Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

Renji roared, and the snake tail in his hand, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, lunged at Ichigo once more.

Ichigo sidestepped, precisely dodging the first section of Zabimaru's blade, and then, using his feet to propel himself upstream along the whip-like blade.

Renji was once again blasted away by the immense force, crashing heavily into the wall in the distance.

He struggled to his feet from the shattered wall, "How could a mere human possibly..."

In the shadows not far away.

"what?"

Sasuke's eyes finally revealed an undisguised shock.

"Renji... was he suppressed?"

How could someone who can't even perform a Shikai possibly suppress Renji?

"What's going on?!"

Renji was also screaming inwardly, "Just how much has this guy's spiritual power increased?!"

The figure in front of me drew closer step by step.

Kurosaki Ichigo gripped his Zanpakuto tightly with both hands, leaped high into the air, and concentrated all his spiritual pressure at the tip of the blade!

Renji's pupils shrank sharply: "It was too late to dodge."

However, just as the blade was about to touch Renji.

A sound like the cry of a thousand birds instantly cut through the raging spiritual pressure.

"Thunder Kakeru, Blade Kakeru, Takemikaru!"

—Carve out thunder, transform it into a sharp blade, Takemikazuchi!

In an instant, a streak of pitch-black lightning flashed by, so fast it seemed like an illusion.

A sound like shattering glass rang out.

Ichigo Kurosaki fell from the sky, staggered back a few steps, and looked down blankly.

The massive Zanpakuto in his hand broke off at the bottom, and the blade fell straight down through the air.

Before him, in front of Renji, Uchiha Sasuke had somehow appeared and was now standing there.

He held the knife in one hand, and a faint black arc of electricity swirled around the blade, humming softly.

Chapter 46 Betrayal

Kurosaki Ichigo was completely bewildered and couldn't comprehend what was happening before his eyes.

When the Hollow appeared the day before yesterday, wasn't this guy the first one to stand in front of us?

He suffered such severe injuries, all to protect...

But why, why today, when I was about to win, did he...?

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly looked up and roared at the black figure standing with a sword in his hand.

He couldn't understand it, nor could he accept it.

But Sasuke didn't look at him. Instead, he slowly shifted his gaze to Renji, who was still feeling palpitations, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"How ugly, Renji."

He chuckled, his voice not loud, but it made Renji's relaxed nerves tense up. "To think that someone who can't even do Shikai could be forced to this point."

Sasuke turned his head to the side, his contempt undisguised.

"You haven't become a vice-captain and can't even hold a knife properly anymore, have you?"

These words were like adding fuel to the fire, instantly turning Renji's face, which was already flushed from defeat, ashen.

It's anger.

To be defeated by a human is already a great disgrace.

But this humiliation was witnessed by that foul-mouthed brat, Uchiha Sasuke.

"You bastard..."

Renji gritted his teeth in anger, the veins on the back of his hand gripping Zabimaru bulging. "Who told you to save me?!"

For him, being saved by Sasuke was worse than dying under this human's blade.

Why?!

Ichigo Kurosaki's voice rang out again, filled with the rage of betrayal, "Answer me, Sasuke! Aren't we comrades?!"

Sasuke finally turned his head slowly, revealing an impatient expression.

"Wordy."

The moment he finished speaking, he moved.

All that everyone present saw was a dark light that flashed through the air.

too fast.

It was so fast that it exceeded the normal limits of visual capture.

"Pfft—!"

Kurosaki Ichigo's roar abruptly stopped, and he lowered his head in a daze.

A deep, bone-revealing wound stretched from his left lower abdomen to his right shoulder, and blood gushed out instantly, staining his black Shinigami uniform red.

The edges of the wound still bore the charred marks left by lightning.

"Uh......"

A sharp pain, delayed for half a second, suddenly swept over his entire body.

Ichigo's eyes went unfocused, his body went limp, and he collapsed heavily to his knees, blood gushing out.

Sasuke slowly sheathed his sword, the black arcs of electricity on his body quietly dissipating, and he coldly snorted: "Who told you we were comrades?"

The entire venue suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, Rukia's face was completely drained of color, and she stood there blankly.

I have absolutely no idea what is happening.

why?

Why did Sasuke suddenly attack Ichigo so violently?!

In the distance, the figure that resembled a cherry blossom incarnation had a barely perceptible glint in its eyes.

The hand that had been raised was quietly lowered again.

"So fast."

Renji Abarai struggled to his feet and looked at Sasuke, who was slowly sheathing his sword. "This kid's speed is even faster than before. I could barely see him draw his sword."

"Ichigo..."

Rukia finally snapped out of her shock and ran desperately toward the figure lying in a pool of blood.

However, a strong arm gripped her neck tightly, pinning her against a lamppost.

It's Renji.

"Let me go, Renji!"

Rukia struggled fiercely, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face, "Ichigo...!"

"Look closely, Rukia!"

Renji's voice was twisted with jealousy as he pressed Rukia down hard. "That kid is dead! Understand? Now, if you even touch him once more, your sin will be increased by another twenty years!"

He leaned down, almost whispering in Rukia's ear, and roared, "Is it necessary to add to your sins for the sake of a human who is already dead?!"

"Ichigo..."

Rukia stopped struggling, simply lowering her head and letting her tears fall to the ground: "He was dragged down by me, he died because of me..."

She suddenly raised her head and stared intently at Renji.

"I just wanted to get to his side, what's wrong with that?!"

"Even if the charges will be more serious, do you still insist on going?"

A cold, clear voice came from not far away without warning.

Byakuya Kuchiki had somehow walked up to Sasuke's side, his gaze falling on the fallen Ichigo.

"I see, Rukia."

He spoke slowly, his voice devoid of emotion, "This human boy is very similar to him."

Kuchiki Byakuya was referring to Shiba Kaien, the former vice-captain of the 13th Division, who looked exactly like Ichigo.

He taught Rukia what dignity and fighting meant, and he remains an indelible figure in her heart.

But in an accident, he died at Rukia's hands.

Just then, a faint voice rang out.

"...Are you kidding me?"

Ichigo Kurosaki's blood-stained hand had somehow grabbed the hem of Sasuke's shihaka outfit.

He struggled to prop himself up, his face contorted in pain.

“What do you mean, ‘I’m already dead’? And ‘You look a lot like someone’…”

Ichigo looked up at the two towering figures. "Don't just start chatting on your own, you idiots."

This sudden turn of events stunned everyone present.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed instantly as he looked down at the hand gripping his clothes, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"open."