Because there is nothing to love, one cannot acquire their own unique power... But, once one possesses something to love, can that power be awakened?
To be honest, even Tsunayashiro Tokinada, who had studied Fullbring for decades, couldn't be certain. So he proposed a hypothesis: Aura Michibane understood the meaning of love, there was a possibility that he would awaken his own power.
so...
He devised a crazy plan to send Aura Michibane to the location of Fullbring, expose his identity, and take the hit from Shūkurō Tsukishima...
To ensure a high success rate, Tsunayoshi Tsunayashiro Tokinada consulted a certain Aizen Huyōsuke beforehand, someone whose life he couldn't reveal to others...
When Tsunayashiro Tokinada presented his idea, Sōsuke Aizen simply smiled and said two words, "Okay!"
When Tsunayashiro Tokinada heard those two words, he knew in his heart that it seemed to be a sure thing!
After finalizing his plans, Tsunayoshi Tsunayashiro Tokinada, just in case things didn't go smoothly, Sōsuke Aizen Aura Michibane. This extra layer would come to a realization after Aura Michibane's memories were altered...
Aura Michibane realizes that her memories have been altered, her original memories will flash before her eyes like a slideshow...
And so, the scene before us unfolded, with Aura Michibane being stabbed by Shūkurō Tsukishima.
"Love! This is love!" Aura Michibane's heart was now completely filled with Shūkurō Tsukishima. A user of Fullbring can use that object as a medium to Fullbring when they love something...
What Aura Michibane deeply loves is... her own memories filled with love!
Yes, Aura Michibane, whose personality has become extremely twisted, and who has realized that her memories are not real, did not fall in love with Shūkurō Tsukishima because of his power. Aura Michibane, she fell in love with the Shūkurō Tsukishima Shūkurō Tsukishima who had always been by her side in her false memories, the one who lived in her memories!
Therefore, using his false memories as a medium, Aura Michibane completed his training in Fullbring!
Unlimited Memory Cage!
This is the unique Fullbring that Aura Michibane awakened after awakening to love. It is Fullbring born from her obsession with love. No one can take away Aura Michibane's love from her, even if all her love is false. She has imprisoned all her love in a cage and hidden it deep in her heart.
"..." After awakening Fullbring, Aura Michibane's demeanor changed, becoming even more mysterious and unpredictable, which increased the pressure on the surrounding Fullbring users.
" Ginjo, should we...?" Shūkurō Tsukishima walked up to Kūgo Ginjō, gave Aura Michibane a deep look, and then made a throat-slitting gesture.
" Tsukishima, you're such a heartless man! This woman in front of you said she wanted to marry you! And you actually said you wanted to get rid of her right in front of her?!" Kūgo Ginjō smiled slightly after hearing Shūkurō Tsukishima's words, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"It's alright~" Aura Michibane smiled nonchalantly, "If it's for Tsukishima, I wouldn't care even if it meant death!"
"Don't worry!" Kūgo Ginjō suddenly shook his head upon hearing this. "I won't let you die here. You're a valuable asset! Besides, I really want to see how panicked those idiots in Soul Society will be when they see someone like you become our assistant!? Hahahaha... Just thinking about it makes me want to keep going!"
" Ginjo, you really have a twisted sense of humor!" Jackie scoffed at Ginjo's words. "You should probably put away that kind of low-level, disgusting humor!"
"You don't understand!" Ginjo scoffed. "You'll understand my hobbies when you grow up."
"Hmph~" Jackie scoffed dismissively.
" Ginjo, are our plans still the same?" Shūkurō Tsukishima asked Ginjo.
"No!" Kūgo Ginjō shook his head. "We can change our plan! Don't you think this woman is more intimidating than us?! So we can devise an interesting plan... Since Soul Society is so eager to play, let's go with the flow and go all out. No one will be able to escape. This is an incredibly grand banquet!"
"What do you want to do!?" Everyone looked at Kūgo Ginjō was staring at the insane man before them, their eyes filled with incomprehension.
"It's simple!" Ginjo smiled slightly. "Since Soul Society wants us to die so badly, then let's just die! Since Soul Society wants to be such a super villain, then let them be! From now on, the hunt begins. We are a pack of homeless stray dogs, and we need a kind-hearted person to adopt us!"
"You mean?!" Tsukishima's eyes lit up; he roughly understood what Kūgo Ginjō meant.
"The game has begun!" Kūgo Ginjō nodded. "In the end, who will be the player holding the game controller, and who will have the last laugh? Let's keep our eyes peeled!"
"Boring!" Riruka Dokugamine frowned as she looked at the deranged Kūgo Ginjō. "I'm not going to play this boring game with you. If you want to play, then go play by yourself!"
"Heh..." Upon hearing Riruka Dokugamine's words, Kūgo Ginjō instantly conjured a massive sword, blocking Riruka Dokugamine's path...
"What do you mean by this!?" Riruka Dokugamine stared wide-eyed at Kūgo Ginjō, who was blocking her path with his greatsword.
"I said, you are not allowed to choose not to attend!" Kūgo Ginjō grinned menacingly. "You have no choice. Everyone is forced to attend. This is a banquet for us Fullbring!"
"Are you crazy!" Riruka Dokugamine frowned at Kūgo Ginjō. "Have you forgotten our agreement?"
"The agreement was just voided." Kūgo Ginjō shook his head. "Now I'm in charge here. Who agrees, who disagrees?"
"..." The scene fell silent for a moment, and everyone looked at Kūgo Ginjō with apprehension.
"I object!" Aura Michibane Kūgo Ginjō. Although she had a mission, she couldn't tolerate someone showing off in front of her. "This isn't your decision-making process; it's Shūkurō Tsukishima's. Aren't I right, Lord Tsukishima?"
"..." Kūgo Ginjō looked at the dissenting Aura Michibane and fell silent for a moment. Okay! He couldn't beat this woman. To put it simply, this woman in front of him was the ceiling of Fullbring!
" Tsukishima!" Kūgo Ginjō looked at Shūkurō Tsukishima; seeking help from Shūkurō Tsukishima was now his only option.
" Aura! Everything must be done according to Ginjo's words!" Shūkurō Tsukishima nodded slightly upon hearing this, then looked at Aura Michibane, "Do not contradict Ginjo."
"Yes, Tsukishima ~" Aura Michibane smiled slightly upon hearing this and said no more.
"Very well!" Kūgo Ginjō was somewhat displeased. The fact that someone as invincible as Aura Michibane didn't obey his orders was still troubling him. At the same time, Kūgo Ginjō became even more wary of Shūkurō Tsukishima. Although Shūkurō Tsukishima would obey him for now, if Shūkurō Tsukishima were to betray him, or be forced to betray him by the enemy, it would be a disaster for them...
"Alright, the game begins!" Kūgo Ginjō laughed loudly, " Tsukishima has implanted memories into everyone! Let everyone here live in fear..."
" Ginjo, you mean..." Tsukishima paused, "... everyone here?!"
"Of course!" Kūgo Ginjō nodded slightly, "Everyone here! Including me!"
"No! If that's the case..." Shūkurō Tsukishima shook his head repeatedly, "If that's the case, wouldn't that mean..."
"Don't hesitate!" Kūgo Ginjō interrupted Shūkurō Tsukishima, who was about to say something. "Stop being so indecisive. If you can't even fool yourself, how can you fool others?"
"Come on!" said Kūgo Ginjō, puffing out his chest.
"Fine!" Shūkurō Tsukishima, realizing he couldn't persuade Kūgo Ginjō, gripped his knife tightly and thrust it towards Kūgo Ginjō's chest...
In an instant, the long, thick, and massive sword pierced into Kūgo Ginjō's chest.
"My sword is huge! Please bear with me for a moment!" Shūkurō Tsukishima said to the others, gripping his sword.
"..." Everyone stared at Shūkurō Tsukishima's slender longsword in silence. That sword didn't hurt at all...
Shūkurō Tsukishima, wielding his longsword, pierced the chests of each person with it, their minds were filled with memories that never existed before...
In their memories Aura Michibane was practically the embodiment of a demon, using his boundless power to torment them, kill their loved ones, and not only that, he also set his sights on them...
" Aura! Do it!" After finishing everything, Shūkurō Tsukishima gave the order to Aura Michibane.
"Yes, my master!" Aura Michibane smiled slightly, and the next second, boundless Spiritual Pressure erupted from her body, " Hadō #99: Five Dragon Destruction!"
The next second, a huge dragon head rose up! The entire senior living apartment building vanished from everyone's sight in an instant!
"..." Shūkurō Tsukishima stared silently at the ruins before him. He meant to cripple everyone, not to kill them all! What were you doing!?
Shūkurō Tsukishima is a man of few words; he is angry, but he won't say it...
"Don't worry, Tsukishima," Aura Michibane seemed to see through Shūkurō Tsukishima's thoughts, and she smiled slightly, "They're fine~ They just suffered a little bit of injury..."
"Oh!" Shūkurō Tsukishima simply nodded slightly upon hearing this, without saying anything more.
"Boom!" Lightning flashed across the sky, and thunder roared in the ears of the people of Karakura Town. The sound seemed to penetrate their ears and strike their minds directly. Endless rain poured down, turning the deserted streets into rivers of floodwater!
Today is a day of rest for the Menos Grande, and even the Soul Reaper is too lazy to come out and collect the souls of the dead. Yet, even under these circumstances, a figure seems to be running frantically...
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" A middle-aged man with slicked-back hair, carrying a dying girl in his arms, kept running down the street.
At the Kurosaki Family, Ichigo Kurosaki yawned. Now a senior in high school, he had to start thinking about his future. After he turned 18, his family would no longer provide him with living expenses and tuition; he would have to find those himself...
"Damn it." Ichigo Kurosaki looked at the heavy rain outside the window, his eyes filled with weariness. "Maybe I should just go to Soul Society and become a squad leader. I've heard the salary for a squad leader is really high."
Ichigo Kurosaki remembered what Kūkaku Shiba had said to him, and it also sounded like Sōgo Shihoin's suicide theories. He suddenly felt a surge of impulse; he didn't want to stay in this garbage world for even a second longer...
"Knock knock knock!" Just as Ichigo Kurosaki was lost in his daydreams, a series of pounding sounds suddenly came from the door downstairs...
"Huh!?" Ichigo Kurosaki frowned, stood up, and walked downstairs. "Who is it!?"
"Is this a hospital? Doctor! Where is the doctor? Please! Save her!" When Ichigo Kurosaki opened the door, a ragged middle-aged man knelt down in front of everyone, holding a high school girl.
Both of them were soaked through by the heavy rain outside the door, and they looked so Mujō.
"Hey, hey, hey! What's going on with you two?" Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes narrowed as he looked at the two men, especially when he saw the dying girl in the middle-aged man's arms. His already furrowed brows furrowed even more deeply.
" Ichigo!" Just as Ichigo Kurosaki was about to check on the girl, Isshin Kurosaki suddenly came out of the inner room and shouted at Ichigo Kurosaki, "Outside!"
"Huh!?" Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he instantly transformed into Soul Reaper and rushed out the door.
When Ichigo Kurosaki arrived at the courtyard of the Kurosaki residence, amidst the endless rain, a woman, barely visible, stood there, smiling at Ichigo Kurosaki...
"You are!" Ichigo Kurosaki looked at the woman and something suddenly came to mind.
However, before Ichigo Kurosaki could think any further, the woman vanished completely into the heavy rain the very next second after she revealed herself.
"Wait!" Ichigo Kurosaki watched the woman disappear and rushed into the rain, running for hundreds of meters, but he couldn't find any trace of her.
"Damn it!" Ichigo Kurosaki cursed under his breath and had no choice but to return to the Kurosaki residence.
When Ichigo Kurosaki returned to the house, he saw Isshin Kurosaki tending to the girl's wounds.
" Isshin." Ichigo Kurosaki frowned as he looked at the girl and Isshin Kurosaki. "Is that girl alright?!"
"Call me Father!" Isshin Kurosaki roared, then shook his head. "The girl needs rest, but overall she's fine."
"Very good!"
"That's wonderful!"
Upon hearing this, tears streamed down the middle-aged man's face.
" Ichigo, come here for a moment." Isshin Kurosaki gave the girl and the middle-aged man a deep look, and finally pulled Ichigo Kurosaki into the corridor.
"What's wrong?" Ichigo Kurosaki asked, puzzled by Isshin's serious Isshin.
"Those injuries..." Isshin Kurosaki frowned, "... were inflicted by Kidō!"
" Kidō!" Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "I knew I wasn't mistaken, it seems I was right..."
(End of this chapter)