Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"Thank you so much."

Rukia breathed a sigh of relief and then entered the artificial body. Although her face was still pale, her spirits had improved considerably.

"Alright, now that things are settled, I'll take my leave." She stood up, ready to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Kisuke Urahara called out to her, "Ms. Kuchiki, it seems you've forgotten something."

He took out a uniquely shaped prop from under the counter, resembling a bird pecking at wood, and handed it over with a grin.

"You probably need this too, right?"

"Memory Replacer, exclusively produced by our shop, honest and trustworthy. Just tap it lightly on the target and you can make him forget everything about the Grim Reaper and Hollows, replacing his memory with ordinary events like being affected by a gas explosion."

"It will be quite convenient for dealing with the mess you left behind."

Chapter 17 Another World

Rukia looked at the prop, then at Kisuke Urahara's shrewd businessman face, gritted her teeth, and took it anyway.

"Thank you." She squeezed out the two words through gritted teeth, turned around, and quickly left the store.

With Rukia gone, the room returned to silence.

Kisuke Urahara's smile gradually faded, and his eyes, which had been narrowed, widened slightly.

He slowly turned his head to look at Sasuke, who hadn't uttered a single word from beginning to end, and slammed the fan shut in his hand.

"So……"

He flashed his signature smile again, his tone somewhat meaningful.

“What brings you here, sir? You don’t seem to have come because you care about Miss Kuchiki.”

Sasuke stepped out of the shadows by the wall, walked directly to the tatami mat, sat down cross-legged, and calmly met Urahara's gaze.

There was no beating around the bush.

"I'm here to ask you something."

Sasuke's voice was calm, but the respect in his tone was not hard to detect: "Manager Urahara, I'd like to ask, do you know how to cross the boundary?"

Upon hearing this, Kisuke Urahara tapped his palm lightly with his fan and asked with a smile, "Oh, what do you mean, young man? Do you mean you want to go back to Soul Society? Although it's a bit troublesome, it's not impossible."

“No.” Sasuke shook his head decisively. “I’m not going to Soul Society.”

"Not Soul Society?"

Urahara's smile widened, and he feigned surprise, opening his mouth slightly. "Could that be Hueco Mundo? Oh dear, that place is no good. It's full of hungry Hollows and very dangerous."

"However, I do know some of the methods, but the price might be..."

“It’s not Hueco Mundo either.” Sasuke interrupted him directly, pausing for a moment as if weighing how much information to reveal.

"Not long ago, I unexpectedly went to a completely unfamiliar world."

Uchiha Sasuke slowly said, "Another world that belongs neither to the Dangai, the Soul Society, nor Hueco Mundo or Hell."

"Oh?" Urahara Kisuke stopped fanning himself and opened his eyes, which had been half-closed.

"Another world?"

He leaned forward slightly, his tone becoming more urgent, "What's it like there? And how did you determine that it's another world?"

Sasuke, seeing his expression, knew he had successfully piqued the man's interest.

He did not continue to answer the question, but slowly raised his right hand and began to form a hand seal.

It was a hand gesture change that Kisuke Urahara had never seen before, and it did not belong to any of the chanting postures of Kido.

“This is…” Urahara’s eyes instantly became focused.

"Oh!"

With a puff of white smoke, Sasuke's figure vanished from the spot, replaced by Rukia Kuchiki, who had just left.

Wearing the same Shinigami uniform he wore before entering the artificial body, he now had a hint of Sasuke's signature arrogance on his face.

"A smokescreen?"

Kisuke Urahara's eyes narrowed, but he immediately sensed something was wrong. "Something's not right. The spiritual pressure is perfectly simulated, down to the smallest detail..."

In this respect, they are quite similar to Tibetans.

The term "Zangren" refers to the modified souls created by Kisuke Urahara, who possess the ability to transform into anyone and also have some of the abilities of the person who transforms.

Before he could finish his analysis, something even more surprising happened.

The "Rukia" that Sasuke had transformed into formed a different hand seal once again.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

Two more puffs of white smoke appeared, and two identical "Rukia" figures appeared beside her.

The three Rukia tilted their heads at the same time, looking at Kisuke Urahara with a scrutinizing gaze.

Kisuke Urahara stood up completely. He strode over to one of his clones, his face filled with barely suppressed excitement. He stretched out his cane and carefully poked "Rukia's" face.

The cane felt real to the touch.

"...It's actually a clone with a physical form!"

Kisuke Urahara's breathing became somewhat rapid. "Moreover, the energy that constitutes this body is not spiritual power, but another kind of energy that I have never seen before!"

He turned his head sharply to look at "Rukia," who was Sasuke's original form, his eyes flashing with intense light.

"Fun, so very fun!"

He opened his fan and excitedly waved it in front of him, "Another power, and another world, my God, this is simply unbelievable!"

The white smoke dissipated, the clone disappeared, and Sasuke returned to his original form, sitting there calmly.

He looked at Kisuke Urahara, whose face was flushed, and said calmly, "Now, do you believe what I said?"

"I believe it, of course I believe it!"

Kisuke Urahara slammed his fan shut, quickly walked back to his seat, and sat down again.

He leaned forward slightly, his tone urgent: "Brother, could you tell me in detail? How did you get to that world? And how did you come back?"

Sasuke's tone was calm, as if he were stating something unrelated to himself: "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Kisuke Urahara was taken aback.

“Hmm.” Sasuke nodded and began to recall, “The first time I went there was not long ago. I killed a Hollow, and then a voice appeared in my mind.”

"sound?"

Urahara's eyes sharpened. "What kind of sound?"

Sasuke's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly, as if recalling some unpleasant feeling.

“A cold, resentful voice kept urging me to unleash the hatred in my heart.”

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Right after that voice rang out, the world before my eyes suddenly began to distort, and then I lost consciousness. When I woke up again, I was in that world."

Kisuke Urahara rested his chin on his fan, lost in thought.

The slaying of the void, the voice deep within one's heart, and the forced transfer of the world.

"And what about when you came back?" Urahara pressed. "Did you hear that voice when you came back too?"

“No.” Sasuke shook his head. “This return was also very sudden.”

He began to recall the scene in Naruto's mental world not long ago.

"At that time, I was in the inner world of a person, confronting a huge, sealed energy entity."

"I returned after I broke part of the seal with my knife, causing the energy to leak out and collide with that energy."

Kisuke Urahara astutely grasped the key point: "You mean, in that world, you entered the depths of other people's souls?"

"That's one way to understand it," Sasuke said succinctly.

“Ha…” Kisuke Urahara let out a long sigh of relief, then couldn’t help but chuckle, his shoulders shrug slightly. “This is truly beyond imagination.”

He slowly lowered his fan, his eyes gleaming with inquiry as he looked at Sasuke with a serious tone.

"Uchiha Sasuke, right?"

He pronounced Sasuke's full name correctly.

"To solve this mystery, and to find a way for you to go back, can I ask you for a favor?"

Chapter 18 An Alternative Form of Hollowfication

Sasuke looked at him calmly, waiting for him to continue.

Kisuke Urahara's signature smile returned: "May I examine your body?"

He added, "Don't worry, I just want to examine your soul state and see if the power that allows you to travel through the world has left any trace."

"can."

Sasuke did not hesitate when faced with this request.

Given the strength of this man, if he truly wanted to harm me, he wouldn't need to ask for my consent.

If he wanted to, he could find countless ways to get himself examined. Rather than wasting energy, it was better to cooperate obediently and see what he could find out.

"Oh my, what a cheerful child."

Kisuke Urahara laughed even harder. He took out a device that looked like a monocle from his wide sleeve and put it on his right eye.

"Well, just bear with it for a bit, you might feel a little, um, strange."

Before he could finish speaking, Kisuke Urahara's fingers had already swiftly touched Sasuke's forehead, chest, and abdomen.

Sasuke could feel a gentle spiritual energy probing into his body. He closed his eyes and let the energy flow through him.

The whole process lasted about five minutes.

When Kisuke Urahara withdrew his finger, the smile on his face had completely disappeared, and his brows were furrowed, as if he had seen something incomprehensible.