Yamamoto Genryusai and Ginrei Kuchiki exchanged a glance, then fell silent.
The room grew quiet for a moment.
Only the tea stove beside them gurgled as the water boiled.
Yamamoto Genryusai showed no intention of speaking first. With slow, practiced movements, he removed the teapot and began the full tea-brewing process.
As an old man who had lived for thousands of years, he possessed an innate advantage when it came to patience.
Heh, there was no need to rush.
Seeing this, a helpless expression appeared on Ginrei Kuchiki's aged face. He sighed.
"It's not really anything serious."
"It mainly concerns the nobles."
As Ginrei spoke, Su Feng gradually understood why the two had invited him here.
Soul Society was a world with rigid social hierarchies, governed in principle by the will of Central 46, its highest Judicial Organ.
But in reality...
The ones who truly controlled its laws and systems were the Five Great Noble Clans and the lofty Gold Seal Council.
Of the current Five Great Noble Clans, aside from the Shiba Family, each faction kept the others in check and possessed its own methods.
Ginrei Kuchiki wished to take advantage of Byakuya Kuchiki assuming the position of Family Head to ask Su Feng what he thought of the Shiba Family.
After all, a million years ago, the ancestor of the Tsunayashiro Family and the ancestor of the Shiba Family had held deeply conflicting beliefs.
By now, the Shiba Family had withdrawn from the nobles' circle of interests altogether.
Though they still bore the title of one of the Five Great Noble Clans, they were, in truth, little different from the commoners of Rukongai.
Furthermore, the recent Rebel Army unrest and the Kuchiki Koga incident had dealt the nobles severe losses. While it had not reached the point of