World of the Living, Karakura Town, Urahara Shop.
"Please use it!"
After putting the tea away, the puppet-like Kurodo jumped off the table and stood next to Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Sister, will you be okay?" the lion puppet's soul said with a worried look.
"With Orihime taking care of you, don't worry!" Kurodo said; "Although it's not life-threatening, fortunately you are here, otherwise we would have to spend a lot of effort!"
"No problem!" Noba, who looked like a puppet, still nodded calmly.
"Then!" Yasutora Sado looked at Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Kuchiki said that woman is Sode no Shirayuki!" Uryu Ishida asked, with some incredulity in his tone.
"Yeah!" nodded, Ichigo Kurosaki said helplessly; "But Zanpakutō materialized and attacked Bleach himself..."
"Anyway!" Kisuke Urahara closed the fan in his hand and looked at Ichigo Kurosaki and said, "You just said that Yoruichi and Shadow went back to Soul Society to investigate the situation, right?"
"Ah!" Ichigo Kurosaki responded and nodded; "After Mr. Yoruichi asked me to send Rukia here, I went to Soul Society with Mr. Shadow!"
"Really!" Kisuke Urahara said, slapping his chin with the fan handle; "Then, let's wait until Kuchiki recovers for the time being!"
"That's all we have to do!" Ichigo Kurosaki sighed.
"By the way, Mr. Urahara!" Uryu Ishida said; "Speaking of Mr. Shadow, how much do you know about him!"
"What... what do you want to ask?" Kisuke Urahara lowered his head slightly, and the hem of his hat covered his eyes.
"For example, birth, origin, etc.!" Uryu Ishida asked.
"These things!" Kisuke Urahara suddenly laughed and said with a smile, "Didn't you all listen to what Aizen said when we were Soul Society! Why are you still asking me? That guy Shadow has always hated me!"
"I've heard about it, but..." Uryu Ishida said in a low voice with a little cold sweat on his face, "It's just because I've heard about it that I dare not imagine it!"
"What!" Kisuke Urahara was slightly startled.
"Ishida!" Ichigo Kurosaki said loudly; "What are you going to say again?"
"..." After a moment of silence, Uryu Ishida turned to look at Ichigo Kurosaki, and said with a serious face, "Kurosaki, have you forgotten?"
"What!"
"That's the boy named Naruto Uzumaki!"
"It's him!" Ichigo Kurosaki tilted his head and asked in confusion, "How could I forget? Why mention him?"
"Really!" Uryu Ishida sighed weakly, rubbed his sore forehead, and continued, "You still haven't noticed it!"
"Discovered!"
"On his head, that guy is wearing the same thing he was wearing when we first met Mr. Shadow!"
"Something... something!" After thinking about it, Ichigo Kurosaki jumped up immediately, holding his head and shouting, "I remembered that weird pattern, Ishida, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
"That's what I wanted to say at the time!" Uryu Ishida could no longer complain; "But you didn't give me a chance at all, and you did the same with Inoue and Sado!"
"Are you there?" Ichigo Kurosaki scratched his face with his fingers and turned his eyes to the side. In short, he just didn't look at Uryu Ishida.
"Yes!" With a cold sweat on his face, Yasutora Sado smiled dryly and nodded.
"That's it!" Uryu Ishida pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and continued; "After that, I met another person, the companion of Naruto Uzumaki, a very smart guy. From his mouth, I knew that they came from a world of ninjas!"
"Ninja!" Kisuke Urahara's body paused inaudibly, and his eyes narrowed under the brim of his hat.
"Well!" nodded, Uryu Ishida said; "I don't know how I got here, and I found that not only did they and Mr. Shadow bring the same things, but even the spell that Mr. Shadow gave to Ganju only existed in that world, so..."
"So, Mr. Ishida, you suspect that they have something to do with Shadow!" Kisuke Urahara asked as he opened the small fan and shook it.
"Yeah!" Uryu Ishida nodded.
"In that case, Ishida!" Ichigo Kurosaki sat down again and asked; "Didn't you ask him if he knows Mr. Shadow!"
"Of course I asked this!" Uryu Ishida said in a deep voice; "I asked everything I knew, but he said he didn't know Mr. Shadow at all, so I wanted him to meet Mr. Shadow. Maybe I would find something out!"
"That's right..."
"Rukia is awake!"
The wooden sliding door was opened, and the puppet-like Ririn shouted excitedly.
"······"
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Soul Society, Seireitei, Fourth Division Medical Duty Room, ward.
"Ahem!"
"Shadow Master!"
I opened my dry and heavy eyelids, and what caught my eyes were Soi Fon and Isane Kotetsu, who were looking over. I turned my eyes slightly and realized that the surroundings were white. Was I in Fourth Division!
"I'll inform the captain and them!" Isane Kotetsu nodded to Soi Fon and ran out quickly.
"Master Shadow, how do you feel?" Soi Fon asked excitedly, her fair face a little red.
"Ah!" Shadow responded, holding his arms on the bed beneath him, struggling to get up.
"But, Master Shadow, your injuries..."
"It's okay!" He shook his head and sat up with the support of Soi Fon. Shadow coughed twice and asked, "Where are Soi Fon and Lady Yoruichi!"
"This..." Soi Fon hesitated.
"What happened!"
"No!" Soi Fon waved his hands and said helplessly; "Lady Yoruichi went back to World of the Living first, Captain Unohana said Shadow Master E won't be able to wake up until at least tomorrow, so Lady Yoruichi will go back to World of the Living and tell Ichigo Kurosaki them about the matter!"
"That's it!" Shadow breathed a sigh of relief, it's fine if something happened!
"But don't worry, Mr. Shadow!" Soi Fon smiled and said; "Lady Yoruichi said that she will be back soon!"
"Ah! It's okay!" Turning to look at the dazzling sun outside the window, Shadow waved his hand and said, "Soi Fon, please, give me a glass of water!"
"Okay!"
Saying that, Soi Fon nodded, turned around and ran out, because this is a ward and there is no water at all!
"······"
Seeing the figure of Soi Fon running out, Shadow lowered his head and sighed helplessly. His eyes with a little bit of strange red light in the darkness narrowed, and there was a different look, which seemed to be nostalgic, but also seemed to be determined.
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World of the Living, Karakura Town, Urahara Shop.
"Sister!" Hun cried as he threw himself on Rukia Kuchiki.
"Don't worry, Soul, I'm fine!" Rukia Kuchiki smiled and said.
"But, but..."
With a sound of "Bang!", Ririn kicked away the crying soul and said angrily, "That's enough. I said it's okay. You have to believe in Orihime's ability!"
"So, Kuchiki, what exactly happened at Soul Society!" Kisuke Urahara asked, ignoring the little guy who was making trouble.
After being helped up by Orihime Inoue, Rukia Kuchiki sighed and said feebly, "It's like a nightmare!"
"..." Narrating the incident from front to back, Rukia Kuchiki whispered; "In this way, I, who was lost with Renji, fought with Sode no Shirayuki, and at the same time, I finally came to World of the Living through Senkaimon!"
"Zanpakutō broke away from Bleach's will and suddenly attacked Bleach!" Kisuke Urahara said helplessly; "Such a thing has never been heard of so far. The body of Zanpakutō originally existed in Bleach's Inner World!"
"What is the identity of Zanpakutō!" Uryu Ishida asked in confusion.
"Zanpakutō has the will and body to control power!" Kisuke Urahara explained; "Bleach induces power through dialogue with the body!"
"Does Zangetsu also have a real body?" Yasutora Sado turned around and asked.
"Yeah!"
"Of course, I also have Benihime!" Kisuke Urahara suddenly said with excitement on his face.
"It doesn't matter to the Bleachs in Seireitei!" Ichigo Kurosaki said worriedly.
"..." Silence, sighing, Rukia Kuchiki shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.
"Sorry to bother you!"
The door was opened again, but it was Jinta Hanakari and Ururu Tsumugiya who were guarding outside the door who came in.
"What's wrong!"
Looking back, Kisuke Urahara asked. He knew that these two children would not come in casually unless something happened.
"This brother is coming in!"
"Looking for the guy with glasses!"
Jinta Hanakari took over Ururu Tsumugiya's words, pointed at Uryu Ishida, and said with an unhappy face, "We can't stop it!"
"······"Kisuke Urahara.
"Looking for me!" Uryu Ishida was also stunned.
"It's me, Ishida!" A head popped in from outside the door, Shikamaru Nara rubbed the back of his head and smiled.
"Nara!" Uryu Ishida jumped up and shouted in surprise; "You really found it!"
"I followed your chakra, no, it was found by Reiatsu!"
Shikamaru Nara walked past Jinta Hanakari and Ururu Tsumugiya and walked into the house. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Because I am not very familiar with the road, I wasted a lot of time. Moreover, my two children refused to let me in. It took a lot of effort to convince them!"
"You are..."
Kisuke Urahara saw the Konoha forehead protector Shikamaru Nara was wearing on his arm, and already had some guesses in his mind.
"Yes!" nodded, Uryu Ishida affirmed; "He is the guy I mentioned before, his name is Shikamaru Nara!"
"Hi, everyone, please..."
"Damn it!"
Abruptly, Rukia Kuchiki turned his head away, gritted his teeth and clenched his hands on the quilt.
"Rukia······"
"······" Shikamaru Nara frowned helplessly. It seems that he didn't offend her! Hey! Women are really troublesome!
"What's wrong, Rukia!" Ichigo Kurosaki asked quickly; "What's wrong with this guy!"
"One can control bugs, and the other can combine attacks with dogs!" Ignoring Ichigo Kurosaki's words, Rukia Kuchiki looked at Shikamaru Nara with a sullen face; "Do you know him!"
"Bug, dog!" Shikamaru Nara was stunned, and then shouted with excitement; "It's Ya and Shino, where did you see them!"
"..." There was no answer, Rukia Kuchiki's face became heavy, and his eyes looked at Shikamaru Nara with a hint of hostility; "You are indeed one of theirs!"
"What!" Shikamaru Nara was a little confused.
"Rukia!" Ichigo Kurosaki gritted his teeth and said; "This guy is also Zanpakutō!"
"Wait, wait!" Uryu Ishida was startled, stood up quickly, stood in front of Shikamaru Nara, and said, "Calm down first, Kurosaki, we can't be sure yet!"
"But..."
"I didn't say he was Zanpakutō!" Before Ichigo Kurosaki could finish speaking, Rukia Kuchiki spoke with a puzzled expression.
"Hey!"
"Rukia!" After being surprised, Ichigo Kurosaki shouted angrily; "How about you speak clearly once and for all!"
"You are too impatient!" After finishing the complaint, Rukia Kuchiki looked at Shikamaru Nara again and said; "I have said it before, before Zanpakutō attacked Two strange guys appeared during Bleach. I don't know whether they are enemies or friends. They are very strong. However, the strange thing is that Zanpakutōs have no intention of attacking those two people, so I don't know what to say!"
"Where are Naya and Shino!" Shikamaru Nara frowned and asked loudly.
"It should be at Soul Society!" Rukia Kuchiki replied; "When I left, they were still fighting Captain Ukitake and Captain Kyōraku, so I don't know what the result will be!"
"That is to say, it is still impossible to tell whether he is the enemy or not!" Kisuke Urahara stood up, held the handle of the crutch, and said, "Then, it is called Nara, right? Until the matter is clear, please don't leave our sight!"
"You are threatening me!"
Shikamaru Nara's face also darkened. Hearing the news from his companion, this was originally a happy thing, but now Shikamaru Nara is extremely unhappy with this sloppy uncle.
"Hey, hey!" Uryu Ishida stood between Kisuke Urahara and Shikamaru Nara and said eagerly; "Everyone, please calm down first and don't do anything..."
"Get out of the way, Ishida······"
"Kurosaki!"
"If you resist, I will be in trouble!" Kisuke Urahara raised the crutch in his hand; "Wake up·Benihime!"
"Tch! Secret Technique·Shadow Control!"
Twisting his lips, Shikamaru Nara also became serious. Although he didn't like doing things, it didn't mean that he was afraid of doing things.
"Nara······"
"Stop it all!"
Suddenly, a sharp voice full of displeasure came, and a purple-haired figure leaned against the door, looking over with a cold and stern look in his golden eyes.
"Yoruichi!"
"Mr. Yoruichi!"