----------<br/>Corin Kirikata<br/>Squad 1 Barracks<br/>07:00<br/>----------<br/><br/>Corin stood by the 1st Barracks door just as he had the day before, however when Megumi finally exited the large doors and came out into the morning air she would find the 11th squad Captain still very deep in thought. Much as how she had left him the previous evening. The man was still attempting to wrap his head around the idea that any sort of enemies could have made it so far past the defenses of Soul Society without any alarms or signals going off. More than that, once they had arrived, how could they manage to so easily escape without being noticed while four Captain's were present! Regardless of whether any of the other officers felt it, Corin was honestly embarrassed that a lowly Hollow had made such a fool out of them.<br/><br/>"Good morning Captain-Commander" he spoke in that same respectful tone once his train of thought had been broken, bowing his head respectfully. When the greetings had been completed and their walk began, the taller man drew in a long breath as though working up the courage to move on to what he intended to say next.<br/><br/>"After the attack yesterday Captain-Commander, I sent several of my men to investigate the outlying villages for recon and information gathering" his brow furrowed, turning eyes to meet hers in a very steady serious fashion. "I discovered that a single Shinigami was missing from his post just before the attack on the North Gate yesterday. Originally I suspected a rogue, as it would explain some things about what occurred yesterday. However..." his hand fell, dragging nails across the hilt of his old sword.<br/><br/>"We found the Shinigami several miles from the attack site. A young student, named Kuriomo Iyashi. There was a wound across his chest", motioning them in an angle across the front of his chest to indicate the placement. "It looked.... festered Captain-Commander. Black and horrible like he was infected with some strange poison". The story had ended there, that quite well summarizing all the information the Captain had managed to collect in the past evening to help explain what had occurred the previous afternoon.<br/><br/>"I have left Shinigami Iyashi with the Scientific Division in hopes of finding solution to this strange wound, and my men are currently investigating whether it has any connection with those attacks."