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"Paid exchange?"
Isane seemed to recall something, lifted her head, and pointed to the treatment room, asking, "Are you referring to the knowledge on the blackboard inside?" Having said that, her face flushed, and she hastily added, "I…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to peek, it's just…it's just…"
"It's fine!!"
Ishikawa Katori's eyes lit up. Interest was all that mattered; he feared that the other party would have no interest in what he possessed. After all, Ishikawa Katori wasn't entirely sure if his Kaido would capture Isane's attention.
"These things are merely my humble personal insights. If you like them, you may copy them down. If there are any inaccuracies, please do not hesitate to correct me; after all, these things are all my own blind explorations. Since I have no one to exchange ideas with, I don't even know if I've gone astray or where I've made mistakes."
"You are too modest."
Upon hearing that Ishikawa Katori didn't mind her peeking, Isane felt a slight relief in her heart, but still said with some embarrassment, "After seeing what you wrote on the blackboard, I, on the contrary, benefited greatly. I must apologize to you regardless; I entered here without your permission and peeked at what you had written."
Although she didn't know where the other party had learned Kaido, the knowledge on the blackboard alone already indicated that the other party was not the swindler she had imagined. Moreover, from Hanatarō's demeanor…he didn't seem to be learning here because he was dissatisfied with himself, but rather because the other party truly possessed the qualifications to teach a Seated Officer.
Although the other party's spiritual pressure intensity was not high, even somewhat inferior to that of an average Squad member, Kotetsu Isane did not show the slightest contempt. This was because the Fourth Division was different from other Squads; compared to combat ability, the Fourth Division placed more emphasis on healing ability.
"Indeed."
Hanatarō, who was beside them, finally came back to his senses and said excitedly, "Vice-Captain Isane, Mr. Ishikawa Katori is not only extremely skilled in Kaido, but also in preparing medicines! Just now, when Mr. Ishikawa Katori was preparing medicines, he even taught me how to use the Prison Orchid…"
Once the topic turned to healing, Hanatarō seemed to transform, enthusiastically recounting his experiences of treating people with Ishikawa Katori in Rukongai these past few days.
Ishikawa Katori's smile remained unchanged, but in his heart, he gave a thumbs-up to Hanataro for his assist!
Sure enough, Hanataro lives up to his name!
I've decided: from now on, any requests from Hanataro will receive a 20% discount.
If he could see his favorability towards others, Ishikawa Katori felt that his favorability towards Hanataro was at least 40!
Hanatarō looked at the serious-faced Isane and spoke with increasing enthusiasm, but then immediately felt that he was doing something wrong and quickly turned to Ishikawa Katori, saying, "Sorry, Mr. Ishikawa Katori, that…"
Everything he had just talked about was knowledge Mr. Ishikawa Katori had taught him for a fee, and now he had casually spoken about it.
"It's fine."
Ishikawa Katori shook his head and said, "I've also learned a lot through exchange, and this knowledge should inherently be widely spread and not charged for. It's just that this shop adheres to the principle of 'getting paid for services,' and that cannot be broken. So, there's absolutely no problem with you telling others the knowledge you've gained through exchange. The more people who exchange, the better, as that's how we can progress further!"
His words were uttered with righteous indignation, almost as if he were trying to portray himself as a moral paragon.
The effect was also remarkable.
Kotetsu Isane's gaze towards him immediately softened considerably.
[Kotetsu Isane Favorability +1, gained 160 experience points, current favorability: 1]
[Kotetsu Isane Favorability +1, gained 160 experience points, current favorability: 2]
[…]
[Kotetsu Isane Favorability +1, gained 160 experience points, current favorability: 5]
The notifications on the system interface made Ishikawa Katori's mouth almost split into a grin. Although it still couldn't compare to Sister Kukaku's starting 300 experience points, 1 point of favorability adding 160 experience points was already the highest, aside from Sister Kukaku!!
One must know that for ordinary people, under the same favorability, 1 point of favorability only gave him 1 point of experience.
For Himura, whose strength was comparable to a high-ranking Seated Officer, 1 point under the same favorability was only 40 experience.
If this Sister Isane's favorability towards him could reach 60, like Himura, then he truly wouldn't have to worry about experience points for a while.
Calculating with the current experience points, 1-9 would total 1440 experience points; 10-19 would double, totaling 3200; 20-29 would double again, totaling 6400 experience points…all the way to the full friendship value of 60, he would cumulatively gain a total of '105760' experience points.
Just thinking about it made Ishikawa Katori uncontrollably excited.
Of course…
Ishikawa Katori also knew that a full friendship favorability was not so easy to achieve. After five years, only Uzuki and Himura had reached full friendship with him; Sister Kukaku had been stuck at 9 points for nearly half a year, and it only increased to 30 after he almost died, and it hadn't increased at all since then.
But there's no harm in fantasizing, right!
What if this Nurse Isane was the type who loved making friends?
And this was a Vice-Captain. If it were a Captain, or their superior, how much would that be?
No matter what, she must be kept!!
Ishikawa Katori emphasized again in his heart. If he didn't think giving himself a cut might scare the other party, Ishikawa Katori would have wanted to inflict a fatal wound on himself and then display his Kaido ability.
Giving Hanatarō a cut would also work…
Kotetsu Isane's face was filled with indecision. Having just been promoted to Vice-Captain, she had always hoped to further her Kaido, to make herself more qualified to be a Vice-Captain!
Although Captain Unohana would usually guide her, Captain Unohana had too many things to do and simply couldn't provide hands-on guidance. She also felt uncomfortable constantly bothering the Captain; but without asking for guidance, many things were very difficult for her to figure out on her own.
In the entire Squad, she didn't know whom to ask for guidance.
This was undoubtedly an opportunity. Judging from the content on the blackboard earlier and Hanatarō's experience, if she could 'exchange' with the other party, it would definitely be faster than studying on her own!
But she wasn't Hanatarō. Although she wouldn't feel ashamed of the other party's status if he possessed this ability, her identity as Vice-Captain required her to consider many external factors, such as what other Squads would think, and whether it would affect the Fourth Division's image, etc…
Ishikawa Katori observed Kotetsu Isane's expression, and after a brief contemplation, he understood her concerns. He spoke with a somewhat regretful tone, "I have many shortcomings, but I've never found a suitable exchange partner. So, I very much hope to have the honor of exchanging ideas with members of the Fourth Division to make Kaido even greater!"
"Exchange is not guidance, but rather mutual complementarity to ensure one stays on the right path."
Hanatarō blinked. Although Mr. Ishikawa Katori's words made a lot of sense, he always felt that something was off, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was…
On the other side, Kotetsu Isane seemed to have made up her mind and said in a serious tone, "May I ask, what is the exchange fee…?"
"Thirty thousand Kan per hour."
Ishikawa Katori's eyes lit up. He said, "Female Vice-Captains at this shop enjoy a 40% discount on all services. Plus, I once promised a 10% discount for Fourth Division members, so it's a 50% discount. It only costs 15,000 Kan per hour."
"…", Hanatarō.
This level of discount seems to discriminate against men!?
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