Another Hyorinmaru: Chapter 2

I've searched through the last fifty years of the registry. There's no listing for a squad member named Kusaka.

But there's something unusual about the student registry for the year Captain Hitsugaya graduated. It appears to be missing a name.

The missing student is from somewhere in the North Rukon district. The name listed in the local registry is Sojiro Kusaka.

He's not in the Soul Reaper directory. You think that could have just been a mistake?

No, those kinds of mistakes don't happen. Especially when someone's dead.

Well, if nothing else, we've at least disproved the theory that Sojiro Kusaka had anything to do with the events that transpired.

Hmm... You can't list a person as dead until it's confirmed that their Spiritual Pressure has been extinguished.

So, the guy must be dead, but...

But what? What is it?

I'm going for a walk. See if you can find out the cause of death, will you?

Huh?! Captain!

............

All right, who are you? Y'know, it's pretty rude of you not to introduce yourself.

Shunsui Kyoraku.

Your cavalier attitude serves to disguise your keen intellect and shrewd disposition. You have an exceptionally sharp mind that knows no equal.

It's no wonder you were the first to figure it out.

I'll take that as a compliment. And since you already seem to know about me, why don't you tell me about yourself?

It would just be a waste of time because you're about to be killed by Toshiro Hitsugaya!

Huh?! That Zanpakuto!

They're sure? Hyorinmaru?

It was Captain Hitsugaya?

............

Sir, Squad 3 Lieutenant Kira and Shuhei Hisagi, acting captain of Squad 9, tracked down Captain Hitsugaya in the world of the living.

They were badly injured trying to arrest him.

There's something about this that bothers me.

Forensics was able to determine the time of the Hyorinmaru attack. We also know when the search party encountered Hitsugaya.

The time between the attacks was insufficient to travel between the two worlds.

If Hyorinmaru really was the weapon used in both attacks...

It sounds like we need to confirm this, at any rate.

Did you just say twin Zanpakuto?

A Zanpakuto is born directly from the consciousness of the Soul Reaper.

To begin with, the Shikai is like a binding contract between the Soul Reaper and the Zanpakuto itself. It is impossible for it to be tied to more than one Soul Reaper at a time.

By definition, it wouldn't be a Zanpakuto.

Then you can verify for certain that something like that doesn't exist?

Can you absolutely prove that there are not two Hyorinmaru?

Hyorinmaru?

If somehow there were two, then one of the owners would have to be...

Of course he would! Now I understand why you're here! You've definitely come to the right place, gentlemen.

Sneaking into the inner recesses of the Daireisho Archive is child's play for me!