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

"clang!"

Erin placed the Senbonzakura (thousand cherry blossoms) next to Byakuya and said disappointedly, "Byakuya, you really disappoint me."

"Although Senbonzakura's Bankai ability is quite good, I did not use spiritual pressure exceeding yours to release Senbonzakura."

"With your strength, whether you use sword techniques, Shunpo, or Kido, it might be difficult to surpass Senbonzakura's Bankai at that level, but it shouldn't be that you were defeated in such a short time."

"Losing your Bankai and having someone else use their Bankai against you, does that terrify you so much?"

After saying that, Erin bent down, grabbed the Star-Piercing Clasp from Byakuya's hair, and yanked it off.

"Over the years, you've been far too lax because of Hishin's matter."

"With your current strength, it's hard for me to believe that you will be able to represent the Kuchiki family and protect the Seireitei in the years to come."

"I will temporarily keep this Star-Connecting Clamp, which represents the noble status of the Kuchiki family."

"If you want to reclaim your dignity, then cultivate diligently, and then challenge me to take this Star-Binding Clamp back from my hands!"

……

The scene changed, and Rukia only blinked. The world with countless Zanpakuto disappeared, and the familiar cherry blossom trees and surrounding buildings told Rukia that she had returned from that world.

I secretly glanced at Byakuya-sama. Byakuya-sama's injuries have now completely healed, and even his Shinigami uniform and Captain's Hagoromo have returned to their original state.

If it weren't for Byakuya's slightly disheveled hair, with it hanging down due to the Star Binding, Rukia would have doubted whether what she had just seen was all a dream.

In front of Byakuya Kuchiki, a golden spatial ripple appeared. Erin released the Star-Piercing Clamp that had been torn from Byakuya Kuchiki's head, letting it fall and eventually disappear into the golden spatial ripple.

Seeing Erin's actions, Kuchiki Byakuya remained silent.

He pulled the Senbonzakura sword from the hilt in front of him, sheathed the sword at his waist, and then left the front yard of the Kuchiki family.

At this moment, Byakuya Kuchiki mentally scored his battle with his uncle.

After reviewing the battle over a dozen times, Byakuya Kuchiki gave himself a score that made his face burn.

Zero points!

Knowing the difference in strength between himself and Uncle Erin, when faced with Uncle Erin's attack, he did not use Shunpo to dodge, but instead drew Senbonzakura to block. What arrogance!

Furthermore, as Uncle Erin said, having lost Senbonzakura, and even having Senbonzakura used by Uncle Erin to turn against him using Senbonzakura's Bankai, I was in a terrible state when I was gripped by the fear of losing Senbonzakura.

Just as Uncle Erin said, to prevent attacks like those from Senbonzakura, whether it's Shunpo, Slash Technique, or Kido, all can effectively stop the attacks from Senbonzakura's blade.

However, he did nothing and was ultimately pierced through by countless blades from Senbonzakura, suffering a miserable defeat.

Unbeknownst to him, Byakuya Kuchiki arrived outside Rukongai, at the place where he and Hisana had met.

This is also where Byakuya Kuchiki once practiced slaying the White Shunki.

However, after marrying Hisana, Byakuya Kuchiki never came here again.

“Hijin…”

“Uncle Erin is right, I have been too lazy.”

"At the same time, I am too dependent on Senbonzakura."

"I can continue to develop Senbonzakura to a deeper level, but I can't neglect the cultivation of the other aspects..."

"Senbonzakura raises my ceiling, the fourth technique of the Shinigami."

Byakuya Kuchiki casually tore a strip of white cloth from the captain's haori and tied it to his head as a headscarf.

If Erin were to see this, he would probably find that Byakuya Kuchiki's current appearance is very similar to his appearance during the Thousand-Year Blood War in his memory.

Of course, a headscarf is definitely not comparable.

Byakuya's headband now is just a tattered captain's haori. During the Thousand-Year Blood War, Byakuya's headband cost no less than that of the Kazeka Saori and the Seisen-tsune.

Those are expensive items, any one of which could be worth several villas in Seireitei.

……

Erin watched Byakuya leave without saying anything more.

He had already told Byakuya what needed to be said.

Since Byakuya met Hisana, he has devoted all his energy to Hisana and has hardly trained at all.

Twelve years is not enough for Byakuya's strength to have declined.

After all, Byakuya is still in a phase of rapid growth, and even without much training, his spiritual pressure is increasing.

However, compared to twelve years ago, Byakuya's strength has indeed grown very little.

In fact, if Byakuya from twelve years ago were to fight now, the odds would be evenly split.

Twelve years ago, Byakuya had mastered the four Shinigami techniques and incorporated "Instinct," giving him the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels.

Twelve years later, Byakuya's "instincts" have weakened considerably, but his spiritual pressure is stronger than it was twelve years ago.

Erin wouldn't be surprised whichever side wins.

Although this was a big blow to Byakuya, Erin believed that Byakuya would definitely be able to get through it.

After all, for Byakuya Kuchiki at this moment, the dignity and pride of the nobility, as well as the responsibilities of the Kuchiki family, are the most important things.

Now that Erin has shown Byakuya his weakness, he will surely pull himself together to prevent his experience in Erin's Reality Marble from repeating itself in the real world.

"Teacher Erin, is Lord Byakuya alright?"

However, compared to Erin, Rukia has much more to worry about.

It can be said that the battle between Byakuya and Erin was almost a replica of my own battle with Byakuya.

No, it's not a copy!

To be precise, the battle between Erin-sensei and Byakuya-sama was a degraded version of the battle between Erin-sensei and Byakuya-sama.

She could hold out for a while in her fight against Byakuya-sama, and wouldn't be instantly killed.

Of course, Rukia also knew that the reason she was able to hold out for a while was because Byakuya-sama suppressed her speed, strength, and spiritual pressure to a level similar to her own.

The battle between Erin-sensei and Byakuya-sama was utterly merciless.

At that speed, Rukia could only hear the sound of the explosion breaking the sound barrier; she couldn't see the two figures.

Chapter 206 Data Swordsmanship?

Rukia was almost driven to despair by Byakuya, so the blow Byakuya suffered from being defeated by Erin in such an extremely humiliating way must have been far greater than Rukia's.

That's why Rukia asked that question.

"Hehe, Rukia, don't worry."

"Byakuya is much stronger than you think."

Erin gently ruffled Rukia's hair and comforted her, "Besides, this will also help Byakuya get over the grief of Hisana's death."

"Otherwise, he always has a long face, like someone owes him millions, yet he wastes his time not to cultivate diligently..."

"If he still doesn't realize his mistake after all this, then when he regrets it later, no one will be there to bail him out."

Rukia couldn't understand what Erin-sensei meant by what she was saying.

But she also sensed that Erin-sensei had more confidence in Byakuya-sama than in herself.

“Your problem is bigger than Byakuya’s, Rukia.”

"I'm sorry, Ms. Erin, I..."

When Erin pointed out her problem, Rukia instinctively wanted to apologize, but this time Erin quickly stopped her.

"You've misunderstood, Rukia."

"I said your problem is big, not because you don't try hard enough."

"On the contrary, it is precisely because of your efforts that your problems have become bigger."

"Ok?"

Rukia was puzzled; she found what Ms. Erin said very difficult to understand.

"Rukia, you need to know that if you want to become stronger quickly, the 'correct' training method is essential."

"With the 'correct' cultivation method, and by using it as the core of cultivation, one can rapidly improve one's strength."

"If one's cultivation direction is wrong, then spending more time and energy on advancing in the wrong direction will only lead to a dead end in one's future."

"Rukia, in my opinion, your talent in swordsmanship is no less than your talent in demonic arts."

"Do not……"

At this point, Erin suddenly shook his head.

"To be more precise, it is your talent that gives you an advantage that ordinary people simply cannot match, whether in the cultivation of the Ghost Path or the Sword Path."

"While it can't be called 'talent,' I think your 'advantage' is much stronger than most people's 'talent.'"

"My, advantage?"

"Correct."

Erin nodded and carefully said to Lucia, "Lucia, your advantage is actually your own way of thinking about cultivation."

"Just like when you are cultivating the demon path, you will figure out the arrangement of the spiritual particles, the incantation, the spiritual pressure fluctuations, etc. of the demon path, and then cultivate the demon path according to your own situation based on these aspects."

"Your training in swordsmanship and your reactions in battle both reflect this highly personal way of thinking."

"However, compared to the cultivation of the Demon Path, because the Slash Technique requires you to react in an extremely short time, your thinking cannot keep up with the speed of your opponent's attacks..."

"In this way, your progress in slashing techniques will naturally be negligible."

"This is because you haven't practiced correctly and haven't received proper guidance..."

“I originally thought that Byakuya could see the characteristics in you and have him be your swordsmanship teacher, which would also improve Byakuya’s understanding of ‘swordsmanship’ from another angle.”

"Unfortunately, I overlooked the fact that Byakuya hasn't trained much in twelve years. It's already quite an achievement that he can maintain his current level of swordsmanship. How could I possibly see any of your strengths?"

"Therefore, in the past year, your cultivation method has been wrong, and you have even gone astray in the wrong direction."

"If you don't forget your current incorrect swordsmanship, it will have a great impact on your future training."

Shaking her head, Erin, while explaining to Rukia, didn't forget to take a jab at Kuchiki Byakuya.