Chapter 4: Fate

Where's Kisuke?

Don't worry. There is not a single scratch on him. Our goal is not to harm him.

Is that so? Where's the exit? What exactly is this place?

This is the guarded throne. Only Hikone and Lord Tokinada may enter and exit this room.

So you really are planning on creating a Hogyoku and making Hikone the new Soul King.

That is what Lord Tokinada desires.

Hikone only knows the world through Tokinada. But that just means Tokinada is pulling the strings.

Hikone has his own will, but there's still one thing that he's lacking. I just want to tell him what that is.

If you're here to kill me, I'll resist with all my might.

Please don't misunderstand. I simply have one request of you.

A request?

............

Huh?

Hey, where...?

The door's open?

I know you can hear me, Shunsui! Don't you think it's about time you showed yourself?

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Come on now, don't make me laugh, Shunsui! Is this your idea of winning against the odds?

You've got no business holding on to any hope. I shall soon repaint everything with despair.

Tell me one thing.

You saw it too, right? Our fight with Captain Tosen in the world of the living.

Yes, that was too bad for him. I regret more than anything not being there in person.

If I was there, in the time between you piercing his brain and then Aizen pulverizing him,

I could've told him that his friend screamed much louder when she died.

You bastard!

I see now. This is the first time you've been pushed into a corner like this.

Oh well. I guess playtime is over.

However, you won't be leaving here alive.

Oh! Hello, hello! I believe this is our first meeting, Mr. Tsunayashiro.

So you're planning to get in my way too, Kisuke Urahara?

Why would you ever think otherwise? I have disabled all of the systems. This castle in the sky is just a floating junk heap now.

I see. Just a floating junk heap, huh?

That's more than enough to entertain me, Kisuke Urahara.