"Hey~ Sado ~"
Yasutora Sado was walking ahead, and just as he was about to leave the school gates, he finally heard that annoying voice again, so he quickened his pace.
But it was no use; he knew it himself, he was just deceiving himself. Ever since that fight a year ago, the two had inexplicably become friends. Mainly, Sado didn't consider Ichigo Kurosaki a friend, but that guy was incredibly outgoing, what could he do?
Sure enough, a hand landed on his shoulder, Ichigo Kurosaki appeared beside him, leaning forward and flashing a perfect eight-tooth smile.
"You, Sado, why are you ignoring me?"
Sado sighed helplessly, "My dear young master, I'm just going to work today, I don't have what you're looking for."
"Working? Working is great! I'll go with you," Ichigo said with Ichigo grin, completely unconcerned.
Ichigo wasn't always bothering Sado; after that fight, Ichigo didn't do anything. But one time, Ichigo was on Ichigo and got home late. He encountered Sado being surrounded by a group of thugs. Unlike Ichigo, Sado immediately stepped in to help Sado out, and the two of them took down several of the thugs and escaped.
From then on, Ichigo became concerned about Yasutora Sado, and then discovered that this guy was doing things that students should never be involved in.
There's really no other way. Sado is different from Ichigo. As those who have read the original work know, Sado's living conditions were very poor. His parents died in Mexico, and he was raised by only his grandfather, who then passed away, leaving him to live alone.
Add to that his physical appearance; despite being only 15 years old like Ichigo, he already possessed an astonishing height of 190 cm, and even had a beard. What could he possibly do? That's why Sado was able to start working to support himself in middle school. Later, due to his physical condition, he was harassed by thugs, and after a series of events, he became involved with the yakuza.
Ichigo is different from the original; he's less withdrawn, but he retains his passionate and kind heart. He noticed Sado's problem, so he used the excuse of observing society to pester Sado, hoping to help him escape the yakuza's clutches.
Meanwhile, he could treat Sado to dinner every night; the Kurosaki Family is wealthy anyway. As for helping out with part-time work, that's definitely out of the question; fifteen-year-old Ichigo is still too naive.
As it turns out, Sado really did get a job today, working as a kitchen helper at a KFC. It was actually quite simple: just dumping a bunch of fried chicken into the fryer and then taking it out after a certain number of minutes. It was a job that required sheer strength to pull off the Miracle.
Ichigo ordered and finished his meal. Seeing that it was getting late, he went to the back to tell Sado, and the two said goodbye before Ichigo went home.
Ichigo walked home, and it was already dark. Ichigo wasn't afraid of the dimly lit streets at all. After all, he had seen plenty of Dead Souls. Those Dead Souls that had been smashed to pieces by cars could make one feel nauseous. How could he be afraid of the dark after seeing so many?
"It's getting late, isn't it? Ugh, Mom's going to nag me again, so annoying! If only I could run into a Dead Souls, I could just say I went to help him become a Buddha!"
Ichigo muttered to himself. He really was searching for Dead Souls. He couldn't help them achieve Dead Souls, but helping Dead Souls fulfill certain wishes could indeed reduce their Dead Souls and slow down their transformation into Dead Souls, allowing the Soul Reaper stationed there to complete their missions more easily.
He just glanced around randomly, then Ichigo looked up and blinked.
"Hey~ hey~, what was that just now? Soul Reaper?" Ichigo wasn't sure if what he just saw was a Soul Reaper, or if he had just imagined it. "Impossible, how could I be wrong? That really was a Soul Reaper, but wasn't it that guy with the Explosion? What's with the Soul Reaper suddenly appearing?"
Ichigo already knew what Soul Reaper was, as well as what Undead, Fullbringers, Hollows, Arrancars were. He was waiting for his sixteenth birthday. As long as he turned sixteen, as Shinichi had said back then, he could have superpowers at sixteen. He was so excited!
So Ichigo scratched his head, "Which direction did that Soul Reaper go? It seemed to be near my house... Well, I'd better go home and tell him first."
So Ichigo arrived home, saying, "I'm home~"
"Why are you only coming back now!?" Just as Ichigo had predicted, Mi rushed out.
So, as if it had been rehearsed, Ichigo handed her the backpack. Mi took it, and then, while still holding onto the slightly ajar door, Ichigo said, "I have something to do, I'll be back later~", before closing the door from the other side, leaving Mi standing there stunned with his backpack in her hand.
"Ichigo Kurosaki ~!"
Ichigo had already run far away, suddenly shivered. He knew his mother was definitely angry, and furiously so. If he didn't give her a proper explanation today, he'd be dead at home.
So no matter what, he had to find that Soul Reaper, or at least find out what that Soul Reaper was doing. So Ichigo found a street corner and closed his eyes. For a long time, Ichigo had felt that he could sense so-called Spiritual Power, and now, Ichigo sensed Spiritual Power in the Hilltop Park.
Ichigo looked up and saw that it didn't seem far away, but running there would require a detour of about two kilometers. Oh my god, let's run!
"Huff~ Huff~", Ichigo finally arrived at the scene, but the two sides were already fighting in the forest. Ichigo had no choice but to follow them, and then he discovered that this battle was on a large scale; many trees had been destroyed. Following the trails, he could find the target.
After another arduous journey, Ichigo thought to himself how great it would be if he had superpowers and could just fly there. "That hateful first year, that hateful fifteenth year!" he thought, his resentment fueling his determination. He arrived at the battlefield in no time.
Rukia Kuchiki slashed at the Hollow's exoskeleton, only to find she couldn't cut through it. Wiping the blood seeping from her forehead, Rukia thought she might be about to die.
However, at that moment, she saw someone run in. It was a human, Rukia had never seen before, and her Spiritual Power perception told her that the other person was not a spirit.
Hey! You!
Rukia yelled a warning, but before she could react, she rushed over and punched Rukia, sending her flying.
Wow! Are you alright?!
Ichigo, seeing this, rushed over to help. Rukia was furious; she didn't care why this person could see her anymore, and shouted...
"Run! Run! Run!"
Ichigo was completely bewildered. "Why should I run away? I've dealt with at least eighty or a hundred Hollows, this isn't new to me!" he shouted.
Don't worry, I'm here to help you.
Rukia felt like she'd been hit with a million-point critical hit. What good is a human?! You came to help me just to give the Hollows a treat? A Soul Reaper nutritional porridge isn't enough, you also want a finger-licking good human dish?
"Get out of here!" Rukia cursed fiercely as the Hollow drew closer and her side was practically out of fighting strength.
Ichigo's face fell. "Hey~, why are you talking so rudely, you Soul Reaper? I was just trying to help you."
Ichigo spoke, he threw out the bait. The bait was a Temporary Soul, but its Spiritual Power density was extremely high. An ordinary Hollow would definitely chase after this bait, but this time Ichigo encountered no ordinary Hollow.
However, Ichigo didn't notice this. He didn't see the Hollow; his attention was only momentarily drawn to the bait. Anyway, it always worked. After throwing Ichigo, Ichigo ran towards Rukia.
Then a strange scene unfolded on the battlefield: a boy threw a ball of light, and both the Hollow and Soul Reaper glanced at it. The boy then ran towards the Soul Reaper, and both of them watched his every move, yet miraculously, neither took any further action.
So Ichigo went to Rukia's side, picked up the heavily injured Rukia, and laughed.
"Hehe~ I'm here to save you. Don't worry, that silly Hollow will be lured away."
Rukia was at a loss for words. She pointed behind Ichigo around and saw the Hollow's wide-open mouth. Ichigo was dumbfounded.
Why wasn't this void lured away?
"Why was Hollow lured away?! It's not a cat!" Rukia couldn't help but complain about Desire.
"But all the other illusions have been drawn away."
"Get out of the way!" Rukia Ichigo, but she suddenly realized that her push had landed on a Spiritual Power Barrier, Ichigo inch.
Then the Hollow came biting, its steel teeth biting into the shield. Ichigo was unharmed, but Ichigo didn't even bother brushing its teeth! It picked up Rukia and charged forward, while the Hollow relentlessly attacked from behind. How could a human outrun such a modified Hollow?
"Wow!! Why wasn't this guy lured away?! What do we do?!"
Seeing the protective shield behind Ichigo, who was being brutally beaten by a Hollow but remained completely unharmed, Rukia Ichigo again, and recalling the previous events...
"Who exactly are you?!"
"Me? My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, and I'm human."
Rukia forehead. "I'm asking you, what do you do? How do you know about Soul Reaper? There are such things?!"
"Why can't I know about Soul Reaper? This thing was given to me by my uncle!"
"Your uncle?"
"Hey, are you some kind of walking encyclopedia? Aren't you the Soul Reaper? This shield has its limits! You better think of something quick!!"
After being yelled at by Ichigo, Rukia finally remembered that she was a Soul Reaper and that she was the one who had to face the Hollows, so she said...
"Put me down, I'll hold it off, you can use the opportunity to escape."
Rukia Ichigo his arms with deadpan eyes, "With your attitude, you'd be instantly killed even if I put you down. What am I supposed to do?"
Rukia almost vomited blood.
"How can you say such hurtful things? Even if I get instantly killed, I still have to put myself down to test it! How do you know if I'll get instantly killed if I don't go down? And why does it have to be instantly killed? Does that mean I'm admitting I'm going to get instantly killed? Damn it, I'm not a tsukkomi (speaker of sarcasm)!"
Rukia, having thought about all this, got angry at herself again. Just then, the protective shield began to flicker, and Ichigo Kurosaki screamed in terror.
"My god! What the hell is this thing!? Miss Mingmo said this thing can block Void attacks for a long time! What kind of Void is this!? How come its attack power is so high!?"
"How should I know!?" Rukia was about to cry.
"You didn't know, yet you expect me to?! Are you some kind of Soul Reaper?!"
"I..." Rukia knew this was no time to joke around; they were in dire straits. Then, she suddenly remembered something from over a decade ago—the method by which a Substitute Soul Reaper became Soul Reaper.
"Hey! You little brat! You can see me and Xu not because of some special gadget, right?"
"What do you mean, 'this kid'?!" Ichigo was about to retort in anger when a Hollow behind him punched the shield, turning it red. Ichigo had never seen this color before and quickly said, "Nonsense! I've seen you bunch of dead people since I was born!"
Rukia didn't have time to be angry now, and quickly said, "Then you are a human born with powerful Spiritual Power. I will now give you the Soul Reaper Power and make you a Soul Reaper. This is our only chance!"
"Make me the Soul Reaper?" He was stunned.
"Yes," Rukia, a little confused, "You don't want to?"
Ichigo suddenly beamed with joy, "Okay, okay, come on, come on!"
Rukia was completely bewildered. However, at that moment, the final limit of the shield was broken, and it shattered. Rukia wasn't in a position to dwell on the situation; she quickly plunged her sword into Ichigo's chest, channeling her Soul Reaper Power...
A flash of light, and the gaping maw that the Void had been biting down on was severed in two.
Your friend, Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki, is now online.