The Fullbring arc has begun, with a few small innovations from the author!
There will be slight differences from the original plot.
After leaving the Urahara Shop, Yoriichi walked alone through the streets of Karakura Town, his hands in his pockets.
He was in no hurry.
The sunlight of the World of the Living fell on him, and the sound of passing cars came from the street now and then. Everything was much as he remembered.
Kisuke Urahara had not told the truth.
Or rather, he had only told part of it.
New friends.
Simply making a few friends could not have caused the Substitute Badge to lose its signal for three consecutive months.
Besides, the Substitute Badge itself was a surveillance device created by the Soul Society. Even if Ichigo did not use his Soul Reaper powers, it would still transmit information about nearby Reiatsu back to the Thirteenth Division.
For the Substitute Badge to stop working entirely, either someone had blocked it, or Ichigo had voluntarily abandoned it.
Yoriichi leaned more toward the former.
As for why Urahara had not said anything, he probably had his own considerations again.
That guy always liked to hide the answers and make other people find them themselves.
He really deserves a beating.
Yoriichi reached that assessment inwardly.
With a slight stir of his thoughts, Hekyō responded from deep within his soul.
He was not carrying his Zanpakuto.
It was part of his soul to begin with, and could appear in his hand whenever he wished.
Otherwise, a high school student walking down the street carrying a sword would look bad no matter how one viewed it.
He might end up being found by the police before he could find Ichigo.
Soon, Yoriichi stopped.
Karakura First High School.
He looked up