206 [Sponsored] Steve Chapter 205

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The specific situation at the Repentance will not be discussed for now.

The camera shifts back to Fang Mo.

As mentioned earlier, he is not actually good at sensing spiritual pressure, so he really had to put in effort to find Yoruichi.

Because there are no shortcuts, Fang Mo had no choice but to use the Repentance and Sōkyoku Hill as the center points and specifically chose remote places to search.

Of course, searching was actually quite simple and crude.

It's nothing more than opening the mini-map and then using the biological radar to search for the other party's chibi avatar.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't run far. After searching for about half an hour, Fang Mo finally successfully found the place where they were hiding.

It was an abandoned hillside.

Judging from the chibi avatars on Steve's biological radar, Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoruichi Shihouin should be hiding in this mountain, but Fang Mo didn't find the specific secret door.

After thinking about it, Fang Mo directly gave Steve a pickaxe and started digging straight down on the spot.

Only sissies dig slanted tunnels down to bedrock to make fish-bone-shaped caves.

Real men just freaking dig straight down!

If the worst comes to worst, just die!

If you accidentally fall into lava, it's not too late to cry like a woman after all your diamonds and equipment have turned to ash.

After digging down about a hundred blocks or so, there was suddenly emptiness under Steve's feet.

However, Fang Mo's reaction speed was extremely fast, and before he even started falling, he had already retracted his Stand.

Then, he slowly floated down himself.

This was an extremely large cave, or it might be inaccurate to describe it as a cave. It's really quite huge, and there's even sky and sunshine inside, probably the product of some magic... or Kido.

Fang Mo quickly glanced around and soon found Ichigo Kurosaki, who was fighting something.

And Yoruichi Shihouin, who was watching the fight from not far away.

It must be said, cats' senses are really keen. Yoruichi noticed Fang Mo as soon as he started flying down, and her expression immediately became serious.

Fang Mo originally wanted to directly use the gravity field and Wood Release to control Yoruichi, but upon second thought, he worried that she might be like the game's leopard cat. Chasing her and feeding her fish wouldn't work; you have to wait for her to approach voluntarily for the taming to succeed.

In that case, he couldn't be too harsh with her.

So Fang Mo didn't make a move against her, but instead deliberately landed next to Ichigo Kurosaki.

"You…"

Ichigo Kurosaki was a bit surprised when he saw Fang Mo.

However, before he could say anything, the materialized form of Zangetsu (his sword spirit) struck him directly with a blade. Feeling the pain, Ichigo had no choice but to block the attack with his own sword, and the two immediately started fighting.

Yes, Ichigo Kurosaki is currently undergoing training to master his Bankai. Yoruichi Shihouin had introduced something called "Tenshintai" that could materialize the wielder's Zanpakuto. As long as one passed the test set by their manifested Zanpakuto and gained its acknowledgment, they could use the power of Bankai.

However, passing this test was not easy.

The test Zangetsu set for Ichigo was to find the real Zangetsu among countless blades stuck in the ground; otherwise, the two would continue to fight endlessly.

The problem was that Ichigo was currently at a disadvantage.

He kept pulling out various weapons, but they shattered as soon as he struck. Zangetsu showed no mercy, quickly leaving Ichigo covered in cuts and forced into a retreat.

Seeing this, Fang Mo couldn't help but tease.

"Are you even capable, you runt?"

As Fang Mo said this, Ichigo was knocked to the ground. However, Zangetsu didn't hold back and struck again, only for the blade to be caught by a hand.

"Hmm?"

Zangetsu frowned and looked up at Fang Mo.

"You want to intervene in our test?" Zangetsu said, frowning, "Ichigo must pass the test himself. I won't recognize any other method."

"No, no, no, I had no intention of intervening in your fight," Fang Mo shook his head and laughed, "I just thought... you look quite familiar, like a friend I had a thousand years ago."

Zangetsu went silent.

"What?" Ichigo, who was confused, said as he got up, "Did you mistake him? Zangetsu is my Zanpakuto..."

"No, he's not," Fang Mo directly contradicted Ichigo, then continued, "He is Yhwach from Harbin, his favorite food is cantaloupe."

"…What?" Ichigo was dumbfounded.

What on earth was he talking about? This was absurd.

To be honest, Ichigo even doubted Fang Mo's sanity, but when he looked at Zangetsu's face, the expression made him pause.

Complex, confused, heavy.

That's what Ichigo saw on his face.

"Zangetsu, you..."

"Who are you?" Zangetsu ignored Ichigo and looked directly at Fang Mo, "Why do you know all this?"

"I'm your most loyal subordinate, Your Majesty," Fang Mo cheerfully said, "For the sake of expressing my undying loyalty to you, even if the whole world becomes your enemy, I'm willing to charge into battle, to fight against the entire world for you."

"I'm sorry, I have no desire to make the whole world my enemy," Zangetsu said.

"That's okay! I'll help you!" Fang Mo waved his hand energetically, "I even inscribed praises for you on a Sekkiseki just now. Your Majesty, see how loyal I am... By the way, do you need a golden toilet?"

"It seems... you really do know me very well," Zangetsu looked at Fang Mo, and his aura slowly started to change, "But you are not as loyal to me as you say, you're just pleasing yourself. You... are destined to become my enemy."

"No, no, no, I have no intention of being your enemy."

Fang Mo said with a smile, "The position on this golden toilet has been vacant for too long. I really want to find someone to sit on it. Don't worry, as long as you're willing to sit on it, I guarantee that the entire Zero Division will swear loyalty to you, and everyone in the Three Realms will be grateful to you."

"Are you trying to make me the keystone to stabilize the world?" Uncle Zangetsu said.

"What else?" Fang Mo shrugged. "You can also turn into a long black-haired, differently colored, cat-eared loli and beg me. I might really offer you my loyalty, although I can't guarantee that this loyalty won't degrade over time."

"…I am not entirely Yhwach."

After a long silence, Uncle Zangetsu finally spoke, "Saying these things to me is pointless, whether it's to please yourself or to try and anger me. After all, I am now just a power within Ichigo."

"You say you're Ichigo's power."

Fang Mo looked at Uncle Zangetsu and said, "I've never seen anyone's inner power that doesn't want their owner to become stronger but instead wants them to stay away from battle. You even suppressed his other powers just to leak a little through the gaps for him to use."

"That's to prevent Ichigo from becoming my enemy."

Uncle Zangetsu said, "The only outcome of being my enemy is death. I don't want to see him die in vain."

"What?"

Ichigo Kurosaki, who was not far away and listening to the conversation, was also puzzled. He looked at his Zanpakutō and said, "Uncle Zangetsu, what do you mean by dying in vain? What's this about becoming your enemy? What are you guys talking about?"

"Ichigo, you don't need to know this now."

Uncle Zangetsu obviously didn't want to tell him and directly raised his weapon, "If you want to achieve Bankai now, you must gain my approval. You will understand the rest later."

"But…"

Ichigo Kurosaki was even more confused.

However, Uncle Zangetsu didn't give him a chance to think and probably didn't want to talk to Fang Mo anymore. He charged directly at Ichigo, swords clashing, and they began fighting again.

At this moment, Yoruichi Shihouin also came over.

"Do you know that guy?" Yoruichi frowned, "Who are you? Why do you know so much?"

"Would you believe me if I told you now?" Fang Mo glanced at Yoruichi and countered, "If I said I had a grudge against that guy a thousand years ago and am here for revenge, would you believe me?"

"Alright."

Yoruichi nodded. She really couldn't believe what Fang Mo was saying. After all, from the beginning, not a single word he said was true. He's powerful and knows everything, but nobody knows anything about him.

How could Yoruichi possibly believe such a mysterious existence?

"However, you can rest assured."

While Yoruichi was pondering, Fang Mo spoke again, "I really have no malice toward you; otherwise, you would already be dead."

"Is that so?"

Yoruichi looked at him without committing one way or the other.

Although he has no malice, his sudden appearance... could likely have some ulterior motives. Yoruichi quickly thought about the Hōgyoku.

But just at that moment, Yoruichi suddenly felt an odd sensation. She instinctively looked back and found a strange pixel-style small fish floating in mid-air behind her.

Before Yoruichi had time to think, her body suddenly erupted with pixel-style red hearts. Meanwhile, Fang Mo clenched his fist and inexplicably shouted something like 'Success,' confusing Yoruichi, who had no idea what he was happy about.

But, well…

When Yoruichi turned to look at Fang Mo, she suddenly felt that he seemed more agreeable.