Swallowed?
Duan Mu looked at the anxious crowd and slightly furrowed his brow. "Who was swallowed?"
"How could I possibly know? There were... no, way too many people swallowed."
"Tell me the names of everyone you can identify."
Ishida Sōgen pondered for a moment before saying, "As far as I know, the people swallowed in Rukongai include Miss Uzuki, Brewing Granny, Granny Shuiyue, Miss Emiri..." Ishida Sōgen listed one name after another that Duan Mu knew all too well. With every name he mentioned, Duan Mu's expression darkened another shade.
Because without exception, all those names existed on the system's Favorability interface.
"And there are apparently many female Shinigami officers who were swallowed as well. Even Captain Soi Fon was not spared."
Duan Mu said nothing. Instead, he shifted his attention to the system interface in his mind.
It had not disappeared.
He carefully examined every name Ishida Sōgen had mentioned and found that none of them had dimmed or vanished. This made Duan Mu unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
That was because the names of anyone who underwent reincarnation or died would gradually dim on the Favorability interface before eventually disappearing.
In other words...
Those swallowed by his Zanpakuto were not dead. They were merely trapped inside his Zanpakuto's belly.
"Tell me everything that happened after I left, from beginning to end."
After confirming that Soi Fon and the others were still alive, Duan Mu immediately calmed down. In an even tone, he said, "Tell me what you saw, as well as every sensation you had after seeing it. Don't leave out even the smallest detail."
Duan Mu's calm appearance eased the tension in everyone's hearts.
After all, the people Ishida Sōgen had mentioned were all friends who had good relationships with Duan Mu. They had truly