Hitsugaya's Decision! The Clash Approaches

Byakuya sends Rukia to the Kuchiki clan's house to recuperate. In Rukongai, Kariya enters Kusajishi, one of the most crime-ridden parts of Rukongai, and asks the populace to aid him in fighting the Soul Reapers. Ichigo, Uryu Ishida, and Yasutora "Chad" Sado begin searching for the Bount again, and Ichigo takes the modified soul Lirin with him. Elsewhere in a forest in Rukongai, Byakuya encounters Kariya.