Despite my earlier joke, about peeling Ibarakai like a banana, that was going turn out much more difficult than I had imagined.

As I had temporarily forgotten that Ibaraki was pretty fucking strong, even as a Shadow Servant currently with all her stats being lowered by one in this state.

As she has Disengage to dodge my bigger attack like a pro, and Shapshifitng to change her body to something that was capable of tanking the less powerful attack meant to wear her down. And then there was her Demonic Nature of an Oni or Oni Magic as it was also called. Which gave her more power in the form of Monstrous Strength and Mana Burst(Flames). Which was why I was currently using Water Magic to counter her fireballs. Along with Crystal applying fire resistance and reinforcing my body to tolerate the literal heat, the Oni Leader was throwing about.

All the while growling at me as she tried to also cut and crush me with that Yaoi Hand of hers. I've already had to avoid getting grabbed by two Rashomons.

"Hydro volley!" I shouted as Crystal received my input and desires, and a circle was made that would accomplish it. Several bullets of water were fired to clash with Ibaraki's literal rain of fire. Creating a field of steam.

[Misstress, we aren't making any headway here.]

"I know, we just need a way to keep her from using Disengage," I told her as that was the reason I hadn't done her in yet. That stupid skill allowed her to be slippery as fuck.

I needed something that could pin her down, I needed to deploy some form of trap.

Trap, trap, trap, traptraptraptrap. Of course, why hadn't I thought of that before?

My Wishcraft and Crystal reacted to my desire, and I created something that would keep Ibaraki immobile, but I needed her to be doing something else first.

So, I came to a stop. "Yoh, Banana over here?" I shouted from my position. And that got her attention.

"Great Grudge of Rasho-." She began to call out her Noble Phantasm, but she had come to a stop to use, and I had her.

She had activated my Trap Card.

Quite literally.

My Spellbinding Circle appeared, and she was immobilized as the magic circle bound her limps.

"Now when it's time to die. Now go Dark Magic Attack!" I shouted as I fired the electrified ball of darkness. Fitting as I was cosplaying as Vanitas.

The attack collided with the Oni in a massive explosion, and a little bit afterward, I was left with the Berserker Class Card floating to the ground.

[Shadow Servant defeated and card retrieved Misstress only nine more to go.]

"Yeah, I can count Crystal," I said as I pocketed the powerful artifact into the container that the Kaleidostick had made for the Class Cards.

[Ah, don't be mean Mistress anyway starting the shift from Mirror World to Real World. The collapse of dimensional space will occur soon after.]

A second after she spoke the magic circle was deployed beneath my feet, and a second later it felt like my world was flipped upside down and then back to normal. And I was no longer in the blue and purple filtered bubble of dimensional space.

And it was noon, so I should probably grab lunch before I returned home, as my stomach was hungry from using up all that energy and my Magic Circuits needed to cool down a little bit.

And I wanted to try some actual Ramen, and not insta-cooked noodles with some chicken powder. I wanted actual Ramen.

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"This is delicious," I said after I consumed my first mouthful of the deliciously cooked meal. Crystal had easily found a small, recommended Ramen stand for me.

"I'm glad you like it?" Spoke the owner of the small restaurant as he took my money and went back into the kitchen, leaving me all alone. And as I sat and ate, it did not take long for another person to come and take a seat beside me.

Of course, I wasn't surprised who it was, as Crystal had warned about a powerful entity approaching me.

"Is there something I can help you with?" I asked the busty blond woman, and boy they were tits that rivaled Orihime's pair.

"Imagine my thoughts when the thing that's been leaching of my Leyline for the past two days could not be removed by me and others. Suddenly gets removed by a foreign woman that now reeks of Oni. Can you guess what my thoughts were then I felt that?"

"I think, "If she knew how to remove it. She would have something to do with it," I responded truthfully cause if I didn't wasn't sure if the Nine-Tailed Kitsune sitting besides would break the table with my face. And I didn't want my lunch ruined thanks to her getting pissy.

"Those were my exact thoughts. So, Magician, do you mind telling me who you are? What you're doing in my country, my city and what you retrieved was and why it and now you reek of Oni." I could feel a downward force upon my being as Yasa asserted her authority via her immense spiritual pressure. Yeah, since this was Bleach, everyone should be capable of that trick.

"Well, Yasa if you wish to know. My name is Tany von Einzbern, and I just took up residence here in Japan. And what I removed was an artifact planted by an annoying Wizard as a test, and if I were capable of retrieving them, they would be mine." I explained.

"That seems like a possible story, but you still didn't explain what it was? Why did feel like it contains the soul of an Oni?" She asked much more demanding this time, and the pressure increased. Fuck me, she was powerful.

"And why should I deign you with an explanation. It messed with your Leyline, and I fixed the problem. So you should be thanking me for fixing it." I answered a bit more harshly than I usually would. I didn't want to be pushed around by people, not anymore. I had only gone along with assisting Urahara because it benefitted me, and I wanted to rescue Rukia. There was no benefit for me telling Yasaka about Class Cards and Heroic Spirits.

So she was just going to have to deal with it.

"For the Oni are part of my purview as the leader of the Yokai and by the authority of Lady Amaterasu. So, you will tell me about that artifact and the other one that has attached it to another of Japan's Leylines." She left no room for bargaining.

"No. I have no reason to tell you, for I do not benefit in any way shape or form from doing so. So if you wish to know about the artifact, you will have to cough up some information that I wish to know. And as the leader of the Yokai faction, you should be easily able to tell me."

"And what is you to know from me, Magician."

"What is the deal with Hollows and Shinigami. Urahara didn't tell me the bigger picture, so I wish for you to tell me. I lack and origin of their circumstances." I told her, and I saw her eyes widen and before becoming a scowl.

"After Lady Izanami's death, she cursed the land, and the Hollows are a result of that curse. The Shinigami and their weapon purify that curse from them and sends them to their proper resting place. That is all I will tell you." That matched what I had theorized, that it involved Izanami and Izanagi in someway. But I would probably get a better answer from either Aizen or the Sun Goddess herself. As fox face wasn't forthcoming.

"I know you're not giving me the full explanation, so I won't either. So have fun with this knowledge. They are like Sacred Gears though they contain a copy of a famous individual's soul. Allowing me to use the power they possessed in life. The I just picked up contained a copy of Ibaraki-Douji." And oh how that expression on her face pleased me greatly as tried to compute what I had just said.

While Yasaka was strong, she was not Ibaraki strong, and the only reason I had won at all was that all of these Class Cards were mindless in nature and ran on instinct. The real Ibaraki would have seen the trap coming from a mile away.

"Well, you explained, I explained so I see you at some other time when you want to tell the whole truth," I said as I emptied my bowl and left the stand leaving Yasaka to seethe, as I did keep my promise, and her attacking me now would be a stain upon her and her Goddesses' honor.

I had won that little confrontation without a scratch upon my person, now it was time to go home.

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After returning to my villa, I had jumped back onto to my unbelievable comfortable couch, as watching TV while I was waiting for whoever Crystal had hired as my maid. All the while, Crystal analyzed the card to see if anything was wrong with it, so there wouldn't go anything wrong while I used it tomorrow to retrieve the second and final card here in Japan.

And yeah I did the with Yasa was probably not the smartest move on my part it had been so satisfying to show her up. But there was probably a good chance this would bite me in the ass a little bit. But that was oh so worth it.

But as the clock was about to reach six, I had heard the doorbell ring.

That is probably my maid. I thought as I stood up with a yawn and walked towards the door.

"Hello," I greeted the person on the other side of the door after having opened it, but my mind came to a crawl as I saw who standing in front of me.

"Hello, my name is Asia Argento are you Tanya von Einzbern? Oh, I hope I got set off at the right address." The petite nun spoke nervously as her hand grabbed her luggage.

How?WHY?HOW?THEFUCK? Why the fuck was she here? Why was she here? She shouldn't be here? She should be with Issei? And if she got excommunicated this situation had happened way too late in the timeline or way to fucking early.

Dammit, Crystal? You bitch. "I am Tanya von Einzbern, dear Asia, you were the one who said yes to my application for a maid weren't you? Just to confirm?"

"Yes, I saw the Online Ad, "Magician in need of Live in home Maid, currently living in Japan." I had nowhere else to so I said yes." Something told me she was the only one who got the Ad? Damit Crystal.

"Good, good now. Let's have a short job interview just to get all the facts down." I said as I lead Asia inside.

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