The Children of the Soul Society Are Too Mature

"What about the other two forms? Hurry up and show me!" Inside the secret base, Yoruichi urged Diezuka Hiroe to demonstrate his Zanpakuto, Jiagui.

Hiroe didn't mind, but just as he was about to release the remaining two forms, he was stopped by Urahara, who had been watching from the side.

"That's enough of a demonstration. If we keep going, I'm not even sure if I'll be able to go through with the plan."

"Plan?" Hiroe looked at the smiling Urahara, completely bewildered. Were these two planning to pull off some massive stunt behind his back?

"Right, I still don't know why you brought your Zanpakuto along!" Hiroe finally recalled the crux of the matter and asked jokingly, "Your plan isn't to cut me down, is it? Haha..."

"You actually guessed it! As expected of Diezuka Hiroe!"

"Uh... you're joking... right?"

"Of course I'm joking. With Urahara's unserious attitude, did you actually take him seriously?" Yoruichi pointed at the grinning Urahara and gave Hiroe a few heavy pats—perhaps this was her way of comforting him?

However, Hiroe didn't feel comforted at all; his mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he couldn't say a word. With that permanent smile on Urahara's face, who knew if he was joking or being serious? He had genuinely been terrified just now!

"Yoruichi and I don't have many friends, except for you, of course." Although Urahara was still smiling, his eyes held a hint of seriousness. "We consider you a true friend!"

"So now you know how excessive it was to deceive us! Even if we cut you down, it wouldn't be too much!"

"I know I was wrong. I'm just a bit vain, but I don't have any ill intentions toward you two." Hiroe comforted Yoruichi and signaled for Urahara to get back to the point.

"Actually, it's not as serious as Yoruichi makes it sound. The purpose of today's gathering was partly to talk about your Zanpakuto, but more importantly, it was to put your mind at ease."

"Put my mind at ease?" Hiroe was even more confused now. Was this some kind of punishment to alleviate a wrongdoer's guilt? Had the children of the Soul Society matured to this extent?

"So how are you going to punish me next? You don't really have to; I feel quite at ease... No! Maybe a little guilt is better, at least it ensures I won't make the same mistake again!"

This time it was Urahara's turn to be baffled. He couldn't grasp what was going on in Hiroe's head—what was this nonsense about punishment?

Yoruichi could see it now: these two were completely out of sync. If she let Urahara continue speaking in riddles, they wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight.

"Urahara means that since you exposed your Shikai in front of us, we should offer some compensation so you don't feel shortchanged!" Yoruichi officially took over the conversation to explain things to Hiroe.

After Yoruichi's simple and clear explanation, Hiroe basically understood their line of thinking.

Simply put, Hiroe had accidentally exposed his Shikai in the Sword Chamber. Since a Shikai is a matter of great importance, they wanted to show him their own Shikai to prevent any resentment, ensuring the information was balanced and Hiroe could feel secure.

But because Hiroe had misunderstood Urahara's words earlier, they now had to proceed with the plan by demonstrating their own Zanpakuto in detail, just as Hiroe had done—which was why Urahara had said he was starting to regret it.

"You don't have to show me your Zanpakuto if you don't want to. I really don't mind, you can rest assured!"

Hiroe expressed his thoughts, indicating he didn't care. He truly didn't; as a great transmigrator, didn't he already know exactly what Zanpakuto everyone possessed?

Of course, there were exceptions—he didn't know what Yoruichi's Zanpakuto was—but in his past life, he wasn't the type to force things on friends. That was a rule of friendship he had always lived by.

"You really are a good friend!" Urahara was impressed by Hiroe's train of thought. As a high-ranking noble, he found Hiroe's simplicity both admirable and helpless. "But you should be more careful in the future."

Following this, Urahara and Yoruichi gave Hiroe a profound ideological lesson. It is common knowledge that a Zanpakuto is vital to a Soul Reaper; it is their most loyal partner and their greatest trump card.

Because of this, a Soul Reaper would not easily show their Zanpakuto to others, not even to their own partners. After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and no matter how much you trust someone, you must keep some reservations.

The reason Urahara and Yoruichi wanted to compensate Hiroe was that they truly considered him a friend.

According to Urahara, since they knew his secret, they would let him know theirs in return. That way, even if they ever wanted to act against Hiroe in the future, he would be able to respond calmly. That was the true meaning of "putting his mind at ease."

Hearing this, Hiroe was completely shocked. Firstly, because in the manga from his past life, most Soul Reapers would brag to their enemies about how powerful their Zanpakuto were, terrified that others wouldn't know their trump cards.

He hadn't expected the truth to be like this. No wonder Old Man Yama told him to hide the existence of his other Zanpakuto; it turned out he had unknowingly become the "normal" Soul Reaper Urahara spoke of.

As for the second point, the children of the Soul Society were even more mature than he had imagined! With this level of foresight, if he hadn't been guided by Old Man Yama, his own simple experiences from his past life would have left him with nothing but bones if he had tried to play games with them!

Seeing Hiroe standing there with his mouth agape, Urahara assumed he was still reluctant. In Urahara's view, Hiroe couldn't yet accept a friendship based on such an exchange.

"Don't overthink it. It's precisely because we cherish this friendship that we need to nurture it carefully!" Urahara placed a hand on Hiroe's shoulder, dropping his smile to speak seriously. "While we are still pure and have no malicious intent, let's cut off the possibility of that ever happening—at least, it must never be a possibility for you!"

That statement nearly moved Hiroe to tears. Big brother, I'm a transmigrator! In the future, you two are the most loyal and righteous people to everyone!

Why does it sound like if I don't look at your Shikai, you two are going to hatch some grand conspiracy in the future? I don't want to take the blame for this terrifying thought, and I can't carry it either!

"It's just looking at a Shikai, right? I'll watch, okay!"

For the sake of Urahara and Yoruichi's reputation in his past life, and to ensure these two fine young people didn't go astray in the future, Hiroe felt he had a heavy responsibility to witness their Shikai.

Besides, he wasn't really against it; on the contrary, he was quite interested in Yoruichi's Zanpakuto! He hadn't wanted to force his friends before, but now they were forcing him and begging him to watch.

Faced with such a bizarre request, Hiroe could only reluctantly accept. He sat down cross-legged immediately and gestured, "Now, you may begin your performance..."