Ichigo's Nightmare (Part 2)
By the time Rukia Kuchiki entered Shino Academy, Zhang Miao had already left the Soul Society. As for Zhang Miao, the "Great Demon King," the students who had "suffered under him" were basically unwilling to even mention him.
As a result, the later students only knew that Shino Academy had once had someone known as the "Great Demon King." They knew nothing more than that.
Rukia Kuchiki was one of those later students, so she did not know much about Zhang Miao either.
Coupled with Zhang Miao's "brilliant performance" during the earlier attack by the fish-faced Hollow, Rukia Kuchiki was even less likely to connect this "weakling," who could not even defeat a Menos Grande, with the Great Demon King who had once shaken the Soul Society.
Ichigo Kurosaki himself was as stubborn as a mule. Seeing that Rukia Kuchiki did not believe him, he said no more and simply gritted his teeth and persevered in silence.
As the saying went, practice made perfect. As the days passed, Ichigo Kurosaki's improvement was tremendous.
The number of battles increased, but the number of times Kimimaro killed him in the illusion decreased. A month later, he could even endure Kimimaro's attacks for an entire night without dying!
Moreover, after absorbing the combat experience he gained from the illusion, Ichigo Kurosaki's fighting ability soared. In particular, his skill with the Zanpakuto was completely different from the wild slashing he had started with.
Even Rukia Kuchiki could not help clicking her tongue in amazement.
"Ichigo, I've noticed that you've been getting stronger and stronger lately. Have you been secretly studying kendo?"
"Tch, what's so great about kendo?"
Hearing Rukia Kuchiki's words, Ichigo Kurosaki immediately curled his lip and muttered to himself.
*I fight Kimimaro with his Curse Mark activated every