"Indeed, I wanted to ask the same question, Orihime. Do you have any special secrets? What time do you sleep? What do you like to eat? Is there something in your diet that contains special substances promoting such... development? I'm very curious!"
Xin Na, with her strong scientific spirit, even took out a small notebook, ready to record every detail meticulously.
No woman in this world is free from body image anxiety. If she is, then she's definitely not a woman! If she could uncover Orihime's secret, Xin Na already envisioned the Nobel Prize beckoning her!
Both men and women would thank her!
However, faced with such attitudes from Xin Na and Jing Bing, the truly 15-year-old high school freshman Orihime couldn't handle it.
"I-I don't really eat anything special! Just a normal diet!"
"Ah, enough, enough! Ichigo-kun still hasn't arrived. Let me go practice a bit first!"
Saying this, Orihime tried to stand up and leave.
But Jing Bing and Xin Na, the two female 'hooligans', weren't having it.
"Hey, wait wait wait! If it's not diet, then is there a special, body-enhancing exercise method? Or maybe a clothing secret? Special styles of undergarments?"
"Come on, Orihime-chan, let your sisters learn properly!"
"No, really, there's no secret! If I must say, it's just early to bed, early to rise, keeps you healthy!"
Three women make a drama, and two female hooligans can directly attract the divine strike of the Harmony God.
To ensure his gaming journey could continue, Ichigo quickly coughed twice, signaling his presence and advising them not to go too far.
Unexpectedly, hearing Ichigo's cough, the two in front were startled, then turned around.
Looking at Ichigo, Jing Bing disdainfully rolled her eyes. "Alright, alright, we know you're here. Can't you see we're bonding with Orihime-chan? So annoying!"
"You deadbeat, finally decided to show up? No idea how long you made us wait!"
Ichigo: "…"
He sensed Jing Bing's genuine displeasure.
'Oh ho? Do these two actually want to compete for Orihime's affection? That won't do! Orihime is mine.'
Let it be known that Ichigo allows those he likes to be together. But once with him, Orihime is his person, and all her affection belongs to him.
"Alright, everyone to your positions. Your training session is about to begin!"
Under Ichigo's words, Orihime quickly ran to his side, as if afraid of the other two.
Jing Bing and Xin Na, however, arrived slowly.
Seeing this, Ichigo raised an eyebrow again.
But he didn't confront them immediately. Instead, he first addressed Orihime: "Your abilities don't really need much training. Your main role is as a medic, and everyone will protect you."
"But having no blade and having a blade are two different things. Go over there and practice your Shun Shun Rikka."
"I asked Shopkeeper Urahara to prepare targets for you. Practice with the blades of Shun Shun Rikka that you barely use!"
"A blade must be honed to stay sharp!"
"Okay!" Orihime, her face still slightly flushed, nodded and ran to the side like a startled fawn.
In the dummy array Kisuke specially prepared, Orihime practiced Shun Shun Rikka's blades.
Having sent Orihime away, Ichigo looked at the two before him.
"Follow me!" Ichigo said.
The three found a secluded valley area within Urahara Shop's underground training ground.
After standing properly, Ichigo leisurely took out a bamboo sword for kendo practice. Looking at the two, he said calmly, "Alright, first lesson is practical combat. Attack me!"
"Huh!!?" Hearing Ichigo's words, Xin Na and Jing Bing's beautiful eyes widened!
Seeing Ichigo holding a bamboo sword, glaring fiercely at them, Jing Bing instantly backed down.
"Cough, Ichigo, we were wrong to tease little Orihime. But you don't need to abuse your power for personal revenge, do you?"
"Isn't this training?"
"It is training!" Ichigo gave a cold smile. "Isn't practical combat training also training?"
"Enough talk. A Captain-level like me giving pointers to two seated officers like you… ordinary Shinigami in the Soul Society would be dying of envy! Don't waste time!"
Simultaneously, Ichigo's practical combat training truly wasn't personal revenge.
Because he had realized long ago that when Players enter the game, even after inheriting the original character's everything, they also integrate their own habits.
Like muscle memory. Original Shinigami were intimately familiar with Zanjutsu, Hakuda, how to fight Hollows, how to coordinate with teammates… things they knew inside out.
But when Players arrive, their original memories disrupt this perfection instantly.
Thus, many Players suffer from inefficient movements or insufficiently sharp reflexes!
This greatly reduces a Player's combat effectiveness.
What Ichigo aims to do now is eliminate these negative traits!
However, from a different perspective, Jing Bing and Xin Na obviously didn't see it that way.
Puffing her cheeks, Jing Bing wanted to say more.
But the next moment-
Whack!
A crisp sound of bamboo striking flesh echoed on Jing Bing's back!
"Yah!" Covering the struck spot, Jing Bing jumped forward in panic.
Then she heard Ichigo's cold voice:
"Don't lose focus. The enemy won't bargain with you. Once in combat, you must be fully concentrated. Don't let the scattered attention of a modern person affect you!"
As he spoke, Ichigo used Shunpo to appear behind Xin Na.
A crisp sound faintly echoed!
"Don't overthink either. You can think in battle, but don't invest all your energy into thinking. You just need to listen to my instructions..."
"Don't hit so hard!"
Just as Ichigo was outlining today's training points, two more sounds of bamboo swords striking rang out!
Turning his head, Ichigo saw Jing Bing behind him, sword thrust towards him, which he blocked. Ichigo smiled knowingly:
"Good. In combat, anything goes. Seizing the right moment to ambush is commendable."
"Since you already understand today's rules, let's begin!"
"Don't worry, I'll try my best not to 'punish' you too much!"
Holding a single bamboo sword, Ichigo's training for the two officially began!
In the secluded valley, the sounds of two people's exclamations continued.
One thing needs to be clarified: this was absolutely not revenge for their behavior towards Orihime!
Not long after, covering the stinging spots, though the training was effective and they had grasped several skills, the two women watched Ichigo leave with a mixture of grief, indignation, and gritted teeth.