Shin, having been sent out to destroy hollows, was in the middle of fighting a particularly troublesome one when the news arrived. "Got it... I'll head out once this is finished." He nodded to the fellow shinigami, who left to tell others before using shunpo to move away from where he had just been in case the hollow had been trying to attack him at that moment. The hollow, though not attempting to charge him at the time, began to prepare to do so now.
 "Traverse the heavens in but a step, Ma!" Shin spoke, releasing his shikai. He glared at the hollow as he swung behind him, making a portal there, and then got into a defensive stance, ready to strike as the hollow got close. It began to charge at him, killing intent in its eyes. He swung his zanpakuto upwards in front of him just as the charging hollow got within 15 feet, and stepped to the side just a bit so he could see as it passed through. As it finished passing through, he spun around, swinging just one of the two half-circle blades that made up his shikai to get rid of the portals. "HADO #4! BYAKURAI!" he shouted as he brought his arm in front of him, shooting the hado at the hollow. He then proceeded to swing his zanpakuto above him to create a spacial rift, jumping upwards so that he could simply use it as a speed-boost into the air. As he began to slow in the air, about to fall, the hollow jumped for him, and he quickly swung his zanpakuto beneath him, beginning the swing from the other side so that the hollow couldn't follow. He fell through the portal, just barely missing the cut to close the other end of the portal. His eyes widened as he realized the mistake. As he hit the ground, he aimed half of his shikai upwards, utilizing his spacial separation skill to hit the hollow before it could fall through the portal directly onto him. He heard the hollow's scream as it began to dissipate, and he dropped his arm, breathing a sigh of relief. He stood up, returning his shikai to normal, which caused his portals to dissipate as well. He proceeded to shunpo to the location that the messenger had told him of, glancing around at everyone who had already arrived. He found Sui amongst those who had arrived, and bowed, "I've eliminated at least some of the hollows that have begun showing up due to the shinigami arriving here. I would have continued, but the messenger told me where the temporary HQ was, and I wanted to see how it looked."