But despite the combined pressure that could overwhelm and even outright kill a normal Shinigami, Kisuke remained calm and steadfast.
Yamamoto, the only one who wasn't exuding anything, raised his arm to block everyone after a few seconds, "Enough."
"But Captain!" Furoufushi immediately protested.
Yamamoto turned his head to the side and raised his voice, "Stand down! I won't repeat myself!"
Slowly but surely, the Reiatsu and killing intent pouring down on Kisuke disappeared. However, the four of them were still glaring at him. If stares could kill, he would have been stabbed several hundred times.
Yamamoto turned his head back to Kisuke and said, "It was something that not one of us expected and I wonder how you'll be able to force us to help you with that."
'As expected, his authority over the members of the Gotei 13 hasn't diminished.' Kisuke thought to himself and met Furoufushi's glare, 'There's no point in hiding my identity, huh?'
Kisuke placed his hand on his mask and removed it. At the same time, the Disguise Magic covering his body becomes undone, revealing his usual attire.
" "Hmm!?" " Both Choujirou and Yamamoto's eyes went wide open, "Urahara Kisuke!?" Shouted the former.
"Hmmm... I certainly didn't expect this." Yamamoto's expression became serious. He thought that he was just facing a reckless man who didn't know what he was trying to achieve but now he knows he's not, 'Far from being reckless... He's probably already done setting down the foundations for his goal... Though has he always looked this young?'
The former Captains of the Gotei 13 on the other hand, had the same opinion as Yamamoto and thought that Kisuke was just being reckless and ambitious. Even though they'd heard from Choujirou before that 'Urahara Kisuke' could turn the entirety of Soul Society upside down, they thought that he was just exaggerating.
"What's up, Captain? I didn't think you'd be that shocked to discover his identity." Furoufushi noticed the change in Yamamoto's demeanor.
Choujirou placed his hand on the hilt of his Zanpakuto while Yamamoto had a moment of silence before saying, "I thought that he was just a man with reckless bravado. Now that he's revealed himself, I wouldn't be surprised if his plans were already halfway done."
"!?" The other three also put their hands on their Zanpakuto and Furoufushi said, "Then we definitely can't let him get away now!"
"Stop it!" Yamamoto shouted.
"No matter how strong he is, there's no way he'll be able to escape from us." Batsu'unsai directly pulled out her Zanpakuto.
Yamamoto knew that it would be hard to convince them so he turned to Choujirou and asked, "Do you have the same opinion?"
Choujirou already calmed down and thought about it for a second before letting go of his Zanpakuto with a sigh, "I wouldn't be surprised if we're actually talking to a Gigai right now."
Immediately after, 'Kisuke' inflated and popped like a balloon, and at the same time, his voice came ringing out from behind them, "Iya~ It's really hard to fool experienced people~!"
All of them, aside from Yamamoto, hurriedly turned around to see Kisuke, 50 feet away from them, fanning himself, "To think Sasakibe-san would instantly see through me. As expected of the former Captain Commander's most trusted aide."
"..." The back of the three former Captains were drenched with cold sweat as they looked at Choujirou. However, the person in question also looked nervous and turned to the other three with eyes seemingly saying, 'I just guessed it! I didn't think it'd really be the case!'
"Hmmm..." Yamamoto calmly turned around and looked at Kisuke, "I did say I'd listen so I'll lend my ears for now."
"Thank you for the chance and your understanding, Captain Yamamoto." Kisuke immediately replied, "But before that let me prepare a few things since I don't really believe that a few words will be enough to convince you."
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Although they'd been watching the whole time, they still didn't understand how they were suddenly standing in front of a big log cabin after only a quarter of an hour while waiting for Kisuke's preparations.
"Using some strange technique, he cut down the surrounding trees and processed their logs at the same time. Immediately after the logs started assembling themselves to form an exquisite and luxurious 2-story log cabin. Is everyone else following?" Furoufushi asked.
"I do... But how come there's a log cabin in front of us?" Chika asked.
"Stop escaping from reality. And if you really did follow, you wouldn't be asking that question." Batsu'unsai replied while massaging her forehead.
"It's been ten minutes since the cabin was built and he entered inside. Just what is he doing?" asked Choujirou.
Thankfully, they didn't have to wait long as Kisuke came out from the front door, "Thank you for waiting~! It took a while to furnish the place. Please come inside."
'Why bother?' They wanted to ask but they felt that they'd be tired from just asking that simple question so they swallowed it.
The ever-so-calm Yamamoto took the first step and led the group.
The four looked at each other before following his steps.
Soon, they reached inside and were met with an elegantly designed and wide warm living room, "Please take a seat." Kisuke pointed at the couches in the middle.
Yamamoto still led the group and without questioning it, took a seat on the single couch, "Such a comfortable place. The reason you built a place that could be a permanent residence?"
"The Seireitei are sending people to take root in Hell. If you decide not to meet them for the time being, you can use this cabin. You can think of this place as your retirement home."
"Hmmm..." Yamamoto rubbed his beard as he looked around, "That wouldn't be a bad idea. Would it be possible to do some farming here?"
"I've prepared the tools you'll need in the basement. If you'd like to plant something specific, don't hesitate to ask me. As for the livestock, you'll have to wait until Hell is stable."
"I wasn't really expecting more, but I'll look forward to it."
"Not just that. I'll be able to connect this place to the Human World's internet if I can build the infrastructure for it." Kisuke added while he was preparing tea.
Not knowing what to do, Chika asked, "What is this conversation? I thought we needed to talk about what he just said earlier?"
"Don't ask me. Urahara Kisuke has always been this casual to everyone. Don't get too caught up in his pace." Choujirou answered as he sat down beside Yamamoto.
Yamamoto received his tea and took a sip from it, "Now then. Let's get into it."
"Before that, I'd like to warn everyone not to do anything violent since I'll be putting up an illusion." Kisuke knew that if he just showed the same thing he did to Soifon, they wouldn't understand it either. So for this day, he created a nifty gadget that will emulate what Freya did to him when they were about to fight.