User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 546 - THE LAST 9DAYS/@comment-6963992-20130718235440

I think Kubo is just leaving room to decide if he wants Ichigo in the human world or soul society otherwise there would be no point to saying the chances are astronomical. Also, he said he warned his family so either yuzu and karin know or at least Isshin knows and the cats out of the bag for him if it ever was a secret for SOME of the captains anyways.