Walking home, beneath a starry sky scattered with faint afterglow, Asano Kiyoshi watched the bustling neon lights reflect a world of dazzling colors upon the rain-soaked streets.
Asano Kiyoshi took a deep breath of the slightly musty air. In his eyes was reflected the contents of the Scroll:
"Host: Asano Kiyoshi Status: Reishi Entanglement (The spiritual pressure of a Hollow and a Shinigami actually fused together? What sinful spiritual pressure. Can someone like you truly be accepted by the Soul Society? Perhaps, before you possess absolute power, you need to hide this strength.) By the way, the best app for listening to audiobooks right now is the source-switching app, .huanyuanapp. Install the latest version. ... Bankai: 14% (It truly hasn't been easy. You can finally enter your own Inner World. Take a good look at yourself. Is your heart a bodhi tree stained with dust, or a bright mirror untouched by dust? Or perhaps your heart was never simply black and white, but rather a... refined gray?)
Seeing the evaluation on the Scroll, Asano Kiyoshi patted his face and let out a quiet breath. It seemed he still had a long road ahead before he could learn Bankai.
Avoiding a puddle reflecting the lights beneath his feet, Asano Kiyoshi suddenly spotted a Cake Shop not far away. He recalled Nel mentioning that she had wanted to try a real cake. If he remembered correctly, she had particularly wanted Mango Cake.
So, almost unconsciously, he walked over to the Cake Shop. After looking at the price list and feeling the money in his pocket, he nodded. It was just enough for an eight-inch cake.
There were many customers inside the Cake Shop. Though it was already seven or eight in the evening, it seemed to be just when many