Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

Time always flies by quickly. In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Madara has left Konoha for almost a month. The Kusagakure Village expedition force led by Senju Toma also set off five days ago. No one thought that there was already an internal fight. The Kusakuin Village, whose vitality has been severely damaged, will be Konoha's opponent.

At the same time, the news that Konoha invited the leaders of the other four large ninja villages to go to the Subway Kingdom in the far north also spread throughout the ninja world. Everyone was waiting and watching, wanting to know the true purpose of Konoha who had lost Uchiha Madara.

At this time, Kurosaki Ichigo received his first lesson at the experimental level.

The class took place at Training Ground No. [-]. Out of respect for the teacher who led the team, Kurosaki Ichigo arrived at Training Ground No. [-] a little early under the reminder of Uchiha Mirror.

"Yo, you're here so early, Tai."

Kurosaki Ichigo just came in and saw the thick-browed boy in green lying on the ground doing push-ups, so he said hello lazily.

Mattai looked up and saw the sleepy look of Kurosaki Ichigo. He shook the sweat off his face and said with a smile: "Ah, anyway, I got up at four o'clock to exercise. It's just a change of place. I didn't expect that. You will come so early too."

Indeed, it is now 05:30 in the morning, which is still early before the six o'clock gathering time. Compared to Matt Tai, who wakes up early to practice, Kurosaki Ichigo, who is always used to arriving on time, should be more surprised to appear here at this time.

"Well," Kurosaki Ichigo stretched, "I can't help it, because it's the first time we meet, so I have to come earlier to show respect."

"Ha," Matt Tai didn't stop, and said to Kurosaki Ichigo while doing push-ups, "I think someone forced you to get up. I have never seen you treat Teacher Liangjian with such respect before."

"Well, it's pretty much the same anyway, don't worry about these things."

Kurosaki Ichigo sat down next to Matt Tai, watched his figure fall together, and said with a yawn.

"Speaking of which, do you get up early every day to exercise?"

After hearing Kurosaki Ichigo's question, Matt paused and then replied: "Yes, what's wrong? Why do you ask that?"

"Nothing," Kurosaki Ichigo shook his head and said, "I'm just a little curious suddenly, what is it that drives you to train so hard?"

"Well, I haven't thought about this," Mattai raised one hand to scratch his head, while the other hand continued to support him in doing push-ups, "Maybe it's because he doesn't want to."

"unwilling"

"That's right," Matt Tai nodded, and then continued to do push-ups with both hands, "Because there is no one in our family who has the talent for illusion or ninjutsu, so we can only practice physical skills. In addition, no one has been able to do it for a long time. I learned the Eight Gates Dunjia, so the family is getting weaker and weaker now, with only a few people left."

"Many people look down on our family and say we are incompetent, so my elders have taught me since I was a child that I must practice hard and let those who look down on us know that I can surpass them even if I only learn physical skills."

Matt Tai's voice was calm, as if he was telling another person's story, but Kurosaki Ichigo discovered the excitement hidden in his heart from his faster and faster movements and slightly trembling tone.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore," Mattai laughed at himself, and then asked Kurosaki Ichigo, "What about you, why do you want to practice?"

"I," Kurosaki Ichigo lay down on his back and said a little confused, "I don't seem to have any reason or idea to become stronger."

Several people's faces seemed to appear in the blue sky above their heads. Kurosaki Ichigo squinted his eyes and looked carefully. They looked like Yuzi and Xia Li, and they seemed to have his father and Rukia. Looking closer, it seemed that there were even Inoue and Cha. Watari and Ishida's faces appeared.

Renji, Byakuya, Kenpachi, Urahara, Toushiro, Ikkaku, Hirako, Hiyori, Captain Ukitake, Captain Kyōband, Captain Unohana, Hanataro, Mr. Yamamoto...

Familiar faces appeared in the sky, in Ichigo Kurosaki's field of vision, and even Aizen's hateful face appeared.

Kurosaki Ichigo felt that his heart ached a little. It had been three or four years since he came to this world. He had never missed the people in his world like this before. It was like a knife had been scratched on his body, and then His skin was gently cut, the muscles were separated, the Achilles tendons and blood vessels were severed under the sharp blade, and then the blade struck hard on the bones, causing a dull pain.

Kurosaki Ichigo felt a little breathless. The meaning of his existence was to protect those people. He once thought about what he would do when he lost his power, but he never thought that when those he wanted to protect were gone. What should he do in the future?

A huge confusion hit, making Ichigo Kurosaki a little at a loss. At this moment, Matt Tai's voice came, interrupting Ichigo Kurosaki's thinking at the right time.

"You're no joke." Matt Tai said while doing push-ups without raising his head. "According to your temperament, you wouldn't have taken any skipping exams before."

Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned. Seeing that he didn't speak, Matt Tai continued: "Maybe you don't know the reason why you work hard to become stronger now, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, it's just that you haven't discovered it yet."

Kurosaki Ichigo turned his head and looked at Matt Tai without saying a word. Matt Tai also continued his practice in silence. The appearance of Uchiha Madara and the Uchiha clan members appeared in front of him, as well as Tsunade and others. They looked like classmates, followed by Senju Ryouma and other people from all kinds of Konoha.

After hearing Matt Tai's words, Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly discovered the bonds he had unknowingly established with so many people in this world.

"What?" After a long time, Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly laughed and said, "I was actually educated by your boy."

"Really? But it's really an honor for me to be able to teach to the top of the class."

Matt Tai also smiled and said.

"It's just a joke to be number one in the class. There's nothing worth bragging about." Ichigo Kurosaki waved his hand at Matt Tai, "Being number one in our small class is something worth mentioning."

"That's right," Matt Tai nodded. "After all, our teammate is a genius like Sakumo Hatake."

It's no wonder that Matt's ambition is too great for others, but his own prestige is destroyed. In fact, Hatake Sakumo's prestige is too great. Even ordinary civilians have heard of the Hatake family's reputation as a genius.

Hearing Hatake Sakumo's name, Kurosaki Ichigo smiled slightly, remembering that Uchiha Madara had mentioned it during the three years of capturing the tailed beasts, and asked Kurosaki Ichigo to target Hatake Sakumo to surpass him. , Kurosaki Ichigo was naturally unconvinced at that time, so Uchiha Madara talked to him about Hatake Sakumo and his family.

To be precise, the Hatake family is not considered a family, so people always call it the Hatake family. The reason is that the Hatake family members are too few.

Believing in the concept that a strong person is better than countless weak ones, the Hatake family, which is famous in the ninja world for its fierce sword skills, has only one successor for each generation. If there are multiple children, the elders of the Hatake family will choose the one with the best talent. That one inherited the Hatake name, and the others took away the Hatake name and were expelled from the Hatake family.

The Hatake family's ruthless inheritance concept is as famous as their terrifying sword skills, but it is this concept that allows each generation of Hatake family successors to stand at the top of the ninja world and allows the Hatake family to continue to grow. For hundreds of years.

And Hatake Sakumo is the successor of this generation of the Hatake family, and he is said by his father to be a genius with swordsmanship talent that exceeds any previous generation of Hatake family inheritors.

"Who knows." Kurosaki Ichigo shrugged, "But what's the point of surpassing him."

"Well," Kurosaki Ichigo just said casually, but Matt Tai stopped, thought about it seriously and said, "I'll be very excited, and I'll be very proud."

"Boring," Kurosaki Ichigo said with a blink, "If you surpass him, it means he is not as good as you. What's the point of being proud of surpassing a guy who is not as good as you."

"that's true."

Mattai scratched his head, feeling that what Kurosaki Ichigo said was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.

"Hey, you guys came so early."

A young boy's gentle voice came from the door of the training ground. Kurosaki Ichigo and Matt Tai looked up and found that the person speaking was none other than their teammate Sakumo Hatake.

Hatake Sakumo was wearing black clothes like Kurosaki Ichigo, carrying a short sword on his back, and was walking in from the door.

Kurosaki Ichigo frowned and keenly noticed that there were wet marks on Hatake Sakumo's clothes, and there were a few strands of hair stuck to his forehead.

"Did you get up so early to practice? He is really a scary guy."

Although Uchiha Kage specifically taught him not to regard Hatake Sakumo as his old enemy, Kurosaki Ichigo couldn't help but pay attention to Hatake Sakumo's situation.

"I just came here, or he came earlier." Kurosaki Ichigo pointed at Matt Tai beside him.

"Oh" Hatake Sakumo turned his gaze to Matt Tai and said, "You must be Matt Tai."

"Ah, yes, yes, I am Matt Tai." Seeing Hatake Sakumo talking to him, Matt Tai jumped up and replied.

"I am Hatake Sakumo, and I will be your teammate from now on. Please take good care of me."

Hatake Sakumo bowed slightly to Mattai and said very humbly.

"No, Hatake-kun should be the one to take care of me," Matt Tai was obviously not as easy to talk to as Hatake Sakumo, the rumored genius, so he said a little at a loss, "By the way, I also want to thank Hatake-kun for taking care of me last time. He was brought out from the training ground."

"Yes, it's just a matter of convenience." Hatake Sakumo smiled gently, "Also, we will become teammates in the future, so don't be so different, just call me Hatake."

"Um," Matt Tai quickly responded, "Then you can just call me Tai."

"You can also call me Kurosaki." Kurosaki Ichigo sat up and looked up at the two people and interjected.

"Uchiha can't you?"

Hatake Sakumo turned to look at Kurosaki Ichigo and smiled.

"You can try."

Kurosaki Ichigo flashed the Zhenheng on his waist at Hatake Sakumo, obviously provoking Hatake Sakumo. Matt Tai was slightly stunned. In his impression, Kurosaki Ichigo would not take the initiative. To provoke others.

Hatake Sakumo's expression remained unchanged, and even the curvature of his mouth did not change. He just spoke softly.

"Uchiha."