4-3 Power Balance, Ichigo's Change

Damn, that hurt.

Huh? Is my power back?

Ichigo! What a relief. You're all right.

Yeah, but what happened?

This was all Kageroza's doing. He had us completely figured out.

I kinda had this feeling the whole time that our plan was going a little too smoothly.

But hey, it's all good. Look, I got my spirit energy back!

You did? So how did that happen?

Well, a few seconds before the explosion, I grabbed the Mod Soul Candy from inside the capsule.

Okay, I see. But that...

Kon! Kon's not here!

We have to find him!

Kon... Are you dead?

I'm not dead!

You can't kill me off! I am invincible!

It sounded like it was over here!

They're heading here, so we better get moving quick.

Urgh!

Ichigo, what's wrong?!

What's happening? I...ghh?!

This isn't good. That Mod Soul that you swallowed earlier wasn't completely formed.

So as a result, your restored spirit energy is extremely unstable.

In your current state, your Hollow powers will rage out of control.

And then they will take over me?

Are you serious?! Can we help him out at all?!

There is a way. Even though Kageroza's main objective is to fuse with Nozomi, he still possesses a huge ego.

Because of that, he wouldn't be willing to sacrifice his precious research.

So that's gotta mean that he must have a separate lab located somewhere else.

Once we're there, we should be able to stabilize your spirit energy.

And also, I think we'll find Nozomi there as well.

Kh...

Hold on, are you sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

C'mon.