Screening

Ryuken Ishida said calmly, "That was probably Yhwach forcibly stripping away and reclaiming the Quincies' powers in order to restore his own strength."

"Our Quincy bloodlines and powers all originate from him, so naturally, he can reclaim them at any time."

"Saint Discernment was probably a screening process launched to restore his strength."

Yuko's eyes flickered. "But your power doesn't seem to have been taken away."

In her eyes, Ryuken Ishida's spiritual pressure remained extremely stable, fully comparable to that of a Captain-level Soul Reaper.

Ryuken Ishida explained indifferently, "Impure power."

"Impure... You mean mixed-blood?" Yuko narrowed her eyes, quickly grasping the situation. "I see. Although Masaki is a Pure-blood Quincy, she was invaded by a Hollow, causing her soul and bloodline to become mixed."

Yuko finally understood the source of the sudden intensification of her spiritual-pressure consumption when she used Bankai to reverse time yesterday.

Reversing time was indeed a rule that could not be touched lightly. However, she had only reversed Masaki's own time—not even on a large scale—yet the consumption had been so outrageous. The fundamental reason was that she had not merely been fighting time, but also Yhwach's will.

Even with the restrictions imposed by the laws of time, that man known as the progenitor of the Quincies had probably exceeded the bounds of common sense in terms of strength.

"That's right." Ryuken Ishida's grip tightened around the teacup. "My wife also lost her powers because of this Saint Discernment."

"Your wife? You're married?" Yuko recalled the night she had first met everyone. "You mean that Quincy who was with you at the time?"

Ryuken Ishida looked surprised. "How did you..."

"I guessed." Yuko smiled faintly. "The way you look at someone you love is impossible to hide."

"That girl looked at you exactly like that."