"Uh, we..."
Coming back to her senses, Jing Bing wanted to explain, but she immediately saw Ichigo's armband.
A wooden tag, with the character '13' written on it.
'Wasn't this the 13th Division's Lieutenant?'
'And the 13th Division's Lieutenant...'
"You're Ling Fan?" Jing Bing asked.
"Oh? Are you two also players?" Ichigo was slightly surprised.
"Yes! My name is Jing Bing, and this beside me is Xin Na!" Jing Bing introduced.
Then she looked at Ichigo with fervent eyes:
"Glad to meet you! Number One Player! So, how about telling me how you got so strong? I'll give you Xin Na in return?"
Grabbing Xin Na in a hug, Jing Bing completely ignored her best friend's resistance, tempting him:
"How about it? I've inspected the goods. Don't mind the modest appearance, Xin Na actually binds her chest!"
"From my experience, the seemingly aloof Xin Na is actually sensuous on the inside..."
"Hm?" Hearing Jing Bing's words, Ichigo involuntarily looked at Xin Na's chest.
The Shin'o Academy's uniform was very conservative, but even so, the curve at Xin Na's chest was still quite noticeable.
'And this was with chest binding. If that was the case...'
Ichigo's mind conjured an image of an orange-haired woman who was also a Lieutenant-level. That was truly an eye-catching spectacle!
"Hiss..." Ichigo drew in a sharp breath.
Seeing Ichigo like this, Xin Na finally couldn't hold back any longer, her slender fingers pinching the tender skin on her crazy sister's waist.
"You're going to die!" Xin Na twisted her fingers one hundred eighty degrees, saying shyly and angrily, "You go if you want!"
"Tch!" Jing Bing winced in pain from the pinch.
But Xin Na was mistaken. Jing Bing wasn't just being crazy.
"Fine, I'll go then!" Jing Bing said without hesitation.
Simultaneously, she gave Xin Na a faint smile. "Wasn't I thinking that a 'sister combo meal' would be more tempting?"
"And besides, although coming here is like being reborn, don't forget that from the moment we were chosen, our fates are tied to the characters we chose. If you're really too shy, then comfort yourself by saying it's just getting married in a game. Haven't you gotten married in a game before?"
"Men can pretend to be women in games, seducing other men, so why can't we?"
"But the strength gained in return is real!"
Jing Bing's stream of words stunned both Ichigo and Xin Na.
Ichigo looked at Jing Bing in surprise, not expecting her to be a legendary social terror.
On the other side, Xin Na was also made a bit dizzy by Jing Bing's words.
"In a game, doesn't count as real? It's just a game. For one's own benefit, I..." Xin Na began to think seriously.
Watching this, bullet comments surged again.
"Holy crap, this is Ichigo for you. As soon as he meets them, two girls are throwing themselves at him!"
"Waah, I want girls throwing themselves at me too!"
"You crossdressing monsters, turn left to Thailand, then find a big tree, and you can give yourself a hug."
"How naive these people are. Don't they know that some shoes are tight when first worn, but after getting used to them, they get stretched out? Later, when a smaller foot tries to wear them, they'll slip off?"
"After getting used to one size, won't you feel uncomfortable going back outside later?"
"Hahaha, the previous commenter is spot on!"
With an old driver boldly starting the car, the racing competition on Akina Pass began again.
However, unlike the audience's delight,
seeing these two actually considering such matters upon meeting, Ichigo had to interrupt.
He didn't know what to say. Could he say he was cheating?
So Ichigo could only say, "Let's not worry about that for now. I just got back from the Living World. Can you tell me about the event situation you encountered?"
Ichigo looked at the burning Rukongai.
He knew things had escalated this time.
These Dolls just now had strength almost identical to those Kisuke created earlier.
The problem was, the more souls the Dolls killed and the more Reiryoku they absorbed, the stronger they became.
When Ichigo was attracted by the fire here, he had killed a Lieutenant-level steel doll!
Moreover, Ichigo hadn't forgotten: the more Reiryoku these strange Dolls had, the stronger they became.
If the mass-produced copies via the secret technique were already like this, to what degree had the original prototypes grown? Ichigo hardly dared to imagine!
"Alright, it was like this..." Jing Bing also knew the situation was critical and quickly explained to Ichigo.
From a Seat Officer's perspective, Ichigo re-evaluated the strength of the Bount Dolls.
Not long after, Sister Mei, leading his team forward, arrived.
"Ichigo, who are these?" Sister Mei asked.
"Jing Bing, and Xin Na!" Ichigo replied.
"Good timing. I want to talk to you about this event!"
Ichigo pulled Sister Mei aside.
The current situation was that to get other players to participate in the event, everyone needed to be united.
Otherwise, with these ordinary players' maximum strength at Seat Officer level, they couldn't face these organized, complementary-ability Dolls.
Those good at Kido and those good at close combat were both indispensable!
"Alright, I'll listen to you on this!" Sister Mei decisively nodded.
Players in the Soul Society were mobilized on a large scale for the first time!
Because the smaller the Rukongai district number, the better the public order and the more Shinigami guarding it, most Bount Doll armies landed in the outer-numbered districts.
Led by Ichigo, everyone began moving from the Rukongai districts in the 30s, heading towards the more remote districts.
Thanks to Ichigo's strength, the player event finally proceeded smoothly with some peace of mind.
However, Ichigo failed to notice one problem.
There were eight types of Bount Dolls, but currently Ichigo had only seen five: snake, whale, water, fire, and steel.
The controlling Doll Ritz, Kariya's hairdryer Doll Messer, and the Nieder Doll… Ichigo hadn't seen them at all!
…
In the distance, West Rukongai, Zaraki District.
Chu An and Wang Zongchao were watching the scene ahead with gravity.
In the sky, numerous Ritz Dolls fluttered about, finding souls fleeing from their homes, and then merged into their bodies!
Once inside, as if a new controller took over, the souls' expressions turned blank.
But their bodies, controlled by Ritz, stood erect like soldiers!
Then, Kariya's Doll Messers and Yoshi's Dolls Nieder attached to the souls' backs and hands respectively!
Instantly, the unarmed souls were equipped with a long sword, a large iron fan, and a hairdryer on their backs.
Once controlled by the Dolls together, the souls stood still, awaiting further commands.
Watching this, naturally some defiant souls tried to resist.
"Bastards, die!" Wielding a blade, a thug from Zaraki District slashed at a controlled soul ahead!
But the controlled soul merely opened the iron fan in its left hand!
Clang clang clang clang-
The polished, gleaming tip of the knife scraped across the iron fan, producing a shower of sparks.
Undoubtedly, this thug had no chance of resisting against the controlled being!
"How is this possible? That guy couldn't even take one punch from me before!"
Looking at the controlled original owner, the thug exclaimed!
But the soul he used to bully just had the hairdryer on its back blow, and the entire being instantly accelerated!
Gush!
The long sword Nieder accurately pierced the thug's chest, emerging from his back with crimson blood!
Staggering back, clutching his chest,
but with his heart pierced, blood flowed unstoppably through the thug's fingers.
Finally, the fallen thug, due to his scant Reiryoku, dispersed into Reishi.
And these Reishi were absorbed by the Doll that killed him.
From start to finish, the controlled soul remained expressionless, cold as iron.
Clearly, it was completely controlled by Ritz!
Seeing this, the audience in Chu An and Wang Zongchao's live streams were also severely shaken!
"Holy crap, is this still a player event? This is clearly a zombie crisis!"
"Yeah, what's the difference between those little things entering your body and getting bitten by a zombie?"
"Seriously, I have a question. Does the game really want players to grow, not die?"
"How do I feel like these things, these things that can develop their own armies, are something players can't handle?"
"Same feeling!"
In the bullet comments, everyone discussed fervently.
However, the idea that the game itself had malfunctioned wasn't actively mentioned by anyone.
Besides Ichigo, they could hardly imagine a scenario where the game malfunctioned!