Urahara Shopkeeper stared at the wooden plaque in Asano Kiyoshi's hand, his face slightly blank. Then he said to Asano Kiyoshi:
"Um, Xiao Qing Shop Employee, could you let me take a look at that wooden plaque?"
Asano Kiyoshi did not refuse. He simply handed the plaque to Urahara Shopkeeper.
Under the watchful eyes of Yoruichi and Hachigen Ushōda, Urahara took the plaque and carefully sensed the Spiritual Pressure lingering on it.
Just as expected! This plaque had been made by that old man.
As for whether the plaque was genuine, none of them doubted it in the slightest. With that old man's strength, practically no one could steal anything from his side.
After confirming Asano Kiyoshi's background, Urahara Shopkeeper's mind began racing even faster.
If Asano Kiyoshi stood on the Captain-Commander's side, then his conflict of interest with the nobles could basically be taken as the Captain-Commander's intention.
And only someone with the Captain-Commander's status and standing could protect Asano Kiyoshi against a force on the Tsunayashiro Family's level.
But what Urahara could not understand was why the Captain-Commander had chosen to confront the Tsunayashiro Clan head-on. That old man had always treated maintaining Soul Society's stability as the foremost principle of his life. Yet now he was willing to proactively clash with the head of the nobles. That did not fit the Captain-Commander's usual style.
Although, back when he had still been director of the Research and Development Department, the Captain-Commander had seemed rather dissatisfied with the nobles, it had never escalated into a direct conflict. Could it be that the Captain-Commander's personality had changed drastically during the decades since he left? Or had Soul Society's situation undergone some major change?
Then there was the question of why Asano Kiyoshi had entered the Hueco Mundo Expedition Team.
Given