Kisuke just stepped into the Dimensional Gap, which had now replaced the void between worlds, Garganta. This was done by Flanna and her Dragon friends to keep the worlds together. However, unlike the Dimensional Gap that he knew, it's not an infinite space because it was just a temporary measure.
It was with that idea in mind that he was not surprised to meet a lone maggot wriggling around without any sense of direction. Since the emergency protection system that he placed on Ophis hadn't triggered, Kisuke took his time to observe the maggot, 'It doesn't know what to do but it looks like it's slowly adjusting. It'll take some time, but it'll eventually know how to move. It's also a problem that it could survive this chaotic space since only a few people could come into this place and remain unscathed.'
With a swing of the released Tiamat, Kisuke bisected the struggling maggot.
On his way to Hell, Kisuke found several more of these maggots and had the same observation as the first one, 'As soon as they learn to move properly, they'll reach the other worlds.'
While bringing that bad premonition with him, he finally took the shortest path to Hell, 'After Flanna took over the role of the lynchpin, the plan was to slowly integrate the three worlds with the larger scope of the Dimensional Gap. But to think it'll be this messy... I hope it's not too messy on the other side too.'
Kisuke soon found an increasing number of maggots and not long after that were the holes they created to even reach the Dimensional Gap in the first place. Despite his high resistance to disgusting things, the hair on Kisuke's body couldn't help but stand up while watching thousands of these maggots pile out of the holes, slowly drifting into the kaleidoscopic space and spreading out into the distance, "This is so much worse than I anticipated... Though thanks to this, Hell at large should be relatively safer.
Ignoring the flood of maggots, Kisuke went through one of the holes and immediately scanned his surroundings. He couldn't feel Ichibei's aura, but he could tell that Ophis was around with her power still lingering.
And sure enough, Ophis suddenly appeared beside him. But what surprised him more was the two people tied by her snakes beside her, "You've arrived."
Kisuke nodded and patted her head, "Mmm. I'm sorry for letting you do an unreasonable task. It even endangered Lilith."
Ophis shook her head, "I am glad to be of help. It's about time I returned the favor."
"You didn't really have to..." Kisuke sighed before finally turning his attention to the two people glaring at them, "I'm glad to see you guys still energetic. I truly mean it."
One of the tied-up people, Tenjirou Kirinji, clicked his tongue, "Do you expect us to believe that?"
Kisuke grinned and covered his mouth with his free hand, "Of course not. But I guess this is not a good place to talk, huh?"
"What do you plan to do with us?" The other tied person, Senjumaru Shutara, asked. She had been trying to get the snake off her body but no matter what she did, they didn't budge at all.
Kisuke thought about it for a moment before answering, "That'll be up to you."
Senjumaru and Tenjirou looked at each other and weighed their options. As even those who were Ichibei's close confidants don't know what's going on so they didn't really have many options.
"Before anything, what happened to Kirio?" Senjumaru asked again.
The smile on Kisuke's face disappeared, "She's fine, but she has lost all of her powers."
Tenjirou and Senjumaru's eyes widened in surprise, "S-she lost her powers? ...Then that would mean..." Not from the fact that she lost her powers but from the fact that she's still alive because they could only think of one ability of hers that would strip her of all of her powers as a Shinigami.
Kisuke was able to guess what they were thinking and replied, "She tried but I got lucky and she failed."
Tenjirou and Senjumaru were silent for a moment before the former asked, "How did you... save her?" As the creator of most of the Kaidou system, Tenjirou was incredibly curious as he already researched this situation beforehand and found no solution, 'Even the immortality granted by Ichibei's naming couldn't save her in case she uses that. Just how did he...?'
Because if there's something that Ichibei can't rename, those are the basic laws of the universe.
"As I said, I got lucky. You can ask her about the details later." Kisuke shrugged his shoulders, "More importantly, I assume you also don't have any idea what got into Hyousube-san, do you?"
Senjumaru immediately answered, "No. We would appreciate it if you give us some clues because you seem to have some."
"I only have some guesses..." Kisuke then turned to Ophis and asked, "What did he look like to you, Ophis-chan?"
"...A fly," Ophis answered after thinking about it for a few seconds.
"I see." Kisuke heaved out a heavy sigh, "This is more troublesome than I thought. And here I thought I could take it easy after replacing the lynchpin."
Tenjirou and Senjumaru already expected it when he returned to Hell after defeating Kirio but they were still shocked, "Do the three worlds still exist?"
"It does. In the first place, I didn't have any intention of destroying them." Kisuke prepared Tiamat once again and flew off to one of the holes, "Let's return to Soul Society first."
Ophis closely followed him and the other two found that some of their mobility returned. They looked at each other before also following the first two.
As they got into the Dimensional Gap, Tenjirou and Senjumaru were once again shocked by the chaotic pull the space produced, "This is... Such a deadly place, weaker Hollows and Shinigamis won't be able to traverse this." muttered the latter.
Kisuke didn't say anything and just silently went through the crowd of maggots. It didn't take long before they reached where Kisuke made the hole in space and returned.
Upon their arrival, Kisuke found out that there was only one person present in the room and that was the weirdly dressed Kurotsuchi, "So you brought them back. Now let's hear what your plan is before the three worlds are completely eaten."
Editors:
28th00: It’s a weird coup/rebellion, since they actively do not wanna kill the other side, and it sure as hell ain’t bloodless, but it’s a weird one so far. Ichibei is really more of a cockroach than a fly, though.
Goyya: The nobles thought that they could finally take over the entire Seireitei now that the large portion of Gotei 13’s force, namely the Captains and Lieutenants, were gone. But you know it’s an easy-to-quell rebellion when its success is pinned on the temporary absence of its enemies. It might have worked if they were able to take over the facilities and strip the Gotei 13 of their authority using the Zero Division’s support, but they didn’t know how abnormal the situation was.
Mayuri prepared enough seats for everyone while pondering about the snakes that were tying up the members of the Zero Division, 'Fascinating... To think something flimsy could hold someone like them. And they don't feel special at all.' His eyes landed on the black-haired girl but the latter just ignored him and sat down beside Kisuke, 'I only heard a nonsensical story, but I wonder how much truth was behind it?'
Tenjirou and Senjumaru didn't hesitate anymore and also sat down, "To think those idiots would actually start a civil war. Were they too bored?", muttered the former.
"Don't make it sound like you're not involved," Mayuri replied while giving him a side-eye.
"But we're not. It's not our problem unless the balance is threatened." Tenjirou shrugged his shoulders, "I can't say the same for Ichibei, though. He's the only one who has the freedom to act on his own."
"And it's not like we're aware of most of his independent actions." Senjumaru supplemented.
Kisuke and Mayuri glanced at each other. Although they are not saying it outright, they are trying to hint at their current stance in the current series of events.
Kisuke then turned to Ophis and said, "Ophis-chan, please release them."
Ophis tilted her head towards him, "Are you certain?"
Kisuke nodded at her with a smile, "Even if they start fighting, it's easy for you to erase them, right?"
Mayuri's eyes widened while Tenjirou and Senjumaru shuddered because he was not absolutely joking.
With the same small smile, Ophis let out a proud harrumph and said, "Of course. I'm strong, after all."
At the same time, the snakes coiling around Tenjirou and Senjumaru started disintegrating into nothing, freeing them and allowing them to utilize their Reiatsu. Naturally, both of them didn't do anything that would trigger the terrifying little girl and just sat obediently.
Also, at that moment, everyone felt Yamamoto's dense Reiatsu flaring up outside with the air slowly drying up.
While looking up, Mayuri commented, "This thing isn't going to take long. But it's going to be noisy for a while."
"Then what about going to my place? Can you leave your station for a while?"
Mayuri turned back to Kisuke with a suspicious look.
"I'm not going to do anything bad. I also want to check on Nimaiya-san's status and the work I left him."
Mayuri stood up and started operating his phone to send various messages, "Alright, let's go. Akon should know what to do in my absence. I'm also bringing Nemu with me."
Kisuke didn't mind and said, "I think I'll also bring Claire, Kunou, and Tanis. They'll be able to rest easier at home."
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Ophis led the way by teleporting everyone to their home which was a large mansion in the middle of nowhere.
"As expected... That house in the Human World was just for show. But to think you're hiding in the Valley of Screams... I'm regularly scanning these pocket dimensions but nothing like this ever came up."
"I'd be more amazed if you can actually find this place," Kisuke replied as they felt another presence quickly approaching.
It was only a split second later that Ouetsu appeared in front of the group with a surprised expression, "Urahara... And you brought Tenjirou and Senjumaru with you? How?"
Tenjirou glared at Ouetsu for a moment but immediately calmed down, "You know what? Forget it. We also don't know what the hell is going on. I'm curious about something though. How did you escape from Zero Division's contract?"
Ouetsu displayed a large grin and fixed his sunglasses, "I hope you haven't forgotten. I'm the one who created the brush he used to write that contract."
"So you already have an idea what Ichibei truly is." Senjumaru joined in.
"Of course I do. I've known him even before the initial conception of beings called Shinigami."
"Then what is he?" Tenjirou asked.
However, Tenjirou only received a shrug, "Who knows? At that time, all I knew and wanted to do is to swing my hammer and play with fire. I didn't care what those guys were doing with the Soul King." And while speaking, Ouetsu's eyes slowly drifted toward Kisuke, "If there's someone who knows, it's probably this guy."
That resulted in all eyes present landing on Kisuke, prompting him to respond, "I have a clue but I'm not certain. I intend to let everyone know my hypothesis in the process of planning out our countermeasures against those maggots. But before that, let's call in another person." Kisuke approached Ophis and continued, "Ophis-chan, I have another favor. Once that guest arrives, I want you to..."
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Half an hour after Kisuke's group's arrival, Ophis was standing alone in a wide field not far from the mansion. The task that was given to her this time was to wait for a certain man.
Because of her not-so-standard perception of time, Ophis didn't know that half an hour had already passed. Thankfully, Ophis didn't have to wait long as she detected a fluctuation in space.
She immediately sprung into action and summoned a six-foot wide and a hundred-foot long jet-black snake with glistening purple eyes.
A tall man wearing an all-black with a white trimming outfit, swept-back brown hair, and a pair of menacing brown eyes appeared with a calm expression after a violet light flashed briefly. However, that calm expression instantly turned bewildered when he saw a giant snake about to swallow him whole, "...Hmm?"
As a response, he released his absolutely massive Reiatsu that's enough to erase the existence of any normal people just by being around him.
His weaponized Reiatsu, which was enough to take down the Royal Palace, slammed into the incoming snake's mouth. But to his surprise, the snake only slowed down a bit, albeit started disintegrating.
The man's violet Reiatsu intensified. Even though the snake was about to gulp him down, it couldn't bite down and was blown off into countless pieces.
He immediately noticed that the snake was not a true living being and turned his attention to the little girl who attacked him, "You are... That being who fended off that mechanical lifeform from Urahara's memories."
He then pointed his right hand towards him and conjured a violet ball of pure destructive Reiryoku. Despite his calm demeanor, he still wouldn't easily let go of anyone whose attack almost reached him.
He released a second ball and sent it flying towards Ophis. To his surprise once again, Ophis didn't move at all and continued to stand her ground. The violet ball of destruction squarely hit her on the stomach and it was soon followed by a flash of violet light engulfing Ophis and her surroundings.
The violet light produced a massive explosion that sent debris and dust all around. The man, however, was in for the third surprise when the dust cleared up and found the little girl without any damage and still standing, now in mid-air because under her was just a giant crater still glowing red from the heat.
The man, Sosuke Aizen, smiled, "Interesting."
However, this man was fated to be surprised for the fourth time today.
Editors:
28th00: Aizen got an attack dragon sicked on him.
Redemperor D
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