But Kenpachi Zaraki hadn't sealed away his power at all. If Kurosaki Ichigo ran into him now, letting Zaraki take even two swings would be an insult to Nozarashi.
So Zaraki was out. They needed to find Ichigo another opponent.
Then Yamabuki Chidori spotted Ichigo blundering into the Fourth Division.
"Oh no!" Yamabuki Chidori's expression changed.
Why was the kid running around at random?
If he provoked the wrong person, he could be hacked to death.
Ichigo was running around like a headless chicken when he stumbled into the Fourth Division.
The person with him wasn't Shiba Ganju. The Shiba Clan was still one of the Four Great Noble Clans, and if anyone discovered a family member taking part in this chaos, it would cause serious trouble later.
Instead, Uryu Ishida was at Ichigo's side.
"Ichigo, why did the people chasing us stop?" Ishida noticed that the 11th Division members who had been pursuing them had halted and were watching with gleeful anticipation.
"Who cares? Run!" Ichigo led Ishida into the Fourth Division Barracks at a dead sprint.
Unlike the chaos outside, everything inside the Fourth Division was peaceful.
Unohana sat beneath a window, basking in the sun and smiling at the view outside.
The moment Ishida and Ichigo entered, a crowd gathered to stare. Some were patients receiving treatment; others were doctors examining them.
They all looked curious as the two rushed in, flustered.
Ishida sensed something was wrong. "Kurosaki, why do I get the feeling they're looking at us strangely?"
Ichigo eyed the Shinigami around them warily. Then he caught sight of Retsu Unohana nearby, and his pupils contracted.
She wore a Captain's Haori. In other words, she was a Captain-level fighter. Before they came, Kisuke Urahara had warned them again and again never to fight someone