Bleach: Watch Closely, This Is How You Use a Zanpakutō

Then... evening arrived.

As the sun dipped below the horizon, the world outside the window darkened, and the cool glow of the moonlight streamed into the room, casting a pale hue over the silent figure within.

Only then did Senjumaru Shutara quietly, cautiously, creep out of her room.

Like a thief in the night, she hugged the walls, moving stealthily down the hallway and slipping past the staircase, making sure to avoid any unnecessary noise.

After confirming that no one was around, she raised a hand to her mouth, coughed lightly, and composed herself, restoring her usual poised demeanor.

Then, almost immediately, she heard voices from the dining room—Masatsuki Aozaki and Kirio Hikifune in conversation.

"As a guest staying under someone else’s roof, leaving without a word at noon—without even saying goodbye to Kirio—was terribly rude of me!"

A deep sense of defeat washed over Senjumaru. For what felt like the hundredth time today, she questioned whether she had completely destroyed her image as a respectable senior.

We’ve barely been living under the same roof for a day... Just how many disgraceful things have I done already?

Of course, what she didn’t realize—

The dignified "senior" image she believed she had never existed to begin with.