Chapter 826 - Preference

"Bankai: Minazuki"

When released, the blade of Unohana's Zanpakutō liquefies into a thick, viscous, dark red substance that flows over her vicinity.

Xin walks to the kid and grabs him, he then throws the kid to the other Shinigami who is escaping from the other direction.

Unohana looked at Xin and said," So you have compassion inside of you, even though you kill others in a gruesome manner."

"Sorry, I never kill indiscriminately, the one who do that is the kid just now,"

Clang!

Xin blocked the cut from her sword by blocking it with Nazorashi, he forgot to give it back to the kid but well, he chose to use it in the meantime.

"That is not yours, right? Why take your own Zanpakuto?"

"This is fine, I would like to try if I can still remember what I learned in my class in Zanjutsu."

Zanjutsu "Art of the Sword" the fighting style for the Zanpakutō and is one of the four basic fighting styles of the Shinigami.

Unohana still felt irritated being belittled by her enemy, it seems that she needed to push him to use his own Zanpakuto.

She then dash straight to him brandishing her sword and try to pierce him but she suddenly notices something.

"Did….. Did I misread the distance? I feel that he is too fast for me…"

Whoosh~

"Wha?!!!"

Unohana grabs her neck, her face becomes incredibly gloomy, she traces her wound and notices something again.

There's no wound in her neck at all, not even a drop of blood.

'I-I'm unhurt?"

'I could've sworn that i felt his sword slice my throat just now!'

She then looked at Xin who was using the sword as a cane to stand up.

'He did not even hold the sword properly!?'

For the first time, Unohana starts to flinch, she slowly comes closer at Lou holding her Zanpakuto, she dont know why even though she is already using her Bankai, she feels uneasy.

'When did I start to hesitate? I should cleanly slice him right now,'

She then dash again, this time, their distance is only a couple of meters, two steps and she is already in front of him.

Whoosh~

"Kh?!"

'What's that! I felt a stab in my stomach,' She really felt the stab from the sword but there's no wound on her stomach at all.

She tried to raise her sword to cut him but she was shocked seeing her arms suddenly gone, her eyes becoming large while looking at her arms.

When she blinks her arms are still intact, she doesn't know what is happening here, she dont know why she felt this.

"Do you know what I learned while studying Zanjutsu?"

Unohana silently looked at him.

"The skill of a warrior lies in how hard your enemy can tell what is true and what is false." Xin waves the sword and continues.

"By just casually throwing feints with just eye and minor body movement, just that much was enough to make anyone think that they just slash or stab."

"Look into my eyes and tell me, tell me what do you see?" Xin said while looking at her eyes.

Unohana looked at her eyes with slight fear.

She can see that her eyes are giving her a warning, a warning that if he moves she will die for sure.

Unohana then realizes, the Title "Kenpachi" is not really that good, there are stronger out there that can make her one of the strongest felt threatened just with his look.

But even though she knows that she dont have any shred of winning, she still grit her teeth and dashes trying to stab her with her sword. She is hoping that her own Zampakuto ability will inflict wounds on her enemy at least.

When her sword is about to touch his c.h.e.s.t, Unohana stops again, she slowly bows down and sees the sword hit the middle of her c.h.e.s.t, this time, she knows that he really cut her.

Blood starts to flow from her c.h.e.s.t, while her hand seems to lose all its strength and let go of her Zanpakuto.

Pushing all her fear and nervousness, Unohana's instinct did not even help her when Xin casually stabbed her.

"Oneechan, you really idiotic this time, do you know what is the most important a warrior should have?"

"..."

"That is clear mind, coolness, and being calm, those three things are the most important for a warrior."

"Even if you are skilled using a Zanpakuto, even if you are skilled using Kido, or even your Bankai is super powerful, losing your own cool makes you lose the match."

"And losing your own calmness is deadly, just like right now, if your body did not stop in dashing, my sword will pierce you and you will die."

Xin helplessly looks at her, he then walks to her and starts to help her to heal the wound on her c.h.e.s.t.

Unohana looks at Xin's face, and starts to calm down, even though it's hard to make her heart calm down, she still successfully does it, she asks.

"Do you prefer a woman to have coolheaded?"

"I don't really have any preference for a woman, but I like a gentle and warm personality that augments her appearance as a soft-spoken, polite, and caring woman who uses honorifics when addressing everyone, including her subordinates and the enemy. Rarely shows any signs of panic or distress, and has a great sense of duty."

"I think i prefer that one."

For an instant, a glint suddenly passed in her eyes, she nodded and grabbed Xin's hand," You don't need to help me, I can do it myself."

"Sure, I'm sure you're more professional using Kaido than me."

(Kaido as healing Kidō ("Healing Spiritual Arts")

"I understand," Unohana said.

Xin confused look at her then felt something is coming to the other direction, a spiritual sense coming from Hogyoku, it seems that it's time to go back, he then pass the sword and said," Can you bring this back to that kid, this sword will going to be his great help in the future."

"Sure," She took it for him.

"I'm going then, my time is up." Xin then disappears from her sigh.

"H-Hey you did not tell your name?!"

Its toilet, Xin already far, he did not hear Unohana's shout.