Seeing that Yuko could talk about nothing but school, making it sound even more important than becoming a captain, Isane could not help asking curiously, "Is school really that great?"
Why had she never felt that way when she was at the Soul Reaper Academy? She had found it incredibly hard instead.
Yuko glanced at her and said flatly, "No, but bullying students is fun."
Case closed. So it was because she had been the one getting bullied!
Isane broke out in a cold sweat.
"Since that's settled, we'll be going, Sister Hana." Seeing that the training had come to an end, Yuko casually picked up the wooden box Isane had brought. "Come on, Chizuru. Let's go find Ichigo."
"Yes, Teacher... Captain Unohana, goodbye."
"Mm, goodbye."
Though she had been trained until she nearly fell apart, her manners remained impeccable. Standing beneath the corridor eaves with her hands tucked into her sleeves, Retsu Unohana smiled and waved.
After the two had gone some distance away, Isane could not help asking, "Captain, you seem to think highly of that child?"
Retsu Unohana withdrew her gaze and smiled faintly. "No, I was merely passing the time."
That was half true, half false. Chizuru's talent was not enough to catch her eye; it was only that ruthless streak of hers that Unohana somewhat appreciated.
The two left the Fourth Division and headed toward the Shunko Family estate.
Along the way, Yuko's distinctive white hair and the wooden box in her arms drew quite a few looks.
After all, in the current Seireitei, even an idiot knew that she was Tsugikuni Yuko, the soon-to-be-appointed captain of the Fifth Division.
Although Old Man Yama had tried his best to have people whitewash Yuko's reputation, everyone's fixed impression of her remained stuck at the White-Haired Witch