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As the Soul Society confronts the dangerous Bounts, undercover tensions rise when Rantao faces Kariya, uncovering past connections and setting the stage for an intense conflict.

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Hitsugaya orders his subordinates to give Koga a proper burial, and eighth division lieutenant Nanao Ise informs Yamamoto of the Joukaishou. The following day, Rantao confronts Kariya, and after seeing the Joukaishou, recalls how she hid the Bounts in a cave following their creation. After the Soul Society ordered that the Bounts be destroyed, she saved a Bount child, who she realizes is Kariya. Uryuu realizes that Rantao is fighting Kariya, and heads towards her location as Rantao is hit by one of Kariya's attacks.