The Plus of the dead boy thanks Ichigo for making the teenagers apologize. When one of them guesses that they are for a boy who died last week, Ichigo confirms this while kicking him in the face. Ichigo demands to know what happened to a nearby basket of flowers that had been knocked over and asks the teenagers if they know why the flowers were put there. When Ichigo does not answer them, one of the teenagers moves to attack him, but Ichigo nonchalantly kicks him in the face and forces him to the ground, shocking the other two teenagers, who call him crazy. Later, in Karakura Town, Ichigo looks up at the sky before being confronted by three teenagers, who demand to know what he is doing in their territory. Ichigo kicks one of the teenagers confronting him in the face when the latter attacks him. As his tissue and organs regrow at high speed, the figure looks up and screams in pain and rage, causing the river of lava in the level of Hell above him to flare up and engulf the skull-shaped platform he is buried beneath. Meanwhile, deep in Hell, a skeletal figure in a pit of skulls who had been watching the battle through flames raises the chains restraining him. With Orihime Inoue and Uryū Ishida looking on in terror, a roaring Zangetsu pins Ulquiorra down with his foot and charges an even larger Cero before unleashing it, creating a powerful explosion of energy. However, Zangetsu grabs Ulquiorra by the throat and throws him into another tower, which he decimates with a second Cero.Ī mysterious man screams as he regains his body. Ulquiorra quickly regenerates his arm and wing before generating a Lanza del Relámpago and throwing it at Zangetsu, who responds with a Cero that collides with the energy lance, creating a large explosion that Ulquiorra tries to fly away from. Falling to the dome below, Ulquiorra slams into the surface and tumbles limply as Zangetsu lands before him. Zangetsu cuts off Ulquiorra's arm and wing.Īs Ulquiorra evades him and flies above the resulting dust cloud, Zangetsu appears behind him with Sonído and grabs his left wing before cutting it and his left arm off with one slash.
Ulquiorra responds by kicking Zangetsu into a tower and flying after him, only for Zangetsu to dig into the side of the tower and slash away the debris before launching himself forward. Landing, Zangetsu and Ulquiorra turn around and take their fight to the air, with Ulquiorra blocking multiple strikes from Zangetsu, before Zangetsu grabs Ulquiorra's wrist and attempts to pull him in. As Zangetsu growls, he and Ulquiorra speed toward each other and clash evenly in midair. Zangetsu and Ulquiorra Cifer clash during their fierce battle.Ītop the dome of Las Noches in Hueco Mundo, Ulquiorra Cifer flies away from a clash with Zangetsu, who has taken over Ichigo Kurosaki's body.