Outbreak of Conflict in the World of the Living, Captain-General vs. Aizen

But Kisuke Urahara clearly paid no attention to this junior's mockery. He now thoroughly understood the seriousness of the situation.

When he had listened to Soi Fon's account at the Urahara Shop, Kisuke Urahara had known it was a major matter, but it had still lacked a sense of reality for him.

No matter how serious it was, could it really be worse than what Aizen had done?

But now, looking at the large number of busy Soul Reapers around him, along with the many captain-class Soul Reapers, even the space of the entire World of the Living had become unstable due to the gathering of so many Soul Reapers.

This was the Reishi accumulation effect. It was not very noticeable in Hueco Mundo or Soul Society.

But the World of the Living was different. The gathering of vast amounts of Reishi would cause irreparable damage to it.

This was also one of the reasons Soul Society had legislated against Soul Reapers using Bankai in the World of the Living.

"We need to speed things up."

Shunsui Kyōraku stood off to the side with his hands tucked into his sleeves, his eyes beneath his straw hat unusually serious.

"We don't know when that guy will come, but Hollows have already begun appearing. There are far more than before, and quite a few of them are high-level Hollows."

Hearing Shunsui Kyōraku's words, Kisuke Urahara nodded silently.

"Why do you think he's doing this?"

Jūshirō Ukitake, who looked frail and weak, spoke when he saw Kisuke Urahara's reaction.

"Who knows why he's doing it? But we have to protect the World of the Living from suffering a massive impact."

Byakuya Kuchiki's expression was icy.

Ever since Rukia Kuchiki had been taken away, he had worn that same expression.

Naturally, no one else