Yamabuki considered himself a compassionate person.
He always had a lot of patience with girls.
But such compassion also depended on the timing and the faction.
He held the steel nail in his hand and unhesitatingly pierced through the young lady's palm, directly nailing her hand to the floor.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"
The girl let out a tragic wail.
The samurai and servants outside the door all shivered.
What exactly was the young lady experiencing in that room?
The young lady also discovered that her will was not as firm as she had imagined.
Yamabuki pressed the young lady's other hand to the ground as well.
"No... don't..."
Yamabuki mercilessly nailed her other hand to the floor as well.
The girl's screams echoed throughout the room.
The immense pain made her body weak and convulsing uncontrollably.
"I don't like to see pretty girls suffer. Do you want to consider answering my question?" Yamabuki took out the nail clippers. The young lady's pupils were already filled with terror.
"Let's start with a simple question, your name." Yamabuki looked at the young lady with a smile.
"Ishida... Ishida Oborozuki."
"Good girl, that's a very nice name. Miss Oborozuki, can you now tell me what the major event you mentioned refers to?" Yamabuki asked.
He had originally thought that after enduring such torture, the girl would surely reveal everything she knew. However, he didn't expect that the girl would merely close her eyes in pain, then clench her teeth tightly and utter not a single word.
Yamabuki admitted he had underestimated the girl's loyalty.
He also knew he was cruel, and that he shouldn't use such methods against a young girl.
But this was war.
And it was a war for the survival between races.
One useful piece of information could save countless Shinigami lives.
So, Yamabuki picked up the nail clippers.
Then he gently took off Ishida Oborozuki's shoes, and gently pulled off her white socks, revealing a pair of feet as smooth as jade.
Yamabuki gently stroked Ishida Oborozuki's feet: "Miss Oborozuki, your opportunities are running out. Are you still unwilling to say a single word?"
Ishida Oborozuki closed her eyes tightly.
My loyalty to His Majesty... is beyond doubt.
Yamabuki aimed the nail clippers at Ishida Oborozuki's toes, but after a moment of hesitation, he pulled the nail clippers back.
"Are you going soft? Should I do it?" Saitō Furōfushi said.
"Not at all, I just thought of a new game." Yamabuki took out a wooden stick to prop open Ishida Oborozuki's eyelids, then found a bronze mirror and placed it opposite, and then took out a small knife, embracing Ishida Oborozuki from behind.
"Look, this is a knife. I will put this knife into your mouth, cut open your face from the inside, and peel off the flesh and skin. Don't worry, I am a highly skilled practitioner of Kaidō, I won't let you die from excessive bleeding. To ensure you don't die and suffer the maximum pain, I will use acupuncture to stimulate your acupoints, magnifying your senses tenfold. Even if the small knife just lightly brushes your skin, you will feel excruciating pain. If I peel off your entire face... your screams will be very cute, won't they? Don't think it's over yet. You saw when I treated you just now, after I listen to your heartbreaking screams and peel off your muscles little by little, I will heal you, make you as beautiful as before, and make your screams as loud as before. Then I will repeat all of this again! Hahahahaha!"
"So... do you have anything to say to me?" Yamabuki asked.
Ishida Oborozuki trembled all over, and tears streamed uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.
"It seems not, then let's begin the surgery." Yamabuki pinched Ishida Oborozuki's small mouth and directly inserted the scalpel into her mouth.
Ishida Oborozuki struggled frantically as if she had gone insane.
"No... no... I... I..."
"What is the major event?" Yamabuki suddenly shouted sternly into Ishida Oborozuki's ear.
"His Majesty... His Majesty has fallen into a coma..." Ishida Oborozuki's psychological defense completely collapsed, and she said, sobbing, with the small knife in her mouth.
Yamabuki's heart was greatly shaken. Yhwach had fallen into a coma? What exactly happened?
But no matter what, this was an opportunity for him.
If he could seize the opportunity to take Yhwach's head, he could end this Thousand-Year Blood War early, and then...
"Good child, where is your Majesty's palace?" Yamabuki continued to ask.
"One hundred and fifty li to the west..."
"Mm! Very good. What is the core fighting force of your Quincy?" Yamabuki asked.
Yhwach's own strength was indeed overwhelmingly powerful, but one must never underestimate his subordinates from a thousand years ago.
In the anime, the Thousand-Year Blood War was only given a few brief shots. When the Captains of the Gotei 13 appeared, there were thirteen of them. But by the time they besieged Yhwach, only four remained besides the Captain-Commander.
Where were those Captains?
Because the official sources gave no information, there were all sorts of speculations.
One of the speculations was...
Except for these few Captains, everyone else died in this blood war.
Of course, there is also a speculation that these Captains did not actually die, but were off-screen, and were not filmed at the time to portray the brutality and oppression of the blood war.
But one piece of information can be gleaned from these details.
That is, Yhwach definitely has a group of strong individuals under him. The power of these individuals may not be inferior to that of the Captains, and may even pose a threat to their lives.
Yhwach's ability to distribute souls was not something he only gained a thousand years later; rather, Yhwach discovered as an adult that he could engrave Schrift onto others' souls through blood, thereby granting that person greater power.
In other words, Yhwach could completely create a formidable army through this ability of his.
Plus the original power of the Quincy...
Ishida Oborozuki trembled all over and said, "It's... it's... the Star..."
Before she could finish speaking, an extremely powerful force struck from afar. The room's wall instantly exploded, and a huge Heilig Pfeil pierced through the wall, shooting towards Yamabuki's head.
Yamabuki's expression changed slightly. He backhanded his blade, shattering the incoming Heilig Pfeil.
In the distance, at the highest point of the estate, a Quincy clad in a white robe had a cold expression, staring intently at Yamabuki and Saitō Furōfushi.
"Bard, save..." Ishida Oborozuki tried to call for help, but Yamabuki knocked her unconscious with a palm strike.
"Shinigami." The Quincy in the distance, referred to as "Bard," looked at Yamabuki and Saitō Furōfushi with a sinister expression.