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"I...want to know more about Uncle Zangetsu."
Ichigo Kurosaki earnestly said, "Please tell me everything you know. I must understand Uncle Zangetsu better in order to become stronger."
"Is that so?"
After hearing Ichigo Kurosaki's statement, Fang Mo also stroked his chin, "Since you say you want to understand Zangetsu, I do have a suggestion for you."
"What?"
Ichigo Kurosaki immediately asked.
"Do you...know who the real Zangetsu is?"
Fang Mo asked.
"Isn't Uncle Zangetsu just Zangetsu?" This question bewildered Ichigo Kurosaki, "He is the source of my Shinigami power."
"Then why do I call him Yhwach?"
Fang Mo asked with a smile.
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Ichigo Kurosaki was also stunned.
Yes, he had indeed heard the exchange between Uncle Zangetsu and Fang Mo, where Zangetsu said he was both Yhwach and not Yhwach.
But shouldn't Zangetsu just be Zangetsu?
Why does Uncle Zangetsu have another strange identity?
At this moment, a question similar to Uryu Ishida's emerged in Ichigo Kurosaki's mind.
Who exactly is this Yhwach?
Just as Ichigo Kurosaki was thinking about this, Yoruichi appeared carrying her spiritual body, and slapped Ichigo Kurosaki on the back, "What are you doing, still looking for shortcuts?"
"Miss Yoruichi, it's not…"
Ichigo Kurosaki tried to explain, but Yoruichi didn't give him a chance to. She grabbed her Zanpakuto and stabbed it into his spiritual body. The next second, "Uncle Zangetsu" appeared, wielding a blade and swinging it toward Ichigo Kurosaki's head.
Poor Ichigo Kurosaki didn't even have time to get dressed. He quickly dodged Uncle Zangetsu's attack with a backward jump. He then hesitated, looking at Zangetsu and then at his Shinigami uniform on the ground nearby. But before he could think any further, Uncle Zangetsu charged at him again, and Ichigo had no choice but to grit his teeth and pick up a nearby sword to counter the attack.
"Pants! Pants!"
Fang Mo yelled from behind, "Quick, someone get Ichigo a pair of pants!"
"You came here just to cause trouble, didn't you?"
Upon hearing Fang Mo, Yoruichi sighed and rubbed her forehead, "Ichigo Kurosaki is still a child; the information you're talking about is too early for him."
"You call this a child?"
Fang Mo pointed at Ichigo Kurosaki and retorted, "He's almost bigger than Kisuke Urahara, okay?"
"???"
Hearing this, Yoruichi Shihouin was shocked and looked down at Fang Mo, "When did you ever see Kisuke Urahara?"
"I mean in terms of size! Size!"
Fang Mo covered his face and said, "Sister, can we be normal? I already said my daughter is here; I need to give her a wonderful childhood…"
"You'd be doing well not to give her a traumatic childhood."
Yoruichi Shihouin couldn't help but roll her eyes, "You keep saying she's your daughter, but you let her live in a doghouse? I suspect you're just raising this strange dragon as a dog, saying it's your daughter is just a lie…"
"Stop talking about daughters and dogs; if you keep talking, my childhood trauma is going to resurface."
Fang Mo rubbed his forehead, images of 'Big Brother' from Fullmetal Alchemist, namely the tragedy of Nina and Alexander, flashed through his mind. This was a world Fang Mo had always wanted to visit, partly to reverse such tragic stories, and partly to try unlocking the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
"You have childhood trauma too?"
Yoruichi seemed a bit surprised.
"That's all in the past," Fang Mo shook his head and continued to pet the little Shadow Dragon, "Anyway, I was wrong before, but seriously, where we come from, sons are raised like dogs…"
"Huh!?"
Yoruichi looked at Fang Mo in utter shock, "Then… What about daughters?"
"Heh…heh heh… I want to be my daughter's dog…"
"…"
Upon hearing this, Shihouin Yoruichi's face instantly darkened, feeling almost on par with Nick Fury.
Yes, after a series of interactions, Yoruichi had pretty much figured out that Fang Mo was a very troublesome guy, the kind who could upend your world view in just a few sentences. She was now somewhat convinced that Urahara Kisuke deliberately kept his distance from Fang Mo because he found him annoying.
Not just Urahara Kisuke, anyone would find it hard to tolerate him.
Yoruichi subconsciously glanced at Fang Mo, who was clearly oblivious to this and was happily playing with a small shadow dragon, shaking its head back and forth.
"So what exactly are you here for?"
Shihouin Yoruichi looked at Fang Mo. Due to the influence of the fish snacks, she still trusted him, so she couldn't help but ask, "Is it really Urahara Kisuke who sent you?"
"Not at all, he doesn't even recognize me now."
Fang Mo shrugged, "I came here just for fun, nothing else. It's just a coincidence that I ran into you guys."
"Urahara Kisuke doesn't recognize you? Why?"
Yoruichi wondered, "Didn't you say you guys were friends?"
"We stopped being friends a long time ago," said Fang Mo, "As for the specific reason... I don't want to talk about it. Either way, he certainly won't recognize me now. But that's okay; I can get to know him again and continue to torment him."
"Being your friend is so difficult," Yoruichi couldn't help but comment.
"Actually, it's not," Fang Mo shrugged, "As long as you understand jokes and can make sarcastic remarks, you'll find me to be a very suitable 'bad friend.' I'm almost flawless, except that I have a lot of flaws."
"Never mind... I'd rather go soak in the hot springs."
Shihouin Yoruichi was clearly a bit exasperated, and unilaterally terminated her interaction with Fang Mo, then headed toward the nearby hot springs.
"Wait, take me with you."
Fang Mo also stood up from the lounge chair, "I also want to soak in the... um, hot springs."
"You don't think I'm going to strip naked and soak with you, do you?" Yoruichi was somewhat speechless, "I'm more accustomed to being a cat now..."
"How about I turn into a female then?"
While speaking, a white light flashed around Fang Mo, and he turned into a little girl with white fur and red pupils, "Sis, wanna cuddle?"
"What???"
Seeing Fang Mo's action, Yoruichi was stunned, "This is not a simple transformation technique, is it? How did you do that?"
"Whether it's appearance or form, it's all just a projection created to interact with you," Fang Mo flashed back to his original appearance, speaking calmly, "It's also to make it easier for you to understand 'my' existence. Nothing more, because once this layer is peeled away, even I don't know what I really am."
"What you're saying sounds a bit... wait."
Upon hearing Fang Mo's words, Yoruichi also subconsciously wanted to ask something. However, before she could finish her sentence, she saw Fang Mo suddenly pull out a large, high-temperature, brown-red block, causing even the surrounding air to instantly distort from the heat, "What are you doing now?"
"Going to the hot springs."
While speaking, Fang Mo threw the lava block into the hot spring pool.
With a 'sizzle,' the pool instantly produced a large amount of steam, followed by boiling water, like a giant boiling hot pot.
Then, Fang Mo poured several buckets of strange blue-green liquid into it.
"Alright, done."
Fang Mo casually threw the bucket aside, then waved at Yoruichi, "This is the real hot spring, come try it out."