Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

Just then, a name suddenly popped into his mind.

Kisuke Urahara.

Sasuke was no stranger to this name.

In Soul Society, this name is practically a legend.

He first heard the name when he was in the Eleventh Division, overhearing the veteran officers boasting about it after drinking.

They say that a hundred years ago, Soul Society produced an extraordinary genius, the former captain of the 12th Division, and the founder of the Research and Development Bureau.

A monster who has mastered the four major skills of Kido, Hira-da, Slash Technique, and Shunpo to the extreme, and who possesses unparalleled creativity in the field of scientific research.

More importantly, those rumors mentioned that Kisuke Urahara was exiled to the modern world because of some forbidden research, but he did not die, but is living in the modern world in some way.

If it's him, he must have a way to get me back to Konoha.

But new problems arose.

He only knew that Kisuke Urahara was in the present world, but in such a vast world, where could he find a former captain who had deliberately hidden himself?

Suddenly, he thought of someone else.

Rukia Kuchiki.

The woman who seemed somewhat naive and noisy to him, but whose identity was far from simple.

As a member of the Kuchiki family, she has access to far more information and resources than anyone else, and she seems to be very familiar with Karakura Town.

More importantly, it was she who brought him into this world in the first place.

Or perhaps she knows some clues about Kisuke Urahara.

Thinking of this, Sasuke frowned even more deeply.

Should I ask that woman for help?

This made him feel annoyed.

"......trouble."

He uttered the word in a low voice, his face full of impatience.

He raised his head, his senses instantly expanding as he discerned the direction.

"Instant Step".

The next second, his figure vanished from the spot.

......

Karakura Town, the Kurosaki family.

"boom--!"

With a deafening roar, the wall was torn apart, and a hideous monster, exuding a nauseating spiritual pressure, hurled a figure away.

Its empty eye sockets were fixed on the boy with bright orange hair.

"I've found you, delicious soul!"

Rukia Kuchiki lay in a pool of blood, her abdominal wound rendering her almost immobile, her shihaka armor soaked in blood.

She struggled to lift her head and looked at the bewildered boy.

Why did it turn out like this?

Even though he was just a low-ranking Hollow, he...

"Damn it..." she gritted her teeth in frustration.

Just then, Hollow's claw-covered arm rose high, about to grab Ichigo's sister, Yuzu.

"Get out of the way!" Kurosaki Ichigo roared, using his "powerless" body to ram into the Hollow.

"Don't go!" Rukia cried out in alarm.

As expected, Kurosaki Ichigo was easily slapped away by a Hollow and crashed heavily into the wall.

"You idiot."

Rukia struggled to sit up from the ground. "You want to save your family, right?"

"Nonsense, what other way is there?" Kurosaki Ichigo turned around and roared at her.

There is only one way.

Rukia picked up her Zanpakuto from the ground again and pointed the tip at Ichigo's chest. "You will become a Shinigami yourself!"

"I'll insert this Zanpakuto into your body, and that way I can infuse you with my Shinigami power. I don't know if it will work, but there's no other way."

"Roar--!"

Just as they were talking, the Void lost its patience. It roared and charged forward with its huge body, its sharp claws aimed straight for their heads!

"Make a decision quickly!" Rukia urged sharply.

Ichigo looked at the approaching claws, then at his trembling sister inside the house, without a trace of hesitation in his eyes.

"Give me your power, Death."

"I'm not called Death God, my name is Rukia Kuchiki." Rukia gave a strained smile.

Kurosaki Ichigo smiled and stretched out his hands, gripping the cold blade tightly!

"My name is—Ichigo Kurosaki!"

Chapter 15 Intersecting Blades

laugh--!

The blade pierced his chest!

At the same time, the Void's claws were already close at hand, about to pierce through both of them.

However, its claws abruptly stopped less than an inch from Ichigo Kurosaki's back.

boom--!!!

An unprecedentedly powerful spiritual pressure surged forth from Ichigo Kurosaki's body!

With a crisp cutting sound, Xu's outstretched arm was severed cleanly at the shoulder, falling to the ground and dissipating into countless spiritual particles.

As the smoke and dust cleared, a brand new figure stood proudly.

Beneath her orange hair, her black shihaka attire fluttered in the wind, and she carried a massive zanpakuto on her shoulder, a weapon disproportionate to her height.

"How could that be?"

Rukia stared at her right hand in disbelief. "I only intended to give half of the spiritual power, but now it's all been taken away!"

"I've never seen a Shinigami's Zanpakuto grow that big before, what is this thing...?"

While she was still trying to figure out what was going on, Ichigo Kurosaki had already rushed towards the Hollow with his huge Zanpakuto in his arms.

"I'll make you understand the sin of harming my family, you dead-faced bastard."

Kurosaki Ichigo's figure left an afterimage in place and instantly appeared in front of the Hollow.

He didn't use any techniques; he simply relied on instinct to hoist the massive Zanpakuto onto his shoulder and then swung it down fiercely!

Pfft—!

With a tearing sound, the massive body of the Void was cleanly and decisively split in two from head to toe by this simple and brutal slash, turning into countless dissipating spiritual particles.

"Phew..." Kurosaki Ichigo let out a long sigh of relief and leaned the giant blade on the ground.

"Hey, did you see that? I'm really strong!" He turned around, ready to show off to the Grim Reaper who had given him his power.

However, a cold voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Hmph, it's foolish to be smug about killing such lowly minions."

The sound froze the atmosphere instantly.

"Who?!" Kurosaki Ichigo turned around abruptly, holding his massive Zanpakuto horizontally in front of him, and looked warily toward the source of the voice.

Rukia, who had already lost her strength and couldn't even stand up, suddenly had her pupils contract upon hearing that voice.

On a telephone pole, a slender figure stood quietly, dressed in a black Shinigami uniform, with an ordinary Zanpakuto at his waist.

"Uchiha Sasuke!"

Rukia practically spat out the name through gritted teeth, "You bastard, when did you get there?!"

Sasuke's gaze slowly moved down, glancing indifferently at Rukia lying on the ground, looking utterly disheveled.

"It's been here ever since you were knocked to the ground by that kind of scum." His voice was chillingly calm.

"Then why didn't you lend a hand?!"

Rukia's anger finally erupted. "Aren't we comrades who were ordered to act together?!"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.

"companion?"

He leaped down from the telephone pole, walked up to Rukia, and looked down at her from his vantage point.

"Don't misunderstand, Rukia Kuchiki. I have never admitted that someone as weak as you, who can't even handle a low-level Hollow, is my comrade."

"You..." Rukia was trembling with anger, but she couldn't say a word.

"Hey, you, that's really rude of you!"

Kurosaki Ichigo finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stepped forward, carrying his large sword, and glared at Sasuke. "She became like this to protect others. What right do you have to make sarcastic remarks here!"

Sasuke's gaze finally fell on Ichigo Kurosaki for the first time, but in an instant, his eyes returned to Rukia.

"However, your performance was indeed abnormal. With your strength, you shouldn't be in such a sorry state. Did someone tamper with you?"

"Tsk, that's none of my business." He turned his head slightly away, no longer looking at Rukia on the ground.

"But you should remember that handing over the power of death to humanity is a grave sin."

"Rather than lingering here and tarnishing the name of the Kuchiki family, you would have been better off dying at the hands of that Hollow just now; that would have been more dignified."