Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

At that moment, the air in Karakura Town Park seemed to freeze.

"What's wrong with this kid?"

Even the well-informed Sawado was completely dumbfounded at this moment. That fake mask... isn't this kid a Grim Reaper?

No one answered him, because everyone's attention was drawn to the masked monster.

If Mr. Kariya hadn't lured the attack away, who would have been killed?

"Hehehe... You reacted pretty quickly~"

The laughter emanating from beneath the masks overlapped, carrying a somewhat inhuman quality. Ichigo tilted his head, his golden pupils flashing wildly between the black whites of his eyes, excitedly waving his Zanpakuto.

"Is this your trump card?" Kariya asked coldly, his right hand wrapped with an almost transparent white wind blade.

Unsurprisingly, that's his ability.

The ability to control the wind.

"A trump card? That's not it!" Ichigo tilted his head and suddenly grinned maliciously. The black and red spiritual pressure on Tensa Zangetsu was as thick as ink. He swung the sword fiercely, and without even making a complete slashing motion, he created a huge black and red crescent moon that was several meters wide.

If you look closely, you'll notice that the blackness is much denser than the spiritual pressure Ichigo Kurosaki used earlier, almost completely covering the red part.

"Tsk." Kariya's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly clenched his fists.

"Wind Blade!"

As he whispered, the air was instantly compressed to an extreme degree, transforming into several crescent-shaped wind blades that crashed head-on into the black crescent.

boom! !

The spiritual pressure storm generated by the impact swept directly past the trees within a radius of fifty meters, causing them to rustle loudly.

If it weren't for Kariya and his group setting up a barrier in the park beforehand, they would have been on TV by now.

Amidst the raging wind, Ichigo Kurosaki stood tall.

Ichinose Masaki handed Ishida to Ugaki, stepped forward, and stood side by side with Kariya.

"Mr. Kariya, let me help you."

"Step back," Kariya ordered coldly.

"But, Mr. Kariya..."

"Back off! This guy sees everyone as prey now!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Ichigo moved.

Without any warning, not even the sound of a footstep landing. In the retinas of the group of Bounts, the black figure vanished from its spot, and the next second, a piercing sonic boom exploded in the air!

"too slow!"

The overlapping accents rang in Ichinose Masaki's ears. His pupils contracted sharply. Before he could draw his sword, a jet-black blade of light swept across with a destructive force.

clang!

At the critical moment, Kariya had already ambushed Ichigo from the side. His arms were wrapped in dense white wind blades, which he forcefully blocked.

"Where... do you want to cut?" Kariya asked in a low voice, staring at the pale mask.

However, the only response he received was Ichigo's ferocious grin that stretched almost to his ears.

"Hey!"

Ichigo showed no intention of sheathing his sword; instead, he used the momentum of the stalemate to press down sharply. Kariya was astonished to find that his opponent's strength increased exponentially in that instant.

The concrete ground beneath Kariya's feet instantly shattered, the force of which swept across the surface, carving a long furrow and traversing it for over ten meters before finally coming to a stop.

"What a monster."

Kariya remained in a defensive stance, the whirlwind wrapped around his arms effectively neutralizing Ichigo's power, and even... injuring him.

Ichigo raised his hand, silently looked at the bloody cuts on his arm caused by the gale, grinned, and once again used Shunpo to attack Kariyagami with a flashing figure.

"A wild beast?" Kariya's eyelids twitched.

Good news, it seems this guy has his eye on him, and the others are safe for now.

The bad news is that this guy is like a beast that feels no pain; if we can't take him down head-on, we'll probably have a hard time escaping.

In this state, Ichigo's power is unmatched by any other Bount.

Anyone facing Ichigo in this state alone would probably be doomed.

Of course, Kariya's power was beyond everyone else's imagination.

To be honest, it's no wonder he can be the boss; he can fight this monster to a standstill.

As Ichigo pondered, he had already closed in on Kariyagami and casually swept his hand across the area.

boom!

Another dark slash spread across the ground, cleaving the slide in two in the distance.

Kariyajin dodged the frontal slash with a swift movement.

His ability grants him movement skills comparable to the Shinigami's Shunpo.

But Ichigo's reaction was equally strong. When his right Zanpakuto missed, he reached out with his left hand and grabbed at Kariya's face, a ferocious smile on his face beneath the mask.

"Madman!" Kariya suddenly tilted his head, dodging Ichigo's hand, and with his left leg, he created a small hurricane, sweeping Ichigo's waist and abdomen, kicking him away.

How about this move?!

boom!

Ichigo was blasted away, but in mid-air, he twisted his body strangely, stepping on the edge of the flower bed and instantly crushing the marble flower bed to pieces. Then, he turned into a black light and rushed back.

This level of madness is even more exciting than when Xu was chasing them!

It's so fast that it leaves you no chance to breathe, and it makes you despair.

"So strong..."

Rukia was completely dumbfounded. This was... what was it? A Hollowfication experiment?

After this incident, she asked her older brother about the defection of their teacher and Yoruichi, and thus gained a preliminary understanding of the so-called Hollowfication experiment.

But why is Ichigo...?

"Kurosaki-san..." Compared to Rukia's shock, Inoue looked worried.

That state of mind was really not reassuring.

Ichigo in his Hollowfied form did indeed put Kariya Kami to a difficult time.

"To think they could do this..." Kariya was panting heavily. He had originally thought that taking Yoshino and the Quincy would be a simple operation.

Because in the previous incident involving Udagawa and the twins, the power displayed by the substitute Shinigami, Ichigo Kurosaki, was insufficient to contend with him.

The Bankai did surprise him somewhat, but that was all.

After all, their goal isn't to become a substitute for a Shinigami. Once they use the power of the Quincy to enter the Soul Society, that will be their home turf.

Another explosion occurred, and amidst the smoke and dust, Ichigo's figure appeared like a ghost above Kariya's head, his blade pointing directly at the top of his head.

"Got you!"

Despite the danger, Kariya remained calm, twisting his body at an extremely strange angle. Even so, the black blade still grazed his shoulder, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound through his trench coat.

Blue spiritual particles slowly drifted down from the sky and filled the wound.

The Bounts are born with the power to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy, but this energy can almost only be used to repair bodily damage, which is one of the reasons why they are rumored to be vampires.

Physical injuries can be quickly repaired using the spiritual particles in the environment.

That's not all the advantages. Although Bount can't directly control spirit particles, her power as a puppet becomes even stronger in places where spirit particles are active.

In other words, they have not yet reached their true peak in the present world.

"Oh? That ability to heal injuries." High up on the building, Yoruichi raised an eyebrow and nudged Yuuko with her elbow. "Doesn't it seem a lot like yours?"

"It's so slow. At this rate of recovery, I could recover more than ten times in one go."

Yoruichi rolled her eyes at her, about to accuse her of bragging, when she suddenly realized that Ichigo's situation was a bit bad, and quickly straightened her expression: "Hey, isn't that a bit bad?"

"The masks are spreading!"

The power of the void is spreading!

Are you some kind of alien?

Is now the time to complain about this?

Not only Yoruichi noticed something was wrong, but even Kariya, who was locked in a fierce battle with Ichigo, sensed it.

On the battlefield below, Ichigo seemed completely unfazed by fatigue. Each swing of his sword was heavier and more devastating than the last. Although Kariyagami managed to hold on with the help of his puppet's abilities, the ever-increasing spiritual pressure emanating from Ichigo was beginning to become the final straw that broke the camel's back.

"Is this guy... about to completely lose his mind?"

The bone on the mask is spreading...

No, we can't let this guy keep causing trouble. Putting aside the possibility of him losing his mind, our side is also about to break down from this mess.

Kariya, his eyes fixed on Ichigo, ordered without turning his head, "You all leave here first."

The only option is to wait until the others leave before trying to escape.

Ichinose Masaki gave Ichigo a deep look, then said nothing more, simply stating, "Let's go."

Does that monster... have that kind of power?

Kariya forced a smile: "Alright, I'll keep you company for a bit longer."

Ichigo remained silent, his increasingly dark pupils fixed intently on Kariya.

Kariya could feel that thorn-like feeling, the feeling of being stared at by a wild beast...

Ichigo's muscles, clad in his Shinigami armor, began to contract and tense, assuming a fighting stance.

next moment.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your battle, but it's getting late and I have class tomorrow."

A red-haired figure appeared out of thin air in front of Ichigo.

"Varied……"

Kariya's pupils suddenly contracted. It wasn't that he recognized the other party's background, but rather that the way the other party appeared was too strange.

Is it the Grim Reaper? Is it Shunpo (Flash Step)?

I didn't see how the other person got there at all.

Or perhaps the other person's speed was so fast that he couldn't even catch it with his eyes.

Yuko's appearance immediately attracted the attention of the group of Bounts who wanted to leave.

"Ikuko!"

Yoshino recognized Ikuko as soon as she heard her voice and turned around happily.

"Who?"

Sawatari's wrinkled brows furrowed.

"teacher!"

Inoue and Rukia also breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuko first nodded slightly to the two of them, then smiled at Yoshino: "Sorry, I watched for a little while."

Watched for a while?

Kariya was taken aback. Had this woman arrived long ago?

Why did they deliberately choose this time to appear?

Kariya was about to speak: "What are you..."

Ichigo silently looked down at Ikuko, who was half a head shorter than him, and slowly raised his Zanpakuto.

Yuko casually raised her right hand and pressed it against the blade.

Ichigo's golden eyes swept over him disdainfully. "Get out of my way, you old hag..."

Yuko suddenly raised her right hand, which was pressing down on the blade, and slapped Ichigo across the face with the back of her hand.

boom! ! !

Ichigo's figure flew backward like a tattered doll, tumbling several times in mid-air, smashing several large holes in the park ground, and finally crashing into the ruined fountain in the distance with an explosion, once again raising a cloud of dust.

Yuko calmly turned her head and said, "Ichigo, if you dare to say it, I'll kill you first."

What's going on? Aren't they enemies?

This scene left the Buffetts and the others somewhat bewildered.

Amidst the ruins, Ichigo slowly stood up, twisting his neck as he emerged from the dust.

"Ouch, that really hurts, you old hag."

Half of Ichigo's mask was smashed, and he twisted his neck in annoyance, a ferocious smile returning to his lips.

Yu Zi smiled slightly: "You've got guts."

As soon as Yuko finished speaking, Ichigo used Shunpo to rush forward and arrived in front of Yuko in the blink of an eye.

"Whee!"

With a ferocious laugh, Ichigo swung his Zanpakuto, the dense spiritual pressure on the blade about to be released.

With a calm expression, Yuko raised her right hand, closed her fingers, and casually caught the Zanpakuto. The concentrated spiritual pressure burst forth, grazing Yuko's side and flying out, plowing a long groove in the ground.

It was blocked?!

Kariya God showed a shocked expression, he actually blocked the monster's slash so easily!

"You've made progress."

Yuko glanced sideways at the marks on the ground.

She originally intended to completely erase the spiritual pressure, but with Ichigo's Bankai and Hollowfication, even if she wanted to block Ichigo's attack so easily without releasing her Zanpakuto, it was still somewhat difficult.

"If it were any stronger, I probably wouldn't have been able to stop it."

Ichigo froze, his beast-like eyes staring at Yuuko in astonishment. His instincts were screaming an alarm, telling him that the woman before him was a true monster.

"Tsk."

Driven by instinctive fear, Ichigo launched the first attack, his spiritual pressure bursting from his sword in an attempt to force Ikuko back.

"Let's go here first."

Yuko offered advice and rejected Ichigo's rebuttal.

Instead of retreating, he moved closer, grabbed Ichigo's head, and delivered a knee strike to his face.

His knee slammed into the mask, shattering it instantly.

"Forehead……"

Ichigo let out an instinctive wail and collapsed with his eyes rolling back.

Yuko grabbed him by the back of his collar, casually tossed him to Inoue and Rukia in the distance, turned around, and looked calmly at Kariya.

"Now that the problem is solved, let's talk about our business."

Is that in the way?

No one could laugh at all.

Kariya looked at Ikuko cautiously: "Who are you?"

“I think you misunderstood me. I didn’t mean to answer your question. What I meant was to put Yoshino and that Quincy down.”

"What a joke."

Ichinose Masaki stepped forward, walked to Kariya's side, and gripped the Zanpakuto at his waist.