"No! Captain Amagai may have done something wrong, but you came back to save us at a critical moment. That sincerity was real too!" Kira, his eyes red, sat on Amagai and grabbed his collar with both hands as he shouted, "If you really feel guilty, then live on! How is dying to escape considered atonement?!"
Shūsuke Amagai froze. He looked at the Vice-Captain he had used, who had even nearly died because of his plan, and his heart stirred.
He had only wanted revenge. He had never expected to gain friends like these.
Shūsuke Amagai's gaze softened considerably. "I'm truly sorry, Kira."
"For making you do so many pointless things."
But he still had no intention of defending what he had done.
"I was really happy during the time I spent with you all, but..."
Kira wanted to interrupt him, but a heavy, muffled sound of footsteps came from behind them. Amagai's gaze was drawn over as well.
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto walked slowly toward them with his upper body bare. The wound on his abdomen seemed not to have received effective treatment. The bleeding had merely been stopped, and the wound had not yet healed.
"Please wait, Captain-General!"
Kira tried to save his captain.
"Move aside, Vice-Captain Kira."
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto spoke in a low voice.
Yamamoto exerted no pressure, but his authority still made Kira uneasy.
Kira gritted his teeth and stood in front of Shūsuke Amagai, still unwilling to give up. "...Captain-General..."
"Move aside, Kira."
Amagai used the last of his strength to push him. After much coaxing and persuasion, he finally managed to shove him aside.
Yuko let out a long sigh of relief beside them. "Phew~ That awkward position is finally over."
Ichigo broke into a sweat. "What are you even paying attention to?!"
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