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"The incident occurred at a corner of the main road in front of Karakura Town Station. According to nearby residents, a loud bang suddenly rang out at around seven thirty this morning, and the outer walls of several buildings exploded. Fortunately, no one was injured."
At the Kurosaki family home, Wu Biao watched the show on TV and tilted his head. "Why do those marks look so much like claw scratches?"
"What's going on?" Kurosaki Ichigo came out of his room, still half asleep. He looked around the living room and asked, "Where's Dad?"
Shyarly didn't even look up from the TV as she answered, "He went out on a house call. He won't be back tonight."
Ichigo nodded, then looked at the report on TV. The familiar scene made him freeze. "That's close. It looks like it happened near our house!"
Just then, the broadcast cut back to the blast site. Wu Biao excitedly pointed at the TV. "Look, look! Don't those blast marks look just like huge claw marks? Think a prehistoric dinosaur invaded? Or maybe a dinosaur egg hatched and produced a giant dinosaur?"
"..."
"Shyarly, Yuzu, I'm off to school!"
"Okay, see you later, Ichigo!"
Wu Biao blinked as he watched the Kurosaki siblings ignore him completely. "Hey, hey, I'm talking to you! If it's a dinosaur, it must be really strong, right? I'd love to fight it!"
Ichigo ignored Brother Biao, the fearless man who dared to take on anything, and headed off to school. As for why he called him a man who would fight anything, that went back to a trip to the zoo some time ago.
It was Yuzu's birthday, so the whole family had gone to the zoo. Wu Biao had naturally gone with them.
Things had been fine when they first entered and saw the small animals. But the moment Wu Biao spotted the zoo's black bear, he suddenly leaped into its enclosure, his face alight with excitement. The staff nearby were completely dumbfounded.
They called for help and phoned the hospital.
But less than two minutes later... the black bear was crying, while Wu Biao was completely unharmed. He climbed out of the pit with a look of disdain. "That bear's all bark and no bite. Aren't black bears supposed to be strong?"
In the end, the zoo staff "kindly" escorted the whole family out. Ichigo had also heard from his classmates that the bear still hadn't dared to come out of its den!
After that, no one dared take Wu Biao anywhere near large animals. In everyone's eyes, he became a lunatic who would fight anything, as long as his opponent was strong enough...
"Roar—"
Just then, a strange, thunderous roar suddenly reached Ichigo's ears.
What was that sound?
Ichigo jumped in fright and instinctively ran toward the direction of the roar. After running for a few minutes, he reached the commercial district—but what he saw there was downright terrifying.
"What?"
Ichigo's pupils contracted. He stared at the hulking monster with a strange, milky-white mask on its face, overwhelmed by horror. Its claws raked across the outer walls of the buildings, leaving behind marks like those made by explosions.
"What's happening?"
"Was there another explosion?"
"..."
They couldn't see it?
Hearing the people around him discuss the commotion as they fled, Ichigo was even more horrified. He turned and ran in the opposite direction from the monster.
But he couldn't help remembering something Brother Biao had said that morning: those really had been claw marks. The monster just wasn't a dinosaur. It was some kind of ghost.
Brother Biao would be so excited if he saw it!
Even as he fled, Ichigo couldn't help thinking how strange that was.
But the monster seemed to sense something. Its gaze immediately locked onto Ichigo's back, its red eyes flashing as it chased after him.
Ichigo glanced over his shoulder and was instantly horrified. The enormous monster was charging toward him at a terrifying speed.
Just then, a black butterfly appeared in his field of vision, making Ichigo freeze.
Following the black butterfly came an onion-headed girl in a black martial arts uniform. Ichigo hadn't seen how she appeared; he only saw her descend from above with a long sword in hand.
A flash of silver—and the sword at her waist was out of its sheath, sweeping across.
Blood burst from the monster's mask. It let out a shrill scream, then vanished in a shower of starlight, just like the ghost Brother Biao had punched into oblivion the night before.
The onion-headed girl landed softly in front of Ichigo. She sheathed her sword, gave him a casual glance, then walked away as if no one else were there.
"You..."
Ichigo had wanted to call after the girl and ask her something, but a crowd had gathered around him, all talking at once. Yet aside from him, no one had seen the girl fight the monster.
After a full day of school, Ichigo returned home, ate a quick meal, and went upstairs. The monster's image kept replaying in his mind all day long!
Lying in bed, Ichigo couldn't help thinking again about what had happened that morning!
Just then, the all-black butterfly he'd seen when the onion-headed girl appeared that morning showed up before him again. Then, just as she had that morning, the girl appeared outside his window once more.
Ichigo was so startled that he sat bolt upright in bed. But the girl acted as though she couldn't see him. She focused on sensing something, her hand gradually moving to the hilt of her sword, then jumped down from the desk.
"Who are you? What are you trying to do?" Seeing her holding a sword, Ichigo was startled. Should he shout to wake Brother Biao? Wu Biao was crazy, sure, but having him nearby made Ichigo feel incredibly safe.
The onion-headed girl seemed not to hear him at all. She sensed her surroundings and murmured, "It's close!"
Ichigo's forehead bulged with veins. She was ignoring him, wasn't she? Completely ignoring him?
That was the last straw. Ichigo sprang up and kicked her from behind, swearing angrily, "What's close, you idiot?"
The girl hadn't expected to be attacked and was kicked to the floor. When Ichigo turned on the light, she was still staring in bewilderment.
"You scared me half to death, then acted like I wasn't here? I asked who you are!"
"You can see me?" The onion-headed girl was so shocked that she even forgot to get up. She lay on the floor, twisting her head to stare blankly at Ichigo. "And you just kicked me?"
"What are you babbling about?" Ichigo looked completely lost. Then he glared at her and snapped, "You'd better leave right now. My house has a lunatic who'll fight anything. Even if you have a sword, you're done for if he catches you!"
At that, the onion-headed girl stood up and studied Ichigo carefully. "You're the person from the street earlier, aren't you?"
"You only just figured that out?"
"That's strange. Ordinary people shouldn't be able to see me."
What nonsense. Ichigo frowned. "If you don't leave, I'm calling someone!"
"You might as well give up." The onion-headed girl smiled without a hint of concern. "No matter how strong an ordinary human is, they're still human. I'm a Shinigami!"
Then the onion-headed girl—Kuchiki Rukia—explained the distinctions between Shinigami, Hollows, and Pluses to Ichigo.
After listening, Ichigo naturally didn't believe a word of it. He'd lived for years and had definitely seen ghosts.
But Shinigami and Hollows?
All Ichigo could do was laugh.
In the end, after he mocked Kuchiki Rukia's height and age, the "girl," who claimed to be ten times his age, restrained him with Binding Spell #1: Restrain.
Then came another round of arguing, until a huge crash sounded outside. Both of them changed expression.
Yuzu's scream came with the crash, and it startled Ichigo, who was still bound to the floor. He broke free and ran downstairs after Rukia.
Downstairs, they saw a monster like the one from earlier standing at their front door. It was holding Shyarly in its hand, while Yuzu—the one who had screamed—was nowhere to be seen.
Ichigo's pupils contracted. "Shyarly!!!" He grabbed a ladder from nearby and charged forward. Ichigo was a good fighter by ordinary standards, but against a monster this enormous, he stood no chance. The Hollow casually swatted him away, sending him flying.
Rukia was still shocked that Ichigo had broken her binding spell through sheer physical strength. She snapped out of it, cried out, and charged forward with her sword.
Using Shunpo, she rushed between Ichigo and the Hollow, then slashed at the huge arm reaching for him. The Hollow screamed and vanished into the void.
But Rukia had also begun to understand: Ichigo, a human with exceptionally high spiritual power, had been the Hollow's target from the start.
What happened next followed the original course of events. To protect Ichigo, Rukia was bitten hard by the Hollow. In the end, she was ready to risk it all and transfer her Shinigami powers to him.
But the moment the Zanpakuto pierced Ichigo's heart, the door to the Kurosaki Clinic suddenly opened. Yuzu came out, pulling a sleepy Wu Biao along with her.
"Brother Biao, hurry! A monster took Shyarly!"
Wu Biao looked in confusion at the battered Ichigo in the yard. "Why aren't you asleep in the middle of the night? Did you come outside to do somersaults?"
But the Ichigo he was looking at toppled to the ground with a thud. Out of Wu Biao's sight, he had already become a Shinigami dressed all in black.
Wu Biao had no idea. Seeing Ichigo fall, he instinctively rushed over.
Seeing him approach, Shinigami Ichigo immediately panicked. "Brother Biao, don't come over!" But Wu Biao clearly couldn't hear him, and he planted himself right between Ichigo and the Hollow.
"Roar—"
The Hollow roared. Its eyes flashed red as it punched toward Wu Biao, intending to crush the tiny human into a meat pie.
"What are you looking at? Go save him!" Rukia, dressed in white and looking weak, shouted urgently.
Hearing her, Ichigo was about to rush over. Just then, Wu Biao's brow suddenly furrowed. He turned around in mid-stride and threw a punch behind him.
Bam—
A dull crash rang out. Everyone present froze, staring blankly at the two figures recoiling from the impact.
"How is this possible?" Rukia stared at Wu Biao in disbelief. This ordinary human had forced a Hollow back with one punch?
Wu Biao stumbled backward several steps. The instant he stopped, his face lit up with a feverish excitement, and his entire body radiated a terrifying battle lust.
"Hahaha, that was great! That was damn great!" As he spoke, he looked up at the empty space in front of him. "Yuzu, is it still there?"
Yuzu was stunned for a moment. After studying the outline of the enormous Hollow for a while, she hesitantly replied, "Brother Biao, that monster is about five meters in front of you. It's almost three meters tall!"
"Okay!"
Wu Biao grew even more excited. "Hahaha, I love this world! There are actually such powerful beings here!" He roared and charged forward at tremendous speed.
"Roar—"
The Hollow roared and punched at him again.
Here it comes!
Wu Biao thought to himself. He thrust both hands in front of him, then closed his eyes. Less than a second later, he suddenly opened them. "Now!" As he spoke, he spread his arms wide.
"Got you!" Wu Biao grinned savagely as he stared at the empty space in his arms. He couldn't see anything, but he could clearly feel that he had his arms around something solid.
The Hollow was obviously startled. It reflexively tried to pull its arm free, but Wu Biao's arms were like iron clamps. They didn't budge—instead, they squeezed tighter and tighter, growing stronger by the second.
Wu Biao looked up at the invisible three-meter-tall Hollow, his face alight with feverish excitement. "If beings like you exist in this world, then there must be someone even stronger than you. Finally... finally I get to fight with all my strength!"
"Roar, roar, roar—"
A string of screams spilled from the Hollow's mouth. It felt as if its arm was being crushed by some enormous weight. Both arms were squeezed right into its flesh, and blood sprayed into the air.
The warm spray, unseen, splashed over Wu Biao. The sharp smell of blood made a bloodthirsty look rise to his face.
Then he heaved his arms upward. The invisible Hollow's feet left the ground.
The other three gaped at the sight, their jaws nearly hitting the ground. But what Wu Biao did next nearly scared them all into collapsing.
The moment he lifted the Hollow, Wu Biao slammed it into the ground with all his strength. With a thunderous crash and the Hollow's scream, cracks spread across the ground.
The Hollow rolled its eyes after the impact, but Wu Biao didn't stop. He only grew more excited, more... savage. He lifted the Hollow again, then slammed it down once more... repeating the cycle without end.
The other three watched the wildly mismatched, almost comical fight, but none of them could laugh.
"Is this the lunatic you said would fight anything?" Rukia asked Ichigo, her face filled with horror.
Ichigo swallowed as he watched the one-sided display of brutality and nodded with difficulty.
"Is... is he really human?"
Ichigo's mouth twitched. What kind of international joke was this? How could a human have that kind of strength?
He'd always known Wu Biao was strong, but he'd never imagined he could be this absurdly powerful...
"Probably?" Ichigo replied, sounding deeply uncertain.
Why hadn't he come out sooner?
Rukia looked at Wu Biao with a trace of resentment. If she'd known a monster like him was around, why would she have broken the Shinigami rules and transferred her powers to a human?!
Meanwhile, after slamming the Hollow down almost ten times in a row, Wu Biao suddenly felt his arms go empty. His body lurched forward from the momentum of the throw. After taking a few steps, he looked around.
"Yuzu, did the monster run away?"
Yuzu sensed around her, then hesitated. "Maybe... you smashed it to pieces?"
Smashed to pieces...
Rukia and Ichigo looked at the Hollow as it vanished, their mouths twitching.
"Tch, it was taken out that easily?" Wu Biao pursed his lips. Just then, a huge wave of heat suddenly surged into his body.
What was this?
Before Wu Biao could finish wondering, the heat spread throughout his body, seeping into every inch of his skin.
When it was all over, Wu Biao looked dazedly at his clenched fists. He felt like his body had grown much stronger, and the world before his eyes had changed in some strange ways.
"Oh, right, Ichigo!" Wu Biao finally remembered that his top priority wasn't the changes in his body, but figuring out what had happened to Ichigo. But when he turned around, he froze.
"Two Ichigos?" He looked at the Ichigo on the ground in confusion, then glanced at the Ichigo in the black robe and tilted his head. "Are you twins?"
"Brother Biao, you can see me?"
"Obviously!" Brother Biao glared at Ichigo. "You're standing right there. How could I not see you? Do you think I'm blind?"
"..." Ichigo and Rukia looked at each other, each seeing confusion in the other's eyes.
After a long while, Rukia said with a twitch of her lips, "You should go back to your body first."
Ichigo hesitated, then followed the pull and entered his body.
"Whoa, did they fuse?" Wu Biao stared blankly at what had just happened. But when he saw Ichigo get up from the ground, his expression eased. He walked over and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine!" Ichigo shook his head, then looked Wu Biao up and down. He hesitantly asked, "Brother Biao, are you... all right?" Doing something that terrifying with a human body—had he overexerted himself or used up some kind of hidden potential?
Movies were full of scenes where people pushed their potential too far, became superhuman for a moment, and then died.
"What are you talking about? Your Brother Biao didn't even use half his strength just now. How could anything be wrong? It's just..."
"Just what?" Ichigo asked with concern.
"I just feel hungry again!"
"..."
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