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It took Ren and the Arrancar over 8 hours to return to where the other shinigami were. This was not due to the distance but rather the Arrancar had to get used to performing sonido. Even though they gained new bodies, the Arrancar did not gain full control of these abilities instantly.

Ren did not mind the long travel time. The soon that the others got used to their bodies, the easier it would be to convince the captain-commander to allow him to bring them along with himself.

Ren and the Arrancar rushed through the patrols to the point that those shinigami who did not know shunpo could not even tell that someone had passed them.

Ren looked back and thought, 'I need to make sure to improve their strength. even if someone is much stronger than them, they should at least know why they died.'

Ren arrived at the temporary logistics quarters. He went and got 4 shinigami uniforms that he thought would fit the women. Cyan and Emilou had no issues but Tier and Franceska had to have a more 'Matsumoto' style when they wore their uniforms.

The people who were currently on duty in the logistics division were shocked when they saw the 4 semi-naked women. Especially when all 4 of those weapons had bones on parts of theirs faces and holes in their abdomen but since they were led by Ren, the shinigami did not ask any questions.

When all 4 were dressed, Ren brought the group to the main tent where official meetings were held. The only people present for the meetings was the only current officer, Kyou, Ren, and the Kido Corps members. With the addition of Arrancar, they now had 6 qualified members of their squad who could take up officer positions.

What surprised Ren was that he did not see just the usual 6 faces inside the tent but he also saw Shin who had his head raised in an arrogant manner.

Shin knew his place so he would not come to the meeting without a proper reason, especially so boldly. He would have just asked Kyou to pass a message or wait until after the meeting to talk with Ren.

"You have achieved shikai?"

"Of course. I am the vice-captain of the 8th division! I can't just wait for everyone else to die so I can claim to be the strongest."

Kyou seemed to be offended by what Shin said and shot the man a glare. Feeling her glare, Shin returned it. With the pair acting like that Ren was seriously regretting not keeping a few other officers.

Tessai was not paying attention to the pair but instead looked at the 4 silent women who were following Ren. When he saw that they had partial masks, Tessai knew exactly what they were.

"...Arrancar."

The pair stopped their contest and looked at Tessai with shock before turning to look at the 4 women. Ren had given everyone a run-down of the various types of hollows that were present in Hueco Mundo. He had even informed them about Arrancar which was supposed to be an officer level secret.

Hearing that 4 dangerous beings were next to them did not cause fear in Shin but he instead pulled out his zanpakuto and cut towards Emilou. The tomboy Arrancar caught the blade with a single hand. Sparks flew as the hand and sword met but Emilou had no damage dealt to her hand.

Shin was surprised to see his attack did not go through. When he was about to activate his shikai, Shin felt all the air leaving his body and a large amount of pain in his gut. Emilou had given him a heavy punch went sent Shin flying across the tent.

Emilou turned to Ren to ask, "Oi. You don't mind if I kick his ass, right?"

Ren shrugged.

"You can beat him up but don't kill him. Franceska and Cyan, you guys can help too. No resurrecion."

As soon as they heard the words, the trio left the tent to start their battle with Shin.

Ren turned to Kyou to say, "Make sure that none of the other shinigami try to attack them. Shin brought this beating onto himself."

Kyou nodded and left the tent. She was curious about the 3 women's strength.

The only ones left in the tent were Tier, Tessai, Ren, and the 4 remaining members of the Kido Corps. Ren gestured toward Tessai.

"Tier, this is Tessai. Eventual to be Kido Master, eventual commander of the Kido Corps, and the only student of mine who was able to land a blow on me."

Tier did not understand what the first things meant but she did understand the last and thought of Tessai as being very impressive.

'To be able to land a blow on someone even a Vasto Lorde could not is very impressive,' TIer thought to herself before giving Tessai a small nod. Ren gestured toward Tier.

"Tessai, this is Tier. Currently a stable Arrancar, former Vasto Lorde, and new lieutenant of the 8th division who has command over everyone in the division except for me."

Every word out of Ren's mouth caused Tessai to be unable to say anything.

'A stable Arrancar? Nearly impossible to find!

A former Vasto Lorde? What kind of monster is he to make one submit to him?!?!

To make a hollow his lieutenant? That... that is something that only this man would do.'

Even though his thoughts were in jumbles, Tessai did not let any of it show on his face and gave a small nod to Tier.

Just as the introductions finished wrapping up, those inside the tent could hear a loud explosion coming from outside of it.