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Yoruichi Shihouin shook her head and said, "There's no need to go to the Soul King Palace. We're going to the Fourth Division."
Reiji was a little surprised: "The Fourth Division? Do you mean there's a healing hot spring in the Fourth Division? But why have I never heard Captain Unohana mention it..."
"Because Kirinjii Tenjiro only left a tiny bit of hot spring water, not enough to be used," Yoruichi Shihouin said, making a 'pinching' gesture with her index finger and thumb.
"When Kirinjii Tenjiro was still in the Seireitei, the Urahara Family had a good relationship with him, and he thought highly of Kisuke's talent, so he specifically left a portion of the hot spring water."
"However, Kisuke was still young at that time, so it was temporarily stored in the Fourth Division for him to retrieve after he grew up and joined the Gotei 13."
"Then wouldn't it be better to just let Kisuke get it? Why do we have to steal it?" Aozaki Reiji asked.
"Because it's more interesting that way," Yoruichi Shihouin grinned, "See how good I am to you? When something fun comes up, you're the first person I think of."
...Aozaki Reiji covered his face. He should have guessed that.
Suddenly, he saw a black cloak hanging by the wall, and his eyes lit up.
"What's in it for me if I go steal with you?"
"That thing belongs to Kisuke after all. At most, you and I can borrow it for a bit; it doesn't belong to us in the end."
"If you want me to mess around with you, you've got to give me some benefit..."
"Eh? What do you want?" Yoruichi Shihouin was momentarily stunned. She really hadn't thought about that question.
"I want your... secret technique to turn into a cat!"
Reiji deliberately dragged out his words. Yoruichi couldn't help but shrink back halfway through his sentence.
Actually, he had originally wanted to say "Shunko," but then he reconsidered. Yoruichi had already promised to teach him Shunko, so there was no need to mention it again. He might as well change it to the secret technique that allows one to turn into a cat.
"What use do you have for that thing?" Seemingly recalling some unpleasant memory, Yoruichi looked a little embarrassed, "I barely use it anymore."
She also felt a bit puzzled. The cat transformation secret technique couldn't enhance one's strength; Reiji shouldn't be interested in it.
"You don't understand this. I have my own marvelous uses for it. Just teach it to me first," Aozaki Reiji said confidently.
"You haven't fallen for some little female cat, have you?" Yoruichi found Reiji's explanation truly strange. She felt that this 'marvelous use' was not simple.
Reiji looked directly into her eyes: "That's right, it's this one right in front of me."
Yoruichi's pretty face flushed slightly, and her voice became almost inaudible: "You fellow, you're too hateful..."
"What?"
"Nothing!" Yoruichi became embarrassed again, shaking her head, "I'll teach you, just don't get so close."
"However, this secret technique is very difficult. Yushiro Shihouin studied it for many years and still hasn't learned it."
"You don't need to worry about that. Just teach me the method. It doesn't matter if I can't learn it; that would just mean I lack the talent, and I won't force it," Reiji shrugged.
"Since that's the case, I'll teach you the cat transformation secret technique," Yoruichi looked up and smiled at Reiji: "This secret technique requires talent. Don't go crying in my arms if you can't master it."
"The way you put it, I'm not so eager to master it anymore."
"Smart aleck..."
It took nearly fifteen minutes for Yoruichi to explain the principles and cultivation method of the cat transformation secret technique in detail.
After listening to Yoruichi's explanation, Aozaki Reiji finally understood why a genius like Yushiro Shihouin couldn't learn this secret technique.
To learn this secret technique, one must have extremely strong control over spiritual particles, changing the spirit body's structure from the spiritual particle level.
Control over spiritual particles was Reiji's strong suit, but he had never tried to control the spiritual particles that made up his own body.
After mentally reviewing the method Yoruichi described from beginning to end, Reiji seemed to have some enlightenment.
He raised one hand, shook his head, unsure of what he was feeling. He sat up, about to withdraw his hand, but then was suddenly startled.
His palm had changed, slowly shortening, hair growing, and a small paw pad appearing on his palm.
Yoruichi was drinking tea to moisten her throat. Seeing this scene, her eyes widened, and she choked, coughing incessantly.
This was clearly cat transformation, but she had only just finished explaining the method and hadn't even officially started practicing!
Reiji's right hand quickly completed its cat transformation, looking a bit comical, but the comical appearance was only temporary.
Because his cat transformation began to spread throughout his entire body, and the speed became faster and faster.
Under Yoruichi Shihouin's gaze, Aozaki Reiji's body gradually shrank.
In the blink of an eye, the handsome man sitting there disappeared.
She leaned forward and found a small something moving slowly inside his clothes.
Yoruichi extended both hands into the clothes, lifted the small thing out, and placed it on the tatami mat.
To human eyes, it was a cute and handsome little cat with black and white fur, though it was unknown if it was considered handsome in the eyes of other cats.
Reiji looked up and saw Yoruichi Shihouin's shocked expression.
The difference was that Yoruichi, who was usually half a head shorter than him, now seemed incredibly tall, like a giant.
He lowered his head and saw a pair of paws covered in black and white gradient fur.
Looking back at his body, his eyes were first drawn to a swinging tail, then down to his fur-covered black and white body.
He instinctively lowered his thick, bushy tail, covering his exposed vital weakness to avoid enemy attacks.
"I succeeded," Reiji nodded, looking at the cat claws extending from between his toes, accepting his new form.
"Hey, hey! How did you do that? How could it be so fast?" Looking at Reiji, who couldn't even walk steadily, Yoruichi knelt in front of him and asked excitedly, "Did you already know this move?"
"How could that be? If I already knew it, I wouldn't have specifically asked you to teach me. Do I look like someone who would let themselves be taken advantage of?"
Reiji accidentally stumbled and fell to the ground. It was his first time transforming into a four-legged creature, and he was still a bit unaccustomed to it.
Just as he was about to get up, he found his body pressed down by something soft, making it difficult to rise.
He twitched his body, still savoring the feeling from just now, and suddenly felt a lightness on his body.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to do that," thinking Yoruichi was angry, Aozaki Reiji immediately looked up and apologized.
Yoruichi rubbed his face and smiled, "I think you did it on purpose. Accept your punishment."
She scooped Reiji into her arms, taking advantage of the fact that Reiji couldn't yet transform into his human form, and kneaded him freely.
The little cat Reiji transformed into resembled a Norwegian Forest Cat, with long, silky fur.
Yoruichi couldn't put him down after touching him, unable to stop petting him.
Feeling the slender, jade-like hands constantly moving over his body, Reiji felt a bit embarrassed but also very comfortable.
This feeling made him hesitate for a long time between refusing and accepting.
"Geniuses are truly annoying. Do you know how many years it took to create this secret technique? No one in the Shihouin Family besides me has learned it, yet you learned it so easily."
Yoruichi played with Reiji in her hands, her words unsparing, finally shouting:
"This is truly hateful!"
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