Rukia was dropped off at school in the afternoon because she missed the designated time in the morning. It was the typical introduction method found in anime, but Rukia's appearance was completely different from the original work.
She wore a small hair clip, had a slender figure and gentle features, and with the posture and aristocratic air she had cultivated over a long period in the Kuchiki Clan, she truly resembled a young lady from a noble family.
This naturally drew gasps from the students. Next was Rukia's self-introduction. After introducing her name and age, Rukia said...
"She is a distant Ichigo Kurosaki and currently lives with the Kurosaki Family."
Then the class erupted. Ichigo's Ichigo mischievous friends started yelling at Ichigo, "Why didn't you say anything?! A pretty girl came to our house and you didn't tell us! Unbelievable!"
Finally, under the teacher's restraint, things calmed down. By the end of the class, Rukia was surrounded by girls, while Ichigo was Ichigo surrounded by boys. Both of them had barely survived the day and hadn't had a chance to exchange a single word.
School was finally over, and this time, for once, Sado came over to me.
"Is this what you did the other day? Hello, transfer student."
Hello~
"This is Sado. He looks tall and strong, but he's actually the same age as us."
Rukia was genuinely startled. "Wow! That's amazing!"
Sado scratched his head. "You guys go home together, I'm going to work."
"What is part-time work?" Rukia asked curiously.
Sado was stunned, Ichigo awkward laugh, "Her family is the kind that's really powerful, so you know what I mean."
"Oh, I see," Sado smiled shyly. "The transfer student looks like a rich girl."
"Since you don't know how to find a job, let's go check it out together."
"Is this really okay?" Sado, a little worried. "I think those nobles have access restrictions, haha, I saw it on TV."
"Well, she's staying at my house now. We don't have any here. Let's go!"
The three chatted casually along the way, but Sado was a quiet type, and thankfully Ichigo from this timeline was quite talkative, otherwise it would have been a bit awkward, mainly because the three of them weren't familiar with each other.
It was KFC again, Rukia's first time eating it. When she saw the KFC plush toys, Rukia immediately fell in love with them. Although they weren't the strange little bunnies, she liked the other little things too.
Do you like these little things?
"Is it not allowed? Waaah~," Rukia clutched the small doll as if afraid it would be snatched away, "Isn't it strange? It's supposed to be Soul Reaper!"
"Haha, what's so special about it? It's actually quite cute, here you go."
Ichigo gave his own to Rukia, Rukia blushed and said, "Thank you."
"Speaking of which, why did you come out? Don't you really know what it means to work?"
"Of course not," Rukia smiled slyly, "This way we can avoid going home. I'm afraid Aunt Mei won't let us go out anymore if we go home."
"Ah, Mom might be like that, but do you have something to do?"
"Are you an idiot? I'm Soul Reaper! Soul Reaper's job is to Soul Burial the Dead Souls and fight Hollows. Well, now you're Soul Reaper too, let's go together."
As Rukia spoke, she took out the Mod Soul. Ichigo always enjoyed this kind of thing, naturally followed suit. The two of them swallowed the Mod Soul together, and after instructing the Mod Soul, which had taken over their bodies, to say goodbye to Sado and go home, the two Soul Reaper set off.
The two were in Shopping District, a place with extremely high foot traffic where Hollows are generally not found. However, this rule doesn't apply in Karakura Town, because Karakura Town Hollows there are all mutated, created by Aizen.
Aizen channeled a portion of the power of his own Hōgyoku into Karakura Town, triggering the Karakura Town's Spiritual Power. Karakura Town was a Spiritually Dense Area energy, causing the Hollows there to differ from ordinary Hollows from the very beginning of their Dead Souls transformation. Most of the Hollows here retained a certain amount of humanity for a period of time and could even speak.
It's important to understand that some Vasto Lorde Lordes in Hueco Mundo are unable to speak, yet a group of weaklings in Karakura Town who aren't even Gillian can talk. The difference is enormous. One of Rukia's purposes in coming to the World of the Living was to investigate this situation.
The two quickly spotted a Hollow clinging to the facade of a tall building. Its target was an old man inside a room. Ichigo and Rukia raced up the building. Rukia's first strike only managed a small wound before stalling. Then, Ichigo, from another direction, cleaved the Hollow in two with a single blow.
"Ugh... my power..." Rukia sobbed, "I used to be able to take down something like this."
"Hi~ Hi~, so we have to exchange powers tonight. Aunt Aijima said that if we drag this out too long, your Reishi core will be damaged, which will affect your lifespan."
"I understand," Rukia blushed again. "Speaking of Ichigo, Ichigo, do you know who those people are?"
"Who? Ah~ Sister Mingmo and Aunt Aijima? It's them!"
"But they're not from Soul Society!"
Ichigo scratched his head. The two were chatting while moving at high speed. "I'm not really sure either, but I heard that Aunt Aijima is Soul Reaper. Aren't Soul Reaper all from Soul Society?"
"How is this possible!?" Rukia stopped in her tracks in astonishment. "I had no idea there was such a Soul Reaper!"
Ichigo shrugged. "Maybe you're too young. I heard Aunt Aijima is nine hundred years old. I used to call her 'Aijima- neechan,' but Aunt Aijima won't let me."
"Nine hundred years old!?" Rukia speechless. At the same time, she understood the strength of Aijima. Nine hundred years old was not an age that an ordinary Soul Reaper could live to. Even Rukia at her current level probably couldn't live that long.
"No wonder she wasn't afraid of me! How embarrassing! I thought I had her under control, but it turns out she doesn't care about my strength at all."
Ichigo watched from the side, then smiled and said, "Strength? Who's stronger, you or my dad?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Rukia was stunned. "How could I possibly compare to Captain Shiba Kurosaki? Don't you know! There are only thirteen captains in the Soul Society! Each captain is a force to be reckoned with!"
"I see!!" Ichigo laughed, "But my dad said he can't beat Tier Harribel, and there's also Oka and Biersen. I've only met these guys."
Who is that?
"I don't know," Ichigo shrugged. "I only know they're the ones protecting Aunt Aijima. She's the head of their Research Institute, the most capable researcher besides Aijima leader, a very, very important person, so she needs skilled bodyguards to protect her."
However, just a few simple words shattered Rukia's worldview. "How is that possible!? How could there be someone stronger than the captain!? Especially a veteran captain like Captain Shiba!"
Ichigo could only shrug. "I don't know. I'm not familiar with your Soul Society, but it seems pretty weak."
These words crossed Rukia's line. "Apologize!"
"What?"
"Apologize to Soul Society! Soul Society is not a place you can insult!"
"Hey Rukia, is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of this?"
"This isn't making a mountain out of a molehill! This is a matter of principle!"
However, Ichigo was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and he certainly wouldn't back down in front of a girl. His temper flared up, "What principles!? I'm talking about what I know: I'm weak! Weak is weak! Even my dad said I can't beat him! The other captains you mentioned aren't a match either, are they? If this isn't weakness, what is? Doesn't your Soul Society allow people to speak the truth!?"
How can you prove it!?
"What!? My dad said it himself!! How else do you need to prove it!?"
The two immediately turned on each other. However, after Ichigo said that, Rukia thought about what Isshin had said while driving back yesterday, and that Ichigen feeling he evoked, and suddenly felt that it might actually be true.
Then she broke down first, her eyes glazing over, muttering to herself, "It's a lie, right? A lie, a lie."
Ichigo softened a bit when he saw Rukia like this, "Hey~ you're so energetic when you're arguing, is that all the mental fortitude you have? So what if you're weak?"
"What do you know!?" Rukia shouted, "The Soul Society is the only home for Dead Souls, and also the home for Soul Reaper! Someone is plotting against the Soul Society! Their goal is to destroy it!"
"Huh?" Ichigo scratched his face. "No way? I know Mingmo- nee and Aijima- aunt, uh..."
"What? What do you want to say?"
"Uh, they do seem a bit disdainful of the Soul Society," Ichigo, pulling Rukia up from against the wall. "So, I thought the Soul Society was weak because of what they said. Do you have a grudge against me?"
"No!! I need to know who they really are!! I have to tell Soul Society!!" Rukia finally realized the gravity of the situation, and she turned to run.
But Ichigo grabbed him, asking, "Where are you going?"
"Let me go! I need to investigate them!"
"How did you investigate? They know everything you do."
"What!?" Rukia was completely dumbfounded.
Ichigo, with an "I knew it" look on his face, grabbed Rukia and said, "You really don't know anything, all you do is run around and do random things. Come home with me, I'll show you something."
The two continued their journey, at which point Ichigo said, "Speaking of which, do you have some kind of technique when you run? Why are you so much faster than me? I can barely keep up with you even when I'm exerting all my strength."
Rukia watched Ichigo's movement—a frenzied sprint—and was suddenly speechless with shock. "You think you can keep up with my Shunpo with that?!"
"Oh~ Is your technique called Shunpo? Can I learn it?"
"Uh, okay~"
"Then we'll go back later. You can teach me Shunpo first."
However, the instruction on Shunpo) didn't waste much time. Ichigo's talent in this area was unimaginable, and with the entire Karakura Town serving as his Training Ground, his learning speed was naturally fast.
In less than half an hour Ichigo had mastered the Shunpo technique. All that was left was for him to practice, such as the maximum distance of Shunpo and the rhythm between consecutive Shunpo.
So Ichigo dragged Rukia home and found Isshin. "Dad, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"
"What are you doing? It's on the coffee table."
"It's okay, I'll just use it to play around."
Ichigo grabbed his phone and pulled Rukia upstairs. They went to Ichigo's room, Ichigo turned on his phone and then pressed the power button. Rukia watched as Ichigo channeled his Spiritual Power into the phone, which had been turned off, and it was now Spiritual Power on again. This time, the phone naturally had new functions Ichigo.
"Look, this is Radar. Do you know what Radar is?"
What is Radar?
Ichigo led Rukia to Rukia room, turned on the computer to look up information about the Radar, Rukia looked at the Radar and then at the icon on the phone, swallowing hard.
"Is this a Radar map?"
"Hmm, look, there's a Hollow here. Let's go, let's destroy it."
"Wait, this computer says the Radar needs one of these big dish-like things, this..."
Ichigo nodded. "You guessed right. This phone uses a signal receiver, and the Radar belongs to Mingmo and the others. They have a much larger display screen that can monitor the entire Karakura Town and the whole of Tokyo. They see everything you do. As long as you're in Karakura Town, no one can escape their surveillance."
"That's a lie, isn't it?"
However, Ichigo revealed an even more Kongbu fact. "They have these Radar Stations all of Japan. Look, this is a map of another city."
"This can't be real!!" Rukia felt like she was living in a Kongbu world.