Furuoki Ōtogawa's Zanpakuto emitted an ethereal fluctuation.
The Shikai ability "God of Poverty" can absorb others' financial luck, turning them into paupers, while the Bankai "Shimyo" can devour the designated target's luck, turning them into a complete jinx.
Yamabuki, in the distance, felt a little cold, as if something was flowing out of his body, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
Yamabuki rubbed his temples.
Why were all these unlucky things suddenly piling up?
He felt as if the whole world was targeting him.
"Um... Brother Yamabuki, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. If there's anything I can help with, just let me know." Chōjirō Sasakibe hurriedly left after putting down the bill.
Yamabuki looked at the bill in front of him, wanting to cry but having no tears.
"Yamabuki, this is just the beginning. The unlucky things aren't over yet." Furuoki Ōtogawa finally found the correct use for his Zanpakuto.
Next, he just had to wait quietly here and watch this young man be tormented by fate.
"Owing so much money, I'm definitely dead this time," Yamabuki sighed, then his eyes gleamed: "You must think I'm thinking that, right? Furuoki Ōtogawa."
A person cannot always be so unlucky. Yamabuki's luck had been pretty good since he came to the Soul Society, but yesterday, it was as if he was possessed, and all his bad luck exploded at once.
Eliminate all impossibilities, and whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
There is only one truth.
"Furuoki Ōtogawa has probably made a move against me, and he used an ability I can't understand." Yamabuki calmly looked at the ceiling.
Shijima Chigiri once said that Furuoki Ōtogawa never used his Zanpakuto's ability in battle. Is it possible that he didn't use his Zanpakuto's ability because it was of no help in combat?
For example, absorbing luck or something.
If his guess was true, then he could understand why he had been so unlucky yesterday.
Furthermore, Unohana had mentioned something to him: when she was leaving work to go home, she felt a very subtle killing intent, but it quickly disappeared.
It seems that Furuoki Ōtogawa is indeed a top-tier assassin. He has already found me based on subtle clues. Does he intend to use his Zanpakuto's ability to curse me to death?
Yamabuki looked very dejected, but in reality, he was calmly analyzing the current situation. He truly lived up to my expectations; he really had some tricks up his sleeve.
"As for... what to do with this bill? Should I pay it or not?" Yamabuki looked helplessly at the bill in front of him.
He should hide the bill first, and then negotiate with this noble family after this matter is resolved.
Yamabuki was about to hide the bill in the cabinet, but as soon as he lifted his feet, his left leg suddenly cramped.
"It hurts!!!"
Yamabuki slipped and hit his head on the corner of the table.
Yamabuki hurriedly reached out to steady the table, but the meat-cutting knife on the table had somehow stood upright. Yamabuki pressed his hand down, directly crushing the knife into a ball of iron.
"My cleaver!" Yamabuki wailed.
At this moment, his right leg also cramped.
Could Furuoki Ōtogawa's ability be the legendary "Shinigami is Coming"? The one that causes people to die from various accidents.
But as Yamabuki was now, unless the Captain Commander activated his Bankai and cut him down with a single strike, it would be difficult for him to die even if he wanted to.
His body's defensive and regenerative abilities were simply too abnormal. Furuoki Ōtogawa watched from afar, secretly regretting it.
If Yamabuki had just died like that, it would have saved him a lot of trouble.
Just as Yamabuki's cramped legs recovered, he heard a burning smell from the kitchen. "Oh right, I was still stewing meat in the kitchen, I completely forgot about it."
Yamabuki rushed to the kitchen, where thick black smoke was rising from the pot on the stove.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Yamabuki hurriedly extinguished the fire. "What should I eat tonight?"
"Maybe I should just go buy something to eat!"
As Yamabuki turned around, he accidentally kicked the corner of the wall, directly fracturing his pinky toe.
"It hurts!!!!!" Yamabuki clutched his toe. Although his regenerative ability was strong and the injured toe would recover in a short time, it still hurt a lot.
"I'd better go buy something to eat!" Yamabuki limped outside.
His eyes, however, kept scanning the surroundings.
Even the most powerful ability has a range, and for a Shinigami, that range is the sphere of influence of their own spiritual pressure.
Just like how Soul Society later used a chair to control the range of Aizen's spiritual pressure, it was to suppress the influence range of Kyōka Suigetsu.
Otherwise, how would you know that the person sitting in the chair wasn't Momo Hinamori?
Yamabuki suddenly activated Shunpo, dashing away at an extremely fast speed. Furuoki Ōtogawa inwardly cursed, "Not good," and quickly followed. The two, one after another, chased from the Seireitei all the way to Rukongai.
Yamabuki's spiritual pressure was far superior to his opponent's, and his speed was naturally faster. After dashing for about ten minutes, Yamabuki suddenly felt a warm current spread throughout his body. It seemed that the strange curse had been temporarily lifted.
Furuoki Ōtogawa's speed was also not slow, but there was still a gap compared to Yamabuki. When he arrived at Yamabuki's location, he was surprised to find that Yamabuki had disappeared.
"Damn it! He must have realized that his bad luck was due to me influencing him. He's now escaped the range of my spiritual pressure interference," Furuoki Ōtogawa said unwillingly.
He hadn't seen this young man lose everything yet, how could it end like this?
Suddenly, a hand gently patted Furuoki Ōtogawa's shoulder, startling him into turning around immediately.
But he saw nothing.
"Since you've found me, then come out!" Furuoki Ōtogawa shouted sternly.
Yamabuki stood far away, watching Furuoki Ōtogawa. To prevent Furuoki Ōtogawa's Bankai ability from continuing to take effect, Yamabuki stood very far away. After estimation, Furuoki Ōtogawa's ability would affect people within two hundred meters.
Beyond that, his spiritual pressure wouldn't reach.
"Finally, we meet, Furuoki Ōtogawa." Yamabuki looked at Furuoki Ōtogawa. Although Furuoki Ōtogawa had made him suffer greatly, Yamabuki was not actually angry.
This was a future teammate, and the stronger his teammate's abilities, the happier he was.
Furuoki Ōtogawa looked at Yamabuki with a cold expression: "It seems I've been exposed. In that case, I have no choice but to kill you here and get my money back."
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