Several years after Asano Kiyoshi became Captain-Commander, on a calm and peaceful day, a shadow somewhere within the Seireitei suddenly emitted faint ripples.
Within the Wandenreich, in a relatively remote village, Asano Kiyoshi wore a faintly troubled expression as he looked at the messy forest around him. He scratched his head, sighed, and muttered:
"Just as I thought. I should've had Urahara Shopkeeper refine the positioning device before coming here. And that damn shady merchant actually gave me a defective product. Just wait until I get back—I'll see how I can revoke his business license!"
As if he had heard Asano Kiyoshi's complaint, a deliberately goofy, rather punchable voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone:
"My, my~ Captain-Commander, you can't say that about me~ Everything I sold you was genuine, guaranteed! There was absolutely no adulteration whatsoever~ The reason this happened is entirely because the Reishi density within the Wandenreich is far too chaotic. You can't blame that on me, after all—you never gave me any specific data on the Wandenreich."
Hearing Urahara's response from the other end of the line, Asano Kiyoshi nodded helplessly. That was indeed true. After all, who could have imagined that the interior of the Wandenreich would be like this?
The Reishi was in complete disarray. In some areas, it was as dense as in Hueco Mundo, while in others, the Reishi density was about the same as in the Living World.
This uneven Reishi density was the true culprit behind why he and Kisuke Urahara had failed to pinpoint his location accurately.
After looking around, however, Asano Kiyoshi asked into the phone:
"Can you roughly locate my position now?"
But all Asano Kiyoshi received in response was a string of broken, intermittent replies. It seemed that within this Shadow Space, not