Within the Soul Separation World.
Three men, one woman, and a black cat—five figures raced through the Soul Separation World.
Behind them, the passageway was filled on both sides with currents of air suspended between liquid and gas. Like a landslide, the currents buried everything in the path the four people and one cat had passed through.
Kōryū!
This was a current of air that filled the Soul Separation World to prevent outside enemies such as Menos from invading. It possessed the ability to immobilize souls, and once someone was caught by it, escaping the Soul Separation World became extremely difficult.
After glancing back, a young man dressed in pure-white Quincy clothing shouted anxiously, "Hey, hey, that thing's about to catch up with us!"
"Everywhere we've run has been buried!"
"If you have time to look behind you, you'd be better off running faster."
At the very front, the black cat said gravely, "We're done for if the Kōryū catches us!"
The moment she finished speaking, a scream came from behind them.
When they turned around, the sight before them made everyone's expression change. The cloak of the Quincy boy running at the very back had been firmly stuck to the Kōryū, which was dragging his entire body into it like a swamp.
"Ishida!"
Ichigo Kurosaki instinctively grabbed the hilt of his Zanpakuto.
But before he could rush forward, the black cat beside him shouted sharply, "Don't use your Zanpakuto!"
"The Kōryū will entangle your spirit body. If you use your Zanpakuto, you'll be devoured by it too."
"Then..."
Ichigo Kurosaki instinctively tried to ask what they should do, but before he could finish, the dark-skinned "middle-aged" strongman running at the rear had already reached the boy named "Ishida." He grabbed the cloak with one hand and Ishida's shoulder with