Every Death God could obtain an Asauchi!
But there were only three ways for a Death God to get one. The first was to enter the True Spirit Academy and receive a standard-issue Asauchi. The second was to find a smith to forge one. Yet within Seireitei, the only person capable of forging Asauchi was Oetsu Nimaiya of the Zero Division. The third was to find an Asauchi left behind by a dead Death God.
Kenpachi Zaraki, for instance, had stumbled upon a damaged Asauchi in a Death God's grave.
But that was not what had happened with Ichigo Kurosaki. The instant he underwent Death God Transformation, he had obtained an Asauchi. Wasn't that strange?
Of course, Ichigo Kurosaki's Asauchi might have come from Rukia's. But when Ren looked at her, he saw that she was still gripping her own. In other words, the Asauchi in Ichigo's hand had not transformed from Rukia's. So where had it come from? Had it appeared out of thin air?
The sudden turn of events left Ren puzzled.
Yoruichi, now in human form, sounded amazed. "Well, well... Isshin Kurosaki really spared no expense! He prepared an Asauchi like that for his son? He may be close to Oetsu Nimaiya, but forging one must still have cost him a fortune in resources!"
Yoruichi was stunned. She watched Ichigo Kurosaki cut down the Hollow with effortless fluidity, but her gaze stayed fixed on his Asauchi.
Ren asked, "Yoruichi... do you know what's going on with Ichigo Kurosaki's Asauchi?"
"Of course," Yoruichi replied. "Something similar appeared in Seireitei once before. But only two Death Gods in all of Seireitei ever had an Asauchi like that, and both are dead. Ichigo Kurosaki is the third. The Death God who created this Special Asauchi was Oetsu Nimaiya of the