Because of the immense shock, Hinamori Momo fainted after shouting. Her childhood friend, now the captain of the 10th Division, Hitsugaya Toshiro, took her back to the 10th Division barracks to rest. After waking up, she left the 10th Division barracks to return to the 5th Division to sort through Captain Aizen's belongings.

Seeing Hinamori Momo leave looking so dejected, Toshiro and his vice-captain were very worried.

"Captain, is it really okay to let Vice-Captain Hinamori go back alone like this?"

Matsumoto Rangiku, the Rangiku Captain mentioned by Li Yue, couldn't help but ask Toshiro a question as she watched Hinamori Momo's departing figure.

"Idiot, how could there be no problem in this state?"

"Captain, shouldn't we do something?"

"We'll help out with the Fifth Division's matter when the time comes."

After saying that, Toshiro concealed himself and silently followed behind Hinamori Momo.

Matsumoto Rangiku helplessly scratched her long hair, following Toshiro and hanging far behind Hinamori Momo.

Hinamori Momo was completely unaware of the two people behind her and staggered towards the Fifth Division. However, when she returned to the Fifth Division, she found that the lights in Captain Aizen's room were on.

Someone broke into Captain Aizen's room!

Momo Hinamori, who was still feeling down, immediately stormed into the room in anger.

"who!"

He opened the door and shouted, then froze on the spot.

"Aizen...Captain?"

She had been looking at the figure with his back to her in the room for countless years, and she was absolutely certain that it was Captain Aizen, whom she accompanied every day!

"Ah, it's Hinamori."

Aizen slowly turned around and, as always, gave Hinamori a gentle smile.

"You're back? I'm not seeing things, am I? It's Captain Aizen, you're back!"

Hinamori Momo slowly took a step forward, her voice pleading, and slowly extended her right hand toward Aizen.

Toshiro and Rangiku Matsumoto, who were hanging far behind, were both taken aback when they saw Momo Hinamori's actions from outside.

Toshiro gestured to Rangiku, and the two of them did their best to suppress their spiritual pressure, moved close to the wall, and then hid in the shadows, listening to the conversation between Hinamori Momo and the [Aizen] inside the room.

"I didn't expect you to come back at this time, Hinamori. It seems I came back at the wrong time."

Aizen pushed up his glasses with a sigh.

"I'm sorry to see you again in this way."

"Captain Aizen, you're not dead, right? That was fake, wasn't it!"

"That's right, just as you thought, Hinamori, I'm not dead."

Aizen's face still bore the gentle smile that Hinamori Momo remembered.

"Then Captain Aizen, the one before that was..."

"I'm sorry, that was a facade I had to create for my own purposes."

"Illusion?"

Hinamori Momo was stunned.

"Why? Captain Aizen, could it be that you...?"

"I'm sorry, Hinamori, there are some things I can't explain to you right now."

Aizen is still alive!

Toshiro and Rangiku Matsumoto exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes, but remained silent. They wanted to know what Aizen was trying to do and why he had faked his death.

"No need to apologize, Captain Aizen, I understand!"

These familiar words were spoken by Captain Aizen not long ago. It was indeed Captain Aizen. Hinamori Momo was certain that she was not dreaming and that what she was seeing was real. Captain Aizen really was not dead!

Aizen nodded in satisfaction.

"Then Hinamori, can you please trust me as always?"

"Of course!"

How could Hinamori Momo possibly refuse Captain Aizen's request? She was someone who couldn't live without Aizen!

"Thank you, Hinamori. In my opinion, you are the person I trust the most, and you truly deserve my trust."

"Of course it's worth it!!"

Upon hearing the word "trust," Hinamori Momo immediately shouted excitedly.

"I am the person Captain Aizen can trust the most!"

Aizen spent decades becoming Hinamori Momo's emotional anchor. For Hinamori Momo, nothing was more important than Aizen; she was even willing to turn against her childhood friend, Hitsugaya Toshiro, for Aizen's sake.

After losing Aizen, Hinamori Momo felt like her heart had died, and now that Aizen has returned, her condition has become even more serious.

"So, Hinamori, you'll definitely keep this secret for me, right?"

"Of course!"

Hinamori Momo nodded quickly. Captain Aizen's secret was known only to her! It was a secret between her and Captain Aizen!

Hinamori Momo's heart was pounding. She was so excited that she wanted to shout, but she had to suppress the urge to do so in order to protect Captain Aizen's secret.

This feeling is like getting a full set of constellations in a ten-pull, but not being able to join a Genshin Impact chat group. You've applied to join several groups, but none of them have approved your application, making it frustrating to not be able to show off your cards to anyone.

Despite the discomfort, she slowly walked to Aizen's side.

"Captain Aizen, I'm willing to keep all your secrets. Can you tell me what's going on?"

"What exactly happened? If it's Hinamori, I can tell you, but once you know, you'll have to stay by my side forever. Even so, are you willing?"

Aizen asked gently.

"I am willing!"

Hinamori didn't hesitate for a moment.

"In that case, please listen to my story."

The two people outside the door immediately pricked up their ears and did their best to suppress their spiritual pressure.

Suddenly, the background music "Will of the Heart" started playing in Aizen's room, but the excited Hinamori Momo didn't see anything wrong with it. With the support of the background music, Aizen began to tell his story.

"I am actually a very selfish person."

"I used to be just an ordinary soul in Rukongai, suffering oppression, being bullied, ostracized, and living a life without dignity."

"Until one day, a smiling face entered my life."

"She always had a smile on her face and treated everyone, even me, who was like a stray dog, with the same gentleness. That day, she gave me a persimmon when I was starving and saved my life."

Rangiku outside the door was stunned. This scene was so familiar!

“From then on, I became someone who followed in her footsteps, and that period was the happiest time of my life.”

Hinamori Momo, on the other hand, was filled with envy. Although the "she" Aizen was referring to was not herself, she felt no jealousy, only envy.

"But such days did not last long, because soon after, death broke into our home and killed her right in front of me."

"what!"

Hinamori Momo's eyes widened in surprise.

"And what's ridiculous is that I was the one who guided that Grim Reaper there."

Aizen's face was full of mockery.

"Back then, we were still living a bad life in Rukongai. A group of villains were constantly oppressing us, so I secretly stirred up conflict between the villains and the Grim Reaper so that the Grim Reaper would kill those villains."

"However, that was just my own cleverness. That Grim Reaper was in cahoots with those villains. In fact, those villains were protected by that Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper broke into our dwelling and killed her in front of me. I was also slashed by the Grim Reaper and seriously injured, falling into a coma. When I woke up again, all I saw was her corpse and the burning flames."

"I walked out of the flames carrying her body. Looking at her corpse, my heart was filled with sorrow. I closed my eyes, hoping that it was all an illusion, that everything before my eyes was just a nightmare. But when I opened my eyes, I saw the reality of everything, and with this reality, I awakened my spiritual power."

Aizen drew the Kyoka Suigetsu from his waist and held it in his hands.

"I have my own Zanpakuto, which means I can become a Shinigami. Naively, I thought that after becoming a Shinigami, I could bring her back to life, because shouldn't a Shinigami be a god who controls death?"

"However, the Zanpakuto I awakened is but a mirage."

“I have always claimed that Kyoka Suigetsu is a water-type Zanpakuto, but that’s a lie. Kyoka Suigetsu is actually a genjutsu-type Zanpakuto. The water that appeared after the liberation was just an illusion projected by Kyoka Suigetsu. It constantly reminds me that I am someone who wants to use genjutsu to escape reality.”

Aizen's Zanpakuto awakened so early? And it was a genjutsu-type Zanpakuto that awakened for this reason.

The two people outside the door were both surprised.

"This power is my punishment, the torment that has always existed in my heart."

"But I also relied on this power to make many attempts. The son who came to find me was the result of one of those attempts. But all the attempts failed. However, it was through these attempts that I came to know the truth about this world."

"Once the soul is gone, it cannot be brought back to life."

"This is the ironclad rule of this world."

“She is already dead, and no matter what I do, I cannot bring her back to life. There is only one way to save her, the only one I can do, and that is to go back to the past before her death and create a new possibility.”

"return to the past?"

Hinamori Momo's eyes widened in surprise.

"How is such a thing even possible?"

"No, it's possible. Although it's very difficult, extremely difficult, it's possible."

Aizen looked up at the sky.

"In this world, there exists a god, a god who is high above and possesses the power to change everything. If I can reach that place, I can obtain the power of that god, and thus go back to the past and change everything!"

"I will create a new world in the split of time, a completely different future that will belong to her!"

"And in order to do all this, just to gain the power to get there, I have sacrificed many people. I persecute heroes, nurture evil, am full of malice, and use everyone I can. On the surface, I will act like a gentle and good person, just to achieve my personal goal."

"And now, I am preparing the next conspiracy to accomplish all of this."

"I am such an extremely selfish person."

After saying all this, Aizen wore a bleak smile.

"Hinamori, after hearing all of this, are you still willing to believe me and follow me?"

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