Hirako Shinji and Aizen's conversation was completely drowned out by the din in the dining hall. Aside from Fengjin, who had been watching in secret all along, there was probably no third person who could hear them.
But Gin Ichimaru, sitting in the corner, suddenly shuddered from head to toe. Though he was only a student who had enrolled not long ago, he had already developed a basic sense for spiritual pressure.
The spiritual pressure coming from the doorway at that moment was far too familiar to him—it belonged to one of the Soul Reapers who had taken something from Rangiku Matsumoto's body several months ago!
He pretended to continue chatting and laughing with his classmates, but the smile on his face gradually stiffened, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably...