As he walked past, you couldn't help but wonder. You were new to the Gotei 13, and you had just joined after the war with the Espada and Aizen Sosuke. Inevitably , Shinji along with the rest of the Visored were granted permission to join back the soul society.

When you snapped out of your thoughts, you noticed that he was staring at you with a intrigued.

"A new face around here is rare. Who are you?"

Albeit there was always Hirako being relatively new, well not exactly new but instead being back after 100+ years. You weren't exactly fully aware of everything going on, since again you were relatively new. He seemed to fake an interest in you.