Unohana Retsu

Kenpachi Zaraki's challenge did not surprise Zhang Miao, but that did not mean he would accept it.

Back in the shinobi world, or when he had first arrived in the world of Bleach, if someone had provoked him, Zhang Miao would have drawn his blade without another word and taught them a lesson within minutes.

But things were different now. In Zhang Miao's own words, he had passed the age of being eager to fight and prove himself.

Therefore, faced with Kenpachi Zaraki's challenge, he immediately waved a hand.

"I don't want to fight you. At your current level, cutting you down would be utterly boring."

If anyone else had said that, Kenpachi Zaraki would surely have thought they were bluffing. But it was different when Zhang Miao said it.

It was not because Zhang Miao was now the headmaster of Shino Academy, making Kenpachi Zaraki believe he would not lie. Rather, it was because Kenpachi Zaraki saw his former self in Zhang Miao's eyes.

It was the look of someone who found everything around him unbearably dull and wanted to find some fun, yet had not found it.

To put it simply, there were only two words for it—boredom!

Kenpachi Zaraki was very familiar with that look, because every time he looked in a mirror, he saw the same look in his own reflection.

What he had not expected was that someone besides himself could have such a look in their eyes. His eyes immediately narrowed.

"This guy is different from the people of Seireitei. He's more like someone from that place!"

The "that place" Kenpachi Zaraki referred to was where he had appeared when he first arrived in the Soul Society—the Zaraki District, the most lawless area of Rukongai.

Back in the Zaraki District, Kenpachi Zaraki fought every