"Big Shot"

At the critical moment when the nobles were about to retreat, a flash of light streaked past, and Ukitake Jushiro descended from the sky.

When they saw that the newcomer was Ukitake Jushiro, the nobles who had been preparing to leave all stopped in their tracks.

Ukitake Jushiro's arrival gave them renewed confidence to stand against Hitsugaya Toshiro, the Captain-Commander.

After all, Ukitake Jushiro was now the captain of the new Squad Zero.

By the old hierarchy, Ukitake Jushiro now held a status even higher than that of the Gotei 13's Captain-Commander, with greater authority as well.

And Ukitake Jushiro, too, had been born into nobility...