User blog comment:Godisme/THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN/@comment-3143776-20121120190831

They need Ichigo for something, and I think the main reason they are taking Renji, Rukia and Byakuya is because they are the closest to him (Byakuya is a bit of a stretch though).

And about Mr. Pompadour saying what she's meant to do now, to me, it hints that she will succeed Yamamoto. If it had just shown her silence I wouldn't have thought that, but it also showed Shunsui's silence, as if he already knew.