[Private] Jade Kirin at the Ocean's Inlet

Following the death of Doku Mazi, the previous captain commander, the lieutenant had relocated his office from the 1st Division barracks to his personal estate. Though his reasoning was to escape the cacophony and so that he could focus on his work of handling the funeral, succession, and the like, the real reasons for doing so were more numerous and complicated. Shungi sat in his tatami room, repurposed into an office, doing paperwork as he awaited his next scheduled meeting with his third seat. The tatami room was chosen as his new office for its location at the center of the estate, meaning it was easy to find even if one got lost; and because it was one of the quieter rooms in the estate.

The Otsuboshi manor was the second-largest estate among those of the royal families, only dwarfed by its immediate superior, the Mazi family manor. Around the property, there was the sound of pitter-patter as a young boy played around. This was Shungi's son.

As the guest arrived, a flash of something greeted her. It was a shunpo. It was slow and detectable, but nonetheless, it was a shunpo. Standing in front of her was a short boy. By human years, he looked to be about eight or nine years old but was most certainly older than that. "HI TALL LADY!" The boy waved, despite his close proximity.

"Please forgive my son," Shungi said still focused on his work, "he just recently started learning how to use shunpo." After giving the excuse, Shungi finished off the paperwork he had been busy with, took the paperweight off a stack of sheets, and laid that sheet on top. For an office, Shungi's tatami room was spacious. As one might expect, the floors were made from tatami.

There was a door that led out to the manor's garden, which featured in addition to flowers, bushes, and trees also featured a water fountain and rock garden. Seeing the tranquil atmosphere provided some reasoning for why this room in particular was chosen. Shungi's desk was low to the ground, to where he sat on the floor instead of a chair though the floor's material made it much more comfortable. Despite how low the desk was, it looked to have a decent amount of storage space underneath with several compartments underneath the desk proper. Behind Shungi was a wooden shelf where several pictures stood on frames. They looked like family photos, some with his son and with his wife, the latter mainly in primitive black and white. Older still were portraits, one, in particular, wearing the uniform of a shinigami bearing resemblance to a younger Shungi, set up almost like a shrine with an ashtray and burnt incenses in front of it.

Shungi's son stared up at Kaiura, looking exactly as awkward as someone might expect of an eight-year-old. "Okay, well uh. Bye tall lady." He said, waved, then used shunpo to get away. Shungi himself fixed his posture and gave a reassuring smile as he welcomed Kaiura to take a seat. "Again, I apologize. That was my fault. I didn't expect him to pick up learning shunpo so quickly." Shungi excused. "I don't need to tell you why you're here today. We have a serious mission at hand." He said, quickly adopting a stern face. Then, before letting the third seat get comfortable, he began giving the briefing.

"Like it said on your warning order, the Kido Corp Captain had been captured by Las Noches. Your job for this mission is to be the team leader and coordinator, which means you'll be overseeing the actions of lieutenants and captains. Because you're still new, I'm here to help you make a tentative plan. Are you following me so far?"

The lieutenant reached out for something, no doubt his coffee, only to realize that he didn't have it that day. It must have been his work getting to him, that he didn't even realize he didn't have caffeine coursing through his veins. Though, it didn't change his behavior, and so it didn't matter to him. Shungi closed his hands into a fist then relaxed as he leaned back against the wall and stared at the third seat from behind the mountain of papers and his desk.

"That's a strong sentiment. If you can give a speech like that consistently to a sizeable enough group you would already have the makings of a natural leader." He commented, waiting for the third seat to digest what that comment actually meant. "But," he continued, "what are your plans?"

Shungi nodded. It seemed that the third seat had trouble picking up on sarcasm. This wasn't a big deal to him, more so it simply let him know the kind of person he was dealing with and how to handle his third seat in the future. The lieutenant waited patiently to hear Kyura's plan, nodding along as she explained herself interspersed with the occasional "I see".

"Very typical strategy, more importantly, it's different from what I had planned." He stated. "I'll hope your mission is a successful one."

"The new captain commander is taking over soon. He might throw a wrench in your plans. His inauguration will be the day before your leaving so I doubt he'll get in the way. You've met Ika before right? The previous captain commander's son? The commander has spoken of him before- normally as an example of what not to do- but spoken of nonetheless. The two of us were peers but I'm afraid his power surpasses perhaps both of ours combined."

The mention of an all-out war loomed ominously. Though the doors were closed, a chill seemed to blow through the room and the burnt ashes of the newest, tallest incenses on the shrine behind Shungi fell into their tray, the face of the shinigami in the portrait looking strangely distraught despite not actually changing. The last true conflict the Gotei had with Hueco Mundo was hundred of years ago, but it still remained fresh in Shungi's memory.

"Let's hope it doesn't turn out that way," Shungi said. All-out-war was the last thing the Gotei needed. On his last inspection, however, it showed that it didn't look as though they were any less prepared for one.

"I'm flattered, but let's not be too hasty to put down the new Captain Commander. I'm sure he'll grow to fit his role. If he doesn't, he'll have to answer to Central 46, and failing that, he'll have to answer to me." Shungi reassured. "Now then. Any more questions? If not, you're dismissed."