Chapter 218

"I came to understand the truth."

"Truth?"

Ichigo Kurosaki didn't understand Orihime Inoue's meaning, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes: "What are you referring to?"

"Naturally, the truth of the Soul Society."

Lin Que raised his hand and waved it leisurely: "Nice to meet you all, you can call me Lin Que, I am... well, Orihime Inoue's current master."

"Hey! What do you mean by master!"

Ichigo Kurosaki's attention shifted instantly: "Don't talk about Inoue like a pet! You bastard!"

"Calm down first, Kurosaki."

Uryu Ishida on the side pressed him down: "Regardless of anything else, him bringing Inoue-san out of Hueco Mundo is a good thing."

"Next, we don't need to risk going to Hueco Mundo, we just need to find a way to save Inoue-san from his hands."

"Save her?"

Lin Que shook his head slightly: "Unfortunately, Orihime Inoue is now following me voluntarily."

"Stop joking!"

Ichigo Kurosaki glared at Lin Que: "You bastards were the ones who kidnapped Inoue, and you still have the face to say that!"

"I am telling the truth; if you don't believe me, just watch next."

Lin Que smiled and looked at Kisuke Urahara not far away: "Interested in exchanging?"

"What do you mean?"

Kisuke Urahara narrowed his eyes: "Are you referring to the truth of the Soul Society you mentioned just now?"

"That's right."

Lin Que patted Orihime Inoue's shoulder on the side: "I told her the Soul Society eats people, and she doesn't believe it."

"Since that's the case, I had to take her out to see the world."

"As the former Captain of the 12th Division of the Gotei 13 and the Director of the Department of Research and Development, I think you should know about these things."

"... Unfortunately, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Kisuke Urahara opened his folding fan and waved it, a carefree smile appearing on his face: "The Soul Society is just a dead thing, how could it eat people?"

"If you insist on saying so, it should be the two Hollows beside you who are more likely to eat people."

"Changing the subject is not a good habit."

Lin Que's voice came from the side: "If possible, I hope you can be a bit more cooperative, Kisuke Urahara."

Kisuke Urahara: "!"

When did he come over?

A confused thought flashed through his mind, and the next second a deadly threatening aura rushed towards him.

Following his body's instinct, Kisuke Urahara decisively raised the cane in his hand.

"Awaken, Benihime!"

What was originally just an ordinary cane instantly transformed into the appearance of a Zanpakuto.

Scarlet light flickered on the tip of the blade, stabbing straight towards Lin Que beside him.

But before the tip of the blade could make contact with Lin Que, a finger appeared on its path first, blocking it.

"Are you sure you want to fight me?"

Lin Que asked calmly: "I just came to ask questions."

"If you cooperate with me, this battle can naturally be avoided."

"I am very curious, who on earth are you."

A drop of sweat dripped from Kisuke Urahara's forehead: "Someone as strong as you, I should have heard of."

"That is not something you should know."

The finger Lin Que used to block Benihime bent slightly, and then he flicked it towards the blade.

A crisp shattering sound rang out, and Benihime instantly shattered into a dozen fragments, scattering all over the ground.

"Urahara-san!"

Surging spiritual pressure rose sharply; seeing the usually unfathomable Kisuke Urahara fall into a disadvantage, Ichigo Kurosaki instantly entered Bankai state and rushed over.

"Did I let you move?"

Lin Que glanced at him, and a terrifying aura rushed towards him like a tide.

Boom—!

Ichigo Kurosaki, who had just launched a charge, was instantly pressed to the ground by this aura and fell into a coma.

Seeing this, Uryu Ishida and Yasutora Sado, who originally wanted to act together, froze in place instantly.

What happened?

How did their leader who was charging disappear so quickly?

"Irrelevant people have been cleared."

Withdrawing his gaze from Ichigo Kurosaki, Lin Que looked at Kisuke Urahara in front of him again: "Let's continue the previous topic."

"... Is that kind of thing really important?"

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Temporarily suppressing the shock in his heart, Kisuke Urahara asked in as calm a tone as possible.

"The Soul Society eating people or something, to you it's just a trivial matter, why must you tell Orihime Inoue?"

"Knowing too much about some things is not necessarily a good thing for her."

"But for me, hiding the truth is even more cruel."

Listening to Kisuke Urahara's near-admission, Orihime Inoue, not far away, trembled slightly.

"Urahara-san, can an ordinary soul like my brother really live a good life in the Soul Society as Ichigo and the others said?"

"... For ordinary souls, there are too many situations encountered in the Soul Society."

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Glancing at Halibel and Nel, who hadn't moved the whole time not far away, Kisuke Urahara sighed silently.

"If you want to understand comprehensively, it's best to go to the Department of Research and Development in the Seireitei."

"That is the place that monitors the entire Soul Society, and it records all kinds of intelligence on a daily basis."

"Like the living conditions of ordinary souls in the Soul Society, they have also conducted analytical investigations."

"Are you trying to lead us to the Seireitei?"

Lin Que shook his head slightly: "Good idea, but you might not understand what this approach of yours represents."

An ominous premonition rose in Kisuke Urahara's heart: "What do you mean?"

"If you tell the truth here, our journey of exploration will naturally stop at the living world."

A playful smile appeared on Lin Que's face: "But if you lead us to the Seireitei, then it won't just be about exploring the truth of the Soul Society."

"Maybe if things get big enough, it might even change the owner of the entire Soul Society."

"Oh? That's really scary~"

A voice came from not far away: "Since it will cause such troublesome consequences, then let's just leave you here."

Lin Que looked at Shinji Hirako and the others who appeared not far away: "Just by you?"

"And us."

Two landing sounds rang out, and Yoruichi Shihoin and Isshin Kurosaki appeared on the left and right sides of Kisuke Urahara.

ECHO is in the off state.