He was afraid that if he continued like this, he would completely become a Hollow, and he was even more afraid that he would hurt the people around him.
Although Ichigo didn't want to admit it, he was indeed different from his other classmates. Even compared to other Shinigami, he seemed very different.
In addition, during the battle in Soul Society, Inoue Orihime and Sado Yasutora were seriously injured while trying to help him. Ishida Uryū even lost his Quincy power and still hadn't recovered.
The thing was, although he successfully rescued Rukia, he felt very uneasy about Aizen. The strength and wisdom of that Shinigami captain were truly terrifying.
Looking at the confused Ichigo Kurosaki, Shinji Hirako showed an ambiguous smile.
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Observing this scene, Shiroha thought with disdain:
"You're so old, yet you still act like a high school student. You're worthy of being you, Hirako Shinji!"
The Visored had been dormant for so long, and finally took action. On one hand, now that Aizen was exposed, they could act without worrying about being attacked from all sides. If they were attacked by Soul Society while dealing with Aizen, it would be too much. On the other hand, their situation was basically stable, and they could already control the power of the Hollow in their bodies.
Shiroha was still a little curious about the strength of The Visored. He really wanted to see how many punches they could take!
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Not long after school, Ichigo heard a quick warning sound from his Shinigami badge. He knew that a Hollow had appeared.
"Here we go again!" After complaining casually, he used the Substitute Soul Reaper Badge to enter his spirit state, and let Kon temporarily take care of his body.
After a quick walk, Ichigo found the Hollow that had invaded the real world. He chopped down with his sword and killed the pig-faced Hollow
After that, Ichigo happened to meet the stationed Shinigami who came to purify the Hollow. The other party claimed to be Zennosuke Kurumadani, an elite Shinigami who replaced Rukia to guard Karakura Town.
Although Ichigo took out his Substitute Soul Reaper Badge to prove his identity, the "Afro" Shinigami didn't acknowledge it at all, laughed at him, and said he had never heard of such a thing.
While arguing, Ichigo felt a chill coming from behind him. He turned around without hesitation and swung Zangetsu to slash backwards.
At this moment, a figure was rushing towards him with a strange pace, head and feet up and down, coming behind Ichigo. The man slashed with a sword.
Fortunately, Ichigo reacted in time and blocked the sword with Zangetsu. For a moment, a crisp and cold collision sound was heard. Two powerful Reiatsus collided in mid-air, triggering a series of terrifying slashing waves.
The shock wave caused by the fight between the two blew away the shocked and confused Afro Shinigami.
"Kurosaki-san, don't you know how to restrain your power? If you use your Reiatsu to explode at full force like this, it will attract some terrible things!"
When he saw the person clearly, Ichigo was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Are you Hirako Shinji?"
The expression of the transfer student who was originally sloppy now seemed a little weird. Coupled with his doll-like mouth and the strange tongue ring, it gave people a very bad feeling.
This guy's Reiatsu wasn't right, inexplicably a little familiar, and gave people an ominous and cold feeling.
Shinji Hirako, who had yellow hair and a bob haircut, showed a somewhat weird smile:
"Did you just realize it now? I've been with you for a few days, and it seems that you are indeed a little slow."
Originally, he came to recruit Ichigo because he heard Urahara Kisuke say that this was a good seedling. After all, the debt from a hundred years ago had been delayed for long enough, and it was time to get it back with interest.
After this test, he found that this kid's Reiatsu was indeed very strong, but he was a little dull. But he could just take him back and train him well, it wasn't a big problem.
"Why are you following me?" Ichigo looked confused. "And what do you mean by the scary thing you mentioned?"
Shinji Hirako shook his head:
"It seems that if I don't explain it to you directly, you won't understand. To some extent, you and I are the same kind of people. I am also an existence that has stepped into the realm of the Hollow from the Shinigami! I am The Visored!"
After saying this, in front of Ichigo's shocked eyes, Shinji wiped his face with his hand. Suddenly, a white Hollow mask appeared, covering half of Shinji's face.
"You..." Looking at the Hollow Mask that suddenly appeared, Ichigo thought of his own experience, his pupils shrank, and his body trembled slightly.
He didn't expect that there were people who were really like him. No one understood his feelings during this period, even his best friends were no exception. No one could tell the depression and pain in his heart.
Shinji Hirako said in a very serious tone:
"Didn't I say that? We have to get along well! You don't belong to the Shinigami at all, and you can never fit into their world. So, do you want to join us?"
Ichigo was very conflicted. He didn't want to be a unique outlier, but he didn't want to get too involved with various forces. He was very satisfied with his current life and identity.
"You have no choice, those guys are here, you have to fight," Shinji emphasized.
After secretly following and spying on Ichigo during this period, he already knew something about him. He knew that Ichigo didn't want to fight, but he also knew that he cared about the people around him.
Ichigo had a bad feeling in his heart:
"What have you been talking about? Who the hell are those guys?"
"Need I say more? Of course it's the Arrancar, the monster from Hueco Mundo!" Shinji looked solemn, and he used his spiritual sense to detect several strange Reiatsus in the distance.
He knew that this was the work of Aizen. And based on the strength of these Arrancars, they could also formulate a more complete revenge plan.
Ichigo also opened his spiritual sense belatedly, and then felt several unusually heavy and strange Reiatsus. At the same time, Kon, who controlled Ichigo's body, and Ishida Uryū, who had lost his power, were targeted by the enemy.
On Kon's side, Ichigo's father, Isshin Kurosaki, arrived in time and attacked in the form of a Shinigami to save Ichigo's body.
Isshin, who had regained his power as a Shinigami, killed the Hollow who had killed his beloved wife Masaki, and put his mind at ease. This Hollow, who had been doing evil for many years, had been transformed into an Arrancar by Aizen using the power of the Hogyoku.
His transformation into an Arrancar was very thorough, and his strength had skyrocketed. Fortunately, Isshin's strength remained the same as before, and had even increased, so he won easily.
At the same time, Ishida Uryū, who had lost his Quincy power, was also in danger. He could only fight with Reiryoku items he brought back from Soul Society.
However, this opponent was not ordinary, and he had lost the power of a Quincy, so Uryuu quickly fell into crisis.
At this moment, a powerful spirit arrow shot over and directly killed the Hollow that was attacking him. When Ishida Uryū looked back, he saw a familiar figure.
He couldn't help but exclaim, "Why is it you, Ryūken!"
It turned out that it was his father, Ryūken Ishida, who saved Uryū at the critical moment.
In the critical moment, both fathers rescued their children. It vividly illustrated what "older people are more experienced" means.
In the dark night, Ryūken Ishida, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, holding a bow in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket, slowly walked out. With a head of silver hair, he walked in a "cat step," calm and elegant, and pretentious as the wind.
He drew his bow and arrow at lightning speed and killed the last Hollow in seconds.
After doing all this, he said in a very calm voice: "You actually called your father by his name. You are still the same as before, Uryū! After losing that half-baked power, you actually became so weak! Is this the power you are looking for?"
Ignoring his father's ridicule, Ishida Uryū said in a daze: "Didn't you give up on the Quincy? How could you still have such power? Don't you hate Quincy? Why are you saying such thing!"
At this moment, he really felt that the power of the Quincy was not worth it, just like when he was a child. When he was very young, he found that his father had failed his grandfather's expectations and refused to inherit the family.
He was puzzled and asked why his father did this, but he replied with cold and ruthless words: "Because Quincy doesn't make money!"
Because of this ridiculous reason, his grandfather was repeatedly disappointed, and finally died tragically in an isolated battle. Ishida Uryū, who had a deep relationship with his grandfather, could not understand or forgive his father.
Since his grandfather's death, he has called his father by his name.
"I've said it before, I have no interest and you have no talent," Ryūken Ishida's expression was exactly the same as before, calm and cold. "I am the last pure-blooded Quincy in this world, and I have inherited all the abilities and techniques of this title. My power is unique and beyond your imagination. This is the truth!"
Hearing the conversation between the two, Shiroha raised his lips and thought to himself: "Ryūken Ishida, you look very cool when you pretend to be cool. But I think you don't even understand your own son. Ishida Uryū has been a special child since he was young."
During the Thousand Year Blood War, Ishida Uryū awakened the Schrift ability of the same level as the final boss Yhwach. Both of them have Schrift A abilities. Schrift is ineffective against Ishida Uryū.
Yhwach's all-seeing and all-powerful eyes can see through and change all futures. But he can't see through the future of the Soul King and Ishida Uryū. This is bigger than the protagonist Kurosaki Ichigo to some extent.
Saying that the future Schrift A and the heir of the Invisible Empire have no talent is really a bit presumptuous.
While thinking, Uehara Shiroha used his observation Haki to observe Ishida Uryū's condition. Sure enough, in the case of close combat with Hollows, this guy was not hurt at all.
Why do Quincies always use Spirit Arrows to kill Hollows from a distance? The answer is simple: because everything about Hollows is a deadly poison to Quincies, and this is Hollow Poison.
Because of this, when Yhwach started the war against Soul Society and the Soul King Palace, the first thing he did was to personally attack Hueco Mundo first. By the way, he also captured the queen of Hueco Mundo, Tier Harribel, for a "bondage play."
Hueco Mundo and Arrancar are not innocent victims. Because the Hollows, especially the Arrancar, are a great threat to the Sternritter.
Gremmy Thoumeaux, which opened the Perfect Body, absorbed the spirit of the Beast God, and the Perfect Body was contaminated. However, Ishida Uryū is not afraid of the power of the Hollow. He has no problem fighting with the Hollow at close range.
However, Ishida Uryū, who did not awaken his Schrift, is not powerful and is in a "weaken state." Uehara Shiroha is not very interested in this kind of existence for the time being.
As for the so-called omniscience and omnipotence, he does not take it seriously. What kind of omniscience and omnipotence that can be affected by illusions is true omniscience and omnipotence? The omniscience and omnipotence of the Soul King still has some weight, and the omniscience and omnipotence of Yhwach can only be regarded as a more powerful space-time ability.
In front of Shunkyō, all the power of time and space is just illusion.
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On the other hand, Ichigo Kurosaki resolutely rejected Shinji Hirako's recruitment: "I am a Shinigami, not one of you! I will not join you."
What he identified with was not the power or identity of the Shinigami, but the responsibility and experience. To him, being a Shinigami represented protection.
Just like Batman never walked out of that alley in his life, a part of Ichigo Kurosaki's heart will always stay on the day when he failed to successfully protect his mother.
"This brat is really troublesome," Shinji Hirako complained, looking at Ichigo Kurosaki who left in an instant.
However, he didn't really take Ichigo's refusal to heart. He understood him. No matter what, this kid would have to compromise in the end. Moreover, the two sides have a common enemy and a basis for cooperation.
After sensing Ichigo's Reiatsu, Isshin Kurosaki also said goodbye to Kisuke Urahara and returned home. He didn't want his son to know his identity for the time being.
Shiroha also heard the conversation between Isshin and Urahara. After seeing the strength of the new Arrancar, the "senior group" was full of fear of Aizen and the Arrancar.
If things continue to develop like this, the existence of the Arrancar may really affect the world situation and may even destroy the real world. After all, the real world is too fragile to resist the invasion of the Arrancar Corps and Aizen. And they have to consider the possible danger.
Shiroha doesn't have so many concerns. He is not the same kind of person as these two people. The thinking of some people in the world of death really cannot be measured by common sense.
For example, Isshin watched his son being fooled by Urahara Kisuke and others into life and death situations. To put it bluntly, the collapse of the Three Realms into the original world is a disaster for ordinary people. But for a top Reiryoku owner like Ichigo Kurosaki, it doesn't matter at all, and it can even be said to be a good thing.
Moreover, knowing that the power of the Hollow will be passed on, the couple insisted on having children, and gave birth to three. They really treat the Hollow as a family heirloom and want to pass it down. Moreover, "it is passed on to males but not females," and the more it is passed, the more powerful it becomes.
If Ichigo was not the protagonist, the couple would have ruined their children. What if the offspring loses control and completely becomes a Hollow? Who should be blamed? But in a sense, the couple is a perfect match, and they are both very thick-skinned.
They do these things and make such choices, which is in line with their personality. However, Shiroha is not so hot-blooded. He takes it when there is benefit, and spends it when there is no benefit. Being able to enjoy yourself while mastering the overall situation is the real skill.
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The next day, in the eastern woods of Karakura Town, a round crater suddenly appeared on the ground with a loud bang. This scene looked like the Saiyans in Dragon Ball coming to Earth in a spaceship.
At this time, two Arrancars, one large and one small, walked out of the crater. The two Arrancars wore high-collared, long-sleeved coat-like jackets with white tops and black bottoms and black edges. They wore white hakama pants and were tied with a wide black obi.
This is the standard uniform of the Espada, which is based on the haori of the Shinigami captains and the Death Hegemony. In addition, a long sword was hung on each of their waistbands.
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