Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

"Zangetsu and I are one and the same. I don't know if you know this..."

The man's metallic voice came over, with a hint of evil.

Who is talking

"Zangetsu and I are both part of your spiritual power. I and Zangetsu are originally one..."

The man's voice continued.

Zangetsu spiritual power, what are these things?

"There is a master-slave relationship with one body. If the subordinate relationship changes, its posture will also change..."

Lord and slave, what is this?

"When the body is dominated by survival, there will be flesh attached to it. When the body is dominated by death, it will turn into white bones..."

Wait, this voice sounds so familiar.

"Before I show up next time...you must not die."

The arrogant smile, pure white appearance, and... those eyes that are as breathtaking as demons

"Kurosaki"

After going to bed, Koharu greeted Kurosaki Ichigo loudly in his ear. It was already dawn, but maybe it was the first time he was too tired to travel like this. Not only could Kurosaki Ichigo not wake up, but he also had a bruise on his forehead. A little cold sweat broke out, so Xiaochun had no choice but to take this last step before going to bed.

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Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly opened his eyes. The white of his left eye turned black and the pupil turned yellow. The unintentional urge to kill and destroy emanated from that eye, even as a member of the Special Intelligence Department. When Xiaochun went to bed, the clothes on her back were instantly wet with cold sweat under such a look.

When Koharu turned to bed and looked closely, he found that Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes had returned to normal at some point, and he was looking at him blankly, as if it was just an illusion of his.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like this?" After Kurosaki Ichigo was woken up, he found that Koharu was looking at him blankly when he went to bed. He couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his cheek. Judging from that touch, his There seemed to be nothing wrong with his face, so he asked.

"You... just now..." Koharu went to bed and wanted to point at Ichigo Kurosaki's left eye, but for some reason he suppressed the impulse and flicked his finger on Ichigo Kurosaki's forehead. , "You slept really well, rookie. I couldn't wake you up no matter how much I screamed. If you really had enemies, you would have died eight hundred times."

After playing this, Koharu retracted her hand like an electric shock and her face turned rosy. She realized that her relationship with Ichigo Kurosaki was inexplicably close, although she couldn't tell what was wrong. , but Xiaochun still instinctively resisted this feeling when she went to bed.

"Well" Kurosaki Ichigo covered his aching forehead, but Koharu's move to bed also drove away the confusion he had just woken up, and he became much more awake.

Kurosaki Ichigo didn't notice Koharu's expression when he went to bed, but lowered his head and looked at his hands, recalling the previous situation in his sleep.

The arrogant smile, the pure white appearance, and the devil-like evil eyes were undoubtedly the Hollow that had almost the same appearance as him hidden in his body before.

"It's just..." Kurosaki Ichigo clenched his hands into fists while secretly wondering in his heart, "Why did I dream about that guy?"

"Hey, what are you doing?" Koharu went to bed and pulled out the Zhenheng that Kurosaki Ichigo had put aside before he fell asleep last night and threw it to him and said, "Hurry up and eat, we are about to leave."

After saying that she went to bed, Xiaochun turned around and left to clean up the trap she had set last night. Since she stayed late at night, and the food was easy-to-eat military ration pills, she had already finished breakfast, and now she was just waiting. Just Ichigo Kurosaki.

"I know...I know," Kurosaki Ichigo agreed, shaking his head and throwing his dream away.

In the next few days, Kurosaki Ichigo spent time on the road. The most interesting thing usually was the occasional bickering with Koharu, who was sleeping with him. The relationship between the two also became closer during this long life on the road. A lot.

On the morning of the fifth day of departure, the two of them had already left the forest and arrived at a vast plain area. Although they were always traveling on sparsely populated paths, their speed was much faster than in the forest. The weather is getting colder, and it seems that we are almost reaching the Land of Iron.

"Hey, is this the message left by Uncle Hashirama and the others? What did they say?" Koharu, who was on his way to bed, suddenly stopped and observed the characters on the trunk of the big tree next to the path. Seeing this, Kurosaki Ichigo also came up and asked. road.

At such a close distance, Koharu could clearly feel the heat of Ichigo Kurosaki's breath hitting her ears when she went to bed. In the past few days, she would have definitely distanced herself from Ichigo Kurosaki, but after After these few days of contact, Koharu was able to reply nonchalantly when he went to bed: "About ten kilometers ahead is the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Iron. Lord Hokage left a message saying that he is waiting for us at the border ahead. Go gather.”

"Then let's go." Kurosaki Ichigo has not seen anyone else during this period except for Koharu who has gone to bed. He couldn't help but waved his weapon excitedly. The iron chain at the end of Zhenheng collided with each other and made a clanging sound. sound.

After going to bed, Koharu looked at Ichigo Kurosaki helplessly, feeling that he couldn't be a ninja because he couldn't bear the loneliness: "Okay, I understand."

The distance of five kilometers is not too far for the ninjas, but in less than 10 minutes, Kurosaki Ichigo and Koharu, who was transferred to the dormitory, arrived at the meeting place mentioned in Senju Hashirama's message.

"I'm here, Uncle Hashirama." Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama sat on two big rocks respectively. Others who had already arrived were sitting on the ground. Kurosaki Ichigo, with sweat on his face, appeared first to say hello. road.

"What? You are really slow, Kurosaki." Danzo Shimura crossed his shoulders and slightly raised his eyelids to look at Kurosaki Ichigo. "You are the last one to come back."

"That's because I'm at the back, guarding your butt for you, so I'm the last one to get the news." Kurosaki Ichigo yawned, Shimura Danzo sneered, and turned his face He turned away and said nothing more.

"It's so rude of you, rookie"

At this time, Koharu, who had been left behind by Kurosaki Ichigo, appeared. She stood next to Kurosaki Ichigo, raised her index finger with her right hand and bent it, and was about to hit Kurosaki Ichigo's forehead.

Kurosaki Ichigo had already adapted to Koharu's attack. He just turned his head and dodged away, and then said loudly to Koharu, "Then you should stop this kind of behavior of treating others like children and slapping their foreheads."

"But you are just a little brat." Except for the first few surprises, Koharu never touched Kurosaki Ichigo's forehead again when she went to bed, so she was not afraid that her attack failed. Satisfied, but smiled proudly.

"Now that you realize this, don't shamelessly call yourself sister," Kurosaki Ichigo curled his lips.

"What did you say?" Xiaochun's eyes showed murderous intent as he turned to bed.

Senju Tobirama looked at Ichigo Kurosaki, then at Koharu, who was transferred to the dormitory, and said, "It seems that your relationship is very good, transfer to the dormitory, Kurosaki."

"No, no," Xiaochun turned red and immediately denied it, "How could I have a good relationship with such a rookie?"

"That's right," Kurosaki Ichigo nodded thoughtfully, "This guy always acts like a senior, plus he hasn't seen anyone else along the way. It's really impressive. Depressing”

"Because Hokage-sama was busy rebuilding the village some time ago, so the time for the Five Kage Conference was delayed, so he could only come here through a desolate shortcut." Uchiha Kagami smiled and comforted Kurosaki Ichigo.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time I've seen you blush, Koharu." Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting aside, quietly came over and teased, "Why are you reacting so strongly to Kurosaki's matter? Could it be... ." As he spoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled obscenely.

After going to bed, Koharu turned around and glared at Sarutobi Hiruzen fiercely. His voice came out from between his teeth: "Hiruzen, if I go back and tell Lake Biwa that you went to an izakaya to hang out with women, will Lake Biwa believe you?" Believe me”

Hearing Koharu's threat, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face turned pale, he quickly shrank his neck and begged for mercy: "Koharu, please let me go. I was wrong. You, sir, have a lot."

"You know what I mean?" Koharu rolled his eyes at Sarutobi Hiruzen before turning to Senju Tobirama.

"Alright, I have already arrived, so don't delay. After passing the boundary monument in front, you will reach the Kingdom of Iron." Senju Tobirama pointed at an inconspicuous stone monument more than a hundred meters away and said calmly. said.

"I just arrived and I haven't rested yet," Ichigo Kurosaki complained when he saw everyone around him standing up as soon as he sat down.

"Hurry up," Koharu, who also stood up, kicked Kurosaki Ichigo.

"Okay, little...Kurosaki," Senju Hashirama looked at Kurosaki Ichigo standing up reluctantly and smiled, "Someone will come to pick us up after we enter the Iron Kingdom. Then you can have a good rest.”

"I know, I know." Kurosaki Ichigo waved his hand feebly and said impatiently. Following Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, he quickly crossed the boundary marker and entered the territory of the Kingdom of Iron.

"Who is coming"

Only about a hundred meters into the Kingdom of Iron, more than a dozen people wearing iron armor that covered their whole bodies and holding stainless steel swords appeared beside Senju Hashirama and others and asked coldly.

"We set out from Konoha to participate in the Five Kage Conference." Sarutobi Hiruzen lost his previous incoherence. He stepped out from the crowd and took out an iron token from his arms and handed it to the sudden appearance of The man who looked like the leader among the dozen or so people.