Chapter 3

What, Ichigo's here? I wonder what happened.

Have you heard anything, Captain?

Not a thing. Are you sure he didn't just come to hang out?

I really doubt that. Maybe there's some problem and the Head Captain summoned him?

I have no idea, to be honest.

If there's some kind of problem, we haven't heard anything about it, so it can't be too bad.

I suppose that's true, but it's hard to imagine that it's anything good either, right?

I don't know about that.

There are many people here who are close to Ichigo. It wouldn't be so unusual for him to come here to see them, would it?

You know, you seem like a glass-half-empty kind of guy, but you aren't really that way at all, huh, Captain?

Plus, your Zanpakuto is pretty flashy.

You really have no filter, do you? I mean, what does the flashiness of my Zanpakuto have to do with anything?

Anyway, maybe Ichigo came to offer his thanks. We're the reason that he recovered his Soul Reaper powers, after all.

You're not wrong, but shouldn't we be the ones thanking him?

You're saying it'd be strange for him to come and offer his thanks, then? You are such a pessimist, Izuru. Oh, well. We'll know what's up once we head over there.

It's best to ask the man himself.

Huh? Wait, don't leave me, Captain!