Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 448 Aizen's illusory visions may be the root of all calamities.

Kisuke Urahara's suggestion was immediately rejected by Yoruichi Shihouin, leaving him somewhat frustrated.

After pondering for a while, Ryoya Shihōin said, "Although our Second Division is not suitable for doing this kind of thing, your idea is still very constructive. Third Seat Urahara, write a plan and I will submit it to the Captain-Commander to see if he has any thoughts."

These words rekindled Kisuke Urahara's hope, and he immediately nodded, saying, "Yes, Lord Ryoya!"

Without continuing the topic, Shihouin Ryouya looked at the group and said, "Today, the Sixth Division will cooperate with the Eleventh Division to conduct a campaign in Hueco Mundo. This is to pave the way for Kuchiki Ginrei and Kuchiki Sojun. After this operation is over, Kuchiki Ginrei will formally request to step down from her post. Kuchiki Ginrei, Tenshouin Chika, and I have already discussed it. On that day, the three of us will request to step down together. Yoruichi, you should now prepare to take over as the captain of the Second Division."

"Yes, yes, I understand," Yoruichi Shihouin nodded.

"What have you thought about regarding the vice-captain position?" Shihouin Ryoya asked again.

"Kisuke happens to be the third seat. After I take office, he can become the vice-captain, right?" Yoruichi Shihouin said calmly.

Kisuke Urahara paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm definitely not suitable. The Second Division oversees the entire Onmitsukido unit, and I don't have the ability in that area."

"The Third Seat of Urahara is unsuitable." Ryoya Shihouin frowned and said, "As the head of the Shihouin family, you need to consider the feelings of the nobles who follow us!"

"So what do you mean?" Yoruichi Shihouin asked.

Ayaka, standing to the side, had a look of anticipation on her face. She was a specialist in the Hidden Mobile Force and also a nobleman who followed the Shihōin family. She perfectly met the requirements of the Second Division's vice-captain.

At the same time, Aya was very happy to be able to follow Yoruichi and become her right-hand woman—what an honor that would be!

Unfortunately, Aya's expectations weren't kept up for long, as Ryoya Shihouin spoke up, "Let's have Nozomi Omaeda come in."

"The fifth seat of Ōmaeda?" Yoruichi Shihōin stroked her chin, then said, "Then let's leave it at that."

Seeing that the two generations of the Shihouin family head had discussed and finalized the matter, Aya Hosho felt a little regretful, but she would not be defeated by this setback. Instead, she became even more excited!

"Sui-Fong," said Ryoya Shihōin, looking at Aya Hachisho.

"Yes!" Bee-shaped Aya replied immediately.

"You've been doing very well lately. Now that Yoruichi has become the head of the family, she will naturally need to form her own personal guard. You can join this guard and take good care of Yoruichi for me," said Ryoya Shihouin.

Aya, who had just been slightly disappointed, immediately beamed with joy and replied without hesitation, "Yes, Lord Ryoya, I will risk my life to protect Lord Yoruichi!"

Her desire to become the vice-captain stemmed from a desire to be closer to Yoruichi Shihouin, rather than from any ambition for power.

Although she hasn't become the vice-captain, she has become Yoruichi Shihouin's personal guard and has been instructed by Ryoya Shihouin to take good care of Yoruichi, which perfectly matches Aya's expectations.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Soi Fon~" Yoruichi Shihouin had no objection and said with a smile while perched on the tree.

Meanwhile, at the Shinigami Academy.

Bane was standing on the podium, speaking eloquently.

The students in the audience listened attentively. After 160 years of teaching, Ben had fully mastered the skills of being a teacher and was very familiar with his courses. He could answer almost all the students' questions skillfully, showing the demeanor of a dean.

As the school bell rang, Bane promptly stopped talking.

The timing was perfect, and there was no need to go overtime, which he hated.

"Aizen Sousuke, come with me. The rest of you, get out of class dismissed." Bane tapped the blackboard and gave the order before turning and walking out of the classroom.

Before Aizen Sousuke could even respond, Bane had already walked out of the classroom. He scratched his head slightly in exasperation, tidied up the books and notes on the table, hugged them to his chest, greeted his friends, and quickly chased after him.

After catching up with Bane in a few steps, Aizen didn't say anything, quietly following behind Bane like a follower.

If a careful observer were to notice, they would discover that Aizen and Bane's steps were perfectly synchronized, their pace perfectly in sync. In short, they were inseparable.

Using his key, Bane opened the door to the Dean's office. As soon as he entered, he took off the white robe he was wearing from the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy and casually tossed it onto a hanger nearby.

Aizen didn't need Bane to say anything; he walked to the tea table with practiced ease, took out tea leaves, and started boiling water to brew tea.

Clearly, this wasn't his first time here; he's obviously a regular at this!

Bane, disregarding his image as the headmaster of the Ghost Path Academy, leaned back on the sofa in a relaxed manner and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to your tea that it tastes so good. Speaking of which, the Kuchiki family sent me a cup of tea from the Spirit Flower Tree of Tianxiu Peak this morning. I'll bring it over another day so we can try it together."

Aizen Sousuke was from Rukongai, so before graduating from the academy, he was not allowed to enter or leave the academy without permission and could not roam around the Seireitei.

Therefore, he could not visit Bane on ordinary days and could only wait at the academy for Bane to have class on a certain day so that they could meet.

"No problem," Aizen replied with a smile.

Compared to his respect for Orochimaru, Aizen was not as "unfriendly" to Bane; on the contrary, the two seemed closer.

"Did you receive the book I asked Orochimaru to bring you?" Bane asked.

"Orochimaru-sensei has already been handed over to me, and I'm studying him these past few days," Aizen nodded in response.

As he was saying this, the tea was ready. Aizen skillfully brewed the tea and, after a moment, picked up a cup and placed it in front of Bane.

Bane didn't stand on ceremony, took the teacup, took a sip, and then asked, "I heard from Orochimaru that your Zanpakuto recently underwent Shikai?"

Aizen sat down opposite Bane, picked up a cup of tea, and replied with a slight smile, "Yes, it happened just a few days ago."

"I heard it's an illusion-type Zanpakuto? It can induce illusions in enemies through things like water refraction? It's called Kyoka Suigetsu?" Bane asked Aizen with a look of interest.

Before Aizen could even speak, he said with great interest, "Want me to show you?"

Aizen paused for a moment, his expression slightly complex, before smiling and saying, "Does Lord Spirit Lord wish to test whether your eyes, known as 'Seeing Through the Three Realms,' can see through my Mirror Flower, Water Moon?"

There are quite a few illusion-type Zanpakuto in Soul Society. Although they are called illusion-type, most of them actually rely on "five senses manipulation". This means interfering with a certain sense to make the opponent feel illusions, reveal their flaws and weaknesses, and then attack and kill them.

Like Shinji Hirako's Reverse Strike, it can also be classified as "illusion type," and its Shikai ability is to "reverse" all the senses.

However, it was ineffective against Bane. Relying on the overwhelming spiritual pressure that was unparalleled in Soul Society, Bane's Mangekyou Sharingan was virtually unstoppable in Soul Society, and he saw through the true nature of illusion-type Zanpakuto many times. Among them, Shinji Hirako suffered the most.

It was also through the unreliable Hirako Shinji that the rumor that Bane possessed eyes capable of "seeing through the three realms" spread widely within Seireitei.

Most people have never seen Bane's Mangekyou Sharingan, but because there are many stories about Bane, and through misinformation, this matter is now widely known and accepted as fact by many.

"Hahahaha," Bane laughed loudly, "Can't you just call it my curiosity?"

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Aizen took a sip of his tea, and after a moment, suddenly said, "My Kyoka Suigetsu is not about inducing illusions in the enemy through the refraction of light in water."

"Hmm?" Bane raised an eyebrow, looking at Aizen with some surprise.

He was not surprised that Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu was not as "simple" as he had described to outsiders, but rather that Aizen actually intended to be frank.

In fact, today's conversation was also a test by Bane against Aizen.

He did indeed admire Aizen, and it could be said that he was nurturing Aizen without reservation. However, after learning that Aizen had achieved Shikai, Bane felt that it was time to determine his future attitude towards Aizen.

If Aizen goes along with the situation today, he can use ordinary water light refraction to demonstrate his Shikai or something.

Bane might not see it, but he would also mentally mark Aizen with an "X".

He will continue to train Aizen, but it will become a purposeful process of training Aizen.

If Aizen were to reveal the secret of Kyoka Suigetsu today, although Bane didn't really have high hopes for it, he still had some expectations. In that case, his attitude towards Aizen would also be adjusted and become more pure.

The reason I'm asking now is because Bane knows that once Aizen has mastered Kyoka Suigetsu for a longer period of time, and has experienced the pleasure of manipulating others invisibly for an extended period, he will inevitably become more immersed in it. His currently peaceful and gentle personality is very likely to start to become distorted.

Relying on his innate talent, Aizen was born with strong spiritual pressure and was very intelligent, so he was a rather arrogant person.

Bane was very clear about this. Aizen was also self-aware. He was indeed very arrogant in the academy, but at the same time, he was also kind. Because he had only been at the Shinigami Academy for less than a year, his horizons were not yet broad enough. Therefore, he would carefully test and observe the world to find his place in it.

Therefore, judging Aizen at this moment based on future impressions would be extremely foolish.

Aizen currently sees himself as a "prodigy" in the academy, and none of his classmates are as good as him. However, there are many people like him in the Seireitei every year. Geniuses are not lacking in the Seireitei. Before he truly realizes that those so-called "geniuses" are nothing but mediocre in front of him, Aizen will not become arrogant.

In Bane's mind, if Aizen were only strong because of his spiritual pressure, he would never have gone down the path he did later.

He believes that Aizen went from being a genius to a madman who wanted to sit on the throne of the sky. The most influential factor in his growth and change was not his innate strong spiritual pressure, but his recently released Kyoka Suigetsu!

This Zanpakuto, capable of controlling others, was the factor that truly transformed Aizen.

From the moment he awakened the power of Kyoka Suigetsu, Aizen began to experience the pleasure of manipulating others. That feeling of being above all living beings, of seeing them all as fools, gradually 'transcended' him from the ranks of Shinigami, and he no longer regarded others as his own kind.

He experienced the pleasure of being a "god" because he could manipulate other people's consciousness at will.

Ultimately, this led him to embark on a solitary path to becoming a king.

"If it's not a normal water-light refraction type, then what is it? Did you disguise your Zanpakuto's ability? Why?" Bane raised an eyebrow and asked.

After thinking for a moment, Aizen Sousuke said, "If a child carries gold in a busy market, he will surely suffer misfortune."

Before Bane could speak again, Aizen said, "I am still too weak, but the ability I awakened is unexpectedly terrifying. Therefore, the moment I awakened my Shikai, I realized this problem. If I didn't disguise myself as even more mediocre, perhaps just knowing about this ability would have led to my immediate imprisonment in the Great Prison or even the Nest of Maggots?"

Aizen's intelligence is evident at this moment.

It's impossible to say that Aizen had already set his sights on ascending the Throne of the Sky from the moment he awakened Kyoka Suigetsu.

His initial idea of ​​concealing the true abilities of "Mirror Flower Water Moon" stemmed from "self-preservation".

Because he knew clearly and understood how terrifying the power of the Mirror Flower Water Moon was. Once the higher-ups found out, he probably wouldn't have a good ending with his current strength.

In the process of concealing his Kyoka Suigetsu ability, Aizen gradually discovered that it seemed that no one in the Seireitei could see through his power. Thus, he developed a pleasure in manipulating others and gradually became addicted to it.

This is the terrifying aspect of illusion; does it truly only affect outsiders? No, it can even affect its own master!

It's just that the methods are different, and the meanings are different.

(End of this chapter)