Meanwhile, Yoruichi Shihōin and her subordinates disguised themselves as students, loitering near the entrance of the Spiritual Arts Academy.
"Vice-Captain, are we just going to wait here?" Marechiyo Ōmaeda asked. "Aren't we a bit too conspicuous just standing here?"
The Onmitsukidō members who had accompanied Yoruichi earlier were now tasked with transporting the captured Reigai to the 12th Division. Feeling short-staffed, Yoruichi had called in a few more people for the stakeout.
After graduating, Ōmaeda had also joined the 2nd Division.
However, his hope of inheriting his father's position was temporarily dashed.
The vice-captain's seat had gone to Yoruichi Shihōin.
But Ōmaeda wasn't worried. With Yoruichi's talent, becoming a captain was only a matter of time; she certainly wouldn't remain a vice-captain forever.
"Good point. The rest of you, spread out or find a place to hide," Yoruichi waved her hand, dismissing them.
Yoruichi loved excitement and didn't want to miss the capture, so she insisted on staying at the main gate herself.
After waiting for a while, she grew bored.
She walked over to the guard booth by the gate and peeked through the window. The person inside was dozing off, their head bobbing so low it almost hit the desk.
"Is Professor Shirai on duty today..." Yoruichi thought of the small, cute Professor.
Knock, knock—
Yoruichi tapped on the window.
Riko Shirai jolted awake.
"Yoruichi Shihōin?" Recognizing the face outside the window, Shirai clutched her flat chest and let out a long sigh of relief. "You scared me to death! I thought it was Vice-Principal Tsunayashiro!"
"What are you doing here..." Shirai slid the window open, her eyes scanning Yoruichi's red and white student uniform. She began to doubt if she was truly awake. "Didn't you graduate a long time ago?!"
Yoruichi leaned against the windowsill and teased, "I came to see you, Professor Shirai~"
"Hiss—" Shirai sucked in a sharp breath. "It's been years, how did you get so greasy!"
"Huh? Is this not how you win a girl's heart?" Yoruichi scratched her face innocently. "I saw Marechiyo Ōmaeda chasing girls just like this..."
Outside the Academy, Ōmaeda, hiding behind a large rock, sneezed.
Shirai put her hands on her hips and said dismissively, "Tricks like that only work on little girls."
Yoruichi glanced at Shirai's petite frame, feeling the statement was a bit ironic coming from her.
"What are you looking at!"
Shirai was a little embarrassed and angry. Her pouting face, however, made Yoruichi unable to resist reaching out and pinching her cheeks.
"What are you doing! Is this how you treat your Professor after graduating?!"
"Professor Shirai, you're just too cute. I couldn't help myself."
After some playful banter that dispelled the awkwardness of not having seen each other for a long time, Shirai asked curiously, "Why are you wearing a student uniform back at the Academy?"
"Shh—" Yoruichi put a finger to her lips and whispered, "I'm on a secret mission that requires me to disguise myself as a student."
"I see..." Shirai remembered Yoruichi's position and guessed it was an Onmitsukidō mission.
Shirai turned to a cabinet in the room, rummaged through it, and took out some snacks.
"Eating something will make the act more convincing. Just standing there is too foolish," Shirai said, sharing some with Yoruichi.
"Thanks..." Just as Yoruichi took the snacks, the Denreishinki in her pocket vibrated.
She quickly took it out. Marechiyo Ōmaeda's voice came through: "Vice-Captain, we've spotted the target. He's about to arrive at the Academy gate. Falcon and Rabbit are already tailing him!"
"Stay on him!" Yoruichi was overjoyed and continued, "We'll pincer him!"
"Roger!" Ōmaeda said.
"Professor Shirai, you should hide. It might get dangerous in a moment," Yoruichi told her.
"O-okay..." Shirai nodded repeatedly.
She crouched halfway behind the desk, only her head visible.
Shirai stared out the window, swallowing nervously.
It was her first time witnessing an Onmitsukidō operation. She was both nervous and excited.
The Onmitsukidō often carried out clandestine missions, which gave them an air of mystery to outsiders.
A moment later, Yoruichi saw the approaching target.
She popped some of Shirai's snacks into her mouth, then spun around and fired the tranquilizer gun in her hand.
A breath later, the target fell to the ground.
In the next instant, several Shinigami appeared, restrained the target, and confirmed his status.
"Target secured. Successful capture!"
"The Vice-Captain is amazing!"
"What a shot!"
Compliments from her subordinates came through the Denreishinki.
But then, Ōmaeda's voice followed:
"Not good! The other target has appeared, and he's noticed our operation!"
"He's running!"
"You guys watch the one we've caught," Yoruichi said quickly. "I'm going after him!"
...
Yoruichi chased after the fleeing target, brushing off the clinging mud that was severely slowing her down as she ran.
With her speed, she should have caught up to the target quickly.
But this target had unexpected tricks.
He was wearing a cloak that blocked spiritual perception, making it impossible to track him that way. She could only rely on speed to stay behind him.
But the target was getting further and further away, and Yoruichi couldn't help but feel anxious.
Yoruichi drew her short blade: "Glow, Nekonaki!"
Sparks of lightning erupted from her body, instantly shaking off the clinging mud.
Unfettered, Yoruichi's speed increased dramatically.
Just then, a thought crossed her mind:
"This guy has a spiritual pressure-blocking cloak and items to slow me down... his identity might not be ordinary... Should I see where he runs?"
The more Yoruichi thought about it, the more she felt this guy was different from the previous targets.
After capturing the others at the Academy, they had searched them and found no such items.
Yoruichi hung back behind the escaping target, controlling the distance, while taking out her Denreishinki: "Search the target you caught at the gate!"
A report from her subordinate quickly came back: "Vice-Captain, we've already searched him. He only has conventional items."
Yoruichi's eyes narrowed, confirming her suspicion.
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