Hawking waved his hand and brought the four of them back to the Captain Commander's meeting room in Soul Society.
"Don't worry. He'll probably wake up in about half an hour."
After offering a few words of comfort to Urahara's group, Hawking conjured some tea, took a sip, and said:
"I have a fairly good grasp of the Captain Commander's strength now. He's very impressive.
"But I need to remind you that Yhwach is now stronger than the Captain Commander.
"And the Wandenreich has many formidable experts as well.
"So even if you take the initiative and attack the Wandenreich, the outcome will be very grim.
"There's an eighty percent chance that all the Reapers of Soul Society will be wiped out. Even if you win through some miracle, there probably won't be many Reapers left alive in Soul Society."
"Are they really that strong?"
A grave expression appeared in Kyoraku Shunsui's eyes.
Previously, because they believed the Captain Commander was the strongest being, and because he truly had destroyed Yhwach and the Quincy a thousand years ago, he and all the upper echelons of the Reapers had believed there was no need to accept Hawking's deal. Soul Society could easily defeat the Wandenreich on its own.
However, this battle had shown him that there was always someone stronger. The Captain Commander was not truly invincible either.
Then perhaps the Wandenreich really was more powerful than any of them had imagined.
"My time is almost up. Tell the Captain Commander when he wakes up.
"If he still doesn't believe what I said, I'm willing to make a trip there when you attack the Wandenreich.
"He can decide then, based on the situation, whether he wants to cooperate with me."
"Alright. I'll tell the Captain Commander everything you said.
"If nothing