Yoru Machi: Kidding, You Want Me to Surrender?

Yoru Machi was not at all surprised by Kurosaki Ichigo's choice.

Kidding? Getting the teenage protagonist of a hot-blooded series to give up was harder than NTRing the big bad by an entire galaxy.

Ichigo shot forward, his speed becoming even faster than before, leaving dozens of afterimages in midair.

Yes, Butcher Knife Boy... no, in Bankai, he should have been called Skinny Dog Boy. He had activated another cheat.

The difference was that while Ichigo had powered up this time, he was not using White's power. He had simply erupted with sheer force.

Ichigo had considered letting White take over, but once White learned that the opponent was Yoru Machi, he immediately played dead.

Kidding. White might have been arrogant, but he was not completely brainless.

Unlike Ichigo, that hot-blooded, chuuni teenager, White could at least judge the gap in strength between himself and his opponent.

Even if White took over, and even if he fared a little better than Ichigo, he would still get utterly crushed against Yoru Machi.

Besides, this was only a spar, and Ichigo's life was not in danger. Why the hell should White go out there and get beaten up for nothing?

Just to help Ichigo go to Hueco Mundo?

Don't be ridiculous. The people White and Zangetsu most wanted to protect were Ichigo.

In their eyes, Ichigo going to Hueco Mundo at his current level was practically suicide.

If he encountered an unbeatable enemy, they would be the ones suffering in the end. On this matter, their opinion unexpectedly matched Yoru Machi's.

They were not against Ichigo going to Hueco Mundo. He simply needed to grow stronger first.

Watching Kurosaki Ichigo turn into dozens of afterimages that continued circling him in an attempt to confuse him, Yoru Machi grinned. "Such petty tricks. If