Creak!
The heavy wooden door of the Shiba main residence was slowly pushed open, and what appeared at the doorway was Rosse's figure, wearing only a pair of long pants.
His upper body was bare, bronze skin gleaming with a healthy sheen under the night sky, every muscle filled with strength and wild tension.
However, Shihoin Yoruichi, crouched atop the wall, felt her heartbeat miss a beat on the spot, her heart giving a sharp thump.
She had no time at all to appreciate that nearly perfect male body. At this moment, there was only one thought in her mind.
'Run!'
'Run now!'
But at this point, wanting to run was already too late.
She had just turned around, not yet taken a single step, when a voice came from behind her, leisurely as if from heaven, yet cold as hell itself.
"Since you're already here, where are you in such a hurry to go, Miss Shihoin?"
Buzz!
Almost the instant the words fell, an enormous spiritual pressure, suffocating in its magnitude and capable of crushing and freezing the surrounding air, instantly enveloped Yoruichi's entire body.
All of her forward movement became futile in that moment. Her body was firmly locked in place, muscles stiff, unable to move.
She could only watch helplessly as she sensed Rosse's tall figure slowly approaching.
He walked up beside her, then, like lifting an unruly kitten, precisely pinched the back of her neck and carried her as if she were a pet, heading straight into the room.
"Let go of me! Captain Rosse! I have intelligence! Important intelligence that's enough to offset everything I owed you before!"
Yoruichi struggled desperately, forcibly reverting to human form under the pressure of his spiritual power.
But in her haste, the tight combat outfit did not have time to re-cover her body. Her bronze, well proportioned, athletic physique was completely exposed before Rosse's eyes.
"Intelligence?"
Rosse was unmoved. His grip remained steady. He lowered his head and looked at the warm, supple, well-built body in his arms, the corner of his mouth curling into a playful smile.
"There's no intelligence more valuable than my trust in you, Miss Shihoin. You were the one who betrayed that trust first. Now, I'm just here to collect my payment. As for anything else, we can talk about it later," After saying that, he carried Yoruichi without the slightest bit of mercy and walked straight into the room.
Inside, Shiba Kukaku, who had just recovered a bit of strength after their recent exertion, straightened up, her gaze toward Yoruichi filled with malice.
Seeing Shiba Kukaku, pale-skinned and overflowing with malicious intent, Yoruichi completely closed her eyes.
'It's over!'
'Completely over!'
Creak!
The heavy wooden door of the Shiba main residence was slowly and silently closed once more.
All that remained was, from deep within that door, Yoruichi's long, uncontrollable screams, echoing again and again through the depths of the main residence, adding a strangely different atmosphere.
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At the same time.
[Fifth Division]
Aizen was standing at the center of the newly built training hall, smiling as he guided the squad members practicing Kido.
"Captain, you can just leave the instruction to me. There's no need for you to personally come here," Hinamori Momo's face was flushed as she looked at Aizen, her eyes full of admiration and respect.
Even if Aizen were to ask her to offer up her heart at this moment, she probably would not hesitate for even half a second.
"As the captain, providing guidance to the squad members is also my responsibility," Aizen wore a sunny smile on his face.
"Captain, because of Captain Rosse, the Shino Academy can't take in all the students anymore. Every year, a lot of people join the divisions directly. Their abilities are all over the place. Having you teach them personally is just a waste of your time."
There was a hint of complaint in Hinamori Momo's tone. Not everyone could enjoy the conveniences brought by the strengthening of the Gotei 13.
With the Gotei 13 directly governing Rukongai, the result was that everyone whose spiritual pressure met the standard would be brought into the Shino Academy to study.
Because the Shino Academy was not large enough, aside from some Shinigami with potential, the rest would be assigned to various divisions after different lengths of preliminary training.
For the divisions that needed manpower to manage Rukongai, this was an enormous benefit.
But the Fifth Division was an exception.
Whether it was Aizen or Hinamori Momo, both were models of responsibility within the Gotei 13.
This led to the Fifth Division's members all receiving additional instruction from the two of them before being sent into the Rukongai under the Fifth Division's jurisdiction.
This undoubtedly increased Hinamori Momo's workload, naturally causing her dissatisfaction.
After all, she did not care about having more or less money. She only cared about whether she could do more meaningful things by Aizen's side.
But in reality, the repetitive daily teaching, plus the fact that some Shinigami were simply not suited to learning Kido, yet she still had to teach them patiently, was truly dull and tedious.
"Hinamori, it's precisely because of Captain Rosse's actions that the Gotei 13's strength has reached an unprecedented peak. In the past, only those above the Tenth Seat were required to release their Zanpakuto. Now, becoming a seated officer requires being able to achieve Shikai. This is also a sign that our Gotei 13 is steadily growing stronger."
With a gentle smile at the corner of his mouth, Aizen rubbed Hinamori Momo's head, appearing extremely patient.
But if Rosse were here, he would see a completely different scene.
Aizen did not touch Hinamori Momo at all. He simply stood there with a cold expression, quietly gazing in a certain direction, anticipation flickering in his eyes.
And the direction he was looking at was precisely where Kurosaki Ichigo was hiding.
"All right, today's instruction is over. I also need to go handle division affairs. I'll leave the remaining arrangements for the squad members to you, Hinamori."
Aizen said with a smile, bidding farewell one by one to the passing squad members. The sunny smile never left his face as he walked toward the captain's office.
In the shadows, seeing Aizen leave alone, Kurosaki Ichigo finally snapped back to his senses and hurriedly followed after him.
Seeing the way Aizen taught others just now made him think of how Aizen had taught him back then.
Those people scratching their heads, unable to learn Kido, really looked just like he had at the time.
The difference was that his talent was fairly decent. Scratching his head was only because his spiritual pressure was too vast and hard to control, not because he could not understand at all like those people.
But there was one thing that was the same.
Aizen was still just as patient and approachable as he had been when teaching him.
'Such a good person, why does that bunch of bastards like Urahara Kisuke insist on framing him?'
Kurosaki Ichigo hurriedly followed Aizen's footsteps and entered the captain's office with him.
Since most of the squad members had their own things to attend to, by the time they reached the captain's office, only Aizen remained.
Aizen sat down at the desk as usual and casually picked up a piece of Fifth Division paperwork.
At the same time, just as Kurosaki Ichigo stepped into the captain's office, his voice suddenly rang out.
"You're here, Ichigo."
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