User blog comment:Xilinoc/559. THE NIGHT RIGHT/@comment-1604252-20131127221313

I wonder how Renji and Rukia will handle Mask. Also, I wonder how much they've increased in power from their training by the Royal guard.

I know Renji is probably around captain level now. But what about Rukia? If she is able to beat any of the Stern Ritter by herself, that would make her close to, if not at the same level as a captain. I'm only assuming she has become much more powerful due to training with the Royal Guard themselves. The Soul King must have seen something special in her to order her brought to the Royal Dimension along with the others.