After scaring the young girl unconscious, Zhang Miao lost all desire to sleep. He immediately got up, dressed, washed up, and headed for Yoruichi Shihōin's quarters.
By the time Zhang Miao arrived, Yoruichi Shihōin had prepared tea and pastries. The moment she saw him, she smiled and beckoned him over.
"Kaede, come eat with me!"
"Sure!"
Zhang Miao did not stand on ceremony. He answered and walked over, then picked up a pastry and put it into his mouth.
Seeing what Zhang Miao did, Yoruichi Shihōin grinned again.
"I had these specially prepared. Well? Do they suit your taste, Kaede?"
"They're good. Tasty!"
As he spoke, Zhang Miao picked up another pastry and put it into his mouth before looking at Yoruichi Shihōin.
"Just call me Miao. My friends all call me Miao!"
"Miao?" Yoruichi Shihōin raised an eyebrow at his words. "Your friends all call you Miao. What about everyone else?"
"Everyone else? Heh..."
At that, Zhang Miao gave a soft laugh, and his bearing instantly became sharp and imposing.
"Everyone else calls me the Underworld King!"
"The Underworld King?"
Yoruichi Shihōin was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and burst out laughing.
"HAHAHA... Isn't the Underworld King supposed to be the ruler of the underworld, according to humans? But this world has neither an underworld nor heaven. So doesn't that make you, the Underworld King, a Bleach of Soul Society? Look how full of yourself you are... Hahahaha..."
Zhang Miao: "..."
Damn it, you wouldn't understand. I won't stoop to your level!
Watching Yoruichi Shihōin laugh so hard she swayed back and forth, Zhang Miao rolled his eyes at her irritably. Then he ignored her and lowered his head to continue eating pastries and drinking his morning tea.
Yoruichi Shihōin soon laughed herself out. Gasping for