Tenya maintained a serious expression, but inwardly, some dark thoughts arose.
"I..."
"With a Nekomata..."
"Completely merge into one!?"
Yukino seemed stunned by the bold idea Tenya proposed, turning her head to stare wide-eyed at the little Nekomata in front of her.
"Meow!"
The Nekomata let out a few cries of dissatisfaction, seemingly unwilling to completely merge with a human.
As a high-rank Nekomata, it had merely been injured in a battle, forced to disguise itself as a black cat and be taken in by a passing human.
Attaching itself to Yukino's body now was just to absorb nutrients and recover from its injuries.
"Beast, you have no right to negotiate."
Tenya released his Conqueror's Haki, suppressing the Nekomata, which could only crawl in humiliation.
"But, in this state..."
"Would I still be the original me?"
Yukino was hesitant.
This was quite normal.
As a normal human, merging with a Nekomata sounded utterly ridiculous.
"You don't need to worry about that."
"This Nekomata's injuries haven't healed, and its soul strength isn't high. Otherwise, it would have completely occupied your body already."
Tenya explained while gently persuading, "If you merge now, it will definitely be dominated by your consciousness."
Yukino bit her lip tightly, her pretty face filled with conflict.
Tenya didn't rush her but gave her ample time to think.
Ten minutes later...
Yukino took a deep breath, as if making a difficult decision, and replied in a low voice, "I accept the soul fusion plan!"
She looked at Tenya with determined eyes and then gritted her teeth. She stood up, and bowed deeply to him, her voice carrying a hint of pleading.
"I'll leave this matter to you, Yoshida-san!"
Although she still didn't know Tenya's true identity, the only thing certain was that he could easily suppress the Nekomata and enter her mental world.
Therefore, the soul fusion he spoke of was very likely true.
She had to admit that, being completely powerless, she could only choose to trust Tenya now.
Seeing the usually proud Yukino's attitude suddenly become so humble, Tenya couldn't help but look at her differently.
He thought to himself, 'It seems this woman isn't completely unreasonable after all!'
Given Yukino's good attitude, Tenya decided not to tease her anymore.
"I accept your request."
"Be prepared!"
With that, Tenya took out his Zanpakuto from his system storage.
The long and short twin swords, Zangetsu!
"Meow—!!"
As if sensing that the Zanpakuto before it would cause it great harm, the Nekomata's emotions suddenly became agitated and restless.
"Ah—!"
Consequently, Yukino's soul was also affected, letting out a painful groan.
"Calm down, I'm not cutting you, what are you afraid of?"
Tenya's Mangekyo Sharingan eyes widened, and the powerful ocular power, like injecting a tranquilizer, quickly forced the Nekomata to calm down.
"Hoo hoo hoo~"
Yukino took a breath, also recovering her composure, and asked, "What should I do next?"
"You don't need to do anything."
"Just concentrate your mind and stay rational at all times."
Tenya turned his hands, placing the hilts of the twin swords against the foreheads of Yukino and the Nekomata, respectively.
Powerful Reiatsu was forcibly poured into their souls along the hilts.
"Meow?!"
The Nekomata's body was the first to start transforming.
A mask appeared on its face, and a hole appeared in its chest, the process of Hollowfication!
On the other side, Yukino's body began to be covered with dense, dark blue patterns.
This was the "Blut" symbolizing the power of a Quincy.
"Just as expected!"
A glint flashed in Tenya's eyes.
In the Bleach anime, the setting for the twin swords Zangetsu is that the long sword is formed from Hollow power, while the short sword represents Quincy power.
The two counteract each other, achieving a certain balance, and can coexist.
The reason Tenya actively helped Yukino was, to a certain extent, also to satisfy his own curiosity.
Just like this, under the continuous output of Reiatsu from Tenya's Zanpakuto, Yukino and the Nekomata's souls began to accelerate their fusion.
On Yukino's body, the Nekomata's fur grew, and her eyes became heterochromatic, one gold and one blue.
This was the Nekomata attempting to dominate after the fusion.
"Yukinoshita! Wake up!"
Tenya's cold shout woke Yukino, who was about to fall into a deep sleep.
"I..."
"Will not lose!"
Yukino was naturally strong-willed. No matter how much she liked cats, she would absolutely not allow one to dominate her life.
"Therefore..."
"Sorry, Nekomata."
"Please make your exit!!"
As Yukino actively fought for dominance of the soul, the Nekomata fur on her body began to recede, and her heterochromatic eyes returned to their original clear blue.
Just like this, under Tenya's guidance, the process of the two souls merging was unexpectedly smooth.
One could only say that the compatibility between Yukino and the Nekomata's souls was very high, which was probably the main reason the latter chose to possess her.
However, the Nekomata would never have expected that it would merge with a human, and even be in a subordinate position.
After an unknown amount of time.
Yukino's eyelids twitched, and she woke up from her stupor.
"Was that... a dream?"
The strange experience was too absurd for her to distinguish reality.
However, the moment she opened her eyes and saw Tenya, her mind instantly cleared up.
"Yoshida Tenya..."
"If you're here."
"That means everything that happened just now was real!"
Yukino looked at her hands with a complex expression.
At this moment, she could faintly feel a mysterious power flowing through her body that didn't belong to her.
"Congratulations, Yukinoshita-san."
"The soul fusion was very successful... Hmm~"
"There's just a slight after-effect."
A strange look appeared in Tenya's eyes as he carefully examined the Yukino before him, clicking his tongue in wonder.
"This is...?"
Yukino didn't understand his gaze.
Then, she seemed to feel something strange, something furry was gently tapping her back.
Subconsciously looking back, Yukino's expression instantly froze.
She saw two long, black tails, the base of which were ultimately connected to her waist and hips.
"Heh heh~"
"Isn't this great?"
"Catgirl Yukinoshita, truly cute~"
Tenya's lips curled up wildly, and immense pleasure surged in his heart.
This was precisely the result he wanted!
"How, how is this possible?!?"
Standing in front of the mirror, Yukino was instantly dumbfounded.
She saw herself in the mirror with a pair of cat ears on her head and two tails restlessly swaying.
Click!
Tenya casually picked up his phone and took a picture of the limited edition Catgirl Yukino in front of him.
"Yo-you're taking a candid photo?"
Only then did Yukino react, glaring at him with a face full of shame and indignation.
"No, this is called open and honest photography."
Tenya unhesitatingly took several consecutive photos of her.
"Give me your phone!"
Yukino became furious, subconsciously adopting an Aikido stance.
Don't think she was a weak woman who could be easily bullied. Yukino had practiced martial arts since she was young.
Bang!
As this punch was thrown, the fierce wind from it shattered the window glass.
"Huh?!"
Yukino instantly became stunned. She hadn't realized she possessed power beyond ordinary people.
However, to Tenya, this was still child's play. He effortlessly grabbed her seemingly powerful fist.