I slashed at the hollow with my body length zanpakuto. The soul monster dissolved. I was going back for my gigai but as I turned around I was face to face with a familiar shinigami.

"You're…" I started.

"Yeah. We need you at Soul Society. You're a substitute shinigami, aren't you?" the other soul reaper replied.

"What for?"

"You'll see…" he walked away and I followed.

I'm substitute soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki. My home is at the world of the living. I only go to Sieretei for needed missions.

"You'll see…" as Ikkaku led me into the Reishi air filled town. As I walked into Soul Society, I noticed all of ruined buildings of Seiretei and how every single shinigami was rushing around. I heard the ringer banging on the board or announcements yelling "Ryoka Intruder! Ryoka Intruder…" and immediately knew someone trespassed into Soul Society.

"Ryoka?" I shouted.

"We don't know who it is and what they want this time, but we are all on the look-out. It seems they have very strong spiritual pressure."

"Well I guess I don't have any needs in the world of the living, soooo, I could help you guys! Okay where do I start?"

"Hmmm. Go to Old Man Yamamoto and ask him what to do."

"Ya ya whatever," finished Ichigo.

As Ichigo walked to the center of Sieretei where Captain Yamamoto's Squad was held, he knocked on the door and opened the bearded old man.

"Ichigo! Welcome!" the man said, "Tell me, why do you think you are here?"

"Umm…Ryoka? Duh?" I said and thought.

"Okay so Ryoka have invaded Soul Society. We don't think that this situation was the same as with yours OR the Bount problem, but I think I have an idea of what they are after," Yamamoto said with a bearded smile, "follow me."

Yamamoto walked out of the room and left the door open for me. I closed the door as I walked out and followed the old captain. He led me to the 12th division's lab room and asked Nemu, the squad's lieutenant, to lead us to a spare research computer.

"Thank you squad 12 lieutenant, now, come here Ichigo."

I was led to the computer and the old captain typed in a certain file called "Himitsu no Shitsumon" and it loaded up only one item. Yamamoto clicked on the lonely file and said, "Now this…this is my research on what the Ryoka are aiming for…