Bleach: Brave Souls story · Event, The Thousand-Year Blood War: Prologue
Chapter 14: Footprints
The Thousand-Year Blood War: Prologue. The lieutenants mull over all the incidents that have been happening while they wait in a separate room for the captains' meeting to finish.
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1. Before the battle
25 linesRelax. Your being nervous isn't gonna make the captains' meeting end any sooner.
Th-That's.... But... We're in a crisis... You can't expect me to relax!
Sorry to interrupt. There's something I want to discuss before the meeting ends. May I?
Lieutenant Kira...
I believe this series of incidents, the invasion of the rebel army, the mass disappearance of Hollows, and the disappearance of Rukon District residents...
...were all connected.
But according to Squad 12's report, the first two are connected...
...but the cause of the disappearance of Rukon District residents was deemed simply a quarrel amongst the residents.
It doesn't make sense to me. That's why I want to ask while all of us lieutenants are gathered here.
Have any of you lieutenants investigated any areas outside of District 50?
What does that...
Yeah! Our Baldy and Yumichy went to 64!
What did they find?
The same as the others.
They said they found footprints concentrated in one spot, then they were gone. They didn't find any Hollow footprints, so they thought the villagers had a fight or something.
No. I want to hear their report on the type of footprints they found.
Huh? Bare feet and sandals...
............
I knew it.
You knew what?
The facts published in a study of the Rukon District.
The standard of living drastically drops from just outside District 50. The number of residents who wear rags and walk barefoot increases...
And according to statistics gathered over the past 550 years, not a single resident has been found wearing sandals outside district 59.
In other words, if sandal prints were found in District 64, those should all belong to Soul Reapers.
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