Chapter 1204 Bait part 2

Kisuke felt the door to Hell had closed but couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the person who went through it to his surprise, 'That's some impressive stealth technique.'

At that moment, Kisuke felt something going through the barrier he placed around the park and turned in that direction.

Seeing his actions, Soifon and Byakuya didn't remove their sights on him but Shinji, Lisa, and Ichigo turned in the same direction he was looking.

A minute later, another group of people arrived and Kisuke was confused at their arrival, 'It's the psychotic group of girls. I'm surprised they're living well considering their personalities.'

The ones who arrived are the group of Quincy girls and former members of Sternritter.

"What are you doing here?" Shinji immediately asked them, not hiding his hostile reaction to them.

Giselle cheerfully waved at them and greeted him, "It has been a while smirky~! Why do you not have your large smirk today?"

"Tsk." Shinji clicked his tongue and placed his hand on his Zanpakuto.

Though before he could pull it out, the short Liltotto stepped forward and said, "Hold on. We're not here to fight."

Byakuya broke his stare at Kisuke and turned to them, "State your business."

Liltotto sighed and turned her head to Kisuke, 'One of the Special War Powers, Urahara Kisuke... I really don't want to be here, but...' She then faced Byakuya and continued, "We just wanted to ask a question. You'll allow it, right? After all, though it failed, we still assisted you in invading Hell."

Byakuya stayed silent for a few seconds before turning away and saying, "That won't be up to us."

Kisuke is carefully inspecting Bambietta, Giselle, Candice, and Meninas, he sees Liltotto's eyes landing back on him. Before she could say anything to him, Kisuke first said with a grin, "I'll answer it only if you'll also answer one of my questions. You can go first."

"Then I'll go straight to the point. Are there any Quincies down in Hell? More specifically, members of Sternritter."

Kisuke picked the last remaining takoyaki from his box and said before blowing air at it, "It probably has something to do with Auswählen, but I don't know of any Sternritter who reached Hell."

"That reasoning doesn't apply to Pernida and Gerard."

Kisuke chewed and swallowed his food before answering, "That's true... But they're not people to begin with." As he threw the empty box to the trash can beside the bench, he continued, "But that's not what you really wanted to know, right? You're wondering if Yhwach is in Hell."

Liltotto furrowed her brows and gritted her teeth and it was the same for the others behind her. However, neither she nor those behind confirmed Kisuke's question.

Kisuke's grin grew bigger, "I can feel your resentment, but you don't have to think about this anymore. I have no way of truly confirming if any Sternritter reached Hell or not, but I can assure you that it's impossible for Yhwach to come down. And think about it. If Yhwach is really down there, Szayelaporro wouldn't be acting like a king."

Liltotto looked down and released the tension in her body, "...I see. That does make sense."

"It's my turn. I'm only curious about one thing. Where's Askin Nakk Le Vaar?"

The group of girls had their eyes widened.

"Although I saw his heart ripped out of his body, I have a feeling that he's still alive and probably doing good for himself."

They were quiet for a few moments, but Giselle raised her arm and answered, "It has been a few years since we got in contact with him so we don't really know."

"Gigi!" Bambietta immediately protested.

"It's fine. It's not like he asked us to hide it." Giselle shrugged her shoulders.

"Aren't you afraid that he'll poison us?"

Meninas placed her hand on Bambietta's shoulder and reassured her, "He's someone who hates trouble more than anyone else so he wouldn't do anything like that."

However, Bambietta was still not convinced.

While the others were consoling the scaredy cat, Kisuke turned his attention back to Soifon and the others, "So, what are you here for?"

"For attacking the Soul King Palace, we're here to arrest you."

The Quincies stopped their bickering and hurriedly turned their heads towards Kisuke and Soifon. Meanwhile, Ichigo froze on his spot as this was the first time he heard about this.

"That's some serious allegations that would give me a heart attack. And here I thought that you're going to ask me for help to deal with the [Chained]." The smile on Kisuke's face didn't disappear.

'What game is this guy playing now?' Soifon and Shinji both thought to themselves. The former especially was very wary of his intentions now while recalling the conversation they had when she asked what his real goal is, 'The greatest evil... huh? Just what exactly?'

Shinji answered "Your Reiatsu was felt all over Soul Society coming from above at the same time that the attack happened. In addition to that, the Zanpakuto maker testified that it was your Reiatsu that the Zero Division felt when they confronted the attacker."

"Now that sounds weird. You're telling me that my Reiatsu was felt but why does it sound like it's not me who they saw?"

From his sleeve, Shinji took out a rolled-up cloth and unveiled it, showing an image of a Hollowfied man with blood-red gauntlets, boots, hagoromo, and a large halo behind him, "This was weaved by Shutara and was distributed on the day of the attack. It has your face, no?"

Kisuke stared at it while rubbing his chin, "That's indeed my face... But that's it?"

'Why is this guy gaslighting us now?' Soifon thought as someone who already witnessed his Hollowfied form, 'But it looks like he's trying to deflect attention now that Serafall and [Belial] went off the radar. If they can't be found anywhere, then they're probably in Hell and planning something. Since he won't initiate contact, maybe I should go to Hell myself and figure out what's going on.' She guessed after piecing the available clues together.

With a wrinkled forehead, Byakuya asked, "Then are you claiming that you're not the one who attacked the Soul King Palace?"

"I do. But even if that's the case, the Central 46 probably already brought down their ruling and you're here to execute it." As soon as he finished his words, killing intent originated and flooded the area from Kisuke along with the manifestation of black chains around his body and half of his face suddenly becoming a black skull, "Please don't expect me to just go along that peacefully."

Everyone was petrified for a moment before instantly jumping back and pulling out their weapons.