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"So what? You're so noble, so impressive."

Kūkaku Shiba looked at Yoruichi as though she had heard the funniest joke in the world, her gaze filled with disdain.

"So what are you planning to do now? If you're dissatisfied, you can go lecture Aizen, or say those things directly to Lord Ross. What does showing off in front of me prove?"

"I'll take her away!"

Yoruichi Shihoin shouted in a low voice. The instant her words fell, her figure had already turned into an afterimage.

With Flash Step activated, she appeared beside the bed in an instant and reached for Inoue Orihime.

However, just as her fingertips were about to touch Inoue Orihime, a hand shot out from the side and firmly seized her wrist.

"Do you think you're doing something especially great?"

Kūkaku Shiba tightly gripped Yoruichi's wrist and sneered, a teasing yet dangerous expression appearing on her face.

"Let's not even discuss whether I'll let you take her away, or how Lord Ross will punish me afterward. Have you used your brain to think about what consequences the Shihoin Clan will face once word gets out that you rescued Inoue Orihime?"

"Are you threatening me?"

Yoruichi Shihoin's expression turned grim. She felt that Kūkaku Shiba was simply exaggerating the danger.

"Everything I do is my own personal choice. I'll bear responsibility for my own actions. How could it possibly drag in the Shihoin Clan, which has long had nothing to do with me?"

"This isn't a threat. It's advice."

Kūkaku Shiba looked at her coldly, her tone chilling.

"I'll tell you plainly: given the current situation in Soul Society, once word spreads that the former Captain of the Second Division—the demon cat of the Shihoin Clan—rescued this intruder, the Shihoin Clan will absolutely face total destruction!"

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