Brother Biao's New Image

Chapter 32: Brother Biao's New Image

August 8th, 1:30 AM, Urahara Shop.

After Ichigo received the message that felt like a crime scene report, he bid farewell to Isshin and headed straight here.

However, he encountered a few people he was quite surprised to see outside the Urahara Shop.

Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Sado Yasutora had actually arrived at the Urahara Shop at the same time as him.

But Wu Biao, who should have been there, had not arrived as scheduled. This inevitably made Ichigo feel a bit worried; after all, Brother Biao had said he was going out for training, and the place he was going to was bound to be extremely dangerous.

The group didn't wait outside, though, and instead headed down into the vast underground space beneath the Urahara Shop.

"Wow... this is amazing. I never imagined there would be such a huge space under this shop. It's just like a secret base." Orihime said, her face full of surprise and excitement, as she curiously touched things around her.

"Your reaction is just wonderful." Tsukabishi Tessai grabbed Orihime's hands, tears streaming down his face as he said, "I, Tessai, am truly moved."

"Alright, everyone, look here." Urahara Kisuke extended his hand slightly and snapped his fingers. With a 'bang,' a gate composed of four stone pillars appeared out of thin air, and a strange ripple emerged in the center, while the pillars were covered in countless talismans.

"This is the 'Senkaimon,' the gate that leads to the Soul Society."

Urahara Kisuke paused, scanned the faces of the group, and said, "Although one person is missing, I'll explain it to you all first. Besides, even if Mr. Wu Biao heard the explanation, with his pitifully small brain, he would never remember it anyway."

Ichigo's mouth twitched. If Brother Biao heard that, he would definitely go berserk, even though what Urahara said was indeed a fact...

"Wu Biao?"

Uryu raised an eyebrow, then looked at Ichigo and said, "So that guy who dared to shout Pegasus Meteor Fist and Rozan Sho Ryu Ha in public is named Wu Biao!"

Ichigo blushed and nodded... knowing Brother Biao really was something to be ashamed of.

"Is that the person who saved my brother?"

Sado asked from the side, "The one who helped Yuichi?"

Hearing this, Ichigo smiled and nodded. Although Wu Biao had stayed at his house for less than half a year, the experiences of those six months had made Brother Biao an indispensable presence. Without realizing it, they had all received a lot of care from him.

"Alright!" Urahara Kisuke clapped his hands to interrupt their conversation. "Since you all know that unpunctual idiot, I won't bother with introductions."

Idiot?

Everyone's mouths twitched upon hearing this. What on earth had Brother Biao done to Mr. Urahara?

Why did Mr. Urahara, who seemed to have such a good temper, look at Brother Biao with such disdain...

Urahara Kisuke ignored their confusion and continued his introduction: "As you know, the Soul Society is a world of souls. To enter, one must be in a soul state, but only Shinigami can move in a soul state, like this."

As he spoke, Urahara Kisuke tapped his cane sharply against Ichigo. Ichigo, wearing his Shihakusho, was instantly ejected from his body, and his physical body collapsed to the ground.

"You guy..." Ichigo pointed at Urahara Kisuke, gritting his teeth.

Urahara Kisuke ignored Ichigo's words and continued, "Except for Mr. Kurosaki, if you want to move within the Soul Society, you have to rely on the Reishi converter installed above this gate to convert you into a Reishi state."

"In other words, we can enter without our souls leaving our bodies," Uryu said, pushing up his glasses.

"Exactly. As long as you pass through this gate, you can enter the Soul Society in your original form!" Urahara Kisuke nodded, then held up a finger, his expression darkening. "However, the time we have to open this gate and link it to the Soul Society is only four minutes."

The group's expressions changed instantly.

"Is... is that enough time to make it?"

"Generally speaking, it's impossible!" Urahara Kisuke said this in an extremely flat tone, completely disregarding their feelings. "It's a reckless endeavor to begin with, and four minutes is the absolute limit we can hold it open. If you don't reach the Soul Society before then... you will be trapped forever in the gap between the Human World and the Soul Society!"

The group frowned, but even Orihime, who was the most timid, showed no signs of fear. Since they had already come this far, they were no longer afraid of death!

After all, the dangers of the Soul Society had already been explained to them by Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke!

"So, now we just wait for Wu..." Urahara Kisuke's voice suddenly choked off. He turned his hat brim and smiled bitterly. "Speak of the devil, this idiot really doesn't know when to quit!"

"Hey, if you keep saying that, Brother Biao is definitely going to go berserk!" Ichigo shouted indignantly.

"Wahahahahaha..."

Before Urahara Kisuke could reply, a deafening burst of laughter echoed down from the Urahara Shop above.

Bang, bang, bang...

Following the laughter came a series of explosions, and it was these sounds that made the Urahara household's expressions turn extremely ugly.

"Shopkeeper, don't tell me..." Jinta swallowed hard from the side.

Slap—

Urahara Kisuke slapped himself across the face, his expression as dark as the bottom of a pot. "My mistake. I shouldn't have expected this moron to be able to find the entrance!"

Urahara Kisuke now had only one impulse: to use a Kidō above level 90 to blast that moron upstairs—who did things without using his brain at all—into smithereens!!!

Tessai sat down on the floor with a thud, pulled a handkerchief from somewhere, and wiped the tears from his face. One had to know that this underground space had been meticulously crafted by him, and most importantly... he would be the one who had to repair it.

Ichigo and the others exchanged glances, seeing the confusion in each other's eyes. They didn't understand why the Urahara household had suddenly become like this. Only Uryu, standing to the side, vaguely guessed what had happened, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

BOOM—

The confusion of Ichigo and the others didn't last long; it was resolved by a loud explosion. The ceiling, which looked like a clear blue sky, darkened, cracks spread across it, and after that explosion, the entire thing shattered.

A somewhat bloated shadow fell along with the debris, causing the entire underground space to shake as dust billowed up.

"Is that Brother Biao?" Although it was a question, Ichigo said it with a tone of certainty, because there was no one else who would make an entrance in such a... high-end, cool, yet explosive and brainless way!

"Damn it, why dig so deep when you've got nothing better to do? Is your whole family descended from bears?" Wu Biao's voice drifted out from the dust and smoke, and as the sound faded, a figure gradually appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"..."

Ichigo covered his face.

Uryu Ishida's mouth twitched, and he silently turned his head away.

Sado looked completely blank, not knowing how to react.

As for Inoue, stars were exploding in her eyes; she was clearly looking at something she found extremely interesting.

"First, we don't need to hibernate like bears; second, hibernation doesn't require such a large space; third, Wu Biao, your brain is already comparable to a bear's—how could you not notice such an obvious entrance! And the most important fourth..."

Urahara Kisuke took off his hat and scratched his head fiercely; only this could convey his current frantic and speechless mood.

"May I ask, Wu Biao, did you run onto the wrong set? Or perhaps you spent these seventeen days on some small island in the middle of the ocean, dragging huge rocks to deliver milk to every house, being chased by long-extinct dinosaurs; facing the sea every morning, shouting 'Kamehameha' at the top of your lungs? Is that Kanonji guy actually 'Master Roshi,' a 300-year-old pervert who took off his turtle shell to hide his identity?"

"..."

What a roast!

Ichigo and the others' mouths twitched. They never realized Urahara was so eloquent...

"Idiot, what is all that nonsense? I don't understand a single word!"

"Have you never watched Dragon Ball?" Uryu Ishida interjected from the side.

"What the hell is Dragon Ball? Brother Biao only watches Saint Seiya!" Wu Biao clenched his fist tightly, veins bulging on his arm, and let out a long howl toward the sky: "My Cosmo has exploded! Where is Soul Society? Come out and fight!"

"..." Everyone covered their faces.

Urahara Kisuke asked with a dark face: "Then may I ask... what the hell is that Turtle Hermit Gi you're wearing, where the mark on the chest has been changed from 'Turtle' to 'Biao'!"

That's right, a Turtle Hermit Gi.

At this moment, Brother Biao was wearing an orange Turtle Hermit Gi, with that two-person-tall backpack on his back, which was why his figure had looked so bloated earlier...

But the point was the Turtle Hermit Gi—this guy was actually wearing a Turtle Hermit Gi!!!

"This?" Brother Biao tugged at his clothes with a look of pride: "This is the exclusive gi for the top disciple of the Kanonji School, personally bestowed upon me by Master Kanonji!"

That old chuunibyou!

"I think I should call the copyright protection center and report this bastard who changed one character on someone else's gi to fool idiots!" Urahara Kisuke cursed indignantly.

Then, Urahara clapped his hands, his expression turning solemn: "Alright, since everyone is here, let's get ready to go!"

"He changed the subject so awkwardly; he must think Brother Biao is too embarrassing and wants to completely erase him from his memory!" Ichigo couldn't help but remark.

Only Brother Biao looked confused; he was still struggling with who exactly the "idiot" the green-hat guy was talking about...

Then Brother Biao asked in all sincerity: "Hey, Green Hat, who is the idiot you're talking about?"

"...I think everyone understands what I meant. Get ready, charge in the moment it opens, time is precious!"

He was completely pretending he didn't exist!

Everyone sweated. It had to be said that with Brother Biao's entrance, the originally tense atmosphere had instantly vanished into thin air...

"Hey, someone explain! Is this Soul Society? Where is that sissy Shinigami? Call him out, I, Brother Biao, said I was going to beat him up!" Wu Biao shouted in confusion!

A vein visibly bulged on Urahara Kisuke's forehead, making Yoruichi, who hadn't interjected, giggle endlessly. She hadn't seen Urahara get frustrated like this many times!

"Brother Biao, Soul Society is through this gate!" In the end, it was Ichigo who cleared up the confusion for the bewildered Brother Biao and held him back as he prepared to jump into the gate upon hearing that: "You have to wait for Mr. Urahara to open it before you can enter!"

"Oh, oh, oh, then what the hell are you waiting for, Green Hat? Hurry up! I've been holding it in for half a month, and now I just want to ride that sissy and beat him up to vent my anger."

"He says something incredibly lewd while sounding serious and passionate, and he doesn't even blush!" Uryu said expressionlessly.

Urahara Kisuke really wanted to release Benihime and slash Brother Biao right now. Who exactly was it that wasted all this time...

"Ready!" Urahara ignored Brother Biao, signaled to the others, crouched down, channeled his spiritual power, and roared: "Open!"

Everyone leaped at the same time and vanished from the spot... except for Brother Biao, who looked left and right: "Damn, you could've given a warning, you idiot!" Saying that, he jumped directly into the blue-glowing Senkaimon.

Urahara Kisuke, standing by the Senkaimon, trembled all over. He suddenly had the urge to retract his spiritual power, cut off the portal, and trap that bastard in the gap between the Human World and Soul Society forever...

Of course, that was just a thought. After all, Yoruichi and the others were in there too!

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Brothers, you're awesome, we're second on the new book chart. Keep the recommendations coming, I'm going back to write!

(End of chapter)