Ciao for now

(Yamamoto POV)

I went over the new Essence skill I created. It was a good investment.

Essence of the Home:

- You gain a personal home that exists outside of reality and beyond the reach of most entities. This home is practically impenetrable to any being you do not want inside, even a supreme deity could not pierce the barriers in place on this property.

- The home can be of your design or you can let it surprise you by generating itself based on your needs and wants so it fits itself to you perfectly. As your needs change and grow the home will expand with new facilities as needed.

- The home takes care of the basic utilities automatically and requires no connection to any preexisting infrastructure to function. In addition, it has functionally infinite supplies of whatever mundane food and drink you could desire.

- While inside the home you and anyone you bring will not age, have any basic needs, or suffer from illnesses.

- You may optionally have the home create servants to tend to it while you are gone, you also may give the home sapience to manage things. The home is utterly and unwaveringly devoted to you. It cannot be influenced to change its mind otherwise.

- This home has the capability to travel through the multiverse and can give you passage practically anywhere. It can insert itself into these places or simply open a portal for you to travel through.

- Any additional essences will add functionality to this one in the form of additional rooms and facilities depending on what the essence was.

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I decided against creating a Multiversal Quest skill. I didn't need more rewards anyway. If I wanted SP, I would just hibernate in the Time ID and sleep for a few thousand years. So I was in possession of three Essence skills at the moment.

10'735'076'166'446 SP -> 735'076'166'446 SP was what I had left after I created the Essence of the Home skill.

[Essence of the Home: Rank S - 10'000'000'000'000 SP]

Now I was waiting for the monk to turn up. I was unhappy since I met him all those years ago. He dared to get between me and my opponent. He has quite the balls to get between a Hamna and his prey. I'll get my due now. Since I have seen the future with my Haki, I saved my current self.

[Previous Self Load: Rank C]

I trained the skill a bit. It was quite sad, I had to sacrifice quite a bit of my SP for that because when I load my previous self, I also go back to the exact SP amount I had back then. But it is worth it in the end. I have to make sure I don't miscalculate and just jump into this fight without thought. Although there is no way that Ichibe Hyosube could take away the powers of my Essence.

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Suddenly a black portal appears in front of me and the man himself walks out. Manako Osho, the Monk who calls the true name, Ichibe Hyosube. He has his calligraphy brush on his back and that smile that speaks of arrogance and superiority. My indifference results in me having a very passive expression. But unlike Saitama, it is not boredom, but something mysterious that you can see. I am unimpressed by the performance of Ichibe. Not much ever surprises me anymore.

"Well well well, we meet again. Yamamoto Shigekuni."

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"It's good that you're here. I was getting tired of killing so many weak Hollows.", I say.

"Oh? You were baiting me? Interesting. Why would you be interested in doing that?"

"I am interested in getting a good fight. You seem like the best bet I can get in this world."

Ichibe tilts his head slightly. It would seem that he is surprised or confused by me. He must have never been challenged before. Well, that does make sense. His age must be at least 1 million years old, similar to the Soul King.

"You are quite arrogant. Interesting.", he says with a very big toothy grin.

"It takes one to know one. Now are you ready?", I say and get into a position. We're going to fight after all. I want to enjoy this to the fullest. Zanpakuto can wait for now. First, we'll fight mano a mano.

"What a sad man you are. Already trying to reach higher than intended for you. I see that I will have to teach you some humility.", Ichibe says and takes his brush from his back. He then walks a few steps towards me and draws a line ... into the sand. Then he walks back a bit and draws another line into the sand. I look at him with a questioning gaze and he smiles.

"I will defeat you within this space. From here to here.", he says and points at the two lines.

I deadpan at him for a moment and then purse my lips. I raise my leg for a moment and then stomp on the ground causing all of hte sand to whirl into the air and settle differently than they were before. This effectively causes the two lines to disappear.

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"Well ... what a strange man you are. It will be really necessary to show you your place."

"Are ... you coming on to me?"

"... what?"

"Let's just fight, this is taking far too long.", I say and get ready. He has a malicious and bloodthirsty grin on his face and prepares himself as well.

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*Swoosh*

*Booom*

We attack at the same time and our fists meet in the middle. A shockwave causes the sand to fly into the air. I match the monk for every blow. Even with my physical strength heavily restricted, I am still strong enough to handle the man. He is slightly surprised at my power. I can feel his emotion with my Haki and know what he will do next.

He uses Hakuda, or a version of Hakuda and tries to get the upper hand in this exchange. But he is not ready for my martial arts. Using Flowing Rock Smashing Fist, I redirect every blow and hit him with his own force. He is surprised when I do this the first time.

"Oh, how surprising. What martial arts is that? I think I'll have to take this for myself.", he says and smiles again. I don't say anything and just wait for his next attack. He uses Shunpo and flashes towards me. His speed is very fast and much faster than any Shinigami I sparred against in the simulations. His palm impacts my stomach and sends me flying back. But it isn't his physical palm that hits me.

"Senri Tsūtenshō", he says and a large hand manifests to push me away with extreme force. As I am flying, Ichibe flashes towards me and watches with amusement as I am 'unable' to stop. He then does this again. Another giant palm manifests above me and Ichibe slams it down.

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The palm slams into me and sends me flying to the ground. The monk doesn't stop there however and uses the technique with his leg. A giant leg appears and slams into me again. But he still isn't satisfied and due to his wounded pride uses the technique once more. He claps his hands together and 'crushes' me from both sides.

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(3rd Person POV)

Ichibe lands on the ground and scratches his head.

"Well, it would seem that I wasn't quite right with my guess. He got defeated much further back than I thought. Oh well.", Ichibe says and turns his back to Yamamoto's body.

"That was a pretty cool technique you used. I wonder if I could do that too.", the voice of Yamamoto is heard as he pulls himself out of the crater.

Ichibe turns around with wide eyes. It would appear no amount of wisdom can calculate Yamamoto and he didn't see this coming. Ichibe watches as Yamamoto tries to replicate the technique by clapping his hands together and stomping on the ground. No matter what Ichibe says, Yamamoto is concentrated and doesn't pay him any attention. This of course enrages Ichibe and he attacks again.

"Senri Tsūtenshō", Ichibe says and a palm much bigger than the first time appears and slams into Yamamoto. But Yamamoto doesn't pay any attention to him and just keeps clapping.

"Ahh thank you for showing it to me again. So, like this? No no no it was more like that ... hmm."

Rage is what Ichibe feels right now.

"I see. That's unfortunate. I guess ... I'll have to kill you now.", Ichibe states and his eyes turn completely white.

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Ichibe takes his Zanpakuto from his back. The calligraphy brush is still in its sealed state he uses his fast Shunpo and arrives before Yamamoto who has his hand raised and makes a slamming motion. Ichibe swings his Zanpakuto and hits the hand of Yamamoto, which does the motion.

*BOOM*

At that exact moment, a giant representation of Yamamoto's hand falls on Ichibe and slams him into the ground ... hard.

"Oh, I did it.", Yamamoto exclaims with a happy smile on his face.

He looks around and tries to locate Ichibe. After using Haki he finds him in a deep crater, which has the form of his palm.

"Oi, are you alive? I did it. Thanks for showing me that.", Yamamoto says and then inspects his hand. He can feel that the strength has been slightly lowered and that interests him. After waiting for a moment he can feel two things.

First, his skill [Linguistics Manipulation Immunity: Rank D+], has risen slightly. It would seem that that the moment Ichimonji made contact with his hands, it cut its name and therefore also its power. But not by half. And that brings him to the second thing he can feel.

Second: It feels like the power of Ichimonji didn't manage to 'cut' the name of his hand in half and only 'smeared' the ink on half of its name. It feels like the ink is sprayed on his name and makes it hard to read but you know it is still there. That is also why he can feel his strength coming back as the ink 'disappears'.

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After a few minutes, Ichibe is back on his feet and Yamamoto's hand is once again called a hand. The skill [Linguistics Manipulation Immunity: Rank C-] has reached Rank C-. Ichibe however, is very angry right now. His eyes are fully white and he has his killing intent unleashed. He takes Ichimonji and swings it horizontally, releasing his Zanpakuto finally.

"Blacken ... Ichimonji!"

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The brush transforms into the form of a somewhat short glaive, with the top portion taking the form of a short, single-edged blade reminiscent of the tip of a chokuto, attached to the long brush handle. Additionally, a large halo of black ink appears in the air behind Ichibe.

Yamamoto unsheaths his Zanpakuto and blocks the attack from Ichibe. Their swords clash. This goes on for a while, with Ichibe attacking and Yamamoto simply blocking his attacks. Whenever Ichibe swings Ichimonji, its blade releases ink and that ink splashes on Yamamoto and his Zanpakuto.

[Linguistics Manipulation Immunity: Rank C]

Ichibe was angry. So angry in fact that he didn't even explain the power of his Zanpakuto. Something that he would always do if he fought against someone. But he didn't do that now. Yamamoto could feel the ink spraying on his 'true name' and it became harder to read. But he didn't stop fighting. He actually got a bit excited as he felt a bit threatened. It would appear that the possibility of losing his name was not scary for him, but exciting. So it happened that his skill activated once again.

[Situational Supreme Accelerated Development: Rank S]

A big smile formed on his face as the necessary emotion rose in his heart and he could enjoy this situation. He continued to slash at Ichibe and used his speed which was gradually decreasing to hit him. After going at it like this for a few minutes, Yamamoto was entirely covered in ink.

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Suddenly Ichibe begins to chant. "Oh Twilight, and everlasting darkness, come to me, come and have a drink, and once you do, your life will fade. The flowers will bloom along the road to hell. Where are the fish, let me paint them black, cut them into eight, and cook them well atop a flame of black, and then enjoy the meal. All that's left are bones of white, make them a gravestone, and pay respect. May they never be reborn again, so that you won't be sacrificed as food."

While chanting an incantation, Ichibe creates concentric circles of darkness on the ground by swinging Ichimonji around him before stabbing Ichimonji into the floor, creating a large mausoleum with a fence in front on top of shattered gravestones out of the blackness.

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"This technique takes away all of the darkness in you, including your flesh, blood, and bones, until nothing is left; your destruction is so absolute that your soul will not even reincarnate in the Human World. You shouldn't have been so arrogant. For your arrogance was your undoing.", Ichibe said and then drank the sake cup filled with darkness.

However ... as Ichibe drinks the cup something he didn't expect happens. The place where Yamamoto's body is begins to heat up. The ink slowly begins to heat up and steam slowly rises. Ichibe narrows his eyes and watches as all the ink around and on Yamamoto slowly recedes and ... evaporates!!

Yamamoto has the skill [Existence Erasure Immunity: Rank B+] and [Linguistics Manipulation Immunity: Rank B-] has reached Rank B-. Ichibe's technique ... doesn't work. And not only that, Yamamoto has burned away all of the ink that covered him and his true name with his power. The air begins to heat up further and the steam increases. Yamamoto stands there looking at Ichibe with a grin on his face. He was enjoying himself.

"Bankai ... Mugen no Tachi!" (*1)

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Mugen no Tachi - Longsword of the Limitless Flame

Zanka = Remnant Flame

Mugen = limitless or endless (but in the context, it can be interpreted as Limitless Flame)