Emergency Meeting

A few minutes have passed since two Shinigami, named Dai and Yamamoto, disappeared. All the Captains in Center 46 were silently contemplating the seriousness of the situation.

Miyahara appeared behind me when I decided to go down the stairs.

"How long have I been trying to find you, what are you doing here?"

She looked ahead as she approached me. Seeing the emotionless expression on the captains' faces, she fell silent and began to watch.

"Miyahara-chan."

Captain Marahiba broke the expression on his face and saluted Miyahara, then continued his speech.

"Could you indicate to the captains and lieutenants of all teams that an urgent meeting is required at main headquarters?"

"Sure, I'm sending word right away."

Miyahara once again disappeared from my side.

"Jin-kun, thank you for your help, but we captains will take care of it from here on out."

After leaving Center 46 with Captain Marahiba, the Captain noticed the bruises on my neck and escorted me to the infirmary.

While I was on the road, I kept asking the captain what was going on, but he always gave evasive answers. As we were about to reach the infirmary, the captain asked me one thing.

"What were you doing there Jin-kun?"

"I really don't know, Zanpaktou somehow led me there."

"I see. I'll leave you here. As the organizer of the meeting, I don't want to be late. Take care Jin-kun."

After Captain Marahiba started to move away from me, I entered the Infirmary. As soon as I entered the infirmary, the air that penetrated my lungs was relieving and removing the fatigue on me.

The Shinigami who took care of me was a soft-hearted and kind person. After I finished my work in the infirmary, I went out.

I started to move towards academia. The war seemed to have stopped long ago, and nowhere else did a new eruption take place.

There were already at least two or three shinigami patrolling all the roads. Even if there was a new attack, word of it would have spread already.

When I arrived at the entrance of the academy, the garden was completely filled with clutter from the collapsed wall.

Several Shinigami were covering Instructor Tamotsu's corpse and pulling it out from under the rubble.

There was no one else in the garden but a few teachers and Shinigami. When they noticed that I was coming in through the outer door, they called out to me.

"Where have you been, Student Jin?"

"Sorry."

After I bow my head and apologize. I bowed my head again, approaching Instructor Tamotsu.

"Thank you Sensei..."

Even if the Shinigami didn't understand what I was thanking for, I was sure the Instructor would be the only one who understood me.

When I returned to my room, I saw a parchment hung on the door.

I picked up the parchment and began to read. There would be mourning for the Shinigami and Instructors who lost their lives this evening.

I folded the parchment and laid it on the table and lay down in my sleeping bag.

"Would it be bad if I said I didn't want to go?"

...

Main Headquarters. Meeting room.

All the captains were lined up side by side.

"Of course, we knew that they would attack somehow, but we could not calculate that it would end like this. How many injured and how many deaths do we have?"

Captain Sui-Feng raised her hand to speak, asking permission to speak.

"If we count all 13 Teams' Shinigamis, there are 48 Injured 25 Dead."

"It's impossible for them to kill so many in such a short time, do you check the reports over and over?

"Is it Mr. Captain, who was absent at the time of the incident, saying that? I personally did the counting of the corpses and the wounded."

"Are you kidding me? I was defending my own team's territory."

Chief Commander Shunsui Kyōraku intervened to prevent a possible quarrel between Captain Sui-Feng and Captain Zaraki.

"There's no point in fighting here. We should talk about the future for now. What are his next plans?"

Captain Marahiba raised his hand to speak.

"They were talking about the complete destruction of Aizen's seals."

"So Aizen is responsible for everything again."

"We're still investigating which piece they took to destroy the seal."

"I see. Is there anything else to talk about?"

Captain Marahiba again raised his hand to ask for a speak.

"I have a suggestion, Commander-in-Chief. We should train all Shinigami students faster for a possible war."

"Don't be ridiculous, Marahiba?! They still have a lot to learn."

"You're right, but isn't the fastest way to learn by experiencing it yourself?"

"I agree with Marahiba."

Other captains had the same mentality as Marahiba.

Shunsui Kyōraku, Commander-in-Chief, intervened again, interrupting the conversation.

"What are you trying to say, Captain Marahiba?"

"I think students should be placed in teams immediately without wasting any more time."

"Do you accept such a great responsibility?"

"The strong survive. My philosophy of life is totally based on that. There are some really strong students among them. So yes, I accept it."

"I got it, I will place students in teams at your request."

"What are you doing, commander in chief? That doesn't make sense."

"Sui-feng, there's no use in persisting. Right now, you're the only one with the opposite opinion."

When the meeting ended, all the captains were about to leave the Meeting room, but Sui-feng and Marahiba were left alone in the room.

"I don't think what you did was ever right. Aren't you afraid to bring about another massacre?"

"I don't think it's true either, but we should. We have to be as prepared as possible for the next battle. So all the burden is on us as Captains. We'll train the new students ourselves."

"I hate you and your sadistic thoughts."

"Hahaha... Thank you Sui-feng-chan..."

"Don't call me that again."

"Okay okay..."

When Marahiba and Sui-feng came out of the Assembly Hall, they began to move in opposite directions from each other.

...

Slowly my eyes started to open. I think I fell asleep.

When I opened the door of the room after tidying up and correcting the uniform I was wearing, someone I had never seen before was standing in front of me.

"Jin Takeshi, is that you?"

A half-naked female shinigami, blindfolded with bandages, stood in front of me.

"Y-Yes."

"I am the 8th Team lieutenant. My name Kawasaki Rika, and as of today you are part of the 8th Team. I am here to take you to our area."

Since I did not understand what was going on, I remained motionless for a while and continued to stare at the Shinigami in front of me.

How did she get here even though she was blindfolded? That was the only question that came to my mind.

"I don't have time to wait for you, if you won't come I'll have to use force."

"I'm sorry, I'll be back soon, could you please wait."

I entered my room, grabbed Zanpaktou, and went outside again.

"A zanpaktou in a student. I didn't imagine I'd see that either."

If we think logically, you can't see it anyway.

As we started walking with Rika-san, I asked a question that stuck in my mind along the way.

"Could you explain what's going on?"

"I wonder, can you explain what's going on?"

"For a possible war, all Shinigami Students will receive special training by the captains themselves. How lucky you are, you will receive special attention by the captains. I'm starting to get jealous."

"So that's a good thing?"

"You can't understand until you experience it."

She was right, what did she mean when she said that we would be given special attention by the Captains, although I didn't understand anything she meant?

I guess I wouldn't know until I tried it as she said.