The night is getting deeper. The silver moon is like a hook, hanging high in the middle of the sky.
Dozens of figures wearing black clothes or blue and white or red and white student uniforms, wearing night colors and worried faces, were speeding towards the 8th Division resident headquarters.
After hearing the order from Hell Butterfly, even the dullest person can realize that something big is going to happen tonight. There may be unexpected dangers lurking in this dark wilderness. The danger is so great that the company captain has to personally go out for rescue.
For these team members and the accompanying students, the safest place right now is undoubtedly the temporary residence of 8th Division. Even if you want to escape for your life, you must first hide in the residence.
It's just that everyone's Shunpo level is different, and those with higher levels can only wait for those behind to catch up. The speed of the entire team is invisibly slowed down a lot.
Lin Nan led the team without saying a word, stopping from time to time to wait for those behind to catch up.
The other two Soul Reaper, who were also leading the way, were completely shocked by Lin Nan's Shunpo speed. Especially the 19th seat stationed at No. 38 Stronghold, he felt that Shunpo's level was not bad, but compared to Lin Nan, it was still far behind.
How could this college student hide so deeply? He is indeed a talent selected by the captain! If he graduates from the Spirit Arts Academy, will he be directly promoted to Seated Officer when he joins the team? In that case, we have to establish a good relationship with him in advance!
Lin Nan didn't know that the two team leaders behind him had such rich psychological activities. They just wanted to reach the headquarters as early as possible.
Somehow, he always felt uneasy in his heart. Whenever the people behind him delayed their time, his anxiety became even deeper.
"Soul Reaper team members' basic strength is really worrying. Seeing such an urgent situation, we still can't guarantee a rapid march." He complained a little in his heart, looking back at the team members and students behind him who had not yet caught up.
Thinking of Katori personally leading the team, Lin Nan always felt a little worried emotionally; but rationally, he kept laughing at himself.
Katori is the captain, the first generation captain, how could anything happen? It will definitely be fine!
He shook his head secretly and forced his attention to other places.
... Well, I don't know if Ukitake is awake now. He was seriously injured when he was sneak attacked by the man in black...
... Although the methods of these men in black are somewhat different from those of Soul Reaper, their power cannot be underestimated...
... Speaking of the men in black, Katori and they went out to rescue, wouldn't they also encounter the men in black?
... No, someone who can increase spiritual pressure instantly must be a special force of the opponent. After all, the method of increasing spiritual pressure at any time is a secret technology no matter how you think about it, and it is impossible for the rebels to apply it to most people. In that case, they would have won long ago...
... Having said that, even if we meet the man in black tonight, Katori will definitely be unscathed...
Seeing that he had been thinking wildly and finally returned to Katori, Lin Nan could not help but be speechless for a while. He greeted the two team leaders behind him somewhat impatiently, "Tell the people behind you to speed up! The situation is critical and we must return to the headquarters as soon as possible!"
The two team leaders were thinking about how to build a good relationship with Lin Nan in the future. Now that they saw a ready opportunity, they hurriedly agreed and started to turn around and yell at those who were lagging behind.
After nearly an hour, Lin Nan finally led the crowd back to the 8th Division station.
However, at the gate of the station, there seemed to be some confusion at this time. Several Soul Reapers on guard were in a chaotic formation, holding Zanpakutos in their hands, looking around in shock, not knowing what they were guarding against.
Lin Nan and the other two team leaders looked at each other, feeling a little strange.
Lin Nan stepped forward and said hello, "I am Lin Nan, returning to the team with the withdrawn personnel of No. 38 and No. 37 strongholds."
Several Soul Reaper on guard were startled and pointed their knives in the direction he was coming. "Stop and don't move!"
Lin Nan was stunned, stopped, and asked, "What's going on? We were ordered to return to the team, what happened?"
No. 19 and another team leader also followed. Seeing a few acquaintances among the sentries, No. 19 stretched out his hand and greeted warmly, "Hey! It's me! Didn't I give the order to return to the team? We are leading the team back!"
The sentries looked at the nineteen seats carefully, and after confirming that they were correct, they let out a sigh of relief, "It's really you. Hurry! Come in quickly!"
After saying that, they opened the door and then urged the people outside to get in quickly. It seemed that if they were slower, something bad would happen.
Lin Nan I wanted to ask why the other party was so nervous, but seeing that the other party was in a nervous state, I resisted the urge to ask questions.
However, the moment he walked into the station, Lin Nan's eyes almost dropped--
The entire camp was in a mess, many tents were directly destroyed, and others completely collapsed; corpses lay scattered on the ground, including students from the hospital, but most of them were Soul Reaper in black clothes.
Nineteen seats stood aside, their reaction was ten times greater than Lin Nan, and they screamed, "What happened? Why is the headquarters like this!?"
Naturally, no one else who returned to the headquarters could answer him. Everyone looked at the chaotic scene in front of them with incomprehensible expressions.
Lin Nan was the first to react from the shock. In this chaotic situation, the only option is to find the highest officer on site and understand the situation before confirming what to do next.
He figured out the direction and walked towards the captain's temporary office. Within twenty steps, his pace gradually slowed down, and finally he stopped beside a few Soul Reaper who were squatting on the ground and forming a semicircle.
In the center of the semicircle surrounded by these Soul Reaper, Nagano Yasuko closed his eyes tightly and lay quietly on the ground. No matter how the team members around him called, there was no response.
Dead?! Nagano Vice-captain is dead?
In the first team, the deputy captain Nagano, who was second only to captain Katori, died?
Lin Nan couldn't help but grab the nearest Soul Reaper and asked in a voice, "What happened? What happened to the vice-captain?"
The Soul Reaper's eyes had lost focus, and he replied dully, "I can't beat him... I really can't beat him..."
"What can't you beat?!" Lin Nan was a little annoyed by the other party's nonsensical answer, but the other party had nothing else to say except this sentence.
He stood up, looked around anxiously, and found a slightly injured female student next to him. "How are you? Can you communicate normally?"
The female college student was like a frightened bird, startled by Lin Nan. After seeing Lin Nan's face clearly, she recognized that he was the legendary genius of the freshmen group. She couldn't help but feel a great sense of security in her heart, and tears flowed down involuntarily.
Lin Nan saw this and quickly comforted her softly, "Don't cry yet. I just came back here and I don't know what happened. Can you tell me?"
The girl sobbed and said intermittently, "Just now, the headquarters was suddenly attacked. About fifty men in black appeared out of thin air and started massacre.
They are very powerful, and most of us are no match for them. If it weren't for the team members and Seated Officer seniors fighting to protect them, I might be dead now...
Then, Vice Captain Nagano was surrounded by men in black during the battle, and finally died..."
Lin Nan could hardly believe his ears. There was actually a man in black appearing?!
And it still appeared at the headquarters? Or did more than fifty people appear at one time?!
Moreover, they also killed the deputy captain???
He shook the other party's shoulders vigorously, hoping that the other party would wake up. "You mean, the vice-captain died like this? No matter how powerful the other party was, he would not kill a vice-captain so easily, right?! Didn't she liberate Zanpakuto??"
At this time, Seat 19, who had been listening, answered in a low voice, "Nagano Vice Captain's knife is not very suitable for fighting. So for so many years, Captain Katori has been asking her to mainly handle the clerical work within the team. Unexpectedly..."
Lin Nan didn't know what to say for a moment, but suddenly he grabbed the shoulders of the female college student with both hands and asked, "You know Ukitake Jushiro, right? Have you seen where he is?"
The female college student could not be more impressed by Ukitake's white hair, and was a little frightened by Lin Nan's mood. She quickly pointed to the temporary office. "He was carried into the room before! Nagano, the deputy captain, died just to block those men in black and prevent them from approaching the office..."
Hearing her repeat the tragic battle not long ago, the Soul Reapers and the students on the side lowered their heads and sighed deeply. The Soul Reapers who were slightly injured had a look of despair.
Lin Nan walked into the office to check the status of Ukitake. After confirming that Ukitake, who was still asleep, was safe and sound, he walked out of the room.
Looking around at everyone, he felt a little strange. "Since the people in black have the upper hand, why are they leaving now?"
The female college students and other Soul Reaper team members all shook their heads gently:
"No one knows why, when they were halfway through the killing, they suddenly stopped and then left with Shunpo. We suffered heavy casualties, so we didn't pursue it..."
Lin Nan frowned, sighed, and said to the 19th seat next to him, "It is better to organize people immediately and count the number of casualties! Now that the captain and others have not returned, we must reorganize our combat capabilities as soon as possible to prevent the enemy from coming back."
No. 19 nodded, turned and left.
Lin Nan squinted his eyes, looked around the bloody station again, and suddenly slapped his thigh:
"It's broken! Hongyuan Haili Where are they?!"