Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 573 You look so cute when you're fierce

Kuchiki Ginrei has always allowed Yoruichi to get close to Byakuya, which is not without the intention of letting Byakuya train.

However, it had little effect, and every time Yoruichi made him so angry that he jumped up and down.

Yuko bent down to pick up the wooden sword that had been knocked down and casually tossed it back to Byakuya.

"The idea of ​​changing tactics is good," Yuko nodded in approval, "but the intention of the feint is still a bit too obvious."

"Just like how you can never catch up with Yoruichi with Shunpo, you need to occasionally change your rigid thinking and make your brain more active."

Yoruichi raised her hand again: "Let me correct you, even if he changes his thinking, he still can't keep up with me."

Yu Zi glanced at her sideways: "Can't you shut up even if you're eating?"

Yoruichi wasn't angry at all, and happily munched on her pastries.

Byakuya forced himself to turn around and cause trouble for Yoruichi, breathing lightly and licking his lips: "Want to change our approach?"

“Yes, your posture should be more natural,” Yu Zi corrected. “A rigid, formulaic approach may seem powerful, but it’s actually incredibly stiff. If you encounter a stronger opponent, it will make you lose even faster.”

"But if your movements are a little more natural and casual, and your focus is a little less scattered, you should be able to improve."

I was completely confused by the first half of Byakuya's sentence, but I couldn't understand the second half at all.

"Teacher Yuko, shouldn't you concentrate when fighting someone?"

“That’s true, but you’re focusing a little too much,” Yu Zi smiled helplessly. “That’s the idea behind the saying ‘too much of a good thing’.”

"No matter what it is, try not to pursue perfection."

"Not pursuing the ultimate..." Byakuya suddenly felt that what Yuko said was completely different from what he had always heard.

Whether it's swordsmanship, the way of the devil, or aristocratic etiquette, he strives to do his best. But Teacher Yuko says that the best is not necessarily good.

Ikuko mimicked Byakuya's movements, swinging her wooden sword with measured precision: "Thinking about it, Byakuya does seem to have this kind of personality, doesn't he?"

"Once he's made up his mind about something, it's hard to change it, which is why Yoruichi always manages to trick him."

"No, no, that's not it!" Byakuya retorted, his face flushed. "I just don't like that weird cat."

Yu Zi broke out in a cold sweat: "Isn't that the best proof?"

"Although Yoruichi can be quite irritating at times, even animals like dogs or cats should calm down and reflect when they keep trying and failing."

Upon hearing this, Kuchiki Ginryo nodded slightly, not wanting to disturb the others, and turned to leave the dojo.

That's enough. Hearing that is enough to prove that Miss Tsugikuni is an excellent teacher.

With a single sentence, he pointed out Byakuya's current weakness.

It's not a matter of talent or lack of effort, but rather an inability to calm down and focus.

Kuchiki Byakuya gripped the wooden sword tighter, as if Ikuko had hit a nerve.

Yuko shook her head and pointed to Yoruichi, who was watching with a gossipy expression: "Hooray, it's because Byakuya always falls for it that that idiot keeps teasing you."

Kuchiki Byakuya opened his mouth as if to speak, then remained silent for a long while before finally organizing his thoughts: "But, that strange cat is so awful!"

As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Yoruichi.

“Yes, there are a lot of annoying people in this world, and a lot of people you want to beat up.” Yu Zi did not deny his thoughts. “But if you can’t beat them up, and you just keep shouting, you’re not really dangerous in other people’s eyes.”

"Isn't it?"

Kuchiki Byakuya was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Yoruichi at the edge of the dojo.

Yoruichi overheard all of this, and when she saw Byakuya looking at her, she gave him a bright smile.

"Little brother Byakuya, don't listen to her nonsense."

"I just like playing with you, how could it be that I'm trying to tease you for fun?"

"I don't find your fierce side cute at all."

"I didn't mean to tease you on purpose to see you angry."

"I mean it!"

Yoruichi revealed an innocent smile.

That's what she said, but when Kuchiki Byakuya heard it, he felt a surge of heat rush to his head, and he wanted to beat her up.

But he seemed to have taken Yuko's words to heart. After a while, he swallowed his anger back, gripped the wooden sword, looked back at Yuko, and solemnly said, "Please continue, Yuko-sensei."

"Really?" Yoruichi's eyes widened as she scrambled to her feet and appeared beside Kuchiki Byakuya, staring at him in shock. "Byakuya, little brother, have you forgotten our friendship because of this woman?"

"When we used Shunpo to run happily in the sunlight, that was our lost youth~"

Kuchiki Byakuya clenched his teeth so tightly that the veins in his fists were almost bulging.

Yu Zi's lips twitched violently twice: "I take back what I just said. It's definitely better to resolve inner conflicts on the spot."

"Huh?" The two of them looked over at the same time.

"What do you mean?" Yoruichi suddenly had a bad feeling.

“That’s what I mean…” Yuko suddenly drew her Zanpakuto from her waist.

Seeing this, Yoruichi did a few backflips and prepared to leave.

However, Yuko's actions had already begun the moment she had the idea of ​​retreating.

"Disorder, formless butterfly."

As Yuko recited the true name of the Zanpakuto, the blue-purple blade instantly emitted a dazzling light, which splashed in all directions, covering the entire dojo in an instant.

"Yuko!!" Yoruichi's protest was drowned out by the burst of blue-purple light.

A gentle blue-purple light spread out, and countless transparent prisms of varying sizes, refracting a mesmerizing glow, appeared out of thin air, like solidified colored bubbles, floating lightly in the vast dojo space, slowly rotating and drifting.

The once empty dojo was instantly transformed into a bizarre and visually treacherous maze.

"This...this is Yuuko-sensei's Zanpakuto?" Kuchiki Byakuya stood at the edge of the domain, his clear eyes reflecting the fantastical scene, filled with pure wonder and admiration.

Yuko stood outside the domain, holding the exquisite Zanpakuto with its blade covered in fine cracks, her face still bearing that gentle smile.

The disordered, multicolored prisms floated and drifted slowly in the space of the dojo.

Yoruichi was stuck in the middle, surrounded by those strange prisms on all sides, and her lips twitched slightly.

Yuko's movements are getting faster and faster; it feels like she's starting to lose control.

“Coincidentally, I also really dislike her.” Yu Zi slowly exhaled a long breath: “Just for today, I’ll help you beat her up.”

Yoru's eyelids twitched repeatedly, and she couldn't help but say, "Didn't you say you wanted to train your mentality?"

"What's going on here?"

Yu Zi looked at her expressionlessly: "This is about training your mindset. Once you get rid of your inner knots, your mindset will naturally calm down."

Yuko raised her chin slightly, indicating, "Go ahead, I'll use my ability to confine her in this space. Let's see if your Instant Step can reach her."

Kuchiki Byakuya snapped out of his daze, the happiness that had come so suddenly. He licked his lips, a glint of fire rising in his eyes as he glared fiercely at Yoruichi.

Yoruichi: "..."

She must have forgotten to check the almanac before going out today. Could she be going to have a disaster at the hands of these two idiots?

Yuko added, "Try to avoid these prisms as much as possible."

"Wait..." Before Yoruichi could even call for a pause, Byakuya had already charged towards her with his wooden sword.

Yuuko's Zanpakuto ability is somewhat effective against speed-type fighters like Yoruichi.

Under the same level, if these prisms are distributed reasonably, they can prevent the opponent from moving.

Shunpo is not a spatial teleportation ability, but rather a means of high-speed movement using one's spiritual pressure and physical body.

Even with the limitations imposed by Yuuko's Zanpakuto, Yoruichi still held a clear advantage in her chase with Byakuya.

As she ran, Yoruichi tried to reason with Ikuko, "Wait...wait! Ikuko, be reasonable! I..."

"Strange cat! Prepare to die!" Byakuya shouted, channeling his spiritual pressure into his legs, his figure suddenly blurring as he relentlessly pursued Yoruichi.

It must be said that although there is still a big gap between the two sides, this gap is infinitely narrowed in this space, especially with Yuuko's deliberate obstruction. Even Yoruichi is finding it increasingly difficult and has to try to get rid of Byakuya by relying on Yuuko's ability.

"Halt! You strange cat!" Byakuya's eyes blazed with fury!

Have the opportunity!

Yuko-sensei's abilities!

Although it didn't know what kind of ability it was, the strange cat didn't dare to touch it, and the distance between them was shortened by the influence of this ability!

Yoruichi looked at the prism floating in front of her, subtly sensing the movement behind her, and a smile appeared on her lips.

Soon, she leaped, her movements as graceful as a black cat as she cleared the prism.

"Bye-bye~ Byakuya, little brother~" Yoruichi's body was hanging upside down in mid-air. She turned around and stretched out her finger to say goodbye to Byakuya.

"Strange...!" Before Byakuya could react to what it meant, a prism suddenly appeared in front of him, and he couldn't stop in time, crashing into it hard.

The expected pain did not strike, but rather there was a strange, spatial dislocation-like sensation.

When Byakuya regained his vision, Yoruichi's figure suddenly appeared before him, rushing towards him with her head only halfway turned, seemingly looking behind her.

Byakuya subconsciously looked in the direction she was looking, and there was a prism. Outside the prism was his own back.

Is this... a connection between prisms?

Byakuya instantly understood the purpose of these prisms.

Meanwhile, Yoruichi was also trying to find Byakuya's figure around, but at a glance, she found nothing but this bizarre and wonderful world.

No way……

A sense of unease rose in Yoruichi's heart, and she quickly turned around.

Behind him, Byakuya swung his wooden sword at him.

"Hiss~" Yoruichi gasped, her spiritual pressure suddenly erupting as she forced herself to turn around in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the attack.

With a flip, Yoruichi plummeted straight down toward the prism below.

However, the moment her vision returned, Byakuya's face appeared in her eyes once again.

Yoruichi, enraged, dodged Byakuya's attack, muttering to herself as she did so, "You can't play like this!"

"This is not fair!"

Yuko ignored her and simply used the prism to shorten the distance between them.

But to her relief, Byakuya was not satisfied with arresting Yoruichi in this way, but was doing his best to avoid Prism, just like Yoruichi.

Byakuya also began to notice that his Shunpo was becoming more fluid... no, it should be said that, with the prism's interference, he was becoming more and more adaptable.

That wretched Yuko!

When I get back, I'm definitely going to cut off her wages!

Oh wait, I never actually paid her any wages.

Yoruichi was lost in thought when a gust of wind suddenly swept up from behind her.

"What..." Yoruichi turned around in surprise, only to find that Byakuya had appeared behind her without her noticing.

"Hah!" Byakuya swung his wooden sword, gathering its accumulated power, towards Yoruichi.

Yoruichi's pupils contracted slightly! This brat... caught up with her using Shunpo?

Did you approach her through the prism?

She had no time to think; her body's instincts far outpaced her thought. At the very moment the wooden knife was about to strike, her body, with incredible flexibility and speed, narrowly allowed the knife to graz her slender waist.

At the same time, he lightly touched the air below with his toes and flew backward like a nimble swift, instantly widening the distance between them.

"That was so dangerous..." Yoruichi stepped aside, patting her chest in relief. "It was just a hair's breadth away from hitting me."

"Hoo..." Byakuya exhaled deeply, unmoved by Yoruichi's words.

Although he missed, he was filled with unprecedented excitement and satisfaction. This was the first time in so many instances of being tricked by the strange cat that he felt the distance between them was closing.

My Instant Step is indeed improving in this environment.

He thought so.

"Again!" Byakuya started up again and rushed towards Yoruichi.

Yoruichi felt a chill run down her spine: "Spare me!"

For the first time, she realized that playing tag with Byakuya using Shunpo would be so torturous.

It must be because this wasn't her intention.

She prefers the feeling of being free to do things rather than obstacle courses.

The next part of the process is a chase, with Byakuya chasing Yoruichi relentlessly. Whenever Byakuya is about to touch Yoruichi, Yoruichi always manages to escape danger.

……

"Huff..." After the intense Shunpo training, Byakuya stood panting and looked at Yoruichi not far away.

Yoruichi also looked somewhat disheveled at this moment, her clothes were soaked with sweat, a bead of sweat slid down her forehead, and she was breathing heavily.

"Hey, Yu Zi, isn't that enough? If you keep playing like this, your precious apprentice will be exhausted."

Byakuya retorted defiantly, "You're not much better, are you?"

Yoruichi said in a frantic voice, "Isn't it all because Yuuko helped you!"

Why can't she appear where she wants when she goes into the prism?

Yu Zi smiled slightly, raised her hand, and loosely clenched her fist.

hum-

The blue-purple light that permeated the dojo receded rapidly like a tide. The hazy prisms shattered and vanished silently, like a dream.

Yuko looked at Byakuya with a smile: "How are you feeling? Do you feel a little more refreshed?"