediately healed at high speed, just as before...

"Why? Why is this happening? Why aren't my attacks working?!"

Tears seemed to ripple in Saito Furofushi's bright eyes as she clenched her teeth and roared at Araki.

"Come on, keep going~ Don't stop!"

Araki still stood there without changing expression, signaling for Saito Furofushi to continue attacking.

In fact, Araki's understanding of his Fullbring had risen another level just then. He discovered that his Fullbring had both active and passive activation modes...

If Araki's injuries were not severe enough to threaten his life, his Fullbring would not activate immediately. Only when his injuries were enough to endanger his life, or after he had already died from his injuries, would his Fullbring switch into its passive state. Under normal circumstances, it was an active skill!

The benefit of this was that it prevented the Fullbring's healing ability from activating whenever its user suffered the slightest injury, which would then trigger the passive power of Shared Sensation and make every person connected to the Fullbring suffer together...

It also prevented the drawback of Araki, or any other person connected by the Fullbring, dying and having their consciousness return to nothingness, leaving them unable to activate the Fullbring.

Third update!