Now that some things he did not know about had happened in the Seireitei, that was perfectly normal.
"Sorry, Haruko. Old Man Yamamoto has sent out the signal for an emergency Captain's Meeting. Go play with the servants at home for now. I'm going to see what happened."
"Mm."
After apologizing to Haruko, Ailin flashed away and hurried toward the First Division.
"Hm?"
When Ailin arrived at the First Division's captain meeting room, he gave a soft exclamation.
At that moment, aside from Captain-Commander Yamamoto, there was actually another captain present.
The captain of the Twelfth Division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi!
Ailin did not believe Mayuri was faster than him, so there was only one possibility.
Captain-Commander Yamamoto had convened this Captain's Meeting because of Mayuri.
"Yo, Captain Mayuri. Long time no see."
"Hmph. If it weren't necessary, I wouldn't want to see you, either."
Although he was weaker than Ailin, Mayuri would never admit defeat verbally.
"Is that so? What a shame. Looks like today is another day Captain Mayuri gets annoyed."
Ailin did not particularly care about Mayuri's words.
After all, he had beaten the man up once. It was only natural that Mayuri did not like him.
Still, while Mayuri's strength was nothing special in Ailin's eyes, Ailin would not underestimate him.
In some ways, Mayuri's combat style was somewhat similar to the "Data Kendo" Ailin had taught Rukia.
Both of them based their battles on an informational advantage over their enemies.
In that respect, Mayuri was clearly far ahead of Rukia.
Using scientific methods, Mayuri had already completed his own "database." As long as he obtained information about an enemy, he could prepare every possible countermeasure in advance and defeat them as if toying with them.
However, Mayuri's weakness was equally obvious.
Scientific methods required advance preparation. If