Seeing yet another pit appear in the same spot, Asano Kiyoshi revealed a mysterious smile. Since Nel was standing close to him, she noticed it.
Nel leaned close to Asano Kiyoshi's ear and asked in an extremely hushed voice, "Little Kiyoshi, why are you smiling at that pit?"
Hearing Nel's question, Asano Kiyoshi's mind froze. He actually forgot to lower his voice and directly replied, "Didn't you notice? Captain Kenpachi seems really nervous around Captain Unohana~ Hahaha~"
After saying that, Asano Kiyoshi suddenly felt a chill at his neck. Then he abruptly realized what he had just said...
Looking at Captain Unohana before him, her eyes narrowed and a terrifying smile on her face, Asano Kiyoshi went pale. He stammered, "Um, well, I... I was just joking."
Meanwhile, Nel stood ramrod straight like an elementary school student being punished by a teacher. Her face was bright red, and she could not utter a complete sentence.
Seeing this, Sister Hana's dark aura faded somewhat. In an incomparably gentle tone, she told Asano Kiyoshi and Nel, "Casually discussing adults' affairs is not something good children should do, you know~"
Hearing Sister Hana's reprimand, the two rapidly nodded their heads like chickens pecking at grain.
At that moment, the Captain-Commander poked his head out from the Captain's Meeting Room. Looking at the people being lectured outside, he gave a slight sigh, then rubbed his head as he inwardly lamented, Ah, youth truly is wonderful. When this old man was young, I had such thick hair too...
Chōjirō Sasakibe, standing behind the Captain-Commander, failed to guess why Captain-Commander was sighing. Thinking he wanted to urge those outside along, he immediately said, "Genryūsai-sama, I shall go urge them right away. Please rest assured, I will call them all over shortly."
Before the Captain-Commander could reply,