Next!
Zangetsu was pulled out.
This time, as if afraid Ichigo would change his mind, White immediately performed several back jumps to create distance the moment the blade was withdrawn!
Then, realizing his actions seemed fearful.
White said: "We fought close combat just now. Let's fight at range now. How about it, dare you?"
Black Getsuga Tensho began gathering on his blade.
"What's there to dare? Bring it on!" Ichigo said.
"You said it yourself! Getsuga Ten..." White's skill name shout stopped halfway!
Because, opposite him, Ichigo had already used the Quincy Cross to form a spirit bow, nocked a Getsuga Tensho as an arrow, fused with a Heilig Pfeil, and drawn the bow!
"Bastard! We agreed on a ranged duel! How can you use such an ability?"
Seeing this, White said angrily.
Hearing this, Ichigo looked at White as if he were an idiot: "Silly child, why are you the Steed and I the King?!"
"A King cannot rely on just one person!"
"If a King entrusts his entire life and fortune to one person, then why shouldn't someone else be King?"
"White, remember this: a single dominant force is always what a King fears most!"
"The Way of the King is the Way of Balance!"
"Alright, now let's have a fair sniper duel!"
Facing White, Ichigo launched the Getsuya!
His Getsuga Tensho alone couldn't beat White's Getsuga Tensho.
But Getsuga Tensho plus Heilig Pfeil was a different story.
With each collision, White's Getsuga Tensho was easily shattered by the Getsuya, which then continued unabated towards White.
Some time later,
Looking at the Getsuya embedded in his chest, White's face was flushed, his expression trembling. Intense emotions clashed within him.
It was no exaggeration to say White was now on tilt.
"I don't submit! Again!" White roared.
"Of course. I can fight you here all day!"
Ichigo said indifferently.
After all, in the training space, he really had fought White for a full day.
Thus, the fourth clash between the two began.
Footwork exchanged, blades collided, both carefully maintaining their offense. Then, during a change in footing, Ichigo once again sent Zangetsu into White's chest.
"Hirenkyaku! I don't submit!"
The fifth time, Ichigo took a slash on the shoulder. But just when White thought he had finally won, a thread from Ransotengai pulled Ichigo's shoulder.
"Hado #4, Byakurai!"
Fzzzt-
A swift white lightning pierced through the heart!
White: "I don't submit! Again!"
Sixth time...
Seventh...
Eighth...
The battle in the consciousness space, requiring one side to completely yield, continued.
Eleventh time.
"I don't submit! Again!" White shouted loudly.
But this time, he could no longer continue!
Old Man Zangetsu appeared before White. "Enough!"
"Damn it! You bastard, going to favor him again?"
Staring at the Old Man Zangetsu suppressing him, White was furious.
"Of course not!" Zangetsu shook his head and pointed at White's body.
Then, White looked down.
How could he still deserve the name 'White'?
His entire body had already been saturated and turned black by Ichigo's Reiatsu, including his face!
"When?" White was shocked, looking at the changes on his body.
"Every time you got stabbed!" Ichigo replied.
"Alright, you no longer have the strength to continue fighting. We'll continue next time!"
Ichigo beckoned with his hand. White's body disintegrated, piece by piece floating towards Ichigo.
"Tch, so unsatisfying!" White spat.
Looking at White like this, Ichigo smiled: "What? Want to continue?"
"Sorry, but not today."
"But if you just want to fight, I can keep you company whenever I have time!"
Ichigo said gently.
"What, really?" Hearing his words, White felt a surge of excitement.
He loved fighting and also hated loneliness.
As a power within Ichigo, White kept showing up… wasn't it also because he wanted Ichigo not to forget him?
If Ichigo was willing to fight with him, that would be even better!
"Of course!" Ichigo nodded.
"A qualified King must know how to reward and punish. Both thunder and rain are the grace of the ruler!"
'And free combat points, why not?' Ichigo added in his heart.
Even while fighting White, he knew his external points were increasing.
But White was completely unaware of Ichigo's thoughts.
"You really are a good King!"
"In that case, being willing to be your Steed doesn't seem so bad!"
White said.
Perhaps he could never have imagined that battles could be 'farmed'!
White, who lost and was still being 'sold' by Ichigo for points, was extremely happy.