In a vast Underground Space,
Nara Dan appeared there with Kira Izuru and the others,
Likewise, Rukia and the other two were sparring and training diligently nearby, while Nara Dan meditated off to the side.
This wasn't the grove they had used before. As the members of their little group grew stronger, the trees there could no longer withstand their abuse.
So Nara Dan had found this place for himself and the other three to train.
When Rukia and the others asked where such a huge Underground Space beneath the Sōkyoku had come from, Nara Dan had merely smiled and offered no explanation.
He knew about it from the original story, after all.
Beneath the Sōkyoku, Kisuke Urahara had built a massive Underground Space long ago, using it as a secret base for training and experiments.
But after Kisuke Urahara defected, the Underground Space had been left abandoned.
Then Nara Dan remembered it and commandeered it without the slightest courtesy.
Of course, taking Kisuke Urahara's things wasn't that simple. Before leaving, Urahara had set up a fairly challenging Kido seal around the Underground Space.
Nara Dan had simply broken it with ease.
Nara Dan chuckled softly,
As someone who crossed over from the Ninja World, I've seen the strongest Sealing Technique in the Ninja World: Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
Urahara's seal was child's play before Nara Dan.
Then Nara Dan looked at Rukia, who was training nearby, his expression somewhat complicated, as though he felt both disappointment and anticipation.
To be precise, Nara Dan wasn't really looking at Rukia, but at something else inside her.
As expected, this is the limit of the incomplete Hōgyoku's power.
Feeling no fluctuations in the power within himself, Nara Dan shook his head inwardly.
*No wonder Aizen was so eager to complete the Hōgyoku