Chapter 17: The Reality of the World, the Grim Reaper

Evening.

Ichigo walked home full of concern, took the key out of his pocket, and opened the door to enter. "I'm back!"

“…… Well? How can it be so quiet today?! Ichigo cautiously poked his head in at the door, looked left and right, and breathed a sigh of relief. So why didn't stupid dad attack him today? Hawkers, although it is a good thing to come. ”

"Black ...... Kurosaki-san, ...... you Are you looking for something? Orihime, who was behind Ichigo, tilted her head and watched Ichigo's actions curiously.

"Uh...... No, nothing. Ichigo barely put on a stiff smile. Be the first to walk in.

However, Ichigo didn't see Orihime's somewhat gloomy eyes.

"Kurosaki-san, sure enough...... Or ......"

As soon as ―――――――――――― entered, Ichigo saw a note pressed on the table.

Curiously, I walked over and picked up the note.

"Stupid brother, that stupid dad went to a meeting early this morning, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back in the evening. I had something to do to go to the company, and Youzi and Xia Li had nothing to do anyway, so they went with me. So, you don't have dinner tonight. Find your own way! ”

At the end of the note is a big smiley face, as if mocking someone.

"What...... What the?! So, I'm not going to ...... tonight" Ichigo was sweating profusely, and his legs and stomach were cramping.

You know, in the Kurosaki family, in addition to never showing his love for cooking, the only people who can cook are Yuko and Orihime. However, generally speaking, in the Kurosaki family, the cooks are wanderers, as for Inoue Orihime...... Ahem...... After all, no one is perfect!

I believe that those who have read the original book know Orihime Inoue's cooking skills comparable to "murderous cuisine", right?!

In other words, Ichigo tonight will be extremely cool!

"Uh......h I hate you! Little love! Ichigo's face was full of cows at this moment, and he let out a mournful cry like a wounded young beast.

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After eating the "dinner" made by Orihime Inoue, Ichigo suddenly felt a little strange, "Why don't you feel sick at all?" Could it be ......" Ichigo looked down at "dinner" and wanted to cry without tears. "When did I become hardcore?! Don't do that! I'm just a pure C-Boy! ”

Orihime's eyes darkened as she looked at Ichigo's face, which was a little distorted by his crankiness.

"I'm full, I'll go back to my room first." Orihime put down her job and hurried back to her room.

"Huh?" Ichigo looked at Orihime's bowl, and there was not much less rice in it! "What's wrong! Weird! ”

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Night.

Ichigo sat on the bed, looking out the window at the dark night, and suddenly felt a little cold in his body.

His heart is not at peace!

However, it is also a matter of course! Whoever suddenly knew that his family members who had been with him day and night might have something to do with danger, battles, and the like, and it was impossible for him to calmly just say, "Oh, that's right!" "Right?

With a sigh, Ichigo turned and lay down on the bed. Some people thought about it: "I love him to the end"

Ichigo, who was meditating, didn't notice that a dark shadow was heading towards his room in the distance outside the window...... Caper? That's right, jumping from the roofs of those houses!

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"Huh!"

The black shadow jumped through the window into Ichigo's room.

Landing on the desk, the sound of his clothes shaking awakened Ichigo at the same time.

"Huh?" Ichigo looked at the "guest" who appeared in his room inexplicably, "Is it that strange girl in the morning?!" ”

"Hey! Who are you? Why is it here? Ichigo hesitated for a moment, then finally asked.

The girl didn't pay attention to Ichigo, but just held the handle of the sword on her left waist with her right hand, and looked out the window with a solemn face.

Seeing this, Ichigo immediately moved around the bed a few times, and retreated to a place that was considered safe (?). Distance, on alert. "Who the hell are you? What are you going to do? ”

The girl still ignored Ichigo, and just jumped lightly from the desk, still holding the knife.

"I've been ignored!!" Ichigo only felt a tightness in his chest, and rushed directly to the girl, staring at the girl face to face, gritting his teeth. "Hey!! I said, "Who the hell are you?" ”

The girl still looked out the window with a solemn face, and said, "It's close!" ”

"Boom!" Ichigo felt as if something deep within his body had broken.

"I say! Didn't you hear me talking to you! Ichigo got up violently, and raised his right leg with a flying kick that kicked the girl to the door. Isn't it close?! Nerd!! ”

Ichigo turned on the light and pointed at the girl angrily, "You scared me and ignored me!" I'm asking who you are! ”

"Huh? Can you see me? It hurts! The girl looked stunned and suspicious, rubbed her forehead kicked by Ichigo, and got up from the ground with bared teeth and asked. Otherwise, he just kicked me."

"Huh? What are you talking about? Isn't that a clear sight? Onion head! "Ichigo is about to vomit blood, what is going on with the girl in front of him?

"Sure enough, this onion is ignoring me!" Ichigo slammed the table deep inside.

"Huh? Onions?! The girl's eyebrows were raised, visible to the naked eye above the door of her head (?) The word "well" burst out. "You're just in town, aren't you?"

"Did you find out now?" Ichigo said with some weakness. "Ugh"

The girl stretched out her right hand, fiddling with Ichigo's head, and said curiously and suspiciously, "What a strange! Ordinary people shouldn't be able to see me, right?! ”

"Ordinary people?" Ichigo's brow furrowed. He intuitively felt that maybe he was about to come into contact with a "reality" that he had never discovered before!

"Then I'll tell you! I am the Grim Reaper. The girl raised her head and coughed, straightened her chest that had nothing, and briefly introduced herself, coughing by the way, and added again by the way, "'Also, I'm not called Onion!'" My name is Rukia Kuchigi! ”

"Death?" Ichigo's brow furrowed, and after carefully searching his mind, he was sure that he really didn't know what was called "Death", so "studious" asked himself, "What is that?" ”

"Death is not a thing! Uh, no, the Grim Reaper is a thing, uh, that's not right! "To Ichigo's surprise, the girl seems to be overreacting to this?

"In short, the Grim Reaper is" The girl found with a tangled face, her own mind had been messed up by herself. So, he sighed fiercely and said, "Forget it, I'll tell you directly"

"In this world, after the death of ordinary human beings, the soul wanders in the present world, and if the soul has a strong attachment to the human world, it may become an earth-bound spirit, and over time, because of the emptiness of the heart, it will degenerate into a powerful evil spirit, called "void". The void life is in the gap between the present world and the void circle, and humans can't meet it at ordinary times, but the void will come to the present world to attack humans, devour their souls, and then make themselves stronger! And the Grim Reaper's job is twofold, that is, to be responsible for the soul burial of the ghost and the soul to the corpse soul realm, which is commonly known as 'Buddhahood'. There is also another soul form that fights with the void and purifies the void that is naturally hostile to the void. Rukia explained, but she didn't know where to take out a lot of childish drawings to illustrate.

Ichigo sat cross-legged on the floor, looking at Rukia in a cold sweat, and asked, "Really?" That is, you are the Grim Reaper? ”

"Hmm!" Rukia clasped her hands to her chest and nodded.

"You're here to destroy evil spirits from the Corpse Soul Realm, right?"

"Hmm!" Rukia nodded again.

"In other words, that monster just now is an evil spirit, right?"

"Hmm!"

"Attacked that girl to devour her?"

"Hmm!"

"Really?" Ichigo was still a little skeptical of the girl's claims. However, combined with what I saw and heard today, "It seems that Xiao Ai, you are really hiding something terrible from me!" Ichigo gritted his teeth secretly.

Then he sighed and asked the girl, "So, what are you doing at my house now?" ”

"Do you need to talk about that? Of course, it's here to destroy the void! "Why are you so stupid!" Seeing that Ichigo is nameless, he is on fire for three thousand feet.

"Roar!!

Ichigo, who was just about to open his mouth to continue asking, suddenly heard a "beast roar"?

"Gollum! What is this sound? Ichigo swallowed with some difficulty. Turning his head to look at the girl who claimed to be the Grim Reaper, oh no, it was Rukia and asked, "Hey, did you hear that?" ”

"Huh?" Rukia gave a puzzled look, "What are you talking about?" ”

"It's coming!"

Ichigo suddenly jumped forward and rushed towards the door with Rukia.

"Boom!!"

"It hurts! What are you doing, wait, this is" Rukia covered the back of her head with her right hand, her face full of anger, and she was about to get angry at Ichigo, only to find that - a hole the size of a man appeared in the wall of Ichigo's room!! A huge claw is pulling out of the hole.

Through the hole, bathed in the gentle moonlight, a huge monster emerged from a dark void! A giant monster with a "mutated" fish head!!

That huge claw just now, obviously, is it!

Monster...... Oh no, in Rucia's words, it's nothing! Looking at Ichigo and Rukia, he said, "Delicious souls and the god of death, what a great meal!" ”

"It's a runaway!" Rukia jumped up from the ground, grabbed the handle of the sword on her left waist, and quickly pulled it out. Slashed towards the void. At the same time, he shouted to Ichigo, "I can't take care of you anymore!" ”

The battle is on!