Chapter Summaries

After treating Habutae and the badly injured Nishijin-ori, Duan Mu discovered that Uzuki had expanded Yorozuya into a tavern and inspected its new layout. He explained how the tavern served as a protected meeting place for villains from the later-numbered districts.

• Duan Mu treated Habutae and Nishijin-ori with Kido and medicine, then reassured Habutae that her boss was stubbornly holding on.
• Diao Ao and the other customers crowded around to ask about Nishijin-ori, but Duan Mu drove them out of the shop.
• Uzuki went home to rest, and Iwao escorted her with his four underlings.
• Duan Mu inspected the expanded Yorozuya and found that its first floor had become more spacious while his bedroom remained separate from the tavern.
• Duan Mu told Habutae that the tavern served only villains from the later-numbered districts and described its barriers, security, and status as a safe zone for negotiations.

After recovering from his near-fatal fight with Jiu Su, Duan Mu reviewed how underestimating his opponent and lacking combat instincts had led to his defeat. He left his bedroom to find the tavern unusually quiet, then recognized the reason when he saw someone sitting at the bar.

• Duan Mu emerged from a medicinal bath and checked his system, noting his improved Kido and limited spiritual-pressure growth.
• Duan Mu regretted spending all his experience on Kido instead of spiritual pressure, which he had planned to raise to lieutenant level.
• Duan Mu reflected that Jiu Su’s battle instincts and his own underestimation of the enemy had caused his defeat, even though his choice to use Kido had been the best option in the moment.
• Duan Mu resolved to learn from each battle and muttered that he needed to work harder at making friends.
• Duan Mu left his bedroom, found the tavern unusually quiet, and recognized the person sitting at the bar.

Duan Mu faced Nishijin-ori in a tense standoff at the tavern, but Nishijin-ori left after praising the wine and promising to pay later. A new visitor then arrived asking Duan Mu to teach him Kido.

• Diao Ao greeted Duan Mu after he woke and drew attention to the tense meeting with Nishijin-ori.
• Nishijin-ori and Duan Mu released their spiritual pressure, but Uzuki's strawberry milk interrupted the standoff.
• Nishijin-ori left, promising to bring payment for the wine and commission later, while Habutae followed him.
• Duan Mu learned that Nishijin-ori had charged six cups of wine to his tab and complained that he had let the debtor leave with a million rings unpaid.
• Yamadatarō arrived at the tavern and timidly asked Duan Mu to teach him Kido.

Duan Mu agreed to exchange Kido knowledge with Fourth Division Seventh Seat Yamadatarō for a fee, then began by asking him to treat his scar. The chapter left Yamadatarō fascinated by Duan Mu’s herbal bandages and eager to learn how they were prepared.

• Duan Mu charged Yamadatarō 27,000 rings per hour, and Yamadatarō paid without bargaining.
• Duan Mu arranged for Yamadatarō to visit for two hours a day and told him to address him as Mr. Duan Mu rather than teacher.
• Duan Mu began their exchange by exposing his scar and asking Yamadatarō to treat it with Kido.
• Yamadatarō examined Duan Mu’s herbal bandages and recognized that their unusual preparation could make them especially effective.
• Duan Mu offered to teach Yamadatarō how to prepare the herbs after he finished testing his healing Kido.

Soi Fon reviewed the Punishment Force’s findings on Subject 147 and ordered his supervision priority raised while keeping him under observation. Three days later, Duan Mu taught Yamadatarō how to improve his Kido healing at the Yorozuya clinic.

• A Punishment Force member reported that Subject 147 had fought sixteen people, killing fifteen and leaving one survivor with the strength of a High-ranking Officer.
• Soi Fon criticized the low supervision ranking, and the Punishment Force members blamed their collective judgment while Marechiyo Ōmaeda defended them.
• Soi Fon ordered Subject 147’s supervision priority raised to 11, switched the method to Spiritual Power tracking, and instructed Ōmaeda to inform the Fourth Division’s Lieutenant Captain.
• Ōmaeda told Soi Fon that Duan Mu was skilled in Kido healing, that a Fourth Division seated officer had studied from him, and that Shiba Kūkaku had taught him Kido.
• Soi Fon canceled Ōmaeda’s vacation as punishment for negligence, and he protested as she left.
• Duan Mu explained Kido healing to Yamadatarō, who had studied at the Yorozuya clinic each day for three days.

Duan Mu tried to draw more Fourth Division members to his lessons by sending Hanatarou to consult the medical team, but a visitor interrupted him. Nishijin-ori and Habutae returned badly injured, bringing payment, medical expenses, and Jiu Su’s head, and Duan Mu arranged for them to be treated.

• Duan Mu urged Hanatarou to discuss his medicinal-preparation lessons with the Fourth Division medical team and ask them to correct any mistakes.
• Diao Ao told Duan Mu that an esteemed visitor was waiting downstairs, and Duan Mu recognized that he meant Nishijin-ori.
• Nishijin-ori gave Duan Mu a bag containing the commission fee and medical expenses, then threw down another bundle that revealed Jiu Su’s head.
• Duan Mu realized Nishijin-ori and Habutae had come for medical help and asked Diao Ao to bring Hanatarou downstairs.
• Duan Mu arranged a makeshift treatment area, told the tavern customers to leave, and ordered someone to dispose of Jiu Su’s head.

Duan Mu treated Hanatarou, Habutae, and Nishijin-ori, warning that Nishijin-ori’s Soul Sleep injury could cost him his Spiritual Power if he moved or used spiritual pressure. When Habutae asked whether they could stay at the tavern, she revealed that she and Nishijin-ori had escaped from Western District 80.

• Duan Mu showed Hanatarou how Prison Orchid could improve wound medicine and used the mixture to prepare medicated bandages.
• Hanatarou treated Nishijin-ori while Duan Mu treated Habutae and warned them not to fight or leave until their injuries had healed.
• Duan Mu told Habutae that Nishijin-ori’s Soul Sleep injury was severe and that using spiritual pressure could cause him to lose his Spiritual Power.
• Habutae asked to stay at the tavern and told Duan Mu that she and Nishijin-ori had escaped from Western District 80.

Duan Mu learned that a powerful figure from South District 80 had driven Nishijin-ori and Habutae from West Rukongai District 80, and he decided to risk accepting their commission. The chapter ended with Hanatarou still at the tavern as Duan Mu prepared to act.

• Habutae told Duan Mu that the Great Villains of District 80 admired Kenpachi and called themselves losers until they could defeat him.
• Habutae explained that her boss and another Great Villain had attacked South District 80 first, then suffered severe injuries when a powerful man arrived in West Rukongai District 80 and wounded them with one slash.
• Duan Mu closed the tavern and let Diao Ao and the other criminals stay, while Habutae's increased favorability earned him enough experience to reach 20,480.
• Duan Mu decided the experience made the dangerous commission worth gambling on, and he noticed Hanatarou was still there.

Duan Mu accepted Habutae and Nishijin-ori’s dangerous commission, then discovered Kotetsu Isane waiting in his Yorozuya. He recognized the Fourth Division lieutenant captain as a valuable new customer, unaware that someone else had helped bring her there.

• Duan Mu told Hanatarou to return the next day if the bell outside the Yorozuya was hanging out, and Hanatarou reported that the tavern bell had rung.
• Duan Mu agreed to take Habutae and Nishijin-ori’s commission for five million rings, with the option to terminate it if it proved impossible.
• Duan Mu led Hanatarou upstairs and sensed a visitor whose reiatsu was concealed with exceptional control.
• Duan Mu found Kotetsu Isane in the treatment room, welcomed her, and learned from Hanatarou that she was the Fourth Division’s lieutenant captain.
• Duan Mu credited Hanatarou for bringing Isane to him and thought of him as Brother Hana, unaware someone else had helped arrange her visit.

Kotetsu Isane visited Duan Mu’s Yorozuya after hearing that Hanatarou had studied Kido in Rukongai, but she became absorbed in Duan Mu’s notes and felt ashamed for barging in. Duan Mu tried to turn the awkward meeting into a business opportunity by offering Isane the shop’s services and consultations.

• At the Lieutenant Captain gathering, Omaeda told Isane that a Fourth Division officer had been studying Kido from someone in Rukongai, leading others to suspect Hanatarou was challenging her authority.
• Isane went to the Yorozuya intending to confront Hanatarou and teach Duan Mu a lesson, but she entered the shop and became engrossed in the Kido notes on the blackboard.
• When Duan Mu and Hanatarou arrived, Isane felt embarrassed that she had entered without permission and secretly read Duan Mu’s work.
• Duan Mu, Isane, and Hanatarou sat in awkward silence until Duan Mu offered Isane tea, despite the Yorozuya having none.
• Duan Mu asked whether Isane had a commission and pitched the Yorozuya’s jobs and paid consultation services, including a forty percent discount for Lieutenant Captains.

Duan Mu persuaded Kotetsu Isane that exchanging Kido knowledge with him would benefit the Fourth Division, and she agreed to consider it. The chapter ended with Duan Mu offering her a heavily discounted rate of 15,000 kan per hour, leaving Hanatarou to notice that the discounts seemed to discriminate against men.

• Kotetsu Isane apologized for peeking at Duan Mu’s Kido notes, and Duan Mu invited her to copy them and exchange ideas.
• Hanatarou praised Duan Mu’s Kido and medicine skills, prompting Duan Mu to decide to give him a twenty-percent discount on future commissions.
• Duan Mu explained that sharing knowledge was worthwhile, and Kotetsu Isane’s favorability toward him rose as he earned experience points.
• Kotetsu Isane weighed the opportunity to improve her Kido against concerns about her status as Lieutenant Captain and the Fourth Division’s image.
• Duan Mu framed the arrangement as an exchange of ideas, and Kotetsu Isane asked how much it would cost.
• Duan Mu quoted 30,000 kan per hour, then applied discounts for female Lieutenant Captains and Fourth Division members to reduce the price to 15,000 kan; Hanatarou noticed the discounts seemed to favor women.

Duan Mu spent his experience points to improve his Spiritual Power, learn a detection Kido, and strengthen his combat skills. He reached the fourth stage, equivalent to lieutenant level, but used up all his experience points.

• Duan Mu raised his Spiritual Power to Advanced and was alarmed by the 100,000 experience points needed for the next level.
• Worried about enemies approaching Yorozuya unseen, Duan Mu activated Bakudo #58, Seize the Sparrow's Toes, and raised it to Intermediate.
• Duan Mu considered activating Heavenly Net of Empty Bells but rejected it because mobile phones could serve its purpose more conveniently.
• Duan Mu spent over 8,200 experience points to raise Hakuda to Advanced, then used 2,000 to raise Kido to Advanced so he could match Kotetsu Isane's abilities.
• Duan Mu spent his remaining experience points on Shunpo, reaching the fourth stage with Advanced Spiritual Power, Hakuda, and Kido.

While eating with Habutae and Nishijin-ori, Duan Mu heard that their pursuer might have devoured his former followers and carried an aura like a Hollow. The clue made him suspect the man was connected to Hollowfication experiments, and he realized his five-million-ring deal might be a serious loss.

• Duan Mu served noodles to Habutae, Nishijin-ori, and Uzuki, and Habutae joked that people in West District 80 sometimes ate other people before explaining how residents hunted animals for food.
• Habutae told Duan Mu a rumor that the low-profile Great Villain of South District 80 had once had many followers who vanished overnight, possibly because he ate them.
• Nishijin-ori said the pursuer's spiritual pressure reminded her of Hollows she had sensed in Rukongai a century earlier.
• Habutae recalled rumors that assassins from Seireitei, including several captains, had died fighting during that period.
• Duan Mu considered whether the pursuer was connected to Soul Reaper Hollowfication experiments, then complained that he had agreed to pursue him for five million rings without knowing this.

Duan Mu weighed the risks of protecting Nishijin-ori and decided to use Seireitei as his fallback if a dangerous pursuer came after him. At the tavern, Habutae began working as a waitress, while Duan Mu tested a kidō spell in front of the customers.

• Duan Mu considered whether to abandon the commission and concluded that he could escape toward Seireitei if Nishijin-ori's pursuer proved to be a Visored.
• Habutae joined Uzuki as a waitress to thank Duan Mu for helping her.
• Habutae served drinks and beat up a customer who complained that his drink was short-poured, while Diao Ao and the others stayed quiet.
• Duan Mu cast Bakudō #58—Seize the Sparrow's Toes on the tavern table, then dispelled the circular wall as the customers watched.

Tsudou learned that Nishijin-ori was hiding in District 38 and planned to use him to stabilize Gen'nai Kura, the unstable monster he served. Meanwhile, Kōmiyo ordered the monitoring of the western districts stopped, allowing the experiment to cause trouble as he judged its value.

• Tsudou recalled how he had survived under Kenpachi Zaraki and later submitted to Gen'nai Kura, who grew stronger by devouring others.
• Tsudou's subordinates reported that Nishijin-ori was hiding at Yorozuya in District 38, whose owner was named Duan Mu and had arrived in Rukongai five years earlier.
• Tsudou decided to steer Gen'nai Kura toward Nishijin-ori so the monster could devour him and stabilize, while Tsudou waited for a chance to escape.
• Tsudou reported Nishijin-ori's location to Gen'nai Kura.
• In the Tsunayashiro Family's estate, Kōmiyo refused to stop the experimental subject and ordered the 12th Division to suspend western-district spirit-particle monitoring.
• Kōmiyo criticized Kiyosuke for creating an incomplete experiment and told him to make his next creation more complete.

Duan Mu ambushed Tsudou on the way to District 38, using layered Kidō bindings to kill him before he could escape. Diao Ao and the others attacked Tsudou’s stunned subordinates, while Habutae and Nishijin-ori watched in disbelief at Duan Mu’s rapid growth.

• Tsudou approached District 38 with his subordinates and planned to keep the attack quiet, while sensing Gen'nai Kura nearby.
• Six golden shards suddenly bound Tsudou, and his attempts to break free drew the attention of his subordinates.
• Duan Mu appeared and used Hōrin and Shitotsu Sansen to restrain Tsudou before piercing his neck and tearing out his heart.
• Diao Ao led the others in attacking Tsudou’s stunned subordinates as Duan Mu turned his attention toward the lurking murderous presence.
• Habutae and Nishijin-ori watched Tsudou’s death and marveled at how much Duan Mu had grown in only a few days.

Duan Mu and Nishijin-ori confronted the rampaging Gen'nai Kura, whose mixed Soul Reaper and Hollow aura and powerful defenses made him a dangerous opponent. After Duan Mu struck him back at the cost of injuring his own hand, Nishijin-ori moved in with two axes to attack.

• Habutae and Diao Ao led the tavern regulars against Tsudou's followers and gained the advantage after Tsudou and Jiu Su died.
• Duan Mu sensed a powerful enemy approaching and warned Nishijin-ori as an ominous aura surrounded them.
• Gen'nai Kura appeared through a Garganta, and his roar dispersed Duan Mu's Kakka Hō.
• Gen'nai Kura rushed Duan Mu with Reskitar, but Duan Mu countered with a hand blade and a forceful punch.
• Duan Mu's attack sent Gen'nai Kura flying but cracked his own left fist against the enemy's Steel Skin, and Nishijin-ori charged with two axes.

Duan Mu lured the mindless Gen'nai Kura away from District 38 and fought him in the outskirts, but Gen'nai Kura's overwhelming strength left Duan Mu gravely injured. The chapter ended with Duan Mu bloodied and barely standing as Gen'nai Kura roared over his apparent victory.

• Gen'nai Kura transformed into a mindless, beastlike state and charged at Duan Mu.
• Duan Mu fled toward the outskirts to draw Gen'nai Kura away from District 38, and Nishijin-ori pursued them.
• Gen'nai Kura caught up and broke through Duan Mu's Enzansen before striking him into the trees.
• Duan Mu fought back with Kido and close combat, but Gen'nai Kura repeatedly wounded him with his superior strength.
• Gen'nai Kura sent Duan Mu crashing into a cliff, and Duan Mu emerged bloodied and battered as Gen'nai Kura roared.

Duan Mu faced Gen'nai Kura with no apparent way to survive, then used his knowledge of Spiritual Power and Kido to create a lightning-based Flash Cry by merging Hado #4: Byakurai into his Hakuda. Injured but still standing, he prepared to face Gen'nai Kura again.

• Duan Mu realized he had no reinforcements, experience points, or apparent chance of defeating Gen'nai Kura, but chose to fight to survive.
• Duan Mu charged Gen'nai Kura and was struck back, while Iwao tried to intervene and Shiba Kūkaku held him back.
• Shiba Kūkaku recognized lightning spilling from Duan Mu and realized he had achieved something.
• Duan Mu figured out that he could alter his Spiritual Power's properties to match the Kido he merged into his Hakuda.
• Duan Mu activated a lightning-based Flash Cry using Hado #4: Byakurai, though his severe injuries caused him to cough up blood.

Duan Mu used Flash Cry to overwhelm Gen'nai Kura, but his battle frenzy continued after he killed him. He finally collapsed, and Iwao ran to help him.

• Duan Mu used Flash Cry to slam Gen'nai Kura into the ground and batter him with a rapid barrage of punches.
• Shiba Kūkaku recognized that Duan Mu had created the technique through his combat talent and told Iwao that Gen'nai Kura was already dead.
• Iwao retreated after a severed arm landed near him, while Nishijin-ori arrived and asked why Duan Mu was still attacking.
• Duan Mu stopped fighting, asked Iwao for help, then fell face-first into the remains and passed out.
• Iwao jogged toward Duan Mu, claiming that his subordinate had called for him.