Everyone Got What They Wanted

"Captain Ross."

Just as the situation reached a stalemate, the ever-silent good-natured Jushiro Ukitake finally spoke.

His brows were tightly furrowed, his tone grave:

"Yoruichi Shihoin was expelled from her family long ago and is now merely a wanted criminal in Soul Society. Is it not somewhat excessive to implicate the entire Shihoin Clan over one person's crimes?"

His words were reasonable. After all, nobles had their own ways of drawing boundaries.

"Since I dared to propose it, I naturally have irrefutable evidence."

Ross chuckled softly and turned to look at Byakuya Kuchiki, who had been standing aside like an outsider.

Byakuya Kuchiki understood immediately and stepped forward. His ice-carved face remained expressionless as he said coldly:

"I guarantee this in the name of the twenty-eighth head of the Kuchiki Clan. Not long ago, I personally witnessed Yoruichi Shihoin appearing within the Shihoin Clan estate and holding a secret meeting with the current clan head, Yushiro Shihoin."

His voice was cool and certain as it echoed through the hall:

"At the time, Yushiro Shihoin personally promised Yoruichi: 'Yoruichi Shihoin will forever remain a member of the Shihoin Clan, and the Shihoin Clan will forever be Yoruichi's strongest support.'"

The entire room erupted in uproar.

Byakuya Kuchiki had indeed witnessed this matter with his own eyes.

That day, to prevent Yoruichi from changing sides again, Ross had specifically brought Byakuya Kuchiki to infiltrate the Shihoin Clan using the Shiba Clan's Spirit Concealing Orb, where they happened to hear that deeply moving display of sibling affection.

As the head of the foremost of the Five Great Noble Clans, having witnessed this fact, he had a duty to clarify it at a critical moment.

Yes, this was the fairness expected of the Kuchiki Clan head, absolutely not favoritism meant to save Rukia.

"This..."