After hearing Kenma's question, neither of them answered immediately. Instead, they both looked at Yoruichi beside him.
Whether officially or privately, both Kisuke Urahara and Hachishō Ryo were subordinate to the Shikokuin Family.
To them, Yoruichi was someone like a lord.
Noticing their gazes, Yoruichi no longer wore her usual relaxed expression. Instead, she tensed up, her face filled with solemnity.
She gave the two of them a light nod, signaling for them to agree to accept Kenma's connection contract.
"Ugh..."
Feeling Yoruichi's will, Hachishō Ryo knew that she meant well, yet bitterness still rose in her heart.
She was actually going to form a life-and-death contract with the enemy who had taken Lady Yoruichi away from her, while the Lady Yoruichi she admired even had to help that enemy persuade her to agree...
How could that possibly make a girl feel good?
Such a rotten cliché plot twist was more vulgar than anything even those romance storybooks would write.
The girl's heart was sour and aching, filled with unbearable misery.
But in order to keep the Lady Yoruichi she loved from worrying herself sick, the girl still forced down her bitterness. Her expression became incomparably grave as she nodded weakly.
"I... agree..."
This was all for Lady Yoruichi!
To keep Lady Yoruichi from worrying about her any longer, and so that she could continue serving Lady Yoruichi in the future.
Now was the time to endure.
Hachishō Ryo consoled herself this way in her heart while glaring viciously at Kenma.
For now, she would submit herself to this thief. Someday, she would make him pay it all back.
Seeing the girl agree, Yoruichi let out a breath of relief, then turned her gaze toward Kisuke Urahara in the other cell.
"Kisuke, you should agree too."
"Otherwise, Kenma really will