What an arrogant statement—but that was exactly the sort of thing Sosuke Aizen would say.
"Indeed, 'The Almighty'... what a truly interesting opponent."
Suzuki Makoto fully agreed with Aizen's words.
His battles with others had now reached the stage where he could distinguish their techniques the moment they raised their hands, allowing for mutual prediction. Of course, this was still far from true "Omniscience and Omnipotence," but when faced with so-called Divine Power, Suzuki Makoto felt only an eagerness to try his hand.
"I just find it very amusing. Within the Seireitei, right under the eyelids of Captain-Commander Yamamoto, just how many conspiratorial groups are plotting against the Spirit Court, or even the high-and-mighty Soul King?"
These words made Aizen smile involuntarily. It was entirely correct. The Spirit Court and the Gotei 13, which appeared to defend the Soul King, had unexpectedly become a sanctuary for conspirators plotting against him.
From the moment he learned the truth, his own objective had never changed. The Nobles had made their move on the Soul King from the very beginning, and now a Wandenreich had appeared in addition—Captain-Commander Yamamoto might be a bit too busy in the future.
"This only proves that whether it is the Nobles or the Soul King, such an order is unsatisfactory in the eyes of everyone. The weak may have no choice but to obey, but the strong will always turn this dissatisfaction into action.
"Regarding the Wandenreich, should we launch a probe now? While that King of Quincies has not yet resurrected? Expose them directly and let the Gotei 13 clash with them first."
"That would be too much of a waste, Suzuki-kun. Compared to recruiting manpower in Hueco Mundo to cultivate an army capable of contending with the Gotei 13, aren't the Quincies better chess pieces?"
Sosuke Aizen did not want to squander the combat power of the Quincies like that. He held no fear of Yhwach; after all, the other party had been beaten into a stray dog by Shigekuni Yamamoto a thousand years ago. That fact alone was enough for Aizen to hold him in contempt.
Not even doing war planning well, unable to even see the disparity in strength... such a fellow is not difficult to deal with.
"Better to keep him. Let him lead the Quincies to fight the Shinigami. Only when the entire Seireitei is beaten into a chaotic mess can my own plans be better implemented.
"We just need to continue lying dormant. According to what Soken Ishida said, the King of Quincies had already regained his heartbeat before Ishida was born. In other words, in at most a few decades, this King will go to 'reclaim his world.' I think we can certainly have the patience to wait for him to launch a war of revenge."
Aizen never held anything back from Suzuki Makoto. After laying out his entire plan, he waited for Suzuki Makoto's response.
"I agree."
Suzuki Makoto truly didn't mind. Ever since coming to the Soul Society and beginning to master Reishi, he discovered his body was becoming stronger day by day. It seemed that not only space, but even time could no longer bind him.
Moreover, the progress of nurturing the three swords in his possession was a bit slow, and he did not want to let go of the Seireitei, a place uniquely blessed with such Reishi concentration.
"Then let us look forward together to the performance of that King of 'The Almighty.' I hope that this time, at least, he can prepare a countermeasure against Shigekuni Yamamoto's Bankai. After all, although I have been making preparations on my side, whether they will truly be effective is a question that is hard to determine."
Sosuke Aizen was very much looking forward to the Quincy war of revenge. And before that, he was in no hurry to expose himself as a living target.
The two returned silently to the Soul Society. After learning of the Wandenreich's existence, Aizen put the matters of Hueco Mundo on the back burner for the time being. His immediate priority was to join Suzuki Makoto in finding this shadow kingdom within the Seireitei.
"Last night, they escaped from here."
Suzuki Makoto pointed to the spot where the Reishi fluctuations had appeared. Aizen carefully sensed the Reishi arrangement in that location and finally detected a trace of a clue.
"To think it is so secretive. It appears that if Soken Ishida hadn't destroyed the secrecy of this place yesterday, even I would have taken much longer to find the discordance—no wonder they have been able to hide in the Seireitei for nearly a thousand years."
Aizen's curiosity regarding the Wandenreich grew heavier, but he still possessed a sense of propriety. He knew this was not the time to satisfy his curiosity; as the saying goes, a lack of forbearance in small matters upsets great plans.
"Expanding outward from this point, the area of this Wandenreich is about the same as the Seireitei. In that case, the population and army within should also be comparable to the Spirit Court."
"I believe they are capable of standing up to the Gotei 13 as equals. After all, it is an army of revenge prepared for a thousand years. Compared to those Menos Grande of uneven quality, they are surely much more formidable."
Aizen turned his head to look at Suzuki Makoto.
"Next, I am going to the Great Spirit Book Gallery to browse some materials related to the Quincies. Is Suzuki-kun interested in going together to take a look?"
"Of course."
Suzuki Makoto was indeed somewhat interested in this institution that claimed to monitor the entire Soul Society. He was also very curious about how he and Black Jeanne were recorded within this agency.
Under the cover of Kyōka Suigetsu, the entire Spirit Court, aside from the Squad 1 barracks, was in a completely defenseless state against Aizen. Without causing a single ripple, they passed through layers of guards and entered the Great Spirit Book Gallery.
Aizen immediately began to pull up all materials related to the Quincies, while Suzuki Makoto began to search for records concerning himself.
[Suzuki Makoto. Wandering Soul of Rukongai. Born in the Zaraki District. Later established the Yellow Turbans.]
[Zanpakuto—Witch. Automatically releases after being provided Reiatsu by Suzuki Makoto. Upon release, it transforms into a human shape, named Jeanne d'Arc.]
No wonder the Nobles flocked to Black Jeanne's Zanpakuto like ducks. It turned out that in their eyes, he was merely a lucky fellow who had picked up this Zanpakuto. And judging from the records, it was evident that whoever provided the Reiatsu could use this Zanpakuto. That was why those fellows made use of the pretext—nominally targeting the Yellow Turbans, but in reality, coming for that Zanpakuto.
Aside from this, Suzuki Makoto casually flipped through, searching for Koga Kuchiki and Kenpachi Azashiro, whom Aizen had mentioned before. To his surprise, the records on Koga Kuchiki were also very detailed, meticulously describing the events that happened back then, as well as the abilities of the Zanpakuto Muramasa.
However, regarding this Kenpachi Azashiro alone, there were absolutely no records.
"Strange."
"What is it?"
"This man named Kenpachi Azashiro, isn't he in Muken? Why is there no record of him at all?"
Hearing Suzuki Makoto's question, Aizen didn't even lift his head.
"Because he is like me. He deleted all records related to himself from the Great Spirit Book Gallery. Even the records of the Azashiro family were deleted along with them."
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