5-1 Bad Bargain 1

Huh? What are you doing?

Wow, are you a 13 Court Guard Squad member?! It's nice to meet you. My name is Hikone Ubuginu.

I mean, I guess I was kind of curious about your name, but that's not what I wanted to ask.

You're not from the 13 Court Guard Squads, right? You don't have a squad number on you.

That's right! I am Lord Tokinada Tsunayashiro's servant.

Servant? Well, whatever. So, what business does the great Tsunayashiro's servant have in the Rukon District?

There's a scary monster running wild over there right now.

Yes! I know that monster! He almost killed me the other day!

The hell? That thing casually showed up, yet the surveillance room didn't even notice? What are they getting paid for?

No, I'm the one who went to Hueco Mundo! I went there to become king, but all of the angry Arrancars beat me up!

Why the king of Hueco Mundo? Aren't you a Soul Reaper?

Yes! I will also be the king of Soul Reapers. I will be the Soul King!

Huh?

That's why Lord Tokinada told me to pay my respects to Squad Zero and the 13 Court Guard Squads, who will be protecting me one day.

I respect the Court Guards very much!

Oh, I'll become king of the humans, too! Lord Tokinada said so. I'm so happy!

Hey, hey, should you really be telling me all this important stuff? This Lord Tokinada of yours won't be mad?

Oh, that's okay! I did get worried the other day for accidentally mentioning it.

However, Lord Tokinada forgave me, saying I'm free to talk about it as it won't be long before everyone finds out.

Everyone?

Yes! And Lord Tokinada ordered me to use all my strength to convince anyone who laughs or gets angry when I tell them!

Are you going to laugh if I say that I will be king?

That's no laughing matter, idiot. It's not really anything to get mad about either, though.

That's a relief! You seem like a good person, so I didn't want to have to hurt you!

Umm, well, whatever. By the way, are you a boy or a girl? I can't tell by looking at you.

Lord Tokinada said, "You are the beginning and the end, Hikone, so you don't need a gender or reproductive functions or the ability to grow."

He said that was how I was made, so I don't really know either!

I see. Well, the composition of living creatures is complicated, so these sorts of things happen.

(This kid doesn't seem so bad.)

(But it makes things more troublesome when they don't have bad intentions like this.)

Anyway, what am I going to do about this when I get there?