Death: Captain Millennium

Ichigo is still smug. Urahara Kisuke had previously said how difficult it was to regain the power of a Shinigami, but now it seems like it was just a little kiss!

"Geta Hat, your test isn't that difficult. And you even said I would become a Hollow. Are you trying to scare me?" Ichigo said with disdain.

"Kurosaki-san, you seem very confident. Let's start the second test." Urahara Kisuke turned to look at Wuling Tessai, his lips slightly raised, revealing a sly smile: "Let's do it."

Before Ichigo could react, he saw Wuling Tessai pull out an axe from somewhere, and with a swing of the axe, he cut off the chain on his chest.

"What are you doing?" Ichigo widened his eyes, watching Tessai's actions, and subconsciously took a step back. However, he found that his body seemed to be a little abnormal, and he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

At this moment, Wuling Tessai suddenly took a step forward, stretched out a foot, tripped Ichigo and made him sit on the ground, and then sat on him.

"Nothing, I just cut off your chain of karma," Tessai replied expressionlessly.

"Oh!" Ichigo nodded in confusion, but he still didn't understand what impact the broken chain of cause and effect would have on him.

"Kurosaki-san, I forgot to tell you, once the chains of karma are severed, your spirit will not be able to return to your body. You will just have to wait for death." Urahara Kisuke continued to smile, but his tone was unusually serious. There was a hint of cunning in his eyes, as if he was watching a great show about to begin.

When Ichigo heard this, his expression darkened instantly, and his smile vanished. He stared at Urahara Kisuke with wide eyes, incredulous. "Ah! Are you kidding me, Clogs Hat?" Ichigo tried to remain calm, but he couldn't hide his inner anxiety and uneasiness.

Urahara Kisuke shrugged and shook his head: "No, this is not a joke. The broken lock will slowly begin to erode, and when it erodes your chest, a Hollow will appear, and then you will become a Hollow. So you only have two choices now, either become a Hollow or become a Death God. Of course, if you become a Hollow I will have no choice but to take action to clean you up." His voice was calm and indifferent, making people feel an invisible pressure.

Ichigo's body trembled slightly, but he smiled. "Of course I will regain my power as a Shinigami. Just wait and see, Geta Hat."

"Then let's get started."

"Start with what?"

Urahara Kisuke snapped his fingers, and the ground beneath Ichigo suddenly became hollow, and a big pit appeared. Ichigo and Tessai fell into it.

"Ninety-nine of the Binding Path! Forbidden."

Ichigo was still yelling as he fell, but he found his hands were tied behind his back and he couldn't move. "What did you do?"

"Kurosaki-san, your hands will be temporarily disabled until you complete the test."

Ichigo kept twisting his body to try to break free, but No. 99's binding technique was no joke, and no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.

At this moment, Urahara Kisuke's voice rang out from above. "Kurosaki-san, just keep climbing out of the pit like this and you'll pass Test 2. Keep going!"

"Hey! Geta Hat, you make it sound so easy, why don't you come down and try it?" Ichigo was still complaining before he realized the crisis.

When he looked closely at the broken end of the chain and saw two unidentified objects gnawing at it, he suddenly began to panic.

Ichigo squirmed to his feet and began to try to climb up the rock wall, but after trying several times he failed.

After experiencing countless failures, Ichigo sat at the bottom of the pit and started to give up.

Perhaps it was the darkness at the bottom of the pit that made Ichigo lose his sense of time.

When Jinta went down to the bottom of the pit to bring him food and told him that he only had two hours left to become a Hollow, Ichigo began to panic.

He started climbing again and again, but it was in vain, he couldn't climb up at all.

As the Chains of Karma were completely eroded, a Hollow hole representing a Hollow appeared in Ichigo's chest, and a white liquid began to seep out of his mouth, coating his head.

Ichigo, who had suffered this sudden change, began to howl loudly, as if he was trying his best to resist the process of becoming a hollow.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Wuling Tessai on the side began to change his hand seals. He wanted to transform the Bankai into a Killing Seal and completely kill Ichigo who was about to become a Hollow.

Unfortunately, Ichigo is a cheater. In the process of fighting against the Hollow, he successfully entered the inner world of the Zanpakuto and met Zangetsu, who was suspected to be Yhwach from a thousand years ago. With Zangetsu's advice, Ichigo regained the power of the God of Death.

In the outside world, Tessai's Bankai had reached the final step, but Ichigo showed a tremendous spiritual power reaction.

Golden spiritual pressure shot up into the sky, and a figure rushed to the ground with the torrent of spiritual power, stirring up a large cloud of dust.

Jinta and Xiaoyu looked at the blurry figure in the smoke and dust, and were a little unsure whether Ichigo had become a Hollow or a Shinigami again.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, Ichigo's figure slowly emerged. He was now dressed in a Shinigami uniform, with a huge Zanpakutō slung over his back. However, surprisingly, he was wearing a Hollow mask.

"Ah! What's going on? Could it be that he has become a Shinigami who can transform into a Hollow, just like Mako Hirako and others before him?" Jinta looked at Ichigo in front of him curiously.

Ichigo whipped out his Zanpakutō, but surprisingly, it only had a hilt and no blade. He twisted his wrist and used the hilt to smash the mask on his face, revealing his own face.

"Clog Hat, I'm sorry to disappoint you, I didn't become a Hollow. Do you know? When I was trapped in that deep pit, I swore that if I could climb out, I would kill you." Ichigo was full of confidence after regaining the power of the God of Death.

"Oh my! Kurosaki-san is really impressive. Let's just do the third test in one go." Urahara Kisuke continued.

Ichigo glanced at Urahara Kisuke in some doubt, and muttered to himself: What trick is this guy going to play again?

"The third test is simple. Just chop off my hat with your knife." Urahara Kisuke said easily.

Ichigo looked at Urahara Kisuke suspiciously, his heart filled with doubt. "Is it that simple?" he muttered to himself, wondering if there was a trap hidden in this.

However, Ichigo did not hesitate too much and decided to give it a try. He quickly raised the broken sword in his hand and took advantage of Urahara Kisuke's unpreparedness to launch a sudden attack, with an upward slash, trying to cut off the hat on Urahara Kisuke's head.

The blue spiritual pressure that erupted from the blade hit Urahara's hat, and actually cut a hole in it.

Urahara Kisuke smiled slightly, seeming satisfied with Ichigo's performance. "Not bad, Kurosaki-san, your reaction and strength are very good. But this is just the beginning!"