Aizen Sosuke. The man who orchestrated all the schemes.
Kisuke Urahara's eyes flashed with a hint of light, but Shigure still maintained a smile.
"It seems you know quite a few secrets..." Kisuke smiled, "Why don't you come down and chat?"
As he spoke, he turned around, adjusted his hat, and walked directly into the shop. But Shigure remained in the air, not descending.
Kisuke Urahara stopped, speaking with his back to Shigure, "What's the matter?"
Shigure smiled, "Mr. Urahara, if you sincerely wish to talk with me, could you remove Mr. Tessai's 'Reverse Soul Barrier' here?"
The reason he didn't come down was that he noticed a powerful barrier was present. Although Shigure hadn't mastered such Kido barriers, he detected the unusual density of reishi in the air and immediately judged it.
"Oh dear, my apologies." Kisuke scratched his head, "It's been so long since I've seen a Shinigami, I almost forgot about this barrier..."
As he spoke, he raised his cane towards the sky, a red light shot from the tip, striking the air. Kisuke Urahara's Zanpakuto, Benihime.
"Ping!" A crisp sound echoed, followed by the appearance of a reishi wall in the sky, resembling a glass dome. Within the reishi wall, a gap quickly appeared directly below Shigure.
"My apologies, please come in." Kisuke smiled.
Feeling the barrier's aura disappear, Shigure calmly passed through the gap and descended to the ground. Shigure understood that Kisuke Urahara and his team had indeed made numerous preparations to evade the Soul Society and Aizen's pursuit.
"Please, this way."
Kisuke Urahara opened a secret door in the shop and walked inside. Shigure nodded and slowly followed.
At this moment, a system notification sounded in Shigure's mind.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully reaching the check-in location, officially beginning the check-in!"
"Check-in duration: ten seconds. Exiting midway will result in a failed check-in!"
"Ten seconds."
"Nine seconds."
The countdown began, and Shigure followed Kisuke Urahara into a corridor unhurriedly.
"Zero."
"Ding, congratulations to the host, check-in successful!"
"Ding, the system detected that the host has successfully unlocked the true name of the Zanpakuto to its fullest extent, triggering dual rewards!"
"Dual rewards?" Shigure's heart was filled with joy.
"Reward one: Kido 'Excellence' level!"
"Reward two: Shikai 'Pinnacle' level!"
Boom!
As the system notification ended, Shigure immediately felt a mysterious sensation appear in his mind. Subsequently, the knowledge of Kido up to level 81 appeared in his mind. At this moment, he instantly comprehended all Kido, reaching an excellence level!
This wasn't all; next, knowledge related to the Shikai of his Zanpakuto Zhuklong also appeared in Shigure's mind. The moment he accessed this knowledge, Shigure's eyes lit up.
Previously, when he unlocked his Zanpakuto, he only roughly understood the basic usage of Zhuklong's Shikai. But now, he clearly understood everything about the Shikai. Not only the application of lightning in Shikai but also various applications in storm mode appeared.
Far-reaching attack methods, capable of both single-target strong attacks and area-wide crushing skills, along with various ingenious crowd control and restriction techniques...
Shigure smiled; the second reward's surprise was far beyond the first. Truly worthy of the "Pinnacle" level of Shikai!
With a thought, Shigure summoned the virtual system panel.
Host: Shigure Kasugawa.
Reiatsu: Pinnacle.
Zanpakuto: Zhuklong.
Shikai: Lightning - Pinnacle; Storm - Pinnacle.
Bankai: Not yet mastered.
Swordsmanship: Proficient.
Hakuda: Proficient.
Shunpo: Proficient.
Kido: Excellence.
Other Skills: None.
...
In the panel, the Kido level changed to Excellence, and three options, "Zanpakuto," "Shikai," and "Bankai," were added.
"What's wrong?" Kisuke noticed Shigure had stopped and asked.
"Oh, nothing, let's continue," Shigure closed the system panel and nodded slightly.
Beyond the corridor was a secret room, with various seals engraved on the walls. After detecting no danger, Shigure stepped inside with confidence.
"Please sit."
Kisuke Urahara sat on a mat and began pouring tea. Shigure sat down, smiling, "Then, please allow me to introduce myself."
"My name is Shigure Kasugawa, from the lower noble Kasugawa family in the Seireitei."
"Kasugawa?" Kisuke Urahara suddenly uttered a light "Oh," then asked, "Are you the son of Kasugawa Ryuichi?"
Shigure nodded, "Yes."
Upon hearing the answer, Kisuke Urahara showed a gentle smile, "Back in the Seireitei, I had quite a few drinks with your father, but his alcohol tolerance was poor."
"My father indeed isn't skilled in the way of alcohol," Shigure nodded with a smile.
Kisuke Urahara nodded and gradually put away his smile, "Well... enough of the reminiscing. Soon, you'll be returning to the Spiritual Arts Academy, right? If I'm not mistaken, you must have sneaked here during the soul burial internship break, correct?"
"Correct," Shigure replied.
Kisuke Urahara pushed the teacup over, slowly saying, "So, regarding Aizen... What do you want to discuss?"
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