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Chapter 243: Revenge

Division 5, team building.

Unlike the Third Squad's barracks located by the water, the Fifth Squad's barracks are located directly on the water. There is not just one building, but it is composed of a number of wooden houses of different structures, forming a complex of buildings.

The wooden houses are connected to each other by covered passages, like a paradise standing on the water. The environment is pleasant and the location is not offset, but there is an indescribable sense of tranquility that makes people feel safe.

At this time, in the captain's office of the 5th Division's barracks, Aizen Sosuke, wearing a white captain's feather robe, was sitting at the table, holding a brush, and writing something attentively.

The room was very quiet. There was no one there except Aizen Sosuke. But one did not know if there was a sudden misalignment in time and space. At a certain moment, without any warning, another figure appeared in front of Aizen Sosuke as if it had existed here from the beginning.

“This is a rare guest.”

Aizen Sosuke didn't raise his head, nor did he stop what he was doing. He always had a smile on his face as he spoke.

"Captain Ai actually came to visit in person. This seems to be the first time, right?"

The person who appeared in front of Aizen Sosuke was Aize.

"Captain Aizen, are you blaming me?" Aize sat in front of Aizen Sosuke, like a close friend of his. He picked up the teapot and teacup on the table and poured himself a cup of tea. He said calmly, "But you don't seem to have visited the Third Division's barracks, right? Not even once!"

"Is that so?" Aizen Sosuke still didn't look up, and said with a smile: "Maybe you just didn't notice it?"

"That's true." Aize nodded seriously, picked up the teacup and drank it, saying, "With Captain Aizen's ability, it would be easy for him to sneak into the Third Division's barracks without anyone noticing."

"Not to mention the 3rd Division's barracks, even the Central 46th Office can't stop you, right?"

If Aize's overly relaxed and casual remarks were heard by others, it would probably cause an uproar.

But Aizen Sosuke, who had always shown a gentle attitude in the past, did not make any denial.

"You've always had this attitude." Aizen Sou said pointedly, "Even though I've always been kind to you, you've always been wary of me."

"He appears to be free and easy-going, but he always shows some unexpected optimism from time to time, as if he can see through many things."

Aizen Sosuke finished writing, put the brush aside, raised his head and looked at Aize.

"I'm curious, why are you like this?"

"Did you secretly get to know some people who shouldn't appear in Soul Society anymore, and learn something from them?"

"Or... have you been on that side since the beginning?"

If someone who didn't know the inside story heard what Aizen Sosuke said, they would probably be very confused and wouldn't understand what Aizen Sosuke was saying at all, right?

But this does not include Aize.

"When you say people over there, do you mean Urahara Kisuke? Or the Masked Army?"

Aize said these words calmly, which made Aizen Sosuke look at him deeply.

"You do know them."

The smile on Aizen Sosuke's face was still so gentle.

“I have.”

Aize's answer is intriguing.

About a hundred years ago, the Gotei 13 was not what it is today.

At that time, the former captain of the Third Division was still alive, Aizen Sosuke was still a vice-captain, and Ichimaru Gin had just emerged and was not very famous.

At that time, a major event occurred that shocked the entire Soul Society.

At first, only the souls in Rukongai disappeared mysteriously and their whereabouts were unknown. Later, the Shinigami disappeared mysteriously one after another, which attracted the great attention of the Gotei 13. They sent captains and vice-captains of several teams to the scene to investigate.

As a result, during the investigation, the former captain of the 3rd Division, the former captain of the 5th Division, the former captain of the 7th Division, the former vice-captain of the 8th Division, the former captain and vice-captain of the 9th Division, the former vice-captain of the 12th Division and the former deputy chief of the Kidōshu, a total of eight people, were all involved in the incident and began to become hollow.

As the most powerful Shinigami in Soul Society, they were gradually transforming into Hollows. Unsurprisingly, this caused a huge uproar in Soul Society.

Afterwards, the Central 46th Office determined that it was the former captain of the 12th Division who planned the virtualization experiment and persecuted many captains and vice-captains, so he was sentenced to death. The captains and vice-captains who showed virtualization phenomena were also treated as virtual and sentenced to death together.

At the critical moment, it was the former captain of the second team who broke into the trial scene, rescued everyone, and then escaped.

Since then, a large number of vacancies have appeared in the Gotei 13, and Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni began to promote talents on a large scale, pushing many capable Shinigami to the positions of captain or vice-captain.

It was after that that Aizen Sosuke became the captain of the 5th Division and promoted Ichimaru Gin to be his adjutant, making him vice-captain. Tosen Kaname became the captain of the 9th Division, Soi Fong became the captain of the 2nd Division, Komamura Sajin became the captain of the 7th Division, and Kurotsuchi Mayuri became the captain of the 12th Division. Only the position of captain of the 3rd Division was temporarily vacant because no suitable candidate could be found, and the rest of the captains were filled one after another.

Urahara Kisuke and the Masked Army mentioned by Aize were the victims of that incident.

Urahara Kisuke is the former captain of the 12th Division who was identified by the Central 46th Office as the mastermind of the Hollowization experiment.

The Masked Army is a group formed by the captains and vice-captains who were victims at that time.

Their existence has almost become a taboo in the Soul Society, and almost no one is willing to mention it for more than a hundred years.

However, Aize, who only appeared in Soul Society after that incident, easily revealed their existence.

"I heard that you were the vice-captain of the 5th Division at that time, right?" Aize looked at Aizen Sosuke with a somewhat indifferent look, and asked him: "I guess no one would have thought that a mere vice-captain was the one who secretly planned the Hollowization experiment, causing several captains and vice-captains to become experimental subjects, right?"

"Of course, this is nothing to you. After all, you have been planning a lot of things in secret."

"Decades ago, the Hollow I encountered while doing an internship in the real world was created by you, and you were also the one who planned that attack."

"More than 20 years ago, you also murdered the former captain of the 10th Division, Isshin Shiba, causing him to almost die in the living world."

"This time, you planned the execution of Rukia Kuchiki again."

Aize put down the empty teacup in his hand and spoke slowly to Aizen Sosuke.

"The person who has done so many things and planned so many conspiracies is actually the captain of the Fifth Division who is recognized by the world as peaceful, gentle, and amiable. If this kind of thing is told to others, I'm afraid no one would be willing to believe it, right?"

Hearing this, Aizen Sosuke pushed his black-framed glasses up and laughed softly.

"So, this is why you chose to come to me alone?"

Since no one believes in me, I can only rely on myself.

Because there was no evidence, he had to bear all this alone.

"You are more responsible than I thought, Ai-kun."

Aizen Sosuke used the same name for Aize that he used when they were in the Maou Spiritual Academy.

However, this was met with Aize's sneer.

"Do you think I'm here to stop you from doing evil?"

Aize laughed as if he heard a joke.

"Is not it?"

Aizen Sosuke's smile did not diminish.

"Of course." The smile on Aize's face became more and more intense, and he immediately said: "I only have one purpose for coming here."

"That is to avenge a little bit of the past."

When these words fell from Aize's mouth, another figure of Aize appeared behind Aizen Sosuke.

Just like when he dealt with Soi-Fong just now, Aize appeared behind Aizen Sosuke and stretched out his hand towards the opponent's shoulder, as if he was about to press it.

The amazing spiritual power on his palm made the figure of Aize sitting in front of Aizen Sosuke blur out in advance like an afterimage. Just when Aize's hand was about to press on Aizen Sosuke's shoulder, he suddenly stopped.

"Qiang!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of collision, Aize's hand, which was emitting spiritual power, suddenly raised up and collided with some sharp weapon whose shape was completely invisible, causing sparks to splash.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, the sound of wind cutting appeared on the other side of Aize, carrying a sharp edge that made the skin sting, and slashed towards Aize.

"Pfft!"

Aize, who had his hand raised, was cut in half by this unseen blow, and his entire figure became blurred again.

"Ok?"

It was not until this moment that Aizen Sosuke, who had been smiling all the time, suddenly raised his head and looked up to the sky.

"Beast bones scattered everywhere, spires, red crystals, and steel wheels. The moving ones are the wind, the still ones are the sky, and the sound of spears clashing with each other resounds throughout the virtual city!"

Aize's figure appeared on the ceiling at some point, standing there upside down as if walking on flat ground, and stretched out his hand towards Aizen Sosuke below.

On that palm, dazzling lightning flashed.

"Breaking Path No. 63: Thunder Roar Cannon!"

Lightning suddenly gushed out, filling the entire room.

"boom!!!"

In the 5th Division's barracks standing on the water, a wooden house suddenly exploded, and countless dazzling lightning shot out from inside.

This shocking movement naturally attracted the attention of the Grim Reaper in the surrounding area.

"Enemy attack!"

"Is it a travel disaster?"

"Over at the Fifth Division's barracks!"

"Hurry over!"

The Grim Reapers in the nearby area were immediately attracted by the movement here, and ran towards this side one by one, holding torches.

"Oh no! It's the captain!"

"Something happened to the captain!"

"Hurry over!"

In the squad's barracks, the Shinigami who stayed behind were the first to be alarmed. Their faces suddenly changed, and they quickly gathered in the direction of the captain's office.

When these Grim Reapers arrived near the location of the captain's office where the explosion occurred, the scene that appeared before their eyes made them freeze there, with expressions of horror gradually appearing in their eyes.

In the devastated ruins, Aize was standing on the half-destroyed floor. He pinched Aizen Sosuke's neck with one hand and lifted him up, while holding his Zanpakutō in the other hand and stabbed out.

"Pfft!"

The blood-stained blade pierced through Aizen Sosuke's chest, entering from the front of his chest and exiting from his back, bringing out a large amount of blood.

"........."

Aizen Sosuke opened his eyes wide and looked at Aize with eyes full of astonishment, regret, pain and disbelief.

"Why……"

He was spitting blood and uttering such sounds from his mouth. He looked shocked and painful, as if he had been betrayed by someone he trusted.

"team leader!"

The Death Gods of the Fifth Division suddenly roared with bloodshot eyes.

"What are you doing?!"

The eyes of several Grim Reapers became bloodshot on the spot, and they rushed towards Aize angrily and slashed at him with their knives.

However, Aize didn't even look at those people. He looked coldly at Aizen Sosuke who was vomiting blood, and said something.

"Is this the way?"

Aize threw away Aizen Sosuke in his hand like throwing away garbage, and tightened his grip on his Zanpakutō.

Those angry Grim Reapers rushed up and slashed at Aize with their knives, but it was like hitting a piece of hard stone, and they couldn't even break Aize's skin.

Aize's spiritual pressure is very strong, not inferior to Kenpachi Zaraki at all, and even better. Kenpachi Zaraki can rely on the powerful spiritual pressure to keep his body from being broken, so he can naturally do it too.

If you want to break his defense, at least a deputy captain-level figure would have to come to have a chance.

Abarai Renji is considered to be a leader among the vice-captains, but any chops he makes with his knife will also be blocked by Aize's fingertips.

Therefore, if you want to cause harm to Aize, it will be difficult to do so unless you have a captain-level Grim Reaper to do it.

It's a pity that the Fifth Division doesn't even have a vice-captain now. There are only a group of ordinary Shinigami left. Even if there are high-ranking officers among these Shinigami, they can't do anything to Aize.

But they were not afraid at all. Instead, they kept roaring at Aize.

"Why did you kill Captain Aizen?"

"Are you crazy?"

"Answer our questions, Captain Ai!"

All the Grim Reapers who came here, without exception, questioned Aize.

Even though they knew that the person before them was a captain, they didn't care at all and looked as if they were blinded by anger.

It is conceivable how good the image and impression Aizen Sosuke gives people in the Fifth Division on weekdays.

They have no way of knowing that this image was deliberately created by others.

Everything they saw at this moment was fake.

Aize, who was holding his Zanpakutō, could clearly feel that a familiar sense of being watched and out of place was fading away.

“…Escaped?”

Ignoring the curses and questions around him, Aize smacked his lips.