2nd Division barracks.
"Ah, I'm so tired, so tired~"
"I've finally returned to the 2nd Division barracks, so I can rest a little. Come to think of it, how had I never noticed before that the distance between the 1st Division, where Teacher Araki is, and our 2nd Division is actually this far?!"
"But fortunately, I managed to settle that guy Urahara Kisuke's promotion! Teacher Araki was still as easygoing as ever and had no intention of making things difficult for me! He even directly handed the task of evaluating Urahara over to me. As expected, only one's own teacher knows how to cherish people~ Helping the members of my own division resolve the captaincy assessment issue—this counted as a great achievement, didn't it?!"
After Yoruichi returned to her own 2nd Division, her entire body immediately relaxed. She first kicked off her cloth shoes, revealing her petite bare feet, then pulled off the Captain's Haori draped over her shoulders and casually tossed it to Soifon, who had been waiting nearby. She then walked straight into the center of the luxurious Captain's Office, which was comparable to a palace, sat upon the throne the division members had prepared for her, and, like a noble empress, happily began eating the limited pastries that the Onmitsukidō had queued all night to buy for her from the confectionery shop.
"Lady Yoruichi has worked so hard~"
After listening to Yoruichi's chatter, Soifon merely smiled softly before looking at Yoruichi with utter indulgence. It seemed that, in Soifon's eyes, no matter what Yoruichi said or did, she was always right~
However, the young girl following close behind Soifon, who somewhat resembled the younger Soifon in appearance and wore her hair in an adorable bob, seemed completely unable to understand Shihoin Yoruichi's intentions. With her brows tightly