goyya 1187-1191
Chapter 1187 Etoulde Guests part 3 | Goyya's Four Brain Hemispheres

AN: Thank you for waiting~!
A bit delayed cuz of the name problems on the chapters I'm working on.
Anyways, please enjoy and have a great day~!
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"Are you crazy!?" Alicia exploded on Gwenn, "I just mentioned that she might have a connection to the Evies! She might even be a spy for them! Don't you know how dangerous it is when they finally get the cooperation of someone who could use Spiritual Power!?"
Gwenn, on the other hand, just slowly and calmly turned to Alicia, "I don't exactly know what's happening on the frontlines that you've neglected what's behind you, but it's about time you dedicate some of your resources back to where it was."
Naturally, Alicia is confused, 'Why does she sound like the cooperation with Evie is not a big deal?'
Yoruichi managed to guess what was on her mind using the clues and information she had. And because she wanted to appear to know more than she let on, Yoruichi said, "There are already a few Etoulde clans working with the Evies."
"...What?"
With a straight face, Yoruichi added, "When I said that I have no idea that I'm moving against the enemies of Luxeux, I'm telling the truth. After all, I'm just receiving commissions from someone in the [Wicked God's] faction to deal with an enemy faction."
"Huh?" Alicia couldn't believe what she just heard.
"She almost destroyed several clans like Sublinne, Laurellac, and Icebow. And most notably, Aurelius already became history with most of its high-ranking members dead or missing while the rest dispersed into the cosmos."
Alicia became further confused at Gwenn's words so the latter added, "You're wondering why she could stay chill on this planet, right? It's because the High Court covered it all up due to strong evidence that these clans cooperated with the Evies and the Aurelius even have an Evie affiliated with the Fierce God in their ranks. It's a scandal big enough that the High Court is willing to sacrifice a few mid-level clans to suppress the news."
"But there's no way they'll leave her alone if she did that!" Alicia strongly remarked but soon her voice softened when she realized something, "...There's no way... Unless..."
"Right, unless they are afraid of her. Or more specifically, what she knows, where else she's keeping this information, and other avenues she has to release this said information."
Yoruichi smiled but didn't say anything.
Alicia was stunned for a moment before gritting her teeth and slamming the table in anger, "You idiot!"
"H-huh? Why are you suddenly getting angry?" the startled Gwenn asked, "Did I say anything wrong?"
"No!" Alicia replied with an almost shouting voice, "You're not wrong, but you missed the most important part! Even if they are afraid of the information she possesses, it doesn't make sense that she could sit still! The more likely reason is that a few members of the High Court are protecting her because they are afraid that what she has implicates them! In other words, some high-ranked Etouldes might be cooperating with the Evies!"
It was Gwenn's turn to be stunned, "...Oh... So that's why there's a weird atmosphere going on there and father has not been in the right mood these days."
Alicia sighed and placed her hands on her head, "It'll be hard to find the traitors and even if they could, they won't be able to touch them easily unless they want to risk a large-scale civil war that the Evies could take advantage of." She then glared at Yoruichi and added, "Simply speaking, this woman is a giant ticking timebomb."
Yoruichi's smile turned into a smug look as she shrugged her shoulders, "That's why I wanted to keep this space intact. It's annoying to deal with idiots who only know how to endlessly attempt assassinations."
"Shit!" Alicia suddenly cussed.
Gwenn almost had a heart attack, "What now!?"
"I made a mistake! This was a trap all along!"
"Isn't that the reason why she's fishing you out?"
"I know, but I thought she wanted to kill me or something!"
"So it's not?"
Alicia turned to the not-so-stupid friend-enemy of hers and exploded once again, "The higher-ups are aware of her so naturally, this place will be full of eyes that even you can't see! The moment we entered this space is the moment we became her accomplices!"
"Oh... Oh shit." Gwenn finally realized her position, "My father is going to kill me. Alicia, take me in."
"F*ck you! My mother is going to kill me first before your father can kill you!"
"Oh right. You antagonized the whole Luxeux clan just to break off your engagement with the Invisible Sword. Knowing your mother, you won't just receive a whooping after this."
'These ladies sure have a lot of freedom.' Yoruichi thought to herself before feigning a cough to get their attention and flashing a large grin, "Now that you know where you are, shall we proceed with our partnership? And by the way, aside from Laria, only the two of you know that I'm Yoruichi Shihouin. On the outside, I still appear as Yoru the Pamatypa."
"What partnership!?" Alicia snapped back, "This is basically forced collaboration!"
"Well, I can assure you that all the disadvantages that you got from meeting me will be outweighed by the assistance I could provide."
"..." Alicia could only blame herself for neglecting so many things and falling into her trap, 'Damned scammer.' Nevertheless, she didn't really have much choice since if she left with nothing gained, she wouldn't get any benefits in putting a target on her back.
Alicia turned to Gwenn and thought, 'It's actually a blessing that she came here too. I can get Yarwood's aid by taking advantage of this lazy bitch's doting father. And maybe I can bring back something to get Mother off my case.'
Sighing, Alicia sat back down and calmed herself, "Let's get this over with. What do you want?"
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After the fruitful encounter, Alicia and Gwenn left Yoruichi's private space with pale ghost-like expressions.
Meanwhile, Yoruichi herself felt like a large boulder had been taken off her shoulders and she immediately contacted her employer that came from the Wicked God faction, the Wicked God herself, "Everything is set. I even got you some potential friends."
[You finally contacted me.]
The smile on Yoruichi's face disappeared, "What's wrong?"
[Return to Draconic Deus. I think things are about to get hectic over there and after the mess you made on the Etoulde's side, Draconic Deus won't be able to get as much support as they are expecting from them.]
"I'll contact you again once I've returned."
[Alright. I'll gather more information on my side for you but I can't promise anything big because Regalzeva has been strangely careful this time.]
Yoruichi hung up and called Laria. As soon as everything is secured on her side, she immediately made her way to the Transport Gate, 'Hectic... Knowing Seraselbes, that might mean that Earth is about to be destroyed.'
Editors:
28th00: What's this? Plot advancement? When the strongest and most important defenders aren't home, they're gonna try to break their house?
Goyya: People would soon realize that Kisuke will not be around for some time so it's a good chance :D
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Chapter 1188 Strange Creatures | Goyya's Four Brain Hemispheres

In the unexplored lands of Hell from which no souls seem to have reached yet and was still full of life, Kisuke set up a temporary camp, "I've been teleporting nonstop since the other day, enough to circle the whole Earth a few times, and I'm pretty far from any civilizations yet I still haven't had a glimpse of this unknown monster that they are talking about."
However, that doesn't mean that he wasn't able to discover a few things. He initially thought that Hell was very large because he couldn't see the curve in the horizon, but as he moved away from where people are, the laws of spacetime are slightly changing as if the whole space was getting smaller and smaller, "This world is flat."
[Master, I can also feel something strange now that we're nearing the edge.] Tiamat on his waist suddenly said.
"Tell me everything that's bothering you."
[...] Tiamat was silent for a while, gathering her thoughts, before saying, [This doesn't feel like a normal land.]
'We're in Hell though.' Kisuke retorted in his head but didn't interrupt Tiamat's thought process. While he couldn't really understand her perspective due to how different they are from each other, her point of view is still something that could see the essence of the world, and anything she says could be a useful clue.
[It's full of life... yes... But everything around us... feels dead.]
"We're in Hell though." Kisuke finally voiced it out.
Since Tiamat couldn't articulate herself, she became silent after saying, [Master, the land is teeming with life but the land itself is dead. That's the best I can explain it. Go to the edge of the world. Maybe we'll find out more about this strange feeling.]
It was Kisuke's turn to be silent. Aside from the absence of 'dead' people and the descending barrier on top of them, he can't tell how the land is dead, 'If the land is dead, how can it support life?'
Nevertheless, Tiamat's suggestion of going to the edge of the world is good, 'But where is this monster?'
As if answering his question, Kisuke suddenly felt the ground shake slightly and he hurriedly packed his belongings. Just half a minute later, the slight shaking turned into a full-blown earthquake.
Feeling the several presences underground, Kisuke took to the air and waited.
A few seconds later, twelve 15-feet wide white worms with countless black sharp teeth lining their front end shot out of the ground and one of them was directly aiming at Kisuke with blistering speed.
Kisuke put his hand forward and conjured a barrier to meet this gigantic worm.
Kisuke was pushed back by a few feet but he was able to stop the worm's lunge. He wanted to study it for a bit but immediately changed his mind when he felt and saw his barrier rapidly losing power and being eroded, "!?"
He dispersed his barrier and went under the worm's 'chin' to give it a kick.
Kisuke thought that this kick would be enough to pull it out of the ground but was surprised yet again when he was only able to send back its head and there was no visible damage. In fact, it only made it angrier as it lunged back at him with greater force. And not just that. The other worms also started moving towards him.
'That skin has as much defense as a high-level Arrancar's Hierro.' Kisuke thought to himself as he dodged the incoming attacks when all of a sudden, he felt a fluctuation of Magic Power from one of the farther worms, 'Magic Power? Not the Psuedo Demonic Power?'
The next instant, he felt the space around him bending and the gravity multiplied several folds, making it hard for him to move properly.
Meanwhile, the worms that were directly attacking him also emitted Magic Powers of their own and the space around them returned to normal, making the Gravity Magic of their comrade negligible on their part, 'It's hard to properly calculate how to normalize the fluctuating space so this means that they could directly communicate with each other and with accuracy enough to nullify each other's Magic.' Kisuke calmly thought and adjusted his breathing.
Kisuke flew up and was soon followed by the worms. He flew for about 820 feet or 250 meters when the worms stopped following him, 'Is that their limit? My senses are telling me that they are still massive under that ground.'
However, the worms didn't stop attacking and instead switched to attacking with various Magic projectiles. Kisuke put up another barrier to stop these projectiles and unlike the first time, his barrier didn't strangely disappear, 'So only when in contact with their mouths?'
He wanted to test more things but his instincts were kicking in and telling him to finish this now.
Kisuke dropped back down while dodging bullets and pulled out the tanto blade on his waist. Without releasing her, Kisuke swung Tiamat at one of the worms while covering her with very dense Reiatsu-Ki, instantly severing its head.
Black blood spurted out of the beheaded worm and Kisuke hurriedly collected some of it while securing the head, 'It's still alive? Amazing.'
After sealing the head and placing it in his inventory, Kisuke immediately left the place, leaving behind the worms, 'Something big is coming. I have to retreat first.'
Thanks to this immediate decision, Kisuke was able to leave the area before the earth started shaking again, this time, much more intensely. A second later, the earth below the worms started bulging up before a pillar of light more than 500 feet wide engulfed them, instantly reducing them to ashes.
"!?" Kisuke braced himself and deployed multiple barriers to protect himself. He watched as the pillar of light hit the thick barrier above them that covered the entire world and pierced it. Beyond the barrier was nothingness, but that's not as important as the light that pierced it.
A few seconds later, the light subsided, leaving behind a giant hole in the sky and ground.
While the only in the sky started repairing itself, Kisuke approached the 500-foot hole. He couldn't easily tell how deep the hole was but after his eyes got used to the darkness a few seconds later, he shuddered and hurriedly flew back up to get away from it.
Deep inside the hole was another worm just like the others from earlier. However this one felt much more dangerous and he could only see a part of its head full of teeth peeking from the abyss, 'The hole is about 500 feet wide, but I can only see a part of its head facing up... This guy is at least 600 or 700 feet wide... Not to mention, my detection abilities are disrupted and I didn't realize that thing was looking at me until I found it.'
Kisuke didn't want to deal with it right now so he started teleporting away from this region, 'Yep. That's an unknown monster, alright?'
And just as he was about to disappear, a certain thought occurred in his head, '...What if that's not a unique thing? How many of them are hiding down there?'
Editors:
28th00: Something properly hellish! Magic Hellworms! Reality is non-existent at the edges of the flat plain dimension that is hell, but the worms seem to control it. Hell's ecosystem is weird.
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Chapter 1189 Corpse | Goyya's Four Brain Hemispheres

After making some distance from the region where he was attacked, Kisuke set up another camp to study the worm that he'd just killed.
He spent a few days dissecting the worm to figure out how it was able to get through his barrier. After careful experimentation, because he only had a part of a sample, Kisuke found out that the absorbing powers came from its black sharp teeth that also act as filters to clean and purify the Magic Power before transporting it through its body using special nerves.
Aside from that, Kisuke also found out that those worms don't store the bulk of their energy in their flesh and blood. Instead, it seems that these special nerves gather in one spot though he doesn't really know where that is, "These guys probably have a core somewhere in their body. My best guess would be at the latter end of their body, buried deep inside the ground. That's a pretty good defense mechanism."
Kisuke then grabbed the black powder, which was the worm's teeth that he pulverized to examine, "I can use these."
But even with these discoveries of potential weakness that he can use against these worms, he was worried. First of all, these worms are not Souls, meaning, they have their own bodies that are not made out of Magic. They are a new species that suggested many things about the inner workings of Hell.
Second, he couldn't estimate just how many of them existed out there, 'While they don't seem to exist near settlements, I could only guess that there are abundant numbers of them at the edge of Hell if they can attack like that in groups. A Lieutenant-class Shinigami can defeat one with ease, but 5 of them simultaneously? They are going to have a hard time. And what if there are millions of these worms under the ground? With how wide the Hell is, I wouldn't be surprised if there are billions of these things. If they decided to attack all at the same time, it's going to be a disaster.'
'And the third problem.' Namely, the giant worm. It's obviously a special variant and the damage it could cause eclipses that of the normal worms, 'It's capable of blasting a hole through space but I doubt it can do that repeatedly considering how energy-intensive a blast like that is.'
[Are you going to continue your exploration?] Tiamat suddenly asked.
"I intend to. I still haven't figured out how those guys sense their surroundings and I really want to see the edge of this world." Kisuke started packing up again.
[They are using Magic Power waves to sense their surroundings.]
Kisuke's hands stopped and turned his head to his tanto blade, "But I didn't feel anything?"
[It's a very fine wave that almost matches the environment's frequency. It's no surprise that you didn't notice it. Even I didn't notice and only figured it out when I thought back to anything strange that time.]
Kisuke rubbed his chin and asked, "Do you think Ki assimilation will work?"
[It covers your presence by fusing your own aura to nature itself, so maybe? You can only try.]
"Alright. If I can't avoid these worms, I'll get around them first."
[You're not going to catch more of them?]
"I want to, but I don't think it's a good idea to make them wary of my presence right now. In the first place, I don't have much time. It's about time I visit the former Captain Commander to try a few things."
[Oh right. You found a way to extract those chains some time ago. Are you going to remove them?]
"I want to, but I'll hold back for now. You said it yourself. Those chains have the same scent as Hyousube Ichibei."
[Not exactly the same, but it does remind me of him.]
This past year, he had already concluded that there was no point in sparing Szayelaporro Granz and his colleagues. As they were just unnecessary threats, he didn't want to wait for the Seireitei to eliminate them. While the Seireitei were being careful about how to deal with them, Kisuke is pretty confident that he could just annihilate them. After all, they're just babies who just started to learn how to use [Hell's Blessing] aka, Pseudo-Demonic Power.
His otherworldly knowledge is enough to make it backfire on them.
But after linking the existence of these black chains to Ichibei Hyousube, he hesitated and opted not to mess with them for now. Not until he figures out what Ichibei has to do with these guys and what it really means to remove these chains from the [Chained].
Kisuke finished up and teleported again.
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Kisuke was able to confirm that he could hide his presence from the worms by expertly manipulating Ki. However, the happiness from this discovery quickly subsided by what he's seeing right now, "What the heck is this?"
[There are at least a thousand of them just in this spot.]
On the ground that has already become lifeless, are countless worms of varying sizes, crawling and intervening with each other, "And I can feel more of them under."
[Ignore them and go to the edge. We're near and I feel like we can finally find answers to our questions.]
Kisuke stared at the worms for a few moments before teleporting away once again. Each time he teleports, the worms would feel his presence and would look up. However, Kisuke's not there anymore so after a few minutes of looking around, they continue with their business of chewing the ground, absorbing all the power in it for their growth.
It's the same when he reappeared. They'd all look up but since Kisuke is hiding himself, they'd soon return to their business of nonstop eating. This action caught Kisuke's attention and he thought, 'So the reason why they haven't made their way to the inner regions is that they're busy eating dirt?'
If they live off the Magic Power present, Kisuke could understand their actions because unlike any other worlds he has been in, the concentration of Magic Power in Hell's ground is several times compared to others.
After a few more teleportations, Kisuke finally reached the edge which was a dark and endless cliff, "Finally... That took a while."
Kisuke looked down and sent down his senses but found nothing, 'How does gravity work in these parts? It's still pulling downwards.'
He then looked up and saw that the barrier that was protecting Hell from the void also went down along with the cliff. He wanted to jump off but something was telling him that that was a very bad idea.
While Kisuke is busy inspecting everything in the surroundings, Tiamat suddenly speaks up, [Oh... So that's how it is...]
"You found out something?"
[Yes. Now I'm sure that you are currently standing on top of a corpse.]
Editors:
28th00: Ah, god corpse. They're not worms, they're maggots! IT'S ALWAYS FUCKING GOD CORPSES BECOMING CONTINENTS/WORLDS/REALMS DAMMIT! Wait, maggots are just larva…
Goyya: Yes, there are more lingering underneath. On another note, this would explain the need to seal Hell and why the Soul King is a soul and a king.
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Chapter 1190 Chain Removal | Goyya's Four Brain Hemispheres

Kisuke was stunned and thought that he heard it wrong, "...Corpse?"
[You heard me correctly.] Tiamat replied. And after a few seconds of contemplation, she added, [Turn around.]
Kisuke obediently turned around and looked at the worm-infested land. He had an idea as to why Tiamat wanted him to look at them but he didn't like to think about it.
Nevertheless, Tiamat still asked him, [If we're currently standing on a corpse, what are they?]
"...Maggots... And if they're maggots..." Kisuke slowly turned back at the endless chasm because he heard a buzzing sound. A few seconds later, an almost 100 feet long grotesque, and misshapen fly emerged from the darkness. The problem was , this isn't the only source of the buzzing sound as many more were coming from the abyss.
"...Fuck..." Kisuke immediately pulled out Tiamat and released her, turning her into a green-tinted longsword to prepare for battle. He wanted to teleport away, but there was a strange wave of Magic Power that made it hard to cast it without using a significant amount of time, 'If the worms are already that scary, what can an adult fly do? Captain-level?'
Kisuke thought of it as a joke, but as the fly approached, its aura also covered the entire surroundings, and it was not as funny anymore.
He gripped Tiamat's handle and prepared to bisect the approaching giant insect, 'I'll cut this one down, retrieve its carcass, and escape.' Tiamat received his will and the Reiatsu-Ki surrounding her blade sharpened to the utmost level.
However, before they could do anything, something else appeared from the darkness. Both Kisuke and Tiamat didn't notice its approach because it had the same color as its surroundings and didn't emit any aura. But as the clanking sound and the series of metal-to-metal clashes became louder and louder as time went on, they finally found out what it was.
Countless streams of black chains, the same ones that the [Chained] have on their bodies, came out and wrapped around the giant fly in front of Kisuke and started dragging it down.
The fly let out a deafening screech but it could do nothing against the chains and was slowly being dragged back to where it came from.
It wasn't just the fly in front of Kisuke, but also the flies trying to fly up from the cliff. Their buzzing wings weakened as time went and soon enough, it became silent once again and even the giant worms behind Kisuke all disappeared under the earth, leaving behind large swaths of holes.
[Master, we've seen what's out here so it's better to leave now and arrange your thoughts.]
Kisuke woke up from his stupor and just wordlessly set up multiple teleportation points and anchors in the region before leaving.
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Within the unmarked valley, it was Batsu'unsai Katori's turn to guard the former Captain Commander.
The whole environment is still the same as when Kisuke left them a year ago. Although there were no changes, the former members of the Gotei 13 think this was a good thing because they were already hopeless from the beginning that Yamamoto would be able to keep himself sane.
In their time, they were seen as ruthless criminals, but all the founding members of the Gotei 13 knew that Yamamoto was the worst of all of them. As such, he also had the heaviest sins that have always weighed on his heart. Thanks to the peaceful times, his stone-cold heart thawed and became that of someone with morals. In turn, however, it couldn't support the weight of his actions of the past.
Yamamoto also knew that this was inevitable so when they settled down, he liked saying that the moment the demon of fire sees the world again, it'll also be the last time they'll see it.
At first, they didn't understand what he meant by that, but when they heard what happened when the Quincies attacked, they finally figured out that his strength was held up by his cold-blooded heart. The moment he lost it, he also lost his edge. Wanting to protect something also means not destroying it with your own hands.
Batsu'unsai watched Yamamoto for a few moments and sighed before turning to her side, "You've been staying here all this time. Aren't you tired?"
"That's funny, Katori-san." The man sitting not far from Yamamoto replied, "If there's someone tired, it would be Eijisai-dono."
Batsu'unsai let out a short breath and turned her attention back to Yamamoto while muttering, "Your loyalty is as strong as ever."
"But you guys, on the other hand, changed a lot," Choujirou replied.
"In a bad way or in a good way?"
Choujirou didn't say anything for a few seconds until, "Both, I guess?"
Batsu'unsai looked up to see the sky that they could never breach and said, "Well, it has been a long time. And those chains didn't help at all."
Choujirou looked up to her and asked, "How did you release yourselves from these chains, by the way?"
"It's not really the same for everyone since everyone has different realizations. However, the most fundamental thing is to reject Hell itself. And by doing so, you lose your right to use the Hell's Blessing and your immortal body ceases healing itself."
"You say that, but why can that strange man called Belial use it? I don't feel the existence of chains on him."
"I asked Chika and Furoufushi about that, but they are keeping his identity a secret. Probably a deal with him so that he'll help out. Thanks to him though, we could contain Captain's rampage. If that went on, the other [Chaineds] would have probably already found us. Who knows what they'd do to him."
"What about you? What do you think of him?"
Batsu'unsai thought for a bit before answering, "Sketchy is the word that comes up to the top of my head. Actually, very sketchy. I can't see why those two trust him so much."
At her description of the strange man, Choujirou was reminded of someone, "Is the list we got of those still alive after the Quincy War accurate?"
"I think so, yes. Ichimaru Gin was able to confirm it."
Choujirou then looked down with a worried expression, "Then we should probably start looking for that man."
"That man? Who?"
"One of the most dangerous individuals out there, Urahara Kisuke."
"How dangerous are we talking about here?"
"He could easily turn the entirety of Soul Society upside down if he really wanted to."
Editors:
28th00: Spooky scary chains~
Chapter 1191 Chain Removal part 2 | Goyya's Four Brain Hemispheres

"That's interesting... Mind telling us more?" Furoufushi Saitou came walking in with an amused expression. Behind her was Chika Shihouin who was also sporting an interested look.
Batsu'unsai turned her body towards their direction, "You're back. Any news about Yachiru?"
Furoufushi shook her head, "We found another lead, but it's also another dead end."
"Did Yachiru develop a skill like this to hide herself as the first Kenpachi?" Chika asked Choujirou.
"All she had to do was hold back to keep her identity. It's most likely that she's with Ukitake Juushirou, a man with many skills but held back by his illness-ridden body since his childhood."
"Ukitake?" Batsu'unsai repeated, "Ah... I remember him. He's one of the old man's students. He stands out because of how frail he is."
"If he's with her, then we don't have to worry about them for now," Choujirou added.
"That much, huh..." Furoufushi rubbed her chin in contemplation, "Alright. I'll trust you and reallocate the manpower we have to defend."
"Defending? What's going on?" Batsu'unsai furrowed her brows, "Are we under attack?" Furoufushi nodded, "The Beasts of Hell have been rampaging these past few days and attacking settlements. It's probably because of that Szayelaporro guy, but it's nothing we can't handle. Reallocating our resources is just an additional measure so we won't be caught off guard."
She then approached and stood beside Batsu'unsai, "More importantly, I'm interested in this Urahara Kisuke guy, since what you're saying is that he's capable of turning Soul Society inside out."
Choujirou didn't say anything for a few moments to gather his thoughts, "Since I died before the war with the Quincy started, I only knew things that Ichimaru told me. Even then, he only gathered that information from those [Chained]."
"Basically speaking, he is someone who could pose as much danger as Sosuke Aizen if not more."
"You mean the guy that you told us before that the old man can't defeat?"
Choujirou nodded, "That's right. We were only able to contain him thanks to Urahara Kisuke's help. In the first place, Sosuke Aizen was only able to complete his research because Urahara Kisuke researched the same thing. If he had the ambition, he could become the second coming of that immortal monster.
"According to Ichimaru, Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi also died during the war but the Seireitei couldn't perform the ceremony for them because their bodies were nowhere to be found. It was assumed they were dissolved by their opponent's very potent poison."
"Yoruichi?" Chika's interest was piqued once again.
"The former head of the Shihouin Clan and a descendant of your sister. Both she and Urahara Kisuke are individuals that vastly exceed an average Gotei 13 Captain so we should be searching for them too."
Furoufushi and Chika wanted to ask more but Batsu'unsai suddenly turned around. With light footsteps, a man in a white suit and mask appeared and said, "You don't have to search for them since it'd be a complete waste of effort."
"...Belial. When did you come back?" Furoufushi also turned around and asked.
"Just now. And it's good that everyone is here. I'd like to attempt to remove the chains now." Kisuke went straight to the point because he didn't want them to ask more about him and Yoruichi, 'Looks like Saitou-san and Shihouin-san wanted me to reveal my identity to them, but not right now.'
Choujirou immediately stood up and asked, "You found a way!?"
"I did." Kisuke nodded his head, "Actually, I already know how to do it for a few months now. It's just that I don't know what's going to happen next if I artificially remove it."
"You mean there are risks?"
"Of course there are. There is some sort of system in place for one to naturally remove them just like these people. It seems that they have to enter some sort of enlightenment before they can remove the chains themselves. I just don't know what's going to happen when I bypass that system. Though this could have been so much easier if we had the Hougyoku since we can just follow Ichimaru Gin-san's example."
"Now that you're proposing to remove the chains, what are the risks?"
"To be frank, I still don't know much and all of my test subjects are the Beasts of Hell so I'm confident that it'll translate well to you guys."
"Yet you still wanted to do it?" This time, it was Chika who spoke up, "What's the hurry?"
Kisuke then shrugged his shoulders, "I've always been in a hurry and now that my research has been stagnating, I don't want to waste my time anymore by not taking risks. And to be perfectly honest, I really don't care what happens to you a lot. I just thought that helping you out might prove useful in the long run."
Kisuke has been away for far too long. Although he told Yoruichi and the others that it might take him several years, he didn't really intend to take that long, 'If I could at least get Aizen or Yhwach's cooperation, then it'll be enough.'
For the former, Kisuke just needs compelling bait and he's pretty sure that Aizen will willingly take a few steps in the direction he wants. Yhwach on the other hand, Kisuke has to solve the fundamental problem of this world. And compared to Aizen who can hopefully decimate the Etouldes, Yhwach is actually more useful against the 'Big Bad Evil' known as Melvazoa, the leader of the Evies, 'That's only if the information Azazel-san and the others received from the [future] is accurate, though.'
"Useful? In what sense?" Batsu'unsai asked with a frown.
Still being honest, Kisuke answered, "You see, I have potential enemies. If I could have the help of the Shinigamis, Hollows, Quincies, and Fullbringers, they'll think twice about making an enemy out of me."
The Evies don't have an army that could hurt the bottom line of the Etouldes, but that's not the same case for Kisuke who could practically gather slayers of Spiritual Power.
"I'll be your guinea pig." Choujirou suddenly said.
Kisuke became quiet for a moment before asking, "You're not going to ask anymore?"
"This will speed up the process, right? Just do it so that we can move on. If it's safe, then we could finally pull Ejisai from his bindings."
Kisuke sighed and then smiled, "Alright. That's what I wanted to propose doing first and since you're offering it now, I won't hesitate anymore. Be ready for everything, including if your mind is erased and descending into a simple beast. In a sense, that's worse than death."
"I'm ready."
Editors:
28th00: No more stalling, huh? Tfw Serafall realized she's still not gotten railed after being effectively alone with him for over a year and the "Mystery Vacation" is gonna be ending. Poor Serafall…
Goyya: No rest for Kisuke.
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