When Aizen betrayed them, quite a few captain positions had opened up in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. But after the Visoreds returned to Soul Society, there were no longer enough captain positions to go around.
Aside from Hirako Shinji becoming captain of the Third Division and Kensei Muguruma taking command of the Ninth Division, Tōsen Kaname and Love Aikawa, who had once been captains themselves, were now merely seated officers.
Yoru Machi naturally would not pass up such fighting strength, so he brought them all to the Human World.
Meanwhile, as the group of five headed for the Human World, Karakura Town's original stationed Soul Reaper, Zen'nosuke Kurumadani, was handing over his duties to two rookie Soul Reapers.
As the "Purification Squad," the Thirteenth Division's daily duty was to travel to cities throughout the Human World and purify souls that had fallen into Hollows.
Generally speaking, the Hollows in the Human World were not particularly strong. After all, this was the Human World, not Hueco Mundo. Even Gillians, the cannon fodder among Menos Grande, rarely appeared here.
Thus, the Soul Reapers assigned by the Thirteenth Division to station in Human World cities were usually fresh graduates of Shino Academy who had only recently joined the division.
"As your senior, let me give you a piece of advice. If you run into an enemy you can't handle in this city, run immediately. Don't hesitate.
"And aside from the Soul Reapers sent by our Thirteen Court Guard Squads, there are some rather strange people in this city. You'd best avoid provoking them too."
Looking at the two youthful rookie Soul Reapers before him, the middle-aged Zen'nosuke Kurumadani, with his explosive afro, shared his experience of serving in Karakura Town while regarding them with a trace of pity.
Honestly, serving as a