"Yami..." Looking at the tall figure that stood up like a hill in front of him, Sadata Taihu frowned slightly and muttered the other person's name.
"Yami?" Seeing that Taihu Sadatari seemed to recognize the 'Ten Blades' that suddenly emerged from the ground in front of him, Abarai Renji asked with some confusion, "What a familiar name. This is the first time you have met Po.
The guy who showed up during the interview?"
"Um..." Sadatora Taihu nodded slightly, "But something seems to be wrong... When we fought in the real world before... Although this guy is very tall, he is not as outrageous as he is now, right?"
As he said that, he raised his head and looked up at Ya Mi, who was looking down at them.
"What do you mean? Is it possible that this guy can grow up? I have never heard that Kyon can grow a body?" Renji Abarai complained with a look of shame on his face.
"But he really got bigger..."
Chatata Taihu recalled the first time he saw Yami. Although this guy was tall at the time, he was only slightly bigger than him. But now...
"This guy's figure is at least twice as big as before..."
"Damn it! I want to make that guy with glasses look good!"
Just as the two of them were studying why Yami grew up, the furious Yami didn't seem to see the two dwarfs in front of him at all, and was still angrily cursing Ishida Uryū who had driven him to the ground.
"Unforgivable! I will definitely tear him apart!"
As he spoke, he concentrated his energy and seemed to be trying to capture the nearby spiritual pressure to find Uryū Ishida.
Finally, he noticed a few people at his feet, but he didn't seem to pay much attention. He just glanced at them and then looked away and continued.
Soon, he found the direction with the strongest spiritual power fluctuations, which was the direction where Kurosaki Ichigo was. Uryu Ishida was also beside him.
But only the spiritual pressure of these two guys made Yami feel a little confused.
"Strange... Where is that guy Ulquiorra? He couldn't really be killed by those two brats!? How is that possible?"
While muttering to himself, he raised his legs, as if he was ready to go in that direction to find out.
But what surprised him was...
Seeing that he was about to leave, the small existence in front of him seemed ready to stop him.
"What? I'm kind enough to let you live, but do you still have to seek death?"
Looking at Taitora Sadatori, Renji Abarai and Rukia Kuchiki who were blocking the road, Yami's eyes gradually turned gloomy and he looked down at them with disdain.
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Inoue Orihime and Ishida Uryu jumped down from the broken sky and landed at the center of the explosion that was like a nuclear explosion.
What caught their eyes was a bottomless black hemispherical crater. In the center of the crater, Kurosaki Ichigo stood in the sky after being completely insubstantial, holding only half of Ulquiorra's broken body in his hand.
boom.
Kurosaki Ichigo casually threw Ulquiorra in his hand towards the ruins aside, then raised the long knife in his hand and slowly approached, as if preparing to give him the final blow.
"Kurosaki……"
Ishida Uryū and Inoue Orihime looked at the scene in front of them and recalled the almost ravaging and brutal scene just now. They couldn't believe that this was what Ichigo Kurosaki would do...
Seeing the long black knife slowly raised and ready to stab Ulquiorra, who had no power to resist, for some reason, Ishida Uryu felt a terrible premonition in his heart.
If this sword really goes down - maybe the Kurosaki Ichigo he knows will no longer exist!
Before he had time to think, his hand was already on the wrist of the monster in front of him.
The long sword that was stabbing slowly stopped because of this.
"That's enough... Kurosaki."
Ishida Uryu didn't know how to look at the monster transformed by Kurosaki Ichigo in front of him.
This is the most violent and powerful existence, almost like a monster born entirely for killing.
The Kurosaki Ichigo he knew should not be like this, nor should he be like this.
It can be so.
"Even if he is an enemy...but he is already dead, don't continue to chop down...that's enough, Kurosaki..." Uryū Ishida persuaded in a low voice.
However, the terrifying downward force coming from his hand made him realize that the guy in front of him didn't seem to hear such persuasion at all.
So, he roared angrily: "Didn't you hear? Kurosaki Ichigo! I told you not to continue! If you continue like this... you will not be able to change back to a human being——"
puff--
Before he finished speaking, Ishida Uryu was stunned.
He lowered his head sluggishly and looked at his abdomen.
The long black sword originally held in Kurosaki Ichigo's hand had now penetrated his body and was inserted into his body.
And the wrist he was holding had also broken free.
After clearing away those who were in the way, Ichigo Kurosaki silently raised his ferocious arm, as if preparing to completely penetrate Ulquiorra who was stepping on him.
"!"
Looking at Uryu Ishida's fallen figure, Inoue Orihime shrank.
She immediately summoned the shield Shun Rikka to treat Ishida Uryu, and stepped forward to try to stop Kurosaki Ichigo's actions.
"Kurosaki--"
"hateful……"
In the consciousness space, Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the scene in front of him and roared angrily.
"Hehehehahahaha——"
The sneer-like voices kept coming from the side.
This is Xu Bai laughing mockingly.
"How's it going? It's great, isn't it? My 'king,."
Xu Bai stretched his head in front of Kurosaki Ichigo who couldn't move, and asked with a chuckle.
At this moment, Kurosaki Ichigo's consciousness is connected to the outside body, but he cannot control his body. To be precise... he should be controlled by his body in turn.
He could see and feel everything happening in the outside world, including the fact that he stabbed his companion Uryu Ishida with his own hands just now.
[In view of the general environment, the irony is that he can only watch and cannot change anything.
"What the hell does this happen!?"
"Haven't you figured it out yet? What a waste."
Xu Bai spread his hands, his tone full of helplessness.
"You guy..." Kurosaki Ichigo glared at him.
"Don't look at me like that. You've seen it too. I'm right next to you now. With a sufficient alibi, it's not me who controls the body~" Xu Bai chuckled, as if
Seeing Kurosaki Ichigo's angry look, he was very happy...
"I know it's not you! But... what on earth is going on!?"
Kurosaki Ichigo asked angrily while trying to struggle.
He clearly felt that his soul and body were connected, but for some reason, he just couldn't control it.
"How stupid."
Seeing Kurosaki Ichigo's stupid behavior, Xubai shook his head helplessly, "I'm really pitiful for a 'king' like you."
As he spoke, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and lightly touched the hollow in Kurosaki Ichigo's chest with his fingertips.
"Be careful, my 'King.' Your current situation is actually quite simple...it's just that pure will is not enough to control an overly powerful force."
"What's the meaning?"
"Don't you understand? I said you are the 'King'. The person who is destined to become the 'King'. Power has never been something you lack... What you lack has never been power, but a heart that is enough to control this world."
It's just the king's heart of power. It's something made up of belief and will. You never know yourself, and you don't even have a clear goal, so how can you wear the crown?" Xu Bai explained, his tone sounding full.
It's helpless.
"this……"
Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned when he heard this.
It turned out that he had misunderstood.
He thought that such cruelty was what a king should be like, and that the heart of a king was such a cruel thing, so he always
Feeling conflicted.
It turns out that the opposite is true.
It was his will and belief that were far from firm enough that led to such a thing happening.
As the saying goes, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. How can a person who doesn't even have the consciousness of being a 'king' control the power that is destined to belong to a 'king'?
"Kurosaki--"
"Did you hear that? Someone is calling you again."
Xu Bai leaned on Kurosaki Ichigo's shoulder and said calmly.
"If you understand what I say, then from now on, you will become a 'king', right?"
"Is there no other choice?" Kurosaki Ichigo asked.
This terrifying power makes him feel afraid. If he cannot control such power, his companions will be injured first.
"You are the chosen one, you have no choice." Xu replied indifferently.
"Then... what should I do now?" Kurosaki Ichigo hesitated for a moment and seemed to accept this reality.
"It's very simple. Responding to the call of the people is one of the things a king should do. You are destined to become a king, the king of the world, and it is your duty to protect the people of the world.
, so now... they are calling you." Xubai pushed Kurosaki Ichigo's figure with his butt, "Go, answer them, go to them."
"Inoue...Ishida..."
A slightly terrifying hoarse voice came from under the monster-like bull-headed mask.
The stabbing arm stopped in front of Ulquiorra, and the eyes under the mask changed from hollow to confused, and finally a glimmer of clarity flashed through.
"Kurosaki?"
While Inoue Orihime was treating Uryū Ishida, she raised her head and looked at the terrifying figure in front of her who was chanting their names, with a look of surprise in her eyes.
"it's me……"
A hoarse voice of relief came from under the ferocious bull-headed mask...
Card--
With a crisp cracking sound, the mask shattered, revealing Kurosaki Ichigo's original face, but his disillusioned figure and long, disheveled hair still didn't seem to have changed back to their original appearance.
"..."
Kurosaki Ichigo slowly retracted the arm that was originally going to penetrate Ulquiorra's heart, straightened his back, and remained silent.
He clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power, and raised his hand to touch his chest.
There was obviously nothing there, but I seemed to be able to feel a little warmth at this moment.
Maybe it’s the so-called ‘King’s Heart’ that is budding.
Whoosh——
At this moment, Ulquiorra, who was lying on the ground with only half his body left, suddenly disappeared and flashed behind the unsuspecting Kurosaki Ichigo. The only remaining arm was filled with thunder and a thunder gun.
Flashed forward and mercilessly stabbed Kurosaki Ichigo in the head.
"Kurosaki!"
In Inoue, Orihime shouted anxiously, as if she wanted to remind Kurosaki Ichigo.
But this seems simply redundant.
Kurosaki Ichigo turned around calmly and looked directly at the Thunder Spear in front of him.
The long hair on the shawl began to turn into spirit seeds and dissipate, and the body shape began to return to a human appearance. The hole in the chest was regenerating at a high speed that was visible to the naked eye.
The dark sword light passed by.
Zangetsu returned to Ichigo Kurosaki's hands at some point, and the blade of the sword passed through the thunder.
He came back and ended the battle as a human being.
"You...guy..."
After the attack failed, Ulquiorra calmly stopped in front of Kurosaki Ichigo and did not continue to attack.
It's not that he doesn't want to, but that his body has reached its limit.
Even if he can regenerate his limbs and trunk, this is just an appearance. His super-speed regeneration cannot restore the lost internal organs. With more than half of the organs gone, no matter how he regenerates everything, it will be just an empty shell.
It will dissipate with the wind as soon as it blows.
"Come on, kill me. I lost this battle."
Ulquiorra spoke calmly, and as he spoke, his figure began to float away in the wind like a weathered rock, "Hurry... My current situation is already very difficult... If I don't hurry up... I won't have a chance.
The winner has been decided."
"No, you didn't lose."
Ichigo Kurosaki smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't think it's victory to defeat you with a power I don't deserve."
"If you lose, you lose." Ulquiorra's tone was extremely calm.
"That's just what you think."
Kurosaki Ichigo shook his head slightly, and the smile on his face looked very sincere, "Both sides must agree on the outcome, right?"
"..."
"Next time, let's have a showdown."
"Next time..."
Ulquiorra calmly raised his head and looked at the sky.
As time passed, his figure finally completely dissipated.
"Humans... are really weird."
Until the moment of death, Ulquiorra could not figure out what he longed for.
what is that?
Can I see if I open your chest?
Open your skull...can I see it?
You humans just love to talk to yourselves...
So...that thing that you can reach out and hold in your hand...what exactly is it?
"It's something you lack."
The majestic voice resounded deep in Ulquiorra's soul.
His soul floating between heaven and earth seemed to be frozen at this moment.
He clearly remembered that he was dead, but for some reason, it felt more real at this moment than when he was alive.
A gentle feeling came from the empty part of the chest.
He reached out and touched it gently, seeming to understand what it was.
"My heart..."
"Well done, let's see you in the new world."
"..."
Listening to the oracle-like voice, Ulquiorra closed his eyes in silence and fell into a deep sleep that would eventually wake up.
If you ask him what he wants to say most right now... probably he wants to remind Aizen-sama?
Aizen-sama seems to have made a mistake...
‘King, actually... he has been watching them, each one of them.