In the Human World.
Yuta stretched out his hand and pulled the human souls that Yami had swallowed back into existence. With a focused thought, those souls returned to their respective bodies.
The humans who had collapsed moments earlier got to their feet in confusion, their minds blank because Yuta had erased the memories tied to their injuries and implanted a subconscious urge to leave the scene quickly.
When Orihime Inoue saw that the people were being saved, she couldn't help but glance at Yuta with gratitude. She had assumed that a Shinigami like him wouldn't concern himself with human lives.
Before she could speak, something changed.
Ichigo Kurosaki stood nearby, half his Hollow mask clinging to his face: sclera turned pitch black, while his pupils glowed yellow. His spiritual pressure surged chaotically, twisting into something dark and overwhelming.
"Hahahahaha!" His distorted laughter shook the air.
"Now that I'm out," Ichigo said in a warped tone, "how could I not enjoy cutting something down?"
He swung Zangetsu down toward Yuta, and from the blade came a black Getsuga Tenshō that tore forward. "You should be the strongest one here."
Orihime's face paled when she saw Ichigo in this condition. The spiritual pressure that poured off him was erratically violent, suffocating and unstable, leaving her unsettled. She barely recognized him.
Yuta extended his hand and dismissed the black crescent casually, dispersing it with ease. He spoke with mild curiosity. "It isn't Bankai yet, but this Hollowfication is worth studying."
His eyes glimmered as countless calculations and deductions unfolded in their depths; every detail of Ichigo's Hollowfication was being analyzed in real time.
"You're showing me what I want to see," Yuta said while lowering his hand, "but too much is happening here. Let's move somewhere else."
In an instant, he appeared in front of Ichigo and gripped his face with one hand.
Ichigo felt no pain, but his field of vision blurred instantly as Yuta shifted them at a speed that defied comprehension. The environment streaked away until they landed in a desolate wilderness far from the city.
With a sharp motion, Yuta slammed Ichigo's head into the ground as though snapping a shell apart. The impact sent shockwaves through the earth.
Boom-! Consecutive blasts shook the area as the earth caved in and shattered outward into an enormous crater. The center sank several meters while dust and debris scattered in every direction.
Ichigo lay at the bottom with blood seeping from the back of his head. The blackened spiritual pressure of his Hollow form surged skyward in response, twisting violently above them.
"Fun," Ichigo's Hollow voice growled from within the mask, "interesting... truly interesting!"
The Hollow's influence deepened; Ichigo's feet shifted into white, clawed appendages resembling those of a beast, while his Shihakushō tore and hung loose across his frame, its fabric dragging like chains behind him. With wild energy he gripped Zangetsu and slashed again at Yuta.
Yuta studied the transformation with a sharp eye, the technique unraveling within his awareness.
[You witnessed Kurosaki Ichigo's Hollowfication and successfully comprehended Hollowfication.]
Gradually, the whites of Yuta's eyes darkened as Hollow influence manifested within him. His Reiatsu thickened, growing unstable, a scarlet gleam flashing faintly in the darkness of his gaze.
The moment that crimson light appeared, his spiritual pressure expanded outward with crushing force. Yuta's calm smile took on an edge, his presence heavy and inhuman.
Behind him, a shadowy silhouette seemed to form, and the dark spiritual pressure compressed the air. Ichigo's Hollow's slash shattered apart before it could reach him.
Yuta looked directly at him. "It's my turn."
The surge of danger struck Ichigo's Hollow instincts; his body braced on reflex. Yuta's hand drew his blade-the "Hana Akari"-from his side and swung once. (T/n: reminder, Hana akari is the spirit book, i gave her a name.)
The strike sent Ichigo's Hollowfied form flying upward into the sky with explosive force. The compressed air behind him detonated like a cannon, forming thunderous shockwaves and sonic booms that rattled the wilderness below.
Before Ichigo could fully react, Yuta was already behind him, having moved beyond the limits of his perception. Ichigo turned quickly, raising Zangetsu in time to intercept.
The clash sounded with a sharp crack as immense force impacted his sword. The pressure broke through him, and the strain traveled down into his body, snapping his spine with the overwhelming weight of the blow. His body twisted and shot downward in less than a heartbeat.
He crashed into the earth again with devastating force. The first impact fractured the ground into jagged lines; the second swept outward in waves of destruction that uprooted nearby trees and left the air thick with smoke.
From within the dust, a crimson glow began to gather at the mouth of Ichigo's Hollow mask. The light condensed into a small ball that swelled rapidly: coin-sized, then the size of a fist, pulsing with dense spiritual power. Jagged streaks of red spiritual pressure burst from the unstable core, crackling like sparks across the air.
Ichigo's Hollow was preparing a Cero, charging its destructive energy at point blank.
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