"Since the ever-busy 'Captain Urahara' has arrived, this Captain's Meeting can officially begin..."
After giving the tardy Urahara Kisuke a deep look, Araki commenced the Captain's Meeting.
"Uh-hehe..."
After hearing Araki's words, Urahara Kisuke suddenly felt a little guilty.
Especially since Araki had deliberately added "ever-busy" before Urahara Kisuke's name and "Captain" after it. Urahara felt utterly ashamed after being roasted so thoroughly by Araki.
"Overall, I'll briefly say a few words here..."
Next, Araki launched into a textbook-style speech.
Originally, Araki would never have said such useless nonsense. But ever since he had taken the position of Captain-Commander, he suddenly seemed to have had an epiphany and became quite the talker...
Sure enough, one's seat and position determined what one ought to say...
While Araki entered the nonsense portion of his speech, the captains began sizing up the late-arriving Urahara Kisuke. Today's Captain's Meeting had originally been intended to let everyone get acquainted with Urahara Kisuke, so Araki did not stop them...
"A scrawny twig. Doesn't look hard to fight!"
Kenpachi was the first to be disappointed in Urahara. He had heard that there was a newly promoted captain and thought he might meet a formidable opponent, but Urahara was just another pale, tender-looking twig. Kenpachi was truly disappointed! Once Kenpachi had determined Urahara's "type," he turned his head away, too lazy to look at Urahara even once more...
"Is this guy really reliable?"
Shinji was deeply worried about Urahara. He feared that Urahara would be unable to properly lead the 12th Division. After all, the previous few captains of the 12th Division had been far too exceptional, nearly crushing all the brilliance of captains from their own generation.
"So sleepy..."
Isshin Shiba had no interest in anyone present. He only wanted Araki's speech to end sooner so he