Ichigo and Chad run to Orihime, but Orihime denies anything has happened. Oh... Summary: Chad tries to track down Orihime's location by her reiatsu. Ichigo follows and wants to call Orihime, but Chad advises against it as Orihime may be in danger. Chad can't pinpoint Orihime's location, but based on the direction Ichigo concludes that Orihime is at her apartment. In front of her apartment, Orihime confronts Tsukishima, but Tsukishima doesn't appear intimidated or interested either. While Orihime is pondering what to do, Tsukishima suddenly turns around and looks as if he's walking away. Orihime tries to summon her powers, but somehow Tsukishima ends up behind her and stabs his sword through her back. A little while later, Ichigo and Chad arrive to find Orihime sitting on the floor looking shaken but otherwise uninjured. The guys ask Orihime what happened, but Orihime decides she can't tell Ichigo anything and lies that she was with a friend and that her stomach hurt. After the guys leave, Orihime wonders why she thought of Tsukishima as a friend and wonders what did Tsukishima do to her. Meanwhile, Chad knows the Orihime is trying to hide something from Ichigo and thus he decides to not say too much to Ichigo. Back at Xcution's bar, Ginjou is gulping down the booze when Ichigo arrives demanding answers. Ginjou then states that the person who attacked Orihime and Ishida was probably Tsukishima, a Fullbring user and a former ally of the group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hmmm... so despite the page of Tsukishima stabbing Orihime, Kubo actually balked at having anything dramatic happen to Orihime. No Orihime getting a miraculous power-up, no serious injury or death, not even a kidnapping. Instead, Bleach went with the mores subtle route and had Tsukishima implant a thought into Orihime using his Fullbring. It'll probably become important later down the line, but if you were hoping that Orihime would do something significant in this chapter then you are out of luck. It's no surprise that Ginjou and company knows Tsukishima, but I'm still not convinced that Tsukishima is a "former" ally at least when Ginjou is concerned. For Ginjou, it's guilty until proven innocent lol. Now that I thought about it, shouldn't Ichigo have asked the question about Uryu's attacker before he left with Chad? Wasn't finding the attacker one of the main reasons why Ichigo joined Xcution? At least he finally asked this week, and the knowledge on how Tsukishima's Fullbring works will come in handy when it comes to dealing with Tsukishima and Orihime (who might become brainwashed/mind-controlled). From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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