2nd Division.
After finishing a morning's work, Duan Mu stepped into the 2nd Division barracks wearing black work clothes covered in dust.
After entering Maggot's Nest by now-familiar routes, he soon emerged in a brand-new set of black work clothes and headed toward the Supervision Building.
"Boss."
"Captain Duan Mu."
As soon as he entered the building, greetings reached his ears. Duan Mu responded to each one with a smile and entered the Surveillance Section amid a chorus of respectful greetings.
Recently, whenever he had free time, he would come by the Surveillance Section.
It was not because he came here to slack off or had some unspeakable secret. He simply came to observe someone.
"Boss."
Nagano Kahide sat before the enormous monitor with his arms full of snacks. He grinned and asked, "Are you going to observe that Quincy old man again today?"
"Yeah."
Duan Mu pulled over a chair and sat beside Nagano Kahide. "Does he have a fight today?"
"No fights. Something seems to have happened to his family. These past few days, he's been keeping his grandson by his side and taking him around to train."
Nagano Kahide replied around a fried flatbread, speaking indistinctly, but his hands moved swiftly. Amid the rapid clacking of the keyboard, an image appeared on the giant screen. "His grandson is really cute. The moment you see him, you'll want to hold him and give him a good squeeze."
The image on the screen showed an old man leading a child of about ten through the mountains.
"Right."
Kiyohara Tsumugu seemed to remember something. He frowned and said, "The Technical Development Bureau sent word that if Supervision Subject 432 encounters a Hollow in the future, we're not to pass the information along. As for that... I didn't refuse."
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