Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10797017-20130624101208/@comment-10630156-20130708120517

All I'm saying is that if I was the soul king I wouldn't want such a powerful person outside of the 13 and that he might have set a little "test" of his own. By pitting Ichigo against Renji I'd say he'd try to work out who is the one better suited for the role. He'd leave little traps in what the zero squad say and do and what Ichigo and Renji do in response ending the whole thing in a battle between the two to see who is the strongest. I'd like to go back through the manga to see if I can find anything that looks like this and get back to you all. What I'm basically saying is that this adventure to the palace could be a Captain Test in disguise and that is why they haven't moved to fill the position. I'd like to see these two fight again it has been such a long time after all