hero?it must be me

The world in front of him suddenly changed.

The giant fist disappeared.

Oh no.

That fist just patted Ichigo's shoulder in the form of a palm.

Seeing Yihu slumped on the ground, Zheng Qi said: "My mother always said that only those who are afraid can have courage."

"People are always brave because they are afraid."

"..."

Ichigo sat there, eyes dazed, sweating profusely, wondering if he heard Zheng Qi's words clearly.

"Mr. Urahara."

Zheng Qi turned around and looked at Kisuke Urahara who appeared behind him at some point.

"He's qualified."

"……really."

After a moment of silence, Kisuke Urahara pressed his hat, then raised his face again, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Kurosaki-kun, you have passed the first stage of the test!"

"...Ah, ah?"

Ichigo seemed to come back to his senses at this time.

He looked at Urahara Kisuke and Zheng Qi in confusion.

"You managed to touch Mr. Zheng Qi's palm and other fingers, of course it's considered a pass."

"No, but!"

Ichigo's complexion changed, and he jumped up anxiously——

"Well?"

He looked at his hands in surprise.

"Looks like you've figured it out."

Kisuke smiled and tapped his palm with the fan in his hand.

"Actually, in the process of fighting Mr. Zheng Qi, you are slowly recovering the spiritual power of the past, and the most important thing is that you can still maintain a relatively sober self when facing Mr. Zheng Qi's punch. This is also the reason why Mr. Zheng Qi thinks you are qualified."

"Did I say that when the soul is on the verge of disappearing, the improvement of spiritual power is the fastest."

"You were able to successfully improve your spiritual power and maintain yourself in front of Mr. Zheng Qi. It's really gratifying!"

"...And what if I can't sustain myself?"

"Ah."

Hearing Ichigo's question, Kisuke replied with a natural expression: "Then it's dead."

"You should talk about such an important thing first!"

"I believe you can."

Facing Ichigo's questioning, Urahara Kisuke still had that grinning look: "It turns out that you really lived up to expectations, isn't that great."

"Well, I feel a lot lighter now."

Hearing this, Ichigo moved his shoulders.

Indeed, as Kisuke said, after his spiritual power improved, he now feels a lot more relaxed.

Although it is not as good as when it has the power of the god of death, it is basically not much different from when it is normally in the physical body.

"Let's be so-so."

Ichigo grumbled.

"Well! Very good, then to celebrate your success in passing the first test, use this as a congratulatory gift."

Kisuke Urahara had just finished speaking when he saw Tie Zhai suddenly appear beside Yihu, with an ordinary firewood chopping ax in his hand.

"Clang!"

The causal chain linking the soul and the body in Ichigo's chest was instantly severed!

"Let's strike while the iron is hot and start the second quiz immediately."

"--What are you doing all of a sudden, you smiling profiteer!"

"Don't worry."

Kisuke laughed and shook the folding fan in his hand.

"Listen to me first, as you can see, your chain of karma has been cut off now, and your soul cannot return to your body. Generally speaking, you have to wait to die."

"Who do you think did it!"

"Don't worry, let me say a few more words."

Kisuke put away the folding fan, and pointed to the causal chain remaining on Ichigo's chest: "After the lock is broken, it will erode from the broken section. When it erodes to your chest, you will become void."

"By then, it's game over."

Hearing this, Ichigo was stunned.

"If you don't want to become Void, only before that, become Death."

Urahara Kisuke's expression became serious: "As long as you complete this second test, you can get back the power of the god of death, how about it? How do you choose?"

"...Tch, is there anything else to choose?"

With the cold sweat from being frightened by Zheng Qi still remaining on his forehead, Ichigo replied with a determined face.

"very good!"

Kisuke pointed.

"Come on, take two steps this way first."

"what?"

Following the direction indicated by Kisuke, Ichigo took two steps.

And Tie Zhai behind him also followed.

"It's for-"

"It's now!"

Kisuke Urahara yelled, and Ichigo, who didn't know why, felt that his feet were empty.

He subconsciously looked down.

"You profiteer..."

Zheng Qi took a look at this big pit that seemed to be bottomless.

Ichigo's howl was receding into the pit.

"It's pretty deep."

"I worked really hard!"

Xiaoyu at the side proudly compared his softer arm.

Chapter 427 Chapter 4: You want to be dihua too, right?

It has been 62 hours since Ichigo started the second test.

This test was named "Pit of Despair" by Kisuke Urahara.

The content of the test is to ask Ichigo to climb up from the bottom of the pit within 72 hours, that is, within three days, while his hands are bound by Tesai with ghosts.

Why is the time limit 72 hours?

Because according to Kisuke, after the soul is cut off the causal chain, the remaining chains will be eroded for up to 72 hours, and by then, the soul will become void.

And at the bottom of this deep pit, with Ichigo's current state, if he wants to climb up within 72 hours, it is actually equivalent to successfully obtaining the power of the god of death before becoming virtual.

This is by no means an easy task.

The erosion of the causal chain starts from the section of the chain, and each erosion will last for a few minutes. During these few minutes, it can be heard from Ichigo's screams that he will endure quite intense pain.

During the few minutes of the erosion, Ichigo couldn't even climb the pit, he couldn't move at all under the severe pain.

After each erosion, there will be a few hours of dormancy.

Ichigo had no choice but to seize the hours of dormancy to climb the deep pit.

Now, now that another erosion is over, Ichigo, who has survived another round of erosion, staggers and turns over skillfully, using his head and feet as a fulcrum.

Compared with the bewilderment at the beginning, Ichigo, who has endured several erosions, will no longer waste time on meaningless things.

Staring at the almost vertical pit wall in front of him, Ichigo took a deep breath.

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

Hearing Ichigo's menacing cry, Zheng Qi, who was sitting cross-legged on a rock, opened his eyes.

As expected, Ichigo's cry didn't last long before it turned into a melodious howl.

Immediately, there was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

Obviously, Ichigo fell back to the bottom of the pit again.

Movements like this have been repeated over and over again in the past 62 hours.

Zheng Qi even began to admire Ichigo's voice.

"Can't he use his brain to think about it, he can't even run three meters on this rock wall!"

Pulling on the edge of the deep pit, watching Ichigo try again and fail to sprint on the vertical rock wall with only his legs, Jinta said with a look of resentment.

"Stupid..."

Xiao Yu on the side echoed in a low voice.

"Hey!"

Seeing Ichigo who had rolled over at the bottom of the pit, grinning his teeth as he was thrown, Jinta shouted, "Are you hungry?"

"No! Hungry!"

Ichigo shouted angrily: "Besides, I am a soul now, how can I be hungry!"

"Hey, that's fine."

Hearing Ichigo's response, Jinta had a weird smile on his face.

"I have some good news for you. With your current situation, not being hungry means not becoming empty yet."

It took a few seconds for the tired Ichigo to realize the meaning of Jinta's words.

In other words, if he feels hungry now...

"If you just feel thirsty, it's okay!"

Hearing Jinta and Ichigo's quarrel, Zheng Qi looked sideways at Kisuke who was eating an apple.

"Want to eat?"

Kisuke handed the half-eaten apple to Zheng Qi.

Zheng Qi shook his head and took a sip of the hot tea in his hand.

"It's been 62 hours. It's not good here. I can't tell day from night, and I can't grasp the time well."

Kisuke took another bite of the apple, and while chewing the pulp, he said to Zheng Qi: "Mr. Zheng Qi, how about a consultation?"

"Tell me."

"No matter what's wrong with Mr. Kurosaki, I hope you don't shoot him immediately, okay?"

"... As I said, you and Ye Yi misunderstood."

"Aha, I get it, I get it."

Seeing Xi's assistant shaking the paper fan and laughing, Zheng Qi felt that this guy didn't listen to the explanation he gave him and Ye Yi at all.