Chapter 22: It’s Going To Be Fast

With a pained expression, Shinji left the scene.

He originally intended to lure Ichigo into becoming a comrade by using the method of learning Hollowfication as bait,

but since White has already been recognized as Zangetsu and is learning various things, there’s no need for Ichigo to be tied to the Visored.

However, perhaps because they are both Hollowfication users, Ichigo seemed quite pleased with Shinji’s presence.

Is it because there are no Hollowfication users in the Gotei?

“This is…!”

And before long, an incident occurred.

Two ominous spiritual pressures appeared at first glance, and Ichigo and the others quickly reacted to them.

They could sense that the spiritual pressures were by no means friendly and that they were not allies.

And Ichigo quickly headed towards the location where the spiritual pressure was felt.

“….Chad!”

There, he saw Chad with his right arm torn off by an Arrancar.

I closed one eye at the sight.

‘Is it because he hasn’t fully awakened yet.’

Yammy is outwardly the 10th Espada, but he is a special Arrancar who accumulates spiritual pressure and temporarily becomes the strongest Espada, number 0.

He’s probably accumulated some power by now, so he has the strength of a mid-numbered Espada, but he was defeated too easily without even releasing his Zanpakuto.

It can’t be helped since he hasn’t awakened his left hand, let alone his right hand, but it’s unavoidable that it’s a bit unfortunate.

“Huh? Who are you?”

“That guy is the target, Yammy.”

“This guy?”

“He uses a peculiar footwork.”

Ichigo stood between Yammy and Chad, holding Zangetsu.

Ichigo’s footwork, which combines Shunpo, Sonido, Hirenkyaku, and Bringer Light, can be described as his own.

Ichigo turned his gaze to Chad in a hurry.

His right arm was torn off, but Orihime urgently wrapped Chad’s wound.

Orihime’s power is the rejection of events.

No matter how serious the injury, if it’s just physical, she can easily heal an arm.

“Did you do that to Chad’s arm?”

“So what if I did?”

“I see? In that case…..”

-I’ll cut off your right arm too.

It was an instant.

The next moment, Ichigo activated Bankai, approached Yammy at a speed that was hard to follow with the eyes, and swung Tensa Zangetsu, cutting off Yammy’s right arm.

The spiritual pressure that exploded momentarily was as if he had Hollowfied.

Did he unconsciously borrow the power of Hollowfication?

Even White was surprised at the sight and whistled.

“He’s so fast?”

“Shunpo x Sonido x Hirenkyaku x Bringer Light x Tensa Zangetsu equals what?”

“He’d be super fast.”

“Ichigo cut with that speed.”

“What’s with that guy who’s usually so indecisive?”

I agree with that.

It’s rare for him to decisively cut off an enemy’s arm, let alone kill them or inflict a major injury.

Ah, Chad’s right arm was blown off, so I guess it’s natural?

Ichigo, who gave up chocolate latte, is strong!

“Kuaaaaah?!”

Yammy belatedly realized that he had been cut and screamed in pain, clutching his right arm.

But Ichigo just looked at Yammy with a cold expression.

The gentle expression he usually had was gone, and today he showed an unusually cold expression.

It was a part where you could see what kind of existence Chad was to Ichigo.

It seems that his spiritual pressure is gradually rising due to the power gained from anger.

As expected of Ichigo, he’s a hands-on type, so it seems like he builds up his power in actual combat.

“You bastard!”

“Next is your neck.”

“I won’t let you get away with this?!”

Then, the enraged Yammy drew the Zanpakuto at his waist.

Of course, if that’s not a decoration, it’s not hard to predict what it’s for.

Even Ichigo, who doesn’t know much about Arrancar, knows this, so he immediately became wary, and White shouted from within.

“Kill him before he releases, Ichigo!”

The current Yammy is not in full condition.

In addition, his strength would have been greatly reduced since one of his arms was cut off.

However, due to Yammy’s characteristic of accumulating power, it was questionable how much power he would exert if he released.

The moment he was about to release.

But the speed of Ichigo’s current Shunpo x Sonido x Hirenkyaku x Bringer Light x Tensa Zangetsu was no different from teleportation.

And that fleeting moment was more than enough to aim Tensa Zangetsu at Yammy’s neck, let alone behead him.

Kaang!

“!”

“Fast. If it wasn’t for the second time, I wouldn’t have been able to see it properly.”

But Ichigo’s Tensa Zangetsu did not behead Yammy.

Because Ulquiorra, who had moved with Sonido, drew his sword and blocked Ichigo’s Tensa Zangetsu.

“Ulquiorra?”

“You idiot.”

“Kuh?!”

Thump!

Ulquiorra struck Yammy’s abdomen with his opposite elbow, and Yammy was pushed back helplessly.

“If I hadn’t stepped in, your neck would be rolling on the ground by now. He’s not an opponent you can handle with your current level, with your arm cut off. Step back, Yammy.”

“Kuh!”

“Get your right arm. If you take it, you might be able to reattach it.”

Yammy wants to refute Ulquiorra’s words, but he knows that it’s realistically impossible, so he had no choice but to retreat obediently.

After confirming that Yammy had retreated, Ulquiorra met Ichigo’s gaze.

“There’s a reason why Aizen-sama is keeping a close eye on you. Though he was careless, I didn’t expect Yammy to be defeated so easily.”

“Aizen is keeping an eye on me?”

“The command we received from Aizen-sama was one. To check your abilities. If you were just trash on the street, unworthy of killing, we were going to ignore you and go back.”

Ulquiorra’s gaze turned to Yammy’s right arm.

“I was convinced when I saw you cut off Yammy’s right arm. You will be a big obstacle to Aizen-sama’s plan.”

So.

“I will kill you here.”

“Try if you can!”

“I was going to do that even if you didn’t say so.”

Then, Ulquiorra, who had readjusted his Zanpakuto, said.

“Enclose.”

Uh, wait a minute?

“Murciélago.”

I think I f*cked up?