Zangetsu!!!

Zang...getsu!!!

"Quincy... power?!" Kurosaki Ichigo murmured.

"That's right. The reason your Quincy power reached a level beyond that of an ordinary captain in such a short time was because that Quincy power had always existed within you. You only began to notice it two years ago."

Uncle Zangetsu spoke slowly, yet there seemed to be a certain urgency in his tone.

"Why? Why are you only telling me now, Uncle Zangetsu? Then who is my true Zanpakuto?" Kurosaki Ichigo demanded.

Suddenly, an unruly and grating voice rang out from within Uncle Zangetsu's body.

"Of course, it's me! You foolish king!"

The next moment, the face of White Ichigo, whom Kurosaki Ichigo had once regarded as a "Hollow," appeared at Uncle Zangetsu's shoulder, seemingly trying to force his way out of Uncle Zangetsu's body.

"Ho ho ho, do you think you can still suppress me? I don't know where that power came from, but..."

Before White Ichigo, whose features were almost identical to Kurosaki Ichigo's, could finish speaking, a vast amount of black shadow suddenly surged from Uncle Zangetsu's body. It rushed madly toward White Ichigo, forcibly engulfing him completely before gradually suppressing him back inside.

"Ho ho ho, futile persistence. Even so, how much longer do you think you can buy yourself~"

By the end, White Ichigo's voice was already barely audible.

This sight left Kurosaki Ichigo dumbfounded, and the information it revealed was even more difficult for him to comprehend.

"Ichigo, as you just saw, White Ichigo is your Zanpakuto..."

Uncle Zangetsu spoke with the same calm expression, but his gaze remained fixed on the sky where the rain continued to pour.

"More precisely, White Ichigo was formed from the fusion of the Soul Reaper and Hollow within you, while I am your Quincy power."

"And for more than