Several days later...
1st Division Barracks.
"Ha?! You're saying Araki picked up a child from the 'Kenpachi District'?!"
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's brows furrowed slightly after hearing his subordinate's report.
"Yes! When Captain Araki returned to the Seireitei with the members of the 11th Division, many people saw him carrying a half-grown child in his hand..."
"That child appeared to be an ordinary resident of Rukongai District. He was covered in scars, filthy all over, and dressed in rags. When he first arrived at the Seireitei, he was unconscious, as if Captain Araki had knocked him out and forcibly brought him back."
The 1st Division member knelt on one knee before Captain-Commander Yamamoto and reported everything he knew.
"Where exactly is the child Araki brought back now?!"
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto questioned his subordinate.
"After Captain Araki returned to the Seireitei, he first took the child to meet Captain Unohana of the 4th Division. Then he brought the child back to the 11th Division..."
"If nothing unexpected happened, the child Captain Araki brought back was most likely staying in the 11th Division Barracks now. It was obvious that Captain Araki attached great importance to the child."
The 1st Division member continued.
At the same time, there were some things the 1st Division member had not told Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto...
Rumors were spreading outside that the child Araki had brought back to the Seireitei from Rukongai District was actually the illegitimate son he had left behind in Rukongai District years ago! For some unknown reason, Araki had become separated from the child and his mother, and only found them again now...
When the 1st Division member thought of that rumor, then recalled that Araki's first act upon returning to the Seireitei had been taking the child to the 4th Division, he could not