Six hours later.
Dusk swept across Seireitei. The blazing sunlight faded, and darkness began to spread.
Technology Development Bureau—Circular Laboratory.
Uchiha Yato opened the Kamui Dimension and tossed the lively Menos Grande into a cultivation tank.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi set aside his work and clicked his tongue in amazement. "As expected of Third Seat Yato. In less than four hours, you made a round trip to Hueco Mundo and successfully captured an experimental subject."
"That was because you marked the map well."
The young man dusted himself off, sat down in a broad chair, and regulated his breathing.
Seeing that Yato was not paying him much attention, Mayuri turned to Hiyori Sarugaki, who was struggling to move beside him. "Hey! Why hasn't Container Number Twenty-Two been brought over yet? Hurry up! Honestly—by the time you get it here, the sun will have set."
"You're so damn loud!" The petite lieutenant slammed the heavy container onto the ground, flying into a rage. "Baldy! I came here to help you out of the goodness of my heart! And watch your attitude when you talk to me. See this badge? I'm a lieutenant, while you're only the Fourth Seat!"
"Fourth Seat? So what?" Mayuri rolled his eyes and said in a strange tone, "This is the Technology Development Bureau. I'm the deputy director, and you're merely the head of a research lab. I'm above you too~"
"Kisuke! Kisuke!" Hiyori Sarugaki was nearly shrieking as she angrily pounded on the door. "How did you educate this guy? Sure enough, we never should have fished him out of the Maggot's Nest!"
Kisuke Urahara emerged sleepily from the inner room, rubbing his eyes with a wry smile. "Sigh, could you lot calm down a little—huh? Yato's back? This capture speed broke the record, hahaha—"
Just then, an