"with all due respect sir, upon becoming a soul reaper neither my job nor my personal goal is to impress you nor the other captains. My responsibility lies solely in the protection of the soul society by which ever means I am afforded. It should be my progress, sense of duty and capabilities that will qualify me for what ever I obtain and not personal favor or kissing up. " the head captain seemed to have miss-interpreted Giovanni's request. It was of little consequence however. Gio was asking... well volunteering to be trained to be the head captains assistant or liaison to the kido corps. by what ever means necessary he meant what ever means necessary, including training or proving himself, though hopefully training came first, because he was still kind of tired from the last fight. If the request was denied, as he suspected it might be, he would simply train and inquire further on his own. After all, Sorareo had given him a hint to progress not to long ago, that could be to his advantage if explored correctly