"Don't take it too much to heart, Vice-Captain!" Number One said with a grin. "We're so strong now—the Hollows must be scared of us!"
"Yeah, yeah! We're not even afraid of Gillians now, so how would they dare come over?" someone chimed in.
"If they don't come, then our mission will be complete!" Number One said, glancing shyly at Ronglin. "When we return to the Soul Society, I want to be the first to tell the Vice-Captain my name!"
"Haha!" The surrounding crowd immediately began to tease her.
Chapter 75: Strategic Adjustment!
There were so many Shinigami who had joined Ronglin's squad that he naturally could not remember every single one of their names. Thus, they had uniformly adopted the "Ronglin Naming Method," assigning numbers in order—Number One, Number Two, Number Three, and so on—to use as code names for the Shinigami members.
For a time, this form of address became wildly popular within the squad. Their greetings were all things like, "Yesterday, which number killed how many Hollows?" or "What number am I? Mine's way higher than yours!" Quite a few people took pride in having an earlier number.
Moreover, everyone knew that once Ronglin returned to the Soul Society, he would officially take up his post and have his own genuine subordinates. By then, they would have to address one another by their real names instead of this convenient and simple "Ronglin Naming Method." Only those who wanted Ronglin to remember them after returning to the Soul Society would be allowed to report their real names to him then.
Ronglin looked at the girl whose face had turned bright red from everyone's teasing and smiled. "All right. When we go back, I'll let you be the first to tell me."
The girl's eyes lit up, and she suddenly