After all, he wasn't a hot-blooded idiot like the original Ichigo. If things followed the original work, there would be far too many twists and turns.
Besides, he had already replaced Ichigo now, so there was no need to keep pretending to be the original Ichigo! It was enough for him to retain Ichigo's good qualities.
"Those first two strikes were one for Yuzu, who was terribly frightened, and two for Karin, who was almost attacked!"
"Then, all the rest are for the injured Rukia!"
After channeling Reiatsu into the Zanpakuto, Ichigo experimentally directed Reishi into his blood vessels.
The ability derived from the Quincy, Blut Vene, responded to him!
'In that case...' Ichigo's eyes flashed!
Kurosaki Ichigo was the perfect fusion of Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy!
In the original work, the reason why Rukia turned pale and muttered to herself that she only meant to give half her power, yet all of it was taken by Ichigo, was a manifestation of the Quincy ability to absorb external Reishi!
And now, Ichigo had still taken all of Rukia's Reiryoku.
But unlike the confused Ichigo, having been attentive from the start, he had already detected the Quincy power within himself!
The ability to use Blut Vene was the proof!
However, the greedy Ichigo was still not satisfied!
Even though the Shinigami power given by Rukia seemed like a gift, in reality, it was taken by Ichigo.
So, strictly speaking, the Shinigami power Ichigo now possessed wasn't Rukia's power, but his own!
Therefore...
Ichigo raised the massive Zanpakuto high above his head!
A huge amount of spiritual power poured into the Zanpakuto!
The relationship between a Shinigami and their Zanpakuto is such that calling its name will release its abilities!
This is the fundamental logic. It doesn't matter if you've passed the trials or if you're qualified… it's also the reason why Bankai can be 'skipped'.
Staring at the mask-patterned Hollow ahead, Ichigo murmured softly: "Getsuga... Tensho!"
Even though he didn't call the sword's name, but instead called the name of the technique, Zangetsu still responded to Ichigo!
The massive Zanpakuto swung down forward!
A crescent-shaped energy slash shot forth from the great sword!
Starting from where Ichigo stood, the Getsuga Tensho tore through the ground, obliterated the mask-patterned Hollow, and finally traveled from one end of the street corner to the T-junction at the far end of the street!
Boom-
Intense smoke and an explosion erupted from the wall at the end of the street!
"This... th-th-th-th-this..." Watching the power displayed by Ichigo during his first transformation into a Shinigami, Rukia was utterly flabbergasted!
She felt as if the decades she had lived were all wasted!
'Had I really been training seriously all this time? Otherwise, why was I inferior to a complete novice who had just become a Shinigami?'
Rukia was lost in self-doubt.
And equally bewildered were the viewers in the live stream chat.
"Just asking, those who typed earlier saying 'no hope, just wait to die'... were they the great jinx?"
"Cough, my friend was also selected. He's currently a Quincy in a strange place. Could you please jinx him for me?"
"..."
"Bro, utilitarian jinxing is not advisable. Moreover, I feel this is something that can't be achieved by mere jinxing anymore! What does it mean when heaven itself spoon-feeds him?"
"A true lucky bastard could land in a quarry, and that quarry would still be the juiciest loot spot, and the final circle!"
"Obviously, the brother before our eyes is exactly that!"
"... What you say makes so much sense, I'm left speechless! So there really is a main character, huh?"
The fact that Ichigo, who chose the path of a male high school student, could still become a Shinigami at lightning speed on the very first day, left everyone who witnessed it shocked and speechless!
"Besides that, bros, go check the leaderboard!" A comment stated.
The people in the live stream opened the leaderboard.
The previously top-ranked Siter Mei (11th Division's 5th Seat Ayasegawa Yumichika) with 2000 points had been overtaken by the later surge of Ichigo with 3000 points!
Apart from these two lucky bastards, the scores below, like Lan Da (12th Division's Researcher) 600 points, Chu An (Expeditionary Force in Hueco Mundo) 400 points, Wang Zongchao (Small-fry Hollow in Hueco Mundo) 300 points, Xin Na (Shino Academy's Student) 160 points, were all basically earned through their own hard work!
Once again, the facts proved it.
An individual's hard work is nothing compared to catching the right trend!
"Dammit, I'm so jealous of these two lucky bastards!"
"Yeah, even my cola tastes sour now!"
"Stop it. Sister Mei is one thing, but this Ichigo, what right does he have?"
"Because he's the main character?"
"Piss off! There's no such thing as a main character in this world!"
Everyone could understand Sister Mei's circumstances, but Ichigo's were different.
So someone swore bitterly.
"Brothers, starting today, I'm moving into this live stream and not leaving! I want to see just how long this guy's luck lasts!"
"Alright, let's cohabitate, cohabitate!"
"Dammit, even if I have to wait until I die, I want to see this lucky bastard have some bad luck!"
"If he hasn't had any bad luck by the time I die, I'll have my grandson burn me a letter telling me about it!"
"Yosh!"