Chapter 425: Very Annoying
Resurrection, my love.
Skill cards.
The revived card must be positioned directly above the original.
Both cards must be placed together during the same turn.
Additionally, when the resurrected card enters the graveyard, no other cards may occupy that slot. If another card is placed there, the linkage effect will break, rendering it unusable.
Clearly, Kai had met these conditions.
As a result, the resurrection succeeded.
However, the resulting scene was somewhat striking.
After all, it was unusual to witness a man embracing a tauren princess.
Such a spectacle was rare, even for ordinary observers.
Indeed, none of the Shinigami present had ever seen anything like it.
"Ahhh…"
"My eyes! My eyes!"
"So intense, so intense…"
The Shinigami, who had been gazing skyward, feeling a touch speechless, were drawn to a sudden outburst of screams from the battlefield.
There, Pivitt was seen clutching one eye, shrieking in distress.
He seemed on the verge of rolling on the ground, but the realization that many eyes were watching restrained him. Still, his body twitched uncontrollably from the pain.
This scene left the onlookers perplexed.
Though the earlier situation was also bewildering, it had merely left people feeling confused, wondering if they were out of touch or if something bizarre was unfolding.
Even if the scene had seemed somewhat striking, no one else had shouted about it.
Did it truly warrant such an agonized reaction?
Kai, however, confirmed it was indeed intense.
A card in the second row of his game board automatically revealed itself, displaying a pair of bloodshot, tear-filled eyes. Its name was equally striking: Eye-Catching, Conditional Trigger Card.
This card designated a unit, and when the opponent became jealous, its effect activated automatically, inflicting a truly eye-catching effect on the target.
"A perfect opportunity," Kai thought.
While Pivitt clutched his eyes in apparent agony, the martial arts master nearby seized the moment. His eyes gleamed as he activated his skill once more.
"Five Lightning Whips!"
The effect of disregarding martial ethics triggered again.
When the first strike landed on Pivitt, he spat out a mouthful of blood but reacted swiftly. His eyes burned, yet he could still move.
At that moment, Pivitt's heart swelled with grief and fury, transforming into a powerful drive. Closing his eyes, he began swinging his Zanpakutō wildly, unleashing powerful tornado attacks in all directions.
With his eyes too irritated for precise strikes, he resorted to this indiscriminate assault to protect himself, hoping to endure or adapt to the strange sensation in his eyes.
As expected, the attack had an immediate effect.
The martial arts master's expression shifted as lightning and thunder erupted around him. In a flash, he fled.
The characters embodied by these cards possessed simulated minds, acting in ways consistent with their personas. For the martial arts master, a seventy-year-old with fragile health, a few heavy blows from a younger opponent could prove fatal. His card's limitation reflected this: "Punch the old master to death."
Thus, the martial arts master's strategy was to linger on the edge of the battlefield, only engaging when an opportunity arose.
As the martial arts master hovered on the sidelines, the tauren broke free from the shadow's embrace and landed on the ground. The phantom, along with its red light, dissipated, and the game school's long card was sent to the graveyard.
This was a skill card, its special effects merely a display of its abilities.
Now grounded, the tauren observed Pivitt's indiscriminate attacks. Its eyes reddened, and it charged forward again.
Pivitt was the designated target of the Minotaur card, a fact that remained unchanged in this Yu-Gi-Oh-inspired Shikai.
Boom!
The ground erupted under immense force.
Pivitt, still attacking wildly, felt the hairs on his neck stand on end. Instinctively, he directed his assault in one direction.
Rumble!
A familiar sensation surged through him.
His entire body seemed to explode with pain.
Despite his sore eyes and immense discomfort, he heard a thunderous voice.
"Charge for love!"
Rumble!
At the edge of the battlefield, the golden wall of light cracked under the force of Pivitt's blasted figure. It nearly shattered entirely.
In the end, Pivitt's body seemed embedded in the light wall.
Buzz…
The light wall began to repair itself, and Pivitt's form slid downward.
As the ultra-high-level Bakudō No. 96, this barrier possessed the ability to self-repair. However, each repair reduced the average defensive strength of the four-sided light wall proportionally.
On the battlefield, a massive wound marred the tauren's body, torn open by Pivitt's subconscious counterattack.
In his Bankai state, Pivitt was far stronger than in his previous Shikai form. Despite the eye-catching effect and severe injuries, he managed to react to the Minotaur's assault.
Unfortunately, his reflexive counterattack was futile.
After executing its ultimate move, the tauren dissipated, rendering any attacks against it meaningless.
"Poor child," Kai murmured, his tone laced with pity as he watched Pivitt slide down the light wall.
Entering the next round, Kai replaced the martial arts card directly beneath the martial arts master card with a nearby skill card.
Buzz…
The upper and lower cards linked successfully.
The martial arts master, as if enlightened, mastered a new skill without guidance.
A burst of lightning and thunder followed.
Zira!
In a flash, he appeared before Pivitt, who lay struggling on the ground.
Boom!
The martial arts master delivered a kick, sending Pivitt soaring into the air.
At that moment, the eye-catching effect ended, as it could only persist for three rounds—three minutes.
Now airborne, Pivitt gazed at the sky with wide, blurry eyes. His Bankai had dissipated due to the Minotaur's devastating blow.
Helpless, he stared at the blue horizon, where a human face seemed to materialize.
His teacher?
No.
As the face became clearer, he realized it was an old man's visage, speaking words he couldn't discern.
Confusion clouded Pivitt's mind.
Then darkness enveloped his vision as a large, rough hand pressed against his face.
Whoosh!
The wind roared, and his body plummeted rapidly.
Was this the end?
Pivitt's final thought was that his teacher had gone too far.
"Cunjin·Craniotomy!"
Rumble!
The earth exploded, trembling violently as if a dragon had stirred beneath it.
Sand and debris flew endlessly.
Where a claw-shaped pit, dozens of meters deep, had already scarred the battlefield, a new, round crater formed within it—a pit within a pit.
The Shinigami outside the light wall stared at the layered craters in stunned silence.
Would Captain Pivitt be beaten to death?
That Zanpakutō was terrifying!
These two thoughts dominated the minds of the spectating Shinigami.
In the battlefield's crater, the martial arts master carried the unconscious, near-dead Pivitt and flew to Kai's side.
Kai then withdrew his Shikai, sheathing his Zanpakutō.
Looking at the dying youth, he extended kindness through healing.
"Kaidō No. 60, Six Stars Dirty Light."
Six points of blue starlight gleamed, connecting at Pivitt's heart and five other vital points.
The perilous atmosphere stabilized, and his condition rapidly improved.
Truly, Kai was a compassionate old soul.
With that, the chaotic spectacle concluded.
Kai carried the young Pivitt and flew out of the arena.
The next day, shocking news swept through Soul Society.
Unshō, captain of the Fifth Division, had been defeated by Aizen, a newly graduated student.
Aizen has become the new captain of the Fifth Division.
Alongside this explosive revelation, another intriguing piece of news emerged.
Pivitt, the acting captain of the Tenth Division, had been promoted to official captain.
These two developments sent ripples through Soul Society.
One of the storm's central figures still lay in the captain's dormitory of the Tenth Division.
The other had already arrived at the Mountain of the Present World.
( End of this chapter )