Holding the green-haired girl while dodging the attacks of the three Reikaku Vice-Captains, Ichigo Kurosaki silently pondered.
Because his control over his reiatsu was poor, Ichigo had no idea how long his current reiatsu reserves could sustain him in battle.
If he could not defeat these three Reikaku Vice-Captains before his reiatsu ran out, then not only he, but also the girl in his arms, would face a life-or-death crisis.
He might have been a high school student, and he might once have possessed strength that could almost be called "the strongest."
But Ichigo Kurosaki was not so chuunibyou that he believed the world had to revolve around him.
Rather, all along, what Ichigo had thought was: the world had nothing to do with me, but if you hurt my friends, then do not blame me for drawing my blade against you.
That was why he had gone to the Seireitei to save Shino Madarame.
That was also why he had gone to Hueco Mundo to save Orihime Inoue.
This green-haired girl was someone he had only just met, but aside from Rukia's request, Ichigo also did not want an innocent girl to be dragged into some conspiracy.
Since he had decided to end this quickly, Ichigo naturally would not hesitate any longer.
"Boom!"
In that instant, Ichigo's reiatsu surged, reaching Captain-level.
White reiatsu coiled around Ichigo's Zanpakuto.
Then, Ichigo swept his sword horizontally, enclosing all three Reikaku Abarais within the range of his attack.
"Getsuga—Tensho!"
"Boom—"
Amid the thunderous explosion, the reiatsu of two of the three Reikaku Vice-Captains vanished completely. They were directly slain by Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
The sole survivor, Reikaku Renji Abarai, was enveloped by an enormous skeletal serpent. Many of the joints on the giant serpent's body showed signs of damage.
The moment Ichigo's reiatsu