Inside the 2nd Division captain's office.
Duan Mu and Omaeda both stood beside the coffee table with uneasy expressions. Standing in front of them was the petite Soi Fon.
Soi Fon stared at the Zanpakuto wrapped in bandages on the coffee table. A thoughtful look flashed across her cold face before she raised her head and asked Duan Mu, "Are you sure you didn't inject any Spiritual Pressure into it?"
"No."
Duan Mu shook his head. To be honest, he didn't even know how the system had managed it. Normally, the gestation of a Zanpakuto required an extremely long time, yet the system had shortened that period to a mere few seconds.
However, he had some vague guesses.
Rather than saying the system had shortened the process, it was more like...
The system had forcibly merged into it a "part" that had somehow been gestating deep within his soul!
Otherwise, without injecting any Spiritual Pressure, Duan Mu could never have felt his soul merging with the Zanpakuto. Nor could the Zanpakuto have begun absorbing the surrounding reishi and undergoing transformation on its own immediately after being born.
"Captain, I can guarantee this." Omaeda did not try to avoid responsibility either. He said seriously, "I was watching him the entire time. I can say with certainty that Duan Mu absolutely did not inject any Spiritual Pressure into the Asauchi."
Soi Fon nodded at this. After a moment, she said, "Then you can keep it."
"Huh?"
At those words, not only Omaeda—even Duan Mu couldn't help being stunned. He instinctively glanced at the favorability rating on the system panel. When he saw that the favorability behind Soi Fon's name was still "1," his confusion only deepened.
Secretly distributing a Zanpakuto was no small matter, especially when it involved a non-Shinigami like him,