4-2 Infiltrating the Department of Research and Development

Nozomi! We've come to rescue you! Where are you, Nozomi?!

What the hell?

This whole place is completely empty!

Just calm down, Ichigo.

I can't stay calm when we find this! Look, there's no one in here, much less Nozomi or Kageroza!

I'm just as worried about Nozomi as you are, but right now, we should focus on the task at hand.

I'd say we should begin by restoring your powers, Ichigo. I'm gonna apply the technology used to create Mod Souls to restore your spirit energy.

First, I'll restore the Reishi data in the form of a Mod Soul, then fuse that data with your own soul.

I'd imagine this was the same method Kageroza used to create each of the members of his clone army.

However, since you're not a Reigai, there's a lot more risk involved. Your soul will be extremely strained by this process.

Right, I'm sure I can handle it.

Very well, then. So let's get started.

So what exactly are you doing now?

I'm acquiring the Mod Soul creation data that Kageroza accessed so we can utilize it for our own purposes. You could say that I'm hacking into the system.

Okay, soon we'll have a Mod Soul.

Wait, there's something I don't get. The way I understand this, Kageroza wasn't able to reproduce my Hollow powers.

Correct. What we're doing here is extracting only the spirit energy from your Reishi, then copying it, and putting that energy into a Mod Soul. But this process won't restore your Hollow powers.

Is it enough to restore my spirit energy though?

Yeah, if my calculations are right.

What's wrong?!

It looks like Kageroza knew our plan all along.