The Second Division's leader, Soi Fon, immediately returned to her quarters and gathered the members of the First Division to investigate.
However, just as everyone was about to move out, Soi Fon suddenly thought of Kirito and decided to bring him along.
One reason was that Soi Fon didn't want to bring Omaeda with her on a mission. Another reason was that ever since Kirito entered the Shinigami Academy, he hadn't returned to Drifting Soul Street.
This time, since they were going to complete the mission, Kirito could also follow them. Not only would he be able to see Drifting Soul Street, but he would also gain some experience.
Just like that, Kirito, who was only responsible for guarding the Surveillance Tower, was brought out of Nightmare Soul Society and arrived at Drifting Soul Street.
Because they were here to scout for information, the first team was divided into groups of a few people after arriving at Drifting Soul Street to scout for information from different places.
Kirito, the "newcomer", also followed one of the groups and arrived at the most desolate district, Zaraki, to investigate.
Kirito originally came from the 78th district, so he already felt that it was chaotic there. He didn't expect the scene in the 80th district to be even more shocking.
This was an unsupervised area, so those who wanted to survive here were all ruthless characters.
Kirito was just walking on the street, but the people who lived here didn't look at him with friendly gazes. Some even looked at him with hostility.
However, this was all because Kirito restrained his Spiritual Pressure. Otherwise, these ordinary people would be under a lot of pressure right now.
Kirito didn't care too much about other people's gazes because the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with these ordinary people.
However, after thinking about it, Kirito decided that these people might be able to provide him with some useful information, so he decided to find someone to ask.
After walking around for a while, Kirito saw an old man at the end of a street. The old man was holding a jug of wine in his hand and drinking it.
"Let's go with him. He might know something."
Kirito thought. Since there was an old man in such a chaotic place, this old man might not be simple.
Not only did this old man have wine to drink, but his clothes were also very neat. It was obvious that he had some background.
With this in mind, Kirito stepped forward and asked, "Sir, can I ask you something?"
The old man did not answer Kirito. He only extended a seemingly withered but extremely powerful arm towards Kirito.
Kirito knew what this meant, so he took out Soul Society's coins and placed them in the old man's hand.
He had to spend money to buy information. This old man should be the know-it-all here. He relied on this method to make money.
As long as you want to ask about something, no matter what it is, whether you know it or not, you have to pay first before I can talk to you. This is their way of doing things.
The old man smiled and looked at Kirito. He put away the money and said, "Young man, you know the rules. Tell me, what do you want to ask?"
"I wonder if you know of a force called the Extermination Court?" Kirito was very direct, because he wasn't wearing the Death Tyrant's Outfit right now.
The old man narrowed his eyes and looked at Kirito. He stretched out his hand again, but this time he spoke, "Well, if you want to ask about this, you have to pay more."
Hearing the old man's words, Kirito smiled. "This old man is taking the opportunity to extort me." But there was no other way. Kirito wanted to ask about something.
So after handing over some money to the old man again, the old man took it back with a smile and took a sip of wine.
"The Extermination Court, huh? I know something, but it's hard to say if what I know is true. You have to judge for yourself."
"I know that. Just tell me," Kirito said to the old man.
The old man looked at Kirito and said, "What I know is that this force has recently risen. They used the banner of resisting Soul Society's rule as a reason to gather many people in Drifting Soul Street to wage war against Soul Society."
"I already have a rough understanding of this. Do you have any other information?" Kirito asked.
"I heard that their leader is called Matsui Senta. He's a very strong guy, and he has gathered many powerful people under him."
The old man paused for a moment before continuing, "I heard that the elites in the headquarters have combat strength comparable to a Grim Reaper."
"Oh?
A force that belongs to Drifting Soul Street is actually that strong? "Kirito said in confusion.
"What's wrong with Drifting Soul Street?
How many Grim Reapers entered Soul Society from Drifting Soul Street? Can't Drifting Soul Street have experts? "
The old man's tone was a little annoyed because he lived in Drifting Soul Street. He had lived here for nearly a hundred years and already had deep feelings for it.
Seeing that the old man was a little angry, Kirito immediately explained, "Don't misunderstand. I'm also from Drifting Soul Street. I live in the Xu Diao District."
"If you're also from Drifting Soul Street, why would you say something like that?" The old man heard Kirito's words and expressed his disdain.
Kirito smiled and said to him, "I thought that everyone with spirit power on Drifting Soul Street had entered Soul Society because that's the only way to live a decent life."
Kirito's words were not wrong. Of course, life on Drifting Soul Street was not as good as in Soul Society, especially the places near the back. It was simply chaotic.
"Humph, of course it's not what you think. There are many people on Drifting Soul Street who don't want to enter Soul Society. They don't want to live a restrained life."
After saying this, the old man drank two more mouthfuls of wine and said to Kirito, "Although we live on Drifting Soul Street, we more or less know about Soul Society. Becoming a Grim Reaper means losing your freedom."
Kirito heard the old man's words and neither agreed nor disagreed because he felt that although the old man's words were a little extreme, they still made some sense.
Indeed, entering Soul Society meant that they would be restricted by many rules. They could not do as they pleased like on Drifting Soul Street.
However, the quality of life in Soul Society was indeed much better than on Drifting Soul Street. This was something that many people yearned for.
Just as Kirito was about to speak with the old man, a black shadow quickly flashed past the two of them.
Although it was extremely fast, Kirito still caught sight of it. Although he did not know who it was, Kirito knew that it was definitely not someone from the second division.
Thus, Kirito immediately chased after it. Although he did not know whether it was friend or foe, Kirito was still very confident in his own strength. Even if it was an enemy, Kirito did not think that he would be in any danger.
Thus, he directly chased after it. Not long after Kirito's chase, the person in front seemed to have noticed that Kirito was chasing after him. Thus, he instantly increased his speed and madly rushed in a certain direction.