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

"Wow, these young people these days are really something..."

After shaking his head, Kyoraku Shunsui's figure vanished into thin air in an instant.

……

"call out!"

Erin was very fast; in just a few dozen breaths, he traversed several blocks of Rukongai and arrived above the Shiba residence.

At this moment, the battle below has reached its most intense stage.

The brothers Jin Yan and Yin Yan were already teetering on the brink of collapse under the attack of four or five high-ranking assassins, and could lose their lives at any moment.

Shiba Kaien was covered in blood, and the waves he created with his twisting flowers were almost entirely blood as he fought against seven or eight assassins with spiritual pressure of at least the Seat Rank.

Rukia is in relatively good condition. Despite the attack from the six assassins, she has been able to defend her position while gathering intelligence on the enemy, and so far she has not been harmed.

On the ground to the side, Shiba lay dead in front of Shiba Kukaku and Shiba Ganju, the two siblings.

Shiba Kukaku's expression was fierce. His left hand had been severed at the elbow, but he remained silent, protecting his terrified younger brother behind him. He chanted a Kido incantation, occasionally releasing Kido spells that he had abandoned to force back the assassins attacking him and the others.

"Buzz!"

Golden ripples of space appeared in the sky.

The sky was filled with golden light, illuminating the ground as if it were daytime.

The commotion caused everyone in the middle of the battle to stop fighting and look up at the sky.

Under the golden light, a towering figure stood in mid-air, the captain's haori on his body fluttering in the wind.

"teacher!"

Upon seeing who it was, Rukia exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing Rukia's address, Shiba Kaien knew who the captain who had come to the skies above his home was.

However, having just learned of his wife's betrayal, Shiba Kaien is now unsure whether Captain Erin is connected to the assassins who attacked his home.

"Captain Erin!"

Upon seeing the captain's haori on Erin's body, the assassins immediately panicked.

As captains of the Gotei 13, who stood at the pinnacle of Seireitei's military power, they knew, even though they had never met such a powerful figure, that they had no power to resist him.

After exchanging a few glances, the assassins decided to flee.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

With a flash, these assassins used the Instant Step technique to flee in all directions.

"Hmph, you think you can escape from me?"

With his arms crossed over his chest, Erin coldly declared, "The Chains of Heaven!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Instantly, spatial ripples opened up in the sky, on the ground, and in the air. Golden chains flew out from these spatial ripples, quickly binding all the assassins. None of the remaining twenty-odd assassins escaped; they were all suspended in mid-air by Erin's Heavenly Chains.

The Chains of Heaven is a binding Zanpakuto created by Erin after copying Hisagi Shuhei's Zanpakuto.

The battle between Shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure.

If your spiritual pressure is strong enough, you can weaken or even ignore the enemy's abilities.

However, there are always some people in this world whose abilities are utterly unreasonable.

Hisagi Shuhei's abilities fall into this category.

Hisagi Shuhei's Zanpakuto, Kazeshiki, has a Bankai called "Kazeshiki no Kabuto".

After Bankai, Hisagi Shuhei's Zanpakuto transforms into a giant iron ball formed by chains, with two chains hanging down from it, one connected to the enemy and the other to Hisagi Shuhei.

The two parties connected by chains share spiritual pressure.

In other words, once you are connected by Hisagi Shuhei's Bankai chains, even if you are a Soul King, you will have to share your spiritual pressure with Hisagi Shuhei, which means that the two of you will be at the same level of spiritual pressure.

Before both sides' spiritual pressure is exhausted, whoever is attacked will feel pain but will not die.

Or rather, even if they die, they will be resurrected under immense spiritual pressure.

Healing injuries and reviving both consume spiritual pressure.

Unless Hisagi Shuhei releases it himself, this Bankai will only be released after both sides have exhausted their spiritual pressure.

At this point, the two, having lost all spiritual pressure, were utterly powerless and at the mercy of their opponent.

It can be said that Hisagi Shuhei's Bankai made him a "50/50" player in the Bleach world.

No matter who you are or how strong you are, as long as you become Hisagi Shuhei's opponent and make him use his Bankai, then congratulations, you have earned the title of being "evenly matched" with Hisagi Shuhei.

Erin's "Chains of Heaven" were created based on the "inevitable hit" cause and effect of Hisagi Shuhei's "Wind Death Rope" chain connection.

Once the Heavenly Lock is freed, the enemy is destined to be bound by its chains.

After capturing all the assassins, Erin slowly landed on the ground.

"Buzz!"

A golden spatial ripple appeared behind Erin, and white bandages flew out from the golden spatial ripple, circling around the three siblings Shiba Kaien, as well as Kaneko and Ginko, surrounding the five of them and releasing a green light.

Soon, under the green light, the injuries on Shiba Kaien and the other four were completely healed.

Even the tattered clothes he was wearing had been restored to their original state.

Shiba Kukaku's severed left arm has also been fully restored.

At this moment, Shiba Kukaku was still moving his left hand with an incredulous expression, feeling as if he were dreaming.

"teacher."

Rukia sheathed her Zanpakuto, approached Erin, and bowed to him.

"Rukia, you're being too stubborn."

Erin shook his head.

Rukia's ability to move freely and unharmed amidst the attacks of six powerful officials far surpassed that of Shiba Kaien.

It is evident that Rukia has made considerable progress in her training in data swordsmanship. After just a few exchanges, she has established a preliminary model of her enemies, predicted their attacks, and managed to avoid any harm to herself.

"In a typical battle, you need to completely analyze a person's data and intelligence, that's true."

"But in that situation just now, you didn't need to collect all their intelligence data at all; you could have killed them directly based on the existing intelligence."

"Rukia, whether it's data swordsmanship or any other ability, the ultimate goal is to preserve oneself and kill the enemy."

"Rukia, you must remember this."

"Data-driven kendo allows you to have a sufficient understanding of both your enemy and yourself; it can limit your enemy, and it can also limit you."

"What you need to do is to master the way of data swordsmanship, not be controlled by it!"

Reprimanded by Erin, Rukia recalled her previous state during the battle and broke out in a cold sweat.

Yes, no matter what kind of ability it is, the goal is to kill the enemy.

In that situation, the best thing I should have done was to quickly kill the enemy who attacked me and then go to rescue the others.

Unfortunately, he seemed to be so engrossed in the frenzy of data collection in his data kendo that he forgot about the situation he was facing.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I've let you down."

Rukia bowed her head and apologized to Erin.

"Alright, alright, even if I don't tell you, you'll understand in the future."

With a wave of his hand, Erin ignored Rukia and looked at Shiba Kaien.

At this moment, he was holding Shiba, who had already lost all signs of life, his expression blank.

"Young man of the Shiba family, we meet again."

Shiba Kaien blankly raised his head and looked at Erin.

He knew that if it hadn't been for this person, the main branch of the Shiba family might have ended with his generation.

It was thanks to this person's intervention that the injuries suffered by his group had been completely healed.

Even her sister's severed arm was restored.

Unfortunately, the bodies of those who had already died did not regain their temperature.

Looking up at Erin, Shiba Kaien's eyes brightened with a newfound liveliness.

From Rukia's address just now, Shiba Kaien knew that the man in front of him was Rukia's teacher, the captain of the 11th Division, Erin!

This was not their first meeting.

Chapter 240 Bold

More than 20 years ago, when Shiba Kaien and Shiba Kukaku were practicing Kido at home, Erin, who was passing by, entered the Shiba house.

At that time, Shiba Kaien possessed spiritual pressure at the level of a seated official, but due to a lack of guidance, he only knew the Kido, the four techniques of the Shinigami, which had been passed down in his family.

At that time, Erin had a conversation with the Shiba siblings, and it was under Erin's guidance that Shiba Kaien eventually went to Seireitei and became a Shinigami.

"Captain Erin, thank you very much."

"If you hadn't arrived in time..."

At this point, Shiba Kaien paused for a moment.

Yes, if Captain Erin hadn't arrived in time, even if Rukia and I had managed to deal with these assassins, Jin Yan, Yin Yan, my sister, and my brother would probably have been in grave danger.

"Whoa!"

Just as Shiba Kaien was about to say something, two enormous spiritual pressures arrived from afar.

"boom!"

Shiba Kaien felt the wind around him suddenly explode, and subconsciously waved the twisting flower in his hand, a stream of blue water shielding him and his wife.

"Huh? Rukia, what are you doing here?"

As the storm subsided, Soi Fon appeared in the sky above the Shiba residence.