Silence fell, and the atmosphere inside the Urahara Shop suddenly became impossible to read.
Love Aikawa said regretfully, "It was all my fault. If not for me, everyone could have returned to the Soul Society."
Kensei Muguruma walked over and patted him on the back in comfort.
In the underground laboratory, Uchiha Hikaru had been sitting there for less than ten minutes.
Kisuke Urahara suddenly slapped his forehead as though he had remembered something, then swiftly entered a string of code into the nearby computer program.
Hikaru watched Urahara hammer away at the keyboard without any intention of disturbing him.
Urahara typed as he spoke. "Just give me two minutes."
After the clattering of keys echoed through the laboratory for a full two minutes—
Urahara stopped typing.
He turned to look at the Menos inside the cylindrical glass container.
He hooked an arm around Hikaru's shoulders and led him over. "I know what you want to ask."
"To be honest, when you specifically came to the laboratory and told me you wanted to study how to absorb Menos and turn them into your own power, it really gave me quite a fright."
Urahara patted Hikaru's shoulder. "Although I've always found it strange why you wanted to study this, thankfully, you have those Dragon Balls."
"It's almost a success now."
"These Dragon Balls really are amazing things! You..."
Kisuke Urahara rambled on and on, but Hikaru barely listened.
Only when he heard the words "almost a success" did he react. He interrupted Urahara and asked, "When will it be finished?"
If Urahara could develop a device to absorb Menos this time, Hikaru would definitely have to thank him properly.
This was a tremendous help! After all, the problem before him now was how to absorb Menos and unlock the dormant power