Disguised Identity: Kurosaki Kouun

"Do you still remember Miss Kakyō from back then?"

Kisuke Urahara said in a deep voice, "Back then, the Tsunayashiro Clan even went so far as to have someone from their family marry Miss Kakyō just to get close to her. For the self-important Tsunayashiro Clan, that was practically an insult."

"That's true," Yoruichi couldn't help but scoff, thinking of the Tsunayashiro Clan's ways. "Those people think everyone outside the nobility are trash. Forget ordinary Shinigami, they probably think even lower-ranking nobles are trash."

"To be considered human by them, you'd at least have to be a high-ranking noble."

"Yeah," Kisuke Urahara agreed. "Don't you think this situation is very similar?"

"How is it similar?" Yoruichi retorted. "The Kouya family is originally a subordinate family of the Tsunayashiro Clan. Isn't it normal for the main family to command them?"

"So, based on this alone, I'd only be about thirty percent sure," Kisuke Urahara said. "But when you combine it with his own experiences and... his conversation with Aizen, I can be basically certain..."

"Even if Kouya's soul doesn't contain a Soul King Fragment, at least the Tsunayashiro Clan and Aizen believe it does."

"And it's probably more than just a single, ordinary fragment."

Kisuke Urahara's gaze deepened.

If it were just an ordinary fragment, it might prompt the Tsunayashiro Clan to act, but Aizen wouldn't likely 'value' it this much.

"I don't get you guys," Yoruichi sighed, listening to Kisuke Urahara speak.

"Fine, whatever you say. What do you want to do about Gaoyu Kouun?"

"Let's monitor him for now," Kisuke Urahara said with a wry smile. "Aizen is probably also 'observing' Kouya. If we try to make a move against him, Aizen won't let us act."

"Then should I go? But my identity might be seen through by him."

Speaking of which, Yoruichi became even more confused.

"How did he discover me?"

Yoruichi's transformation into a black cat was a secret technique of the Shihōin Clan. Normally, no one would discover it.

Yet, as soon as she appeared beside Kouya, that kid picked her up.

"I'm not an omniscient god," Kisuke Urahara said with a wry smile. "How would I know something like that?"

In fact, he himself had also been discovered.

If Kouya could detect Yoruichi by monitoring Reiatsu, then what about him?

He used a cloak that could hide Reiatsu and applied some invisibility Kidō to it.

Once worn, he was practically invisible, and no one should have been able to detect him.

But as he walked past, Kouya glanced at him and discovered him.

Kisuke Urahara had confidence in his own inventions.

In fact, it was precisely because of Kouya's reaction that Kisuke Urahara believed what he had said earlier even more.

His guess that Kouya's soul contained a part of the Soul King became even more certain.

Because the most remarkable aspect of the Soul King's power was the legend that the Soul King possessed a pair of eyes that could see through everything.

He didn't know Kouya's objective, nor did he know what Aizen intended to use Kouya for, but he knew that Kouya would definitely be a very important person from now on and must be monitored.

At least, monitored in the Human World.

"Don't worry, even if Mr. Kouya discovers you next time, he probably won't say anything,"

Kisuke Urahara said.

As expected, just as Kisuke Urahara said, Yoruichi monitored Kouya for the next three days. During these three days, Kouya did not expose her again.

And Kouya's actions during these three days also left Yoruichi somewhat bewildered.

After leaving, Kouya didn't do anything. He put on a Gigai and started wandering around Karakura Town, not looking like he was carrying out any secret mission at all.

And on this day, Kouya once again arrived at the Ishida family's doorstep.

He easily infiltrated the premises.

In the fifth training ground, Kouya sat on a tree, watching Soken Ishida diligently training below.

He didn't know Soken Ishida's current age, but he felt he couldn't have been an adult yet.

Compared to him, an old man in his decades, Soken Ishida was undoubtedly a 'child'.

The greatest benefit of being a Shinigami is...

longevity.

For someone like Kouya, who feared death, this was simply too good.

In other stories, people spent a great deal of effort just to find longevity, but for him, it was almost within reach.

Didn't you see Xu Fu killing phoenixes and then divine dragons in search of longevity, only to end up not achieving immortality and losing his life in the end?

Kouya only needed to increase the strength of his soul to increase his lifespan.

Someone like Yamamoto could live for three to four thousand years without issue.

Orochimaru next door was practically drooling with envy!

In a few more decades, Soken Ishida would become an old man, while he would remain unchanged.

Gaoyu shook his head. Speaking of which, the Quincys in the Wandenreich were different. They were all old Yaoguai who had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, but because they remained in a Reishi state in the Soul Society, they showed no signs of aging.

Those with flesh and blood were inevitably troubled by aging.

Tsk, Gaoyu felt like a poet now, his heart gradually becoming sentimental.

He shook his head, then jumped directly from the tree.

He landed right in front of Soken Ishida, who was practicing Saint Cantus, startling him greatly.

He fell to the ground and looked at Gaoyu, who had suddenly appeared, and said in surprise, "You... Who are you?"

Gaoyu scratched his head and said with feigned 'confusion', "Strange, where did I end up?"

Then, he looked at Soken Ishida and said, "You... are also a Quincy?"

"Huh?" Soken Ishida exclaimed in surprise, "Of course, I'm a Quincy. My name is Soken Ishida. Who are you?"

"Me? My name is Kurosaki Kouun. I'm also a Quincy, from the Kurosaki Family. I've heard of your Ishida Family. A rare pureblood, aren't you?" Gaoyu tsk-ed.

That's right, he hadn't intended to befriend a Quincy as a Shinigami.

If one wanted to befriend a Quincy, they naturally had to be a Quincy themselves.

However, this method could only be used in front of Soken Ishida.

First, Soken Ishida was still young and couldn't tell if Gaoyu was currently a Quincy.

Second, Soken Ishida's Soul Ability was 'Inheritor of Quincy'. As long as he gained his favor, even if it was only sixty, he could use Quincy abilities in front of the Ishida Family once.

This way, his identity would essentially be confirmed.

So, when Soken Ishida revealed his bow and arrow and asked Gaoyu to do the same, he merely sighed.

"I'm sorry, I used the Quincy's ultimate form and have completely lost my Quincy powers."

"I... am no longer a Quincy."