"Hm?"
Ailin looked at Urahara Kisuke in surprise, as though he found it strange that there was something Urahara Kisuke could not do.
"Don't look at me like that, Captain Ailin."
"You just said it yourself—the Anti-Membrane is an ability used by Menos to save their own kind."
"But Gillian-class Menos are basically creatures without independent consciousness. To make them use the Anti-Membrane, a higher-ranking Menos would have to control the Gillians."
"Hueco Mundo is so vast. How am I supposed to find a high-ranking Menos willing to control Gillians and use the Anti-Membrane for your research?"
Urahara Kisuke refused Ailin not because he could not do it, but because he did not have that much time.
He still had plenty of research of his own to finish. He could not possibly abandon it just to help Ailin.
Their relationship had not reached the point where he needed to give so much.
In fact, Urahara Kisuke felt that his relationship with Ailin seemed to have been turned upside down.
Clearly, Ailin owed him a favor and had promised to do his best to help whenever Urahara needed something.
But why was it that before he had even called in that favor and asked Captain Ailin to assist him with anything, Captain Ailin had already repeatedly asked him to do so many things?
What was this?
Had the roles of host and guest been reversed?
"All right."
Ailin could understand Urahara Kisuke's refusal.
After all, as Urahara Kisuke had said, even if he could do it, the time and effort required would not be worth the reward.
No, it was not that the reward did not justify the cost. There was simply no reward at all.
After all, Ailin would be the one gaining the Anti-Membrane ability. What did that have