Who are you calling a stable boy?!

She did remember that Zheng Jing held the title of captain of a special operations team and had the power of forced conscription.

"No, that's not it."

"Are you here to collect supplies from us?"

"That's not it either."

"Hey! Don't mimic that bald guy, Mako! What are you doing here?!"

"Hehe, I, Lao Zheng, have come here to be your colleague in the same field."

"what?"

"In Kojiro, the captain has ordered Zheng Jing to come to our team to help guard the warehouse."

Yizhou Tongsheng spoke up at the opportune moment to explain.

"What? Him?"

Hiyori pointed at Zheng Jing with a surprised expression.

"Isn't he the captain of that action team? What kind of captain is sent to guard a warehouse?"

"Little Hiyori!"

"what......"

Realizing she had said the wrong thing, Hiyori instinctively covered her mouth.

Normally, even if she realized it, she would stubbornly stick to her guns and pretend otherwise.

But now, she is facing Hikifune Kiryu.

If only Kiryuki was in front of her, she could obediently lower her head and admit her mistake.

But Zheng Jing is here, by chance.

"Little Hiyori!"

As Hiyori covered her mouth, lowered her head, and disappeared with a Shunpo, Kiryu sighed.

"I'm sorry, Zheng Jing, that child meant no harm..."

"It's alright, it's alright!"

Zheng Jing waved his hand with a grin, but seeing that Yizhou Tongsheng still looked worried, he leaned closer and patted his chest.

"Don't worry, Sister Yezhou, I, Lao Zheng, really don't care."

Upon hearing this, looking at Zheng Jing, Yizhou Tongsheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, smiled broadly, and took Zheng Jing's hand.

"That's good. Xiao Zheng, come with me."

The two of them walked hand in hand into the 12th Division's base.

As one of the key locations, the warehouse is located deep underground under the Twelfth Division, and is heavily guarded both inside and out. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to go down and guard it.

"These are pretty much all the things to pay attention to."

After leading Zheng Jing on a general tour of the warehouse, explaining the different storage areas for various supplies and some official procedures, Hikifune Kiryu led Zheng Jing out and stood outside the newly closed warehouse doors.

Is there anything you're still unclear about?

"No, no! My sister explained it so clearly, I remembered it all after just one explanation."

"Is that so? It seems like Zheng Jing would be a good fit for our Twelfth Division. And Hiyori likes you a lot too..."

Looking at the grinning Zheng Jing, Yizhou Tongsheng lowered his eyelids slightly.

She regretted not paying more attention to the Spirit Arts Academy in the past. If she had discovered Zheng Jing earlier, she might have been able to recruit him into the Twelfth Division, and Zheng Jing wouldn't have had to be sent to the mortal world.

Without the impact of that disappearance, given Zheng Jing's abilities, with proper training for about a year, he would certainly be able to take over the haori that represents the 12th Division from her now...

"What a pity."

"Sister Yezhou?"

"Huh? Ah! Oh dear, sorry, I was a little distracted!"

Coming to his senses, Kiryuki smiled sheepishly.

"Since this position has never been created before, the setup may be a bit basic..."

She pointed to a set of neatly arranged tables and cabinets in front of the warehouse gate.

"There are paper and pens on the table, and tea and snacks in the cabinet. Xiao Zheng, feel free to use them. If you run out, you can always go upstairs to get more. Just go to the logistics department that I took you to before!"

With that, Kiryuki released Zheng Jing's hand.

"I'll head back up now. Feel free to come find me anytime if you have any questions!"

"to make!"

After waving goodbye to Hikifune Kiryu, Zheng Jing turned around, sat down cross-legged behind the low table, and leaned out to open the wooden cabinet.

"Let's use my own tea, I have rice crackers and golden bottle candy..."

As he took out the snacks, Zheng Jing asked, "Old Lan, which one do you prefer?"

Are the senbei (rice crackers) salty?

Sitting next to Zheng Jing, Aizen asked softly.

"Click, click."

Zheng Jing took out two rice crackers of different colors and took a bite of each.

"This one is sweet, this one is salty."

Upon hearing this, Aizen took the salty piece from Zheng Jing's hand and took a bite.

Zheng Jing put the remaining sweet one in his mouth, put the plate piled high with half sweet and half salty rice crackers on the table, closed the cabinet door, and took out a small bag of rock tea from his backpack.

There was a tea set on the table, with a large teapot inside, which was already filled with hot water.

"It seems that Captain Heifu thinks you are the best candidate to replace her as captain of the 12th Division."

Seeing Zheng Jing making tea, Aizen suddenly spoke up.

Following Zheng Jing, Aizen walked with Zheng Jing and Hikifune Kiryu around the supply warehouse that he hadn't entered before, just in case. In addition to noting down the situation of some key supplies that might be needed in the future, Aizen also kept a close eye on Hikifune Kiryu.

After all, Aizen knew from the files stored in the 46th Chamber that this person had already received an "invitation" from the Zero Division.

One of the reasons he came with Zheng Jing this time was to secretly observe the soon-to-be-departed captain of the 12th Division.

During the year or so that Zheng Jing was missing, in order to study the matter of crossing worlds, he had already used various methods to hypnotize most of the members of the Twelfth Division with his Mirror Flower Water Moon.

The hypnosis of Kiryu Hikifune and Hiyori Sarugaki took place at an outdoor cocktail party organized by Zheng Jing not long ago.

Under the pretext of exchanging ideas with Zheng Jing for entertainment, almost everyone at the party witnessed the moment when the illusion of a flower in a mirror and the moon in the water was first revealed.

"Me? No way!"

Zheng Jing shook his head vigorously.

"Either you, Shuko, take this seat, or you, Old Blue, take it. If I take it, the Twelfth Division will probably become storage room staff from now on!"

Aizen had his own ideas about the soon-to-be-vacant position of captain of the 12th Division.

He was not prepared to join the special operations team.

In Aizen's plan, the Hueco Mundo area is currently handled by Zheng Jing, while he will be in charge of the Soul Society. In this way, he can quietly control both worlds, both overtly and covertly.

Therefore, in Soul Society, he should ideally obtain a higher status and more influence on the surface.

Becoming a team captain is undoubtedly a good choice.

If I could become the captain of the 12th Division, that would be even better.

Kiryu's move to the Zero Squad can be seen as giving him an excellent opportunity.

only......

"Old Zheng."

Aizen picked up his teacup and looked at Zheng Jing.

Do you think Urahara-kun would be willing to go to Hueco Mundo with you?

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Zheng Jing shook his head.

"do not know."

He was telling the truth.

“Urahara-kun’s talent is exceptional.”

"Definitely!"

"At the same time, he is also very deep in thought."

That's true.

"...Old Zheng."

Aizen put down his teacup.

"Old Lan."

Zheng Jing reached out and gently patted the back of his hand.

“Being thoughtful isn’t necessarily a bad thing! Besides, Suke is both our junior and our friend.”

"Will Urahara-kun consider us seniors as friends?"

"Ok?"

As if he had heard something unbelievable, Zheng Jing was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and frowned as he pondered for a while.

"So... hey! Old Lan, have you noticed how I haven't been a good friend to Suzuko?"

He took Aizen's hand and asked with a serious expression.

This time, it was Aizen's turn to be stunned.

Why are you suddenly asking that?

"Although I haven't realized it myself, for you to ask this, it must mean that I, Lao Zheng, have been a bad friend to Zhu Zi in some way! Tell me quickly so I can go and apologize to Zhu Zi!"

Seeing Zheng Jing's solemn face, which showed some anxiety, and that he was obviously really thinking that way, Aizen blinked and suddenly laughed.

"Hey? Lao Lan, what are you laughing at? I'm not joking!"

"I know, I know..."

Aizen pushed up his glasses and patted Zheng Jing's hand in return.

"I know you wouldn't joke about these things, Lao Zheng. Don't worry, in my opinion, you've never been unfriendly to Urahara-kun. So, I was just asking, I didn't expect you to misunderstand, I'm sorry."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jing relaxed his shoulders and withdrew his hand from the table.

"That's good......"

Seeing Zheng Jing like this, Aizen smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and stood up.

"It's almost time, I should head back to the Fifth Division."

"Oh, you're leaving already?"

"It's my turn to be on duty today."

"Okay, then I won't see you off..."

Finally, with a somewhat helpless look at Zheng Jing, Aizen withdrew his gaze and turned away.

Kisuke Urahara going to Hueco Mundo with Zheng Jing was the outcome he most wanted to see.

The more Aizen learned about Kisuke Urahara these past few days, the more certain he became that once Kiryu Hikifune went to the Zero Division, Kisuke Urahara would very likely become a strong contender for the position of captain of the Twelfth Division.

Therefore, the safest and most profitable approach is to have Kisuke Urahara accompany Zheng Jing to Hueco Mundo...

Aizen felt that Urahara Kisuke was similar to him in some ways, and he did have some radical thoughts in his mind.

But now, he has completely abandoned those thoughts.

In fair competition, how could he possibly lose?