Training to Control Hollowfication

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After Ye Yang finished explaining, Yoruichi and Urahara understood. Such an incredible ability wasn't so easy to use, but even so, it was still abnormal enough.

"I'm speechless. Is this kind of ability really something that a human, or even a Shinigami, can wield? In a sense, the power of time must be an intrusion into the realm of gods," Yoruichi sighed.

"God? Does such a thing really exist in this world?" Ye Yang said helplessly. If it does, why has no one ever seen it? If it doesn't, then who can explain why Ye Yang came to this world, and why a world from a comic book has actually appeared?

It was as if an invisible hand was controlling everything. Their fates had been predetermined, but because of Ye Yang, this little butterfly, their original destinies had been derailed.

For example, the current prosperity of the Shihoin Clan; Hisana living a few more years so that Rukia could meet her sister; Tōshirō becoming his disciple; and Amagai and Kaien still being alive.

However, none of this affected the overall plot development. Aizen still embarked on the path of opposing Soul Society, and Urahara and Hirako still left Soul Society. The current captains are all the same people from the original work, with only the vacant Fifth Division and Third Division having Ye Yang and Amagai as captains.

The overall trajectory of the world remains unchanged and will not be altered by anyone's actions. However, even Ye Yang doesn't know what the future holds. No one knows the outcome of the winter's decisive battle. But one thing is certain: Aizen will be stopped by Ichigo. After all, Ichigo is the protagonist of this world.

With the protagonist's aura, Ichigo is definitely not going to lose. The Ichigo is what will happen to Aizen. Meanwhile, Ye Yang is also working hard to improve his strength. No one can say that the ending is already decided, so Ye Yang still needs to prepare to deal with Aizen.

"God? I don't know if God exists, but even if He does, we can't possibly come into contact with Him," Urahara said in a low voice.

Meanwhile, Ichigo was in an inconspicuous warehouse, which turned out to be a hidden world, much like Urahara Shop. It was a huge training basement Ichigo was on a treadmill.

Meanwhile, Hirako and the others were just chanting slogans for Ichigo and discussing what to have for lunch. Ichigo was getting angrier and angrier. He came here to learn how to control his Inner Hollow, not to go for a run!

Ichigo angrily kicked Hirako over. Before Hiyori could say anything, Hirako yelled, "What are you doing, you brat! I'll beat you up!"

Hirako got up from the ground. "That should have been my words, right?" But before he could finish speaking, Hiyori slapped him on the ground with the sole of her shoe. "Baldy! Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking!"

Ichigo couldn't hold back any longer. "Hey! Shouldn't I be the one saying that? You said you'd teach me how to control my Inner Hollow so thoroughly, making it sound so impressive. But all you did was make me run!"

Hiyori also had a fiery temper, and the two started fighting. The other members of the Visored were used to it, but Hirako finally intervened, explaining, "Wait, Ichigo, that crappy Hiyori treadmill..."

"It's super!" Hiyori reminded him from behind.

"Yes, yes, Super, we're doing this mainly to lay the foundation for your future training. Let's see how long you can run on that treadmill, and we'll determine your next level based on how long you can persist."

"Rank?" Ichigo asked.

"That's right, you should focus on building a solid foundation first. If you want us to teach you how to control the Hollowfication technique, you'll need to be able to continuously step on it for at least three days!"

Ichigo immediately shouted, "Are you kidding me?" He turned around and pointed at the treadmill he had thrown aside, saying, "I could run on this thing for a week straight, let alone three days in a row. I knew in just one day that touching it would consume a lot of Spiritual Power. Your purpose was simply to test my maximum Spiritual Power! In my current state, I could run on it for at least another week. This is completely meaningless!"

Immediately, no one spoke. They all knew that Hirako's mention of three days was just to calm Ichigo down; in reality, one day of continuous running would have been enough for him. How could they accept that Ichigo had said he could run for a week without any problems?

"Teach me how to control Hollowfication quickly! I don't have that much time to waste with your Visoreds!" Ichigo looked somewhat agitated.

At this moment, Hirako shouted loudly, "Shut up! No time? You dare to talk nonsense about not even knowing the awakening time of the Hōgyoku?"

Ichigo was about to say something, but then he looked at Hirako in surprise and asked, "What did you say? You know about the Hōgyoku?"

"Whether it's the Hōgyoku, the Arrancar, or Sōsuke Aizen, I've known about these things for many years," Hirako suddenly appeared in front of Ichigo. "I won't go into the details for now. I originally wanted to take some time to let you understand our methods, but considering how incredibly fast you've mastered Shinigamification, Shikai, and Bankai training..."

Ichigo was even more surprised. How did Hirako know all this? Hirako, however, ignored Ichigo's reaction and continued, "Perhaps following your suggestion and using the method of controlling Hollowfication with leg strength early on would be more suitable for you. Let's begin, Ichigo."

Then Ichigo was plunged into darkness, and the last thing he heard was Hirako's voice. "Don't regret it~"

Then, the unconscious Ichigo was carried on Kensei's shoulder, Hirako said, "Let's go..."

Hirako and his team's method is to let Ichigo enter his inner world and find his Inner Hollow. At this time, Ichigo in the real world will enter a complete Hollowfication state. Then someone must stop the Hollowfication Ichigo and fight him.

As for Ichigo's inner world, that depends on Ichigo himself. What Ichigo needs to do is devour the Hollows. If Ichigo Hollow, then everything is over. Ichigo will completely become a Hollow, and his Inner Hollow will take control of his body.

At that point, Hirako and the others might choose to eliminate him, since the real Ichigo has already been sealed away, so they'll have no choice but to kill him if there's no other option.

Everything still depends on Ichigo himself; whether he can overcome the Inner Hollow is up to him.

Meanwhile, on Ye Yang and Urahara's side, Renji and Chad continued their rigorous training. However, they made another decision: to bring Inoue to Soul Society. They suspected that Aizen had also noticed Inoue's abilities and might take her to Hueco Mundo at any time, making Soul Society the safest place.

The following month was very peaceful, except for one minor incident where three Arrancar came to Urahara with the Hōgyoku and asked him how to use Hōgyoku. However, Urahara was at the time sending Inoue to Soul Society and was not in the shop. But Ye Yang happened to be there.

Having handled the Hōgyoku before, Ye Yang could naturally tell that the Hōgyoku in the Arrancar's hands was fake. It was clearly Aizen's twisted sense of humor, deliberately using a fake Hōgyoku to deceive them, making them believe that if they obtained the Hōgyoku and found Urahara, they could use Hōgyoku power, and then they would come to the World of the Living. With their strength, finding Urahara in the World of the Living would be certain death.

In truth, Aizen could have killed them effortlessly, but Aizen didn't. He used Kyōka Suigetsu to hypnotize them, then watched them come to their deaths in the World of the Living, thus eliminating the traitors while also causing some trouble for Urahara.

Ye Yang returned to Soul Society, leaving the affairs of the World of the Living to Tōshirō and the others for the time being.

The rest of the days were relatively peaceful, but this peace was broken a month later. On this day, Urahara was still in the basement practicing with Renji and Chad when he suddenly felt several Spiritual Pressures. Urahara's expression changed instantly because this time the Arrancar who came were not just those grunts, but Espada- level figures!

At the same time, a notice was issued in Soul Society, because the appearance of Espada- level Arrancar in the World of the Living must have a purpose.

Rukia has applied for a mission to provide support in the World of the Living and is already on World of the Living way. Inoue is also determined to go to the World of the Living, since she is a human being from the World of the Living, and there is nothing wrong with her going World of the Living, nor is there any reason to object.

However, Inoue is now a key person to protect, so Soul Society sent two Shinigami to protect her as she arrived in the World of the Living. But Ye Yang worried about them, so he secretly followed them.

In the Dangai, Inoue and the others were running when they heard a voice behind them, "The Soul Society has truly fallen. Don't they know that the most dangerous situation is when they are moving?"

Ulquiorra slowly emerged from the Garganta. "Only two guards?" Ulquiorra asked calmly.

Inoue suddenly remembered that she had seen Ulquiorra in the World of the Living before, so she knew how powerful Ulquiorra was—far beyond what these two guards could handle. She shouted, "Run! Please, run away!"

Before the two Grim Reapers could even react, they were already knocked to the ground by Ulquiorra; the difference in their strength was simply too great.

"Sōten Kisshun, I refuse!" As Inoue spoke, a yellow halo appeared on the bodies of the two Shinigami, and then began to heal their injuries.

Ulquiorra slowly approached. "You can recover from such severe injuries? That's quite an ability. Come with me, woman. From now on, you can only answer yes. If you say anything else, I'll kill your companions."

Inoue saw the battle Ichigo before him. Although Ichigo had mastered the power of Hollowfication, he could only Hollowfication for eleven seconds at the moment. During this time, Ichigo had indeed suppressed Grimmjow, who had lost his left arm.

However, after his Hollowfication state ended, he was still defeated by Grimmjow.