Chapter 1270 Preparations

A few moments of silence veiled the room until Yamamoto asked, "Is there anything we can do?"

Mayuri sighed and turned around to return to his work, "Insert ourselves between them? That's impossible. I don't know what Urahara discovered but I'm pretty sure that there's nothing we can do to help him. You know him too, former Captain Commander. He wouldn't dive into that fight alone due to arrogance. Urahara went alone for a reason and it must be a very good reason."

Yamamoto then started making complicated expressions and even without turning around to look at his face, Mayuri could tell what he was thinking, "Are you worried that he might fail?"

Yamamoto was surprised, not because Mayuri guessed it right, but because he didn't think he'd directly mention it in front of Kisuke's young niece. Yamamoto peeked at Claire's expression and could only sigh.

But before he could say anything, Mayuri continued, "And that's the reason why Aizen Sosuke is here right now." Mayuri peeked at Aizen who was making an amused expression, "Am I right?"

"You've looked into it, right? Moving into the world where Urahara and these ladies came from, I mean." Aizen returned his own question.

Claire frowned upon hearing that but she didn't voice out anything. Although she had the inkling of what they were planning to do, she didn't know anything concrete, 'It's normal to plan ahead of various circumstances. There's no need to get upset. I believe in Kisuke-niichan.' She told herself.

Mayuri's hands briefly stopped on Aizen's inquiry but soon resumed pressing on the keyboard in front of him, "That's only natural. I don't know what Ichibei was trying to do, but it's safe to assume it's not for any good. I refuse to stay still with an enormous threat like that looming. If we can't fight that thing, then we can try escaping."

And that's the reason why Mayuri was rushing to move everyone into their new bodies. He needed them to be prepared for escape as soon as possible, "So what do you propose we should do? Urahara has surely left traces or a path to reach that world, but he's not here right now."

"He told me that he needed my help to create that path and I would know how to do it when the time is right. I don't know what he intended to achieve previously, but I know exactly how we'll reach that world."

Mayuri stopped working again and properly faced Aizen this time. He stared at him for a moment before his eyes went sideways and landed on Claire, "...I see. So you will be the 'spear'." Mayuri wondered why Aizen brought Claire with him but soon recalled what he detected and captured through his measuring devices when Kisuke initiated his attack on the [Chained], "And she's our compass."

Aizen nodded, "Something like that, yes."

"Understood. I'll prepare what we'll need so make sure that both of you are prepared."

"I'm glad that it's easy to talk to you."

From their conversation, Claire also understood the role Aizen wanted her to fill, "Although I was able to summon Gabriel-neechan last time, I have no idea how to do that again."

"Don't worry. You accidentally summoning her means that you have an innate connection with her." Mayuri replied, "And these connections often happen in the soul. Where do you think you are?"

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[How long has it been?] Benihime asked, feeling bored within the endless blackness. She was first interested in what Kisuke was doing but since he was doing it so slowly, her interest soon fell off. As Kisuke feared, Benihime contracted the worst modern disease introduced by the modern lifestyle, immediate boredom.

"It has been 3 days. However, I'm not actually sure. I don't know if the flow of time was altered in here and even if it's not, I don't know what this transformation did to my perception. For all I know, I might be perceiving time faster or slower than normal. Same with my biological functions. I don't know if my heart is beating slower or faster."

[Then let's assume you're correct, isn't it about time for you to end all of this before that reckless ice lady follows you?]

"Well, I'm also thinking of going out now. I already figured out how I'll pop this bubble and..." Kisuke looked down and saw the black mud which he could hardly see the edge of anymore, "I think this enough."

Right now, Kisuke was standing and looked like a tiny dot in the sphere of black mud that was enough to fill the entirety of the Pacific Ocean several times over, "I'd like to have enough to flood the entirety of Hell, but It'll take months or even years to do that.

[Enough to flood the Hell? Then lucky for them that you don't have enough time to do that.]

"Them?"

[You know, the founding members of the Gotei 13 and their towns filled with people.]

"Ah... Them. No need to worry about them. By this time, they've probably already left Hell."

[Hmmm? How?]

"You're asking that because you're forgetting someone. Though I can't really blame you since you only met her once and she didn't tell you what she planned to do after."

[Stop giving me riddles. Who is it?]

Kisuke stretched his limbs and gave his body a final check, "She's someone as crazy if not more so than you. And you hate her guts for it."

A certain blindfolded individual instantly entered Benihime's mind, [Oh... That crazy bitch? I forgot that I urged them to go to Hell.]

"Even if he doesn't want to, he'll be forced to move and despite his criminal status, he's someone who couldn't let go of his duty of helping his 'comrades'. By now, those guys should have reached Soul Society."

[And how did they move an entire population?]

"It's going to be tough if it's just going to be them, but as long as one of the three girls are present in Soul Society which I'm sure they are, they would have felt their attempt to breach the space. They would be lucky if Kunou-chan is around since she's the one who can do large-scale ritual-style mass teleportation."

At that moment, both Kisuke and Benihime heard Tiamat's sigh, [...It's done. I gave you as much authority as possible. You should be able to summon your 'children' now.]

"...Mine?"

[Yes. Yours. But don't worry. They are not the children that you'd normally think about. They are creatures that reflect your own life.]