Summer went and autumn came. In the blink of an eye, that hot summer had passed, and the refreshing autumn arrived.
The swimsuit craze also slowly subsided as the temperature dropped.
Yamabuki had the day off today. He was drinking tea in his shop, watching the Shinigami coming and going outside, with a slight smile.
The time had already reached the end of October.
Only three months remained until the Thousand-Year Blood War predicted by the Soul King. During this period, Yamabuki also led people to search Hueco Mundo, but unfortunately, nothing was found. The Quincy's Wandenreich seemed to have evaporated from this world.
The latest shinigami garb was also put into use. The best way to train soldiers is through actual combat. These Shinigami team members were directly sent to Hueco Mundo for training, greatly improving their combat level.
In the fierce battles against the Hollows, the true purpose of the shinigami garb became evident: the higher a Shinigami's spiritual pressure, the stronger the shinigami garb's shield. The attacks of ordinary Hollows couldn't break through the shinigami garb's shield at all, greatly reducing the casualty rate of the Shinigami.
The reputation of the shinigami garb soared.
Incidentally, Yamabuki Clothing Store also gained a huge wave of popularity.
Not long ago, Yamabuki, Batsu'unsai Katori, and Mr. Tanaka sat together to discuss future cooperation. All three parties were very satisfied and planned for long-term collaboration.
Yamabuki sat by the entrance like a retired old man, holding a cup of hot tea.
Before long, a familiar figure appeared before Yamabuki.
"Furuoki Ōtogawa? Why are you at my shop? You're not going to buy clothes, are you? That doesn't fit your stingy persona!" Yamabuki looked at Furuoki Ōtogawa in surprise. It was truly difficult to earn even a penny from him!
Furuoki Ōtogawa said expressionlessly, "It seems you still don't know? Something big happened in the squad!"
"Something big???" Yamabuki had just returned from the Gotei 13 that morning. What big thing could there be?
"The big sister who cooks in the cafeteria fell ill, so there's no food in the cafeteria for lunch today. Isn't that a big deal?" Furuoki Ōtogawa said with a serious face.
"Then... why are you at my clothing store?" Yamabuki looked at Furuoki Ōtogawa suspiciously.
"Nothing much. I plan to freeload a meal here. After all, I don't feel comfortable doing it with others." Furuoki Ōtogawa brazenly revealed his scheme.
Yamabuki sighed. How could someone be so stingy?
Your monthly salary isn't small, so why are you so reluctant to spend even a penny?
"White rice with stewed potatoes for lunch today, sound good?" Yamabuki asked.
"Don't mind my thoughts. For me, anything free is the best," Furuoki Ōtogawa said indifferently.
To say freeloading a meal so matter-of-factly, it truly is you.
After a short while, Unohana also arrived. It seemed that with no food for lunch, Unohana could only go home to eat.
"Furuoki Ōtogawa? You're here too?" Unohana said with a smile, "Perfect, stay and eat with us!"
"You are truly a good person," Furuoki Ōtogawa said, touched.
He just couldn't understand. How could such a good girl be rumored in the public to be a female devil who kills without batting an eye, as Yachiru Unohana?
Is there a possibility that she really does kill without batting an eye?
With Unohana back, Yamabuki naturally couldn't just have plain stewed potatoes. He added a good amount of pork to the potatoes, and the three of them enjoyed a delicious lunch.
"I say, do you two feel a bit cold?" Furuoki Ōtogawa hugged his shoulders and shivered.
Yamabuki also found it a bit strange. Indeed, why was the weather so cold at the end of October? He looked up at the sky and found...
"It's snowing!" Yamabuki reached out, and snowflakes drifted down into his palm, melting into cold snow water.
Looking at the sky full of snow, Yamabuki didn't expect the snow to come so early this year.
Speaking of which, he hadn't prepared his winter supplies yet!
In the blink of an eye, he had been in this world for several months already. Time had passed so quickly.
When he was a child, during winter break from school, he always thought the holiday would be very long. It wasn't until the day before school started, looking at his unfinished homework, that he realized how short the holiday actually was.
"Let's go buy some charcoal later! Don't let yourselves get frozen," Unohana said very thoughtfully.
When Yamabuki used to watch anime, he noticed that no matter how cold the weather, girls in Neon would walk on the streets with bare legs. At first, he thought it was just for showing off their good figures in the manga, but later, after learning a bit about Neon's national conditions, he found out it was actually true.
No matter how cold the weather, girls would show off their beauty with bare legs, truly beautiful yet freezing.
Of course, Neon is also the country with the highest incidence of rheumatism.
In comparison, Yamabuki admired Queen Keisha from "Super God Academy" more.
While other angel ladies wore mini-skirts to show off their legs, our Queen Keisha wore a pair of red long johns, standing out like a crane among chickens.
"Slap!" Yamabuki slapped his thigh hard: "There's a new business opportunity! This winter, let's sell cotton clothes and long johns! No, long johns aren't enough, it must be cotton trousers, the kind stuffed with two pounds of cotton."
Unohana and Furuoki Ōtogawa looked at Yamabuki simultaneously, wondering what new trick he was up to.
After finishing his meal, Yamabuki found Senjumaru Shutara and told her his idea.
"Cotton trousers??? Two pounds of cotton? Hmm... If something like that is made, it will definitely be very ugly, right? Girls won't like it either," Senjumaru Shutara said with a helpless expression.
Yamabuki slammed his fist into his palm: "It doesn't matter if it's ugly, the important thing is that it's warm! Who could refuse a pair of two-pound cotton trousers in the dead of winter? Let's make one and see; we have nothing to lose anyway."
Senjumaru Shutara couldn't argue with Yamabuki. After all, Yamabuki was her boss, so she could only follow Yamabuki's design and create the first pair of cotton trousers in Soul Society.
Two pounds of cotton were added to the trousers, completely sacrificing aesthetics for practicality.
Senjumaru Shutara couldn't believe that such an ugly item was made by her.
"It doesn't matter if the item is ugly, don't forget we have the strongest billboard girl," Yamabuki thought of Saitō Furōfushi.
Anyway, no matter what new product came out, just have Saitō Furōfushi wear it. As the Squad Six Captain, Saitō Furōfushi's popularity was very high.
Just her popularity alone could drive a huge wave of sales.
He took the finished cotton trousers and found Saitō Furōfushi.
Saitō Furōfushi immediately became wary upon seeing Yamabuki.
"What strange clothes do you want me to wear now?" Saitō Furōfushi asked nervously.
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