I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

Seeing Haruko clutching her stomach and laughing, Erin realized that Haruko was teasing him.

"Haruko!"

"Haha, sorry, sorry, Erin-kun's anxious look was just too cute, I couldn't help myself..."

Erin rolled his eyes, but there was nothing he could do about Haruko.

"Miss Soi Fon is very tired..."

Erin and Haruko sat in front of the yard. Haruko couldn't help but say, "I accidentally bumped into her when I was helping her to bed, but I couldn't wake her up..."

The stronger the Grim Reaper is, the more sensitive he/she is to his/her surroundings.

Even if Haruko Kuchiki didn't become a Shinigami, she would still wake up in her sleep if there was any noise around her.

Soi Fon was more than a hundred times stronger than him, and she still couldn't wake up even after he bumped her head on the door, which showed how exhausted she was.

"Ah."

Erin nodded: "Yoruichi was exiled to the human world by the Central 46 for breaking into the Central 46 and kidnapping Urahara Kisuke and the others. Now the burden of the Second Division rests entirely on her shoulders..."

"If they were even stronger, that would be fine."

"but……"

At this point, Erin shook his head.

In other words, Shihouin Senri had quite a bit of influence, getting Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni to acknowledge Soi Fon's captaincy.

Although he was only the "acting captain," he also said that once Soi Fon completed her Bankai training, the word "acting" would naturally disappear.

"Now, apart from the 7th Division, the captains of the other divisions of the Gotei 13 are in place. If Soi Fon cannot master Bankai as soon as possible and officially become the captain of the 2nd Division before the captain of the 7th Division takes office, how will the other Shinigami view the 2nd Division?"

"The mentality of most people is to admire the strong and bully the weak."

"If this continues, the Second Division will inevitably weaken under Soi Fon's control."

“If she hadn’t been desperate, given Soi Fon’s personality, she would never have come to me.”

"Sigh, Yoruichi-san is really something..."

After hearing Erin recount the pressure Soi Fon was under, Haruko couldn't help but complain a few times about Yoruichi.

"Alright, Haruko, what others do is their own business, we won't comment on it."

"However, since Soi Fon has already come to me, I will do my best to help her master Bankai as quickly as possible!"

"Ah."

……

The next day, Soi Fon woke up after a good night's sleep. After a few groggy breaths, she recalled that she had fainted while asking Erin for help, and she couldn't help but pull the blanket up to cover her face and sob a few times.

It's so embarrassing.

Hearing the noise from the guest room, Haruko carried in breakfast.

"You're awake, Soi Fon."

"Ok?"

"Miss Kuchiki?"

Hearing Haruko's voice, Soi Fon pulled the blanket down and realized she wasn't in her familiar room. She immediately asked Haruko, "Where am I?"

“Miss Soi Fon, you were too tired yesterday, so I arranged for you to rest in the guest room.”

"I'm sorry, Ms. Haruko, for causing you trouble."

Soi Fon got up from the bed, knelt down on the bed, and bowed to Haruko.

"Hey, hey, Ms. Soi Fon, please don't say that..."

Haruko quickly put down the tray of breakfast she was holding and helped Soi Fon up: "Miss Soi Fon, have something to eat first. Erin-kun said he'll take you to train after you've finished eating."

Although Soi Fon really wanted to go and train with Erin right now, she nodded after seeing Haruko and the breakfast Haruko had prepared.

Now that Captain Erin's approval has been obtained, no matter how urgent the situation, a little time for breakfast won't make a difference.

However, despite this, in order to start training as soon as possible, Soi Fon unconsciously sped up her meals.

Then, led by Haruko Kuchiki, Soi Fon saw Erin, who had been waiting for a long time, in the front yard of the Kuchiki family's house.

"coming."

"Ah."

Soi Fon nodded and took a deep breath.

"Captain Erin, let's begin. I'm ready."

"Soi Fon, before we begin our practice, I'd like to ask you something."

Erin walked up to Soi Fon, looked down at her who was only chest-high, and asked solemnly, "Are you learning from me to increase your strength, or to complete your Bankai training faster?"

"Ok?"

Soi Fon asked in confusion, "Captain Erin, aren't these two the same thing?"

"Well, how should I put it, there's more than one way to increase your strength than by achieving Bankai."

"On the contrary, completing the training of Bankai can also be considered a way to enhance one's strength."

"Just like Captain Yoruichi, although she also has a Zanpakuto, she abandoned it because its abilities did not suit her fighting style. But no one dares to say that Captain Yoruichi without her Zanpakuto is weaker than Captain Yoruichi with her Zanpakuto."

"Soi Fon, your Zanpakuto's ability is 'two-hit kill,' which sounds powerful, but its actual use is very limited."

Soi Fon pursed her lips and remained silent.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with her Zanpakuto's abilities.

A double kill means that if you hit the same spot on the enemy twice in a row, you can kill the enemy completely.

To Erin, this ability "sounds very powerful"?

Although Soi Fon didn't say anything, Erin and Soi Fon had worked together for five years and Erin knew her well enough.

Erin carefully explained to Soi Fon, "Soi Fon, the ability of your Zanpakuto is that you can kill an enemy by hitting the same spot twice in a row."

"But in reality, what kills the enemy is not your attack, but the 'bee pattern' left on the enemy after you attack them."

Chapter 152 Soi Fon's Choice

Bee Pattern Flower is a black butterfly-shaped mark left on an enemy by Soi Fon after she hits them with her Shikai form.

If Soi Fon's second attack hits the wound from the previous one, the combined "Bee Pattern" will kill the enemy.

However, this ability will be ineffective against people whose spiritual pressure far exceeds that of Soi Fon.

In fact, it's not just Soi Fon; basically all Shinigami's Zanpakuto abilities are weakened or rendered useless when facing someone whose spiritual pressure is far superior to their own.

Of course, powerful abilities require even stronger spiritual pressure to counteract the effects of a Zanpakuto's power.

This is what Aizen meant when he said the battle of the Shinigami was a battle of spiritual pressure.

"If your Zanpakuto's ability is truly 'two-hit kill,' then you only need to attack the same spot twice at extremely high speed to kill the enemy."

"But in reality, this won't kill the enemy at all, right?"

Soi Fon stared at Erin in shock.

After learning about the abilities of her Zanpakuto, Soi Fon tested it just as Erin had said, but the result was exactly as Erin had predicted: attacking the enemy twice in quick succession did not kill them.

"For your 'double-hit kill' ability to take effect, you need to wait until your attack forms a complete 'honeycomb pattern' on the enemy's body, and then your second attack hits the same spot as the first attack. Only when the two honeycomb patterns perfectly overlap will this ability kill the enemy."

"This is what I told you before: it wasn't your Zanpakuto that killed the enemy, but 'Heemonka'."

In Erin's opinion, Soi Fon's "two-hit kill" ability is not as strong as the Zanpakuto "Wabisuke" of Kira Izuru, the vice-captain of the Third Division.

After all, in Kira Izuru's hands, "Wabisuke" can stack his abilities by attacking continuously.

“Soi Fon, based on my guess, the Shikai ability of your Zanpakuto is Hōmonka’s ‘Two-Hit Kill’, and the Bankai ability may be some kind of ability that can achieve ‘One-Hit Kill’.”

"However, just like your Shikai, your Bankai may also have stronger limitations than your Shikai."

"Mastering Bankai might be a burden for you right now."

In the world of Bleach, if anyone knows Zanpakuto better, Erin would consider himself second, and even the "Sword God" Nimaiya Ohetsu wouldn't dare to say he's number one.

Indeed, Nimaiya Ohetsu was the forger who created the Zanpakuto.

But Erin is essentially a "sword-wielder" whose true nature is "sword".

In addition, the Zanpakuto that Erin has forged over the years, as well as the memories he has absorbed from so many weapons, have given Erin an unparalleled understanding of the "sword".

Nimaiya Oetsu created the prototype of the Zanpakuto, "Asauchi." After obtaining Asauchi, the Shinigami nurtured Asauchi's "spirit" with his own soul through the training of "Sword Zen." According to Erin's understanding, it's somewhat similar to cultivating a "second primordial spirit" in the world of Xianxia (Chinese fantasy).

"Asada" is the catalyst; the "spirit" nurtured by the Grim Reaper can materialize certain traits of its master into various abilities.

By calling out the name of their Zanpakuto, Shinigami (death god) unleashes the Zanpakuto and merges with its "spirit." This increases Shinigami's spiritual pressure and allows them to control the Zanpakuto's abilities.

In Erin's view, the final form of the Zanpakuto, "Bankai," is the "second soul" growing up and maturing.

If one trains in "Bankai" before the "spirit" of a Zanpakuto has fully matured, it is equivalent to prematurely maturing the "spirit" of the Zanpakuto.

If the abilities are inherited, releasing Bankai ahead of time will not have a significant impact on the future. After the spiritual pressure increases, any slight developmental delays will gradually improve.

This can be seen in Toshiro Hitsugaya.

Therefore, when Kuchiki Ginrin was about to die, Erin took Kuchiki Byakuya to borrow Urahara Kisuke's Transcendental Body so that Kuchiki Byakuya could complete his Bankai training ahead of schedule.

After all, Byakuya's Senbonzakura is just like Hitsugaya Toshiro's Hyōrinmaru; its Bankai ability is an enhancement of its Shikai ability.

Completing Bankai training ahead of schedule will not have any negative impact on their future cultivation.

However, if there is a significant difference between the Shikai and Bankai abilities of a Zanpakuto, the hastily developed "spirit" will make the Shinigami's Bankai weaker than others.

Madarame Ikkaku, Abarai Renji, and Soi Fon all belong to this category.

After Ikkaku Madarame's Zanpakuto reaches Bankai, he needs to fight to awaken even greater power. Furthermore, if his Zanpakuto is destroyed, his Bankai ability will weaken and cannot be restored.

Renji Abarai is better than Ikkaku Madarame. After all, his Shikai and Bankai are closely related, and after completing his Bankai training, his Bankai strength is above Ikkaku Madarame's.

As for Hyosube Ichibei's claim that Abarai Renji's Bankai name was wrong, Erin didn't believe it at all.

Due to the nature of the Zanpakuto, Shikai may have a "half-Shikai," but Bankai is the Zanpakuto's full power, and there can be no "half-Bankai."