Shock! The three-foot-tall, rugged man in his thirties actually had a loli voice!
After Enryu's extremely incongruous loli voice faded, the air along the riverbank fell into a long, dead silence.
"Where did this rat spirit come from?"
Ichigo rubbed his ears and stared at the over-two-meter-tall brawny man before him in horror. "Hey, just now... was this guy the one talking? I didn't hear that wrong, did I?"
"Mm!" Enryu's face flushed bright red. He clamped his mouth shut and shook his head furiously.
Rurichiyo's eyes lit up. "Enryu! Speak to me like that from now on! That's an order!"
"Mm..."
Enryu covered his face bashfully and struck a girlish pose.
Yuko rubbed her temples, then slapped Ichigo aside and asked, "What do the Royal Clan Barrier and the workshop mean?"
Kenryu was the one who reacted. After Enryu's reminder, he now understood.
Kenryu answered, "There's a workshop within the Kasumioji territory, covered by a Royal Clan Barrier. It was previously controlled by Kumoi."
"A barrier?"
It sounded pretty impressive.
Yuko furrowed her brows slightly, unsure whether that woman Yoruichi could handle it.
Yoruichi didn't know much about formations, either.
Rurichiyo looked toward Ichigo somewhat anxiously and asked, "When are we going back?"
"Well..."
Ichigo looked toward Yuko awkwardly.
"Since you've made up your mind, then..." Yuko was silent for a moment before replying, "Tomorrow night. Tomorrow's Friday, so we can make it in time for the weekend without delaying school."
"But we can't act recklessly. We still need to plan carefully."
"What should we do, then? What do you need me to do?"
Yuko pondered for a moment. "Well, regardless, we first need to find the workshop where they're making those weapons and obtain evidence of their rebellion."
"Otherwise, once we alert the Gotei 13, we won't know