At this moment she is not the captain of Court Guard Squad, she is just an ordinary girl who lost her little sister.
However, just like the surge of sadness, how can the cries of pain be so easily covered up?
Lin Nan felt that his chest was wet with tears. But the sobbing of the girl in his arms still made people feel heartbroken.
I don't know how long it took, but Katori finally calmed down. Lin Nan helped her comb the messy hair on her forehead back to its original shape with some affection, and asked softly, "Are you feeling better?"
Katori still nodded with swollen eyes.
"The dead cannot be resurrected. Now we have to escape from the predicament as soon as possible. What happened to you outside? Why did you suddenly withdraw Seireitei?"
Lin Nan wiped her tears with his sleeve and asked.
"Similar to the headquarters, Block 43 also suffered a massacre by a group of men in black. Most of the people in the entire stronghold did not survive." Katori sobbed softly a few times, his voice a little hoarse.
"Furthermore, I discovered the most serious problem. The accompanying deans have no ability to fight back in this kind of battle. In two days, more than half of the deans accompanying 8th Division have been reduced. Therefore, in order to protect you, we must retreat. Otherwise, if this continues, Spirit Arts Academy may lose all its capital."
Lin Nan sighed with some melancholy, "8th Division's team members have also been severely reduced in number. It is really not an option to continue like this. In the past two days, it seems that we have been led by the enemy."
"Yes, maybe the rebels have already planned it and are waiting for us to jump into their ambush."
"We have to be extremely careful on the way back. Maybe forcing us to retreat is also part of the enemy's strategy." Lin Nan added with a serious face.
"It doesn't matter. After leaving Rust Face District, we can join up with several other squads - all four squads that set off from Rukongai this time will retreat."
"All?! It means..." Lin Nan lowered his head and looked at Katori in surprise.
Katori nodded lightly. "That's right. What we encountered has also happened to other divisions."
"This..." Lin Nan didn't know what to say for a moment. It seemed that he had underestimated the fighting power of the rebels in the past.
"It's almost time. It's time for us to pack up our belongings and prepare to evacuate. We also need to ask them to put Ukitake on the stretcher."
Lin Nan nodded. "Yes. It's really time to go. However, there is something I have to ask first."
"What's the matter?"
"Can you let me go first, captain? I can hardly breathe."
Katori bounced away from Lin Nan as if he was electrocuted. His face looked like a ripe tomato. He looked at something unknown on the table next to him and hesitated:
"You... you don't even know what happened just now, do you remember?"
"Should I remember it, or should I not remember it?" Seeing that Katori's condition had recovered somewhat, Lin Nan couldn't help but ask with a crooked smile.
Katori couldn't help but show a hint of anger on his flushed face.
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble. Otherwise, if Ukitake wakes up later, you won't be able to kill people and silence them?" Lin Nan quickly added.
The two packed and sorted the documents in the office, and a team member came in to load and pack the important items in the car, and then carried the unconscious Ukitake onto a stretcher.
The sky shows the white color of fish belly.
The large team was about to leave, and another Seated Officer and several Soul Reaper team members returned to the camp with a large group of college students covered in blood.
These people were originally two teams, and both were intercepted and killed by men in black. One of the teams, led by Seated Officer and Soul Reaper, resisted desperately. When the team was wiped out, the men in black suddenly retreated and escaped.
The other team was not so lucky. The team leader Seated Officer and the team members used their lives to hold back the men in black, allowing the remaining students to escape.
Finally, the two teams met halfway and returned to the headquarters together.
Katori looked at the subordinates who were covered in blood and the shocked students, and sighed softly, "It's good to be back. Line up immediately, we are ready to leave back Seireitei."
It was just dawn, and 8th Division had assembled and was preparing to leave for Seireitei. In order to prepare for another sneak attack by the men in black, the entire team's arrangement was also adjusted.
The soldiers and Seated Officers who were still fighting were walking on the outside of the team. In the middle were the uninjured students, and in the middle were the baggage items loaded on large carts, as well as the wounded and the dead.
Fortunately, it's already getting light, so you don't have to worry about the man in black hiding in the dark. Even if there is an enemy ambush, you can detect it as soon as possible.
Lin Nan and Katori were walking in the middle and rear of the team respectively. Katori looked after important documents and data, while Lin Nan needed to pay attention to Ukitake's situation from time to time.
With the sunshine, the faces of many surviving students who were covered in blood finally showed the joy of surviving the disaster. Many people shed tears directly, thankful that they could still see the sunshine.
Lin Nan looked around and spent some time before finally finding Amamiya Keiji's numb face in the crowd.
Seeing that Amemiya was safe and sound, he let out a sigh of relief.
The situation in the first two days was too chaotic, and I didn't have any extra energy to take care of Amemiya. Fortunately, Amemiya did not die unexpectedly.
Taking the opportunity of patrolling the team, Lin Nan came to Amemiya and whispered hello, "Are you okay?"
Amemiya was stunned, as if he did not expect Lin Nan to come to his side, and nodded in confusion. "Yes."
Lin Nan looked at him, his mouth opened but no words came out. Amemiya's current state is obviously similar to battlefield PTSD.
It seems that I need to find an opportunity to have a good chat with him in the future and find some answers.
The team walked a while. After confirming that no enemy took advantage of the chaos to make a surprise attack, Lin Nan told Katori about the Hongyuan Haili family.
"You want to take them away? But they will not be allowed to enter Seireitei." Katori thought for a while and said,
"Although I don't know why the man in black burned down his house, you have already hidden them in another place. There should be no problem in a short time."
Lin Nan thought about it, and what Katori said was not unreasonable. After all, there is no place for Rukongai civilians in Seireitei. But I always felt a little uneasy in my heart.
"Or, when we return to Seireitei and settle down, we can find time to settle them down." Katori saw Lin Nan's worries and comforted, "Rukongai is very big, and it is not easy to find an ordinary civilian."
Lin Nan thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay. But I still want to go see them first and say hello in advance."
Katori looked at the wound on Lin Nan's shoulder that had begun to heal, and gently brushed the blood on his clothes with his fingers. "Go! But go back quickly, it's very dangerous outside. I don't worry about you being outside."
Lin Nan subconsciously wanted to grab Katori's hand, but Katori quickly dodged it. Katori gave him a vicious look and winked to the side.
Lin Nan followed her gaze and saw that not far away, several team members on guard duty outside the team were hurriedly turning their eyes elsewhere.
Oh, it turns out I'm sorry...
How could Lin Nan give up this perfect opportunity to tease Katori and whisper in her ear?
"Hey, I'm so shy just grabbing my little hand. Just now I was obviously..."
Katori's almond-shaped eyes were wide open, but he felt that there were eyes from all around him peeking at this place. It was not easy to attack him directly, so he could only stomp Lin Nan in anger.
Lin Nan endured the pain and left with satisfaction.
Not far away, Tsuchiya Fourth Seat, who had secretly watched the whole process, looked at Lin Nan's back and whispered, "When did the captain become so gentle? This kid deserves to die..."