"It's been seventy-two hours, Ichigo-chan." The light above his head was blocked by the man who suddenly appeared, but his unobtrusive tone made people can't help but hate the roots of their teeth.

"Ahem," Ichigo covered his mouth and coughed twice without responding, and his body collapsed to the ground weakly, his originally neat clothes were in tatters at this time, and he looked very embarrassed from his scars.

"Yo, keep up the good work, Ichigo," seeing that Ichigo didn't speak, the man crouched down, leaned over to Ichigo with his hands on the door frame, and said to Ichigo below, "Kokoiji before you has succeeded at this time." ”

Ichigo still didn't speak, but was silent and refused to speak, he was so tired that he could only gasp for air.

"Yo yo," Wang Yue, who was standing at the door, lowered his head, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes, "Hurry up, Ichigo, after all, your time is running out." ”

"What... Meaning? Ichigo, who had finally relieved his strength a little, struggled to raise his head, looked at Wang Yue above his head and asked, Ichigo's voice was a little hoarse and weak due to the long battle.

"Of course, it's literal," Wang Yue still said with that heartless look, "Now the Corpse Soul Realm is in a state of war, and it is facing an unprecedented calamity. ”

"What?!" Ichigo's heart was shocked, and he didn't know where the power came from, so he sat up with his arms stretched out and said, "How is it possible?" Even if Bai Ya, Kenpachi and Winter Shilang go to the present world, the corpse soul world is also guarded by Ye Yisan and Old Man Yamamoto, how can it be? ”

"It's a pity that Shigekuni Yamamoto, who you have pinned high hopes on, has died in battle," Wang Yue still said in the same tone, but what he said made Ichigo feel a chill, "Not only that, but the thirteen team members have also suffered heavy losses, and even many captains have lost their combat effectiveness." This is the current situation in the Corpse Soul Realm. ”

Ichigo looked at Wang Yue, his eyes widened, and he wanted to say something, but it was as if something was choking in his throat, making him unable to speak, and after a long time, Ichigo opened his mouth and said, "How... Will it be? Could it be that Aizen unlocked the seal of the store manager in Urahara? ”

"No, although Aizen was indeed rescued by Madara Uchiha who infiltrated the Corpse Soul Realm," Wang Yue's voice sank, his eyelids closed slightly, making Ichigo unable to see through his thoughts, "but it wasn't them who ravaged the Corpse Soul Realm, but other enemies. ”

"It's... Who...? Hearing the appearance of a new terrifying enemy, Ichigo's voice was a little dry, as if it came from a man who had been out of water for days.

"You should have heard of their identities, no, I should say that you are also familiar with them," Wang Yue looked at Ichigo and said slowly, his eyes were a little inexplicably complicated, "They are..."

"Exterminator!"

A familiar term came out of Ichigo's mouth, as early as a few days ago, after his father revealed his life experience to him and Pan, he keenly felt that there was something wrong with his father's mouth, "Habach, the ancestor of the exterminator", and at this time, when he heard Wang Yue's words, he blurted out without thinking about it.

"That's right," Wang Yue nodded and said, "The man who was defeated by Yamamoto Shigekuni a thousand years ago has made a comeback, and the Corpse Soul Realm is already in danger. ”

"So they need me now!" Ichigo looked at Wang Yue firmly, and unconsciously said with a hint of eagerness in his eyes, "I can't continue to be trapped here!" ”

"No, no, no," Wang Yue quickly waved his hand at Ichigo, "only if you successfully pass my test." If you can defeat those shallow hits, you'll prove that you have what it takes to become the Grim Reaper. If you can't defeat them, you'll have to go back to the present world! ”

"What?!" Ichigo was shocked, Wang Yue's attitude was not very serious, so he was not sure if the matter of sending him back to the present world was true or not.

"Don't doubt my words," as if to see Ichigo's doubts, Wang Yue said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "If it turns out that you really don't have the qualifications to become a god of death, I will definitely send you back to this world." After all..."

"Guarding the Corpse Soul Realm is the duty of the Grim Reaper!"

"Alright, come on, Ichigo," Wang Yue said as he stood up and waved his hand as he prepared to leave, "even if it's for your companions." ”

"You! Feed! Seeing that Wang Yue was leaving, Ichigo couldn't help but feel anxious, and immediately shouted at Wang Yue's back, "Wait! ”

"Oh, by the way," Wang Yue said obediently, without looking back, "to give you a hint, or to ask you a question." ”

"What did you say?" Ichigo frowned and said, he hated this kind of dumb riddle around in circles the most.

"I mean, what is the Slasher to the Grim Reaper? Companion? Friend? Brothers? Lover? Pet? Underling? Wang Yue's voice became more and more passionate from the beginning of the deep, "Don't be kidding! Let's look at the fundamental problem! That is, which is the main body, the Grim Reaper or the Slashing Sword? ”

After saying that, Wang Yue lifted the curtain and left, but his voice still echoed in this room, and even more in Ichigo's heart.

"Death, the sword of the soul, which is the main body?"

Ichigo silently chewed on these words in his heart, and felt like an initiation, remembering the scenes he had experienced and the sentences he had heard before.

"What's the difference between a king and a mount?"

"If there are two beings who are exactly the same, regardless of posture or ability or strength! One of them becomes the king to dominate the war, and the remaining side becomes a mount to increase their combat power. So I ask you, what is the difference between the two? ”

"The answer is instinct!"

"What a person with the same power needs in order to use something more powerful, in order to become a king, is the absolute desire to desperately pursue power, to pursue battle, to destroy the enemy without mercy, and to break him into pieces like a hostile battle!"

"That's the deepest part of our body, the most primitive and penetrating killing reaction that is engraved on the most primitive root of things!"

"That's what you're missing, this explicit instinct!"

"You fight with reason, you rely on reason to defeat the enemy, but the sword is still wrapped in a scabbard, so who else can you cut?"

"That's why you're weaker than me, Ichigo!"

"I can't take it, Ichigo! I don't care what that guy thinks of the moon, but for the king who is still weak, I can't bear to want me to run around with him on my back, and I have to be cut down together! ”

Along with Shiro's voice, Ichigo's mind came to mind along with his face that was exactly like his own but somewhat neurotic, and at the same time, the figure and words of Uncle Slashing Moon also appeared in Ichigo's mind.

"Ichigo, don't forget, you're the king... You're the king—" The fiery black trench coat fluttered, and the corners of the robe turned to create graceful curves.

"The king... Instinct..."Ichigo stood up and looked down at his hands blankly, muttering the words over and over again, but a sudden gust of wind hit behind his ears.

"Whew," the shallow blow that attacked again kicked at the back of Ichigo's head, and its momentum was very powerful, and it was like opening a monument and cracking stones.

Ichigo didn't think about it, he directly dodged the fatal blow behind him, and then subconsciously grabbed the ankle of the shallow hit, and picked it up with a force in his hand, and then roared angrily, and rushed into the shallow hit group behind him with the shallow hit as a weapon.

The sound of fists and flesh colliding resounded throughout the space for a while, and blood and sweat were scattered all over the ground.