Originally, Kaelith and his team planned to force Takatori Tsunayashiro into a desperate move, prompting him to send his personal guards to attack the Ōmaeda family.
At that ti, Kōga Kuchiki would step in and directly read the mories of those guards.
Following the clues, they would gradually tighten the net and completely take down Takatori Tsunayashiro.
But now, for so inexplicable reason, Takatori Tsunayashiro had directly sent Shinchira Renzosuke, a known traitor.
Well, that works too—they could skip the step of fabricating charges and get straight to the point.
Life was getting better day by day.
Thinking this, Kaelith happily raised his arm.
Soifon, with a stern face, was diligently helping him wash.
"Oh, oh, scrub a bit more there—that feels good..."
Kaelith squinted his eyes, occasionally giving instructions.
Soifon kept a neutral expression, but her blood pressure slightly rose.
At the sa ti, she couldn't help but feel secretly amazed.
While she was assisting Kaelith with his bath, he had boasted about the earlier battle.
Although, in Soifon's eyes, Kaelith had many flaws, she never doubted him when it ca to critical information.
Her fingers gently brushed the edges of Kaelith's wounds.
Thinking that these wounds were left by directly facing Shinchira Renzosuke's full-powered attacks in his Bankai state, she felt a sense of unreality.
Just how strong had this guy beco?
If it were her, her body might have been reduced to a pile of minced at by now.
And Kaelith, although he had suffered extensive burns—a quite serious injury—with the Hell Hot Springs, these wounds would probably heal in less than two days.
For a mont, Soifon couldn't help but feel emotional.
This guy seed born to break established perceptions.
After carefully cleaning Kaelith's wounds, she took out bandages and wrapped the burned areas on his body.
Kaelith looked in the mirror, feeling sowhat conflicted.
Fortunately, his face wasn't injured; otherwise, if it were bandaged too, he'd look like Shishio Makoto.(t/n: An OG ani, Rurouni Kenshin-the main antagonist)
After getting dressed, the two returned to the main hall.
As soon as they ca out, Kaelith noticed that Ginrei Kuchiki had arrived at so point.
The old man hadn't done anything; he just sat kneeling in a corner of the room, saying nothing.
"Why is the old man here?"
Kaelith found Yoruichi Shihōin.
To his surprise, she was actually reading a book.
Yoruichi looked up from her book.
"Probably to prevent any accidents... Us taking action against Takatori Tsunayashiro, a direct descendant of the Tsunayashiro family, might alarm Senzo Tsunayashiro."
"That's likely why Old Man Ginrei is here—to guard against the worst-case scenario."
Then, noticing Kaelith's gaze, she grinned and shook the book in her hand.
"What? Curious?"
"This is a secret technique to of the Shihōin family, written by the first Captain of the Second Division, Chika Shihōin."
"It records his various understandings of Hakuda.
It's a unique treasure in the entire Soul Society."
Hearing this, Kaelith couldn't help but sigh.
"Must be nice being a noble—the resources you have are unimaginable."
Then he puffed out his chest.
"But I'm not that envious; after all, I have the strongest ally."
Yoruichi didn't know what he was talking about and just smiled, shaking her head.
She looked at the girl following behind Kaelith.
"Hey, Soifon, how was it helping Kaelith with his bath? Did you feel anything... unusual?"
Soifon's face darkened. "Lady Yoruichi, please don't joke like that!"
She beca a bit flustered and quickly said:
"There's absolutely no way I'd have any thoughts about this perverted, lecherous, degenerate guy!"
"Hey, hey, I'm right here, you know," Kaelith couldn't help but roll his eyes.
By this ti, not many people were left around.
Ōmaeda Marenoshin had already left to handle the aftermath of the comrcial conflict.
Kensei Muguruma volunteered to protect him and went along.
Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi had returned to the Second Division to guard against potential retaliation.
After waiting for a while, Kaelith started to feel a bit bored.
He found a couch and lazily reclined on it.
"Hey, Soifon, co give a shoulder massage~"
Hearing Kaelith's voice, Soifon took a deep breath.
Her blood pressure rose.
With thoughts of strangling Kaelith, she walked over, knelt beside him, and began to massage.
However, despite her efforts, she barely caused him any discomfort.
He even had the leisure to let out contented hums that made her blush.
Seeing this, Yoruichi beca interested and joined in, snuggling up next to Kaelith and having Soifon massage them both.
Ginrei Kuchiki sat kneeling not far away, pretending not to see.
Shinchira Renzosuke had fallen into a coma due to his destroyed Saketsu and Hakusui, unable to witness this indecent scene.
If Captain-Commander Yamamoto were to co by now, his blood pressure might just break through to a new realm along with his spiritual pressure...
After an unknown amount of ti, Soifon couldn't help but say:
"Lord Kaelith, hasn't Lord Kōga been gone for too long?"
Upon hearing this, Ginrei Kuchiki also opened his eyes.
He had felt sothing was off for a while now.
Could it be that Kōga encountered so mishap while secretly capturing Takatori Tsunayashiro?
Kaelith sat up.
In fact, when making the plan, he hadn't considered the possibility of Kōga failing.
As the most renowned "internal conflict deity" in the entire series, Kōga's ability to fight Hollows aside, his prowess against other Soul Reapers was absolutely top-tier.
Unless he ran into soone like late-stage Yoruichi, who didn't even use a Zanpakutō, he couldn't imagine Kōga losing.
Just as he was pondering whether to go assist Kōga, a strange sensation ca to his mind.
The tracking Kidō he had placed on Takatori Tsunayashiro had disappeared!
Did sothing happen?
Kaelith stood up and explained what had just occurred.
"Old Man Ginrei, I'll go take a look. Please watch over things here."
Hearing this, Ginrei Kuchiki shook his head.
He stood up and said, "This matter arose because of ; I should be the one to check."
Saying so, he adjusted the Zanpakutō at his waist and prepared to leave.
Kaelith was about to say sothing when he suddenly paused and turned to look outside.
Ginrei Kuchiki sensed it too and reacted similarly.
An undisguised spiritual pressure was rapidly approaching.
It was Kōga!
The two quickly walked out of the room and saw Kōga appear in the courtyard in a flash.
He had several wounds on his body.
Upon seeing Ginrei Kuchiki, he hurriedly lowered his head.
"Father!"
Ginrei nodded. "Where is Takatori Tsunayashiro?"
Hearing this, Kōga bent down.
"I'm very sorry. When I was capturing Takatori Tsunayashiro, I was ambushed."
"In the chaos, I accidentally... killed Takatori Tsunayashiro!"
Everyone showed expressions of shock upon hearing this.
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