Ichigo start the next phase of his training. Why doesn't Ichigo just quit, and why doesn't Ikumi just fire Ichigo's behind? Summary: Ichigo visits Ikumi's shop and asks Ikumi for more time off. Ikumi senses something is not right and tells Ichigo it's okay to rely on adults for help, but Ichigo leaves without revealing much. While walking on the streets, Ichigo thinks back to what Ginjou said. Ginjou explained the Tsukishima used to be their leader and came up with the plan for people with Fullbrings to transfer their powers to a shinigami representative. Tsukishima managed to find a representative shinigami and several people transferred their powers to the representative, but Tsukishima suddenly killed representative and all the people who transferred their powers. Ginjou stated that he doesn't know what Tsukishima is after, but it's clear that he is trying to get Ichigo's attention by going after Ichigo's friends. Ichigo walks into an alley and spots his dad standing in front. Ichigo hides and sees that Isshin is meeting with Urahara. Isshin senses something and decides to change location, and the two men disappears. Ichigo is becoming more suspicious of Urahara, and he decides his best course of action is to work on getting his power back sooner. Some time later, Ichigo is back in Xcution's apartment and is sent into a fish tank by Riruka. Inside the fish tank, Jackie Tristan is waiting for Ichigo, and Ichigo immediately brings up his Fullbring. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, Ikumi showed up again! I almost forgot she existed in the story, and right now there is not much of a point to the character. I'm not sure what was the point of Ichigo having this job when he rarely ever goes to work. Back to the more important bits of the story, we learn of Tsukishima's past with Xcution (at least Ginjou's version of it) and also how Ginjou has a representative badge in his possession. It was a pretty standard story, and we'll have to see where all this will lead to. More interestingly, Isshin finally showed up and is in talks with Urahara. Ichigo is really suspicious of Urahara these days and is much more trusting towards Ginjou's group which is a little funny but not that strange. Picking between Ginjou and Urahara, Ginjou seems less trustworthy to me, but it would be quite the outrageous twist if Urahara did turn out to be a villain (and Aizen was actually trying to save the world LOLOL). I'm still leaning towards the theory that Ichigo is being tricked into working for the bad guys. Next chapter is another dose of training time. Hopefully it'll be better than training with Mr. Pork Chop, although the first session was kind of entertaining because of the ridiculousness. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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