6 months later.
At Karakura Elementary School.
Ichigo, Nasa, and Nia are sitting in the courtyard.
All three are wearing their sports uniforms.
"Hey Ichigo, you seem a little worried lately," Nia asked Ichigo with concern.
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something lately," Ichigo replied to Nia distractedly.
"Are you sure, Ichigo? I've also noticed you're acting a little unusual," Nasa asked, worried.
"I don't know, but I always have a bad feeling," Ichigo said.
'Actually, that's not it, the reason is something else,' Ichigo thought.
'Since the day I was reincarnated, I've been able to feel that the Reishi (spiritual particles) have been constantly increasing.'
'At first, they were almost nonexistent, but over time they started to increase slowly.'
'At first, I thought it was normal, after all, this world will enter a worldwide apocalypse in a few years.'
'And I thought, since the world of [Solo Leveling] also has a scenario where portals transport mana to Earth so that humans adapt to mana, I thought it was normal.'
'But about 5 months ago, the Reishi started to increase faster than normal. According to my calculations, the speed increased tenfold.'
'So I decided to investigate the reason when I realized that the Reiryoku: the amount of spiritual power or soul energy that a person possesses, of both Nasa and Nia, started to increase.'
'But when I went to the library of knowledge and looked for the reason why the Reishi suddenly started to increase faster than usual and the Reiryoku of Nasa and Nia increased, I was a little surprised.'
'It turns out that due to the increased amount of Reishi in the air, some people can awaken special abilities such as creating weapons or objects that are an extension of their soul called a Device.'
'These Devices originate from the person's own soul, so each Device is unique to its wielder.'
'At that moment, I thought, those are the Devices from the world of [Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry].' 'And the reason why the Reishi accelerated its growth is because there are some small portals that constantly appear and disappear in sparsely populated areas.'
'Although the portals only last about 10 seconds and then disappear.'
'The appearance and disappearance of these portals all over the planet caused the increase and acceleration in the growth of Reishi in the air.'
'After learning about everything that was happening on the planet, I calmed down. After all, it wasn't anything strange.'
'These are just things that are supposed to happen naturally.'
'But a month later I noticed something strange, so I decided to go back to the library. For some reason, the Reiryoku of the people in my classroom at school was increasing faster than normal.'
'And the answer was: [You, being a hybrid of Shinigami, Hollow, Quincy, and Fullbringers, even more perfect than Ichigo Kurosaki from the Bleach world, your soul functions like a kind of low-quality Hogyoku. The only thing it's good for is making those around you increase their talent and awaken a skill or two].'
'Practically, my soul has the same ability as the Hogyoku to manifest desires.'
'So I decided to seal my Reiryoku so that it wouldn't extend more than 5 centimeters from my body when I was at school.'
"Ichigo, Ichigo, Ichigo," I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Nia and Nasa calling me and shaking me.
"What's wrong?" I replied instinctively.
"Sports class is over, we have to go to our next class," Nasa replied.
"Stop thinking so much and let's have some fun after school," Nia exclaimed.
"Hehe, you're right, Nia, how about we go to an arcade to play?" Ichigo said with a slight smile.
"Yes, it will be so much fun, I'm so excited, you too, right Nasa?" Nia happily celebrated and asked Nasa.
"Yes, I'm a little excited too," Nasa replied. "Nia, you'd better not play against Nasa, you're just asking for a beating in video games," Ichigo said, joking a little.
"Of course I'm not going to face Nasa in fighting video games. I'd rather challenge him in games of chance like cards," Nia said, a little deflated.
After all, Nasa is very talented at fighting games.
Not even I can beat him most of the time. I can only win 3 out of 10 matches against him.
After classes.
"Ichigo, which arcade are we going to today, the one at the shopping mall, the one on training street, or Mr. Nobunaga's?" Nia asked cheerfully.
"Let's go to Mr. Nobunaga's arcade, it's the closest one," Ichigo replied thoughtfully.
"Nasa, what do you think?" Ichigo asked Nasa.
"That's fine, Mr. Nobunaga's arcade is quiet, and we can play more peacefully," he replied.
"Then let's go to Mr. Nobunaga's arcade!" Nia exclaimed, jumping with one arm extended in the air.
About 5 minutes later.
The three of them were standing in front of a two-story building.
The first floor is an arcade with game machines like shooting galleries, a basketball machine, fighting games like The King of Fighters, claw machines, etc.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Nobunaga, we've come to play again," exclaimed Nia as she ran to the arcade counter.
"You little brats, I've already told you I'm not a 'mister,' I'm only 27 years old, I'm still young," shouted Mr. Nobunaga, pretending to be angry.
"Mr. Nobunaga, we want to use the fighting game machines, please change this for tokens," said Ichigo calmly, handing him a 1000 yen bill.
"Hey, you little delinquent, I already told you not to call me 'mister'," he said, a little annoyed, but he honestly took the money and exchanged it for 30 game tokens.
"Who are you calling a little delinquent? Just look at yourself in the mirror, dyed red hair, ear piercings, and a star tattoo on your neck," I said, joking a little, as I collected the 30 game tokens.
"Those are things from when I was in high school, and besides, my hair isn't dyed, it's natural," he retorted, a little deflated.
"Ichigo, don't bother Brother Nobunaga," Nasa said, trying to be polite.
"Nasa, you're the only one who understands me," said Nobunaga with comical tears welling up in his eyes.
"Unlike those two rude kids over there."
"Hehe," Nia giggled, winking and sticking out her tongue.
"Anyway, go ahead and play, it's 3:35 pm, remember to go straight home after playing," said Mr. Nobunaga calmly.
"Thank you, Brother Nobunaga, we'll keep that in mind," Nasa thanked Mr. Nobunaga, and the three of them headed to the fighting video game machines.
After a few minutes of playing on the arcade machines, we went to play on the fighting game machines. "Who's going to play first?" Ichigo asked his friends.
"I'll go first," said Nia, sitting down in the fighting game machine's chair.
"I'll be the last one to play, Ichigo," said Nasa kindly.
"Okay," Ichigo replied.
A few minutes later.
"Why can't I win? My opponent is too strong, Ichigo, help me!" Nia complained.
After all, these fighting games are against people on the other side of the machine.
I sat down at the game machine, ready to win.
5 minutes later, Ichigo got up from the chair completely defeated, after losing 3 consecutive rounds.
After all, Ichigo doesn't usually use his abilities on occasions like playing games. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun.
"Nasa, you have to avenge us!" Nia cheered Nasa on happily.
About 5 minutes later.
"Yes! We finally won!" Nia shouted, jumping happily.
"As expected of Nasa," Ichigo said.
"It's time to go, it's getting late," Ichigo said as he put his backpack on his shoulders.
"What? It's already time to go?" said Nia with disappointment in her voice.
"Yes, we'll come tomorrow, after all, today is Friday, we can come early and play a lot," Ichigo said, comforting Nia.
But at that moment, suddenly a girl with short, dark purple hair and purple eyes so dark they looked black appeared on top of the game machine on the other side.
Nia, Nasa, and Ichigo stared at the unknown girl, bewildered.
"Hey you guys, which one of you was it who beat me, the person with the highest winning streak in this game?" said the dark purple-haired girl proudly.
But at that moment, Nasa, Nia, and Ichigo's thoughts weren't about the girl's statement, but rather...
Nasa embarrassed, Nia calm because she was a girl, and Ichigo indifferent, all thought, 'You can see her underwear' x3. "Hey girl, we can see your underwear," Ichigo reminded the girl, looking her in the eyes.
The girl suddenly blushed and jumped towards the hallway where the three of them were.
Ichigo calmly caught her and set her down on the floor effortlessly.
"Hey girl, the one who beat you was my best friend Nasa, he's the one with the light purple hair," Ichigo said, pointing to Nasa.
But at that moment, the girl was too embarrassed to care.
Seeing that the girl wasn't responding, Ichigo asked another question.
"Hey girl, what's your name?"
The girl didn't answer immediately.
"Never mind, Nasa, Nia, let's go," Ichigo said, tired of waiting for a response.
Just as the three of them were about to leave, the girl spoke.
"My name is Nimi Shuuko," she said, no longer as shy as before.
"So your name is Shuuko Nimi, you have a nice name."
"My name is Kurosaki Ichigo, the one with gray hair is Honjou Nia, and the one with light purple hair is Yuzaki Nasa."
"Tell me, do you want to be our new friend?" Ichigo said, offering her hand to Nimi Shuuko.
Shuuko raised her arm and took Ichigo's hand without hesitation.
"Then from now on, we'll be friends," Shuuko said with a smile in her voice.
'So this is Komi Shoko's mother from the Komi-san anime,' Ichigo thought.
'How interesting.'