Aizen: Thanks for the Invitation! I'd Rather Have Been Cut Down Back Then Than Die of Embarrassment!

'Central 46.'

"Have the Soul Reapers we sent out found any trace of 12th Division Captain Urahara Kisuke or 5th Division Captain Shinji Hirako?!"

One of the six adjudicators flipped through the files in his hands and cross-checked the testimonies of the three senior Seated Officers from the 9th Division—Heizo, Weidao, and Tōdō—as well as the testimony of the current 11th Division captain, Kenpachi Zaraki. His brow furrowed tightly as he questioned the guards present.

"Reporting to the adjudicator, Captain Urahara, Captain Hirako, Captain Aikawa, Captain Muguruma, and Captain Rose Otoribashi have still not appeared within the Seireitei!"

"Furthermore, Vice-Captain Yadōmaru, Vice-Captain Sarugaki, Grand Kidō Master Tessai Tsukabishi, and Vice Kidō Captain Hachigen Ushōda have also vanished without a trace..."

The guard in charge of the investigation immediately answered upon hearing the adjudicator's question.

"In other words, because of this Hollowfication incident, the Gotei 13 has lost a total of nine captain- and vice-captain-level combatants?!"

The adjudicator's brow tightened further after hearing the guard's report.

"That is correct."

The guard immediately replied.

"Besides that, we discovered another issue..."

At that moment, the guard seemed to recall something else and spoke gravely to the adjudicator.

"Speak."

The adjudicator nodded lightly, signaling for the guard to explain their discovery to the members of Central 46 present.

"As far as we know, aside from the captains connected to the mysterious disappearances and Hollowfication incident, Shihoin Yoruichi—the captain of the 2nd Division and Commander-in-Chief of the Onmitsukidō—also left her post last night. Her whereabouts are unknown, and she has yet to return to her division."

The guard spoke in a low voice, apparently having just remembered the matter.

"What? Shihoin Yoruichi?! Isn't she the head of the Shihoin Clan?"

"Could this matter be connected to the Shihoin Clan?"

"What do you think? Don't you