"How dare you..." the man's face looked appalled at Sinai's question. "No! We would never give that monster our children! Children are sacred and must not come to harm!" he motions towards the smaller robes. "Even as we do what we must, the children never leave our sights. We protect them from these gruesome proceedings, even during these troubling times." a bell tolls not too far from them, "We must hurry to our homes. The Evil One will be here very, very soon. Hopefully, our strewn sacrifices will keep him away this night." he hurries his people to a hidden doorway, "Hurry. Women and children first. Men, arm yourselves if you can, same for your wives. Jian, you can stay with me tonight. Your husband was a brave man." he consoles a red headed woman as she holds her child tightly. She nods thankfully and hurries out with another group. "Stay...protectors. And see for yourselves whether we wish this upon ourselves." he said before leaving. 

"That was uncalled for." Haruka says after the villagers left. "We aren't here to judge them nor their crimes. I know you're Squad 2, so I know you're used to policing. Put it in your report and see if your Captain wants further investigation. We are lucky he was still forthcoming after your accusation..." she sighs deeply then frowns at the call of Juki.

"Alucard and I can stay. You want to go see what the call is about? It is odd that they'd want to pull every Soul Reaper.