Chapter 1296 Moment of Hesitation
"Container?" Ichibei was genuinely confused, but soon enough, he understood what Kisuke meant.
'But that's ridiculous...' Ichibei thought to himself. After all, that would mean that while Ichibei is consuming the energy itself to make himself grow, Kisuke is actually stealing the know-how of gathering and wielding that said energy.
Kisuke saw his reaction change and smirked, "I told you, mine is not inferior to yours. You can gather massive amounts of Ki, Spiritual, and Magic Power and seamlessly incorporate those into yourself without any detrimental effects. However, mine steals what's making that possible in the first place."
"I took... No. Benihime took over your authority over [Black]. The restrictions and conditions that come with it are needed to properly pull it off."
'Impossible...' Ichibei couldn't easily accept it. But that would also explain what he had just experienced. His previous form was broken because what was holding it together was stolen. It also didn't happen in an instant because the first one to have left his hands was his precognition abilities. The signs were there and he just never figured out what was happening until it was already too late.
Kisuke resumed his assault on the stunned Ichibei by bombarding the latter with projectiles both made from Kidou and Magic.
Ichibei gritted his teeth and used the various techniques that he had learned from his time being a Shinigami to intercept and counterattack.
Various colors of lights flashed as the two of them duke it out from both range and close combat. Kisuke was hoping to get some sort of reaction from Ichibei with their conversation but that obviously failed. On top of that, although Ichibei could realize the things he explained on his own given time, Kisuke still saved him precious time.
'Well, I took the risk and failed. It doesn't always go the way I wanted it.' Kisuke thought to himself, 'I would have been very happy if he showed any indication if his escape route is still viable.'