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Ren finally descended from the Soul King's Palace 5 hours later and landed in the center of Seireitei. Ren immediately returned to the 8th division and brought the manual to Tier and the others. He passed it to them before returning to his room to do work of his own.

Any administrative work that he needed to do was just signing his name of papers or forms that Kyou had already working on and just needed his signature. The reason he entered his office was to create copies of the different breathing styles. He wanted to make sure that each of his officers had a style that suited them so he wrote down 3 copies of each one.

Even though he knew which ones suited them best, it was still a matter of personal preference. Ren decided to give Shin and Baiken a chance to pick their own techniques. It took Ren 3 hours to finish all the copies. By the time he was done, it was already past midnight.

Wanted to see if anyone was awake, Ren went to visit his various officers but all of them were asleep except for Tier. When Ren entered the dungeon, the woman was practicing diligently like always. Tenderness flashed through the man's eyes.

"Tier. Rest. You have been working hard ever since I got back."

Tier looked over at Ren but did not answer. She continued to swing her blade in steady repeating movements.

Knowing that he could not convince her to do anything, Ren walked behind Tier and held her at her hips while whispering in her ears.

"Would you like some help with your sword training? Or perhaps do some other type of nightly training?"

Tier finally lost her cool expression for a moment before she rolled her eyes at Ren.

"So that is what you were after. And here I was thinking that you were concerned about me."

Getting a response, Ren felt overjoyed. Tier would usually ignore anyone who was trying to interrupt her training, even him. The number of times he had been able to pull her out from her trance while training could not be counted to more than 100 times in 500 years.

"Haha. I am concerned about you but I also know that you will take care of yourself for the sake of me and the others. You wouldn't let yourself become a burden since you believe in making sure everyone is fine."

Tier looked back at Ren for a moment and felt that the man knew her personality well. She turned her eyes forward and continued training. Ren could only let out a sigh that he had fallen for this woman who was so stoic.

'She had stolen my heart and I have stolen hers. I know that she is not doing this on purpose but I would prefer some more emotion at least.'

"So why did you come in here? You would usually just come in to check on me before going to sleep."

"My darling. Do you think I only come to look for you when I need something?"

"Besides favors, sex, or missions? Yep. Only those 3 things."

Her words were like an arrow going through his chest. Even though he had won her heart, it was still pretty frozen and the woman was a Kuudere with a strong emphasis on the Kuu.

'I think I have only seen here cute side at night.'

Ren took out the 14 manuals from the sack on his pack and placed them before Tier. He then explained the purpose and specialty of each one.

Hearing all of the different breathing methods and their styles, Tier quickly looked through each one of them. Unsurprisingly she chose the water style.

"Thanks, Ren."

Ren would not miss the opportunity the flirt with the blonde beauty.

"What thanks is there needed between couples? If you really want to thank me though, I would love to see all your new tattoos in a very close manner."

Hearing him start to flirt, Tier rolled her eyes once more before pushing Ren away.

"Goodnight, Ren."

'Ah. Once again, this woman pushes me away once she is done with me. And she said I only look for her when I need something.'

"Night, Tier."

With a flash, he was gone. Tier looked at the spot where he had disappeared from for a moment before she started practicing Hwan Hwan Shin Bo.

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The next morning, Ren passed out the various breathing methods to each of his officers. They all chose the method that he had expected of them. The only exception was Baiken.

She had picked up the Sun Breathing Technique. Ren tried to convince her to change her mind but the girl was stubborn. He could only get her to compromise by having her practice the Mist and Sun styles so she could have a backup method.

All the members practiced their respective breathing techniques under the guide of Ren. For the few months, this continued until Cyan became sufficiently proficient in the Bin technique