For the first time, everyone had a relatively clear, though mistaken, understanding of the uniqueness of Ichigo's initial identity.
However, it didn't take long for them to realize.
"Wait, this is Ichigo's live stream, why are we watching Rukia-chan's memories?"
"Quick, switch back to Ichigo!"
At the demand of the bullet comments, the game hastily responded.
Being attacked, or perhaps actively luring, Ichigo successfully moved the battlefield to a mountain in the outskirts of Karakura Town!
Clang!
The massive Zangetsu once again blocked Grand Fisher's fierce whip strike. The sharp long whip changed direction the moment it contacted Zangetsu, cutting his right arm.
"Ugh!" Ichigo grunted in pain and jumped back.
After retreating a good ten meters, Ichigo thrust Zangetsu into the ground, clutching the wound on his right arm with his left hand, kneeling wearily and panting!
Only then did everyone see that after the prolonged pursuit battle, Ichigo's black Shihakusho was almost entirely soaked with blood!
Large, dark stains spread across it. Ichigo seemed to have reached his limit!
"It's over, Ichigo isn't going to die like this, is he?" Someone in the bullet comments said despairingly.
And clearly, Grand Fisher thought so too.
"What's wrong, Ichigo? Stand up, Ichigo!"
"Where did all your earlier bravado go? Weren't you going to cut me down for Mom?"
"Every Shinigami, no matter how cold-blooded, has someone they absolutely cannot bring themselves to strike! This is undeniable! It's a law!"
"It's precisely because I discovered this that I've been able to repel Shinigami for fifty years."
"It seems I can add another entry to my record today! Hahaha!" Grand Fisher laughed maniacally.
However, this time, as it laughed, Grand Fisher suddenly stopped!
Because it was shocked to discover that after catching his breath for a short while, Ichigo stood up again and pulled Zangetsu from the ground.
The wounds on his body also slowly stopped bleeding as Reiryoku was channeled into them.
Although it was only temporary, Ichigo had undoubtedly returned to his previous peak combat strength!
"It's coming, the final blow is coming!"
Everyone clearly realized this, and the live stream audience's spirits lifted!
Looking at Ichigo who had picked up Zangetsu again, Grand Fisher was taken aback:
"What, can you break this law? Can you strike your mother?"
"Of course I can't break it!" Ichigo said disdainfully.
"But, Grand Fisher, you who are so adept at playing with people's hearts, you understand them the least!"
"You have no idea how powerful human emotions truly are!"
"True bonds can transcend everything!"
"So, I've felt it!"
Ichigo declared confidently: "Did you think the mother of I, Kurosaki Ichigo, would just let you manipulate her like this?"
Unlike in the original work where only the investigating officer from the 2nd Division, during their encounter with Grand Fisher, sensed Masaki's presence...
In the constant back-and-forth of attack and defense, Ichigo had long since detected Masaki's presence.
His apparent retreat along the way was actually just to lure Grand Fisher to a secluded place, simultaneously communicating with Masaki, and then destroy it in one fell swoop!
Hearing Ichigo's words, Grand Fisher couldn't help but feel panicked.
But it couldn't understand why it was panicking.
An unbelievable possibility surfaced in its mind, but Grand Fisher immediately shook its head.
"I don't believe prey I've devoured can still resist me!!!"
"Ichigo, bluffing will get you a spanking from Mom!" Grand Fisher said, forcing composure!
"Heh!" Ichigo let out a cold laugh. "Then let's see if you can still pretend to be my mother!"
"The reason I dragged this out so long was just to let Mom see me a little more and to move the battlefield!"
"Now, it's time!"
Ichigo began his charge again!
Zangetsu, dragged at his side, was imbued with the blue light of Getsuga Tensho from the very first step.
Ichigo desperately channeled his own Reiatsu into Zangetsu. At the highly compressed tip of the blade, a trace of pitch-black Reiatsu appeared!
Sensing Ichigo pouring all his Reiatsu into Zangetsu, vowing to fight to the death with it.
Fear once again rose in Grand Fisher's heart, but it still refused to believe, rejecting the possibility it had thought of!
"You think bluffing works? It doesn't, you can't scare me!"
After saying this, Grand Fisher also began to move, actually initiating a head-on charge against Ichigo!
No longer using the white cloak to hide its ugly body, Grand Fisher used all the long hairs on its body to forge its strongest spear!
But just as it thought this strike would decide the outcome, the body that had been completely under its command until now suddenly could no longer move!