"Tessai. Am I suppose to travel there blindly? I've never been to Soul Society, let alone Seiretei." Darwin frantically argued.
"You won't be alone." In the dark, an approaching figure walks towards the light.
Each step of theirs, was silent, like a well trained assassin readying to kill at any given moment.
Yoruichi appears in front of Darwin in human form.
Darwin scans the Reiryoku signatures to be the same as the black cat from last night.
"Yoruichi?"
"Hoh~"
Yoruichi sizes Darwin up, "Are you strong?"
"…I've haven't tried using my powers in this new form yet."
Darwin replied, implying that maybe he was stronger than before.
"Good."
"And Harribel?" Darwin asked, thinking about Harribel whenever he could.
"She is currently in an Underground Site meditating."
'I see… I guess she is doing fine even as a Hollow in the Human World.'
"Alright. So how and when do we start?" Stretching his stiff body, Darwin warms up his laid back muscles for an intense mission.
"Yoruichi… Seiretei will be immediately notified when I open up Senkaimon." Tessai feeling the brunt of a crazy mission, he sighed quite miserably.
"Hahaha! It's no biggie. We can take the dangerous route. With danger there comes power."
'I want to see Darwin with a hot potato. Hehehe…' Yoruichi amuses to the thought of Darwin in a precarious situation.
Yoruichi's playful smirk lingered as Darwin furrowed his brow, sensing the mischief in her intentions.
"Dangerous route?" Darwin questioned, tilting his head.
Tessai sighed deeply again, rubbing his temple, thinking this whole situation was utterly strange considering Urahara's intelligence. "What Yoruichi means is... we can try using the Dangai Precipice World to get into Soul Society."
Darwin's eyes narrowed with curiosity. "Dangai...?"
"It's a dimension between worlds—like an expressway between the Human World and Soul Society," Yoruichi explained casually, stretching her arms behind her head. "Except there's a gigantic time-eating monster, the Kōtotsu, that roams through it. And if we mess up, we get erased from existence."
Darwin let out a short laugh, half-expecting Yoruichi to be joking. But Tessai's grim expression confirmed otherwise. "You're serious?" Darwin asked, crossing his arms.
"Very," Tessai muttered.
"But that's what makes it exciting!" Yoruichi grinned, her golden eyes glowing with a dangerous gleam. "With risk comes strength—and I think you'll need it where we're going."
"Why not use the normal way if you can open a Senkaimon?" Darwin asked, confused but cautious.
Yoruichi raised an eyebrow, as if pleased by his critical thinking. "Well, here's the fun part—if we do it that way, Soul Society will be all over us in minutes. And let's just say... they're not exactly in the mood to let Urahara's guests walk in unannounced."
"Great." Darwin rolled his shoulders, sighing in reluctant acceptance.
"So... we're dodging death and sneaking in through a dimensional nightmare just to avoid a fight?"
"More or less," Yoruichi chuckled, clearly enjoying how things were unfolding.
"And besides, you'll finally get to test your new abilities." She leaned in closer, teasingly adding, "And I get to see if you're as good as you say you are."
Darwin gave a small, determined smile. "I guess I don't have a choice."
"Excellent!" Yoruichi clapped her hands, her playful grin never faltering. "We leave as soon as the moon rises."
Tessai sighed one final time, knowing there was no turning back now.
—-
The night sky was immensely beautiful today, Darwin thought.
As the three thieves in the night appear behind a Candy Store, what are they up to?
Yoruichi clads herself in black all around, truly living up to her name as this 'thief'.
"You really prepared for this Yoruichi." Darwin chuckles, finally letting go of this weird sensation he had about infiltrating Seiretei.
Tessai still feeling the responsibilities when he spoke about as a Kido Captain to fellow Kido members, is still in the dumps.
"Tessai. Whenever you are ready."
"Senkaimon." Two bright Japanese doors opens, some butterflies fluttering inside.
"This will lead to the Dangai, be weary immediately."
As the three travel together, the door closes behind them shut, and disappears into thin air like little fragment particles.
—-
"Are you sure this ain't Hueco Mundo?" Darwin asked.
The eerie dark setting was similar to that of Hueco Mundo, as Darwin pointed out.
"Nah. But…"
"But what? Sensing a unknown being approaching using his ears, Darwin began knowing what she was about to say.
"Kokotsu is coming towards us in a matter of second. Let's run." She ordered , sticking out her tongue goofily.
As the Kokotsu, the cleaner, draws closer to the trio, Tessai begins activating space and time Kido.
"Jikanteshi." A Kido technique stalling the Kokotsu in its place for a couple of seconds.
"Quickly." Tessai insisted, the trio pacing together in quick succession.
"Pick up the pace!" Yoruichi yelled, prompting the men to catch up to her unnatural speed.
Drawing closer to the exit, the trio saw the light at the end of a precarious tunnel.
"Carry me Tessai! I got a plan." Darwin notices that they wouldn't be able to reach it in time at this rate.
"Alright. Darwin, show me what you can do here." Lifting Darwin, Tessai sprints like a mad man towards the exit in full throttle.
"Here goes nothing."
"By the decree of ancient forces, I summon the wall that defies all."
The swirls of Reishi particles form thin interwoven walls.
"From the depths of the abyss, rise and enforce the unbreakable law."
The walls tighten, brighten and reveals a tangible layer protecting anything from harms way.
"Muro De Regla!"
Kokotsu tries to drive into the Wall of Rule, known as Muro de Regla. But to Kokotsu's demise, it was stopped, it couldn't push through anymore.
"Wow!" Yoruichi looks back with a thumbs up.
"Impressive Darwin." Tessai chuckles at Darwin's miraculous feats.
Darwin who was concentrating with this power in place, was as calm as a river.
"I see… Muro de Regla was a Soul Reaper technique. No wonder I had struggles with it as only a Hollow."