He's Simply a Role Model for Our Generation

"I don't understand!"

Saito Furofushi looked at Araki, her large eyes filled with boundless confusion.

Araki had stood perfectly still since their encounter began, yet in the end, she was the only one feeling the pain! Why?

Unfortunately, how many floors must a bag of rice be carried up is a philosophical question. Saito didn't know the answer, and Araki couldn't give a true one either…

"Since you won't make a move, I will!"

Araki said, drawing the Zanpakuto from his waist.

"Here it comes!"

Seeing this, Saito Furofushi's eyes widened. She dared not be careless in the face of Araki's attack.

Then, Saito Furofushi watched as Araki took the Zanpakuto in his hand and stabbed his own thigh.

"Pfft~"

Accompanied by countless splashes of blood from Araki's leg.

"Ah! It hurts so much!"

And so, within the Swordsmanship dojo, Saito Furofushi's cries of immense pain echoed.

At that moment, the phrase the wound is on Araki's body, but the pain is in Saito's heart was fully and vividly expressed!

"Heh heh…"

Araki seemed to have discovered something amusing. He took the Zanpakuto still embedded in his thigh and twisted it forcefully, making a full circle.

"Ugh…"

In an instant, Saito Furofushi, Shared Sensation-linked with Araki, rolled her eyes in pain.

Araki saw Saito Furofushi on the verge of passing out from pain. He quickly pulled the Zanpakuto from his thigh, deactivated the active ability of his Fullbring, Ever-Blooming Flower, and used the power of his own Zanpakuto, Ruriko, to heal the wound on his leg.

"Haha, hahahaha…"

"I get it! I finally get it!"

Meanwhile, after Araki voluntarily deactivated his Fullbring ability, Saito finally recovered from the pain. Her beautiful face was now covered in a morbid and grotesque smile…

No matter how unintelligent Saito was, at this moment, she finally understood the mechanism of Araki's strange ability.

"You understand?"

Araki was slightly startled to hear this.

Even he had only just understood the power of his Fullbring. Had Saito grasped it so quickly? Was Saito perhaps hiding her true intelligence all along, and could her intellect rival a certain gel-haired individual, or perhaps a certain black-hearted shop owner?!

"Your ability exchanges our pain, right?"

"In other words, all the pain from any injury you receive, I have to bear!"

"Conversely, any pain I should feel from being injured, you have to bear, right?!"

At this moment, Saito Furofushi's eyes gleamed with wisdom.

She picked up the Zanpakuto in her hand and aimed it at her delicate little feet.

"No, wait…"

Seeing this scene, Araki instinctively tried to stop her.

"Hahahaha…"

"Too late, it's all too late!!"

Saito Furofushi said, using the Zanpakuto in her hand to stab through the top of her own foot. Then, mimicking Araki's technique, she gripped the Zanpakuto's hilt and twisted it forcefully…

"Pfft…"

At this moment, blood gushed from the top of Saito Furofushi's foot as if it were free, followed by bone-piercing pain. Yes, after being injured, the one still feeling the pain was Saito Furofushi…

"Liar, you big liar…"

"You tricked me again!"

Saito Furofushi finally couldn't hold it together. Tears, like pearls, 'plinked, plinked' as they streamed from her eyes.

"Oh, this…"

Araki looked at Saito Furofushi, who had utterly broken herself, feeling a bit speechless.

However, he had to admit that for a brief moment, he had indeed thought Saito Furofushi was hiding her true intelligence, and that was certainly his mistake.

Putting everything else aside, it was absolutely Araki's error to think of Saito Furofushi as too smart.

That girl, Saito Furofushi, was truly not very intelligent, perhaps even adorably foolish.

"Damn it!"

Saito Furofushi looked at her bleeding foot, consumed by extreme unwillingness!

She, Saito Furofushi, had come to set rules for Araki and establish their family hierarchy. Yet, how was it that she was the one injured and the one having rules set for her?!

She couldn't accept it! She, Saito Furofushi, absolutely couldn't go back like this. As the esteemed Captain of the Sixth Division, she couldn't suffer this loss!

"Araki, let me get one swing in! Just one, okay?"

Saito Furofushi grinned menacingly as she walked up to Araki, asking him.

"From the beginning, I've been telling you to attack me."

Araki replied, his expression unchanged, after hearing Saito Furofushi's words.

"I mean, this time, don't use that strange ability of yours. Just let me have a good, solid cut at you! After this one cut, we'll be even, you and I…"

"I mean, after this one cut, I won't be mad at you anymore, not even about why the first thing you did after coming to Seireitei wasn't to find me!"

Saito Furofushi held her Zanpakuto and spoke earnestly to Araki.

"Hmm, alright~"

Araki didn't hesitate much; he directly agreed to Saito Furofushi's request.

Anyway, his Fullbring's recovery ability had been tested enough. Next up was testing his resilience.

"Good!"

Seeing Araki agree without the slightest hesitation, Saito felt a warmth in her heart. She knew Araki was still the Araki she knew!

Thinking this, Saito drew her Zanpakuto and swung it towards Araki's right shoulder…

Saito knew Araki's Zanpakuto had powerful regenerative abilities, so this strike wouldn't cause Araki too much harm.

Swish!

As a cold light flashed, Saito's blade indeed passed through Araki's shoulder. At the same time, Saito didn't feel any pain in her own shoulder…

But the problem was, she, Saito, hadn't actually hit Araki at all!

Although it looked like her blade had indeed passed through Araki's shoulder, the problem was that the moment Araki's shoulder came into contact with the Zanpakuto in her hand, it transformed into a strange 'mist,' allowing her Zanpakuto to pass directly through.

"Are you satisfied now? See, I didn't use that ability from before."

Just as Saito was staring blankly at her own strike, Araki, who had turned into mist, reformed behind Saito.

"Damn it!"

Hearing this, Saito instinctively twisted her head and swung her blade at Araki's shoulder again.

"Ow!"

Instantly, pain once again filled Saito's mind.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't use your ability?"

Saito asked, her face contorted, looking at Araki.

"I said I wouldn't use my ability for that strike, not for this strike!"

Araki explained calmly after hearing Saito's words.

"Ahhhhhh…"

Saito roared in irritation upon hearing this. Then, she instinctively raised her foot and stomped it hard on the ground.

The next second, a tingling pain spread throughout Saito's entire body…

Yes, Saito had almost forgotten that she still had an unhealed wound on her foot~

"Bully! I'm not playing anymore!"

With that, Saito's eyes turned red as she cursed at Araki, then limped out of the 11th Division barracks.

"You still have a wound on your foot. Let me heal it for you!"

Araki, seeing Saito run off in anger, knew he had teased her too much and immediately tried to stop her.

"No need!"

Saito didn't stay. She left the 11th Division barracks without looking back.

"Hiss, I went too far with that joke this time~"

Araki watched Saito leave, couldn't help but scratch his scalp, and his temples started throbbing again.

"Did you all see that?"

"Of course we did…"

"I have to say, Captain Araki is just… too cool!"

"He's truly a role model for us!"

"Even Saito Furofushi, who's practically a bully, can't do anything to Captain Araki!"

"I admit it, Captain Araki is truly the undisputed Captain of the Gotei 13, 11th Division!"

As Saito Furofushi left, the 11th Division members, who had all been beaten up by Saito Furofushi, looked at the frustrated Saito and the calm, composed Araki. Instantly, they all began to idolize Araki. At this moment, Araki had become the Captain acknowledged in the hearts of the 11th Division members.

The world had suffered under Saito Furofushi for too long!

Even Araki himself didn't know that he had so easily captured the hearts of these Division Members~

"I'm really too weak…"

Meanwhile, after Saito Furofushi left the Gotei 13, 11th Division barracks, she looked down at her feet. Her injuries had already healed, and she knew full well that in the end, Araki had been the one to intervene.

Saito Furofushi knew that Araki had held back during their fight, even going easy on her, yet she was still the one who lost...

She hadn't realized the disparity until now, but her strength truly paled in comparison to Araki's!

I need to get stronger. At the very least, I can't be weaker than that wicked woman, Unohana. Otherwise, it'll be hard to stand by Araki's side!

Araki, just you wait. I'll be back...

As Saito thought this, her figure vanished from the street.

On this day, Saito Furofushi yearned to become stronger! She had to get stronger! Stronger than Unohana, at least, and then snatch Araki back from that wicked woman. After all, she, Saito Furofushi, had been there first...

Perhaps Araki didn't even realize that, because of him, the Seireitei was starting to get competitive today!

However, Araki had more important matters to attend to. Just a moment ago, Unohana had woken up.

Fourth update! How's that, brothers, still enough content? By the way, please recommend!