Chapter 160 Why did you use my sister... to hit me? (Please subscribe)
"You owe me money! You bastard!"
With Kuruyashiki wrapped around his cheek, Kuruyashiki's eyes gleamed with a dark, crimson light like a Hollow, and he gripped his Zanpakuto Ichigo Kurosaki's head in his Minotaur mode.
"Bite!"
"Boom!"
As if sensing the danger emanating from Kuruyashiki's slash, Ichigo immediately rose to his feet, using his black blade to block the attack. The two sharp blades clashed, sparking a blinding flash of light. The shockwave generated by the collision blew everything around them away, instantly tearing apart the ruins and turning them into a cloud of yellow sand!
"Roar!!!"
With a roar, Ichigo the Ichigo swung his blade relentlessly. His sword was incredibly fast, seemingly without any technique, merely relying on instinct to wield it, yet every strike was deadly. Ichigo's goal was simple: to sever Kuruyashiki's neck.
"They're really not holding back at all!"
"It does have a bit of the style of those Menos Grande I've fought before!"
Having witnessed the entire event from above, Kuruyashiki naturally knew that the Menos Grande before him was a transformation of someone with powerful Spiritual Pressure who looked like a Soul Reaper, but upon closer inspection, was slightly different from Soul Reaper.
"Roar!!"
The response to Kuruyashiki was not Ichigo's explanation, but a raging roar and a crimson light that flashed between the bull's horns, illuminating Kuruyashiki's face.
" Cero?"
"Interesting!"
"In that case, I'll try too..."
As Kuruyashiki Kenpachi watched the powerful energy gathering between the bull horns of the Ichigo Kurosaki, a slight smile appeared on his lips, and he opened his beak, which shimmered with a crimson light.
" Cero!"
The next second, the two beams of red light collided almost at zero distance.
The terrifying explosion reverberated in the hearts of every member of the Second Division. A huge, menacing mushroom cloud rose from the ground, soaring into the sky...
The terrifying shockwave swept through half of the Second Division's barracks, completely destroying everything...
"Cough cough cough..."
"That's a bit much..."
When the smoke and Kuruyashiki was revealed.
"Crackling sound..."
Kuruyashiki himself against the sword with both hands; the mask on his face had shattered into countless fragments, which drifted away in the wind.
"Huh?! Why should I, Soul Reaper, go and fight a Hollow head-on?"
Kuruyashiki rubbed his temples.
At this point, there wasn't a single undamaged spot on his body. Even though his body was covered in armor made of powerful Spiritual Pressure, he was still injured by the terrifying power unleashed from the collision of the Zero Cero.
"Roar!!"
Because of the barrier set up by Sōgo Shihoin, Ichigo, who was unable to fly, was also injured by the Cero between himself and Kuruyashiki... At this moment, his mask was covered with fine cracks, and his originally dark and ominous Spiritual Pressure, which had an imposing aura, became unstable. Powers that were the exact opposite of his Hollow Spiritual Pressure kept oozing from his wounds, as if these powers were suppressing his self-regeneration.
"Roar!!!"
In his Minotaur mode, Ichigo clutched his head, roaring, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Roar!! Get... the hell out of here!!"
The Ichigo first faced off against the all-out Lilynette, and then against the enraged Kuruyashiki Kenpachi. After fighting two powerful enemies in succession, he finally found an opportunity to take over the position of Ichigo Kurosaki inside his body.
With a furious roar, a jet-black, flame-like Spiritual Pressure instantly enveloped Ichigo the Ichigo, burning away the white, Hollow-like, skeletal substance on Ichigo body, revealing the boy's original form...
"Null!!"
As pieces of white substance and long orange hair fell off Ichigo's body, a man wearing a stylish black trench coat, wielding a black katana with swastika-shaped gauntlets, small chain ornaments, and a sharp samurai sword finally appeared before everyone.
"I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting."
"This is my Zanpakuto, Zangetsu's Bankai! Tensa Zangetsu!"
After Bankai, Ichigo Kurosaki smiled confidently at the ragged Kuruyashiki Kenpachi before him. Brave Ichigo charged forward, his confident smile shining brightly.
"Hello!"
"You just... you vandalized this place like this, you're not going to deny it, are you?"
After Kuruyashiki Ichigo turned to Ichigo Kurosaki and asked.
"Although I did lose consciousness just now, I admit it!"
"I, Ichigo Kurosaki, will take responsibility for the losses here!"
Ichigo Kurosaki stared at the devastation around him, the countless ruins belching scorching black smoke, and his pupils trembled. His conscience was aching. Although it wasn't his intention, it was indeed his power that had caused all of this, so he acknowledged that it was his responsibility.
That's good!
"Then I can rest assured!"
After hearing Ichigo Kurosaki's words, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi calmed down. He was already very poor and simply didn't have the strength to take on any more debt.
"Uncle!"
"Although I will take full responsibility here."
"However, that has to wait until I rescue Rukia. I hope you can understand, sir."
Ichigo Kurosaki faced Kuruyashiki Kenpachi and spoke earnestly.
Rukia?
"You little rascal, do you even know that girl Rukia?"
When Kuruyashiki Kenpachi heard Ichigo Kurosaki mention Rukia, he paused slightly and asked.
"Uncle, you know Rukia too?" Ichigo Kurosaki asked nervously, noticing Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's seemingly intimate manner with Rukia. "Where is Rukia now? How... is she doing?"
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
Even if you say that, I still don't know!
"And isn't it common sense to ask questions one by one?"
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi was getting a headache from Ichigo Kurosaki's relentless questioning. He hated being asked questions, as it made him overthink.
"This... is indeed my rudeness."
Ichigo Kurosaki reflected on his actions, realizing that asking someone such a question right off the bat was indeed quite impolite.
"Then, sir, please answer my questions one by one. This is very important to me, please!"
Ichigo Kurosaki bowed slightly to Kuruyashiki Kenpachi in front of him and began to speak.
"I will tell you everything I know without reservation."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi stroked his chin and said nonchalantly that he was not the kind of person who liked to keep secrets; as long as he knew something, he would naturally tell others without reservation.
"Thank you! My first question was..."
Do you know Rukia? What is your relationship with Rukia?
Ichigo Kurosaki asked the first question.
"This is clearly not a problem!"
"But I might as well tell you, Rukia and I do indeed have a tragic past..."
"If I had to put it in a way, it would probably be a master-disciple relationship!"
"I'm considered one of her mentors."
Kuruyashiki touched his stubble-covered chin, pondered for a moment, and then replied.
" Rukia's master?"
"So this is Master?"
Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes lit up after hearing what Kuruyashiki Kenpachi said.
"No, you have absolutely no reason to call me master."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's eyes twitched slightly when he heard Ichigo Kurosaki address him as such.
"Then, Master, please help me rescue Rukia!"
Ichigo Kurosaki was convinced that Kuruyashiki Kenpachi was not an enemy, but a comrade who could be brought together to work together to rescue Rukia.
"Hahaha..."
"While I'd love to help you, kid, you're in trouble."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi smiled slightly at the childish Ichigo Kurosaki in front of him and pointed Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Um?!"
Ichigo Kurosaki, puzzled, turned around and looked behind him.
"Kid! You were pretty arrogant just now, weren't you?"
Behind Ichigo Kurosaki, a girl wearing a baseball cap, a vest, and shorts, with a hip-hop street style, appeared out of nowhere.
"Who are you..."
Looking at the girl before him, Ichigo Kurosaki suddenly recalled a disturbing memory: he knew that the last time he was killed, it was by this very daughter of his.
"Bump!"
Before Ichigo Kurosaki say anything, the girl's steel fist struck him in the Ichigo Kurosaki.
"This..."
Having mastered Bankai and believed his strength had greatly increased (already at the level of Muguruma ), Ichigo Kurosaki suddenly trembled and collapsed to the ground.
"Impossible..."
Ichigo Kurosaki kept muttering "impossible," gradually losing consciousness, his eyes rolled back, and he completely passed out.
"How could I possibly entrust Little Rukia to you?"
"Fool!"
"Rumble rumble rumble..."
The girl, named Lilynette Starrk, upon learning that Ichigo Kurosaki knew Rukia and had come to infiltrate the Second Division for Rukia's sake, did not choose to kill him. Instead, she knocked Ichigo Kurosaki unconscious Ichigo Kurosaki.
The Second Division Captain's Room was Sōgo by an extremely powerful barrier, which remained completely unshaken even when Lilynette, Ichigo, and Kenpachi were Ichigo in Kuruyashiki Kenpachi battle.
"Sister Tier Harribel, was it a bit noisy outside just now?"
"Could there be some problem with the Second Division?"
Rukia Kuchiki, who was sitting on the sofa eating fruit somewhat awkwardly, suddenly sensed something and asked the woman sitting next to her, who had short blonde hair, tanned skin, and a queen-like, sassy demeanor.
Don't worry! It's all just your imagination.
Tier Harribel was holding a teacup and sipping his tea, trembled slightly upon hearing Rukia's question. Then, without making a sound, he smiled faintly.
"Is... is that so?"
After hearing Tier Harribel's words, Rukia became even more certain of her judgment, but she was powerless to change it.
"I hope that idiot Ichigo Kurosaki doesn't do anything stupid."
Rukia prayed silently in her heart.
Kurosaki-kun!
" Kurosaki-kun!!"
Shouts kept coming from Ichigo Kurosaki's ears.
"That voice... is it Orihime Inoue?!"
He needs me now...
Although Ichigo Kurosaki had not yet regained consciousness, he still recognized that the voice calling him was Orihime Inoue.
" Kurosaki-kun! Wake up!"
" Kurosaki-kun! Wake up!"
The sound kept ringing in Ichigo Kurosaki's ears, constantly stimulating his nerves.
" Inoue... classmate!"
Finally, Ichigo Kurosaki opened his eyes, but everything he saw after opening them was a crazy challenge to his nerves.
"Yo~"
"The last problem child has woken up too~"
In Ichigo Kurosaki's view, there was a figure with a sleeping black cat perched on its head.
A man with short silver hair, a strange eye patch on his cheek, and a snow-white haori draped over his shoulders sat facing backwards in a chair, his arms crossed over the back of the chair, watching him with amusement.
"Who are you?"
Ichigo Kurosaki looked at the man in front of him, paused for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask.
"Ah?"
"You all made a ruckus in my barracks while I was away, and now you don't even recognize me, the master of the Second Division?"
The blindfolded man's lips twitched slightly, and he asked with some displeasure.
"The master of the Second Division?"
"You are... you are..."
"You are... Captain of the Second Division, Sōgo Shihoin?"
Ichigo Kurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki nervously at the man in front of him who was blindfolded. After learning the man's true identity, the first thing that came to Kurosaki Ichigo's mind was to get up from his seat, find Mr. Yoruichi, and throw him at Sōgo.
But when Ichigo thought this and did it, he found himself chained to a chair, and his secret weapon, Mr. Yoruichi, was being held on the head of a blindfolded man.
"Now that you're awake..."
"Then you can explain it."
"I kindly invited you here... why did you use my sister to attack me?"
Sōgo Shihoin faces Ichigo Kurosaki, who is already bound to the side with Ichigo Kurosaki. Ichigo's four companions, Uryū Ishida, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Renji Abarai, all have extremely grim expressions.
"You're all alright? That's so great..."
When Ichigo Kurosaki saw that Orihime Inoue and the others were all safe and sound, he first breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly remembered that now was not the time to talk about this.
"What did he say about 'sister'? Hit him?"
"I just woke up and I'm a bit confused. Can any of you explain to me what happened?"
Ichigo Kurosaki looked at the people around him with a bewildered expression and asked.
"Forehead..."
After Ichigo Kurosaki finished asking his question, everyone around him turned their heads, their bodies trembling, and cold sweat slowly trickling down their foreheads, like a group of elementary school students who had done something wrong.
"Hello?!"
What exactly did you do while I was unconscious?
Ichigo Kurosaki an eyebrow and couldn't help but ask. He had a feeling that these people had definitely done something unforgivable while he was unconscious.
"Um... let me explain!"
"Anyway, I'm very sorry, Kurosaki-kun!"
Orihime Inoue weakly apologized to Ichigo Kurosaki.
"No! Why are you apologizing to me?"
So what exactly happened?
Ichigo Kurosaki was taken aback by Orihime Inoue's explanation. She hadn't said anything yet, and he didn't understand anything at all! Why was she suddenly apologizing?
What is all this?!
Let me explain the specifics!
" Ichigo Kurosaki, I have some bad news for you. We... might have been tricked by Kisuke Urahara!"
Uryū Ishida really wanted to push up his glasses, which were almost slipping off his nose, but with his hands tied, he couldn't. In the end, he gave up helplessly and spoke weakly to Ichigo Kurosaki.
"We were... scammed by Manager Urahara?"
After hearing Uryū Ishida's words, Ichigo Kurosaki suddenly recalled the scene before they left, Kisuke Urahara covered his face with a fan and kept chuckling.
"That's right... the information that guy gave us was wrong!"
"It made us do something very wrong."
Uryū Ishida recounted the story in a huff.
"I'm really, really sorry, Kurosaki-kun!"
Just then, Orihime Inoue couldn't help herself again and apologized to Ichigo Kurosaki.
So what exactly happened?
Sweat slowly trickled down Ichigo Kurosaki's forehead; he had a feeling that what these people were saying was terrifying.
"You still remember what that Urahara Sōgo Shihoin, right?"
Uryū Ishida reminded Ichigo Kurosaki.
Of course!
"The key to defeating Sōgo Shihoin lies with Mr. Yoruichi, right?"
Ichigo Kurosaki certainly hadn't forgotten; he always kept such important matters firmly in his heart.
"This is it... We've all been misled by this statement."
Uryū Ishida spoke, his eyes twitched slightly, and he spoke through gritted teeth.
Could it be...?
Looking at Uryū Ishida's expression, and recalling what he had just seen— Yoruichi perched on Sōgo Shihoin's head— Ichigo Kurosaki felt a sense of unease.
"Could it be... that the method to deal with Sōgo Shihoin isn't using Mr. Yoruichi?"
Ichigo Kurosaki's body trembled slightly as he asked.
"That's not it."
Uryū Ishida gently shook his head.
"That is..."
Ichigo Kurosaki was stunned. He was completely confused. If the method to deal with Sōgo Shihoin was indeed Mr. Yoruichi, then why did they end up like this?
The key is the method! Our method is wrong!
Uryū Ishida sighed helplessly as he recalled what had happened to him and the others.
After Ichigo Kurosaki was knocked unconscious, they learned from the Second Division Lieutenant, Aya Shaoling Fon, that they had received an 'invitation' from the Second Division Captain Sōgo Shihoin. Although it was called an invitation, given that they were surrounded by that group of people and Ichigo Kurosaki was unconscious, they had no choice but to agree to come...
After the Second Division Second Division -Captain named Shaoling Fon stayed behind to oversee the situation, a man named Kuruyashiki led them into the noble district... After they entered the noble district, Kūkaku Shiba and Ganju Shiba quietly left without anyone noticing. After Kūkaku Shiba left, the Mr. Yoruichi changed from Kūkaku Shiba to Orihime Inoue.
Then... the most tragic thing happened. After that man with short silver hair and a perpetually silly grin appeared enthusiastically before them, Orihime Inoue, remembering Kisuke Urahara's instructions, threw the black Yoruichi at Sōgo, hitting Sōgo in the face...
And then... they were all chained up in the basement...
This chapter continues with another 5,000 words~
(End of this chapter)