"I'll adjust the tracking mark's frequency so that Soul Society will think your aura disappeared because of localized Reishi disturbances."
Urahara Kisuke watched Duan Mu walk straight away without sparing him a glance and grinned. "Ahahaha~~ Welcome to visit again next time, Boss Duan Mu."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~~"
The Black Cat nearby walked gracefully over to Urahara Kisuke. A humanlike look of astonishment appeared on her feline face. "To go this far just to earn his trust... You really don't seem like yourself."
"Miss Yoruichi, the way you put that makes me sound like some kind of despicable person."
Yoruichi said nothing. Instead, she looked at Urahara Kisuke with an expression that seemed to say, You're only realizing that now?
"Because I have to earn his trust."
Urahara Kisuke changed the subject and looked at the several test tubes in his hand. "Miss Yoruichi, do you remember what I told you before?"
"Hmm?"
"I said..."
A glint flashed through Urahara Kisuke's eyes. "His body exists somewhere between 'Reishi' and 'spirit particles.' Once he restrains his spiritual pressure, everything about him—his aura, spiritual pathways, even his most basic life fluctuations—disappears completely. No one can sense his presence."
"And judging from the sample I extracted the last time he came to the Human World, the special substance that makes up his body doesn't merely conceal his spiritual pressure and other auras. It can conceal... any outward trace of aura."
Conceal any outward trace of aura?
Yoruichi froze slightly. Then her catlike slit pupils suddenly contracted.
"So, earning his trust and getting him to cooperate with me is extremely important."
"You're not planning to put that thing..."
"I did have that thought at first, but I eventually gave it up."
Urahara Kisuke laughed. "It's not that I'm afraid he'll use it for something.