Slope Town!
This was Slope Town's famous shopping district. Crisscrossing streets ran throughout the area, and as far as the eye could see, there were nothing but signs for all kinds of shops.
During holidays, this shopping district saw a huge flow of people every day. Yet at this moment, one of its streets was nearly devoid of people. Even the shop owners and clerks were slumped over their counters, sleeping soundly.
For Slope Town's shopping district, this was practically impossible.
Yet if one left this street and crossed horizontally or vertically onto the other roads of the shopping district, they would find the streets packed with pedestrians. However, whenever anyone headed toward this particular street, they would inevitably stop and, for one reason or another, head elsewhere.
"Hachigen, thank you for your Hachigyo Sōgai!"
Looking at the deserted street, Kurosaki Ichigo thanked Ushoda Hachigen beside him with a face full of gratitude. Without this barrier that made ordinary people instinctively avoid the area, there was no way they could have conducted an effective search amid the crowds.
"You're welcome. The three of us had nothing better to do anyway."
"You're the only one with nothing to do, Hachigen." Sarugaki Hiyori turned her head away and snorted coldly.
Ushoda Hachigen merely smiled. After receiving Urahara Kisuke's message, he had no idea who had anxiously dragged them along, running all the way from Karakura Town without stopping.
Still, that was understandable. After all, only Sarugaki Hiyori, Love Aikawa, and himself remained of the Visored. Though everyone returned from time to time, compared to the past, Hiyori probably felt rather lonely.
So, upon hearing that another companion had run into trouble, she had anxiously dragged the entirety of the current Visored here.
As for the Visored's other member, Love Aikawa, he was