After saying this, White dissipated, strands of black Reiryoku merging into Ichigo's body!
Nodding to Old Man Zangetsu nearby, Ichigo left his Inner World.
Outside, the live stream audience, who had been waiting for a long time and couldn't enter the Inner World with him, were still discussing Ichigo.
"Hollowfication? What did the Shopkeeper mean? Can Shinigami actually become Hollows?"
"Don't know. More than that, I'm worried about Ichigo. How is he doing now?"
"But his points are still increasing. Can he still fight in his Inner World?"
"Brothers, I'm waiting in anticipation. I wonder if Ichigo can master this super awesome Hollowfication!"
"Anticipating +1. I've found that when it comes to exploring the game, you gotta look at Ichigo. Other players just can't compare!"
"True. The number one player, no joke!"
Under everyone's anticipation,
Ichigo reappeared.
"Huh?" Noticing the golden eyes opening beneath Ichigo's mask, Kisuke focused his attention again.
"Success, or failure?"
"Of course, success!"
Ichigo tore off the Hollow skin that had grown on his body during the confrontation!
Then, placing his hand on his face, he swept it away!
The cool Hollow mask transformed into black Reishi and gathered in Ichigo's hand.
Ichigo, clad in his Shihakusho, had returned!
"Tell me, when are you sending me to the Soul Society? Or what training do I need to do next?" Ichigo asked.
"This?" Hearing Ichigo's question, Kisuke was momentarily stumped.
Ichigo's development had simply far exceeded his expectations. With too many options, he couldn't choose.
Because the current Ichigo could either continue developing his Hollowfication or learn Bankai.
After thinking, Kisuke tossed the ball back to Ichigo: "What about you? What do you think?"
"That state you were just in is called Shinigami Hollowfication."
"Shinigami and Hollows are actually two sides of the same coin. One goes from zero to one hundred, the other from zero to negative one hundred."
"And Shinigami Hollowfication breaks the boundary at zero, allowing you to possess both Shinigami and Hollow powers simultaneously, greatly expanding your effective power range."
"In this state, you can use Hollow abilities like Hierro, Sonido, Cero, but these all require practice."
"The problem is you've also reached the level where you can learn Bankai."
"Bankai Training carries risks. And you can only choose one of these two for now."
Hearing Urahara's words, Ichigo thought for a moment, "Bankai."
And his reason was, "As for that Hollowfication stuff, does it even need learning?"
"Uh..." Kisuke was once again left speechless by Ichigo.
He finally understood how others at the Academy felt when facing him back in the day.
'This problem isn't something you just need hands for.'
However, Kisuke was a genius of knowledge, while Ichigo was a genius of combat.
Indeed.
For a genius like Ichigo, combat skills were basically things he was born knowing.
"Alright, then come learn Bankai tomorrow!"
"Rest for now, Kurosaki-kun. Go see your family!"
"I've been using a portable gigai and a mod-soul to act as Kurosaki Ichigo these past few days!"
Kisuke advised.
Ichigo was really working too hard.
And while saying this, Kisuke also thought of a problem.
Ichigo was so strong that the teammates he had initially chosen for Ichigo were too weak, unable to keep up.
So Kisuke continued: "By the way, there's another issue you need to consider carefully!"
"What?" Ichigo tilted his head in confusion.
"That is, regarding teammates!"
"Kurosaki-kun, do you want, or rather, do you need teammates to accompany you when you charge into the Soul Society?" Kisuke asked.
"Hmm, teammates..." Ichigo pondered seriously.
His current strength far exceeded that of the original Ichigo.
If the Soul Society was still the same Soul Society, he could certainly bring teammates.
Because unless it was the Thousand-Year Blood War, the people in the Soul Society were quite peaceful and wouldn't kill indiscriminately.
The gentlest, tear-jerking Aizen-sama only used some people for experiments. When he truly defected, he couldn't even kill Hinamori Momo in three slashes, completely the opposite extreme of the Sternritter.
But now the Soul Society also had players. Players' actions were unpredictable, which posed a problem.
'Bring them, or not? I'll just ask them!'
Ichigo returned to his physical body.
At this time, Chad and Orihime were still clearing Hollows in Karakura Town under Yoruichi's guidance.
Using Reikaku, Ichigo quickly found them.
"Santen Kesshun! I reject!"
Having just slain a Hollow with Santen Kesshun, Orihime immediately saw Ichigo and excitedly rushed over and hugged him, her face full of happy concern.
"Kurosaki-kun, you're awake!"