Natsuki listened quietly as Tosen Kaname told his story.
Of course, Natsuki knew Tosen Kaname. He was familiar with him.
He and Kyoraku Shunsui had simply noticed some commotion in the Government Office District. Curious, they had come to take a look together, never expecting to find Tosen Kaname being beaten.
With skin that dark and being blind, he looked somewhat different from how he had appeared in the original story, but Natsuki still recognized him as one of Aizen's followers—and the man who had once served as Captain of the Ninth Division.
Sure enough, once he had finished telling his story, the name "Tosen Kaname" confirmed Natsuki's suspicions.
Still, more than the man's identity,
Natsuki was curious about his story.
Tosen Kaname had once had a friend who was killed by her husband. Having witnessed that dark past, Tosen had lost all faith in the Seireitei and eventually joined Aizen's side. Natsuki naturally knew all this.
But he wasn't familiar with the specific details.
Now, as Tosen told his story, the dark tale of the nobles was laid bare before Natsuki.
Natsuki finally understood why Tosen Kaname had come to the Seireitei.
The woman Tosen had befriended had married into the Tsunayashiro Clan, one of the Five Great Noble Families. After she left a suicide note that mentioned "Tosen Kaname," the Tsunayashiro Clan had used some of their privileges to bring him to the Seireitei and fulfill her final wish.
But Tosen hadn't expected that coming to the Tsunayashiro estate would reveal that his friend's death was not so simple.
The Tsunayashiro Clan was full of arrogant people who thought of themselves as great nobles and looked down on everyone else.
They never bothered to hide the things they did, because they believed that no law in Soul Society