Rules of Use

Toshiro unconsciously tightened his grip on Hyōrinmaru, and an ominous feeling enveloped his heart.

"What do you mean, you can't release it?"

Yuko simply stood there calmly, without even checking on Ichigo and Renji. She explained on Gin Ichimaru's behalf, "It means that within my domain, the weak have no room to resist."

Yuko's voice arrived in an instant. The first half still came from a distance, but by the last half, it was already ringing beside Toshiro's ear.

Toshiro's ice-blue pupils constricted, and he spun around.

This woman! Is she treating me as the breakthrough point?

Clang!

Toshiro had only turned halfway when the sharp ring of clashing blades reached his ears.

"Now, now, miss, why do I feel like something's not quite right?" Shunsui Kyoraku's slightly exaggerated voice sounded beside Toshiro.

Clearly, he had just helped block Yuko's Zanpakuto.

"I thought it over, and rather than wait for you to succeed, I decided to act myself." The corners of Yuko's mouth lifted slightly. "But speaking of which, you really do take good care of this brat."

"What? Is this brat your illegitimate son? No wonder he became a captain at such a young age."

Shunsui Kyoraku's face twitched. "Those two sentences of yours are frightening in every sense."

Could it be that when she communicated with me earlier, it was only to make me lower my guard... Or had I already been seen back then?

Could this woman be trying to kill with a borrowed blade?

"What did you say?!" Toshiro reacted as well. He drew his Zanpakuto, and after hearing the latter half of Yuko's words, his brows inevitably knitted together, a trace of anger surfacing in his eyes.

Shunsui Kyoraku hurriedly said, "Don't overthink it!"

That was why he hated fighting Yuko!

Whether he could beat