Yamabuki Teitō vs. Zenjōji Yūbin (Of Course He Gets Thrashed) / My Teammate's Here, So I'm Back in Action

"Boom!!!"

Zendouji Yuuhin slammed a palm straight into the ground. The earth shattered inch by inch beneath his strike, cracks spreading in every direction like a spiderweb!

"What kind of monster is this? That strength is terrifying!" Yamabuki Chidori's face turned green. Why had he run into every one of Soul Society's freaks?

Calm down, calm down. If I fight for my life with my current strength, it's not like I have no chance of winning. Besides, he's just a scientist. His actual combat experience might not be that impressive!

Yamabuki Chidori stepped through the air with both feet, activating Flash Step. At the same time, he gripped his sword with both hands and struck in an instant.

He had given his swordsmanship an incredibly cool name: Flash Blossom.

In the instant of a flash, the enemy's blood would bloom like flowers!

Yamabuki Chidori instantly appeared behind Zendouji Yuuhin. The flesh on Zendouji Yuuhin's shoulder burst open, blood pouring out!

Seeing that he had injured his opponent, Yamabuki Chidori secretly rejoiced. Sure enough, the gap between him and Captain-level opponents was no longer that great. Against a scientist like Zendouji Yuuhin, someone unskilled in combat, he was not without a chance!

"Hm? What a fast sword. Interesting!" Zendouji Yuuhin did not care about his injuries at all. Instead, he strode toward Yamabuki Chidori. "Now I want to turn you into a test subject even more! Be good, don't run!"

"Screw you, you damn pervert!" Yamabuki Chidori used the same trick again, this time aiming at Zendouji Yuuhin's thigh. The other man's Flash Step was formidable; if his leg was injured, his speed would definitely suffer.

Sure enough, the second strike successfully wounded his thigh.

But Yamabuki Chidori sensed something off. His opponent had not dodged at all, as if he had been waiting for Yamabuki Chidori to cut him.

What did that mean? Was he looking down on him?

Third strike!

This time, Yamabuki Chidori aimed at Zendouji Yuuhin's chest. A monster like this might not die even after being stabbed once. He would beat him into submission first.

Zendouji Yuuhin did not dodge at all. With a savage grin, he used his chest to block the blade.

"Pfft!"

Blood sprayed. Yamabuki Chidori's blade pierced Zendouji Yuuhin's chest with perfect accuracy, but the expressions on their faces were completely different.

Zendouji Yuuhin was still smiling.

The smile on Yamabuki Chidori's face had vanished.

"You've got to be kidding me!!!" Yamabuki Chidori gripped his sword with both hands and desperately drove it into the other man's chest. Yet the tip penetrated less than an inch before the body beneath the skin and fat felt like steel. No matter how hard he pushed, he could not make the Zanpakuto advance another fraction.

"I thought you were some kind of expert! Turns out you're just a little punk!" Zendouji Yuuhin dug at his ear with a bored expression, completely ignoring the blade lodged in his chest. The scene was utterly bizarre.

"Had enough fun? If you have, then go die!" Zendouji Yuuhin's expression instantly turned vicious as he smashed down with a fist!

Before the fist even came close, the wind pressure it created left Yamabuki Chidori struggling to breathe. If that punch landed, he would be dead or crippled.

What kind of demon was this?!

Yamabuki Chidori retreated at incredible speed, but Zendouji Yuuhin was no slower. He clung to him like a parasite on bone and threw another punch!

Damn it, I can't dodge!

Yamabuki Chidori watched helplessly as the fist descended. With no other choice, he could only raise his Zanpakuto to block.

"Boom!!!!"

The punch kicked up a huge cloud of dust. Zendouji Yuuhin frowned. That did not feel like he had crushed someone into pulp. Once the dust cleared, he was shocked to find that Yamabuki Chidori had actually blocked his punch head-on with his sword.

His fist had also been cut open by the blade, blood dripping down.

"Interesting!" Zendouji Yuuhin laughed.

But Yamabuki Chidori could no longer laugh. The force of that punch far exceeded his expectations. Every bone in his body creaked from the impact, and his internal organs had been shaken as well. If he did not treat himself quickly, he was in trouble!

"I only used fifty percent of my strength in that punch! Now I'm going all out. Let's see how you block this!" Zendouji Yuuhin snarled, steadily increasing the force in his hand. Yamabuki Chidori held up his sword with both hands as the ground beneath his feet continuously crumbled.

"Fuck! Am I really going to die at the hands of this fat bastard?!" Yamabuki Chidori squeezed out every last bit of strength in his body and resisted desperately.

Zendouji Yuuhin had thought he could easily crush him into pulp, but under his growing pressure, Yamabuki Chidori's Reiatsu was actually rising without stop!

"Hm? What's going on?" Zendouji Yuuhin had no idea.

Yamabuki Chidori could also feel his Reiatsu continuously rising within his body under the immense external pressure.

"So that's how it is. I really am worthy of being the Child of Destiny!" Yamabuki Chidori revealed a savage grin as well. He held the hilt with his right hand while bracing the back of the blade against the left side of his back, using his back strength to contend with Zendouji Yuuhin's force and freeing his left hand.

"Hadō #88, Dragon of Thunder!"

Golden-blue light erupted from his hand and struck Zendouji Yuuhin squarely in the gut. Under the blast of Hadō #88, Zendouji Yuuhin's massive body flew dozens of meters away, smashing through a whole cluster of houses!

Once Yamabuki Chidori broke free of his opponent's restraint, his whole body relaxed. He hurriedly used Kido to heal his injuries.

"Looks like I'm not incapable of beating him! His strength and speed are both incredible, but his technique is inferior to mine. As long as I keep attacking him with my Zanpakuto and keep wounding him, he'll bleed to death eventually! Hahaha, the advantage is mine!" For the first time, Yamabuki Chidori had driven back a Captain-level opponent head-on, and his confidence soared.

Meanwhile, the Reiatsu within his body was also rapidly rising, already very close to Captain-level.

"Boom!!!"

Zendouji Yuuhin rose from the rubble, glaring viciously at Yamabuki Chidori. As expected, Hadō #88 had not harmed him at all. It had merely torn his clothes.

"Kid, you're getting more and more interesting. Your Reiatsu can actually rise when you're backed into a corner! Hahaha! Then I'll make you even more desperate!" Zendouji Yuuhin took a pill from inside his clothes, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.

The wounds on his body healed at a visible rate. Yamabuki Chidori's freshly devised battle plan was ruined before he could even put it into action!

"Kid, round two begins. Don't die too soon!" Zendouji Yuuhin charged over with wild laughter.

Yamabuki Chidori VS Zendouji Yuuhin

Since a war of attrition would not work, Yamabuki Chidori would use skill to overcome strength. His technique was still superior, so the advantage remained his!

Zendouji Yuuhin stomped both feet into the ground and shot forward like a cannonball. But this time, his method of attack was completely different. His right hand took the offensive, pounding and hammering away, while his left focused on defense, blocking blades and grappling. The sophistication of his boxing could rival Shunshun Shidō's.

Fuck!

Weren't you supposed to be a brute?

You actually knew technique?

You have no martial virtue!

Or was it...

That you had never taken me seriously from the start?

"Flash Blossom!"

Flash Step and the two-handed sword strike activated again. Yet this time, Zendouji Yuuhin's left hand accurately pinched the edge of the Zanpakuto's blade.

Yamabuki Chidori felt as if his sword had been plunged into an iron mountain. No matter how hard he pulled, it would not move an inch!

Almost at the same moment, Zendouji Yuuhin's right fist had already come crashing toward him!

This time, Yamabuki Chidori could not use his Zanpakuto to defend himself. Left with no other choice, he could only abandon his sword.

"Old Man Yamamoto, I didn't expect the boxing you taught me to come in handy this soon! Ultimate hand-to-hand technique, Twin Bone!"

Yamabuki Chidori threw both fists out, concentrating all the strength in his body into them. In an instant, his punches produced a sonic boom!

"Bang!!!"

Two deep dents immediately appeared in Zendouji Yuuhin's belly, sending his massive body flying away once more!

However, Yamabuki Chidori had only driven him back. He had not inflicted any real damage on Zendouji Yuuhin.

This guy was way too tanky!

Back when he played games, Yamabuki Chidori hated laning against tanks the most. But the tank before him was not only absurdly durable, it dealt insane damage, had incredible agility, and possessed outrageous recovery too. How the hell was he supposed to play this? Could he report the other side for cheating?

Zendouji Yuuhin waved the sword twice and said with a bored look, "I don't like toothpick-sized swords like this. Take it back!"

As he spoke, he assumed the posture of throwing a shot put, then violently swung his arm. Earth Throw!

Propelled by terrifying strength, the Zanpakuto flew toward him like lightning. Yamabuki Chidori did not dare catch it with his hand. The other man's strength was too frightening; if he grabbed the hilt one-handed, his wrist might dislocate. He leaped up and kicked the back of the blade hard, sending the Zanpakuto into the sky. Empowered by both forces, it spiraled upward. Only after Yamabuki Chidori confirmed that most of its force had been bled away did he reach out and catch the hilt.

"I didn't expect you to be such a troublesome brat! But... hehehe! I still have a trump card!" Zendouji Yuuhin sneered as he took a black pill from inside his clothes and tossed it into his mouth, chewing it loudly.

If he had not seen those pills, Yamabuki Chidori would never have believed that this nimble fat man was actually a scientist. Just how much research funding had he embezzled to eat himself into this shape?

Very quickly, Zendouji Yuuhin's body began to change. Every bone in his body creaked, while the fat covering him transformed into muscle and his height increased again.

If Zendouji Yuuhin had originally been a savage wild boar, he had now become a terrifying brown bear!

"Physique Enhancement Pill! This is my most satisfying masterpiece!" Zendouji Yuuhin roared with laughter. "Bean sprout, the game is over!"

In an instant, Zendouji Yuuhin's body actually vanished. No, he had not vanished. His speed had simply surpassed Yamabuki Chidori's sensory nerves!

"Boom!!!!!!"

A sonic boom erupted above Yamabuki Chidori's head. Under that terrifying pressure, his Reiatsu rose once again. He could feel that only a wall remained between him and true Captain-level strength. As long as he could break through that wall, he would successfully advance.

This time, Zendouji Yuuhin did not attack with his fists. Instead, he spread his arms, preparing to embrace Yamabuki Chidori and strangle him to death.

As his Reiatsu rose, every one of Yamabuki Chidori's senses improved with it. At the instant Zendouji Yuuhin attacked, he finally saw the other man's movements clearly.

"Your chest is wide open! Die!"

Yamabuki Chidori angled his blade upward and stabbed Zendouji Yuuhin in the throat!

Zendouji Yuuhin's neck was wrapped in muscles like a suit of armor. He neither dodged nor avoided the strike, using his neck to withstand the sharp blade head-on as he kept walking forward and laughing.

Yamabuki Chidori tightly gripped the hilt with his right hand, pressing against the pommel with his left and desperately shoving forward. Yet the tip could only pierce Zendouji Yuuhin's skin; it could not penetrate those steel-like muscles at all.

That nimble fat man had become a monster impervious to blades and weapons!

"What kind of black technology is this?!" Veins bulged on Yamabuki Chidori's arms! Strength, speed, recovery, defense, and destructive power had all reached shocking heights. Most crucially, this monster was fundamentally still a scientist. This was just ridiculous!

"Weak! Too weak!" Zendouji Yuuhin laughed madly and smashed down with his fist. Yamabuki Chidori retreated again and again. Although his Reiatsu was still rising, it could not keep up with the rate at which his opponent's combat power was increasing. At this rate, he was done for!

Zendouji Yuuhin was like a heavily armored tank that could soar through the skies and plunge into the sea. Even his technique was no worse than Yamabuki Chidori's. Yamabuki Chidori had no options left.

"Hey! My adorable Blade Spirit, isn't it about time you told me your name? If you don't tell me now, I'm going to get beaten to death. With your abilities, beating this fat bastard shouldn't be a problem, right?" Yamabuki Chidori shouted at the Blade Spirit.

But at this critical moment, the Blade Spirit did not say a single word, as if it had fallen asleep.

"You still dare space out? Aren't you looking down on me too much, bean sprout?" After taking the Physique Enhancement Pill, Zendouji Yuuhin had improved not only his strength and defense, but also his speed and mental reaction time. A heavily armored tank that ran faster than a jet fighter—how was anyone supposed to play against that? Tell me, how?!

To Zendouji Yuuhin, Yamabuki Chidori's speed looked like slow motion. With a light tap of his toes against the ground, his enormous body instantly appeared behind Yamabuki Chidori.

Although Yamabuki Chidori's sensory nerves could detect that his enemy had arrived behind him, his body simply could not react in time. He turned around as fast as he could, but it was already too late to dodge or block the attack.

Once this punch came down, he could only hope Gen'en Kinra would be able to piece his corpse back together.

"Smack!!!"

With a violent crack, Zendouji Yuuhin's fist suddenly stopped right in front of him. The berserk gust from the punch blasted against his face, distorting the flesh on his cheeks.

Of course, Zendouji Yuuhin had not stopped because he was showing mercy, but because...

Katoru Hatsunoya and Gen'en Kinra crossed their blade and sword, joining forces to block Zendouji Yuuhin's fierce attack!

"You two... finally made it back!!!" Yamabuki Chidori was ecstatic. He practically wanted to throw himself into Katoru Hatsunoya's arms and act cute to show his gratitude.

My Teammates Are Here, I'm Standing Tall Again

Zendouji Yuuhin's face twisted savagely. These two could actually block one of his punches. They had some skill!

"In front of me, it's all the same no matter how many people come!" Zendouji Yuuhin reached out and grabbed at Katoru Hatsunoya.

Katoru Hatsunoya lowered her head, easily dodging the sneak attack, then drove a fierce kick into Zendouji Yuuhin's huge belly.

"My steel muscles are invincible—pfft..." Zendouji Yuuhin had assumed these two were about as strong as Yamabuki Chidori, but the moment they exchanged blows, he realized reality was completely different from what he had imagined.

This woman was a ruthless one!

That seemingly ordinary kick sent its force straight through his muscles and into his internal organs. Zendouji Yuuhin felt his organs twist with pain, cold sweat covering his forehead.

Suddenly, silver sword-light flashed past his eyes, making him instinctively squint. He raised an arm to block it, only to feel intense pain in it. When he opened his eyes, he found that a patch of skin had actually been peeled from his arm!

Gen'en Kinra leisurely wiped his sword. "Your muscles may be strong, but your skin can hardly reach the same level of toughness. My swordsmanship is specially made for skinning!"

For the first time, Zendouji Yuuhin felt nervous. Just who were these two?

Katoru Hatsunoya swung her blade toward his ankle. Zendouji Yuuhin stomped both feet against the ground, his huge, bulky body spinning three thousand six hundred degrees through the air before landing steadily. But his enemies were faster. Gen'en Kinra's sword was like a needle, instantly piercing his prized steel muscles and lightly twisting. The agonizing pain drove him mad!

Katoru Hatsunoya descended from the air, slashing toward Zendouji Yuuhin's shoulder.

"This woman's strength shouldn't exceed mine! Even if I use one hand against both of hers, I should still have the advantage!" Zendouji Yuuhin opened his massive hand and directly grabbed the naginata.

But in the next second, he discovered that the naginata's tremendous force had bent his hand backward. At the same time, the naginata cut into his shoulder, blood streaming down.

Zendouji Yuuhin gritted his teeth. He could only use his other hand to grab the naginata and fling it fiercely, barely managing to throw Katoru Hatsunoya away. Yet Gen'en Kinra's sword pierced through the muscles in Zendouji Yuuhin's neck!