First Division Barracks, central courtyard corridor.
Two figures walked through it one after the other, their steps light.
"What a pity."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi's strange voice echoed through the corridor. "If Captain Su Feng hadn't cut down Ashisogi Jizo, perhaps I could have seen what it looked like after materializing."
Su Feng replied without looking back, "Believe me, it was ugly, and it was rebellious."
In his memories, Ashisogi Jizo had materialized as a child with butterfly wings. Its expression and appearance were somewhat adorably vacant.
Whether or not it suited Mayuri Kurotsuchi's tastes, it utterly failed to suit Su Feng's.
Its fate had been to be directly destroyed by Mayuri Kurotsuchi using a self-destruct device.
Judging from the current situation, Su Feng had merely brought that ending forward by a little.
"Even if you say so, I still find it regrettable."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi spread his hands, his face full of lament. "It would have been wonderful if we could find the power that altered a Zanpakuto's form."
"That way, we could conduct deeper research into Zanpakuto."
"And there's one more thing!"
Having been imprisoned for less than a day, Mayuri Kurotsuchi had immediately turned into a chatterbox, babbling endlessly.
"Captain Su Feng, you must take good care of your Zanpakuto."
"If it rebelled, that would be a real disaster..."
Ever since witnessing the destructive power of Su Feng's Zanpakuto, Mayuri Kurotsuchi had been unable to stop thinking about it.
"You needn't worry about that."
Su Feng replied calmly, "Storm Howl is far more loyal than your Ashisogi Jizo."
"It had better be." Mayuri Kurotsuchi gave a strange laugh and said no more.
In fact,
even Su Feng himself could not perceive Storm Howl's materialized form, let alone anyone else.
Furthermore, Storm Howl had remained in contact ever since the incident