Kurosaki Ichigo, who was covered in bruises, struggled to stabilize his body, and looked puzzledly at Xushiro, who was walking slowly towards the void with his feet.
"You look confused, Ichigo."
Xu Bai seemed to see through his thoughts and sneered: "Haven't you figured it out yet? If your body is compared to the world, then the image of you in this world at this moment is the 'king' who rules the world! I
, including the 'Zangetsu' in your mouth, everything was born for you! You were born to rule! But my king, you are so disappointing. But that's okay, because you are not living up to expectations.
, gave me a chance.”
As he spoke, Xu Bai grinned. He twirled the sharp blade in his hand and licked his lips, looking extremely excited: "As long as I kill you here, I will be the new 'king'! I will replace you and rule the world."
Become stronger!"
"I see……"
Kurosaki Ichigo seemed to understand.
Now, like Xu Bai in front of him, he is one of the wills in this body, mixed with the power of Death and Xu Bai. If the guy in front of him takes away the dominance, he will probably end up with'
Uncle Zangetsu' has become a part of this guy in front of him.
This is probably to be completely swallowed up by the void and completely transformed into a void.
"I... won't let you succeed."
After thinking about everything, Kurosaki Ichigo squeezed his hand, as if he wanted to tighten the blade in his hand again, but he realized that there was no Zanpakutō in his hand, so he had no choice but to tighten his fist.
what to do?
For a moment, he felt like he had more than enough energy but not enough energy.
"Hahahahahaha——"
Crazy laughter came, Xubai approached calmly, and taunted ruthlessly: "Ichigo~ What is the 'difference between a king and a mount'? Do you know!?"
"You guy..."
Kurosaki Ichigo gritted his teeth and tightened his fists even more.
"Don't be so angry. I'm not calling you a beast, but I'm asking you seriously about the difference between a human and a horse! Appearance, ability and strength...the two are exactly the same! One can become the 'king' and dominate
When fighting, and the remaining one can only serve as a 'mount', what is the difference between them!? There is only one answer - "
As Xu Bai spoke, the expression on his face changed from ferocious to calm, and he laughed wildly again, his voice rising and falling, like a cry from the soul.
"instinct!"
He spun the Zanpakuto in his hand harder, and the howling wind formed a tornado, which seemed to shatter everything around him: "That is what is necessary for people with the same power to be able to show more powerful power.
It is the necessary qualification to become a 'king'! Fight constantly, pursue strength, defeat the enemy mercilessly, tear the enemy into pieces, and cut them into pieces! This is the absolute desire for battle! It is the peeling off of our skin.
, gouge out our flesh, break the bones and reach deep into the nerves, engraved in the depths of the soul, with a keen response to the killing instinct!"
Buzz——
The sharp blade stopped turning, not because Xu Bai stopped moving, but because the entire knife had been thrown out.
The Zanpakutō roared in with fierce power and penetrated Kurosaki Ichigo's body before he had time to react.
The distance between the two was once again widened by the impact of the Zanpakutō, but Kurosaki Ichigo could still hear the questioning voice in Xubai's mouth that sounded like a complaint.
"But I can't see that kind of explicit instinct in you at all! How ridiculous! You were obviously born to be a 'king', but you don't have such qualifications? No...it was you who gave that instinct to
Suppress it! You use reason to guide the battle and want to use reason to defeat the enemy! It's so stupid and ridiculously wasteful! Who can be killed by an unsheathed sword!? So you are weaker than me! Ichigo!"
As he said that, the smile on Xubai's face gradually solidified, and he suddenly approached, holding the Zanpakutō that penetrated Kurosaki Ichigo: "I've had enough of your behavior! The 'Uncle Zangetsu' you call me
?No matter what happens to that guy, I can't stand a 'king' who is weaker than myself. He runs around behind my back and then dies with you!? Are you kidding! Before this happens.
, then why not let me control the body!? Well, you can die now, and I will be the 'king' from now on!"
"..."
Kurosaki Ichigo looked silently at Xubai who was very close at hand.
Listening to the other party's words, for some reason, his thinking began to become confused.
instinct?
knife……
Pursue……
fighting……
knife……
Can't give it to him...
knife……
king?
Mount?
knife--
One word after another kept flashing through Kurosaki Ichigo's mind.
His spirit became a little dazed, and he finally gave up thinking. There was only one thought left in his mind - if he had a knife, he could still fight.
So he firmly held the opponent's Zanpakutō that penetrated his body.
What should I do if I was chopped with a knife?
Seize the knife and kill the person.
He seemed to understand.
This is instinct.
"If it doesn't work... just eat him."
Hirako Mako's voice echoed in his ears like a devil's whisper.
That's right, plunder, devour, and eat him!
The weak eat the strong.
This is the way to suppress the power of the void!
Suddenly, a dark spiritual pressure began to spread along the blade held by Kurosaki Ichigo.
This force was so overbearing that it seemed to swallow up Xu Bai who was holding the handle of the knife.
"!!"
Seeing this, Xu Bai instinctively felt the danger, and quickly let go of the hand holding the knife and retreated.
Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes were blank, he slowly pulled out the Zanpakutō inserted into himself and raised it.
"What...is going on?" Xubai frowned as he looked at the dull look in Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes.
He didn't know what happened to the other party suddenly. There was no focus in his eyes, and the knife was not pointed at him. He looked like he was distracted.
But... Kurosaki Ichigo in this state made him feel scared.
Dark spiritual pressure enveloped Kurosaki Ichigo's entire body.
There is no wind at all in this world, but the clothes on Kurosaki Ichigo are floating at the moment.
The dark clothes were originally extremely damaged, but now they seem to have been repaired because they were wrapped in such spiritual power. However, if you look closely, you can still see that the windbreaker that is automatically worn in the windless wind is not clothes but is as real as substance.
The dark spiritual power is escaping.
Kurosaki Ichigo stood in mid-air like a puppet with his sword raised. His godless appearance seemed defenseless, but it made Xu Bai not dare to approach easily for a while.
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"Here...where is it?"
Kurosaki Ichigo opened his eyes in confusion.
After looking at the surrounding buildings, he realized that this seemed to be the Soul Society.
To be precise, it was between the tall buildings leading to the Penitence Palace where he once fought against Zaraki Kenpachi.
But something doesn't seem right...
Because he still remembered that he was supposed to be fighting Xu Bai in that weird spiritual world, so why did he suddenly come here again?
"Are you awake? Ichigo."
Before he could figure out what happened, an excited voice came from above his head.
Kurosaki Ichigo followed his reputation.
He found that he seemed to be lying on the ground at the moment, and the terrifying man who had left a shadow in his heart was looking down at him with a smile while carrying the mottled and incomplete Zanpakutō.
"Kenpachi!"
Kurosaki Ichigo was so excited that he jumped up from the ground. He took a few steps back and looked at the man in front of him warily, "How could you..."
He subconsciously squeezed his hand and looked down, Zangetsu was still in his hand.
At this moment, he seemed to have returned to that time point in the past, and Zangetsu was still in a state of no swastika.
Immediately, Kurosaki Ichigo seemed to realize where this place was.
He clearly remembered everything that had happened, because he had determined that everything could not be false, so the scene he was seeing now could only be false.
That's right, his spirit seems to have arrived in another dimension.
Different from the mixed space affected by the power of Hollow and Death, this is the deepest place that only belongs to him.
But... why?
Why did you come here?
Kurosaki Ichigo held the knife in confusion and backed away.
"You're backing off? Why?"
A somewhat confused voice came from 'Zaraki Kenpachi', and what arrived faster than the voice was a fierce slash.
clang--
Kurosaki Ichigo subconsciously raised Zangetsu to resist, and the huge force coming from the sword made cold sweat break out on his forehead.
There seems to be no difference between such real feelings and reality.
His intuition told him that if he died here, he might really be doomed.
"'Kenpachi'? Who is that?"
The figure in front of him who looked the same as Zaraki Kenpachi laughed wildly, and the Zanpakutō kept falling, hitting the sword that Kurosaki Ichigo was blocking one after another.
The sonorous sound kept coming, and Kurosaki Ichigo's footsteps were constantly forced to retreat.
"I just want to kill you here!"
"Who...are you!?"
Kurosaki Ichigo gritted his teeth and continued to resist the attacks, still feeling a little confused.
He didn't understand why he came here. If this was really the space deep in his soul, why would such a 'monster' appear and want to hack him to death?
"Do you still want to retreat? Look behind you!"
There was some confusion in Zaraki Kenpachi's tone, "I don't understand you at all! Didn't you find this place by yourself!?"
"What did you say?"
Kurosaki Ichigo turned around subconsciously. When he saw clearly the scene behind him, his heart suddenly trembled.
clang--
The sound of metal clashing sounded again.
But this time Kurosaki Ichigo used all his strength to resist and did not retreat.
Because there is no way behind us.
There was only a nothingness left, a nothingness that made him feel fear deep in his soul.
He had a premonition that if he stepped into it, he would be swallowed by it.
"Aren't you here just to fight?"
'Zaraki Kenpachi' looked down at him, with a slightly ferocious smile on his face, "You found it yourself, and now you want to run away?"
"You mean... I came here by myself?"
Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes were a little confused, and he just tried his best to resist the opponent's pressing force.
"Isn't that right? You go around looking for people to fight!" 'Zaraki Kenpachi' grinned.
"Why would I...find someone to fight with?"
"Do you need a reason to fight with others?"
'Zaraki Kenpachi' asked with a confused smile, "Just admit it, Ichigo! You are the one who is looking for people to fight everywhere!"
"What on earth did you say again?"
Kurosaki Ichigo was a little confused.
He never felt that he was a fighting madman like Kenpachi Zaraki.
"You need strength, don't you?"
"This..." Zaraki Kenpachi's question was like a sharp sword that instantly made Kurosaki Ichigo speechless.
Although I want to refute it, it is true.
He does need power, otherwise he wouldn't have found the Masked Legion's people trying to master the power of the Hollow from the beginning.
In order to cope with the crisis that may happen next, he needs to become stronger.
"That's right!"
'Zaraki Kenpachi' became even more excited when he saw Kurosaki Ichigo speechless, "You just admit it!? Anyone who pursues power is warlike without exception! You are fighting to gain power.
, or do you need strength in order to fight? I don’t understand this, but it doesn’t matter at all! Because we are born like this! No matter what the reason is, we must continue to pursue fighting! Ichigo—
-Throw away those useless things and follow your instinct! You have no other choice, everything is to gain power! Fight! That’s right! Fight! Fight! If you want to gain overwhelming power, you can only pick up your
Kill the enemy with your sword! It doesn’t matter whether it’s forward or backward! Fight! Ichigo! You have——
out on a limb!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the confusion and confusion in Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes disappeared.
He finally understood what the 'Zaraki Kenpachi' in front of him was.
Of course it cannot be Zaraki Kenpachi himself, this is the depth of his consciousness.
The one here... can only be himself.
That is instinct, the instinct that longs for power.
In an instant, the dark spiritual pressure swallowed Kurosaki Ichigo's entire body together with the 'Zaraki Kenpachi' in front of him.
Swastika solution·The sky lock cuts the moon.
In one step, he seemed to have crossed the world.
From the depths of consciousness, I came to the space where Xuxubai confronts me.
As a result, Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes regained clarity in this space.
Instant step.
Under Xubai's stunned eyes, Kurosaki Ichigo came to his senses the moment he came to his senses and used Shunpo to come to him, and sent his Zanpakutō into his chest with no expression on his face.
The dark spiritual pressure began to spread continuously, and the pure white body was gradually dyed black.
The two of them seemed to have finally become exactly the same, regardless of you or me.
"damn it……"
The white body that was dyed black gradually turned into spiritual power and returned to this space. The expression on his face seemed to be a little unwilling, "Don't you... still have the instinct to pursue fighting? You win this time...
...I will admit that you are the king for the time being, but you'd better remember... one of you and I is always the king, and the other is the mount! If you dare to let down your guard even a little bit, I will pull you off the horse at any time and trample you to pieces.
Your head!”
"There will be no such opportunity..."
Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Xubai's dissipating figure and answered calmly.