It had been almost two months since Kisuke decided to stay in this world for some time. Regarding his practice with Stralit's shadow, he mastered it after two days. Since it's like controlling a Zanpakuto, it was a lot easier than he first imagined. As for why he hadn't left for Stralit's mission, Kisuke pretended to practice studying the Space Gate more, and right now, he was about to finish his blueprint, 'After this, I'll ask Sona to set it up on their side.'
A few hours later, Kisuke left control of his small body and woke up in the Dungeon. After stretching his body for a bit, Kisuke first contacted Yoruichi, "Yo, how is it going?"
[Kisuke? Where have you been?]
"It'll take too long to explain so I'll just say to a place where I could get what I need. How are things on your side?"
[Not much has changed except that corrupted 'Spirit' is trying to reach the surface.]
"...That's a pretty big change if you ask me."
[Well, it's not really a big problem since both Serafall and I were pressing our own weight at it in secret so it won't be able to reach the surface if we don't let it.]
"That's great." Kisuke nodded, "If those things come up, it'll be the point of no return. But I'm done on my side and we'll just have to wait for Sona to finish hers and we're good to go. In the meantime, give a warning to the Gods."
[...What kind of warning?]
"Death for most of them is imminent."
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After sending the blueprint of the Space Gate to Sona and the instructions of what she and the other girls had to do after it was done. Kisuke returned his consciousness back to his small Gigai. As soon as he opened his eyes, there was a presence that was watching him with curiosity, "I wonder, what was that deep hibernation for?"
Kisuke stretched his limbs and answered, "Who knows? It's always been like this."
Since Kisuke was capable of understanding the Space Gate, Stralit thought that their civilization must be pretty advanced. And in such an advanced civilization, it's impossible for them to not study themselves. So it really might just be a big mystery, or Kisuke just didn't want to reveal anything about himself any further, 'It must be the latter. I might have something to do with their weakness.'
Even then, Stralit didn't ask anything about it, "How's your practice? Do you think you'll be able to do it in a few months?"
Kisuke looked at her with a blank expression before grinning at her and the shadow under him suddenly swallowed him up, disappearing, not just from Stralit's sight but also from her other senses, "!?"
Thankfully, her innate connection made it possible to immediately find him. Stralit immediately turned around and saw a lump of shadow at the corner of the room, 'There... Wait... Something doesn't add up.' But upon closer inspection, it wasn't Kisuke and really just a lump of shadow adorned with her power, "!?"
"Right. A fake." Kisuke's voice suddenly resounded beside her.
Stralit didn't look at Kisuke and just stared at the shadow dissipating into nothing with the corner of her lips twitching, "...I can see that. I never thought you'd be able to fool my senses with it, though?"
"It might have been a success, but it'll allow me to hide from you for a few seconds." Kisuke then turned to her and asked, "Though it should be enough for what you want me to do?"
Stralit nodded, "Indeed... it hasn't been two months yet you're already able to do this. It wouldn't be an understatement that you're a genius. You also have the right attitude and mindset for this kind of activity. I also won't be sending you somewhere dangerous so this should be good enough."
"When do I start?"
From her inventory, Stralit took out a box and placed it in front of Kisuke, "Put that on while I explain to you what you'll be doing."
Kisuke opened the box and saw the same tightfitting bodysuit Stralit and her brother were wearing when he first met them, but tailored for his size. Other than that, three smartphone-like devices and two small black cubes are also in the box.
"The suit will help you stave off the harsh environment of your travel and also help you control and boost your shadow abilities. As for those terminals, you would have to activate them in a certain specific sequence each time you go through the unmarked Space Gates. If you go through one without activating or you did it in the wrong sequence, you'll be sent somewhere even I don't know, so you'll have to be extremely careful of that."
"Finally, those cubes, those are the ones you'll have to hand over to my friend. After that, you're done. Either you return with the same cube from her or she asks something else of you. Don't worry about her being an Evie. She's kind enough to be friends with me and you'll be meeting her in a random abandoned world. You may even ask her a few questions. Just tell her that I allowed you to do so."
Stralit explained it once more but with more detail in it while Kisuke tested the bodysuit and what it could do, 'This is great. I'll have to study it later and maybe I'll be able to use this for something else.'
With everything ready, Stralit asked Kisuke to hide in her shadow as she brought him to her personal Space Gate, which was one of the almost unused Space Gates under the large one used for transport.
Half a day later, Kisuke finally stepped into the Space Gate with the three terminals emitting strange signals that affected his destination and brought him to a barren and small rocky planet.
He took out one of the terminals to look for the next space gate and it took him half a day to reach it.
Kisuke carefully hopped nine times and each time, he left a small mark not far from the Space Gate, 'It actually took four days to reach the final gate.', Kisuke thought to himself while staring at the last Space Gate of his journey. He could have directly tunneled here, but it was too dangerous for Stralit and him. If they were tracked, it'd be over for the both of them.
Kisuke entered the last gate and what greeted him was not a lifeless and nameless world anymore, but a deep red forest with a healthy amount of noise from swaying leaves, branches, and insects.
'Three hundred meters north, I should be able to see a cabin.'
In accordance with Stralit's instruction, Kisuke started jumping through the thick fauna and it didn't take long for him to find the clearing and a small red wooden cabin. He felt a single presence inside the cabin and he also didn't hide his as he approached the door of the cabin slowly with his small steps.
He knocked on the door and said, "Delivery!"
From the inside, a surprisingly soft and gentle feminine voice sounded, "Come in. I've been expecting you."
Kisuke went inside and thought the interior to be normal despite the strange sense of arrangement. From what seemed to be a kitchen, Kisuke could hear some noises of utensils hitting, "I'll be out in a second. Go to the living room at the right and wait for me with some drinks."
Kisuke did as she said while carefully examining everything, 'Everything has traces of long term use on them. This place looks like a permanent meeting point. Isn't that dangerous?'
A minute later, steps came close and Kisuke finally saw Stralit's friend. Standing at more than six feet, the first thing he noticed was the mechanical arms and legs. But aside from those, she looks like a normal beautiful woman with long white hair and golden eyes. However, Kisuke shuddered at the sight of her as she was far from being normal, '...Dammit... I didn't think she'd be friends with such a big shot.' Kisuke was currently looking at a Transcendent level being.
Meanwhile, the Evie also stopped her steps and was stunned at Kisuke before resuming her walk a few seconds later and placing the tray she was holding on the table.
'What was that weird pause?' Kisuke asked himself while having a bad feeling about it.
And he didn't have to wait long before that bad feeling became worse.
The Evie sat down on the opposite side of Kisuke while pouring the drink on the cups, "I heard I'd be meeting with a little guy known as John Smith, so imagine my shock when I actually met the famous Kisuke Urahara."
As soon as she finished her words, Kisuke wanted to trigger his self-destruction immediately, '...Fuck... I messed up.'