Chapter 1103 Strange Kid
After a week of work, Kisuke finally returned to Urahara Shop, only to stop in his tracks when he felt Ururu and Jinta's presence in it.
Thanks to Tessai's study, he was able to feel Kisuke's unique aura and turned in his direction, only to see Kisuke shaking his head at him. Tessai sighed and continued talking to Ururu and Jinta.
Ururu and Jinta are now in their early to mid-20s and currently attending a university out of town. Kisuke doesn't know why they returned now but it probably has something to do with the current situation. Nevertheless, Kisuke thought that they grew up well considering they were his first proper attempt to create a Gigai that closely mimics a Human's body and artificial Souls.
Although Kisuke kept developing the Mod Soul technology after Ururu and Jinta, he never made another one again. Kon is supposed to be their third brother but he delayed his development because of the former two. In the end, Kisuke gave him a chance to live but finished and left him to Ichigo's care.
Like the Hogyoku, he created the artificial Souls due to his morbid curiosity. Kisuke doesn't regret creating them as a respect to the life they are living, but he'll never do it again. Instead, he just kept on improving on Mod Souls that don't have minds of their own and only have a set of instructions to work with.
After watching for a while, Kisuke left the scene and called Serafall to ask them where they were right now. Since it was nighttime, Kisuke could feel various presences moving about, including a few Beasts of Hell. But seeing that there was nothing urgent, he didn't take a look, 'Mayuri will probably be able to find a way to open his own door to Hell in a week or two.'
While thinking about this, Kisuke reached his destination and he didn't have to knock as Tanis opened the door for him when she felt him approaching, "Welcome home~!"
Kisuke patted her head with a smile and said, "I'm home."
He then saw Serafall peek from the hall with her casual attire, "I heard from Ophis about what you did. Couldn't you have at least given us a warning?"
Kisuke chuckled and entered the house, "I would've if I could. I left them to their own devices and didn't think they'd go all out like that. Though thanks to that we got a pretty safe space we can use."
The three of them went straight to the living room where everyone else was staying and watching the T.V. "Kisuke-niichan~ Welcome home~" Claire immediately greeted him and Kunou did the same.
"I'm home." Kisuke sat down and as he did, he noticed some folded clothes within a transparent plastic set to the side, "Uniforms? Did you guys enroll?"
Tanis beside him nodded, "We'll be starting tomorrow."
"I see. Get along with your classmates, alright?"
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After some small talk, the young girls along with the three Dragon gods went to bed, leaving only Serafall and Kisuke in the living room, "How did it go?"
"I went around helping out exterminating those monsters, establishing my presence, but I never talked to any of them." Serafall stretched her arms, trying to flaunt her assets, "I made it clear where my base of operation is."
Sadly for her, if it's not the time to joke around, Kisuke would never get affected by this, even if a sensually dancing beautiful woman is beside him, "You want to maintain a mysterious aura?"
Serafall pouted a bit knowing that her attempt had failed, "Not really. I just want to increase the curiosity they have for me and the girls. I want to see how they'll react. But aside from a certain group of people, no one has really approached us. It seems that without explicit instructions from their commanders, they'll never engage with us as long as we don't antagonize them."
"That group of people is probably Mayuri's agents trying to gather information."
"Mayuri?"
"That guy who replaced me and the one who does the majority of their technological advances within Soul Society right now. If not for the doors of Hell, he'd probably send some people to fight you to gain more data on you. And if you turn hostile, he'll probably do his best to kidnap you and turn you guys into lab rats and no one would be able to say anything against it."
"S-sounds like a very unpleasant guy..." The corner of Serafall's lips twitched. Although there are plenty of characters like this Mayuri guy on the other side, Serafall never thought she'd see one that does it so openly.
"You could say that. He's the type of guy that will not hesitate to sacrifice the innocent and his men if it means achieving his goal. Though as long as there are other methods, he won't easily turn to that."
"I see. So just don't recklessly block his path of retreat."
"Exactly." Kisuke nodded strongly, thinking of ways to mess with him now that he thought about him, 'Should I start making things that compete with his creations? His reaction would be priceless.'
"By the way, I made a secret agreement with the current Captain Commander so you should expect a contact from him sooner or later."
"Will we get invited to Soul Society?"
Kisuke shook his head, "I doubt it. Unless something big happens, that's not gonna happen. Despite being larger than the world of the living to accommodate all the souls that are passing through, Soul Society is still a closed-off space where 'outsiders' are not welcome. First, someone will probably secretly contact you, then you'll cooperate with them to create an opportunity to get closer to others to make it appear more natural."
As someone who once managed foreign affairs, Serafall understood the underlying meaning of this meeting and started thinking of things to increase their negotiation power, 'It all comes down to this Hell problem, huh? Wait, now that I think about it, I haven't mentioned that to him.'
"Ki-tan, a few days ago while doing my usual rounds of investigations, I found a strange kid."
"Strange?"
"Yes. I dug around for a bit and found his identity. The kid is Ichigo Kurosaki's child and the scent of Hell on him is way thicker than normal, so it made me think that he has some regular contact with the place."
Kisuke furrowed his brows, "Really?"
"Yes. It's to the point that there's a marginal amount of Demonic Power within him and there are some traces of it being utilized."
Kisuke thought about it for a moment before saying, "Leave the kid to me. But if you can make a natural contact with him, please do so."
"Understood." Serafall stood up, intending to return to her room now, "And lastly, I think there's a build-up of forces on the other side of the doors. I think I'll use that opportunity to 'help'."
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