The Biggest Flaw

Under Ichigo and the others' shocked gazes, the owner of the leg charged straight through the wall.

The newcomer clearly hadn't expected anyone to be behind the wall. Unable to stop in time, she kicked Renji, who had been leaning against it, sending him flying into the opposite wall.

"Wh... Ugh~" The flying kick landed squarely in Renji's stomach. His eyes bulged, and his mouth fell wide open.

"Renji!"

Was it an attacker?

Ichigo instinctively looked toward Renji, but quickly stopped himself and looked up at the newcomer.

The next moment, his eyes widened and his pupils trembled slightly. He stared at the somewhat disheveled girl before him, her face smeared with traces of blood but her gaze resolute. His brain instantly crashed.

"Chi... Chizuru?"

Ichigo almost shouted her name on instinct, his voice filled with disbelief.

But the next second, he covered his mouth and whispered, "Ishida, figure out a way to trick her into leaving. She should only be able to see you right now..."

"Like hell!"

Renji suddenly kicked Ichigo hard from behind, sending him against the wall. Then he clutched his aching lower back, his face twisted in pain.

"That woman almost kicked me to death! How could she not be able to see you?!"

Ichigo lay sprawled on the ground in a daze, then immediately remembered the scene when he had first discovered Rukia.

So Chizuru could see him?

Wait, this wasn't how the script was supposed to go, was it?

I'm in Soul Reaper form! Ordinary people can't see Soul Reapers!

Ichigo scrambled to his feet and tried to muddle through with his terrible acting. "Um... Chizuru, you can see me? No, I mean, why did you come to the museum so late at night?"

"I'm here with Ishida because... right! Aunt wasn't satisfied