Chapter 113: Experiment
The sky gradually darkened.
Masatsuki Aozaki left the 1st Division barracks.
With Yamamoto's permission, he was no longer required to stay in the 4th Division for observation, giving him a rare moment of free time.
Still, he made a brief stop at the 4th Division to inform Retsu Unohana, Yoruichi, and the others before leaving Seireitei.
...
District 62 of Rukongai at night was a place where thieves and vagrants lurked. The streets were silent, the moonlight and starlight casting a dim glow over the darkened world.
Masatsuki Aozaki stood deep in the forest, silently surveying the small hut in front of him. The rustling of leaves in the wind stirred memories from years ago.
Four or five years prior, he had been in a similar forest—though far from here.
Beneath the same moonlit sky, a bespectacled man had stood in the shadow of a tree, looking at him with a gentle smile.
Masatsuki Aozaki extended his hand toward the ground. A faint glow of Reiatsu flickered like a firefly in the darkness.
Ripples spread across the ground, a wooden cabinet trembled slightly, and the floor shifted and rearranged itself like a puzzle coming apart. A gap opened beneath him.