The Underworld Bureaucracy's Current Situation

The cylinder plummeted all the way down, creating a powerful air pressure in midair.

With a thunderous boom, the cylinder crashed into an uninhabited area of Soul Society, smashing a huge crater into the ground.

A cloud of dust billowed up. As it dispersed, the five members of Squad Zero walked out of the Tenchūren with solemn expressions.

When the five finally got a clear look at Soul Society, they were all drawn to its bizarre sky.

"What the hell is with this weather? Why is half of it sunny while the other half is night?"

Oetsu Nimaiya, whose hair was styled in a pompadour, opened his mouth wide and exclaimed dramatically.

The others also showed traces of astonishment.

Soul Society did not have the kind of changeable weather found in the World of the Living. Because of the Reishi, Soul Society had always enjoyed clear skies, with only day and night.

Yet now, as they looked at the clouds roiling across the other half of Soul Society's sky—

All five members of Squad Zero felt an unprecedented chill.

"Something is wrong. Why can't I sense the Reiatsu of the 12th Division captains? Shouldn't they be in the Seireitei?"

A trace of doubt appeared in Ichibe's eyes. As the man known as the Eye Monk, he was also the original namer of everything in Soul Society.

He knew every Death God's Zanpakuto like the back of his hand and could naturally sense the Reiatsu of the Death God captains. Yet at this moment, he could not detect the captains' location no matter how hard he tried.

And that was not all.

The Eye Monk suddenly widened his eyes, because he discovered that all of Soul Society was now deserted.

Moreover, perhaps it was only an illusion, but the darkness in