Chapter 2

Master Eijisai...!

Pardon me, Master Eijisai!

I told you to stop calling me that!

Sorry! Forgive me, sir!

Back then, I was called Eijisai because of the scar on my forehead shaped like the Japanese character "Ei."

For some reason, every time I distinguished myself in battle, the name "Eijisai" became increasingly more famous than my given name...

I did not like that.

But sir...I am not so brazenly impudent as to consider myself worthy of calling you by your given name!

What is wrong with you, anyway?! You're not even one of my students, yet day after day I find you lurking around here!

I come here in the hope that you will allow me to be your right-hand man!

Well, you'd have to be a student of mine, to begin with! Then, if you rose to the rank of master, you MIGHT become one of my right-hand men!

No. If I were your student, I would only end up copying you. Then how would I be able to compensate for any weaknesses you might have?!

Watch your tongue, boy...

Also, it's not true that I'm here every day. In fact, this is the first time I've come in a month.

Hm...?

And meanwhile, I've done what you requested. I have acquired a Bankai, master.

Really?

...Well then, let us put it to the test. Try out this new Bankai on me.