2-2 The First Round of Guessing

It's been a while, Kisuke Urahara.

Well, well, I didn't expect to see you here.

Liar. Someone like you must have figured it out long ago based on the nature of this quarantine.

Yes, of course. I knew all along! You can praise me more, you know.

You're really good at ticking people off.

While you're getting annoyed, why don't you explain yourself to save us some trouble?

Sorry, but I have my own reasons.

Kisuke, do you know this child?

Yes, I think you know his name as well, Shuhei, after all that research you did into Fullbring.

So, how about giving us that explanation now, President Yukio Hans Vorarlberna?

Yukio Hans Vorarlberna? Are you Kugo's friend?!

You could say that. Who are you?

Well, to tell you the truth, I only have business with Kisuke.

I'm the lieutenant of the 13 Court Guard Squads' Squad 9, Shuhei Hi...

Oh, that's okay. There's no point in learning your name anyway.

Huh?! What's your problem?! Can't you wait a second longer and listen to my whole name?! This is like the opposite of what happened with Ganju!

It's been about half a year now. Can you come with me?

Oh, if you had called me up first, I could've come to you. I can guess what this is about anyway.

Huh...

Kisuke, what does he want?

There is only one thing that the president of a rapidly growing entertainment company with a cornerstone in gaming could want from me.

That's right! You're here to recruit me, yes?

Huh?

I may work at a candy shop, but I'm still developing new products.

I thought some big companies would be reaching out to me soon, if I do say so myself.

That being said, I don't want you to think that I'm a man swayed by money.

If you're buying the soul of an old town craftsman such as myself, I'd like to be paid in good faith, not money. To give a concrete example, how about a 7% stake in your company?

That's just money in the end! And why 7%?! That's such a specific number!

Also, you consider Karakura Town an old town neighborhood?! And why is a candy shop developing products in the first place?!

You always have so many retorts ready to go, Shuhei. You should learn from his example, Yukio.

You're scary after all. I'd hate matching with someone like you in a PvP game.

What makes you say that?

While making all those unrelated jokes, you were carefully observing my reactions, weren't you?

Your tactic to shake people up begins with making fun of them, isn't that right?

You're overestimating me. Do I really seem like such a bad guy?

It's the nature of this business. I'll appraise my opponent, but that doesn't mean I can see through them.

Sure, but you'll admit to knowing that I'm not here to recruit you, right?

This is just the first round of guessing. I haven't given you the key item yet, but can you figure out what my motive is?

I wish I could say I knew, but I'm still not sure. How many guesses do I get?

At the very least, I can see that you have no ill will or intent to kill, so I'd like some more time to think of guesses.

You really don't think he has any bad intentions? Why did he go out of his way to quarantine Karakura Town then?!

That's right, you've been quarantined. There is no hostility here, though.

At least, not from me.