But there was one thing he remembered very clearly.
That was the method the Bounts used to travel to the Soul Society… they needed Quincy arrows. This was a hard requirement!
Because the woman who appeared at that time left a bit of an impression on Ichigo, as he initially thought she might pair up with Uryu.
Ichigo glanced at the game's notification interface again.
'Event time: soon, not specific...'
'That means the Bount Arc hasn't started yet. The game is also waiting for the right moment, waiting for someone to trigger it...'
'Hmm... Quincy arrows, I have those too!'
In Ichigo's mind, a plan to outwit fate began to take shape.
After some preliminary planning and looking at the Kido books, Ichigo, as per his routine, channeled his Reiatsu into his Zanpakuto, then hugged it and fell into a deep sleep.
Achieving Zanpakuto release requires a Shinigami to live and breathe with their sword, accumulating tempering,
and imprinting the essence of their soul onto the Zanpakuto to create their own sword.
Ichigo was currently at the very initial stage.
It was a slow, gradual process, but Ichigo wasn't in a hurry.
Early the next morning, Ichigo got up early, trained for a while, then shouldered his school bag and headed to school.
Once in the classroom, he took out the Kido books to read again, completely ignoring the teacher on the podium.
Wake up early, train, go to school to study, sense Hollows, take a Soul Candy when he sensed one, and go hunt Hollows.
Occasionally, he would drop by the Urahara Shop to seek advice from the true Kido master, Tsukabishi Tessai.
Ichigo's life was incredibly routine!
This continued until a week later...
"Hado #4, Byakurai!"
A precise bolt of lightning shot from his finger, cleanly piercing the miscellaneous Hollow ahead.
Though it was only a #4 Hado, with Ichigo's Captain-level strength, sweeping away a miscellaneous Hollow was effortless.
These days, the occasional Hollow had almost become Ichigo's tools for practicing Kido and testing his new sword.
Looking at Ichigo's current state, viewers in his live stream, accustomed to high-energy battles, seemed to have fallen into an electronic impotence of sorts.
"Ah, the daily life in Ichigo's stream is so boring now, I want to sleep!"
"Yeah, facing these small fries, it's either instant kills or more instant kills, just thinking of different ways to instant kill them every day."
"Last time, Ichigo, who couldn't be bothered to walk, actually started shooting arrows from afar like Ishida Uryu, completely disregarding whether it would disrupt the soul balance."
"So daily life is the most draining!" Everyone sighed helplessly.
"Maybe Ichigo should just go back to reading Kido books. We can follow along with that."
Because Ichigo's Kido books came directly from the Seireitei, and also had annotations and corrections from Kisuke and Tessai, the two masters, they were highly sought after.
At the very least, many who had long been preparing for the arrival of supernatural powers had already started memorizing them, hoping to achieve good results in the future market.
And on screen, that's indeed what Ichigo was thinking.
Continuous small Hollows could increase his combat points, but at this level, it was negligible for Ichigo.
"Might as well just have someone stationed here. After all, I'm a Lieutenant!" Ichigo thought as he headed home.
But at that moment, an unusual burst of Reiatsu flashed by!
"Huh? Ishida's Reiatsu?"
"He seems to be fighting?"
Ichigo looked puzzledly in a certain direction.
After a moment's thought, Ichigo quickly moved forward.
At the same time, Uryu and Chad stood back-to-back, dealing with two very strange humans.
"Licht Regen!"
Uryu nocked an arrow. From his blue spiritual bow, dense rain of light arrows shot forth.
In front of the light arrows were swarms of vicious rock snakes.
Despite being fired en masse, each light arrow accurately struck a rock snake.
The snakes shattered, turning into piles of concrete rubble.
Simultaneously, a huge fireball flew towards Uryu from behind.
"El Directo!" Chad activated his Fullbring, punching towards the fireball.
Boom-
The fireball scattered and exploded under the tremendous force, shockwaves spreading.
But just as the fireball exploded, a 'Stand user' wreathed in flames approached again, firing off a continuous volley of fireballs.
This series of attacks perfectly caught Chad between finishing one exertion and gathering the next.
So Chad could only block with his brawny right arm. The fireballs exploded against the red arm, drawing a pained grunt from Chad.
"Sado, are you okay?" Uryu asked with concern.
"Fine, minor issue!" Chad shook his head. "My body is very strong!"
"That's good!" Uryu nodded. He adjusted his glasses, his sharp gaze fixed on the two ahead, Soma Yoshino and Utagawa Ryo, and said coldly:
"Although I don't know who these people are, coming to Karakura Town is seeking death. Kurosaki-kun will arrive soon!"
"By then, none of these people will escape!"
"Hmm!" Hearing Uryu's words, a glint of determination also flashed in Chad's eyes.
By now, Ichigo was the brightest star in their minds, their strongest trump card.
However, upon hearing Uryu's words, Utagawa Ryo's eyes held a trace of disdain.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, right? We've seen his data. He's indeed strong, but so what?"
"We have people assigned to deal with him. You won't get the chance!"
"We'll be quick!"
As he spoke, another person stepped out beside Utagawa Ryo… a young man with orange hair who looked rather delinquent.
Mabashi, extending his tongue with a tongue piercing, licked his lips and looked at Uryu excitedly. "You're a Quincy, right? I haven't tried a Quincy's soul yet!"
"Don't worry, when I control your body later, I'll be very gentle!"
From the pendant around Mabashi's neck, ten little pixie-like creatures flew out.
Looking at Mabashi's pixie dolls, Utagawa Ryo's snakes, and Soma Yoshino's fire doll, Uryu was bewildered.
"What exactly are you people?"
"These abilities look like Zanpakuto releases, but they're completely different in structure."
Uryu couldn't figure it out.
Hearing his words, Mabashi gave a faint smile. "It's fine, you'll understand soon enough!"
With that, the giant rock snake and fire doll charged again.
The rock snake's ability was to transform touched inorganic matter into organic matter it could control. Swarms of snakes emerged from the ground, slithering towards the two.
But this time, there were snakes on the ground, a giant rock snake in front, a fire doll in the air, and a pixie with unknown abilities nearby.
Uryu and Chad found themselves in an unprecedented predicament!
'Dammit, we should have had Orihime with us today!' Uryu cursed silently to himself.
Karakura Town was large, Ichigo was a student, so one person couldn't handle it all, or it was simply overkill.
Therefore, the three of them usually operated in a small team.
But today, Orihime had her monthly 'visitor', so Uryu kindly let her rest. He hadn't expected to encounter such enemies.
"Sado, we're in for a tough fight!"
Ishida Uryu said, "We must hold out until Kurosaki-kun arrives!"
"Alright!" Chad nodded silently.
On his black-red right arm, a large shield-like structure opened up!
Facing the three surrounding them, the two went all out.