After returning home, Haruki was still puzzled about what the Tsunayashiro family wanted him to do.

  What task could they possibly have for him?

  He had just bee a vice-captain, and the Tsunayashiro family was already targeting him?

  As a vice-captain, Haruki had the right to refuse the Tsunayashiro family's orders.

  But there was no need for that. He wao see what the Tsunayashiro family had in store for him.

  In the Seireitei, there were two special power structures.

  The first was, of course, the tral 46 Chambers. The tral 46 Chambers were the highest judicial authority in the Soul Society. Once a decision was made by the tral 46, eveei 13 had nht to oppose it and could only carry it out resolutely!

  The sed power structure was the Noble Assembly, which governed all the nobles of the Seireitei. It was led by the five great noble families, especially the Tsunayashiro family, the foremost among them.

  On the surface, these two power structures seemed to have different roles, with the tral 46 being the highest authority. But upon closer iion, that wasirely true.

  The tral 46 was ihe publicly reized highest authority, but the so-called "wise men" who made up the tral 46 were all nobles.

  Sihey were hey naturally fell uhe jurisdi of the Noble Assembly.

  In other words, by trolling the he Tsunayashiro family could easily trol the tral 46, which was posed of nobles.

  Thus, the five great noble families held an exceptionally lofty position in the Soul Society, especially the Tsunayashiro family.

  For someone like Haruki, who had just bee a vice-captain, he might be a rising star in the Seireitei, but to the Tsunayashiro family, which had ruled the Seireitei for millions of years, he was hardly worth notig.

  If he had bee a captain, that would be ohing, but a mere vice-captain...

  He was hardly worth mentioning.

  But Haruki was more than happy to py along with the Tsunayashiro family. After all, this family had so many good things to offer.

  He wao see if he could snate bes from them.

  With this in mind, Haruki decided not to sleep.

  He still had three days before the mission. He po use these three days to train as hard as he could, improving as much as possible.

  So, for the hree days, he didn't go out to raise favorability. Instead, he stuck to a routine of work, training, and brief rest.

  Ohird day, as soon as Haruki ehe Fifth Division, he saw a Hell Butterfly floating toward him.

  The Hell Butterfly nded on Haruki's finger, and in the moment, information flooded his mind.

  "Huh?"

  Haruki was momentarily stuhen couldn't help but chuckle softly. "As expected."

  He had received the mission assigo him by the Tsunayashiro family. Unsurprisingly...

  It was to go to the human world ahe Tsunayashiro family iigate a group of people.

  A group of humans with special abilities—the Fullbringers!

  This was the clusion Haruki had reached after three days of thinking.

  To the people of the Soul Society, the human world was a world of ordinary humans, a world of matter where spiritual particles were sparse. Spiritual beings would feel unfortable in su enviro.

  How could a noble family like the Tsunayashiro family possibly care about the human world?

  So, the only thing in the human world that could attract their attention was the Fullbringers, who possessed fragments of the Soul King.

  Yes, the reason Fullbringers could wield such strange abilities was rgely because they carried fragments of the Soul King within their bodies.

  These fragments of the Soul King attracted Hollows to attack their mothers, leading to the emergence of "Fullbring."

  However, sending him to iigate the Fullbringers...

  This was quite iing.

  Those guys...

  Could they have mistaken him for a fragment of the Soul King as well?

  This wasn't impossible.

  The Tsunayashiro family trolled the surveilnce of the entire Seireitei. Many of his as couldn't escape their notice.

  Although his battles had taken p the Rukongai, he might have left some clues in the Seireitei, which the Tsunayashiro family could have picked up on.

  Did they suspect he might possess the power of the Soul King?

  Perhaps they were even pnning to make a move against him in the human world this time.

  Knowing the plot of Bleach, Haruki was aware that the Tsunayashiro family would eventually target the Fullbringers. This time, he was beio gather information on them.

  Ohe iigation was plete, the Tsunayashiro family might elimih the Fullbringers and him, possibly even framing him for the deaths of the Fullbringers.

  Haruki felt he had figured out the truth. Tsk, you think you art me?

  Haruki released the Hell Butterfly and headed toward the Fifth Division's office.

  Aizen was busy handling paperwork and didn't react when Haruki walked in.

  It had to be said, Aizen's work ethic was impressive. He single-handedly kept the Fifth Division running smoothly.

  Gin Ichimaru didn't seem like the type to work diligently, and Haruki certainly washer. That meant the bulk of the Fifth Division's work fell on Aizen's shoulders.

  You've worked hard, Aizen.

  Haruki walked in and greeted him, saying, "Captain Aizen, I'm heading to the human world for a mission. Do you wa bay souvenirs?"

  Aizen finally looked up and said, "Si's a task assigned by the Tsunayashiro family, go ahead and do it. The divisio need you anyway."

  "Ouch, that hurts. You make it sound like I'm pletely dispensable," Haruki sighed. "Well, I'm off. Oh, by the way..."

  He turned around and gnced back at Aizen, adding, "While I'm in the human world, should I say hello to any of your old acquaintances for you?"

  "..."

  Aizen was silent for a moment, then smiled. "That's up to you. I've always believed in giving my subordinates freedom."

  "Alright then," Haruki said before leaving the offid heading toward the Senkaimon.

  Captains had the authority to open Senkaimon with their Zanpakutō, but sihis mission was a "covert operation," Haruki couldn't use the official Gotei 13 els.

  Following the information from the Hell Butterfly, he arrived at a Senkaimon and passed through it into the Dangai.

  The Dangai ecial space-time passage that separated the worlds. The density of time here was two thousand times that of the outside world, making it a terrifyingly dangerous passage.

  Purple "Kōryū" currents flowed around him. If caught in the Kōryū, one would be trapped in the Dangai forever.

  There was also the Kōtotsu, a er that appeared once every seven days. If touched by the Kōtotsu, even a soul would be erased.

  No Shinigami, no matter how strong, could withstand the Kōtotsu. As long as you were a Shinigami, you couldn't resist this rule-bouy.

  Haruki was curious to see if his Destru Beam could harm the Kōtotsu, but it wasn't the right time for the Kōtotsu to appear, and he had no i in waiting around in the Dangai for it.

  If it didn't work, he'd be done for!