The Fall of Kisuke Urahara

The Fall of Kisuke Urahara is an event where Captain Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi are arrested by Central 46 before managing to escape to the Human World along with Yoruichi Shihōin and the Visoreds. It also serves as the conclusion to The Hollowfication Incident.

Prelude
As Shinji Hirako continues to Hollowfy, his own Lieutenant, Sōsuke Aizen, lifts his blade to strike down his Captain. However, before he can cut Shinji down, Kisuke Urahara arrives on the scene and uses his Zanpakutō to slash off Aizen's Lieutenant's armband.

While his armband flies through the air and lands on the ground, Aizen is mildly surprised by Urahara's arrival along with that of Tessai Tsukabishi. He calmly asks what they are doing in the area while sardonically noting to his accomplices that they have an interesting number of guests.

Gin Ichimaru mockingly states that they have been found while Kaname Tōsen draws his blade and asserts that he will kill the new arrivals. Aizen tells Tōsen to stand but Tōsen begins to question his decision. Aizen repeats his order calmly but with a lot more firmness. Sensing Aizen's tone, Tōsen's eyes fly wide as he panics and bows his head towards Aizen in submission and begs that his audacity be forgiven.

Meanwhile, Shinji calls out to Urahara and demands to know why he came, calling him a fool for going against his orders. Despite the seriousness of Shinji's condition, Urahara merely asks what the horrible mask is on Shinji's face. Stunned, Shinji asks him if that is all he has to say but Urahara's gives him a friendly smile in response. He then turns his head and finds that Hiyori is lying injured on the ground in much the same condition that Shinji is in, having Hollowfied before him and been cut down by Tōsen before Urahara arrived.

Urahara demands to know what Aizen is doing at the site and the Lieutenant claims to have innocently come upon those injured and was merely trying to help them. Urahara see through his deception, however, and asks why he is lying. Aizen still tries to feign innocence and asks if there is something wrong with a Lieutenant trying to help his Captain. Urahara asserts that he wasn't referring to that particular lie but that by simply stating the victims were merely wounded was deceitful. Urahara insists that they have, in fact, gone through a process of Hollowfication.

Impressed by Urahara's deduction skills, Aizen asserts that he is just the type of man he thought he was. He turns away from the scene, stating that he is glad that Urahara came to the area. Aizen decides to leave the area and orders both Tōsen and Gin to follow him. Urahara tries to stop them from leaving but Tessai suddenly yells for him to duck out of the way. When his friend does as he asks, Tessai uses Hadō #88 Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō in order to disable the fleeing criminal and his associates. Aizen, however, manages to block the attack using Bakudō #81 Dankū. That fact his attack was stopped by a mere Lieutenant both surprises and causes the Kidō Corps Captain to feel shame.

When the Dankū shatters, Tessai apologizes for allowing them to escape. Urahara starts to ask Tsukabishi something, but is interrupted when Shinji collapses. Tessai tells him that they should deal with the fallen Shinigami first. Kisuke protests that treating them there would be difficult when their condition has progressed so far. Tessai asks if Urahara knows a way to save them due to his familiarity with their condition, and tells him he will use forbidden techniques to transport them back to Seireitei where the necessary equipment is located. When all ten of them, including some of the flora of Rukongai, appears in the Twelfth Division headquarters, Kisuke reveals to Tessai that Hollowfication is one of the solutions he arrived at when researching ways to enhance a Shinigami soul. In the course of his research, he created a substance that can destroy and recreate the boundaries between Hollows and Shinigami instantly, which he calls the Hōgyoku. Kisuke states that he will use it to treat the eight Shinigami.

When Kisuke fails to fully reverse the effect of Aizen's experiments by using the Hōgyoku, he is dismayed and apologizes to Tessai. When Urahara goes outside for some fresh air, he is apprehended by guards, who inform him that Central 46 has issued a warrant for the arrest of Tessai and himself. Urahara and Tessai brought to the Central 46 Compound, and Kisuke asks just what is going on. The concealed members of Central 46 reply that he is under an investigation and that he is not to speak unless answering a question. Central 46 ask him where he was at midnight last night, and as Kisuke responds, they accuse him of conducting the Hollowfication experiments. Kisuke asks who told them that, but Central 46 reminds him that he does not have the right to ask questions. Kisuke persists, asking if it was Lieutenant Aizen. They give him a second warning, saying that he will be charged with another offense if he persists. Urahara tells them that it was all Aizen's doing and that he and Tessai were trying to save the others. Central 46 tells Kisuke his lies are becoming ridiculous, and that 124 guards and a captain can vouch for Aizen. A guard reports in, informing the Central 46 that various signs of Hollowfication experiments have been found in the Twelfth Division's laboratory. Central 46 decides that the matter is settled, and they will now sentence them. Tessai is sentenced to imprisonment in Underground Prison 3, 'Shugō', for the use of forbidden techniques, while Urahara is told he will be stripped of his powers and banished to the Human World forever for researching and experimenting on a taboo phenomenon, deceiving and grievously injuring his colleagues. They then reveal that Kensei and the others are to be dealt with as Hollows.

As Urahara protests the final part of the sentence, a masked Yoruichi enters the chamber, smashing their shackles and teleporting them to the hidden area underneath the Sōkyoku Hill. Urahara thanks Yoruichi, who says there is no need to thank her, as she will refrain for the moment form kicking him for not telling her about what was happening. She reveals that she brought all eight of the Shinigami as well as Kisuke's new Gigai prototype. Urahara asks Tessai to use Jikanteishi on Kensei and the others and surround the area in a multilayer barrier, while he creates ten Reiatsu blocking Gigai. When Tessai asks about Yoruichi, she says that she will escape somehow. Urahara declares that they will conceal themselves in the Human World and bit by bit, figure out how to undo the Hollowfication. In the present day, Hirako explains that the Visored are indebted to both Urahara, who had taken care of them, and Aizen. All eight Visored, armed with their Zanpakutō, leave their compound, off to battle in the war.