Again, Ichigo and Mazuru were not very familiar with each other, but they have met each other a few times, so they could speak a few words.
"Hello, Kurosaki-kun."
Mazuru walked to Ichigo's side and greeted him.
"Why did Captain Mazuru came here?" Ichigo answered a little belatedly, and only then he realized that something was wrong at that moment, "And, you and them..."
It was not a strange thing for Mazuru to come to the world of living. After all, Mazuru had been to the world of living several times before, but after coming to the world of living, it seemed a little strange that he came here, the hideout of the Visored.
To be honest, Ichigo had not yet figured out who Shinji and others were.
He only knew that they not only had the Zanpakuto which were owned by the shinigami, but also the mask of the hollows, and they were called, no rather, they called themselves the Visored.
It was also thanks to Shinji and others that he was saved when he faced Yammy that day, and Shinji and others were also willing to teach him to control the power of the hollow in his body. Although according to Shinji and others, since he had a mask, he was destined to become a member of the Visored.
"Why the surprise? Is it strange that I came here?" Mazuru asked back.
"Of course it's strange!" Ichigo exclaimed, "You are a captain of Gotei 13, and they are..."
Ichigo didn't know what words to use to describe the Visored for a while.
"They are a mysterious gang with unknown purpose and motives, right?" Mazuru said.
Ichigo nodded quickly, although what he wanted to express was not exactly this, but the meaning was almost the same.
"Kurosaki-kun, why do you think they have Zanpakuto? Or rather, who do you think owns Zanpakuto?" Mazuru asked Ichigo a question.
"Of course it's shinigami." Ichigo answered without hesitation, "No, the arrancars seems to have Zanpakuto too."
He thought of Ulquiorra and Yammy.
Mazuru was also taken aback by Ichigo's second sentence, he almost forgot about their Resurrección, "Although these people are a little different from normal shinigami, they are undoubtedly shinigami."
He told Ichigo about the identities of Shinji and others, "Gotei 13's former Third Division Captain Otoribashi Rojuro, former Fifth Division Captain Hirako Shinji, former Seventh Division Captain Love Aikawa, former Eighth Division Vice-captain Yadomaru Lisa, former Captain of the Ninth Division Muguruma Kensei and his former vice-captain, Kuna Mashiro, Sarugaki Hiyori, the former vice-captain of the Twelfth Division, and Hachigen Ushoda, the former deputy-head of Kidō Corps. This is the Visored that's in front of you."
"What?!" Ichigo was astonished when he learned of the identities of Shinji and others. He never thought that the origin of the Visored would be so unusual, and the worst of them was a vice-captain of Gotei 13 and it had four former captains.
"Even though they have left Gotei 13, they were once a member of Gotei 13 after all, so it should make sense that I would come here."
"That's true, but why did they..." Hearing Mazuru's explanation, Ichigo reluctantly accepted the fact that Mazuru came here just to meet them, and then a new question arose in his heart, that is, since the identities of Shinji and others were so distinguished, why did they leave Soul Society?
"How do you think their hollow masks came about?" Mazuru asked a question to Ichigo.
Ichigo was rendered silent by the question.
"They are all victims of the Aizen's hollow experiment. A hundred years ago, because they were cheated by Aizen, they finally had to leave the Soul Society and come to the world of living. Not only them, but also Urahara Kisuke, Yoruichi, were victims of that incident back then."
"Back then?" Ichigo became interested in the past events of Shinji and Kisuke, and immediately looked at Mazuru curiously, waiting for Mazuru to give him an answer.
It's a pity that Mazuru didn't tell Ichigo much about the past, "The most important thing for you now is to master the hollow power in your body as soon as possible. The decisive battle against Aizen is not too far."
"If you want to protect Karakura Town, you'd better improve your strength as soon as possible."
"Guard Karakura Town? Aizen will do something to Karakura Town?" Ichigo reacted and asked immediately.
"The purpose of Aizen is to create the Ōken, and Karakura Town, as the heavy-spiritual land of the world of living, is an indispensable material for creating the Ōken. Otherwise, why do you think Aizen values Karakura Town so much? Why did he send arrancars here, and even, the Soul Society sent me to live in this town?"
Mazuru revealed some not-so-important information to Ichigo.
Although Ichigo doesn't know what Ōken is, and he also doesn't know what Aizen would do to his hometown, but it wouldn't be a good thing that's for sure.
He didn't had much contact with Aizen, but after the incident in Soul Society, he also knows that Aizen is a well-deserved villain. Be it for his own family or to protect the world, he must defeat Aizen.
Thinking of this, Ichigo had endless fighting spirit in his heart, wanting to immediately resume his training and continue to become stronger.
He felt that he had rested enough, and should ask Shinji and others to continue his training.
Mazuru saw Ichigo's determination to become stronger, and didn't stop him, but he still mentioned a few words to him. Like if there's a chance, it's best to go back. As he didn't go to school today, and his classmates were very worried about him. In addition, Rukia, Renji and others also came to the world of living was also informed to him.
Ichigo was very happy to learn that Rukia, Renji and others had also come, and then he followed Mazuru after another session of hollow training.
After returning, Rukia, Inoue, Sado and others had already been waiting near Kurosaki Clinic because Mazuru had notified Rukia and others in advance with the help of communication tool.
After seeing Rukia, Renji, Ikkaku and others, Ichigo had a lot to say to them, so he immediately brought them to his home, and then talked about some of the recent events.
Rangiku felt a little awkward because she didn't know Ichigo that well, but fortunately Mazuru was there, so she simply followed him.
"Rangiku, do you want to meet an old friend?"
"Old friend?" Rangiku looked at Mazuru in confusion.
Mazuru didn't say anything, and just took her away together with him. Soon, Mazuru found a sneaky figure near Kurosaki house.
"Captain Shiba, long time no see."
Seeing the figure who came near the house but didn't entering his own home, Mazuru spoke.
Rangiku was also startled when she recognized the figure in front of her, her eyes widened, "Captain…"
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