Recaps

Yan Si comforted Hiyori after she learned that Hikifune Kirio was leaving to join Squad Zero, then discussed who might replace her as captain of the Twelfth Division. He left the tavern considering Kirio’s departure and the coming vacancy, while insisting he was not interested in the position.

• Yan Si stopped Hirako Shinji from crashing into a shop, but Hiyori attacked Shinji for insulting her and then led Yan Si to a ramen shop.
• Yan Si noticed Hiyori was troubled, and she told him Hikifune Kirio was being promoted and might never return.
• Yan Si comforted Hiyori, who resolved to smile when she saw Hikifune Kirio off.
• Yan Si found Hirako Shinji drinking at a tavern and asked why he had upset Hiyori if he meant to comfort her.
• Kyōraku Shunsui joined Yan Si and Hirako Shinji, and they discussed possible successors to Hikifune Kirio as Twelfth Division captain.
• Yan Si declined interest in the captaincy and drank while thinking about Hikifune Kirio’s departure and the vacant position.

Yan Si refused to pursue the Twelfth Division captaincy, clearing the way for Urahara Kisuke to seek the position and establish the Research and Development Bureau. Aizen prepared for the contest by encouraging Kaname Tōsen to compete, while suspecting Yan Si was waiting for a suitable stage.

• Kensei asked Yan Si whether he would compete for the Twelfth Division captaincy, but Yan Si declined because the Ninth Division depended on his funding and supplies.
• Lieutenant Kyunnan Shiro begged Yan Si not to leave, and Yamagane Tetsu abandoned his hope of becoming the Ninth Division's lieutenant.
• Urahara Kisuke told Yan Si he wanted to become captain and establish the Research and Development Bureau, and Yan Si agreed to ask Yoruichi to recommend him.
• Yan Si told Urahara about Kaname Tōsen's Bankai, Suzumushi: Final Form, Enma Kōrogi, and advised him to prepare for the contest.
• Aizen told Kaname Tōsen to compete for the Twelfth Division captaincy and confirmed that Yan Si would reveal Tōsen's ability to Urahara.
• Aizen found no Soul King Fragment at the former Shiba family residence and wondered what stage Yan Si was waiting for.

Yan Si entered his inner world and considered using the Royal Palace’s opening to test his strength and take Sayafushi from Ōetsu Nimaiya. Hyorinmaru revealed that Yan Si’s suppressed anger and killing intent were destabilizing the inner world, and Yan Si finally recognized that he had been angry all along.

• Yan Si examined the Hollow and Quincy powers manifesting in his inner world and considered targeting the Royal Palace to confront the Soul King and take Sayafushi.
• Hyorinmaru warned Yan Si that his inner world was erupting because Yan Si was angry, though he could not feel it.
• Hyorinmaru explained that his calming power had suppressed Yan Si’s awareness of his anger and asked to leave before the inner world became uncontrollable.
• Yan Si recalled the injustices and suffering he had witnessed, then realized he had been angry since his first trip to the Human World.

Yan Si planned to charge into the Royal Palace when its gates opened and recruited Chiziro Kenpachi to delay the escorts, with Kenpachi Zaraki distracting a Squad Zero member. He secured Yachiru's help by promising Kenpachi Zaraki a powerful opponent, then headed for the Second Division.

• Yan Si reflected on the fractures in his inner world and resolved to reach the Royal Palace to learn the truth about the Soul King.
• Yan Si asked Chiziro Kenpachi to delay Captain-General Yamamoto and Captain Hikifune Kirio while Kenpachi Zaraki kept a Squad Zero member occupied.
• Chiziro Kenpachi agreed to lure Kenpachi Zaraki toward the Squad Zero member and try to restrain the others.
• Yan Si bought snacks and met Yachiru, who said her wish was for Kenpachi Zaraki to enjoy fighting.
• Yan Si showed Yachiru that his inner self was broken and warned that Kenpachi Zaraki might die, but she agreed to help him find a strong opponent.
• Yachiru gave Yan Si a Hell Butterfly to guide Kenpachi Zaraki and made him promise to fight Kenpachi Zaraki once he recovered.

Yan Si sought a portable Senkaimon from Yoruichi and arranged for Urahara Kisuke and Kurotsuchi Mayuri to modify one. At the captain selection meeting, Yamamoto ordered a selection between Urahara and Kaname Tōsen and prepared a trap for the mysterious King at Hikifune Kirio’s promotion ceremony nineteen days later.

• Hachi Saaya attacked Yan Si for going to Yoshiwara, but Yoruichi stopped her and Yan Si teased her before entering Yoruichi’s room.
• Yan Si asked Yoruichi to recommend Urahara Kisuke for the Twelfth Division captaincy and requested a portable Senkaimon; she agreed to send Hachi with the gate to Urahara.
• Yan Si asked Urahara Kisuke and Kurotsuchi Mayuri to modify the Shihoin Clan’s Senkaimon for one-person use.
• At the captain meeting, Yoruichi recommended Urahara Kisuke, Ōtoribashi Rōjūrō recommended Kaname Tōsen, and Unohana Retsu recommended Siwei Yan.
• Yamamoto summoned Urahara Kisuke and Kaname Tōsen for the captain selection and scheduled Hikifune Kirio’s promotion ceremony for nineteen days later.
• Yamamoto ordered maximum alert across the divisions, planning to use the Royal Palace passage at the ceremony as bait for the King.

Yan Si discussed Urahara Kisuke and Aizen with Hirako Shinji while Urahara faced Kaname Tōsen in the Twelfth Division captain assessment. Urahara won the duel, and Yamamoto named him the new captain of the Twelfth Division.

• Yan Si told Hirako that a captain needed brains as well as strength, and said Aizen would stir things up, though he could not predict the future.
• Urahara and Kaname Tōsen began the captain assessment under Yamamoto, Yoruichi, and Ōtoribashi Rōjūrō's observation.
• Urahara used Kidō, a sound-blocking Reishi mask, and Benihime to counter Tōsen's attacks, while Tōsen activated his Bankai, Enma Kōrogi.
• Urahara used Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame to restructure Tōsen's body and immobilize him, prompting Tōsen to concede.
• Yamamoto concluded the assessment and named Urahara Kisuke the new captain of the Twelfth Division.

Yan Si recruited Kurotsuchi Mayuri’s interest in Soul King fragments and prepared to seize the chance to reach the Royal Palace during Hikifune Kirio’s promotion ceremony. With three days remaining, he arranged a decoy with Hyorinmaru and resolved to make his move.

• Yan Si learned that Kurotsuchi Mayuri had been imprisoned after carrying out orders to kill wandering souls, and Mayuri said he had accepted the assignment and its consequences.
• Yan Si told Kurotsuchi Mayuri about Soul King fragments and offered to obtain some, prompting Mayuri to question whether Yan Si intended to challenge the rules governing the world.
• Yan Si assessed his plan to rush toward the Royal Palace during Hikifune Kirio’s promotion ceremony and estimated his chances of success at ninety percent.
• Yan Si placed Hyorinmaru in a Gigai and asked him to impersonate Yan Si around Seireitei three days later.
• Hyorinmaru revealed that he and Ryūjin Jakka had existed before Seireitei was founded, and Yan Si said Hyorinmaru would soon meet his Shinigami.

Yan Si charged up the Royal Palace staircase while Yamamoto’s flames sealed the Hill of the Twin Executions and Chiziro Kenpachi, Hikifune Kirio, and the captains clashed below. As Soul Society searched for the intruder, Hyorinmaru posed as Yan Si and went unnoticed, leaving Sasakibe with no missing names and no answer to who attacked the palace.

• A reishi staircase descended from the sky, and Tenjirō Kirinji arrived to escort Hikifune Kirio to the Royal Palace as Kenpachi Zaraki raced toward the hill.
• Chiziro Kenpachi used reishi fluctuations to make Kenpachi Zaraki mistake Kirinji for the King, while Hikifune Kirio was trapped in ten layers of Black Coffin.
• Chiziro Kenpachi confronted Yamamoto, and Yan Si burst onto the hill and charged up the staircase despite its suppressive force.
• Yamamoto cut Chiziro Kenpachi apart, then raised a wall of flames around the summit as Yan Si continued toward the Royal Palace.
• Hikifune Kirio broke free and trapped Chiziro Kenpachi in a tree cage, while Yamamoto explained that the Court Guard Squads could not enter the Royal Palace under its rules.
• Unohana left the flame barrier as the divisions searched for the hidden intruder, while Hyorinmaru impersonated Yan Si and Sasakibe found no one missing.

Yan Si seized Sayafushi, killed Ōetsu Nimaiya, and fought his way past Squad Zero’s palaces toward the Royal Palace. He clashed with Ichibē Hyōsube, who questioned Yan Si’s identity as their fight continued.

• Yan Si entered Squad Zero’s domain, took Sayafushi from its tank, and severed Ōetsu Nimaiya’s arm.
• Sayafushi cooperated with Yan Si, who killed Ōetsu Nimaiya with a swift slash and then stored the sword in his palm.
• Yan Si bypassed the remaining palaces and reached the Royal Palace, where Ichibē Hyōsube confronted him and sensed another identical Yan Si fighting Senjumaru Shutara.
• Ichibē released Ichimonji and attacked with ink, while Yan Si blocked and cut through most of it, destroying his shoe when ink touched it.
• Yan Si severed Ichimonji’s blade with a sword strike, but Ichibē restored it with ink and continued probing Yan Si’s identity as they fought.

Yan Si fought his way into the Royal Palace, saw the sealed Soul King, and escaped to the Human World without learning why the Soul King watched him. Back in Soul Society, Yoruichi recognized that Yan Si’s Gigai was being used by Hyorinmaru and took him away, prompting the Ninth Division to mistake the situation for a romantic elopement.

• Senjumaru Shutara trapped Yan Si in a vision of being sewn and stabbed, but the illusion shattered when the real Yan Si raced toward the Royal Palace.
• Yan Si broke Ichimonji with Phantom Sword Dance, escaped the monk’s illusion, and entered the Royal Palace.
• Yan Si found the mutilated Soul King sealed in crystal, questioned him, failed to break the seal, and escaped through a Portable Senkaimon to the Human World.
• Yan Si hid in a grove and reflected on his goals, his strength, and his unanswered questions about the Soul King.
• Yoruichi identified Hyorinmaru in Yan Si’s Gigai and took him from the Ninth Division barracks.
• Kensei and Kyunnan Shiro spread the mistaken impression that Yoruichi had taken Yan Si away romantically, and Rangiku’s announcement drew the division into the gossip.

After witnessing the truth about the Soul King, Aizen, Urahara Kisuke, Kurotsuchi Mayuri, and Chiziro Kenpachi reckoned with what it meant for the Three Realms and their own choices. Chiziro refused to identify the intruder who stormed the Royal Palace but said he would act again if that person gave him an opportunity.

• Hirako Shinji questioned Aizen Sōsuke about the person who charged the Royal Palace, and Aizen hid his shock while claiming he was thinking about a gift for Yan Si.
• Aizen recalled seeing the Soul King’s mutilated form and resolved to pursue his ultimate objective, thanking Yan Si for revealing the truth.
• Urahara Kisuke struggled with the consequences of freeing the Soul King, while Kurotsuchi Mayuri insisted that he would create rather than rely on the existing system.
• Urahara reasoned that the Three Realms had been made from the Soul King’s body and that souls had to cycle back through them to preserve balance.
• Retsu Unohana confirmed that she knew about the being sealed in the Royal Palace and said she cared only about experiencing the ultimate battle.
• Chiziro Kenpachi refused to reveal the intruder’s identity but told Retsu Unohana he would act again if that person showed him an opportunity.

Yan Si returned to Soul Society after spending half a month away, where rumors spread that Yoruichi had taken him in as her live-in husband. After clearing up the misunderstanding and teasing Gin and Hirako, Yan Si headed toward the Fifth Division, intending to tell Aizen that his plan had been exposed.

• Yan Si met Yoruichi in the Human World, reclaimed Hyorinmaru from his Gigai, and burned the Gigai with Shakkahō.
• Yan Si returned to the Ninth Division, where Rangiku, Kyunnan Shiro, and Kensei welcomed him back before the squad held a party.
• Gin told Yan Si that Soul Society believed he had moved in with Yoruichi, and Yan Si explained the misunderstanding before urging Gin to pursue Rangiku.
• Yan Si decided to tell Aizen that the monk knew about Kyōka Suigetsu, then encountered Hirako Shinji and tricked him into sprinting at sixty kilometers an hour to learn what intimacy felt like.

Yan Si told Kyōraku that his ability revealed a hidden second layer beneath Seireitei, possibly an unseen space that could explain how the King evaded searches. Kyōraku took the warning seriously but had no clear way to investigate, and the two left to get a drink.

• Yan Si visited the Eighth Division, where Yadomaru Lisa brought him books to sign and told him Kyōraku was on his way.
• Kyōraku met Yan Si on the training grounds and sealed the area with a reishi dome to prevent Chiziro Kenpachi from listening in.
• Yan Si explained that his ability showed a dark, hollow layer beneath fixed places in Seireitei, though he could not see it clearly.
• Yan Si suggested the hidden layer might be an interstitial space that let the King appear and disappear without being detected.
• Kyōraku asked how they could investigate the suspected space, and Yan Si left the problem to him.
• Kyōraku invited Yan Si out for a drink, and the two left the training grounds together.

Kyōraku brought Yan Si’s theory of another space beyond Seireitei to Yamamoto, who ordered a secret investigation and warned the captains. In Hueco Mundo, Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu to deceive Baraggan, then left with Kaname Tōsen to begin experiments using Hollows.

• Kyōraku noticed his unease about shadows and went to the First Division to tell Yamamoto that Yan Si suspected an intruder had come from another space beyond Seireitei.
• Yamamoto ordered a search of the Tsunayashiro Clan’s Great Spirit Book Corridor and told Sasakibe to privately alert the captains; afterward, he insisted the man Sasakibe had killed was dead and ordered further investigation into Hollows.
• Aizen Sōsuke and Kaname Tōsen arrived before Baraggan in Hueco Mundo, and Aizen released Kyōka Suigetsu to make Baraggan attack illusions.
• Baraggan repeatedly struck at Aizen’s illusions with his aging power, while Aizen and Kaname Tōsen remained unharmed and thousands of Hollows stayed under their control.
• Aizen ordered Kaname Tōsen to send Hollows to the Human World to infect fetuses, send others to Soul Society to gather data, and refine useless Hollows into materials.
• Aizen opened a Garganta and left Hueco Mundo with Kaname Tōsen while Baraggan continued attacking the illusion inside his aging dome.

Yan Si learned that Urahara had stalled work on the Soul Jade, though Kurotsuchi Mayuri continued the research, and reflected that he and Urahara might no longer share the same path. Meanwhile, Unohana approved Yamada Kiyonosuke’s departure so she could train a successor, then heard Kyōraku’s warning about a possible hidden layer beneath Seireitei and agreed to question Chiziro Kenpachi.

• Yan Si visited the Twelfth Division, where Urahara said Soul Jade research had stalled while Kurotsuchi Mayuri reported that his work was progressing smoothly.
• Yan Si concluded that Kurotsuchi Mayuri would continue the project even if Urahara withdrew, then headed toward the Fifth Division to see whether Aizen had returned.
• Yamada Kiyonosuke asked Unohana to let him become a personal doctor in the Nobles District, and she agreed because she intended to bring a talented Academy student in as her successor.
• Kyōraku told Unohana that a second layer of space might lie beneath Seireitei and asked her to question Chiziro Kenpachi in Muken.
• Unohana agreed to speak with Chiziro Kenpachi, while Kyōraku left to inform the other captains.

Hirako Shinji granted Aizen Sōsuke three days off, only to discover the mountain of paperwork and suggestions Aizen had left for him. While inspecting the office under the pretext of investigating a hidden space, Hirako and the Kidō Corps found a booby-trapped box beneath the floor, leaving Hirako to wonder how it connected to Aizen and Yan Si as he handled the paperwork.

• Hirako questioned Aizen’s identical routines and distant relationship with Yan Si while they ate together.
• Hirako offered Aizen three days off, and Aizen showed him stacks of unfinished paperwork and a full suggestion box before leaving.
• Hirako summoned Tessai Tsukabishi and Hachigen Ushōda to inspect the office, claiming they were looking for a hidden space.
• Hachigen found a concealed compartment beneath a floorboard containing a white box protected by a complex Reishi array.
• Hachigen and Tessai took the sealed box away for examination, while Hirako stamped paperwork and continued thinking about Aizen and Yan Si.

Yan Si and Gin investigated unusually coordinated Hollows attacking Rukongai, while other Hollows struck Kyunnan Shiro’s patrol. The chapter ended when Szayelaporro Granz emerged from a Hollow and introduced himself as a scientist from Hueco Mundo.

• Yan Si led Gin and Ninth Division members to a battle where three lesser Hollows fought the Shinigami in a coordinated formation.
• The lizard Hollow devoured its two allies, grew stronger, and attacked a fallen Shinigami, but Gin killed it with Shinsō at Yan Si’s command.
• Yan Si examined the Hollow’s lingering Reishi and saw that the three had once served Baraggan, leaving him to wonder who had sent them to Soul Society.
• Yan Si and Gin rushed toward Kyunnan Shiro’s patrol after hearing more Hollows roar in the distance.
• Kyunnan Shiro defeated a bat-like Hollow while Rangiku and the female squad members held off four others.
• A black fissure opened above the patrol, and Szayelaporro Granz emerged from a fat Hollow and introduced himself as a scientist from Hueco Mundo.

Rangiku summoned reinforcements when Szayelaporro confronted her division, but Yan Si stayed behind to face him. Yan Si overwhelmed Szayelaporro with Sayafushi and Hyorinmaru, sealed him inside a modified Black Coffin, and carried him toward the Secret Base.

• Rangiku fired the Ninth Division’s Piercing Cloud Arrow, and Szayelaporro revealed that Yan Si and Gin Ichimaru had already arrived nearby.
• Yan Si ordered Gin Ichimaru to evacuate Rangiku, Kyunnan Shiro, and the other division members while he faced Szayelaporro.
• Yan Si released Hyorinmaru and drew Sayafushi, then cut off Szayelaporro’s tentacles and froze them to prevent regeneration.
• Yan Si severed Szayelaporro and his charging Cero with Sayafushi, then froze both halves with Hyorinmaru.
• Yan Si trapped Szayelaporro inside a modified Hadō #90, bound the coffin with Hainawa, concealed it with Zetsu, and carried it toward the Secret Base.

A Shinigami transformed into a Hollow during Kensei's patrol, and Kensei killed him after the creature wounded him. Urahara reported similar attacks on other divisions, while Yan Si returned unharmed and continued patrolling with Kensei as Urahara investigated the Hollowification.

• Shūhei Hisagi warned Kensei, Shiro, Rangiku, and Gin that the fallen Shinigami was dangerous, and the group took defensive positions.
• The fallen Shinigami transformed into a Hollow and attacked Kensei after briefly calling him Captain.
• Kensei unleashed Tachikaze and destroyed the Hollow, then apologized for failing to give his subordinate a painless death.
• Urahara arrived to collect samples and told Kensei that patrols from the Tenth and Fifth Divisions had suffered similar Hollow transformations.
• Yan Si returned from the woods unharmed, and Kensei agreed to let Shiro take the others back while he and Yan Si continued patrolling.
• Shūhei Hisagi announced that he would become a Ninth Division Shinigami, and Urahara wondered why Shinigami were undergoing Hollowification.

After the captains discussed Hollow contamination and strange inconsistencies in Seireitei, Yamamoto authorized every captain to use Bankai at any time while they searched for whoever was behind the disturbances. Hirako asked Yan Si to investigate Aizen during a private drink, leaving Yan Si with a new covert task.

• Kensei asked Yan Si whether the mutated Shinigami had retained their pasts, and Yan Si said his ability showed only Hollow pasts.
• At the captains' meeting, Yamamoto ordered Yan Si to examine Hollow mask fragments, and Yan Si's vision suggested the Hollows had served the king of Hueco Mundo.
• Kyōraku and Hirako described noticing unnatural repetitions among Seireitei's residents, while the captains connected the signs to disappearances and a hidden enemy.
• Urahara suspected Yan Si might be involved in the experiments, then considered Kurotsuchi Mayuri instead, but decided to investigate before accusing anyone.
• Yamamoto ordered stronger patrols, authorized all captains to use Bankai freely, and dismissed the meeting.
• Hirako invited Yan Si for a drink and quietly asked him to use his ability to investigate Aizen, and Yan Si agreed.

Hirako brought Yan Si to Aizen’s room to probe their suspiciously familiar relationship, but Yan Si found no clear evidence of wrongdoing. Over wine, Yan Si hinted that someone might have created the Soul Society, leaving Hirako unsettled and Aizen quietly agreeing that such a being could not control them.

• Hirako noticed Aizen and Yan Si addressing each other as brothers, then took Aizen by the wrist and brought him and Yan Si to drink.
• Aizen dug up a jar of Hundred Flowers Wine from the courtyard and shared it with Hirako and Yan Si.
• Hirako suggested Yan Si write a novel about Aizen, and Aizen readily gave his permission.
• Yan Si signaled to Hirako that he had found nothing wrong with Aizen, though Hirako remained suspicious.
• Yan Si speculated that someone might have named and created everything in the Soul Society, and Aizen agreed that even such a being could not control their actions.

After Aizen hinted that Yan Si was organizing a coming “stage,” Hirako grew suspicious and left to investigate. At the Twelfth Division, Urahara and Kurotsuchi Mayuri began combining Hollow power and a Soul King Fragment with the Soul Jade, leaving the experiment underway as its patterns quickened.

• Aizen asked Hirako why he had run during an earlier encounter with Yan Si, then suggested the stage was nearly ready and Yan Si was its organizer.
• Hirako questioned Yan Si’s motives, decided to investigate Aizen and the mysterious white box, and went to seek Kyōraku Shunsui’s advice.
• Urahara persuaded Hiyori to rest, and she carried the exhausted Akon out of the laboratory with her.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri rebuked Urahara for hesitating over Soul Jade research and called him a failure as a researcher.
• Urahara placed a Soul King Fragment beside a Hollow mask fragment and told Kurotsuchi Mayuri to bring the refined Hollow extract so they could finish the Soul Jade.
• Urahara started the experiment, and the Soul Jade’s silver patterns began moving faster.

Yan Si explained the forces driving Soul Society’s turmoil to Yoruichi, who had confronted him about his hidden knowledge and role in recent events. Their conversation ended when he pulled her into his arms in the Hot Spring.

• Yan Si visited Szayelaporro’s ice coffin and considered the growing corruption and deaths, Aizen’s research, and the Soul Jade’s progress.
• Yan Si found Yoruichi in black-cat form, kissed her repeatedly, and carried her to the Hot Spring; she revealed herself when he began undressing.
• Yoruichi asked whether Yan Si knew about the hidden layer beneath Seireitei and the cause of the Shinigami corruption, explaining that Urahara Kisuke had questioned her about his plans.
• Yan Si described five groups shaping Soul Society’s turmoil, including the Tsunayashiro Clan, Old Man Yamamoto’s traditionalists, Urahara Kisuke’s reformers, and those seeking chaos or godhood.
• Yan Si said he wanted everyone in the Three Realms to take part in solving their problems, then caught Yoruichi’s hand and pulled her into his arms when she tried to leave.

After spending nine days with Yan Si, Yoruichi returned to the Second Division and met with Urahara, who entrusted her with the completed Hogyoku. The chapter left Yoruichi weighing whether Yan Si should use it as Soul Society prepared to respond to the expanding destruction caused by an unknown individual.

• Yoruichi left the Secret Base after spending time with Yan Si, and Hachi Saaya reported that she had been gone for nine days and nine hours.
• Urahara visited Yoruichi to ask about Yan Si’s position, and Yoruichi said he wanted everyone to choose their own path.
• Urahara showed Yoruichi the completed Hogyoku and explained that its power could cause users to disintegrate during evolution.
• Yoruichi took the Hogyoku, agreed to discuss it with Yan Si, and learned that Urahara could not make another one.
• Urahara warned Yoruichi that an unknown individual’s destruction was spreading and might prompt Captain-General Yamamoto to order an operation.

Hirako Shinji read Aizen Sōsuke’s report accusing Siwei Yan of involvement in the disappearances and covert experiments, then brought it to Kyōraku Shunsui. The report raised suspicions, but Lisa volunteered to investigate Yan while Kyōraku and Hirako remained uncertain.

• Hirako opened the sealed box in the Kidō Corps barracks and found Aizen’s report linking Siwei Yan to unusual incidents and warning that Yan’s connections made reckless action dangerous.
• Hirako asked Tessai Tsukabishi and Hachigen Ushōda to keep the report secret, then went to consult Kyōraku Shunsui.
• Kyōraku’s lieutenant, Yadomaru Lisa, reported that Yan had returned to the Ninth Division barracks after being missing for nine days, though his movements remained unknown.
• Hirako showed Kyōraku and Lisa the report, and Lisa rejected its accusation against Yan while suspecting Aizen was trying to mislead them.
• Lisa asked to investigate Yan herself and persuaded Kyōraku to agree by revealing where he had hidden a jar of Spiritual Intoxication.