Chapter 270 It's alright, that unscrupulous merchant won't die anytime soon (Please subscribe)
"Call Captain Sōgo Shihoin!?" Ichigo Kurosaki was stunned. "Did I hear that right!?"
"Of course not!" Kisuke Urahara slightly. "I didn't mean to fool you; I'm serious."
Kisuke Urahara said, taking out his phone.
"If we just call Sōgo Shihoin and get the details straight, we'll know exactly what happened," Kisuke Urahara said with a smile to Ichigo Kurosaki. "That way, we can prepare accordingly."
"What preparations!?" Kurosaki Ichigo asked doubtfully, "Even if we know what Captain Shifouin Sougo means, what preparations can we make?"
"Think about it, Ichigo! If Sōgo Shihoin's intention is very clear—to kill these Fullbring users without any mercy—then we can prepare ourselves as soon as possible." Kisuke Urahara smiled slightly at Ichigo Kurosaki.
"What preparations should we make?" Ichigo Kurosaki asked Kisuke Urahara with some confusion.
"Be prepared to admit defeat," Kisuke Urahara said to Ichigo Kurosaki voice. "Do you really intend to fight Sōgo Shihoin? What a joke... Sōgo Shihoin is invincible."
"Uh..." Ichigo Kurosaki an eyebrow. Good grief, he was ready to admit defeat. He'd learned something...
But that's certainly true; facing the invincible Sōgo Shihoin, they had no other choice but to use this method...
"In that case, let's give Captain Sōgo Shihoin a call!" Ichigo Kurosaki and said.
"Okay!" Kisuke Urahara smiled and took out his phone. "I'll call Sōgo Shihoin right now..."
As Kisuke Urahara spoke, he emphasized the pronunciation of the name Sōgo Shihoin.
"That won't do..." Just as Kisuke Urahara finished speaking, a beautiful woman suddenly appeared in the living room of Urahara Shop.
"Miss Aura Michibane!" Ichigo Kurosaki exclaimed in surprise, looking at the woman before him. "The woman in the heavy rain that day was indeed you."
"Yo~ Ichigo Kurosaki- kun, we meet again." Aura Michibane smiled slightly at Ichigo Kurosaki, "How have you been lately?"
"Obviously, if it weren't for the trouble Miss Aura caused me, I should be doing quite well..." Ichigo Kurosaki looked at Aura Michibane seriously as he spoke, "So, Miss Aura Michibane, why are you chasing after Fullbring users?"
"This is what the higher-ups want!" Aura Michibane smiled at Ichigo and pointed a slender, jade-like finger lightly at the top of his head. "They tell me to act, so I act. I'm just a weapon, a weapon in the hands of those big shots above."
"So..." Ichigo Kurosaki clenched his fist, "Was it really Captain Sōgo Shihoin's order?"
"That's fate." Aura Michibane didn't directly answer Ichigo Kurosaki's question; she only hinted at it indirectly.
"Damn it!" Ichigo Kurosaki clenched his fists in anger. "Do those big shots think they can just decide other people's lives and deaths at will?"
"It's a pity, Ichigo, that's what the Five Great Noble Clans are like." Aura Michibane looked at Ichigo Kurosaki, a slight smile playing on her lips. " Shihoin, Kuchiki, Shiba, and Tsunayashiro... they are families that possess such power! Ichigo, even you are a descendant of the Five Great Noble Clans! So don't get in my way, let me kill that girl~ This is her destiny."
"Damn it! What fate! Ichigo Kurosaki's soul had already stepped out of his body as he spoke. "All I know is that girl shouldn't have died!"
"Are you disobeying orders?" Aura Michibane looked at Ichigo Kurosaki with narrowed eyes. "Are you going to make enemies of the Five Great Noble Clans and the Second Division?"
"Ah!"
"No matter who I'm enemies with!"
"No matter what kind of enemy stands before me, I will fight to the very last moment!"
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, not Ichigo Kurosaki!"
"My power was born to protect what I want to protect!" Ichigo Kurosaki shouted, " Bankai!"
The next second, a deafening Spiritual Pressure surged into the sky, and Ichigo Kurosaki instantly entered Bankai mode!
"Well said!"
" Ichigo, we will fight alongside you to the very end!"
As Ichigo Kurosaki completed his Bankai, the Urahara Shop building was suddenly pushed open, and Uryū Ishida, wielding a bow and arrow, Yasutora Sado, who had activated the Giant's Right Arm and the Devil's Left Arm, and Orihime Inoue, who had summoned the spirit residing in her earring, all appeared in front of Ichigo Kurosaki, surrounding the Aura Michibane.
" Ichigo..." Riruka Dokugamine was already in tears. She had heard Ichigo Kurosaki's words clearly. She knew that Ichigo Kurosaki had chosen an incredibly difficult path for her sake. She hated her own weakness at that moment. She hated that because of her weakness, her comrades had sacrificed themselves one by one for her. She hated even more the people who were chasing her...
"Take Riruka and go first!" Ichigo Kurosaki looked at his companions, his eyes showing no relief, but rather a heavier weight. He Aura Michibane was, and he also knew that his companions would not only be of no help to him, but would become a burden instead.
" Ichigo, are you going to fight alone?" Yasutora Sado frowned upon hearing this.
"Don't you understand!?" Ichigo Kurosaki gripped Tensa Zangetsu tightly with both hands. "This enemy before you is not someone you can handle."
" Ichigo!" Kisuke Urahara stepped forward and grabbed Ichigo Kurosaki's shoulder. "Calm down, this woman isn't someone you can handle..."
"..." Ichigo Kurosaki fell silent after hearing Kisuke Urahara's words. He knew that the woman in front of him was not someone he could handle, but... the problem was... who else could step forward besides him?
"Run, Ichigo!" Kisuke Urahara grabbed Ichigo's shoulder and threw him forcefully towards Inoue and the others. "Go and find a way to contact Sōgo Shihoin!"
With a soft "thud," like bowling, Ichigo Kurosaki sent Uryū Ishida, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Riruka Dokugamine flying.
" Manager Urahara..." Ichigo Kurosaki got up from the ground and stared blankly at Kisuke Urahara, who was facing Aura Michibane inside the room.
"Goodbye, Ichigo!" Kisuke Urahara unleashed Kidō with one hand.
In an instant, Ichigo Kurosaki and the others vanished from the house without a trace.
"You saved them..." Aura Michibane looked at Kisuke Urahara, raised an eyebrow, and her eyes sharpened.
"Hahaha~" Kisuke Urahara smiled slightly, gently fanning himself with his folding fan. "Miss Aura Michibane, I call this a compromise so we can meet again in the future~"
"You're stopping me from completing my mission." Aura Michibane didn't give Kisuke Urahara a friendly look. "I don't think we have anything good to do together."
"Hahaha..." Kisuke Urahara continued to laugh, seemingly unconcerned. "It's just someone else's mission. As long as it's not a mission Sōgo Shihoin, we'll always have a chance to meet again in the future, won't we?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Aura Michibane fell silent for a moment, then smiled, a smile like a blooming rose, incredibly beautiful yet covered in thorns. "You're right! But I can't teach any more now~ so please rest for a bit."
"Let me rest for a bit?!" Kisuke Urahara shook his head upon hearing this. "I think you might not be able to do that, Aura Michibane."
"I can't do it?" Aura Michibane said dismissively. "How do you know I can't do it if you don't try?"
"Then let's see if you can withstand this~" Kisuke Urahara said, and the entire Urahara Shop shook. " Hadō #99! Five Dragon Destruction!"
One after another, blue dragon heads suddenly rose from the ground and attacked Aura Michibane.
"I was prepared," Aura Michibane smiled slightly in the face of Kisuke Urahara's attack, " Eternal Memory Prison."
As soon as Aura Michibane finished speaking, the soaring dragons vanished completely in the next second, and the room returned to its original state. Once again, only Aura Michibane and Kisuke Urahara remained in the room.
"Huh?" Kisuke Urahara stared wide-eyed at the scene before him. "What's going on?"
Kisuke Urahara was certain that he was completely baffled by the situation before him; the current ability was far beyond his comprehension.
"You just stay here obediently~" Aura Michibane smiled slightly at the surprised Kisuke Urahara, and her body slowly disappeared into the room.
"Hey! Wait..." Kisuke Urahara Aura Michibane disappear. He tried to reach out and grab Aura Michibane, but ended up grasping nothing.
"..." Kisuke Urahara stared blankly at the Aura Michibane for a moment, then tried to push open the door in front of him. When Kisuke Urahara pushed the door open, he froze. What he saw was his own back...
"Could it be..." Kisuke Urahara seemed to understand something. He turned his head and looked back. Sure enough, behind him appeared the figure that had turned his head. It was like an endless cycle, an eternal prison!
"Hahaha..." Kisuke Urahara looked at the situation before him, a situation that even he couldn't explain. Instead of panicking, he burst into maniacal laughter. "This is truly... hilarious."
"Bang!" Kisuke Urahara slammed the door shut behind him, then plopped down on the ground, deep in thought. "So what exactly is the principle behind this? Another dimension? Other worlds, dimensions, or even another world?"
Kisuke Urahara was somewhat unable to comprehend the structure of the world before him!
"Hahaha..." After pondering for a moment, Kisuke Urahara gave up and drew his Zanpakuto from his waist. "This is indeed an almost unbeatable ability, but unfortunately, no space in this world can control me! Bankai: Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame!"
Instantly, a gigantic phantom of Kannon appeared behind Kisuke Urahara, who was sitting on the floor!
"My Bankai, Benihime Kai: Zanpakuto Kai, can, within the Bankai range of my Zanpakuto, reconstruct and remodel anything touched by it, including living beings and buildings, including myself. In other words, as long as I'm inside this building, I can modify this world..." Kisuke Urahara hadn't finished speaking when he Zanpakuto, realizing his Bankai was ineffective. "Eh? What's going on?"
Kisuke Urahara's eyes widened. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation... A room that even his Bankai couldn't modify was something he had never seen before. His Bankai could undoubtedly modify any matter, so the appearance of a substance he couldn't modify could only mean one thing...
"... I see!" Kisuke Urahara finally understood his situation. "I wasn't trapped in the material world at all! No! To be precise, my body wasn't trapped at all; it was my mind that was trapped. So that's it. The so-called Eternal Memory Prison means completely imprisoning my mind in past memories... No, it's not just that. To be precise, it's imprisoning me in shared memories with the caster. That's why I'm locked up in this small room. The closer the relationship with the caster, the lower the chance of escape after being hit by this Fullbring... I should be glad I'm not familiar with Aura Michibane ~"
"Hahaha... Interesting!" Kisuke Urahara laughed loudly. A genius is a genius; in just a few minutes, he had already learned about Aura Michibane's Fullbring ability. But one question still troubled him, "So, how exactly do I get out of here?!"
Yes, although Kisuke Urahara has cracked the secret of Aura Michibane's Fullbring, the problem is... while he knows Aura Michibane 'Aura Michibane abilities, he doesn't know how to escape from them...
"This is troublesome..." Kisuke Urahara to himself, constantly racking his brains for a way to escape from here...
On the other side...
"Manager!" After the light disappeared, Ichigo Kurosaki and the others appeared on the Karakura Town Bridge!
" Manager Urahara!" Ichigo Kurosaki frowned as he looked at the empty bridge. "I will definitely come to save you, Manager Urahara!"
Ichigo Kurosaki clenched his fist, vowing that he would definitely go to save Manager Urahara.
" Ichigo Kurosaki, what do we do now?" Yasutora Sado asked Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Let's find a way to contact Sōgo Shihoin first!" Ichigo Kurosaki replied without hesitation.
"Huh? Shouldn't the plan be to rescue Manager Urahara first?" Orihime Inoue asked, puzzled.
"No!" Ichigo Kurosaki shook his head slightly after hearing Orihime's words. "That swindler won't die anytime soon, so instead of wasting time trying to save Manager Urahara, we should try to contact Sōgo Shihoin!"
Ichigo Kurosaki answered very seriously.
(End of this chapter)