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With the emergence of the Arrancar, both the World of the Living and Soul Society heightened their vigilance and made the necessary preparations for battle.

Soul Society's winter war plan, which had begun after Aizen's defection, was pushed ahead at an accelerated pace; meanwhile, the other three members of the "Four from the World of the Living," aside from Kurosaki Ichigo, quietly trained on their own in private.

Time flew by, and more than twenty days had passed since the last Arrancar attack.

Wearing a black haori, Urahara Kisuke slowly descended the stairs from the underground passage and called out loudly to the two figures below:

"The time is up, you two. Today's training can come to an end..."