"This..."
Isshin Shiba looked at Masaki Kurosaki, who was happily stuffing herself with food, then at the helpless-looking... Xiaolong? He remembered Masaki calling him that, though he had no idea what his full name was.
"What's going on?"
When he turned his head, he saw Kisuke Urahara sitting nearby, while his senior—Yinsen, the former captain of the Tenth Division—sat at the other end of the table, fiddling with something in his hands.
"Oh, Captain Shiba, have a seat!"
Isshin Shiba looked around. It seemed... maybe... nothing was wrong?
Even after sitting down, he was still somewhat dazed. However, Masaki Kurosaki looked healthy, which put him at ease. He was no fool. Thinking back to what Yinsen had said before, along with the fact that Masaki had indeed come here, proved that something really had happened. It was just that... it seemed to have already been resolved?
"Can someone tell me what exactly happened?"
The Quincy named Xiaolong did not look kindly upon him. From the moment he appeared, the man had been giving off a faint but unmistakable hostility, so he could only ask Masaki herself.
"It wasn't anything serious. Don't I look perfectly energetic now?"
"What do you mean, it wasn't serious? Do you know how dangerous things were just now?"
Ryuken Ishida immediately exploded. He was deeply displeased with Isshin Shiba for dragging Masaki Kurosaki into this, believing that it was because of Isshin that Masaki had encountered such danger and had even been hurt.
Before Isshin arrived, Masaki had suddenly fainted, and incomprehensible symptoms had appeared on her body. If he had not found this General Store in time, he did not even dare imagine what might have happened.
Fortunately, that strange guy who had given him the card had indeed healed Masaki, and had also let