"Oh? You're back?"
Within the Seireitei, Ailin sensed Byakuya Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, and an unfamiliar spiritual pressure appearing in the Seireitei. He knew that the curtain was about to rise on the world of the Shinigami!
Sure enough, what followed differed little from what Ailin remembered.
After Shino Madarame was captured, she was neither imprisoned in the Ninth Division's Prison nor confined in the Second Division's Worm's Nest. Instead, she was locked away in the "Hall of Penitence" controlled by Central 46.
As its name implied, the Hall of Penitence was a high-class prison used to detain noble criminals while they repented.
Generally speaking, those imprisoned in the Hall of Penitence all had "noble" backgrounds. Even if they had committed grave crimes, they would not receive overly severe punishment.
Shino Madarame's imprisonment in the Hall of Penitence allowed Ikkaku Madarame, Renji Abarai, and the others to breathe a sigh of relief.
Judging by Central 46's conduct, those nobles were clearly wary of Ailin as well and did not dare make a major issue out of this matter.
After all, Byakuya Kuchiki had already destroyed the Chikaku and Sōtsubame of the human who had obtained Shino Madarame's Shinigami powers, eliminating any future trouble for her. They could not keep harping on that point.
However, before Ikkaku Madarame and the others could celebrate for long, Central 46 seemed to go mad, repeatedly revising Shino Madarame's punishment.
This caused the Shinigami of the entire Eleventh Division to train furiously at their division grounds every day, no longer even carrying out missions.
Because of this, Captain-Commander Yamamoto had spoken with Ailin.
After all, the Gotei 13 could not neglect their duties as Shinigami because of the personal emotions of a few Shinigami.
Ailin's attitude toward this was rather ambiguous.
Regarding this incident, he had