Ichigo Kurosaki froze. Who was calling him?
"It's me."
Only then did Ichigo Kurosaki realize that it was the Monk's voice.
"Yhwach killed me. Could I trouble you to call my name and revive me? I command the power of names. As long as someone with the character 'black' in their name calls my name, I can revive. And your name has 'one' in it, while mine does too. That makes things twice as easy."
Ichigo Kurosaki desperately needed allies. Without a second thought, he called out the Monk's true name.
"Ichibē Hyōsube."
The Monk's shattered body began to restore itself.
"I'm finally alive again. That was a close one!" The Monk wiped away a cold sweat, but when he saw Ichigo Kurosaki and his companions, he let out a quiet sigh.
There was no way this boy could possibly be Yhwach's opponent.
If Ichigo Kurosaki lost, he could only turn the boy into the Soul King and temporarily stabilize the Three Realms.
As for who would deal with Yhwach...
Where was Yamabuki Chidori? Why hadn't that bastard come?
Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Yhwach
Ichigo Kurosaki explained, "The Soul King is dead. Mr. Yamabuki is using his own Reiatsu to sustain the Three Realms, so he can't come help."
The Monk still wore a smile, but his heart was pounding.
Using Reiatsu to sustain the Three Realms? What is he thinking? Wouldn't it be better to become the Soul King directly? The previous Soul King may have been a limbless torso, but that doesn't mean only a limbless torso can become the Soul King. The Monk kept pondering it, utterly unable to understand Yamabuki Chidori's ultimate objective.
"Ichigo, I've only just revived, and my body is still very weak. I can't join the battle immediately. The task of protecting the world