"Ouch!"
Ichigo clutched his face and finally calmed down.
"Hey, Ichigo, what's wrong with you? What happened? Where's that bald Urahara?" Hiyori asked with concern only after kicking him.
Despite her rude and violent delinquent image, she was actually more concerned about Ichigo Kurosaki than his cheap father or his sinister master, Kisuke Urahara.
When all the sinister and malicious Soul Reapers had tacitly agreed to sacrifice Ichigo, she was the only one who had truly considered things from his side, worried about his safety, questioned Urahara's intentions, and clearly expressed her hatred for Urahara and the Soul Reapers.
However, it seemed that her past experiences had made Hiyori Sarugaki see through and hate the Soul Reapers completely. She had long since stopped being one.
Even after the Aizen incident, she remained in the World of the Living, unwilling to return to the Seireitei with Shinji and the others to be a Soul Reaper.
"Sorry. The Senkaimon Mr. Urahara opened in Hueco Mundo didn't lead to Soul Society, but back to the World of the Living... The frustration of not being able to go support Soul Society made me anxious. And with my companions captured by the enemy and Mr. Urahara staying behind to cover our retreat and still not back, I felt uneasy and lost control of my emotions for a moment," Ichigo Kurosaki said with great guilt. His heart was in turmoil at this moment, his sorrow practically overflowing, making it easy to see at a glance that he was a sad, depressed young man.
Hiyori, upon hearing this, took off her sandal, jumped up, and slammed it hard on Ichigo's head, yelling, "Stupid baldy!"
"Ouch! Hiyori, you...!" Ichigo cried out in pain, clutching his head, and his mood was instantly pulled out of its gloom.
"Since that bald Urahara chose to send you directly back to the World of the Living, it means that was his best choice. Even if he couldn't leave in time, that was his own choice!
"Since it's too late now and rushing to Soul Society won't help, what you should be doing now is not feeling resentful, guilty, or regretful here, but regrouping in the World of the Living, resting and training, gathering intelligence on the enemy, and then going back to kill them next time!" Hiyori said, kicking Ichigo's knee hard.
"Hiss~ I get it. Thank you, Hiyori," Ichigo Kurosaki first sucked in a breath of cold air, but he wasn't angry. Instead, he thanked Hiyori.
Because this was her way of comforting him, and the sensitive and gentle Ichigo Kurosaki could feel her kindness.
"Watch out!"
Lisa, who had been watching from the side without speaking, suddenly drew her sword and shouted.
Ichigo and Hiyori looked back to see a huge Garganta open behind them. A large, several-meter-wide green ball of light shot out at high speed towards them. The two of them immediately dodged, while Lisa swung her sword to meet it.
With a 'swish', the sharp blade cut through the Reishi membrane, revealing the wrinkled face of Kisuke Urahara inside.
"That was dangerous. Miss Yadōmaru, you almost cut me in half too~" Urahara said, seemingly joking, but also patting his chest in fear.
However, he was not greeted with comfort, but with Hiyori's flying kick to the face and Lisa's sharp, slightly disgusted, and meaningful gaze.
"Put on some clothes, you baldy!"
Hiyori, who looked like a child, sent the old and weak Urahara flying with her kick. His face was immediately disfigured, swelling up as blood spurted out in mid-air.
"Mr. Urahara? Thank goodness!" Ichigo Kurosaki was stunned for a moment, then rushed over in pleasant surprise, grabbing the old man in mid-air and shaking him frantically. "Are you okay, Mr. Urahara? Why are you so weak? Did the enemy hit you with some kind of technique?"
"Gently, gently, don't be so rough, Mr. Kurosaki. Hiss... Ouch!" Urahara was almost shaken to pieces by Ichigo. He could only weakly push against Ichigo's solid chest with one hand while covering his swollen, pig-like face and his bleeding nose with the other, speaking in a muffled voice.
"Ah, sorry, Mr. Urahara. I didn't realize you were so fragile right now," Ichigo Kurosaki accidentally broke the osteoporotic old Urahara's shoulder bone. In a panic, he let go, but Urahara seemed to float in mid-air without falling, just like some of the powerless spirits he had seen floating around as a child.
"It seems he has lost all his spiritual power. This is a very tricky situation," Lisa Yadōmaru said with a frown.
"What did you say?" Ichigo was shocked, unable to believe it.
"Yeah, he's definitely lost all his power. Otherwise, my kick wouldn't have landed so easily on this baldy," Hiyori confirmed, then kicked the dazed and self-blaming Ichigo again. "Hey, let's go! What are you spacing out for, Ichigo?"
"Huh? Now? Where are we going?" Ichigo looked confused.
"Idiot! Of course, we're going to this baldy's own shop... You're not going to perform a Konso on him and send him to Soul Society, are you?
"Ichigo, you've lost your power several times yourself. This baldy was able to restore it for you, so he must have a way to restore his own.
"What are you still standing there like a dazed idiot for? Take this baldy back to his own den to recuperate right now!" Hiyori said impatiently.
"That's right! Mr. Urahara has so many ideas, he must have a way to recover," the dazed Ichigo finally understood and quickly grabbed Urahara, flying towards the Urahara Shop.
During the flight, Ichigo thought of the spirit sword that had been infused with the spiritual pressure of all the members of the Gotei 13, and the first time Rukia had inserted her power into his body.
Perhaps he didn't need Mr. Urahara to figure it out himself. He could just stab Mr. Urahara with his sword and transfer his spiritual pressure to refill the now-weakened man.
As if he had already anticipated what Ichigo was thinking, Urahara, while his eyes were being blown shut by the wind, said in his ear, "Mr. Kurosaki, my situation is very special right now. You must not directly inject your power into my body.
"I didn't have time to tell you earlier. I didn't escape on my own. I was deliberately let go by the enemy. They must have done something to me, so I need to go back and check myself thoroughly."
Urahara didn't want Ichigo to transfer his Soul Reaper power to him. On one hand, he was wary of Bai Yuetong, afraid that Ichigo's power would be stolen by the other party in some unknown way. He had to be cautious.
On the other hand, he wanted to study his own condition, collect data, and analyze what the other party had done to him. Perhaps he could deduce some intelligence about the enemy from it.
And then there were some darker thoughts. Urahara knew about the 'Auswählen'. Ichigo Kurosaki had immense potential, especially on the path of a Quincy.
Although Ichigo had always been pushed by them to not pursue the source of his power too much, and although Ichigo didn't know about the 'Auswählen' and with his personality, it was impossible for him to use it on others, Urahara still didn't want to leave a hidden danger.
So, even if he had to use Ichigo's power to restore his own Soul Reaper power, it had to be done with special technology, through multiple processes, using scientific means to utilize Ichigo Kurosaki as an energy source, rather than having him just stab him and transfer the power directly.
"Is... is that so?" Ichigo Kurosaki said with some disappointment. He felt very useless right now, unable to help with anything.
"Don't worry, Mr. Kurosaki. I've already left some things with Pesche and Dondochakka. I'll contact them later to see what the situation is in Hueco Mundo, and at the same time, re-establish contact with Soul Society through the base's equipment," Urahara comforted him. He didn't bother with any pleasantries; he knew that what Ichigo wanted to know most right now was whether his companions were safe.
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