Standing up to remove the bindings from Rukia’s wrists, which retract into the collar around her neck, the Kidō Corps member picks up his staff alongside his fellow members and walks over to Renji, whom he thanks for his assistance in escorting Rukia before suggesting that they leave as the other members walk past.

However, while the members approach the exit, Renji remains still.

With the member of the Kidō Corps expressing confusion, Renji approaches Rukia and leans down to her ear as he reveals that one of the five Ryoka who arrived in Soul Society yesterday wielded a sword as long as his body and had orange hair, visibly shocking Rukia.

’Why?’ Rukia thought confusingly, looking at the empty Shishinro. She glanced at the outside direction of the window.

"It seems you remembered a newly found friend very well, but you forgot me instead, despite growing up with you."

Instantly, a voice sounded from behind her. Rukia’s eyes widened in surprise. She turned around and glanced at the figure standing beside her.

"Why are you here? No, how did you reach this place?" Rukia asked in surprise, and then her expression became anxious, and she said with a worry, "You should go and warn Ichigo and others; you all will die here; you can’t fight the whole soul society."

Eero smiled and then asked calmly, "I am giving you an opportunity. Do you want to leave this place? Don’t worry, no one will be able to find you again."

Rukia raised her head, glanced at him, and then fell silent, shook her head, and replied thoughtfully, "You can’t take me away from here; no one can save me now."

Eero glanced at her and then turned around and walked away, saying, "If you need my help, then just say my name."

’He still cares about me,’

Rukia thought to herself, looking at the Eero disappearing figure. A mild smile flashed past her face, and then she glanced at the execution platform far away, sadly from the only window in her cell.

On the other hand,

In the First Division barracks in the Seireitei, 3rd Division Captain Gin Ichimaru stands outside the doors to the captains’ assembly hall, which open to reveal almost all of the other captains standing on either side of the room: 12th Division Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Hitsugaya, 8th Division Captain Shunsui Kyōraku, 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki, 4th Division Captain Retsu Unohana, 2nd Division Captain Suì-Fēng, 5th Division Aizen, 7th Division Captain Sajin Komamura, 9th Division Captain Kaname Tōsen, and 11th Division Captain Kenpachi Zaraki, with Captain Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto sitting on the other end of the hall.

As Yamamoto acknowledges his arrival,

Gin walks into the hall and comments on how all the captains who control Soul Society have been assembled just for him, only to notice that 13th Division Captain Jūshirō Ukitake is absent. With Gin wondering if something happened to him,

Tōsen states that he has fallen ill again, and as Gin expresses sympathy for him, Kenpachi berates him for joking around and reminds Gin of how he fought the Ryoka by himself earlier before demanding that he explain why he failed because a captain should have no trouble with four or five Ryoka.

However, Gin merely acts surprised about them not dying, to Kenpachi’s confusion.

Gin asserts that he thought the Ryoka were dead and claims that his intuition has gotten dull, but Mayuri admonishes him for pretending to not know and reminds Gin that captains can sense the disappearance of a being’s Reiryoku.

With Hitsugaya complaining about two old men bickering again, Gin observes that Mayuri is making it sound like he let the Ryoka go on purpose, which Mayuri confirms is what he is saying.

Telling Mayuri to shut up, Kenpachi declares that he is the one questioning Gin right now. As he and Mayuri approach each other, Kenpachi questions if the latter wants to be cut up by him, leading Suì-Fēng to call them stupid.

While Shunsui notes that tempers are running high again and Byakuya remains silent, Yamamoto orders Kenpachi and Mayuri to stand down, which they do, and notes that Gin is likely aware of why he has been summoned now before inquiring what his defense is for acting alone and letting his target escape.

However, Gin simply states that he cannot defend this, to Yamamoto’s confusion, and claims that he made a simple mistake for which there are no excuses, but as Gin promises that he will accept whatever punishment Yamamoto decides on, Aizen steps forward and reveals that there is something he would like to ask Gin, who merely grins widely in response. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Suddenly, an alarm begins sounding as an announcer informs the Gotei 13 that intruders have been spotted in the Seireitei and all the divisions need to assemble. With the captains surprised by the alert and wondering if the Ryoka have returned, Gin is left smiling. Within the Shishinrō in Senzaikyū, Rukia looks outside and says Ichigo’s name.

Meanwhile, Eero, standing above the roof of a building invisibly, glanced at the round fireballs piercing through the sky falling toward the ground.

"Why are these anime protagonist entries always so flashy?" He muttered calmly, then glanced at the fireballs containing Ichigo and his friends falling in different divisions of Seireitei separately.

’Well, I should wait for the right opportunity; right now there is no need to spoil his plans, and the seireitei is under the surveillance of another behind-the-scenes boss, Yhwach.’

Eero thought to himself and then sat down in a corner calmly, observing the seireitei.

One by one, Ichigo and his team landed on the ground in the seireitei, then they started battling the different shinigami who attacked them.

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