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Keehahahaha! There you go, having idle chit-chat again! You could've just taken the blade without so much as a squeak, you know?

What is it this time? Ooh, ooh! Is this what they call regret? Attachment?

I mean, I don't blame you. Even if it were only for a little while, you WERE the captain of Squad 11.

Too bad not a single person in Squad 11 sees you as their captain!

I don't need them to. What I want is not Squad 11, but my rightful title as Kenpachi.

Keehahaha! Oh, but you sure did work sooo hard at your job during that first year! How pointless it was!

Did you think you'd get other people to go along with you by doing that?

Nooo waaay! I mean, who in their right mind would want to work for the guy that killed THE Kenpachi Kuruyashiki?

Well, maybe if you had given him a fair duel, but what you did was no better than an ambush! Foul play, I say!

That's the 3,245th time you've pointed that out during these 250 years.

It is only natural for me to give my all to my work. There is nothing I want more than to annihilate Hollows.

Whoaaa, what a surprise! I thought pointing out this stuff counted as one of those futile actions that you hate so much.

But, oh well, that's fine. I forgive you! 'Cause I love futility!

I love talking about nothing, going on wild goose chases, wasting time, and struggling in vain! Keehahahahahaha!

I won't even bother telling you to shut up. Just get lost.

Can I ask you one thing?

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Who the heck are you talking to?

Think of it just as a man talking to himself. I apologize for being rude.

Talking to yourself after stealing another man's blade? You sure have a lot of confidence in yourself.

If you have the time for such nonsense, why don't you finish me off once and for all?

There is no need to. A Soul Reaper's duties are to eliminate Hollows, guide the deceased, and maintain the balance between the Soul Society and the world of the living. That's all.

Fighting and killing one another have no place among our duties.

I will return Ruri'iro Kujaku once I have achieved my goal. Enjoy your break in the meantime.

What goal?

Divulging anything else would be a waste of time.

What a ugly way to end things.