Beep—!
The ear-piercing alarm continued to blare, while the instruments representing the various monitored areas flashed wildly with red light.
"Warning~ Warning~"
The emergency alarm resounded throughout the Technical Development Bureau.
"What exactly happened?"
"Large-scale Hollow deaths have occurred in multiple locations in the Human World, and the same thing is happening in Hueco Mundo!!"
"Where's the captain? Has the captain been notified?"
"..."
Panicked shouts rang out without end. The normally quiet and orderly Technical Development Bureau had fallen into complete chaos, with researchers in white coats running in every direction.
Beep~~!
The elevator's protective doors slowly opened, and two figures stepped out.
"What's the Shudōra level?"
The increasingly bizarre-looking Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who was leading the way, asked the question.
At Kurotsuchi Mayuri's arrival, the previously chaotic Technical Development Bureau immediately returned to calm. Everyone turned their eyes toward him.
"Level two."
Akon, following behind Kurotsuchi Mayuri, answered, "It's still under control, but something's off compared to before."
"That report of yours is remarkably unhurried."
"We've had similar situations before. A little adjustment was all it took to resolve them."
After speaking, Akon hesitated before asking, "Should we report this immediately?"
"Report it?"
Kurotsuchi Mayuri gave a strange laugh, then looked up at the images on the large screen and said coldly, "It's already too late to report it now. Taking this to a meeting for discussion would only cause meaningless delays and make us miss the chance to restore the balance."
Besides...
Kurotsuchi Mayuri looked at the map on the large screen, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.
If "human intervention" was truly needed to restore the balance, then they absolutely could not bring it up for discussion at a meeting.
"What's the current deviation in the erosion correction level?"
Kurotsuchi Mayuri turned and asked an operator