"Toshiro, why have you come to the Human World? Didn't you return to the Soul Society after the battle ended yesterday?"
Ichigo completely ignored Toshiro's protest and continued to call him by his first name.
Regarding Toshiro's appearance in the Human World yesterday, Ichigo simply thought he had come specifically to deal with the Arrancars. He didn't expect Toshiro to appear again, and this time directly in his classroom.
"The reason we've come to the Human World is simply a decision made by the Captain's Meeting."
Before Toshiro could answer, Renji couldn't help but speak up: "Due to the Arrancar attacks, the higher-ups were worried about further crises in the Human World, so they sent us."
Renji didn't bother telling Ichigo that he had only insisted on coming because Rukia was coming too.
"Arrancars? What are those?"
Hearing Renji's explanation, Ichigo couldn't help but be stunned.
"Huh? You didn't even know what those two guys were yesterday, and you just fought them blindly?"
Renji mercilessly mocked him: "Idiot! Remember this clearly, the guys who beat you up badly yesterday are the Arrancars!"
Toshiro added, "And those Arrancars are all Aizen's minions. So, to prevent Aizen and his Arrancars from causing a crisis in the Human World, the Soul Society decided to have me lead an advance team here."
"Actually, we all originally planned to come yesterday, but the Arrancars showed up suddenly. So, I came ahead alone to provide support. However, Rangiku and the others were delayed later because they needed to prepare Gigai. By the time the battle ended, it was almost dark, so I went back temporarily, and then came back again today with everyone else."
Toshiro briefly explained the situation on his end to Ichigo.
"Gigai? Did you say Gigai just now?"
After hearing Toshiro's explanation, Ichigo suddenly seemed to notice something.
"Speaking of Gigai... why are you all wearing the same school uniform as our school?"
Ichigo looked strangely at Toshiro and the others' attire.
Toshiro stood with his arms crossed, wearing a white shirt, gray trousers, and a tie. He looked like a cool, aloof school heartthrob… well, an elementary school heartthrob.
The others, including Rangiku, who was a woman, were also dressed in school uniforms like Toshiro.
However, Rangiku's figure was explosively good. The white school shirt somehow looked like a bodysuit on her.
And because her impressive chest was simply too large, the top three buttons of her white shirt were undone, leaving her bosom half-exposed… well, truly half-exposed.
So, Ichigo only glanced at Rangiku once, and like an innocent young boy, his face couldn't help but turn red.
"You mean this outfit?"
Toshiro looked down at his own school uniform and couldn't help but frown.
"This was arbitrarily decided by Rangiku. Yesterday, to get to the Human World as quickly as possible to deal with those two Arrancars, I came alone. So, I wasn't present when the Gigai were being prepared and when deciding on the clothes to wear for action in the Human World."
"So, Rangiku arbitrarily decided that we would wear human school uniforms. By the time I got back, the clothes and Gigai were already ready. Remaking them would have been troublesome, so I didn't change them for something else."
Saying this, Toshiro couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated. It wasn't that he particularly wanted to wear a school uniform... rather, Rangiku had suddenly become enthusiastic about experiencing what it felt like to be a human student and had taken the liberty of deciding.
When Toshiro returned yesterday, everything had already been decided, and re-preparing everything would have been quite troublesome, so he had no choice but to go along with it.
Truth be told, Toshiro was also quite frustrated about this outfit because wearing the school uniform made him look even 'younger' and even more like an elementary school student.
Seeing that Toshiro seemed quite frustrated about his clothes, Ichigo decisively changed the subject.
"Speaking of which, how is Rukia doing? I haven't seen her since I returned from the Soul Society. Is she... is she doing alright?"
Ichigo asked.
Because he hadn't seen Rukia among Toshiro and the others, Ichigo asked if she was a member of the advance team.
"Heh, Rukia?"
Toshiro chuckled lightly and didn't answer Ichigo's question directly.
Just then…
"Swish!"
The classroom window suddenly opened.
"Yo, Ichigo, long time no see!"
A voice followed.
"Rukia!"
Ichigo looked towards the source of the voice and saw Rukia standing on the windowsill with her arms crossed, also wearing his school's uniform, just like Toshiro.
"Hey, hey, she came in through the window! But... aren't we on the third floor?"
Seeing Rukia suddenly enter through the window, the other students in Ichigo's class started murmuring among themselves.
"Rukia, you..."
Bang!
Seeing Rukia, Ichigo was about to say something to her when Rukia suddenly kicked him.
"Ugh—"
Caught off guard, Ichigo was kicked to the ground by Rukia.
"What are you doing?!"
As Ichigo was getting up from the ground to question Rukia, Renji suddenly grabbed him from behind.
Smack, smack, smack—!!
Rukia took the opportunity to step forward, swinging her arms, and vigorously slapped Ichigo's face.
"You..."
"'You' what?! What's with this pathetic, dejected look?! It's disgraceful!!"
Ichigo, who had been slapped for no apparent reason, was about to question Rukia angrily, but before he could speak, Rukia shut him down.
"What pathetic, dejected look?"
Having been silenced by Rukia, Ichigo couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.
"Come with me!"
Rukia put on gloves that could separate the soul from the body, grabbed Ichigo's head, yanked his soul out of his body, and then jumped out of the window with Ichigo, now in his soul form.
Renji looked at Ichigo's physical body, still held by him, and couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
"Oh dear, oh dear, so it's come to this, has it?"
Toshiro said resignedly.
"Exactly, Ichigo is such a worrisome guy. Even Rukia couldn't stand seeing him so dejected."
Renji added.
"Is that so? I thought his dejected look was quite charming."
Rangiku suddenly said.
"Huh? Charming? What kind of eyes do you have?! What's charming about Ichigo?"
Renji retorted discontentedly.
"What?! Are you saying there's something wrong with my eyes?!"
Renji and Rangiku started arguing again.
"Both of you, quiet down, will you?!"
Toshiro shouted.
…
Meanwhile, Ichigo's classmates started looking at Toshiro and the others and whispering.
"What happened to Kurosaki?"
"It seems he passed out after being hit by that girl who came through the window, and his eyes rolled back."
"Hey, Kurosaki, are you okay?"
A classmate called out to Ichigo, but the real Ichigo had already been taken away by Rukia. What remained was just an unconscious body, which naturally couldn't respond.
"Something seems wrong... Kurosaki isn't dead, is he?"
"These people really aren't good people. They all have dyed hair and look strange. Red hair, blonde hair, and that blonde has big breasts..."
"Especially the one with red hair, he even has tattoos. You can tell at a glance he's scum of society."
"Hey! Who said I was scum of society?! Say that to my face if you dare!!"
Renji immediately flew into a rage, clenching his fists and shouting at those students, looking ready to start a fight at the slightest provocation.
Toshiro tried to mediate: "Renji, don't mind them. Those humans just don't understand you..."
"That silver-haired one probably isn't a good person either. Dyeing his hair silver at such a young age, he'll definitely become scum of society when he grows up."
Just as Toshiro started to advise Renji to calm down and not argue with some ordinary humans, Ichigo's classmates' next sentence was about him.
A large '#' mark appeared on Toshiro's forehead: "Hey, Renji, go teach those foolish humans a lesson. Just remember to hold back and not kill them."
Renji: "..."
Rangiku: "..."