Moreover, Ichigo himself was unwilling to raise his sword against a mother like Masaki!
Seeing Ichigo divert his blade, Grand Fisher finally lowered its anxiously held heart!
It had truly been afraid just now that this killing machine Ichigo, caught up in the bloodlust, would strike regardless.
It seems its usual belief wasn't wrong: emotions are humanity's greatest weakness!
"What's wrong? Ichigo, why did you stop?"
"Oops, I forgot. Ichigo is a good boy, and good boys mustn't attack their mothers!"
"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"
Using Kurosaki Masaki's face to make an exceedingly ugly and twisted expression, Grand Fisher laughed maniacally.
Watching Grand Fisher like this, both the deeply hidden soul consciousness of Kurosaki Ichigo himself and Ichigo felt profound disgust!
A rage capable of burning the abyss blazed brightly!
Simultaneously, watching Grand Fisher, the people in the live stream could no longer hold back.
"I'm disgusted, how can there be such a disgusting Hollow!"
"I'm furious, brothers, I'm really furious. I wish I could charge in myself and cut this Hollow to pieces!"
"Dammit, brother, if you can get in, land a slash for me too!"
"Seriously, does the game only pull this kind of underworld stunt? Ten billion game coins produced such a disgusting thing?"
"It seems the game coins from those disgusting Xiguo bastards are disgusting too, so disgusting people do disgusting things and create disgusting objects!"
"I really curse this Hollow's eighteen generations of ancestors. My mom loved me too, but she also left me early, so I can really empathize with Kurosaki Ichigo and Ling Fan inside right now."
"Goddamn it, if one day my mom was disrespected like this, and I didn't risk my life fighting it, may I be reborn in the animal realm in my next life!"
Clearly, Grand Fisher had provoked public outrage by now!
And it wasn't just the many Dongguo people in the live stream.
On Shu Lian, the largest social platform in Xiguo, a highly upvoted question was blatantly posed to everyone:
"We are all believers of God, advocating for truth, kindness, and beauty!"
"But to eliminate the enemy, using so many game coins to create such a monster, defiling a mother like this..."
"All of you who contributed coins, how are you any different from demons?"
"So, for the sake of so-called 'who is stronger, who is weaker', can we even discard our souls?"
Beneath this question were tens of thousands of comments.
They said they were wrong!
Any person, even if they have no father, surely has a mother.
At this moment, before the great topic of 'mother', whether from Xiguo or Dongguo, everyone stood behind Ichigo!
However, this time, the game did not stir up trouble as it had before.
It did not comply with public opinion to pull another stunt like 'People of Earth, lend me your energy!'.
But it was okay.
Because, Ichigo will handle it!
Simultaneously, many things resonate inherently in people's hearts!
The collective thoughts of six billion humans on Earth, such a massive torrent, absolutely would not go without any echo!
And now, in the live stream footage, after its maniacal laughter and taunts, Grand Fisher had fiercely launched a counterattack!
"Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha!" Its maniacal laughter continued!
From beneath Masaki's appearance, long hairs, very similar to before, transformed into countless tentacles attacking Ichigo.
Because Grand Fisher maintained Masaki's appearance, Ichigo couldn't attack and could only constantly defend.
Clang Clang Clang Clang...
Under the tentacles hard as steel, Ichigo raised Zangetsu, blocking left and right, continuously retreating.
The Reishi pathways created in the air friction with his straw sandals, producing trails of white smoke!
Inevitably, a long defense leads to vulnerabilities. Soon, cuts appeared on Ichigo's waist, shoulders, cheeks, and other places! Blood flowed freely!
Seeing this, Rukia was extremely worried and wanted to move forward to support him.
"Don't come over!" Ichigo, noticing Rukia's movement, stopped her sharply, just like in the original work!
"This is... my fight!" Ichigo said, word by word.
"Is that so..." Rukia was as if struck by lightning.
Instantly, she too fell into memories!
The scene before the live stream audience changed once again!
Rukia's memories emerged!
Kuchiki Rukia, originally named Rukia, had no family name.
In the Soul Society, which was almost no different from ancient Japan, having no family name was a symbol of being a commoner.
Kuchiki was the noble name bestowed upon her later.
During her time at the Shin'o Academy, Rukia was adopted by the Kuchiki Clan, one of the Five Great Noble Families.
While this certainly brought Rukia a superior life, it inevitably separated her from her original friends!
It can be said that a barrier had already formed between them.