"Captain, is he really going to come?"
In the captain's office, Omaeda stood by the window. Outside was the Maggot's Nest, surrounded by a moat.
He hadn't thought much of it before, but after finishing his conversation with Duan Mu and coming back to think it over... hadn't he just traded a Pass Token for a Supervision Team captain?
And not only that, it was the kind of captaincy that came with no corresponding benefits, no corresponding authority, and only corresponding responsibilities.
As for any benefits, the only one was that he wouldn't be subject to any restrictions. Apart from having to visit the Maggot's Nest regularly, he wouldn't have to obey anyone's orders—not even those of Central 46.
Benefits. Authority.
Those two things weren't just empty words in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. Normally, someone qualified to become captain of the Onmitsukidō's Supervision Team could naturally also serve as 3rd Seat of the 2nd Division, or even as its Lieutenant Captain...
However, as long as someone from the Omaeda family was in the 2nd Division, the position of Lieutenant Captain was usually reserved for a member of the family.
But even if it was only the 3rd Seat, that was still the highest-ranking officer in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads beneath the captain and lieutenant captain, with immense authority. There were many places ordinary people were forbidden to enter, but they could get in simply by showing their identity.
Salary, housing, food and clothing, benefits for family members...
All kinds of generous benefits could benefit not only the officer but even their relatives and descendants, allowing the next generation to become a new privileged class in the Seireitei.
The responsibilities they bore were dangerous to that degree—or, put another way, they were simply irreplaceable!
If he were that kid