Bleach : I Need To Rizz To Become Stronger ?!

Shin looked at Sarugaki Hiyori, now clearly assuming a combat stance, and sighed.

"Why does everything have to escalate into a fight so fast?"

He hadn't even exited his Gigai yet, and when Hiyori lunged toward him, he simply shifted slightly to the side—easily evading her strike.

Hiyori's pupils shrank.

If this guy was a Shinigami and still inside a Gigai, then how the hell was he this fast?

She immediately grew alert, gripping her Zanpakutō tightly.

She'd once been the lieutenant of the Twelfth Division. She knew exactly where her own limits were—and there was no way a regular Shinigami could dodge her that smoothly, especially not while still wearing a Gigai.

Just how powerful was this man?

"We haven't really talked yet, have we?" Shin raised his hands in a half-shrug. "You've already decided I'm the enemy?"

Hiyori frowned deeper, her small figure radiating a surprisingly strong aura.

"What exactly do you want to talk about?" she asked flatly.

Yadōmaru Lisa stood off to the side, composed as ever, though her sharp gaze never left Shin.

Shin spoke slowly, calmly:

"You were the ones who followed me. And now you're drawing your blades? Whatever your reasons, don't you think this is more than a little unfair?"

Hiyori scoffed. "So you do know who we are?"

"More or less," Shin replied.

Her face darkened. She raised her sword. "Then there's nothing left to say. You should know why we can't just let you walk away now."

Shin chuckled softly.

"And you think if you don't let me leave, that solves your problem? If I disappear, my people will come investigating. Thoroughly. You think that's less dangerous for you?"

Hiyori narrowed her eyes. "And letting you go solves it?"

"That depends on how cooperative you are."

She snorted derisively.

Behind her, Lisa now also took a Soul Candy. Her soul left the Gigai—like Hiyori, she too wielded a blade, though wore no Shihakushō.

Shin shook his head slowly.

"So this is how it is. Two on one. You outnumber me, think you're stronger… and now you're going to force me, huh?"

Hiyori didn't like it either. She wished this whole situation hadn't happened. But it had, and now she had to think of the others. Of their safety.

They couldn't let this man leave.

Shin continued:

"So, if I do the same thing to you… you won't have any right to complain."

As he spoke, Shin suddenly fell backward, flat onto the ground. At the same instant, his soul rose from the Gigai—no Soul Candy, no device, nothing.

Hiyori and Lisa were both momentarily stunned. But when they saw his attire—just a plain Shihakushō, no lieutenant's badge—they relaxed a little.

Then a wave of spiritual pressure erupted outward like an invisible tide. A reishi barrier spread across the area, enclosing them in an instant.

Hiyori and Lisa exchanged glances.

They both struck.

Boom!

At the very moment they moved, a spiritual pressure of immense density exploded outward like a falling mountain. Both of them froze in place, muscles locking up, limbs trembling.

Their eyes widened. Their bodies refused to respond.

They couldn't even stay standing properly.

Second-Grade Reiatsu.

That kind of pressure exceeded even most captains.

Shin strolled forward, stopping before Hiyori. With a smile, he flicked her on the forehead.

"Can we talk now?"

He then turned to Lisa, gently lifting her chin and brushing his fingers beneath it. He removed her glasses.

"These don't suit you. Try a different pair."

Honestly, they didn't match her look. She looked much better without them. Lisa was already a beautiful woman—sleek metal frames would probably suit her much more.

Using her glasses, Shin tugged her collar open slightly and peeked inside.

Not bad.

"What the hell do you think you're doing to Lisa?!" Hiyori barked furiously from the side.

Lisa remained expressionless.

"It's pointless, Hiyori. A lust-starved dog like him—it's obvious what he wants. We're completely immobilized right now. He can do whatever he wants. I didn't know he was into bondage play too. Hiyori, I think you're next. He probably won't be put off by your childish body. Might even excite him more. Looks like he's a pervert and a pedophile."

Shin patted her cheek lightly with the glasses and smiled.

"You talk like that, and if I don't do something, it'd almost be a waste."

Lisa replied flatly:

"We're already helpless. There's no need to act coy. Do what you want—no matter how rough or depraved. It's not like we can stop you."

Hiyori's jaw twitched. Hearing Lisa say these things in front of someone else felt more torturous than being subdued.

Then, just as suddenly as it came, the crushing spiritual pressure vanished.

Hiyori immediately dropped back, panting, sword raised, eyes full of wariness. She didn't know what Shin planned next.

"Lisa!"

She glanced back. Lisa was still frozen in place. Was she still being affected by the pressure?

Shin said calmly:

"How about a trade?"

He looked over Lisa's shoulder at Hiyori.

"What kind of trade?"

"I'll let you go… but your friend stays."

Hiyori's face contorted in rage. "Like hell!"

Shin raised an eyebrow. "Like hell what? You think you can stop me? You thought this was a negotiation?"

Hiyori lunged at him again, blade coming down hard.

Shin blocked it with a single finger.

Her Zanpakutō collided with something impossibly dense, and the backlash numbed her entire arm.

Ting!

With a flick of his finger, Shin launched her backward several meters.

She barely caught her footing, eyes wide with disbelief.

Lisa's expression flickered with thought.

"Who the hell are you?!"

Shin replied, "You can call me Takigawa Shin."

Hiyori stared at his casual posture. "Since when did Soul Society have someone like you?"

Shin answered unhurriedly:

"You've been gone forty years. Think you still know everything? A lot can change. For example, the current lieutenant of the Eighth Division—her glasses are way sexier than yours. And the new lieutenant of Twelfth? Gorgeous."

Too bad he hadn't had the chance to get to know them.

Hiyori's face twisted. "You do know who we are."

There was no doubt now—this man was from their era. Back then, she and Lisa had both been lieutenants. They'd been known in Seireitei.

And back then… he'd probably been a nobody.

But how had someone like that reached this kind of strength in just forty years?

Shin's voice cut in again.

"Think carefully. This is your only shot at running back to fetch help."

Asking Hiyori to abandon Lisa and run back alone? Unthinkable.

"It's no use, Hiyori," Lisa said quietly.

"Go. If one of us has to be sacrificed to satisfy this guy, let it be me."

"You freak! Even now you're saying shit like that?!" Hiyori shouted.

Shin looked at her. "So. Are you leaving or not?"