NABC Chapter 173
Chapter 173
Chapter 173
Long chapter again!
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Two sharp knocks rang out in the quiet of the night.
Tap tap tap!
Tap tap tap!
The urgent, deathly sound of knocking startled Urahara Kisuke awake.
He lay in bed, body motionless, yet his hand had silently gripped his Zanpakutō.
Then he glanced at the clock on the cabinet.
Past three in the morning…
At this hour, if there were an emergency mission, the Onmitsukidō would have delivered it directly.
They wouldn’t just knock on the door.
He tried sensing the spiritual pressure outside.
There was nothing.
Had whoever it was left?
Just as he was thinking that, the knocking came again—
Tap tap tap!!
Urahara Kisuke’s scalp prickled.
This was too much like a haunting!
He rose cautiously, hand on his Zanpakutō, ready to activate the Blood Mist Shield at any moment.
Then he crept toward the window, pressing close to it, and peeked toward the door.
In the pitch-black night, a face full of smiles was right at the window, staring back at him.
“Yeegh!!”
Urahara Kisuke’s hair stood on end, and he jerked backward several steps.
Just as he reflexively prepared to release his Zanpakutō, he suddenly realized that face looked familiar.
Smack!
Urahara slid open the door, furious.
“Mr. Kaelith, you must be so bored that you’d come frighten me in the middle of the night for amusement?!”
Kaelith blinked in mild surprise.
“Mr? Really? anyhow how could that be… I felt bad disturbing you so late, so I tried smiling to lessen your anger. How could you think such a thing of me?”
Urahara Kisuke sneered inwardly.
If you hadn’t predicted I’d check the window and squatted there to startle me, I might’ve believed you.
Seeing Urahara was unconvinced, Kaelith coughed loudly.
“Ahem, Kisuke, I have not slept, and you have not slept. Such a coincidence.”
“Look, I brought some snacks and wine. Care to have a midnight snack together?”
Hearing his claim that Urahara had also not slept, the latter mentally cursed a thousand times. But in the end, it all condensed into one sentence:
“Please come in.”
If it were anyone else, he wouldn’t bother.
He had no desires or ambitions; as long as he could slack off every day, get his paycheck, and occasionally indulge in some re
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