>>281110490
Bruh, literally read the chapter. Orihime is shocked Ichigo suddenly appears in front of Rikka. It's extremely clear they were next to each other. You think he reassured her through the shield or something? The entire point was that Ichigo requested her protection so he could charge up his HoS form interrupted, so they were both behind her Rikka. This really isn't hard to understand when the text literally tells you how it works. Her shield has also never been broken like that before, with fragments flying about. It always fully cracks and dissipates; the fact that you can see a part of it peeking out shows you how wrong you are.