Listening to Asano Kiyoshi, Urahara smiled. He glanced at the neon-lit city Night Scenery outside the door and said with deep emotion:
"It seems that whether it's scenery or people, change sometimes happens so quickly that you can't even react in time."
Asano Kiyoshi nodded at that, then shook his head. Looking outside, the dazzling lights shone over his face, casting patches of different colors across his skin.
"No, Mr. Urahara. Just like the Night Scenery outside, every change requires someone to provide the decisive push. Otherwise, if things are left to change slowly with the natural passage of time, the process will not only be long, but they may even perish without changing at all."
Kisuke Urahara paused after hearing that. Then he took a sip of the tea on the table, which had gone slightly cold, and said softly:
"Yes, certain people are needed to provide that crucial push... You make a lot of sense. It's just that people like that are far too few..."
"They aren't that few. In fact, anyone who recognizes this can contribute their share of strength!"
Asano Kiyoshi looked Urahara straight in the eye and answered firmly.
Kisuke Urahara knew far more than most people. Even Aizen might not know as much as he did.
This Uncle, who usually seemed so laid-back, had reached extraordinary heights in wisdom, research, cunning, connections... A person like him was entirely capable of changing this world, if he wanted to.
Yet for Kisuke Urahara, maintaining the status quo was the best solution at present.
What Asano Kiyoshi wanted was to change Urahara's way of thinking. At the very least, he hoped that when critical moments came in the future, Kisuke Urahara would stand on his side.
However, Kisuke Urahara merely smiled at Asano Kiyoshi's words, lowered his