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Chapter 107 - Rukia's Bankai?

As he activated Senjutsu, Tatsuma maintained the structure of Rukia's soul and slowly repaired the wound.

After that, he took out a small bottle from his storage space. This was the Phenex Tears he had snatched from Riser's Queen, Yubelluna, a month ago when he participated in the Rating Game.

As the most precious recovery item in the Underworld, Phenex Tears can heal a person's entire injuries in a short period of time and are priceless.

Opening the bottle cap and giving it to Rukia, Tatsuma also activated magic to repair her soul.

Senjutsu + Magic + Phenex Tears.

With the combined power of the three, the gap in Rukia's soul was quickly repaired, and she woke up from her coma.

"Tatsuma, what did you just do?"

Recalling the experience she had just gone through, Rukia covered her head with an expression of lingering fear.

"I feel like my soul was stabbed, and a huge gap was torn open."

Tatsuma said, "That means your intuition is very accurate."

"?"

What does that mean?

Rukia was stunned for a moment, then looked up and met Tatsuma's gaze.

After a few seconds, she took a deep breath and asked, "Just in case, I'll ask, how did you take out the hōgyoku?"

Tatsuma said, "The simplest way to take something out of a safe is to open a hole in the safe."

"Are you trying to kill me!"

"Don't worry, there will be no sequelae."

Rukia complained in dissatisfaction, "Is this about whether there are sequelae? Even if you didn't have any other way, you should have at least said something before you did it."

Being mentally prepared to be cut and being suddenly stabbed without preparation are two completely different things.

Her soul being torn apart without any warning, Rukia still felt a faint phantom pain when she recalled it now.

Tatsuma said, "Don't be angry. Actually, I was trying to distract you before I did it."

"Were you? I feel like you didn't do anything."

"Your feeling is right, because I didn't think of anything."

"..."

Since you've said that, what else can I say?

Looking at the unmoving Tatsuma in front of her, Rukia lost all strength and means, her expression resentful.

There was nothing she could do, after all, she was the one who had actively suggested that Tatsuma help her take out the hōgyoku. No matter how dissatisfied she was, she could only complain verbally a few times and couldn't pursue it further.

At this moment, Tatsuma seemed to have a change of heart, and raised a finger to suggest, "How about this? I'll help you with activating potential as compensation."

"Huh! Is that possible?" Rukia's attention was instantly diverted.

After getting Tatsuma's confirmation, Rukia immediately showed a change of expression.

"Oh dear. Tatsuma, you should have said so earlier. It was all a misunderstanding just now, I was just talking nonsense after waking up, don't mind it."

Xenovia, who had been watching from the side, couldn't help but speak up, "It's not that humble, is it?"

Rukia retorted, "I think you are the one who doesn't understand."

The scene of Tatsuma helping Ichigo awaken when they first met was still vivid in her mind. Although Tatsuma's subsequent help in awakening Orihime didn't result in such astonishing improvement, the change was still visible to the naked eye.

Now that the opportunity for a strength bosst was right in front of her, she had to consider if this might be the only opportunity in her life.

Restoring the glory of the Kuchiki clan is her duty.

"Tatsuma, let's begin!"

"Don't rush, I'll prepare."

Tatsuma opened the trait inventory and asked while flipping through it, "Rukia, what do you want to do with the hōgyoku?"

Rukia said, "I'm giving it to you. Keeping it would only bring me trouble."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Tatsuma's finger paused, shifting from the white trait in front of him to the blue trait area.

[Ice Element Affinity (Blue): Moderately increases ice element affinity, moderately increases ice element resistance, speeds up learning ice-attribute skills.]

Hmm... this one's good.

[Trait granted successfully. Click to view target panel.]

[Rukia Kuchiki]

[Race: Shinigami]

[Strength: Level 3]

[Traits: Kidō Mastery (Blue), Ice Element Affinity (Blue), Sode no Shirayuki (Purple), Extraordinary Soul (Purple)]

[Kidō Mastery (Blue): Greatly speeds up Kidō training.]

[Sode no Shirayuki (Purple): A Zanpakutō fused with the soul, possessing Shikai and Bankai, two stages of release. Deep development can yield numerous uses.]

[Extraordinary Soul (Purple): A soul that has evolved under the influence of the hōgyoku. Moderately increases total Reiatsu, training effect +300%.]

"Ohhh... Power is surging out."

Rukia looked excited, carefully sensing the continuously growing Reiatsu within her body.

After a few seconds, the momentum around her stopped increasing, and her Reiatsu had increased by about fifty percent.

Besides that, Rukia felt that the connection between her and her Zanpakutō had deepened significantly. Vaguely, she felt as if her Zanpakutō was calling her name.

Bankai?

A word she had never dared to think about in her daily life suddenly popped into Rukia's mind.

Sode no Shirayuki was different from ordinary Zanpakutō. The Zanpakuto spirit preferred to stay quietly by itself.

In this situation, Sode no Shirayuki calling out to meet her?

The only possibility Rukia could think of was Bankai.

Thinking of this, Rukia's spirit was roused. She immediately drew her Zanpakutō and sat down on the spot.

"Tatsuma, I'm going to meet Sode no Shirayuki. We can talk about the hōgyoku and Aizen later."

"Alright."

Tatsuma nodded slightly, raising his hand to set up a barrier around Rukia to prevent her from being disturbed.

After that, he turned his head to look at Xenovia, who was watching from the side. "Do you want to awaken too?"

"If I can become stronger, then of course I do."

Xenovia unbuttoned her top, revealing a pair of pure white, flawless treasures.

"Come on, I know the rules. To become stronger, you have to pay a price, right? If it's you, I can accept it."

"...?"

What exactly did you understand?

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