Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 414 Bane: Professor Shutaro, let me see your little hands.

As the headmaster of the Ghost Dojo, Bane naturally has his own private office at the Shinigami Academy.

This private office is very impressive; it's a large suite with all kinds of amenities.

There are also bedrooms where the overworked dean can take a nap or even stay overnight after working overtime.

Inside the dressing room of the bedroom, Bane stood there silently, as if he were emptying his mind, completely naked, with his arms outstretched to the sides, remaining motionless.

Shutara Senjumaru knelt before Bane, holding a soft, rolled-up tailor's measuring tape in his hand. He stared at the measurements on it with astonishment, exclaiming incredulously, "You can actually alter the size of a spirit? Are you deliberately trying to show off your magnificence in front of me?"

Hearing this, Bane snapped out of his reverie and looked down at Shutara Senjumaru, saying in a menacing tone, "If you think this is all a lie, then the bed in my office is quite large."

"Hmph, are you coveting my beauty? How lewd." Shutara Senjumaru snorted lightly, then stood up and said, "Alright, all the measurements have been taken. You can get dressed now."

As she spoke, the six skeletal arms beneath her haori began to move, and she took out a notebook from her bosom, recording Bane's physical data in detail.

Bane put his haori back on and watched Shutara Senjumaru with his head down, writing and drawing in his notebook. His mood was also a bit strange.

This crazy woman acts so outrageously, yet she also acts so diligent and serious, which makes Bane feel somewhat ashamed, as if he's regretting having some inappropriate thoughts.

After tidying up the haori, Bane walked up and glanced down at Shutara Senjumaru's notebook. Apart from the data, she had already sketched out a rough design for the haori.

"You're not a member of the Gotei 13, so there's no need to adhere to the design principles of Shinigami uniforms when designing this outfit for you. You can fully unleash my creative desires, which is excellent. Considering seven days a week, I can design fourteen outfits for you, enough for two changes each day. This should be enough to quench your thirst for clothing for the next six months. After six months, I'll design new outfits for you." Shutara Senjumaru closed his notebook with his seemingly terrifying yet exquisitely luxurious skeletal arm.

I've known Shutara Senjumaru for a while now. She usually lives at the Shinigami Academy, which is why she's spent quite a bit of time with Bane. But so far, Bane has never seen her real hands.

In the outside world, everything was always done by six skeletal arms; the hands hidden under the haori were never revealed.

"What are you looking at?" Shutara Senjumaru asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I was wondering why you don't show your hands?" Bane said quite frankly.

His question was a perfectly normal one, but upon hearing it, Shutara Senjumaru's usually aloof expression instantly turned shy. Two blushes appeared on her beautiful face, and she glared at Bane in embarrassment and annoyance, saying, "Shameless man, how dare you want to see my hands! Pervert!"

Bane?

What's wrong with showing me your little hands? It's not like I asked you to show me your beautiful feet!

"My hands are made for art, and I only use them when it comes to actual cutting, so don't even think about it." Shutara Senjumaru quickly calmed himself down and glanced at Bane.

"What a load of nonsense. You really are a lunatic," Bane muttered, then opened the bedroom door and went out.

"You vulgar fellow, you really can't understand the art of tailoring," Shutara Senjumaru muttered as he followed them out.

As soon as he stepped outside, Bane realized something was wrong; he vaguely sensed a murderous aura drifting towards him.

This made him pause, and he looked in the direction from which the murderous aura was coming towards the desk.

Unohana Yachiru, having finished her speech sometime earlier, arrived at his office and was now sitting at the tea table in front of her desk, brewing tea.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry. Did I disturb Dean and Professor Shutaro's enjoyment? I didn't mean to, but as the head of the Department of Return to the Dao, it's necessary for me to officially join the department under Dean. I'm really sorry." Sister Hua said with a smile to Bane.

However, the teacup she was holding was creaking, as if the exquisite porcelain was beginning to crack.

Although he had a smiling expression on his face, the murderous aura he exuded seemed unstoppable.

Shutara Senjumaru glanced at Bane, then at Unohana Yachiru, and then, as if realizing something, a slight smile appeared on his lips as he said provocatively, "No wonder you put on such a gentle act, I see."

Upon hearing this, Unohana Yachiru slightly opened her narrowed eyes, revealing her cold pupils as she stared at Shutara Senjumaru.

Shutara Senjumaru wasn't afraid of her at all. He laughed heartily twice, and a skeletal arm patted Bane's shoulder, saying, "But you're right, the bed in your bedroom is indeed quite big. Next time I have the chance, I'll come and experience it properly."

After saying that, she didn't linger there. With swaying steps and humming a little tune, she left the office with a smug look on her face, like a victorious general.

Bane scratched his head, pretending to be nonchalant, and said, "How strange. Why are you two so angry the moment you meet?"

Sister Hua stared at Bane for two or three seconds, noticing nothing amiss, then suppressed her murderous intent and said, "I've made you a cup of tea."

"Thank you so much." Bane breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

But then I felt something was off. Why did I feel like I'd done something wrong? Like I'd been caught cheating? That can't be right, can it? I hadn't done anything wrong. I'm single in Soul Society, so why do I feel like I've been caught by the main girlfriend?

With these inexplicable and complicated thoughts in mind, Bane sat down opposite Hana, picked up his teacup from the table, took a sip, and said, "The Captain-Commander has already transferred your file, Section Chief Unohana, so there's no need for such a formal reporting and onboarding ceremony."

"We've got nothing better to do anyway," Sister Hua replied casually, then suddenly asked, "What were you doing just now?"

"Oh, Senjumaru said that it's too shabby for me to wear this haori all the time, and it doesn't suit my status. In addition, my spiritual pressure has increased recently, and she thinks that if this continues, it may have a great impact and cause great damage to those with weaker souls in Soul Society and Seireitei. So she plans to make me a few haori and casual clothes that can regulate and adjust my spiritual pressure." Bane took a sip of tea and smacked his lips.

"Really?" Sister Hua replied, "That woman is only somewhat talented in this area."

"She plays the trumpet quite well too, it seems like she's proficient in all eighteen musical instruments," Bane laughed.

Hua Jie didn't respond to that. She elegantly picked up her teacup, took a sip, then paused, holding the teacup to her lips, and said softly, "Your relationship with her is progressing quite well. You're already calling her Senjumaru directly?"

Bane raised his hand to stroke his chin, clicked his tongue, and said, "It should be pretty good, after all, I'm one of her 'few' friends, hahaha."

"And me?" Hana looked up at Bane and said, "When I was in the Gotei 13, you called me Captain Unohana, and just now you called me Section Chief Unohana. I thought we were already friends, Bane."

"Ah, this..." Bane hesitated slightly upon hearing this, and seeing that Sister Hana's eyes were becoming increasingly dangerous, Bane tentatively asked, "Yachiru?"

"Not bad," Sister Hua nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, Bane was unaware that, in the entire Soul Society, up until he uttered those words, he was the only one who referred to Hana as "Yachiru".

Before him, no one could refer to her as "Yachiru". Even Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryusai formally called her "Unohana".

Without continuing the conversation, Sister Hua put down her teacup and said, "Besides informing you that I'm officially taking up my post as the head of the Dao Department, I came here today to discuss with you some healing and restorative spells from the school of magic you're familiar with."

"No problem. Speaking of which, I'm also quite interested in the Dao, though there are some points I don't quite understand yet," Bane said with a hint of anticipation.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Back in the ninja world, he had tried to develop the Wood Release bloodline limit, but he failed. One reason was that he had too many things to think about and didn't spend much energy on it. Another reason was that the simple combination of water and earth always failed, and his attempt to add Yang attribute also failed.

However, after adding the Yang attribute, Bane could clearly feel some changes, but because many more important things were delayed, he put it down and never picked it up again.

His current understanding of the Dao of Return is rather superficial, but there is no doubt that it does have a similar feeling to the Yang attribute, only it is expressed in terms of spiritual pressure and spiritual particles.

Bane now wants to figure out how to use spiritual pressure and spiritual particles to exhibit characteristics similar to the "Yang attribute" in his memory.

Once this is understood, perhaps we can use spiritual energy and spiritual pressure to resynthesize the so-called "Wood Release Kekkei Genkai" in a higher dimension.

Soon, after a brief exchange, Sister Hua realized that Bane had a huge misunderstanding of the Daoist school, and then began to explain from the beginning. She had originally come to learn some knowledge of a new school from Bane, but in the end, she ended up giving Bane a lesson.

Fortunately, neither of them had anything to do today, so they couldn't stop talking. By the time they came to their senses, it was already dark.

Seeing that it was already this late, Bane changed the subject and said, "How about we have dinner together? We got carried away and talked for so long. I only had some porridge this morning, and I'm getting a little hungry now."

"Alright." Sister Hua didn't refuse, and nodded gently. "I've moved out of the Eleventh Division's barracks and am now living directly in the academy. If you have any questions, you can come to me anytime."

"Understood." Bane replied, "I'll mostly be here during the day, but I'll still go back to the First Division's barracks at night."

Yamamoto Genryusai usually spends his days organizing official business, and only in the afternoon does he become more leisurely, practicing calligraphy and drinking tea.

So after Bane gets off work, he still has time to have some conversations with Yamamoto Genryusai, discuss the Pure Land, talk about the academy, and build a stronger emotional and trusting relationship.

So far, although Yamamoto Genryusai has shown great goodwill to Bann, even inviting him to become the head of the Kidoin Academy and sharing great benefits with him, he has never taken the initiative to mention anything about the development of the Pure Land.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Bane didn't take the initiative to speak either.

He felt that things had developed this way because, on the one hand, the relationship between the two sides was not yet stable enough, and on the other hand, it was also related to the Shinigami's concept of time. How long had he been in the Soul Society? Less than three months, while Shinigami had lifespans of hundreds or thousands of years. What difference was there between these three months and three days?

Perhaps it will take a hundred or two hundred years before this so-called development can truly begin?

This didn't matter to Bane, since he wasn't in a hurry.

While she was thinking about these things, Unohana Yachiru had already contacted the academy's chef through Hell Butterfly. That's right, with a department head and a dean, they didn't need to go to any restaurants or canteens to eat. They could just contact the kitchen and have the food prepared and delivered.

After putting away the Hell Butterfly, Unohana Yachiru looked at Bane and said, "The reason why Shutara helped you conceal your spiritual pressure might have another reason."

"What are you considering?" Bane asked, puzzled.

"It seems that Yamamoto and I have been somewhat misled all along. Because you seem to know a lot about the Soul Society and can integrate into it so easily, we subconsciously thought that you might have lived in the Soul Society long before the Gotei 13 was established," said Hana.

"I already said that, I've only heard about it," Bane explained with a hint of helplessness.

"Do you think we'll believe you just because you say so? You're underestimating old man Yamamoto too much," Sister Hua said with a smile.

"That's true," Bane smacked his lips.

"Therefore, when we saw the Azure Dragon Blade, whose spiritual pressure characteristics were completely identical to yours—that is, the Heart Sword—we all assumed it was your Zanpakuto." Hana-chan's eyes suddenly darkened, and she said seriously, "Now, thinking back on it, Bane's wasn't a Zanpakuto at all, so you couldn't possibly have Shikai or Bankai, right!?"

(End of this chapter)