Prologue

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'Where is this'

A black space with a viscosity of the water currently engulfs me.

'I'm pretty sure this isn't Garganta since I don't feel any Reishi.'

Garganta is a featureless black void connecting Hueco Mundo to other worlds that are mainly used by Arrancar and Hollows to move between Hueco Mundo, the Human World, and Soul Society.

'Now that I have taken a good look at myself, I'm naked and tattered. Benihime's stitches are still there but I can't feel or contact Benihime herself nor I can feel my Reiryoku.

'Hmm? This is...

'The Hougyoku?'

At the center of my body, a crystal is embedded and giving of weak pulses of bluish-purple lights.

The Hougyoku is my and Aizen's invention in an attempt to blur or dissolve the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollow, allowing one race to attain the powers of the other. However, even us as its creator didn't know its true power lies in its ability to sense the hearts of those around it and materialize their deepest desire until a later time.

I had a bad feeling when I've come across some clues and evidence of Quincys' movements inside the Soul Society which shouldn't be possible, so I decided to formulate some plans in case of worst scenarios and one of those is with the use of Hougyoku.

However extracting it from Aizen is almost impossible, hence I sought to create another one from my and Aizen's data completing an identical one with Aizen's. It sounds ironic since I attempted to destroy or seal it, but I can't be choosy with my methods now.

I don't remember however ever embedding Hougyoku within me.

'I wonder how that happened.'

The last thing I remembered is losing consciousness while inside Askin's Gift Ball.

'Did I die?

'Looks like my insurance failed.

'I wonder if they manage to defeat Yhwach?

'And if they failed, I wonder how the world looks like now?

While various thoughts come across my mind some changes happened within the black space. Minute cracks are appearing all over the place with some white light is shining through.

'What will happen to me now?

'Will I die for good once this space collapsed?

'Or will there be an afterlife?

'An afterlife after and an afterlife, how funny.

The cracks are now everywhere and some cracks also appeared on my body while the Hougyoku kept shining and shining brighter.

A sudden pain assaulted his mind while space collapses and he loses his consciousness.

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"Kisuke, wake up now, it's late!"

A voice of a woman resounded all over the small house.

*Groans* 'Ggghh, my head hurts.'

Various memories appeared inside our young Urahara Kisuke and his first thought was...

'I'm a handsome and sexy candy store owner!'

Thus the beginning of his new adventure in this new strange world.