is bleach episode 240 filler?

Running along a forest path in Soul Society, Ichigo expresses surprise upon seeing a fork in the road. Stopping, Ichigo looks at both paths before closing his eyes and concentrating.

Opening his eyes, Ichigo notes he cannot sense any Reiatsu. As Ichigo runs along the left path, Senbonzakura watches him from a plateau on the right path.

Meanwhile, at the Shinigami Research and Development Institute, 2nd Division Lieutenant Marechiyo Ōmaeda yells in anger and proclaims this is outrageous before demanding to know what 12th Division Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi is planning to do. Stating it is nothing which affects Ōmaeda at this point, Mayuri tells him to be silent.