Chapter 16: First Encounters, Doubts,

It's because we can't see that it's scary. - Ichigo Kurosaki, Japan, Kurazacho, morning.

Ichigo, Orihime, Yuko, and Natsuri are having breakfast while watching TV.

"According to nearby residents, debris from several buildings exploded in the midst of a loud earthquake at around 7:30 a.m., but fortunately no one was injured. Now experts are investigating the causes of the explosion. The reporter on TV reported.

Ichigo's brow furrowed.

"What's wrong? Brother. "The attentive wanderer immediately noticed that something was wrong with Ichigo.

"It's so close to our home!" Ichigo replied with a slice of bread in his mouth. "Anyway, it seems like a lot of things like this have happened lately!"

"Like...... Yes, indeed! It's been on TV lately! The wanderer nodded.

"I said Ichigo-go, if you don't hurry up, you'll be late!" Natsuri glanced at Ichigo and said lightly.

"Ahh …… It's already this time! Ichigo hurriedly grabbed his bag and rushed out of the house. I'll go first! ”

“…… Well, I'm out too! Orihime followed suit.

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On the road. Ichigo stopped at the scene of the explosion. looked at it in a daze, a little distracted.

"Ahh Kurosaki-san, are you looking at something? If you don't go again, you'll be late! Orihime panted and rushed up from behind and asked Ichigo.

"Uh...... Yes! Let's go. Ichigo turned and walked away. His eyes were a little erratic. "What a strange feeling!"

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"Ahh

"Roar!"

A frightened voice sounded like a girl, and a sound similar to the roar of a beast caused Ichigo to stop in his tracks.

"What...... What was that? A woman next to her asked.

"Huh? I wish I hadn't heard anything! "A woman's ...... Male partner (?) Seems a little confused about what a woman is saying.

"Ah...... Kurosaki-san, did you hear anything just now? Orihime, who was beside her, asked.

"Is it a delusion? No, it's not, Orihime heard it too. However, some can hear it...... Can't hear something? And that voice just now...... Exactly...... What the hell is this ......" just as Ichigo frowned, puzzled.

"Boom !!"

There was a sudden loud bang on the street, followed by stone chips and smoke scattering.

The crowd on the street, which was originally orderly, was in chaos in an instant!

"There was another explosion!" I don't know who shouted that. The crowd began to flee the area.

Ichigo was the only one who went against the direction the crowd had left and rushed towards the place where the explosion had occurred.

"Huh?! Kurosaki-san, it's dangerous! Don't go over! Orihime was frightened by Ichigo's actions.

In the midst of the smoke and dust, suddenly-"Big brother, danger! Run! A red-haired little girl, wearing a red and white striped sleeveless top and denim shorts, with two pigtails on her head, rushed out of the smoke, took the young man's right hand, and persuaded her.

In the current chaotic situation, it makes sense for a panicked child to ask for help and want to get out.

However, the appearance of the little girl is really contrary to common sense!

Who has ever seen a child with a chain in the middle of his chest? Moreover, the figure of the little girl is different from ordinary people, a little transparent?

However, Ichigo knew her. She was...... Phantom.

Ichigo also often brought her flowers.

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"Huh?" Ichigo, who didn't know why, ran away when he was pulled by the little girl.

"What's that?" The little girl asked with a little crying.

"I don't know!" Ichigo replied loudly. How could you possibly know about this kind of thing!

"Ahh

Suddenly, a little girl who was running accidentally fell to the ground.

"Huh?" Just as Ichigo stopped, turned around and was about to pick up the little girl, his movements slowed.

A ...... with a strange appearance, similar to that of a praying mantis Monster (?) Ichigo made a definition of the strange creature in front of him, emerging from the smoke and dust.

"That's ...... What! Ichigo, who was confused by the scene in front of him, froze in place.

The monster turned and walked in Ichigo's direction.

"Huh? Hurry up and run! "Ichigo instinctively felt that if he was caught by a monster, it would be absolutely nothing good, and he planned to pick up the little girl and leave here immediately.

At this moment, a black butterfly flew in front of Ichigo's eyes, and then a girl with onion hair, wearing a black kimono, and holding a sword that was definitely not what a normal girl should have, suddenly appeared, jumped vertically, and then slashed horizontally, and the monster's big mouth immediately burst out with a large handful of blood flowers.

The girl fell back to the ground, adjusted her posture slightly, jumped up and down again, and the monster who was still "showing off her might" was directly cut in half.

Then, the monster turned into a handful of black particles and slowly disappeared.

Only the terrible howl before his death proved that he did exist.

"Boom!" The girl put her knife into its sheath.

"Hey" Ichigo looked at the girl in front of him blankly, and just wanted to ask her what was going on, but saw the girl pull out the knife again.

"Uh, hey! What do you want?! Ichigo's eyes widened, and he watched the sword-wielding girl walk over in a cold sweat?

The girl didn't bother with Ichigo, but just turned the knife in her hand upside down and imprinted the handle on the little girl's forehead.

A dazzling white light flashed, and the little girl turned into a black butterfly and flew away. And the knife-wielding girl is gone.

"Huh?" Ichigo was dumbfounded.

"Kurosaki-san, are you okay?" At this time, Orihime ran over and asked.

"Huh? Uh-huh! Ichigo nodded, barely smiling. Let's go, if you don't go, you'll be really late. ”

"Hmm." Orihime glanced at Ichigo and didn't say anything.

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Kuza No. 1 High School, 1 year 3 classes.

Even though I'm in class right now, it's clear that Ichigo isn't listening to the class at all!

Instead, he turned his head to look out the window, and he looked dazed, confused and unwilling!

The pen in his hand also turned from time to time.

"The feeling just now can't be wrong, it's the same feeling that Xiao Ai gave me." Ichigo's eyes were lowered, and his chin was propped up with his left hand. "Xiao Ai, what are you hiding from me? Why didn't you tell me?! ”

"Click!"

With a crisp sound, the pen in his hand was directly broken by Ichigo.

"Huh? Kurosaki-san, do you have any complaints about my lectures? So bad that you broke your pen? Ichigo woke up and turned his head to look.

It's his own homeroom teacher - Yue Zhi Meiyu! A woman with some disconnected nerves.

"Uh, no, nothing." Ichigo replied calmly.

"Really?" Yue Zhi Miyu reached out and pushed the glasses that were on the bridge of his nose, and a cold light seemed to flash on the mirror? "So, Kurosaki-san, can you answer that question I just asked! If you can't hit it, hum."

At the end of the sentence, Yue Chi Mei Yu made a "concluding statement" in a tone full of belly black atmosphere, which scared Ichigo into a cold sweat.

"Uh, I don't know!" Ichigo replied intermittently.

"Very good, very good!" Miyoshi smiled a little grimly, "So, Kurosaki-san"

"Bell bell bell"

It's a pity that before Koshichi Miyu could punish Ichigo, the bell rang for the end of class.

"Hmph, you're lucky today, Kurosaki!" Yue Zhi Meiyu simply turned around and left, and muttered softly: "What a pity! I was going to let the toilet be cleaned for a month! ”

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Love didn't know that today, the day of the official opening of the plot, Ichigo and Rukia's first encounter made himself exposed.

However, this is also a matter of cleanup.

Actually, Ichigo has long felt the strange feeling (spiritual pressure) in his body of love.

You know, love is in some ways, but Ichigo has always been judged by the "Ichigo" in the original book as the standard, and Ichigo's control over spiritual pressure in the original book is terrible! Therefore, in the past three years, love can be said to be unscrupulous, and it will enter the consciousness space training every night.

However, love underestimates Ichigo too much, oh no, more accurately, it should be love that underestimates "people".

People are the most complex creatures in the world, can a mere hot-blooded anime depict all of a person? How can it be!

So,Once love starts training,That restless spiritual pressure,Although there is a relationship between the suppression of that bracelet,But,Love and Ichigo live in the same room.,In this close distance,If Ichigo can't feel it,Then he's too sorry for the title of the protagonist.。 Ichigo, who didn't know what it was, saw that there was nothing wrong with love, and love had no intention of telling him. I didn't ask about love, but I just suppressed the doubt deeply in my heart and deliberately didn't think about it.

However, the girl he met this morning made Ichigo have to pay attention to it.

On the way home from school, Ichigo's mood became more and more gloomy, and even the expression on his face became terrifying. "Fighting that kind of monster? Love, who are you?"

And Orihime, who was following Ichigo, looked at Ichigo a little strangely, and then quietly took a few steps behind, opening a little "safe distance" from Ichigo.