Oh yes Malik was a part of it, Malik was behind securing their secrecy through the bureau and keeping things as a facade alongside the shop that did well to hide everything. He would never say anything but as he listens to Altaïr speak and watches Ichigo stumble forward with a quiet expression as he processes all the information that was running through his head. At the moment, the anger was only beginning to seep through his skin as the severity on his face darkened suddenly. "Is that so?"

Came his reply as he took two quiet steps to close the distance between himself and the child. "I would explain yourself boy, before you find yourself without a tongue to speak by."