"You really are a cold-blooded, heartless person."
Rukia walked over and nudged Gaoyu with her elbow, teasing him. "Matsumoto Rangiku is in there. I thought you two were on pretty good terms?"
Gaoyu's expression remained unchanged. "There are two Captains there. If they can't even protect their own subordinates, then the Gotei 13 is utterly useless."
"Heh. Aren't you worried something might happen to that guy?"
"With us here, if something still happens to him, then we're utterly useless," Gaoyu replied.
"Enough. Don't worry about that. We still have two people to find."
"Who?"
"The two people you wanted to find, of course." Gaoyu's voice grew solemn. "Shiba Kaien and Renji Abarai."
"Ha..." Rukia couldn't help laughing. "Do you think I'm like that idiot who's my original self? I don't care whether they live or die!"
Gaoyu glanced at her. "Sure, you don't care about them. But your original self does. You don't want her to spend the rest of her life drowning in regret, do you?"
"..." Rukia's smile vanished at once.
She looked deeply at Gaoyu. "You know... I really hate the look in your eyes right now."
"Hm?" Gaoyu asked in confusion. "The look in my eyes?"
"Exactly." Rukia stared seriously at Gaoyu, her voice low. "Those eyes of yours, as if you can see through everything!"
"...Do I?" Gaoyu gave an awkward smile. "I've never thought of it that way."
"Maybe." Rukia didn't dwell on it any further. "Hueco Mundo is your territory. Shouldn't you be the one looking for people?"
"Of course." Gaoyu shrugged.
It seemed Rukia's ability to appear beside any deceased person also had a range limit. At least, she couldn't appear directly beside Renji right now, nor could she pinpoint his location.
To be honest, this ability to move through space was