Hot Pot General

But for Chizuru, this was the only way to become stronger.

That was not entirely accurate. If she was only dealing with some fodder Hollows or Soul Reapers, training the Breathing Technique to a high level would allow her to hold her own against them to some extent.

However, once a Soul Reaper or Hollow possessed spiritual pressure of a certain level—even a Seated Officer, let alone a Captain-level or Great Hollow monster—the threat posed by the pure Breathing Technique became negligible.

And now, Ichigo and the others—even Chad and Orihime—possessed Seated Officer-level abilities. Ichigo and Ishida were even strong enough to contend with, or perhaps defeat, Captains.

Yuko's thinking was actually very simple: as long as it could make someone stronger, any method was worth trying.

With her guidance, getting Chizuru to the point where she could exchange blows with a Captain might be difficult, but reaching the level of a Seated Officer would be no problem.

After leaving the dojo, Yuko stopped by a nearby supermarket and bought the ingredients for today's meal.

After buying the ingredients, Yuko was about to head home when she suddenly received a call from Kisuke Urahara.

"Come over for a bit?" Yuko glanced down at the ingredients in the plastic bags. "I still have to go home and make lunch."

"Hm? Hot pot? Sure. Do we have enough ingredients? I happen to be right outside the supermarket."

"Prepare one more serving? Fine."

Yuko hung up, then returned to the supermarket and bought enough ingredients.

Inside the Urahara Shop, Yuko walked in carrying a bag of ingredients in each hand.

"Couldn't you have told me yesterday?"

Kisuke Urahara came out to greet her, waving his fan with a smile. "Oh my, Yuko, how could you say that? Can't we deepen our relationship