3-2 Cause and Effect

You know why I have called you here, don't you...Squad 12 Captain Kurotsuchi?

I'm assuming it's because I failed to get permission before ordering my squad to expunge 28,000 citizens of the Rukon District in order to correct the imbalance of souls?

And why did you not get permission?

We could have avoided all the confusion that arose when mass disappearances in that district were reported by Squad 11's Third Seat Ikkaku Madarame and Fifth Seat Yumichika Ayasegawa. You would have been granted permission, if you had only asked.

And while I sat waiting for permission, the situation might well have escalated beyond control. That is not something I particularly wanted to be responsible for.

The mass extermination of Hollows by the rebel army was meant to disrupt the balance between the World of the Living and the Soul Society.

Considering that the loss of those people in the Rukon District prevented the collapse of both worlds, it seems to me a small price to pay.

And it seems to me that we might have avoided this entire situation had your Department of Research and Development reported the matter earlier and dealt with it promptly.

Utter nonsense.

From the moment that the Quincy known as Uryu Ishida infiltrated the Soul Society as a Ryoka, I foresaw that something like this would happen and advised you accordingly. Remember?

It was you who chose to heedlessly disregard my warning.

Oh, and let us not forget the fact that everything that is happening now is happening because you, Head Captain, couldn't kill that man a thousand years ago! It was you who brought this upon us!

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