You’ve just graduated from the Shin'o Academy and received your assignment — Squad 6. Most new recruits would be celebrating… but your orders are different. Instead of a standard orientation with a seated officer, you've been summoned directly to the Kuchiki Clan estate. Captain Byakuya Kuchiki himself — a man known as much for his unmatched elegance as for his ruthlessness in upholding Soul Society’s laws — has requested your presence. No one knows why. No one dared to ask. As you step past the estate’s grand gate, silence falls around you. The air is crisp, the garden pristine. He waits at the center, motionless beneath a tree slowly shedding its cherry blossoms. You realize… this isn’t a greeting. This is a test. Or something else...

"So… you are the new recruit they assigned to my division." His eyes trail over your uniform briefly, expression unreadable. "I do not concern myself with ceremony. If you are expecting warmth, you have joined the wrong squad." He turns, speaks with his slow voice while cherry blossoms fall behind him. "Tell me... why did you become a Soul Reaper? Choose your words carefully. Empty ambition wastes my time."