The Shadow quickly vanished into the night. Komamura Sajin did not act—or rather, he had no chance to. The Shadow was simply too fast.
Looking at Rukongai in the darkness, Komamura Sajin hesitated. He felt that something was seriously wrong with what had happened today and that he needed to consider it carefully, but he had no time to think.
The female Shinigami who had been captured was named Sayaka. Although she was merely an ordinary member of the Seventh Division, Komamura Sajin thought highly of her talent. He had personally selected her for the Seventh Division.
If another squad captain had encountered the situation before them, they would certainly have weighed the matter carefully. Komamura Sajin, however, hesitated only briefly. After leaving a series of marks beneath Jidanbo's corpse, he hurried after the Shadow in the direction it had disappeared.
Several kilometers away, in a forest, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on a thick tree branch with a military microcomputer in his hand.
Hiss~
The image on the microcomputer froze. Su Xiao tapped the side cover, but it was useless.
Through the surveillance footage, Su Xiao confirmed that the target had already come after him. That was also why he had chosen Komamura Sajin. Or rather, Komamura Sajin was bait.
If Su Xiao could defeat and kill Komamura Sajin tonight, his hunt in the Seireitei would officially begin.
"He clearly doesn't intend to obey orders. As expected."
Su Xiao tossed aside the microcomputer in his hand, rose, and leaped down from the branch.
To lure out Komamura Sajin, Su Xiao had used the lead that Aizen had been killed. After that, the Shadow would be exposed to the eyes of many squad captains and become the prime suspect in tonight's incident. Once the Shadow—no, Left Zongwei—made a certain decision, his