User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 552 - The Fundamental Virulence/@comment-5606268-20131009163537/@comment-1332195-20131009193846

I know Urahara said that by touching it, it'd be absorbed, but maybe he's just holding on to it (in some way that doesn't activate it) to give to Sui-Feng when he gets the chance? Or maybe he has, and Byakuya's comments about Bankai's rarity are being consigned to history as everyone is more driven to get stronger given the current state of affairs.