"Oh?" Hold on a moment-if Ichigo plans on leaving, he'll find his shoulder gently grabbed by a large paw. Otherwise, Gongenzaka merely shakes his head.

"He is for now, as a matter of fact. Contracts with the Ringmaster are certainly odd....but if Zangetsu found his way to the Carnival, then that means the universe itself allowed him to take form."

"More than that, whatever trouble he'd be up to in your own realm, he's quite incapable of it here."

"....Beyond that, I highly doubt the Ringmaster would appreciate you stealing him away in the middle of his year."