Ignoring Madarame Ikkaku's challenge was the obvious choice for Nara Dan.
He was already reluctant to fight Kenpachi Zaraki.
And Ikkaku was even less appealing.
But as time went by, Nara Dan found himself starting to consider Ikkaku's invitation.
Half an hour.
An hour...
An hour and a half.
Nara Dan stared at the Eleventh Division's entrance with a grim expression. Apparently, Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru Kusajishi, the two hopelessly directionless wanderers, had gotten lost in Soul Society again.
Otherwise, the trip from the Third Division to the Eleventh Division shouldn't have taken more than twenty minutes on foot.
"I should've brought Kenpachi Zaraki along from the start."
Nara Dan knew Zaraki had no sense of direction, but he hadn't imagined he could be this bad!
"I told you."
"Captain Nara."
"If we're waiting for our captain, there's still plenty of time for a fight, right?"
Ikkaku looked at Nara Dan's grim expression, seeming rather pleased with himself.
Nara Dan could only fall silent. Who could have guessed it would take this long?
Just as Nara Dan was considering whether to stop waiting or do something about it, a powerful Spiritual Pressure suddenly erupted in the distance, startling all of Soul Society!
"Who was that?!"
"Has another captain defected?!"
"Idiot, that's the Spiritual Pressure of the Eleventh Division Captain, Kenpachi Zaraki!"
"That lunatic? Then it's no surprise."
"More accurately, everyone in the Eleventh Division is a lunatic."
"Who knows if those guys are fighting again?"
"No idea. Anyway, it's none of our business..."
"Neither the Captain-Commander nor Central 46 ever meddles in the Eleventh Division's affairs..."
"Central 46 can't meddle in anything now, even if it wanted to."
"Hey! Watch what you say!"
After a brief commotion, Soul Society fell quiet again.
Everyone knew that the Eleventh Division's lunatics went