Seeing that Rukia had nearly reached her limit, Ailin did not dare continue and hurriedly called for a stop.
"Clang..."
The moment she heard Ailin call for a stop, Rukia immediately relaxed. She could no longer hold the sword in her hand and let her Asauchi fall to the ground.
"Hah... hah..."
With both hands braced against her knees, Rukia panted heavily.
Even now, the fear in her eyes had yet to fade.
If possible, she never wanted to fight Teacher Ailin again.
That feeling of having everything about herself seemingly seen through, of every move being within the other party's expectations, was simply too terrifying.
"Rukia, what are your thoughts on that battle just now?"
"Thoughts?"
Hearing her teacher's question, Rukia gave a bitter smile. "Teacher, my biggest thought is that I never want to fight you again."
"Is that so?"
Rukia's words did not surprise Ailin.
This had been within Ailin's expectations from the start.
The "Data Kendo" Ailin intended to teach Rukia had originated from the tennis games between Ailin and Haruko.
There had once been a period when Ailin had been utterly crushed by Haruko in chess.
In order to regain some balance, Ailin had created a sport like tennis several centuries early in the world of Bleach.
At the same time, Ailin had also created the rackets used by the princes in The Prince of Tennis.
It had to be said that after turning those princes' rackets into Zanpakuto, the tennis abilities of the most outstanding among them were not at all weaker than the Zanpakuto abilities of some Captain-level fighters.
The "Data Kendo" Ailin intended to teach Rukia was a form of Sword Arts distilled from "Data Tennis."
After fighting an enemy who used Data Tennis, it was difficult for anyone to muster the