At one o'clock in the morning, in the silent night, only the sound of running footsteps and dim street lights were left on the streets.

This small town turned out to look like this in the dead of night. Ichigo Kurosaki thought as he ran along the somewhat dim road in the given direction.

He rarely goes out at such a time on weekdays. Although his orange hair usually leaves a bad impression on others, in fact he has kept a low profile in order not to make his family worry. Of course, staying out at night is also a problem. Rarely do it.

"It's so quiet...no one is talking."

Ichigo Kurosaki thought that he was ready for this lonely trip to Soul Society. But when it was time to leave, he looked at the dark night sky in the distance, which seemed like an abyss that could swallow everything. He didn't know why, but he felt a little lonely.

Looking back now, it seems that when he performed the duties of the Shinigami on behalf of Rukia, he did not act alone every time.

It's lively every time.

Inoue, Sadatari, Ishida, Rukia... Whenever something happened, there would always be people around who would make a lot of noise. It was a bit unaccustomed to become so quiet all of a sudden.

But it’s better not to involve them in such danger again? Whether it’s to go to Soul Society to save people or to find my mother’s soul, it’s all my own decision.

Thinking of this, Kurosaki Ichigo shook his head, threw all distracting thoughts behind his mind, and quickened his pace.

Along the familiar road, he finally saw lights that were brighter than street lights in the distance, as well as illuminated signboards.

The door of Urahara's shop was open, as if to welcome him.

"Good morning, Kurosaki, hehe..."

When Ichigo Kurosaki ran closer, he was somewhat surprised to hear a familiar voice coming from the door.

It may be too early to say good morning at this point in time, but she seems to be such a person.

"Inoue, why did you..."

Looking at Orihime Inoue who poked her head out of the door, Kurosaki Ichigo was slightly stunned.

"It's not just me."

Inoue Orihime pointed toward the room.

Under the dim light, a burly man sat silently in the shop with his back against the door. After seeing Kurosaki Ichigo walk in, he slowly raised his head, with a faint smile on his face.

"Long time no see, Ichigo."

"Chadu...even you..."

"You are so slow, Kurosaki Ichigo."

"Ishida? Are you there too? What's with your strange clothes? I almost didn't recognize you."

"Damn it, why is this weird? Please explain it to me clearly!"

Ishida Uryū had veins popping out on his forehead. This was because he took out the combat uniform he had made in order to make this trip to Soul Society go smoothly!

"Ahahaha...Sorry, sorry..."

Kurosaki Ichigo smiled awkwardly. For some reason, he felt inexplicably moved in his heart.

These guys were all silent and didn't mention anything about Soul Society or Rukia. He thought no one would go with him.

No, it should be said that he is too stupid.

How could these nosy guys leave him alone? It was just his wishful thinking that they should not be involved.

At this moment, Kurosaki Ichigo realized that he had never fought alone.

He saw that the aura of these people was obviously completely different from before, and he roughly knew that not only himself, but others must also be secretly working hard for today's moment.

"hey-hey."

Inoue Orihime put her hands behind her back and watched Kurosaki Ichigo bickering with Ishida Uryu energetically, with a smile on her face.

The same was true for Sadatora Taihu on the side. He smiled and looked at Kurosaki Ichigo who was more energetic than before. He felt that his decision to come here was the right one.

The originally deserted Urahara store became lively with the arrival of Kurosaki Ichigo.

After hearing the movement in the outhouse, gentle footsteps also sounded in the room deep in the shop.

"Okay, I don't want to disturb you, but I think it's almost time."

Urahara Kisuke opened the door to the inner room and walked out, laughing, "We already have time to bicker. It seems that you are almost ready?"

"Of course."

Several people stopped arguing and responded in unison, with a languid smile on their faces.

"Very good. Then come in with me."

Urahara Kisuke smiled and turned around to lead everyone into the dark room.

A faint light projects from the ground, which is the entrance to the underground.

"Go down first and I will tell you how to get to Soul Society. Don't be distracted and miss it, otherwise you may die before you reach Soul Society."

Urahara Kisuke stopped and pointed at the hole under the tatami.

"..."

Without any hesitation, a few people slid down the long vertical ladder and entered the wide underground space below Urahara Store.

"Wow, there is so much space down here?"

Inoue Orihime looked at the surrounding environment curiously, "It's so cool! It's like a secret base!"

"Yeah, right?"

Seeing someone praising the space he created, Urahara Kisuke chuckled.

"Okay, let's quickly tell you how to get to Soul Society! Don't get carried away!"

Kurosaki Ichigo kicked Urahara Kisuke angrily, but the opponent easily dodged it.

"Well~ don't be anxious~"

Urahara Kisuke fanned gently with one hand and snapped his fingers with the other hand.

I saw strong spiritual energy fluctuations coming from behind him, and the entire space seemed to become distorted. Four stone pillars filled with talismans suddenly protruded from the distorted space.

Bang-bang-bang-bang-

With several collision sounds, four stone pillars were pieced together, and a seemingly simple door frame-like device appeared in front of everyone.

"Okay, this is the door to Soul Society - the Realm Crossing Gate."

Urahara Kisuke lowered the brim of his hat and said in a serious voice, "Listen carefully, Soul Society is a place that only souls can reach, which means that generally you can only reach there if you die, and next I will teach you how to pass

The way to avoid death is through this door."

As he spoke, Urahara Kisuke flashed and instantly came behind Kurosaki Ichigo.

"!?"

Before Kurosaki Ichigo had time to react, he raised the cane in his hand and stabbed the opponent violently.

Kurosaki Ichigo's spirit body was immediately separated from his physical body.

"Wow! Is this how Kurosaki turned into a Shinigami?"

Inoue Orihime poked Kurosaki Ichigo's body, which fell down as if he was asleep, and then looked at the spirit body wearing a Death Overlord outfit standing beside him, with a somewhat surprised expression on his face.

This was the first time she saw Kurosaki Ichigo's process of leaving the body, and she didn't expect it to be so simple and crude.

"There are no chains? Kurosaki, can you still come back in here?"

Inoue Orihime asked curiously.

Because she seemed to remember that when she left the body before, her soul and body were connected by a chain.

"Um...of course! I'm not dead yet! The souls of the God of Death are different from those of ordinary people!"

Kurosaki Ichigo scratched his head, then he looked at Urahara Kisuke aside, "Why are you poking me so suddenly?"

"Of course I have to poke you out."

Urahara Kisuke explained, "It is impossible for a human body to reach Soul Society, which only allows spiritual bodies to exist."

"So this is the way to get to Soul Society?"

Ishida Uryu frowned and asked, "But it's impossible for us to leave the body and go to Soul Society like Kurosaki? In that case..."

"In that case, you won't be able to use your strength at all."

Kisuke Urahara answered, "So what I want to say next is the key point, listen carefully!"

As he said that, he just wanted to introduce the world-transmitting gate behind him in a grand manner as if he was introducing a 'great invention of the new century'.

"Although it is temporary, I spent a lot of effort to finally complete this special world-traveling gate! This is not an ordinary world-traveling gate connecting the real world and Soul Society! It has the function of converting souls.

The world-crossing gate!"

"Spirit transformation?" Inoue Orihime tilted her head to express that she didn't understand at all.

"Actually, the principle is very simple. I temporarily pretended to be a spirit conversion machine on an ordinary boundary-traveling door, and then covered it with a talisman to fix it."

Urahara Kisuke then explained, "As I said just now, Soul Society is a world of souls. If you want to enter, you must become a soul. However, the only person who can move to Soul Society with soul resources and still exert his own strength is the one who

Even if the people of the God of Death and others leave the physical body, they will be bound by the chains of cause and effect and cannot go to the Soul Society, and even if they go, they are just ordinary 'souls'. So the soul transformation is necessary! This thing can make up the world.
To be continued...