"What? Captain, what are you looking at that's so interesting?" Rangiku rested a hand on Yuko's shoulder and bent down curiously. "Let me see!"
"Like hell you will!"
Toshiro jolted and tucked the scroll away almost on reflex, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
These two!
Yuko explained matter-of-factly, "No need to look. It seems to be about transporting the King's Seal."
"You saw the whole thing?!" Toshiro roared. After a moment's silence, he turned on Rangiku. "Matsumoto! What are you doing?! Why did you let this woman sneak in?!"
Yuko lowered her eyelids. "What nonsense are you talking about? With my current position, I can walk into the 10th Division's Inner Court whenever I want."
"Besides, we weren't even hiding our presence. You were just too absorbed in reading." Yuko showed no awareness that she had read someone else's classified orders. Instead, she added, "If we'd been enemies, you probably wouldn't even know how you died."
Toshiro stuffed the scroll into his robes and said flatly, "If enemies could get into the Seireitei without anyone noticing, we'd deserve to die."
Yuko's mouth twitched. Don't go raising a death flag here.
Rangiku asked curiously, "Hey, Captain, is this King's Seal something really important?"
Toshiro opened his mouth, then hesitated. In the end, he sighed. "Listen carefully, both of you. This is a highly classified mission. You are absolutely not to tell anyone else! Understood?!"
"I understand, but why are you looking only at me?" Yuko blinked innocently. "And aren't there already three of us?"
A vein throbbed on Toshiro's forehead. "I mean a fourth person besides the three of us!"
Ignoring his shout, Yuko silently held out a hand.
Toshiro frowned. "What?"
"Since you've decided we're keeping it secret, why hide the scroll?" Yuko said. "Let me see it. I