At the edge of the forest, there was a basin surrounded by vegetation.
From the outside, all that could be seen was dense vegetation. Inside, however, there was a massive hollow, with three people scattered throughout it, some sitting and some lying down.
"Is it really okay for us to escape like this?"
"What else could we do?"
The long-haired man lying on the ground sneered. "Did you want to leave the squad like Nikai En?"
"Did Nikai En really disappear?" The burly man who had spoken first looked deeply uneasy. To be honest, he had never considered defecting...
Of the three, he was the weakest. After years of hard work, he had finally managed to reach the position of 12th Seat in the Third Division, only to lose everything in an instant.
If these two men had not suddenly approached him more than two years ago and told him that, like them, he had been targeted by the Onmitsukidō and would sooner or later become the next person to be forcibly removed from the squad, he would never have chosen to defect.
And if they had not frightened him by claiming that once he was captured by the Onmitsukidō, he would lose not only his position but also his life, he might still be sitting in his seat and issuing orders.
At first, Yuan Mingyu had not believed them.
But as his investigation progressed, he discovered that Nikai En had truly vanished from the Soul Society after leaving the squad!
There was no trace of him, either within the Seireitei or in Rukongai.
Afterward, with the two men's help, he noticed the Punishment Force secretly monitoring him. Only then did he believe their words.
As the investigation continued, he discovered that nearly everyone who had left the Thirteen Court