273 273. Warning

Urahara's Shop.

Leo and Shinobu were seated opposite to a group of people which included Kisuke, Tessai, Ichigo, Orihime, Uryuu and Chad, a tall burly tanned man about the same age as Ichigo.

Kisuke rubbed his chin and said, "Under ordinary circumstances I would say it's fine, but this seems trouble."

Ichigo, Orihime and Chad were friends of Rukia. They were worried about her and quickly asked why.

Kisuke explained, "She did break the law stating that a shinigami must not transfer their powers onto a human. But I'm surprised the soul society send a captain and a lieutenant for her capture. That's overkill."

Leo faintly looked at Kisuke. This guy...

Kisuke also noticed his gaze and showed a sly smile.

Ichigo thought for a second and said, "We need to get her back."

Kisuke shook his finger at him, "At your current level you wouldn't even win against lieutenants, much less captains. Also, your zanpakuto is broken."

Only now did Ichigo remember that, "Oh yeah, about that. How can I fix it?"

Kisuke smiled at him, "I have my methods."

He turned to Orihime and Chad, "You guys also need to prepare. Your current strength isn't enough for this journey."

Finally he looked at Uryuu, he pondered for a while and said, "You are a quincy, I don't know much about your methods of training. So you are on your own."

Uryuu wasn't bothered by his words. His attention was on Leo and Shinobu. He looked like he wanted to say something.

Leo say his hesitation and asked, "What is it?"

Uryuu let out a breath and said, "How can I condense spiritual energy like you did?"

Hm? Ah, his methods are similar to my attacks.

"There are a few more days before we leave. Find a suitable place for training and I'll show you. How much you can grasp will depend on you."

Uryuu was relieved inside. He thought the man would reject his request.

Kisuke clapped his hands, "Alright. That's it for today. Tessai, bring Ichigo to our shop's training ground. The rest of you can also follow."

Tessai brought the four of them and left. Only the three of them remained.

"Do you have what I asked for?"

Leo spoke first.

Kisuke nodded, "Information about spatial tunnels between the three worlds, I do have them."

He grabbed a couple of thick books and several papers bound by threads.

"These are important resources from division 12. I hope it will be of help."

He handed it over to Leo.

Leo picked a book from the stack and gave it a quick read. The content was abstruse and complex but it was manageable.

Placing the book down Leo looked at Kisuke and said, "About Rukia, shouldn't you be explaining something to me?"

Kisuke paused for a second and asked, "You know?"

Leo nodded, "Yeah. I don't know the concrete details, but about that thing... I do. Do you suspect that her capture is orchestrated by someone?"

Kisuke nodded, "I do think it's plausible but there are very few people who know about it."

Hm...

"Well, no need to complicate things. Let it come as it may."

Leo said.

The three of them got up and went to the training ground owned by Urahara Shop.

What's interesting was that the said training ground was underground. It was very large and very wide.

Leo didn't have the faintest idea as to how Kisuke managed to dig out the place.

Ichigo, Orihime and Chad were nowhere to be seen. Kisuke also disappeared as they reached the ground. Only Uryuu was waiting for them.

"I will show it a few times. How much you learn will depend on you."

Leo spoke directly. He raised his arm and slashed lightly. A sword ray formed in mid air and flew at a rock nearby.

Slash!

The rock was sliced neatly in half. Uryuu had his eyes trained on the sword ray. Leo waved his arm, the sword ray turned around and fell on another rock.

After slashing for a third time he drew back his arm. The sword ray floated around him quietly. However Uryuu could feel the sharpness in it.

"Why does it have such power? I can condense the same amount of spiritual energy but it doesn't haver this much attack power."

Leo smiled at him, "Your archery is good but it doesn't have a will."

"Will?"

Uryuu thought silently.

Leo explained, "When you can stick your will to your attacks then you can also do what I just did."

Uryuu listened to him carefully. However he was still clueless to as to how to do it.

Leo was ready to leave, just as he was leaving he gave one last piece of advice, "Have archery temper your mind and body. Always hitting the mark just means that you are good at it, anyone can do that with practice."

"Take it slow, feel the breath of the world. Master the fluctuations of your spiritual energy. Flow your emotions into your weapons. Fill your arrows with your intent."

Uryuu was a talented quincy. He had high intelligence and was mature for his age.

Leo's words echoed in his mind over and over again. His messy train of thoughts found a clear path.

Seeing the kid in a daze Leo smiled and left with Shinobu.

On their way back both of them stopped by Chojo's place. It was a high end residential area.

Chojo had several villas here. He cleaned up one and started to live there. Of course Hanako and little Shin was with him.

At first Hanako was embarrassed to live him. But the guy said she could only leave after he deemed her to be in full health.

"You guys are here. Come in."

Chojo opened the door with little Shin in his arms.

Once they were seated Hanako brought them drinks.

Sipping on his tea Leo's eyes inadvertently fell on a flower pot. His hands paused for a second.

Both of them stayed for a while and left. Once they got out of the villa Shinobu asked in a cold tone.

"Soul society?"

Leo nodded. A trace of murderous intent flashed through his eyes, "Whoever it was they knew we would find their trace. This was a warning."

In Chojo's house they felt a trace of spiritual energy on a small flower pot. Chojo, Hanako and little Shin were without much spiritual energy, so it could have only been done by someone else.

Shinobu who always smiled had a very dangerous expression at the moment, "Threatening with our friends. Hehe...

Leo curled his lips into a cold smile, "I wasn't planning on messing around, but since they took the initiative it would be rude to not reciprocate."