The Alchemist in Bleach

Yoruichi raised her wrist, glanced at the light strip on it, and shook her head: "I didn't find anything. He probably didn't come."

"Well... things are getting complicated... Let's go, everything's fine here now. Let's go back and discuss it with Isshin. We might have to take some risks with Kurosaki's situation."

Yoruichi nodded, glanced back at Ichigo, and followed Urahara with a serious expression.

The light band on her wrist is a divinely inspired weapon developed by Urahara and Ichiro specifically to detect Yhwach. Although it cannot pinpoint his exact location, the wristband will alert her and provide a general indication of his condition whenever he appears nearby.

The fact that the wristband isn't responding means the other person isn't here, which means that the Hollow within Ichigo Kurosaki is due to his own influence...

That would be terrible!

......

Who are you? What do you want?

Meanwhile, somewhere in Karakura Town, former substitute Shinigami Kugo Ginjo, who had just casually dealt with a Hollow, was warily watching the middle-aged man in a black cloak blocking his way. This man was none other than Yhwach, whom Urahara and Yoruichi were investigating!

"Who I am is unimportant. You hate the Soul Society, you hate the Shinigami, and you hate those nobles even more. Coincidentally, I hate them too. How about joining forces with me to take down the Seireitei?"

"I don't understand what you're saying, get out of the way!"

"Sigh~" Yhwach sighed softly. Just now, he really wanted to recruit Silver City and his companions into his team. If they performed well, granting them Quincy powers wouldn't be impossible. It's just a pity they followed the wrong leader...

"Pfft!"

Before Yin Cheng could react, a spirit blade suddenly pierced through his abdomen! And began frantically absorbing the power within his body!

"You are......"

"You don't need to know. Since you don't want to cooperate, then help me in another way."

"Pfft~"

Yhwach drew his sword and slowly walked out of the Spirit Space. At the same time, the power surging within him due to the fragments of the Spirit King gradually subsided. In the place, only the lifeless, wide-eyed Kuuga Ginjo remained, along with the slowly dissipating Spirit Space...

'Where is the next Quincy? Hmm? That direction is... Ichigo Kurosaki's school? Never mind, let's change direction. We can't reveal ourselves yet.'

Thinking this, Yhwach turned and walked in another direction, where there was another Fullbringer...

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Chapter 322 There's a woman in Onii-chan's room!

"Spiritual space?"

After a while, Nicholas, who had shaken off Ulquiorra after arriving in the real world, was Ichiro. He continued to maintain his Nicholas form and arrived near the place where Silver City was killed, where he sensed the slowly dissipating spiritual space.

He raised an eyebrow slightly, looked around, and, finding nothing amiss, went inside.

"This guy is... um? Kugo Ginjo? The substitute Shinigami who was betrayed by the Tsuna Yayo family?" Nicholas slowly squatted down, flipped Ginjo over on the ground to take a look, and frowned.

Kugo Ginjo, the first substitute Shinigami in Soul Society, is outstanding in both talent and strength. Ichiro paid attention to him for a while due to issues in the original work, but he had more important things to do later, and at that time he heard that the Tsuna Yayo family seemed to have some ideas about him.

With the mindset of "better to avoid trouble," Ichiro stopped paying attention to him. He never expected that their reunion would be like this...

"Has your spirituality completely vanished too? The fragments of the Spirit King are gone as well. You've truly awakened, Yhwach... But what are you going to do with those fragments of the Spirit King?"

Ichiro considered himself to have a fairly good understanding of the Spirit King fragments. After all, he had painstakingly pieced together a simulated Spirit King by studying these things, and he knew all too well the function of the Spirit King fragments.

The most important thing about the Spirit King Fragment is its magical nature, which can be used to create all sorts of magical or even bug-like abilities. Its energy level is not very high. If the purpose is to absorb it to increase power, then the efficiency is not as good as its spiritual energy crystal.

Similarly, Ichiro doesn't believe Yhwach needs to rely on Soul King fragments to gain any abilities, since he already possesses the ability to bestow holy script.

“Interesting… I don’t know what your purpose is, but causing trouble is fine, right? A Fullbringer? Heh~” With that, Ichiro, still in Nicholas’s form, walked out of the spirit space and headed towards the Fullbringer he sensed. There aren’t many Fullbringers in this city now, so hopefully his target doesn’t overlap with Yhwach’s.

……

On the other side, after resting for a while, Rukia and Ichigo quickly returned to the school. When they came back, they found that Ichigo's body was still lying on the bed, just as Rukia had thrown it there. Obviously, the teacher had not come.

As everyone knows, there are no school nurses in the infirmary.

And so, Ichigo and Rukia made it back to the classroom safely, just in time for the end of get out of class.

"Hey, why are you guys back so fast? Why don't you stay out and play a little longer?" As soon as get out of class ended, Mizuiro Kojima followed Keigo Asano over and said with a smile.

Ichigo was taken aback, then turned his head away somewhat guiltily: "What do you mean, what are you playing at? Rukia and I have been in the infirmary the whole time."

"But I saw you carrying Rukia across the playground."

"..." Ichigo was stunned for a moment, then looked fiercely at Rukia beside him.

'Didn't you say you couldn't see it?'

'I don't know...' Rukia heard what Mizuiro Kojima said and immediately turned her head away guiltily.

'That bastard…' Ichigo's lips twitched, and he forced himself to say, 'No! It must be your imagination!'

Just as Asano Keigo was about to question Ichigo, he saw Ichigo's clenched fist and opened his mouth, but in the end, reason prevailed, and he said nothing.

……

After school, the two walked side by side on their way home.

"Didn't you say you couldn't see it?" Ichigo looked at Rukia with suspicion, questioning her professionalism.

"Well... um... because this is a place of great spiritual energy, yes, because it's a place of great spiritual energy, you know what a place of great spiritual energy is, right?"

"What do you think?"

"Uh..." Rukia swallowed, then realized that this guy was just an "ordinary" high school student and didn't know what a Spirit Realm was...

"To put it simply, our Soul Society is entirely composed of spirit particles, but the human world is not. The basic substance of the human world is vessel particles, which constitute this world. Then, some spirit particles are mixed in with the vessel particles, which is one of the reasons why we can move around in the human world."

"Whether in the human world or the Soul Society, the distribution of spirit particles is uneven. Places with a higher concentration of spirit particles are called Spirit-Heavy Lands, and Karakura Town is one such place. In Spirit-Heavy Lands, Hollows are most likely to breed and be attracted. Similarly, some humans will undergo changes due to living in places with extremely high spirit particle content for a long time, such as being able to see spirits. Hmph~"

After saying all that in one breath, Rukia let out a long sigh of relief.

"So, actually quite a few people can see me, right?"

"Uh, that's right. I overlooked that point before, because there are indeed very few people with spiritual power."

"I see, then it seems that in the future... wait a minute!" Ichigo suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence, looked at the road, and then looked at Rukia.

"what happened?"

"Where are you going?"

"Go home."

"Which home to go back to..." Looking at Rukia in front of him, Ichigo suddenly had a bad feeling. Could it be...?

“Your home,” Rukia said matter-of-factly.

'I knew it!'

"Why are you coming to my house? Don't you Grim Reapers have your own bases?"

"Yes, but if I go there like this, I'll be taken away immediately. Can you bear to do that?" Rukia looked at Ichigo pitifully, her big eyes blinking as she looked at him.

Seeing her like this, Ichigo's lips twitched, but he still hardened his heart and refused her!

“But we don’t have any extra rooms. We could have let you stay in the front room, where there’s a bed and blankets, but unfortunately, it was all destroyed yesterday, as you can see. There’s really no room left. Maybe you could talk to my dad and see if we can make a room for you.”

"No need for that, it's too much trouble. I will try to avoid contact with your family."

"I see, that's a real shame." Ichigo forced a smile, trying to suppress it, and said in a mocking tone, "What a pity..."

"No need for all that trouble, I'll just sleep in your closet."

"Oh, that's so embarrassing... Wait, you're sleeping in my closet?" Ichigo suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Rukia, who was continuing to walk forward, with surprise.

"Yeah, I tried it last night. Your closet is pretty big, enough to sleep in."

"...You slept in?"

Seeing Ichigo's surprised tone, Rukia stopped and turned to look at him, saying earnestly, "Your senses are too weak. You didn't even notice me going in last night and coming out this morning. You need to train!"

"...How about we discuss this again? I really don't think sleeping in the closet is a good idea."

"How about you sleep in the closet and I sleep in the bed?"

Ichigo imagined the scene and immediately shook his head frantically.

"Forget it, I'm too big to fit in. I didn't realize you were so small."

"What? You look down on people who are short?"

"N-nothing..." Ichigo shrank back when he saw Rukia's sideways gaze.

During their playful fight, the two returned to Kurosaki Hospital. Just as Ichigo was standing at the door, about to ask Rukia how to get in, he turned around and found that Rukia was gone.

“Ru…uh…” Ichigo stopped, looking around his room in confusion. Could that guy not…?

Patting his forehead, Ichigo pushed open the door and went inside.

"I am back."

"Onii-chan, just a moment, the rice will be ready soon."

"It's alright, Yuzuru. By the way, can I trouble you with something?" Ichigo said to Yuzuru, who was chopping vegetables, with his hands clasped together.

"What is it, Onii-chan?" Yuuko stopped wiping the kitchen knife in her hand and wiped her hands on her apron.

"Could you make one more serving of dinner? My brother's appetite has increased recently."

"Really? Great, no problem. Did you have a good lunch?"

"I bought some bread at noon, thank you for your help."

"It's okay." Youzi smiled sweetly and continued cooking while standing on the small stool.

.......

Half an hour later, Ichigo stared dumbfounded at the doubled amount of food in front of him. Oh no, he'd forgotten about this; making more was pointless... it was all on his plate alone...

(Note: In that area, meals are usually served on individual plates. For example, if there are three dishes, each person will have three plates to hold their own food.)

"Hiss~ Ah~" Ichigo suddenly had a flash of inspiration and clutched his stomach, screaming in pain.

"Onii-chan?"

"Hey bro? What's wrong?"

"My stomach is a little upset, I'll take it back to my room to eat." After saying that, she immediately grabbed a large plate, put the rice and dishes in it, picked it up, and ran towards her room.

"Onii-chan, is your stomach hurting...?" Yuuko looked at Ichigo's back with a puzzled expression, then turned to Isshin and asked.