Chapter 1159 Monster
As soon as they finished breakfast, they immediately went into business and Kisuke led Soifon to the examination room.
"Where are we?" Soifon asked after looking around and only recognizing a few of the pieces of equipment within the room.
"The examination room. Although both of us could see that nothing is wrong with you, it doesn't hurt to make sure that everything is alright." Kisuke replied while turning on the equipment he'd need.
After preparing everything, Kisuke pointed towards a small circular platform and said, "Please stand on that. I'll be doing a body scan."
Soifon walked towards the platform with curiosity and asked, "Do I not need to change out of my Shihakushou?"
"No. The Shihakushou can block Spiritual Power, but not Ki which is what I'll be using."
"Ki... Another familiar yet unfamiliar term. Is that Magic?" While Soifon was asking, multiple thin poles emerged from the edge of the platform, trapping her inside. Soifon wasn't panicked nor scared and just looked with interest as these poles ejected beams of harmless green light and went through her entire body, leaving behind only a warm feeling.
"It's not." Kisuke replied while watching the stream of data come up to his terminal, "It's something different from Spiritual Power and Magic Power. It's also something everyone who's alive possesses."
Soifon turned her head to Kisuke, "Alive... Am I included in that category?"
"Of course. Having a Spiritual body to house the soul is also the definition of being alive."
"Even those in Hell?"
Kisuke nodded, "They have something akin to a Magic body, but it's still something that could house a soul. In other words, they are unmistakably alive."
Soifon's curiosity was further piqued, but she didn't have the time to ask since Kisuke continued, "There is still a small amount of miasma lingering around. It seems that it went dormant to protect itself. Let's move to the Treatment room."
The poles retracted so Soifon stepped out, "Why do you have so many of these rooms?"
"They are separated based on their use and what type of energy they are going to deal with since a mix of two or more types could prove dangerous if not handled well. Well, just think of it as a safety feature that I implemented after numerous failures."
Soifon then followed Kisuke to his Treatment room and was able to eradicate all of Baraggan's miasma.
"Amazing, you followed through without a single complaint or suspicion," Kisuke commented while watching Soifon get up from the bed.
"It's hardly amazing. I realized that if you want to inject something in me, you would have done that the first time I came here and I wouldn't be able to do anything about it."
"Well then, shall we move to the next part?"
"Before that. Do you mind if we do something else first?"
"Hmmm? What is it?"
"Spar with me."
Kisuke turned his head and stared at her eyes full of seriousness for a little bit before asking, "Why?"
"Do you really need to ask?"
Kisuke shrugged his shoulders and turned around, "Let's go to the training ground."
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"You even recreated this..." Soifon looked around the desolate and rocky field.
"Oh. You entered one of the training grounds?"
"To search for all the things Yoruichi-sama left behind, I forced Tsukabishi Tessai to let me in." Soifon then faced Kisuke and released the entirety of her Reiatsu, creating a space where normal Spiritual bodies wouldn't be able to survive, "But enough of that. Let's start."
"You actually substantially increased the amount of Reiatsu you have. It must not have been easy." Kisuke commented and released his Reiatsu-Ki which felt weird from Soifon's perspective.
However, something else caught Soifon's attention more, "Where's your Zanpakuto?"
"Currently running around, doing some errands I asked. But don't worry, I won't be holding back."
Soifon doesn't know what he meant by that but it doesn't really matter. If he's not going to pull out his Zanpakuto, she won't use her own too. Immediately after, Soifon's Reiatsu started swirling around her like a tornado, "Mukyuu Shunkou (Infinite Shunkou)!"
Before she could form the wings out of her Reiatsu, she disappeared on her spot and reappeared behind Kisuke.
"Danku (Splitting Void)," Kisuke muttered softly and a transparent rectangular barrier instantly appeared between him and Soifon.
But Soifon didn't mind this as her raging and swirling Reiatsu wrapped around her arm she instantly punched through the barrier without much effort.
Kisuke's eyes widened in surprise. He wanted to use Flash Step but he knew that he was slower than her so he'll only give her an opening. As an alternative, Kisuke leaned his body to the right to dodge the strike.
Soifon, on the other hand, just grinned at his response and the Reiatsu covering her arm to create a lethal sword suddenly expanded and exploded into countless sharp blades.
"Kuh..." Kisuke crossed his arms to protect his head and jumped back. Even then, Kisuke could feel the multiple lacerations that went through his defenses, 'This is even sharper than Kuchiki-san's blades.'
Of course, Kisuke knew that Soifon won't let him recover but he already guessed her next move and twisted his body to turn around, 'Well, if I'm wrong, the worst I could get is a hole in my stomach.'
Though just as he expected, Soifon reappeared where he expected her to and already threw out the same punch that bore a hole through a strong barrier.
Soifon smiled and thought that she finally got him. Although she was surprised that he received way fewer cuts than she thought and he even predicted what she'd do, Soifon already trapped Kisuke into directly receiving one of her attacks... Or so she thought.
Soifon was correct that Kisuke had no choice but to receive the attack but the latter suddenly flashed a grin and stretched out his right hand to catch her fist.
She didn't know what he's trying to achieve by essentially touching the blades of a meat grinder spinning at full force but it was an invitation she wouldn't refuse and further increased the intensity of her Shunkou, 'Knowing him, he should have the technology to restore a lost arm.'
Kisuke caught Soifon's fist and the latter's Reiatsu immediately went crazy and started mincing Kisuke's arm.
But contrary to her expectations, even though his arm was being cut up, it remained intact, "What?" Soifon audibly muttered.
Kisuke's grin didn't disappear as he grabbed her fist before using her own momentum to swing her up and down, smashing her into the ground.
Soifon tried softening her landing but the brute force behind Kisuke's swing was way stronger than she initially predicted, "Kuhaaaa!!!" She coughed out all the air in her lungs and momentarily wasn't able to breathe.
Naturally, that didn't stop her from thinking, and she immediately gathered her wind in front of her to block any further attacks. But to her surprise yet again, she felt him letting go of her hand and his presence moving away.
Soifon regained her breathing and figured that she must have a cracked rib or two. However, she didn't care about that and glared at Kisuke as she got up from the small crater that her body created from being smashed into the ground, "You bastard! You said you won't be holding back! Stop looking down on me!"
"Ah, don't worry. I intended to keep my word." Immediately after, blood-red Reiatsu-Ki erupted from Kisuke as he muttered, "Shunkou: Blood Gate."
"Shunkou!? When did you..."
Kisuke, however, ignored her reaction and continued, "Just this would still constitute as me holding back so I'm going to be turning up the heat even more. 3rd Gate: Bargaining."
The previous room that was filled with Soifon's Reiatsu immediately changed as it was replaced by Kisuke's bloody aura, so heavy that it even temporarily paralyzed a Captain like Soifon.
She became nervous at the power he was suddenly displaying and couldn't look away from the blood-red gauntlets, boots, and hagoromo that suddenly appeared.
But it wasn't until Kisuke's skin started turning white and horns began sprouting from his head that Soifon became terrified, "W-what?"
In Soifon's question, Kisuke only responded with a horrifying smile and equally petrifying cold words, "Do your best to stay alive, okay?"
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