This day was the day when Soul Society stood on the crossroads. And despite potential disaster hanging in the air, it was also lucky day for Soul Society. Enma, now legendary Captain of Seventh Division was in Seireitei. While there was a good reason for him to be here, it was lucky turn of events for Soul Society. Soul Society faced one of greatest threats ever, and was none the wiser about it. Not even Enma, who knew about general situation In Seireitei and Rukongai about as much and Onmitsukido, and far more than them when it came to wilderness outside of Rukongai had no idea that right now, at this moment, Soul Society was in grave danger. But that was nowhere in Enma's mind. He had no idea that beings who had the power beyond the grasp of comprehension not only existed, but were recently awakened and pissed off at the whole four worlds. Nope, he had no idea about that. He just came to the Seireitei to drop off written instructions for his Division. Barracks, which were recently demolished, were being repaired quite nicely, if not quite to the schedule. But there was no way of speeding that up. Gotei 13 and Seireitei in general were recently low on manpower. Anyway, Enma was quick, silent and stealthy. He dropped instructions inside as usually, and was just on his way when the ground shook violently. he barracks behind him collapsed, quickly being reduced to rubble. Screams, chaos. Soul Society was under attack.
There was no mistake. Whatever was the cause of this earthquake, it was certainly not natural. Unlike Human World, ralm of soul Society was long done with any kind of geotermal activity other than hot wells. So it was plain as a day. But Enma was stoned, petrified, as if he took a blast of his own golden flames and it worked. Questions were quicky sliding through his head. How could enemy infiltrate Soul Society without being found out? How could they get in the heart of Seireitei and attack, without being found out? and worst, what kind of enemy had the power to do something like that? Nobody could do this to earth itself. It was too strong, for most of people beyond the grasp of comprehension. But not for Enma. THough, truth to be honest, comprehension meant nothing. Enma figured out one thing really quickly. Whatever the being that did this was, it was beyond and above his current level. He couldn't fight it and hope to defeat it and survive on top of that. He knew it well. But Enma had no objections about dying,especially if his death ensured that Soul Society would remain standing. What was the best course of action right now? Find oponents and fight them. No matter what happens. For the wellfare of Soul Society.
But where to begin? Enma had good Reiatsu sensory. If he concentrated, he could probably pick distinct Reiatssu sources from even a long distance. But the fact was that there were no distinct, alien Reiatsu signatures at all. As a matter of fact, Enma couldn't pick out any Captain's Reiatsu either. Where were the Captains now, the fighting elite of Seireitei, the cream of Gotei 13? There were none out there, ready to fight on the front lines at the moment. But there were people willing to fight, Enma could sense them and that only made him fel slightly better. That meant that Gotei 13, despite hitting decline recently, still stood proudly. Enma felt one strong Rieatsu signature nearby, signature of Eaon Norellia, Vice Captain of Sixth Division. Enma knew that he might have some valuable information for him, so he headed off there. Quickly Shunpoing, he got there quite fast. He literalyl appeared in the middle of the scene. Well, not in the middle. Few feet left from Eaon was the place where he appeared. He just arrived in time to hear Eaon asking a question: "what are your intentions?" And Enma didn't need lot to figure out the situation. Multiple persons were around them, and Enma knew that setup wasn't exactly like for picnic. Despite the fact that those persons looked like Shinigami and gave away that kind of Reiatsu, there was something... wrong. Enma's guts were telling him that they weren't Eaon's subordinates. Placing his hand on his Zanpakuto, but not unsheating it, Enma spoke: "By my authority as a Captain, I order you to identify yourself. Failing to do so will lead to repercussions. After you identify yourself, surrender, and you will get a fair trial. Failing to surrender will allow me to execute you on the grounds of my authority." Enma said all that, but he didn't mean any of it. He was just trying to buy himself time to figure something out. Soul Society was lucky in the fact that Enma was present where he was needed most that day, but a lot more luck was needed in order for Soul Society to survive this, or at least it appeared that way.