"Captain Ailin, what exactly are you pursuing?"
Wielding Benihime, Urahara Kisuke blocked the golden lightning bolts rushing toward him.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
After the golden lightning bolts Urahara Kisuke deflected struck the surroundings, they unleashed tremendous destruction before ultimately embedding themselves in the ground or walls, revealing their true forms.
They were ordinary Zanpakuto.
After failing to strike their targets, those Zanpakuto transformed into golden spirit particles and were reclaimed by Ailin's Gate of Babylon, then continued attacking Urahara Kisuke and the others.
However, from Ailin's attacks, Urahara Kisuke had also realized that although Ailin hoped Aizen Sosuke would succeed, that did not mean he would not protect the Seireitei.
Otherwise, the intensity of Ailin's attacks against them would not have been limited to this.
"What am I pursuing?"
Ailin glanced at Urahara Kisuke before looking away.
"Urahara, don't use your narrow perspective to speculate about my thoughts."
"Admittedly, you do possess the highest intelligence in this world."
"However, your vision is bound by this current world, leaving you completely unaware of what lies beyond it."
"Beyond the world?"
Urahara Kisuke shuddered, his gaze toward Ailin filled with horror.
So much so that, when facing the attacks from Ailin's Gate of Babylon, if Shihoin Yoruichi had not appeared in front of Urahara Kisuke and kicked aside those Zanpakuto for him, Urahara Kisuke would have been severely injured even if he did not die.
"Hey, Urahara, what are you thinking about?"
"This isn't the time to space out."
"Ah, thanks, Yoruichi."
After thanking Yoruichi, Urahara Kisuke continued fending off Ailin's attacks.
Yet even Isshin Kurosaki and Ryuken Ishida could see that Urahara Kisuke was no longer in the right state of mind.
He would lose focus from time to time, requiring Shihoin Yoruichi to lend him a hand.
This time, Shihoin