Chapter 4
As Olivar made his way into the main hall and took a seat in the back, he watched as the head captain moved onto the podium to speak.
He was a frail man, small and thin, around 5'4, at most 130 lbs.
Olivar thought back on last night, where his new friend Jiraiya had explained, that the Head Captain was the strongest of all the captains, and it was his duty to protect the seireitei.
" How is he still the head captain? Even I could probably defeat him right now, is it purely out of respect that he still holds the position?"
"SILENCE!" Roared the Head Captain, and the room suddenly went quiet.
"We are gathered here today to address the evergrowing problem of Hollows that seems to be sprouting up like weeds outside the seireitei walls, the rukongai is overflowing with the vile creatures, and as it stands now, we have far too few trained Reapers! Having to deploy 3 or 4 man squads to deal with a single hollow is unacceptable at this point! From today and going forward, no squad aimed at a single hollow shall contain more than two soulreapers!"
Shock and fear was painted on the face of all lower ranking reapers, Olivars aswell.
" Head Captain, with all due respect," Said Captain Raijin
"We must train our officers to do this before putting it into effect, at their current level, they need the extra reapers on their teams. If we just deployed two people as they are now, we would basically be feeding the hollows!"
Captain Akibochi rose, and said " I agree with Captain Raijin, it is too dangerous for anyone under the position of 4th squad to take on a hollow in a two man team, imagine if we sent a 10th and 9th seat alone, they would get smushed!"
" ENOUGH" Roared the head captain
" If it is proof you want, I shall give it to you! 11th seat of squad one, Juubi Zhihoin, rise!"
A small and young girl rose from the front row
" Head Captain Obikawa, sir!" she said in a stern tone
" You, and the greenest soul reaper in our ranks, are to be deployed to deal with a hollow on the outskirts of the 97th district! "
" Yes sir! " she said
" You will be taking Olivar Yamaha with you!"
Everyone gasped and looked straight at Olivar, who was practically falling off of his chair
" M M ME?! BUT I DONT EVEN HAVE A ZANPAKTOU YET!?"
" Exactly! You will be nothing but a distraction for the hollow, you are in effect as useless as any civilian! Miss Zhihoin will demonstrate that a two man squad can work, if just one of them are trained to perfection! You will leave at 7 am sharp tomorrow"
Olivar looked around, caught captain Koto smirking in the corner
As the head captain called off the meeting, Captain Koto opened the doors and slipped around the corner, Olivar ran after him
"Hey Captian Koto! Why were you smiling back there`?"
"Because I figures out what the head captain was thinking, he rarely shows his intentions so boldly " Captain Koto said, with his everpresent warm smile
"What do you mean? Said Olivar
" Well, the head captains plan here is more to see if an encounter with a hollow could draw out your zanpaktou than to actually prove this squad nonsense hahah! " Laughed captain Koto
Olivar looked confused at him
" Anyway, young man! You need to go visit Captain Kurotsuchi, he has something important to disguss with you before your first encounter with a hollow! He resides just over that ridge." Captain Koto said, pointing to a hill about 300 feet in the distante
What will Captain Kurotsuchi have in store for the young Olivar?