Future and Tragedy (Seeking Follow-up!)

Two days had passed since the entrance exam.

Gilgamesh, Renji Abarai, and Rukia had all successfully passed the exam and were assigned to their dormitories.

The dorms at the Shin'o Academy were generally double rooms.

Naturally, Gilgamesh was placed in the same room as Renji Abarai.

Although Rukia had wanted to share a room with Gilgamesh, the male and female dormitories were separated, so there was nothing she could do about it.

Over these past two days, aside from the previous appearances of Isshin Shiba and Kaien Shiba, no other captains had approached him.

Logically, with his performance being so eye-catching, it should have drawn the attention of other captains.

At the very least, Isshin Shiba should have continued to reach out to him, given that he had already expressed his intentions.

But he hadn't.

Gilgamesh knew that someone must have issued an order for those captains to stay away from him.

So, who could command the various captains?

The answer was obvious: the Captain-Commander of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto!

As for the reason Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto would do such a thing, Gilgamesh had already roughly figured it out.

Late at night, at the Shin'o Academy student dorms.

Renji Abarai was already fast asleep.

Gilgamesh, however, was not sleeping; he stood by the window holding Yoruichi Shihouin in her black cat form, silently gazing at the sparse stars in the night sky.

Yoruichi Shihouin let out a lazy yawn and asked, "Still not sleeping? The entrance ceremony is tomorrow, you know."

Gilgamesh did not answer the question, instead uttering a cryptic remark: "It is about time."

Yoruichi Shihouin was puzzled and just about to ask for clarification when she heard a serious voice from the window: "Gilgamesh, can we talk?"

Following the sound, Yoruichi Shihouin's cat eyes narrowed involuntarily as she thought to herself, Kaien, what is he doing here?

Yoruichi Shihouin was close friends with Kaien Shiba's sister, Kūkaku Shiba, so she naturally knew Kaien Shiba.

She just didn't know why Kaien Shiba would come to find Gilgamesh in the middle of the night.

Suddenly, Yoruichi Shihouin recalled the cryptic words Gilgamesh had just spoken, and combined with the fact that he hadn't slept and had been staring out the window, her expression froze.

Could it be that he knew Kaien was coming all along?

But how could he have known?

Yoruichi Shihouin had been following Gilgamesh for the past two days and knew perfectly well that the two of them had had no contact.

The only interaction had been during the Kido talent test two days ago.

At that time, Gilgamesh had whispered something in Kaien Shiba's ear.

Although Yoruichi Shihouin hadn't heard it, she knew it wasn't an arrangement to meet.

Otherwise, Kaien Shiba wouldn't have said what he did when he first appeared.

While Yoruichi Shihouin's thoughts were in turmoil, Gilgamesh had already carried her out of the dorm and arrived under a large tree in a corner outside the dormitory building.

Kaien Shiba used Flash Step to appear directly in front of Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh looked at the somber-faced Kaien Shiba and said, "It seems you have chosen to believe my words."

Kaien Shiba replied, "I don't fully believe them yet."

I can see the future.

These six words had been lingering in Kaien Shiba's mind, unable to dissipate.

If anyone else had said such a thing, Kaien Shiba would likely have taken it as a joke and laughed it off.

But Gilgamesh seemed to possess some kind of magic that made Kaien Shiba unable to help but believe him.

What truly shook Kaien Shiba was the battle between Gilgamesh and Miho Kano.

In that fight, Gilgamesh had actually been able to foresee Miho Kano's strikes.

That was the reason Kaien Shiba had reacted the way he did at the time.

For the past two days, that look of pity in Gilgamesh's eyes had kept surfacing in his mind, leaving Kaien Shiba restless and unable to focus on his work.

Tonight, Kaien Shiba finally couldn't hold back anymore and took the initiative to find Gilgamesh.

In truth, if not for the orders of Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Kaien Shiba would have sought out Gilgamesh the very day the entrance exam ended.

The talent Gilgamesh displayed during the entrance exam was too terrifying; Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto was also acting to protect Gilgamesh, ensuring that external factors would not interfere with his growth.

After all, in the Seireitei, besides the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, there was also the uncontrollable factor of the nobility.

As for the squads wanting to recruit Gilgamesh, they would wait until the day he graduated, at which point each captain would compete based on their own merits.

Even Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto had the intention of vying for Gilgamesh on that day.

Facing a genius like Gilgamesh, it would be a lie to say that Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto was not tempted.

In the eyes of Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, the future of Gilgamesh should be able to reach the heights of the captains of the original Thirteen Court Guard Squads, or perhaps even the heights of the Royal Guard.

Such talent was simply the Soul King chasing after him to feed him success.

At this moment, Kaien Shiba could not help but ask, "Did you know all along that I would come looking for you tonight?"

Kaien Shiba had developed this suspicion when he saw that Gilgamesh was not asleep so late at night and showed not a hint of surprise at his arrival.

In truth, Kaien Shiba already knew the answer in his heart, but he could not bring himself to believe it.

Yoruichi Shihouin was also very concerned about this question and could not help but look at Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh gently stroked Yoruichi Shihouin, his handsome wine-red eyes looking toward Kaien Shiba as he replied with a smile, "That is correct. I knew you would come tonight, so I was specifically waiting for you."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yoruichi Shihouin became even more puzzled.

Meanwhile, Kaien Shiba's heart was directly shaken.

Seeing this, Kaien Shiba took a deep breath and asked again, "Then did you see my future?"

Yoruichi Shihouin was stunned, unable to react for a moment.

Gilgamesh nodded gently and replied, "That is correct. I have indeed seen your future."

Upon hearing this, Kaien Shiba could not help but ask, "Then what kind of future did you see? Why did you look at me with that kind of expression at the time?"

To this, Gilgamesh did not answer immediately, but instead asked in return, "Are you certain you want to know?"

Kaien Shiba's heart was extremely anxious and uneasy at this moment.

He had already guessed that in the future Gilgamesh saw, he must have encountered something terrible, perhaps even something he could not bear.

He did not dare to face such a future, yet he had to know it.

Only by knowing could he possess the possibility of changing that future.

Without realizing it, Kaien Shiba had come to trust Gilgamesh completely.

Taking a deep breath, Kaien Shiba nodded firmly and replied, "I am certain I want to know."

Gilgamesh nodded gently and spoke slowly, "In the future I saw, your wife is devoured by a Hollow and dies a miserable death; you seek revenge for your wife, but your body is possessed by the Hollow, and in the end, you die a miserable death as well."

BOOM!

Gilgamesh's words were like a thunderbolt, exploding simultaneously in the minds of Yoruichi Shihouin, Kaien Shiba, and Isshin Shiba, who was hidden in the shadows!