Chapter 873 A Surprise Visit  

"Ughhh...!!! Finally done... For now, anyway." Kisuke stretched his limbs after reaching the edge of Heaven and got ready to leave.

Gabriel approached him and bowed in gratitude, "I thank you again for your efforts. I was astounded to see such progress was made in such a short time."

"Please stop with the gesture. You're the leader and shouldn't lower yourself to an outsider like me."

"My prestige doesn't matter with the help you provided."

"I might be helping you, but you also know that I'm not doing charity here."

"Several favors, isn't it? As long as it's within my power-" "Wrong." Kisuke immediately interrupted Gabriel, "Within the power of Heaven as a faction. Your favor is great but don't ever think it'll be enough for something this big."

Gabriel looked at him grinning and sighed in defeat, "Understood. However, as a faction, any request you make will undergo deliberation so it won't be granted immediately."

"As long as you give it enough attention, I'd be happy."

"Expanding on that topic, may I know an example of your request? It is so that I can prepare myself and have proper arrangements ready in hand."

Kisuke tipped his hat and his expression became serious, "Taking my side in a negotiation and mobilization of your troops."

Gabriel's bright smiling face disappeared as it was replaced by a similar serious but graver one, "Urahara-san... I'll say this now, but you'd be asking for too much. If that's your demand, I'll ask you to stop what you're doing. We'll opt for other factions to help us with the Sacred Gear system. Whatever ambition you have, I won't allow you to use the lives of my comrades as a stepping stone."

"That's true... It's fair to say that I'm pretty ambitious, but what if I can have Great Red vouch for me?"

"...What?" Gabriel didn't understand what Kisuke meant but before she could receive any further clarification, the space behind Kisuke was rended, revealing a single giant golden Dragon eye, "!?"

Gabriel shuddered from the pressure and aura that the owner of the eye emitted and couldn't help but take a step back and spread her 12 golden wings. In the distance, Dulio and the rest of his team were flying toward them.

Kisuke, on the other hand, slowly turned around and gave the eye a dirty look, "I know you're watching things, but do you have to watch this closely? I just mentioned you and you appear? What are you? A dog?"

Dulio and his team arrived with their weapons out but they were astounded to see that Kisuke was berating the terrifying eye.

"And what is this pressure? Why are you trying to scare everyone when you're the one that arrived uninvited? Don't try to boss others around when you don't even have a group to back you up."

The pressure was immediately abated and the eye blinked a few times, not knowing what to do. In a similar vein, the Angel group also didn't know what to do, nor how to react to the situation as they were now sure that it was Great Red who was on the other side, 'But Great Red doesn't need a group to boss anyone around...'

In response to Kisuke, Great Red groaned in dissatisfaction.

"But I'm the one doing the work!"

The groan then changed to a low growl.

"So you want to become a boss now? And my group should join you? No way! You don't know how to act like a boss!"

Some of the pressure returned and the growl grew louder, making those around watching the nonsensical scene swallow a mouth of saliva to drench their dry throat.

'This roleplaying addict... Looks like I triggered and hurt his pride. How should I resolve this?', thought Kisuke. He knew that despite his power and encompassing foresight, he could act like a child, and arguing with a child is just a waste of time, '...There's that, but I wonder if that will work?'

"How about you work under me?"

Kisuke's unprecedented words didn't just shock the True Dragon but also almost made the Angel side break down.

A growl that was almost as loud as a roar came out of Great Red in an angry protest.

"You want to be the boss? I could give you that position, but is that what you really want? No takebacks, okay?"

Kisuke's sudden change of attitude instantly baffled Great Red, 'It's not the best position?'

Kisuke then stood straight and proudly declared, "Then I shall be the hidden boss!"

'What was that!?' Great Red asked with a growl and strangely enough, Kisuke was able to understand him.

"The boss's right-hand man. While he technically follows the boss' instructions, the hidden boss moves on his own, hides within the shadows, doesn't normally show themself to the public and could discard the boss' instructions at any given moment. And unlike a boss who anyone could see and deal with the problems in a showy manner, the hidden boss manipulates the scene from behind. Truly an exalted existence!"

Kisuke's words, although obviously wrong, tickled Great Red's correct spots as his eyes showed anticipation, 'I'll be the hidden boss!'

"Eh? But I want to be the hidden boss. You deal with these problems and I'll just wait in the background, boss."

'You're the boss! You deal with it! I shall watch from behind!'

"...But it's too tiring. I want to just float in a vast space too."

'Boss, I'll leave everything to you! If you need help, I'll do something about it!'

Great Red didn't say anything further and just started closing the space. He didn't want Kisuke to take back his newly acquired title, 'Hidden Boss'.

"Fine, hidden boss. If there's a problem, I'll contact you."

The cut open space closed and the entirety of Great Red's aura disappeared as he swam back to the great expanse of the Dimensional Gap.

"Haaaahhh... I finally got rid of him. Just what is he thinking, appearing everywhere..." Kisuke sighed as he turned around to face the Angels, "Right. We were interrupted. Where were we again?"