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| - thumb|left|190px|Cover of 443. Dirty Boots Dangers.
Ichigo fires his Fullbring at Jackie, who deftly dodges the attack, jumping high into the air above Ichigo. He fires off another one, which she kicks away with her feet, much to his surprise. Meanwhile, Kūgo is confronted by Sado, who tells him that Ichigo is currently training with Jackie. Then, Sado asks him what Tsukishima's powers are.
Jackie pushes Ichigo backwards, as he states he cannot continue dodging her attacks, as it provides openings for other attacks. She commends his fighting ability, but says that he is too laid back during a fight. She points to her foot, which absorbed the mud from the ground, and she lashes out at Ichigo with a kick. Ichigo blocks this with his Substitute badge, and realizes how much stronger her kicks have become. She goes on to explain her Fullbring's true power, that she will become as strong as her boots are dirty.
She says she was only increasing her strength very gradually before, but she'll now increase it exponentially. She then charges back, berating him upon thinking he is still a Shinigami. She goes on to explain that, if he continues taking direct hits with his body, he will die. Ichigo charges up another attack, as Jackie explains that it is full of holes, and not something practical he can use whilst in the heat of battle. He fires it off regardless, as Jackie dodges it easily, stating that the number of blades decreases every time he fires off an attack.
She explains further, stating that four or less blades can be shattered by her kick. He fires three shots at Jackie, who is uninjured, as she charges at a defenseless Ichigo. She believes that he cannot fire any more after the three, but realizes that he did that on purpose, slamming her into the ground. As she gets up, she sees Bringer Light surrounding Ichigo's feet, seeing it as evidence that Ichigo is starting to master his Fullbring powers.
She asks him who was the one that taught him to fight. Ichigo explains that it was Kisuke at first, but later, he learned from his own battles, and claims to have more experience than Xcution, due to his various fights. Jackie smirks at Ichigo, before Ichigo is immersed in unusual Reiatsu, as she calls out his name.
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Urahara asks the Shinigami to place some of their Reiatsu into a bright light.
Orihime introduces herself to Kūgo, who tells her enough with the introductions and instructs her to heal a badly wounded Ichigo, as he has finished his job. As she is healing him, Sado enters the game world and confirms to Ichigo that he brought her, and that her power is necessary from here on out. Sado tells Kūgo that he did not come to help Ichigo, but to train using a separate room with increased environmental settings which he asked Yukio to create. Remembering that Tsukishima had attacked him, cutting through his shoulder and into his abdomen, without anyone noticing and without leaving any evidence of the attack, Sado notes that he needs to grow stronger to combat his unknown power.
Kūgo complains that Orihime is slow and attacks in spite of her warnings not to. Orihime uses her Shiten Kōshun to block the attack, which Kūgo mistakes for Santen Kesshun. Kūgo is repelled and injured by Orihime's technique, which she explains to him. She tells him not to attack until she says to, and reveals to Ichigo that both Sado and herself believed that, at some point, he would regain his powers and they swore to be strong enough to not be a burden to him. She tells him to focus on regaining his powers.
Yukio notices that it is two minutes to midnight and activates the fast-forward on the console.
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Moe returns from shopping for groceries to find that Tsukishima is not around.
Tsukishima asks Kūgo if he is going to interfere, but Kūgo says that it is Tsukishima who is interfering. Ichigo tells Kūgo to step aside, but Kūgo elbows him in the back and refuses, saying he cannot have Ichigo dying on him. As Kūgo and Tsukishima clash, Sado attempts to stop Ichigo form interfering. However, Ichigo refuses to just watch the person who attacked Orihime and Uryū and goes after them.
Kūgo destroys a building with his Fullbring, prompting Tsukishima to criticize him for endangering other people. Kūgo claims that he has only been targeting empty buildings. Ichigo appears above Tsukishima and attacks him, but is unable to hurt him. Tsukishima states that Ichigo does not get it and that his Fullbring is incomplete, but he is cut off as Ichigo becomes further engulfed in black Reiatsu from his Fullbring, and Tsukishima comments that his Fullbring changes quickly and his power is much closer to his previous peak as a Shinigami.
Yukio then uses his Fullbring, Invaders Must Die, to remove Ichigo from the battle. Tsukishima comments that Yukio would not want him to have any contact with Ichigo as he nears maturity.
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