Only then did Ichigo come back to his senses from the scene just now. He could still seem to smell the pungent scent of something burning in his nose.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly talking about that old hag?" White Ichigo stood in midair, the corners of his mouth curling into a wanton grin. "Don't tell me she beat you to tears, and now you want to run to an adult and cry?"
"A snot-nosed brat like you should honestly go home and find your mother!"
White Ichigo let out a shrill laugh and attacked again.
Ichigo gritted his teeth, still shaken by the blurry illusion from earlier. The despairing realism had made him feel as if he had truly witnessed Yuko being burned by Ryujin Jakka.
But White Ichigo's taunts instead helped him calm down.
"Who are you calling a snot-nosed brat?" Ichigo blocked his attack, the corners of his mouth suddenly lifting. White Ichigo froze at the sight.
This guy... is smiling?
His expression darkened. He was about to taunt Ichigo a couple more times when Ichigo suddenly said,
"If I remember correctly, when we fought Caryatid God in the park, you took control of my body while I was unconscious, didn't you?"
"Hah? So what?" White Ichigo raised an eyebrow. "If it weren't for me, do you think a useless weakling like you could have made it back alive?"
"Or are you still thinking about that..."
The corners of Ichigo's mouth curved up slightly. "You got beaten up, didn't you?"
"What are you talking about?" White Ichigo asked, baffled. "Did you hit your head?"
"I said, you got beaten up, didn't you?" Ichigo repeated, a mocking expression on his face. "By that old hag you mentioned."
White Ichigo's pupils contracted slightly.
"You must have been beaten