25 - Step through the double doors.
You push open the two double doors and enter the large chamber beyond. The room is lit by hundreds of candles on either side of the walls. Sitting in meditation, seemingly waiting for you is the leader of the Scorpion clan, wearing the same black assassin garb when you first confronted him in Seireitei.
The black dressed figure addresses you mockingly. "You are far from home, Captain of the 2nd Division," Then points to a duffle bag next to him. "Came here for the scrolls?"
"And the antidote for your poison," you demand.
"The antidote?" Scorpion leader says in surprise, then chuckles from behind his mask. "Oh, so Yoruichi still lives and you are trying to save her, very touching. You know, I watched you two when you were so much younger and you just couldn't keep your eyes off her, like a cute little love sick puppy."
You frown, rage building from within you. "Do I know you?"
The Scorpion Clan leader removes his hood and mask. "My name is Akimoto, former captain of the 5th Division over a century ago before I had to flee into exile."
You nod angrily. "Yes, I remember that name and that you got caught selling information to our enemies."
Akimoto laughs. "And greatest irony in all of that is that they eventually replaced me with Aizen of all people!"
You grow impatient and growl threateningly. "Give me the antidote and I'll let you live!"
"You can have it, if you let me leave with the scrolls." Akimoto offers. "Give your word of honour to let me go and I'll give you what you need to save your beloved mentor. If not, she will die!"
Do you:
Agree? Go to 26
Refuse? Go to 27