The Battle at Sōkyoku Hill Begins (Continued)

Many wandering spirits live there, but in reality, they are just Reishi packs stored by Soul Society in case of crisis.

Whenever a breach appears in the Three Worlds, they will massacre the wandering souls of Rukongai to fill it.

What do you mean by this?

"What did you say?" Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes trembled as he asked.

He looked shocked, as if he hadn't understood at all.

Aizen didn't explain in detail, but continued, "The vengeful spirits of Rukongai all come from the World of the Living, that is to say, from humans who died in the World of the Living."

After arriving in Rukongai, they will be used as backup Reishi packs.

That's bad enough, but they weren't even given proper food and drink, and instead, they were left to live such a miserable life in Rukongai.

However, the Soul Reaper and nobles living in the Seireitei occupy all the resources of Soul Society.

Oh, by the way, there's something you might not know.

Aizen's lips curled up as he adjusted his glasses. "In Seireitei, those with a high enough Rei'i Grade are allowed to reproduce."

"Wait a minute..." As a top student, Ichigo Kurosaki quickly formed a logical framework in his mind upon hearing Aizen's words.

He turned to look at Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 of Soul Society, and asked in a heavy voice, "Does the Seireitei treat the World of the Living and souls as slaves?"

If everything Aizen just said is true, then it proves that the Seireitei has always treated humans as livestock, or rather, slaves.

In particular, these Soul Reapers and nobles living in the Seireitei even possessed the ability to reproduce.

And after humans die in this World of the Living, their souls are still exploited and turned into Reishi particles. How tragic is that?

Anger flared in Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes.

As a human being, how could he allow such a thing to exist!

"Ichigo Kurosaki, don't believe Aizen's words. This guy has been faking it for over a hundred years in Soul Society, always appearing to be a nice guy."

How can someone be a good person who secretly does so many things, even turning against their own admirers?

"He just wants you to be an enemy of Soul Society," Shunsui Kyōraku said repeatedly.

This half-disciple of Tokoyo Misao is very strong.

On the Soul Society side, although Old Man Yamamoto is there, Aizen's true strength is still unknown, so there's no need to add more enemies.

Ichigo Kurosaki was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked softly, "Dad, are these things true?"

Isshin Kurosaki remained silent.

As the former head of the Shiba branch family, a great noble family, he naturally knows a lot about Soul Society.

Although I was very unwilling, there was no lie in Aizen's words, and I couldn't find any point to refute them.

Seeing his father's silent expression, Ichigo Kurosaki put him down from his shoulder. "Dad, move away a bit."

"Ichigo, let's go back to the World of the Living." Isshin Kurosaki turned to Captain-Commander Yamamoto. "Captain-Commander, let's go back, father and son."

"No!" Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai.

Seeing this, Isshin Kurosaki couldn't help but sigh, and slowly walked to the side, coming to stand behind Captain Unohana.

He knew his son's personality better than anyone else.

In the World of the Living world, he had used the power of annihilation to destroy many Hollows, which caused him to be depressed for a long time and he couldn't even eat.

But now that he knows the Soul Society actually uses human souls as Reishi packages, how could this child just turn a blind eye?

Ichigo Kurosaki twirled the moon blade in his hand, and the next moment his figure vanished, reappearing in front of Aizen, and slashed down with his sword.

Clang! Aizen blocked the attack with his Zanpakuto, slightly surprised. "Ichigo Kurosaki, I'm not your enemy, so why are you drawing your sword against me?"

Ichigo Kurosaki roared, "Boss Misao said that things should be done one step at a time. Perhaps Soul Society does use the souls of the dead as Reishi particles, but that's not the most urgent thing right now."

You're going to disrupt the balance of the Three Worlds, aren't you?

If you destroy it, the Rukongai will play their role as Reishi packets to supply blood to the Three Worlds.

So we need to deal with you first before we can talk about Rukongai."

"I see. The logic is clear, there's definitely no problem. Misao has taught you very well." Aizen actually nodded in approval.

Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes narrowed, and crimson and black Reishi condensed on his moon blade as he roared:

"Getsuga Tenshō!" A crescent-shaped blade of red and black light shot out directly from the edge of the moon blade.

But suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and blood flowed out of his stomach.

Ichigo Kurosaki immediately stomped his feet, quickly retreating to create distance between himself and Aizen.

He glanced down at the deep, bone-revealing wound on his stomach, frowned, then looked up at Aizen, gritting his teeth as he said, "You actually have two swords!"

At this moment, Aizen held a Zanpakuto in each hand.

Just now, his right-hand Zanpakuto blocked Ichigo Kurosaki's Moon Blade attack, freeing his left hand to counterattack.

Aizen smirked and said, "I originally intended to cut you in half at the waist, but I didn't expect your physical defense and reaction speed to be so fast. Your growth is truly remarkable, Ichigo Kurosaki."

Two knives?

Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake, who had originally planned to take advantage of the situation, exchanged a glance.

As everyone knows, in Soul Society, only those two wield dual swords.

Even for them, it was only after their Zanpakuto that they Shikai dual swords.

However, Aizen was holding two Zanpakuto in his hands, which was somewhat beyond the common sense of Soul Reaper.

"Enrakyōten? I see. So you used this ominous sword to imitate Tōshirō Hitsugaya Daiguren Hyōrinmaru." Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto spoke in a deep voice.

"Then it seems the Tsunayashiro Clan was completely wiped out by you long ago."

"That's right. A long time ago, I wiped out the Tsunayashiro Clan and found this Enrakyōten in their house."

"This is a very good Zanpakuto, and it suits my personality perfectly." Aizen flicked his wrist, and one of the Zanpakuto disappeared.

Then, he gripped the other weapon tightly with his right hand and said with a smile, "Bankai — Daiguren Hyōrinmaru."

The moment he finished speaking, large patches of dark clouds appeared in the sky, and the atmosphere of Soul Society turned cold.

Hiding behind Unohana, Isshin Kurosaki curled up and rubbed himself repeatedly.

"I'm just an ordinary person now, I can't stand this cold, it must be below zero, right?"

Snowflakes drifted down from the dark clouds in the sky; the temperature in Soul Society had indeed reached below zero.

"Daiguren Hyōrinmaru, you bastard!" Tōshirō Hitsugaya gritted his teeth.

He looked at Aizen, who looked almost exactly like him, with a pair of frost wings behind him and his right arm covered in ice Aizen.

The difference is that there were no ice flowers floating behind the other person.

Aizen raised his hand and said admiringly, "The strongest ice-type Zanpakuto, indeed very powerful, capable of manipulating celestial phenomena, but..."

"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo Kurosaki unleashed another crimson and black crescent-shaped blade of light, attacking Aizen and interrupting his incessant chatter.

Aizen's wings crossed in front of him, easily blocking the highly concentrated Reishi and sharpened blade aura.

He did not retaliate, but continued, "Ichigo Kurosaki, perhaps Misao also taught you that the battle between Soul Reaper is actually a battle of Reiatsu."

Your power is indeed considerable; it has even reached the level of First-Class Spiritual Pressure.

"But compared to me, it's still too weak." As he spoke, he gently flapped his frost wings, actually flinging the red and black crescent moon directly into the sky.

"What are you talking about?" Seeing that his ranged attack was ineffective, Ichigo Kurosaki gritted his teeth, vanished from his spot, and reappeared behind Aizen a moment later, only to disappear again.

He circled Aizen repeatedly, quietly searching for a weakness.

Aizen stood there motionless, seemingly full of openings, as if a single swing of his sword could cleave him in two.

But Ichigo Kurosaki knew that if he swung his sword carelessly, he would have no chance of hurting this guy.

So he kept moving his body while frantically mobilizing the power within his body, concentrating it on the blade of the moon blade.

Until the light emitted by the blade stopped shooting outwards and instead seemed to recede inwards like an abyss.

Only then did he arrive at Aizen's left side, swinging his moon blade upwards and roaring:

"Getsuga Tenshō!"

Boom! The attack struck Aizen squarely, creating a tremendous roar.

The explosive shockwave blew in all directions, nearly blowing Isshin Kurosaki was curled up on the ground, off the Sōkyoku Hill. Fortunately, Unohana immediately turned around and reached out to grab his clothes.

These waves of energy swept from Sōkyoku Hill all the way to nearly thirty wards of Rukongai before gradually weakening.

Many houses were completely destroyed by the force of the waves.

"This is truly impressive power. I'm getting more and more excited," Aizen's voice rang out.

The next moment, Ichigo Kurosaki's body was suddenly sent flying backward.

He kept stomping his feet in the air, flying hundreds of meters before finally coming to a stop.

Now another scar appeared on his chest, forming an X shape with the previous one, and blood was flowing freely from it.

Aizen put away the Daiguren Hyōrinmaru.

He looked at Tōshirō Hitsugaya, and seeing that there were still three ice crystals left behind him, a playful smile appeared on his face. He then looked at Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and asked:

"Captain-Commander Yamamoto, you should have realized long ago that among all the Soul Reaper present, only you have the power to stop me."

The other team captains present remained silent, but they had to admit it.

The power Aizen displayed at this moment was indeed very troublesome.

If there's anyone who can be defeated 100%, it's Captain-Commander Yamamoto.

Aizen tilted his head slightly and continued, "Could it be that Captain-Commander Yamamoto, you're still waiting?"

Let me guess, because you don't know if I have any connection with the Quincy, nor do you know what other forces are secretly hiding in Soul Society, or even what Tokoyo Misao's current stance is.

That's why you don't dare to take action.

Because once you take action, even if you win, those who are hiding in Soul Society will continue to hide.

But if we get entangled, those guys will seize the opportunity to rise up, Soul Society won't be able to hold on either, right?"

Seeing the serious look in Captain-Commander Yamamoto's eyes, Aizen scoffed, "Your magnanimity ends here, Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai."

He looked somewhat disappointed and raised the knife high in his right hand.

"Flowers flutter in disarray, the flower goddess weeps, the heavenly winds rage, the heavenly demon sneers, and the Katen Kyōkotsu!"

"Sōgyo no Kotowari!"

Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake simultaneously unleashed their Zanpakuto.

The two used Shunpo, one in front and one behind, to launch an attack on Aizen.

But Aizen seemed to completely ignore the two, still holding his long sword high in his right hand, showing no sign of defense.

At that moment, Ichigo Kurosaki roared, "Why are you two attacking Tōshirō?"

"What?" Kyōraku and Ukitake were both startled.

The two of them managed to reduce the force of their slashes by ninety percent.

Ta-da!

The next moment, they saw that their swords had struck Tōshirō's frost-covered wings.

At this moment, Tōshirō's eyes widened, seemingly completely bewildered as to why the two captains had suddenly turned against him.

Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake retreated simultaneously, exchanging a glance.

Just now, in their eyes, it was indeed Aizen standing in that position.

But why?

Ichigo Kurosaki shouted again, "Aizen has been standing under the execution platform from the very beginning!"

All the captains, including Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, turned around.

Beneath the previously empty execution platform, Aizen stood with his hands tucked into his sleeves, a smile on his face, as if he had been there for quite some time.

Behind him stood Kaname Tōsen and Gin Ichimaru.

The three people who were originally on the cliff of Sōkyoku Hill seemed to have never existed at all.