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Ren walked through the streets as he made his way to the new division he had decided to join. He was, apparently, a big deal during his time at the academy and had the potential to become a captain. There were quite a few seated officers who wanted him to join their divisions since they had an ineffective or crazy captain that they hoped would eventually replace him.

Sadly for them, Ren had already made his choice. Well... he let fate make his choice. And therefore, he was now a member of the 10th division.

Soon, Ren arrived outside the gates of the 10th division. The gates were surrounded by a large white building with red, wooden arches all over it. It also had the 10th division kanji in the middle of the wall.

Ren knocked on the door as he patiently waited for someone to let him in. While he was there, he was thinking about what he heard from the various shinigami as he made his way there.

Besides the Captain-Commander and Unohana, none of the 5 captains besides them were anyone that sounded familiar to Ren.

'They might just be one of the Vizard. Never paid attention to any of their names. Or it means that I am so much further back than I had originally thought.'

With both of the options, he had hoped for the latter. This was because it meant a long time of peace before the chaos that Aizen and Ichigo brought about came into play.

'Which gives me so much more time to train and get prepared.'

Ren kept waiting and knocking at different intervals for 30 minutes. Eventually, he got tired of waiting and just walked through the gate, the building it was in, and then the last gate on the other side.

When he made it to the other side, the first thing Ren saw was an empty plot of land covered in grass. On the sides were pathways that led to different buildings within the division.

Ren looked around and found that no one was nearby but saw a building that was twice the size of the other buildings in the area. Without thinking too much, he began walking toward that building as he followed the paths.

As he walked along the path, he would occasionally see some shinigami who were running in different directions. Whenever they saw him, they either ignored him or waved before rushing off to continue whatever task they were doing.

'Huh. Looks like these guys are busier than I thought. Still doesn't mean they will be as busy as the medical division who has to heal everyone,' Ren said as he tried to console himself when he saw that the shinigami of the 10th division were so busy.

He soon arrived at the building that he figured was the officers' building. He could smell the strong scent of alcohol before he had even entered the room. He opened the door and the smell just assaulted his senses.

While neither of his previous lives was heavy drinkers, they would be able to take some liquor or being in a bar. But this building smelled like it had been soaked in liquor for a few hundred years.

Ren powered through and began making his way to where the smell was the strongest. He walked up to the second floor and stopped in front of a door. The smell was originating from this room.

Ren held his breath before he opened the door and saw a man passed out over the desk in there. All around the room were bottles of alcohol. The man had a white haori over his shoulders as he laid collapsed in a pool of vomit and some other liquids.

'So this man is my captain? Ugh. It seems like I should have gone with the medical division. I will apply for a transfer later. For now...'

Ren closed the door and decided to look around. He knew that whenever there was a lazy captain, they would have at least one officer who took care of things. He was going to find that officer. Both the lieutenant's and 3rd officer's rooms were empty but he finally found someone when he reached the 4th officer.

The man was working on some documents and had his head down. He did not look like anyone that Ren remembered so he figured that the guy must have died before the show even starts.

'Then again, the other officers were never shown. Maybe he just kept his seat this whole time.'

Ren knocked on the door to make his presence known which caused the man to pause his work and looked up. He had a look of surprise on his face like he was not expecting Ren.

"Wow. You are the first to actually come all the way to me even after having smelled what the building is like, seen the captain, and noticed that the other two weren't here. Most would just bail and try to apply for another division."

He muttered to himself about what a gem he had found thinking that Ren could not here but sadly for him, Ren could. He shook his head and put his hand forward to shake Ren's hand.

"Well welcome to the 10th division. I am the 4th seat and the one who handles most inner division issues as well as discipline. Name is Takeda Moro."

Ren shook his hand and replied,

"Ren. Hope we work well together."