Chapter 203: Precautions

"Oh?"

Both Kisuke and Yoruichi next to him were curious.

Although Mazuru told Yoruichi that he had something to do with Kisuke, but Mazuru's lips were too tight, and he didn't say anything to her before meeting Kisuke.

Mazuru stared deeply at Kisuke, "I wonder how much you know about the battle between the shinigami and quincy that happened a thousands of years ago?"

"The great battle from a thousand years ago?" Kisuke was taken aback for a moment due to such a question being suddenly asked, but immediately he began to think, "If I remember correctly, that battle should have ended with the defeat of the quincy side."

"You really do know about it..." Mazuru sighed.

Kisuke was actually a person similar to Aizen in essence. He may be inferior to Aizen in strength, but his IQ was comparable to Aizen, even so much that Aizen himself admitted it many times.

The long history of the Soul Society was full of temptation for people such as them. In order to explore unknown things, they couldn't help but investigate these hidden truths in histories.

"What if I told you that Yhwach, the ancestor of the quincy masters, did not die in the great battle thousands of years ago, but survived under the cover of the remaining quincy masters, and has now recovered?" Mazuru asked another question and in front of Kisuke's face, he revealed a shocking news without the slightest hesitation.

"What?"

Kisuke was startled immediately, and Yoruichi also looked extremely shocked. 

"I don't know if you have noticed that starting from some years back, the mixed-blooded quincies in the world of living have begun to die around the same time. These deaths are the proof of Yhwach's resilience and his impending return."

It took Kisuke some time to calm himself down, "From where did you know these things?"

"Ishida Soken."

Mazuru uttered a name, and he believed that it would be enough because Kisuke would definitely know this person, "He told me everything before he died."

"The ancestor of the quincy, Yhwach, is still alive. He and the surviving quincy established a spiritual space somewhere in the Soul Society, and then hibernated there for a thousand years. For a thousand years, they waited, just to make a comeback and take revenge on the Soul Society."

Kisuke knew what this meant. This meant that the quincies had been preparing for thousands of years to wage a war on the shinigami. Once the war starts, the entire Soul Society will be caught off guard and suffer huge losses. After all, the quincy was once able to compete with the Soul Society thousands of years ago, let alone now that the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light.

"Did you report these things to the head-captain?" Kisuke asked again.

Mazuru shook his head and said, "I haven't made up my mind to do that yet. If I report this to the head-captain suddenly, with the captain's fiery temper, it is very likely that we will scare the snake away and make the situation even more chaotic."

Kisuke was silent in response, of course he also understood the truth, and, before there was any real evidence, with the old-fashioned thinking and temper of those in the Soul Society, even if Mazuru told them that the ancestor of the quincy was still alive, they would never believe it. Even if the quincy masters were hiding in the dark and no one knew when those quincy masters who were dormant in the dark would attack or what would they do, they won't budge unless Mazuru produces enough evidence.

Kisuke knew all about those at the Soul Society.

It was precisely because he knew these things, back then that after he discovered that Hirako Shinji and others were hollowfied, what he did was to transfer them to the world of living and hide in the world of living instead of letting them stand up and expose Aizen's conspiracy.

Because even if there were statements from Shinji and others, because of Aizen's Zanpakuto, there was no conclusive evidence. Even now, whether it was Central 46, or the head-captain and others, they would probably still not believe his words, if not for Aizen coming out in the open by himself.

Therefore, sometimes, it was really unreliable to rely on those people, and thus one can only rely on himself. 

It's the same for Kisuke, he does not intend to rely on Gotei 13 to fight against Aizen. Whether it was during Aizen's escape to Hueco Mundo last time or for the upcoming war. How to face Aizen, he had his own plans.

After all, he created the Hōgyoku that Aizen took from Rukia, and it was him who made this kind of trouble for everyone, so he decided to take care of it in his own way.

"So the favor you want to you ask of me this time, is about the quincies?" Kisuke asked.

"After all, there are some things that needs to be prepared in advance." Mazuru said calmly.

"Ishida Soken told me before his death that after years of research, the quincy hidden in the dark have developed an ability that can take away the shinigami's Bankai. You should know what does the Bankai means to a captain-level shinigami, right?"

Not only Kisuke knew what it meant, but even Yoruichi who didn't used her Zanpakuto knew what it meant.

For many captains, Bankai represents most of their combat strength, if their Bankai was taken away, it meant that they will lose most of their strength.

"I want your help to develop an item that can protect the shinigami's Bankai from being taken away."

Mazuru spoke out the favor he wanted.

Kisuke suddenly felt awkward.

Mazuru's words were easy to say and understand, but the key point was that he only said that quincy had the ability to take away the shinigami's Bankai but he didn't say how this ability worked. He was asked to develop props without any information, which was undoubtedly embarrassing for him.

But if what Mazuru said was true, besides Aizen and Hueco Mundo behind him, the crisis that the Soul Society must face also had the addition of the quincies hidden in the dark, and this matter was also something to be guarded against.

"I will do my best." 

In the next period of time, Mazuru had a drink with Kisuke and Yoruichi in the Urahara store. It was the first reunion between all the old friends after many years, so he enjoyed a little and then returned to Soul Society alone.

After Mazuru left, Kisuke changed his usual lazy expression and became quite serious.

Yoruichi said with concern, "If what Mazuru said is true, the crisis facing the Soul Society is far more serious than it already is now."

"What he said is probably true."

Kisuke also knew somethings about the successive deaths of the mixed-blood quincies a few years ago, and it happened to be combined with a certain detail in what Ryuken said.

"However, the most important thing at the moment is to deal with Aizen."

"It's time for Hirako and the others to get in touch with Ichigo."

Kisuke thought about the hollow mask that appeared on Ichigo's face when he awakened his own shinigami powers, and what Yoruichi told him earlier when she was imprisoned by the Soul Society.

The hollow mask appeared on Ichigo's body by itself.

What that meant, Kisuke knew it all too well.

Hollowfication!

However, the hollow inside Ichigo was different from the hollows of Shinji and others.

Shinji and others were cheated by Aizen, and their bodies were forcibly injected with hollow powers, while the hollow power in Ichigo's body was innate, he inherited it from his mother.

Before the decisive battle with Aizen, if Ichigo could master his hollow powers, it would undoubtedly improve his strength again.

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