Forced Progress

Nara Dan suspected that Kisuke Urahara had already guessed that Aizen's return was Nara Dan's handiwork behind the scenes.

But to Kisuke Urahara, this was an open scheme.

No matter what, with Aizen's talents, even without Kyoka Suigetsu, he was still an extremely terrifying presence in Soul Society.

One that required Kisuke Urahara to face him with his full strength.

Naturally, he would have no choice but to lower his guard around Nara Dan.

"I have to say, Aizen is still quite capable of drawing attention as a target..."

"At least until I complete my plan, he'll be of great use..."

He just needed to guard against Aizen's betrayal.

"Or rather, calling it betrayal would be going too far."

"There isn't any subordinate relationship between Aizen and me..."

Nara Dan smiled.

"I just need to keep him under control..."

"Ugh..."

Suddenly, a groggy groan sounded before Nara Dan.

Renji Abarai slowly woke up.

"Why am I here?"

"Wasn't I at the tavern?"

Renji Abarai seemed to have no memory of what happened in between. He had directly fallen into the struggle between Sanction and his own power.

"The power inside you acted up."

Seeing this, Nara Dan answered.

"It wasn't that Hollow power..."

"It was another power just as strong."

Renji Abarai was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, but even more bitter.

"Just how many things did you do to my body?"

"Besides that Hollow bastard, there's something else inside me..."

Nara Dan shrugged.

"You should be happier about this..."

"Strictly speaking, you're walking the path of perfect evolution..."

"You're the only one in all of Soul Society."

"Many people would envy you for it."

For example, Aizen. In terms of potential for evolution, Aizen's simple fusion of Hollow and Shinigami powers was naturally inferior to the trinity of Shinigami,