Yoruichi imdiately secured Stralit and Benihi's surroundings with her own barrier but before she started, she looked at Stralit while thinking, 'These guys sure are underestimating . Were they certain that I wouldn't notice this or just didn't care? Haaahh... Either way, a confrontation is unavoidable now. I should at least get so nas for my request.'
Yoruichi turned around and said to the distant veiled woman and her aide, "I'm starting. Whatever happens, please don't approach."
She didn't wait for their reply and took out a cylinder glass tank of crystal clear steaming water just big enough for one person.
Benihi didn't need to wait for Yoruichi's instruction and for the first ti ever since arriving in this place, she started moving Stralit's body and dunked her into the water after cutting away all of her clothes.
Corvina and Adrenna both frowned at the sight of their princess' naked body but didn't say anything and carefully observed what was happening.
Benihi's careless movent splashed so of the water out of its glass container which prompted Yoruichi to say, "Be careful. This is all I have."
Adrenna went towards the terminal that monitors the condition of the room and started reading through the data that was streaming into it in real ti.
[So what is it?] Corvina asked through the previously established telepathic link after letting Adrenna inspect it for a minute.
Adrenna couldn't imdiately answer. Her audible gulp surprised Corvina and made her ask again, [Adrenna, what's wrong?]
[Ah... I apologize. I'm just confirming if what I'm seeing is true.] Adrenna rekindled her focus, [That unknown substance contains a very massive amount of Spiritual Power. So much so that it won't be strange to think if that's the materialization of Spiritual Power itself.]
[...Our scanners are functioning properly, yes?] Corvina had no choice but to take her eyes off Stralit and took a peek at the terminal, [How is that possible? I can feel a substantive amount of Spiritual Power from it but far from what you're describing.]
[There's no doubt. Its appearance is deceiving. But even after looking through it, I still can't figure out what it's trying to do. Is she trying to nd her body by injecting Spiritual Power directly into the young miss?]
Naturally, even Corvina couldn't easily answer that and returned her sight to her daughter. However, she was sure that her aide's assumption was wrong. Very wrong in fact.
At each passing mont, Corvina's frown grew deeper and deeper as she slowly realized what's happening. Exactly five minutes after Stralit was subrged in the crystal clear water and saw that various parts of her skin started to scald she finally figured out what was going on, "...Could it be!?"
As Corvina loudly muttered in shock, she returned her sights towards the monitoring screen and looked for the exact values that would answer her questions, [There's no mistake...]
Adrenna only kept quiet and waited for the continuation of her words.
[That unknown substance is lting away Stralit's soul and body.]
[!? Then shouldn't we stop her!?]
It was at this sa mont that Yoruichi took around a container that seed to be filled with blood and without any delay in movents, Benihi transferred Stralit into this container in one fell swoop.
Thanks to the previous knowledge that she could use as reference, Corvina could easily see what this one is doing now, 'This ti, it's replenishing those lost parts.'
She stopped Adrenna who was about to launch herself and said, [Let's watch for now. My daughter is not yet in danger. And make sure that you record everything that's happening down to the smallest detail. I'd like to review them later.]
[...Should I export it to a secure data bank?]
Corvina looked at Adrenna and went silent for a few seconds before nodding, [Please.]
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Yoruichi wiped the sweat off her forehead as Benihi and she had to repeat the process of dipping Stralit into the two hot springs. While Benihi was the one controlling the timings of how long Stralit should be in each hot spring, it was Yoruichi who was filtering the gunk that was being left behind as Tenjirou instructed her, especially within the White Bone Hell, 'It's really a wonder how he was doing this nonstop and for multiple people at a ti.'
Another thing that was heavily contributing to Yoruichi's ntal fatigue was her constant watch of every movent within the room. Although she gave them a reminder not to interfere, Yoruichi did not have even an ounce of trust in them. Case in point, she felt Adrenna's intention to interfere on the first cycle.
Three hours in and only half of the hot springs are left, Yoruichi asked Benihi, [Benihi, do you think this girl could wake up?]
[Impossible. Her mind instinctively shut down to protect it from the erosion of Hyousube's power. It made my work so much easier but she won't be waking up any ti soon.]
[Seriously? I'll have to leave you alone then.]
[It's fine. I can't really leave that man's power uncontrolled in her hands anyway. Kisuke probably would also like to see what will happen to an Etoulde once he or she gains Shinigami Arts.]
[That's true... But you're treading a very dangerous path.]
[I know that... But isn't this how we always do things?]
[...Fair point.]
[And that bastard overworked in our ho world so let mooch off this rich kid for a while.]
Yoruichi froze for a little bit before replying, [That's the real reason, isn't it?]
Benihi didn't give an answer.
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At the five-hour mark, the hot springs have already lost most of their effects but Benihi's cuts and stitches have also stopped appearing, signifying the end of the treatnt.
Benihi lifted Stralit up out of the glass container for one last ti before returning to her cane appearance.
Yoruichi instantly moved to catch her and took out a large towel to wrap her with it before passing her to Adrenna who already ran over to them.
Adrenna also took out more towels and blankets while drying Stralit with Magic. Although she tried to be discreet, it didn't escape Yoruichi's notice that Adrenna took so samples of both White Bone Hell and Blood Pond Hell. But Yoruichi responded as if she didn't notice a thing.
"What about this, sword? Cane?"
"Take it. I won't be able to separate them.", answered Yoruichi while cleaning up, taking everything that she took out back in, including the gunk that resulted from the treatnt, "You can artificially inject her with Spiritual Power to replenish her stamina but I wouldn't recomnd that. Instead, wait for her to wake up and feed her all the Spiritual Power-rich food you can provide her."
Adrenna picked up Benihi while slowly distancing herself from Yoruichi.
Once Yoruichi was done, she turned to Corvina and said, "I fulfilled my part. It's your turn."
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