Though the dwelling was humble, its residents were virtuous.
Inside the crude house, everyone sat around a large pot, bowls and chopsticks in hand as they slurped down their food.
Although they no longer needed to eat after becoming Soul Bodies, the Gigai they had scavenged from Urahara still required maintenance.
If they did not feed their Gigai, they would need specialized Gigai maintenance instead. But the Visoreds were broke, naturally unable to afford that expense. Since they often needed to use their Gigai anyway, they had grown accustomed to living in them. Still, having to eat every day was quite a hassle.
Especially when the cook was not much good. Among them, Kensei Muguruma was the only one who could cook decently, but he was lazy. Besides, with food made in one big pot and everyone having different tastes, Kensei always added seasonings however he pleased, so their meals had never been particularly good.
Asano Kiyoshi had gotten lucky; he had barely arrived and already managed to mooch a meal.
He sat on a wooden stool, eating while listening to Hirako talk.
Hirako held his bowl, with one or two grains of rice still stuck to the corner of his mouth. Yet he spoke to Asano Kiyoshi with a rather serious expression.
"Little Kiyoshi, I want to confirm this once more. The Hollow spiritual pressure inside you really appeared as an effect of using Kido, right? You must tell me the truth. This is very important!"
After hearing Hirako's words, everyone aside from Lisa showed some surprise.
They had thought Asano Kiyoshi was like them, someone created by Aizen and then abandoned by the Soul Society.
They had not expected that he had done this to himself!
Feeling the strange looks from everyone around him, Asano Kiyoshi set down