The difference between support and rescue
Support can be evacuated but the target needs to be solved but the combat power is not enough. Rescue cannot be evacuated and is in danger.
When the order from First Division was sent to Fifth Division, Danjiro Obana was sunbathing in the yard behind the team building.
Fifth Division usually does not have many tasks. As Combat Rescue Team, their duty is to provide emergency rescue when other squads encounter crises that cannot be handled, or to provide medical treatment and evacuation support for combat units deep behind enemy lines. Since the Quincy expedition began, Fifth Division has been on standby.
Being on call means having something to do and nothing to wait for
He likes to bask in the sun while waiting. Fifth Division's Squad Member all know that when the captain is not in the office, he can go to the backyard and look for it, and nine times out of ten he can be found.
Lieutenant ran over from the other end of the corridor, holding a document in his hand and walking quickly. Obana heard it but did not open his eyes. Lieutenant stood in front of him and handed over the order book with the seal of First Division with both hands.
"Captain, First Division orders, North District 68, the noble team is besieged, four Sixth Division Squad Member are injured and need immediate rescue."
Obana didn't look at the document, but gently placed it on the coffee table next to him. He opened his eyes and glanced at the sky. It was still early.
North District 68 The noble team is under siege, Lieutenant has finished talking about the matter, and the document is no longer necessary.
"Let Fourth Seat lead the team" his tone was the same as usual, gentle and lazy, and he waved his hand.
Lieutenant stood there without leaving. "Captain, someone from the nobles came and said that the captain must take action."
Obana blinked. He stared at Lieutenant's face for several seconds. His expression changed from mild confusion to a silent question of 'Are you serious?', then he sat up straight from the chair for a few minutes with difficulty, and curled the corners of his mouth downwards.
"Must?"
When these two words came out of his mouth, Lieutenant's back felt cold.
"Yes"
"Uesugi family's people are waiting in the reception room," Lieutenant explained.
Yes, that's right, in addition to First Division receiving the message, the noble followers also sent a Hell Butterfly to the noble.
The visitor of Uesugi family was a middle-aged man with meticulously combed hair, wearing a dark brown straight coat, with Uesugi family's family crest embroidered on his chest. He stood in the reception room, with his hands folded in front of him, with an upright posture. When he saw Obana walking in, he bowed.
"I, Kōsei Uesugi" His voice was as steady as the way he stood, but there was a deliberately suppressed eagerness hidden in the smoothness. His eyes stayed on Obana for a moment, as if to confirm that the person in front of him was the captain he was looking for, and then he spoke.
Captain Obana, those Rukongai thugs have a way of killing themselves." Kōsei Uesugi's voice was calm, but every word revealed murderous intent.
"They besieged the mines, attacked Soul Reaper, and detained nobles without Seireitei laws. If these atrocities are not severely punished, Rukongai's petty thieves will definitely follow suit. Where will the majesty of Seireitei be then?"
"Kōsei Uesugi, don't be so murderous." Obana walked to him, his face a little gloomy.
Kōsei Uesugi turned around, the expression on his face did not loosen in any way because of Obana's words. The corners of his mouth turned down, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows were as deep as the ravines carved by a knife. He snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and took a few steps forward, with his back to Obana.
"Hmph! Our nobles give you so much money every year, can't you accept this request? These mobsters will return even if they die. Reishi Cycle What do you have to lose?" Kōsei Uesugi flicked his sleeves and took a few steps forward with his hands behind his back.
His voice rose half a degree, with a natural arrogance typical of those who have been in high positions for a long time. "These mobs will return to Reishi Cycle even after they die. What do they have to lose? They are maggots of Rukongai while they are alive. Bugs, dead are Reishi in the atmosphere. Does it make any difference to Seireitei in which state? But you, Captain Obana, are so kind to this kind of maggots, and you are not afraid of being laughed at if you spread the word?"
Obana did not speak, and silence spread in the reception room. Kōsei Uesugi waited for a few seconds, but without waiting for a response, he turned around and raised his finger to Obana: " Captain Obana, those who surrounded the mine must die! No one can be left alive! This is my official request to you on behalf of Uesugi family and all Upper Nobility who have a head and a face in Seireitei!"
Obana turned his head slightly and looked at him sideways. "What good will it do me to help you?"
Kōsei Uesugi was stunned
In Seireitei, when nobles issue punitive tasks to the squad, they usually do not encounter such rhetorical questions. The squad's duty is to execute orders. As long as the noble's request does not violate the basic laws of Seireitei, the squad will usually cooperate.
But Danjiro Obana is the captain, even the captain of the rescue team. The responsibility of the rescue team is to protect, resettle, and deal with the aftermath, not to vent the anger of the nobles.
If a noble wants a massacre, he should go to Punishment Force, not him.
Kōsei Uesugi was obviously not prepared for the answer to this kind of rhetorical question. He could only start thinking about how to get him to take action and go to Punishment Force? Shihōin was so easy to communicate with so long ago.
The only option is to go to Captain Saito of Sixth Division? I've already been annoyed by this before, and I'm afraid I won't be able to draw my sword if I go there again.
after a while
Fourth Seat, Fifth Seat, Sixth Seat, and a dozen Squad Member gathered at the north gate
Apparently the negotiation between Obana and Shangbin has been completed
After Obana explained a few words, he passed Shunpo first, and they hurried on slowly behind.
He arrived at North District 68 when twilight was almost over and the night was still dark.
He stood on a piece of gravel ground, with gravel and dead grass under his feet. He looked around and found no mine.
Either the map is inaccurate or he's off track.
Obana took out the map from his pocket, unfolded it, and looked at the surrounding terrain. The river was on his left, about a few hundred steps away. The outline of the river bed was similar to the one drawn on the map. Obana stood at the mine point marked on the map. There was no mine under his feet.
He turned the map over. There was no writing on the back. He turned it back again and looked at the scale. He calculated that the distance from the river bed to the mine site was one finger wide on the map, but it should be several hundred steps on the ground. He walked several hundred steps and walked from the river bed to here. Not one step too many, not too many steps. The location was correct.