5-5...

...!!!

What's going on here?!

Hello, boys. You've got work to do here. This Rukon District scum tried to raise his hands to me. Kick him out for me, would you?

Y-Yes sir!

Freeze! Know your place, you filthy commoner!

Graaaaaaaaagh!

(......?)

Wh-What are you... Ungh!

Don't you dare talk back!

(What is this?)

(What are the gatekeepers doing?)

You should've just stayed quiet. We've wasted enough time on you!

Don't ever come near the Seireitei again!

(Is he throwing his own comrade out?)

(But why?)

I secretly swapped out the water in their canteens with alcohol. Officially, this will be recorded as a quarrel that came about from drinking on the job.

That noble will be suspicious, I'm sure, but it's best everyone remains unsure of what really happened here.

Who are you? Are you a Soul Reaper, too?!

Indeed I am.

I'm but another fragment of the broken world that just tried to burn you to ashes in its flames of despair and loathing.

Would you be willing to entrust that hatred-filled heart of yours to me for a little while?

My name is Sosuke Aizen.

Right now, I'm still just another lowly Soul Reaper.