"Mr. Wu Biao, you arrived just in time!"
At that moment, Urahara Kisuke's voice suddenly rang out within the sealed room. Accompanying it was the sound of metal grinding as a massive metal door on one side of the enclosed chamber opened.
"Still, could I ask you to make a more normal entrance next time? I already had control of the passageways in hand. Now that you've damaged them like this, repairing them will take a great deal of effort."
Wu Biao, who had been crouching to the side while Unohana Retsu treated his injuries, raised his head in confusion. "That wooden-sandal hat's voice?"
"Hey, bastard, don't tell me you were watching us fight the whole time!" Kurosaki Ichigo shouted darkly.
"Hehe, please forgive me for not joining the battle, Mr. Kurosaki. After all..." Urahara Kisuke paused. After a long while, he said heavily, "The entire world had to take priority!"
The entire world?
Kurosaki Ichigo froze, his face full of confusion. He could not understand how this had somehow become connected to the entire world again.
"Actually, if Mr. Wu Biao hadn't arrived in time, I probably would have already escaped with the 'corpse'!"
Urahara Kisuke spoke again. His words brought displeasure to Kurosaki Ichigo's face, but neither Unohana Retsu nor Captain-Commander Yamamoto even blinked, as though they completely agreed with Urahara Kisuke's actions.
That discovery left Ichigo even more bewildered.
"Urahara did nothing wrong. Anyone who knew that corpse's identity and understood what that body represented would have made the same choice."
A voice suddenly cut in, and Kurosaki Ichigo's face lit up. "Dad, so someone really did rescue you."
Kurosaki Isshin nodded. "Sorry for making you worry."
However, just as he finished speaking, Nizosuo took over. "Allow me to explain what happens next to everyone!"
"This is...?"