'Central 46,' the highest-level judicial institution in the Seireitei of Soul Society.
"That Araki has some nerve. He just got back from Hueco Mundo and already caused this much trouble!"
"Good grief, he killed a captain in the morning, then tore down the barracks of the Onmitsukidō and the Kidō Corps in the afternoon. Is he trying to rebel?!"
"Heh, after all that, our esteemed judges still want to reward him with money? What kind of appeasement policy is that? I say we should just find an excuse to sentence him!"
The sages affiliated with Central 46 chatted as they entered this "solemn" and "dignified" judicial institution.
"Did you give him the money?!"
At that moment, the sages and judges were already in place. They looked at the retainer they had sent to deliver Araki's reward and questioned him.
"I gave it to him, but..."
The retainer looked somewhat uneasy.
"Speak!"
The judges frowned at this, then forcefully ordered him to continue.
"He said that another Menos had escaped from the Soul King Palace. Just like Ikkomikidō, which ravaged Soul Society more than a century ago, this Menos was full of hatred for us Soul Reapers! He also said..."
The retainer's expression turned ugly as he spoke. He tried several times, but could not bring himself to say the words lodged in his throat.
"Speak!"
The judges furrowed their brows and sternly demanded.
"He also said that the sages and judges of Central 46 had better be careful from now on, lest that Menos set its sights on them one day and they follow in the footsteps of Central 46's predecessors..."
Unable to withstand the pressure, the retainer finally repeated every word Araki had told him to the sages present.
"..."
As the retainer finished speaking, all of Central 46