World of the Living, Karakura Town, Dark Night Residence, peripheral forest.
The black clouds seemed to be getting darker and darker, and there was an inexplicable aura permeating the roaring wind.
Between the towering trees, a purple figure was jumping rapidly. As time went by, it could be clearly seen that the figure was trembling slightly, and drops of bright red blood fell to the ground intermittently even if it was covered with fingers. It was panting heavily, with a touch of pain and unwillingness.
Unwilling! Needless to say, the tightly furrowed brows did not loosen even for a moment. Even if Yoruichi Shihōin didn't look back, she could clearly feel the thought that was locked on her body, the thought that she couldn't get rid of no matter how hard she tried to hide it.
Running between the tree trunks, Yoruichi Shihōin covered the bleeding wound with her hand. She could clearly feel that her speed was constantly decreasing. The excessive blood loss from the wound also made her brain feel a little heavy. She bit the tip of her tongue. The brief pain stimulated her to always remain calm and sober.
Why, why did it fail! Yoruichi Shihōin doesn't know, it's obviously the fatal point of Shade! But... where is the problem? Continuously excluding all possibilities in the brain, Yoruichi Shihōin suddenly remembered that maybe, only at that time, the fatal point is the real fatal point!
However, if that is really the case, it seems that defeating Shade is the biggest trouble!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Just when Yoruichi Shihōin thought, countless light rods fell from the sky, and the sound of breaking through the sky was filled with fierce energy.
Bakudō #62: Hyapporankan·Hyapporankan!
"Damn it!"
Speaking in a low voice, Yoruichi Shihōin's figure flashed left and right. For a moment, he could barely avoid it, but the figure was in vain. Then a huge force hit him from the back, and he immediately flew backwards, and a mouthful of blood sprayed in the air.
The next second, Shade's figure gradually emerged. With a flick of his wrist, a short blade with a cold light appeared in his hand, and he stabbed Yoruichi Shihōin hard on the ground.
"Lady Yoruichi!"
At that moment, my heart was so painful that I was about to die. Shadow ran madly, and the speed reached the previous limit. However, the distance could not be reached in an instant.
All kinds of thoughts came to his mind. He regretted whether he should have agreed to Yoruichi Shihōin's request to engage in this unpredictable battle. He regretted whether he should have stopped immediately when he sensed the danger. If so, it would not have ended like this.
"Pfft..."
The blade entered the body, blood spattered, the pale and bloodless face, the golden eyes that seemed to have lost their former agility and cunningness, but the most important thing was the frozen, helpless smile.
Are you laughing at his own incompetence? Shadow doesn't know, his mind is blank and he can no longer think about anything.
"Ah!!!!!!"
Just as Body Flicker's movements froze for an instant, Shadow's dark eyes with a little bit of strange red light were staring at the wheat-colored face without any thought, unable to do anything, unable to do anything. He looked up to the sky the Roar, and the unstable Reiatsu surged out of his body, raging everything in the surrounding area.
Throwing away the Zanpakutō in his hand, Shadow seemed to blame all of this on himself. Tears mixed with traces of blood flowed out of his eyes. He bit his lips to prevent the cry from making any sound. However, anyone could feel the sadness.
Why, why did things turn out like this, Yoruichi Shihōin lost, not only lost, but the most important thing was, she died, died! Shadow the Roar With that, he ran away.
"Hello!" A weak, familiar voice, with a touch of smile and a hint of tiredness, came from not far away. That was, that voice was...
It's Yoruichi Shihōin!
However, how could it be possible? Shadow subconsciously thought it was just an illusion caused by being too sad.
"What are you howling like! Shadow!" As if he knew what Shadow was thinking, the familiar voice sounded again; "Hurry up and take Reiatsu back, are you going to destroy this place!"
This time, I really heard it clearly. The voice of Yoruichi Shihōin was correct. Shadow opened his eyes in vain and looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw that just now it was the scene where Yoruichi Shihōin was stabbed to death by Shade, but now, it has become an unscathed Yoruichi Shihōin. The knife in Shade's hand penetrated directly into Shade's heart. The black shadow continued to disperse and regrouped at the feet of Yoruichi Shihōin.
Shade has been restored.
"Night...Lady Yoruichi!"
With his eyes widened, Shadow stared at Yoruichi Shihōin not far away. He opened his mouth, but couldn't speak for a long time. Why...
"Idiot!"
Ignoring Yoruichi Shihōin's teasing, when Shadow was swept into Yoruichi Shihōin's hand, it had turned into Cat King like a nine-toned thorn, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is, Nine-Lives Cat King!" Shadow lowered his head, but couldn't help but raise a wry smile; "So that's it! I forgot about it, Lady Yoruichi doesn't need me to worry at all!"
"That's why I said, you are a big idiot, Shadow!" Yoruichi Shihōin smiled softly; "Why are you crying! It's not like you at all, it's really ugly like this!"
"Yes! Yoruichi······Sir!"
Turning his head slightly and wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Shadow smiled. Different from the past where he just raised the corners of his mouth, this time, he opened his mouth wide and smiled.
Nine-Lives Cat King, is Bankai of Yoruichi Shihōin Zanpakutō.
Cat King is Zanpakutō that focuses on speed. It is most suitable for assassination, stealth, etc. Cat King of Shikai has twice the speed of the original one. You must know that the speed of Yoruichi Shihōin The speed is originally the fastest among Soul Society, and the speed of improvement on this basis will be astonishing. Speaking of which, Yoruichi Shihōin can transform into Black Cat, which is a form of Cat King's ability.
If Cat King after Shikai only doubles the speed, then Bankai and Nine-Lives Cat King are the final forms of the ability. In addition to increasing the speed by five times on the original basis, the strongest and most heaven-defying ability of Nine-Lives Cat King is reflected in the two words "Nine Lives".
As we all know, cats are one of the best running and psychic creatures in the world. They are born with the blessing of God and have nine lives. No matter how injured they are, even if their hands and feet are broken, even if their hearts are holed, as long as they have a breath left, they can be resurrected immediately and unscathed.
The same is true for the ability of Nine-Lives Cat King, and its only disadvantage is that after the nine lives are used up, the holder will definitely die no matter what state he is in. However, fortunately, the ability of Nine-Lives Cat King is not calculated by superposition. Moreover, when using the ability to exchange lives for lives, the body will be in a weak period for a brief second during the replacement. After the replacement is resurrected, the interval between using it again is one hour.
If it is used twice within this hour, it is equivalent to replacing one life with two lives. If it is used twice, it is equivalent to replacing two lives with three lives, and so on. When the nine lives are completely used up, it is the time of death.
This is the ability of Zanpakutō and Cat King of Yoruichi Shihōin. It is precisely because neither Cat King nor Nine-Lives Cat King has the ability to attack directly, so Yoruichi Shihōin will take the risk to develop tricks like Shunkō to supplement its shortcomings in melee combat.
However, speaking of it, Bankai of Yoruichi Shihōin is rarely used in front of people. Until now, only Shadow and Shihōin Shanqing know this ability best. Even Soi Fon, Kisuke Urahara, Kensei Muguruma and others have only a partial understanding of it.
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"Hey! If you look at it this way, you've defeated it!"
Gently tapping Shade with his toes, Yoruichi Shihōin chuckled and said, "I didn't expect how embarrassed I would be, but I was careless! It's really ugly to be injured so badly, but luckily I used Nine-Lives Cat King's resurrection ability in time, otherwise you would really have to collect the body for me, Shadow!"
"Lady Yoruichi!" Shadow stepped forward helplessly and glared; "At this time, don't say these words again!"
"Hey, hey!" touched his head, Yoruichi Shihōin said in a deep voice; "I'm just telling the truth, but, Shadow, luckily I made the right bet, only when it's flashing is the most deadly time for Shade, and when it's resurrected I stabbed it down in an instant, otherwise it would have given Shade time to react. Once the battle becomes deadlocked again, I will definitely be the loser. Although winning is very lucky and dangerous, luck is also a kind of strength. I won, so that's fine! Right!"
"Yes, yes!" Shadow nodded in agreement, saying the Roar in vain; "Yes, what's right! Lady Yoruichi, do you know how dangerous it was just now? Just now..."
"I know, so stop talking about me..."
Interrupting Shadow's unfinished words, Yoruichi Shihōin's voice became increasingly low and inaudible, his golden eyes closed, his body swayed and he fell down with a "plop!"
"Lady Yoruichi!"
Shadow's expression changed, and he hurriedly ran over, half-hugged Yoruichi Shihōin's limp body, and examined it carefully. After discovering that Reiatsu fell asleep due to exhaustion, he let out a sigh of relief and found that his body had been covered in cold sweat for some time. He was frightened.
Picking up the disheveled Yoruichi Shihōin, Shadow turned around, paused, then picked up the Zanpakutō, Body Flicker Technique that was thrown out at that time and started.
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"Hmph!"
"Shihōin······Yoruichi!"
Watching the figure of Shadow holding Yoruichi Shihōin gradually go away, under a large tree with lush branches and leaves, the man's palms leaning on the trunk of the tree were trembling slightly, blue veins popped out, his scarlet eyes were full of ferocity and violence, a pair of black wolf ears moved slightly in the gloomy wind, and the wolf fangs exposed on both sides of the corners of his mouth had a hint of ferocity.
Whenever he thinks of that scene, that scene where Zanpakutō was thrown away because of that inexplicable woman, he couldn't help but feel angry, just because of that woman who made you fall!
You have changed, you are no longer the person in my memory, you no longer have the decisiveness to kill, you no longer have the indomitable spirit of the past, and you no longer even have the strong character of the past.
I have been waiting for you, waiting for you who are so depressed, to think clearly, and then change back to the way you were before, and live well. I have always thought like this, yes, it has always been.
However, now it seems that this is impossible. I have always been too naive and should have understood it a long time ago. How could you possibly understand it with your stubborn mind that does not know how to adapt.
As I said, if you keep running away like this, you will be the one who gets hurt in the end. If you had known earlier, if you had known earlier that you would live in such pain and loneliness, then you might as well have ended it all before you met Yoruichi Shihōin.
The palm of his hand leaning on the tree trunk was exerted in vain, and with a "Tear!" sound, the bark was scratched. The man's scarlet eyes narrowed, and a look of determination flashed through.
Luoshan, just wait! Since you are escaping, and since the woman named Yoruichi Shihōin cannot change you, then let me do it! I will definitely let you come back, and let the real Mitarai Luoshan come back.
I swear, I will do whatever it takes.
"Master Eroding Wolf, it's time for us to leave!"
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