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

Chapter 476 Aizen: There are no enemies ahead of us!

Although he couldn't directly search for information about his teacher, Aizen Sousuke didn't give up.

He carefully searched through the mountain of books containing information about Yamamoto Genryusai and quickly found records from nearly 170 years ago.

"The Zero Division has sent a message from inside the Soul King's Palace, reporting a spiritual disaster caused by the existence of what appears to be the remains of the Soul King in the mortal realm. They are requesting the Captain-Commander to investigate," Aizen Sousuke murmured, a book in his hand, his brow furrowed.

"The Soul King." Aizen Sousuke asked with some doubt, "Could it be that Master's true identity is the remains of the Soul King?"

Thinking of this, he whispered again, "Find the Spirit King."

With a hum, the Great Spirit Book Corridor flickered again, but only a few books appeared, clearly containing little information about the Spirit King.

The Great Spirit Book Gallery contains only two entities that cannot be recorded today: Bane and the Spirit King, who was not yet reduced to a human stump by the five noble families of ancient times!

Only after the Spirit King was dismembered could the Great Spirit Book Gallery record his existence.

Even so, the information was extremely scarce. After reading through it, Aizen's eyes widened in shock as he exclaimed, "The Spirit King is actually being used as a wedge to stabilize the Three Realms?"

He seems to have discovered some incredible truth?

"Searching for the Tsunayoshiro family."

"Searching for Retsu Unohana."

"Searching."

Aizen Sousuke's thinking was quite clear. He quickly began to search for people who had contact with his teacher at that time, targeting the period of nearly 170 years, in order to indirectly glean information about Bane.

During this period, he did indeed receive "feedback" from the Great Spiritual Library regarding Bane.

Within the understanding of the Great Spiritual Library, Bane is not the remains of the Spirit King, but rather an "unrecordable" being with a status no less than that of the Spirit King.

All the indirect descriptions related to Bane can be summed up in these four words.

For example, in Sister Hua's records from back then, the description of the Great Spiritual Book Corridor was that it was defeated thirteen times in a row by an unrecordable being.

"The Immortal King Arturo Pratidor was finally sealed within an unrecordable entity, and this calamity in Seireitei has ended."

"The Tsuna-yayo family was ultimately destroyed because they coveted the supreme power held by the Unrecordable Being."

Upon seeing this, a look of surprise flashed in Aizen's eyes, and he murmured, "Supreme authority? What is that? My teacher possesses the authority that the Great Scripture Corridor considers 'supreme'?"

Thinking of this, Aizen Sousuke said softly, "Search for the supreme authority."

With a hum, only one book popped out of the Great Spiritual Book Corridor.

Aizen immediately grabbed the book and began to read it with a serious and focused expression.

After a long while, Aizen Sousuke finished reading the last page of the book, but his thoughts seemed unable to settle down for a long time.

"Is he the only being with the status to reshape the world after the complete Soul King?" Aizen murmured to himself.

He had indeed considered that his teacher was very capable, but he never expected the teacher's status to be so outrageous!

From this perspective and description, if the Soul King, who has been made into a wedge, were to encounter any problems, a devastating catastrophe could occur in the three realms. It is highly likely that the Human World, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society would completely overlap and be destroyed together, returning everything to nothingness.

According to previous records about the Spirit King, the Spirit King's Palace possesses the ability to rewrite this situation, and over the past million years, the Spirit King's Palace has accumulated some means to deal with this situation.

However, if all these methods fail, there is still one last resort to salvage the situation: one's own teacher.

According to the records, the Great Spirit Book Corridor did not know where the authority held by the master came from, but it was indeed supreme. Once it was integrated into the three realms, it would completely stabilize the world. Even without the Soul King as a wedge, it could continue to maintain the continuous operation of the Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the Human World.

"No wonder Master's spiritual pressure is so strange, far exceeding my understanding of the concept of a Shinigami. It turns out that from the beginning, he was not a Shinigami in the true sense, but a true god! An existence that combines the human world, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society as one, has no such boundaries as a Shinigami." Aizen nodded to himself as if he had figured something out.

A moment later, he returned the book in his hand that recorded the so-called "supreme authority" and looked up at the seemingly endless "higher levels" of the Great Spirit Book corridor.

After standing there in a daze for about ten minutes, a glint of light flashed in Aizen Sousuke's eyes. He said softly, "I thought that the throne in the sky had been empty for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be empty. It's just that a 'Spirit King' who can't respond to anything sits there. Such a being deserves respect, but should never be called a king. And certainly not someone I should bow down to. Zero Division, the Spirit King's Palace, what a bunch of despicable people! Allowing these people to usurp the Spirit King's authority in the name of protecting him is simply intolerable!"

In Aizen Sousuke's view, the Soul King had clearly "given up" everything and was simply continuing to serve as the wedge of the Three Realms without any problems.

But the Soul King Palace and the Zero Division really annoyed him.

In the name of the Spirit King, he issues various so-called "protection of the Three Realms" orders, residing high in the invisible Spirit King Palace.

But clearly, the Spirit King is not the kind of being imagined at all. The so-called orders of the Spirit King Palace are just those guys in the Zero Division using the Spirit King's name to exercise their authority!

What gives them the right?

"Instead of this, it would be better to let the teacher be the real Spirit King!" Aizen said with a ruthless glint in his eyes.

Of course, this was just a flash of inspiration from Aizen Sousuke, whose mind was somewhat confused after suddenly learning too much information he shouldn't have known.

Aizen hasn't sorted out his thoughts yet, and doesn't know what to do.

After a moment of silence, Aizen calculated that the time should be almost up. Although he still had many questions that he wanted to answer, there was plenty of time in the future. If he continued to linger here today, it would likely increase the risk of being exposed.

Soon, after settling his mind, the scattered books returned to their original positions in an instant. Then, Aizen Sousuke carefully cleaned up his traces, picked up the spirit lamp, and walked out of the Great Spirit Book Corridor openly.

Without revealing anything, Aizen deactivated the ability of Kyoka Suigetsu only after leaving the underground facility.

The 8th and 9th Divisions' barracks are adjacent; they're practically neighbors.

Aizen, carrying a lantern, hadn't gone far when he saw Hirako Shinji carrying a Zanpakuto, walking out of the Ninth Division's barracks.

"Oh, Aizen." Shinji Hirako saw Aizen from afar and greeted him with a smile.

"Shinko-senpai," Aizen Sousuke replied with a warm smile, "It seems you just finished what you were doing here?"

"Yes, it's finally over." Hirako Shinji sighed bitterly, then looked at Aizen and said, "Even before you graduated, the Spirit Lord always said you were smart. I was wondering what exactly made you smart, but seeing you today, I understand immediately!"

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"What do you mean?" Aizen asked, somewhat puzzled.

In the original story, Hirako Shinji felt that Aizen was dangerous from the first moment he saw him, but he didn't know where the danger came from. So he took Aizen by his side to monitor him closely.

But things are different now. Before Aizen even met Hirako Shinji, he was already frequently mentioned by Yama, which changed Hirako Shinji's first impression of him. Later, he was taken in as Yama's personal disciple. In Hirako Shinji's eyes, this was a true friend.

With the powerful Spirit Lord protecting him, Hirako Shinji certainly didn't think Aizen was in any uncontrollable danger.

Because of this, the two have a pretty good relationship.

"Your decision to resolutely refuse to join the Ninth Division after graduation was the smartest one!" Hirako Shinji said earnestly.

Aizen Sousuke reacted for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, saying, "Senpai, has your resentment towards our teacher grown that much?"

"If you were the vice-captain of the Ninth Division, you'd have the same resentment too." Hirako Shinji patted Aizen's shoulder casually and said, "How about we grab some dinner and a few drinks sometime?"

Aizen originally wanted to go back and sort out his thoughts and calm his mind, but then he seemed to have thought of something and grinned, saying, "Alright, but I don't have much money. After all, I just joined the team and I'll have to rely on Shinji-senpai."

"Don't worry, Orochimaru is treating today!" Hirako Shinji laughed. "But next month, when you get your salary, remember to treat your senior to something nice!"

"No problem. As the third seat, my salary is quite high." Aizen knew Hirako Shinji was joking, but he still agreed with a smile.

Although on the surface, the Gotei 13 and Seireitei are closely surrounded by their teacher.

For example, Shinji Hirako, Kensei Muguruma, Orochimaru, Hiyori Sarugaki, and others.

This could be considered a small gang.

Now, he, Aizen Sousuke, is also preparing to join in.

Besides, several captains, including Retsu Unohana, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, and Shutara Senjumaru, seem to be gradually siding with their teachers.

But these are all just superficial observations.

Aizen Sousuke believed that, for some reason, his teacher had not actually integrated the people around him to build a more solid and reliable foundation.

In the past, Aizen had no intention of meddling in other people's business, but now, he had a vague idea and a feeling that he couldn't just turn a blind eye. As a disciple, shouldn't he do his best to think about his teacher?

When there is trouble, the disciple should do the work!

I need to find a way to completely bind Hirako Shinji and the others to the teacher, to make everyone a true community, and to plan for the next step, which is not yet clear!

While chatting and laughing with Shinji Hirako, Aizen was thinking about these things.

As he passed the corner, he looked up at the dazzling starry sky of Soul Society and vaguely saw the Spirit King's Palace, shrouded in the high sky and impossible to see.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about? Let's go!" Shinji Hirako called out from ahead.

Aizen smiled and replied, "I'm here."

If we could unite these talented individuals, centering on the teacher, and advance and retreat together...

Then, we will have no rivals ahead!

(End of this chapter)