Aizen's Death

Volume 1, Chapter 153: Aizen's Death

The family chatted for the entire morning. Yoruichi gave a brief account of her life over the past hundred years, while her parents listened quietly. However, at this moment, two powerful Spiritual Pressures suddenly filled the air, as if these two Spiritual Pressures were fighting.

Ye Yang frowned slightly. "It's Kenpachi's Spiritual Pressure. The other one is also very familiar... is it Kurosaki's? I didn't expect him to be able to contend with Kenpachi in such a short time."

Yoruichi said, "Tch, I didn't expect him to grow up so fast. No wonder Kisuke has Kisuke him," but there was clearly a look of worry between her brows.

The result came out quickly: both Spiritual Pressures disappeared at the same time. However, Ye Yang could still sense a faint soul movement from both of them. Although Ichigo had knocked Kenpachi to the ground, Ichigo had also fainted due to excessive Spiritual Pressure consumption. So, it should be considered a draw.

Ye Yang said, "If you're worried, go out and check. It wouldn't be good if someone bled to death. Go on."

"Didn't you insist on bringing me back before? Now you're kicking me out?" Yoruichi, somewhat displeased.

"Tch, he's already home, isn't he? Hurry up and go, or Kurosaki will really be left stranded on the streets," Ye Yang said, scoffing.

"Mom and Dad, I'll be going now. I'll be back after I've finished my business." Captain Yoruichi said goodbye to her parents. Yoruichi was genuinely worried about Ichigo. Although his progress was astonishing, he was, after all, fighting against Captain-level opponent, and the most combative one at that, Kenpachi Zaraki. This battle was truly not easy!

When Yoruichi arrived, Ichigo had already passed out. Yoruichi grabbed Ichigo and vanished on the spot, finding someone to heal him. To be honest, his injuries were really quite serious.

It was already the morning of the second day after he finished healing his wounds, and Ichigo immediately set off on his journey to find Rukia...

But something astonishing happened this morning; a scream was heard very early in the morning.

It was morning assembly time. Ye Yang was chatting with Kira, Rangiku, and others in the assembly room when a scream shattered the tranquility of the morning.

The people in the room quickly got up; judging from the sound, it seemed to be coming from the direction of the Great Eastern Wall. Ye Yang followed the group there and saw Hinamori there, dumbfounded. She was just staring blankly at the person on the wall.

Everyone followed Hinamori's gaze upwards and saw Aizen's back, covered in blood, pinned to the wall. Ye Yang saw the same scene. Ye Yang had been hypnotized by Kyōka Suigetsu at some point, and although he had tried his best to avoid it, he still couldn't escape being hypnotized.

The hypnosis of Kyōka Suigetsu is near perfect; its complete control over the five senses is indeed terrifying. However, this doesn't mean that someone under Kyōka Suigetsu's hypnosis cannot defeat Aizen. At least Ye Yang has a way to remain unaffected by Kyōka Suigetsu, but that only applies to himself and cannot break the Kyōka Suigetsu.

But the others couldn't. "Captain Aizen!" Hinamori screamed, staring blankly at Aizen's corpse, and slowly walked forward.

"What's going on? Why are you making such a fuss so early in the morning?" Gin, standing behind and looking at Aizen's corpse, said, "Oh dear, this is a big deal."

Everyone turned to look at Gin. Hinamori instantly remembered what Tōshirō had told her. Losing her temper, she quickly concluded that Gin was the murderer of Aizen. Enraged, she drew her Zanpakuto and charged towards Gin Ichimaru.

However, Kira stopped him, and the two clashed. Hinamori then released her Zanpakuto, but before they could fight again, Ye Yang intervened. "Hinamori, Kira, Zanpakuto aren't for your comrades! Calm down!"

"Teacher Ye Yang, but..."

At that moment, Tōshirō arrived and first bowed to Ye Yang, saying, "Teacher."

"Okay," Ye Yang nodded and said, "Take them both away first and let them calm down. Tōshirō, go and inform the Captain-Commander. I'll take Aizen's body to the Fourth Division for examination."

"Alright, lock them both up first," Tōshirō ordered. Ye Yang then went up and took Aizen's body down. Although he knew it was just Aizen's Zanpakuto, the realistic feel of it was flawless. It truly lived up to its reputation as Complete Hypnosis.

Ye Yang brought Aizen's body to the Fourth Division. Unohana panicked upon seeing Ye Yang carrying Aizen's body. "What happened? What happened to Captain Aizen?"

"Captain Unohana, during the assembly this morning, we only heard a scream before we ran out and saw Captain Aizen dead on the Great Eastern Wall. Tōshirō has already gone to inform the Captain-Commander. I brought Captain Aizen's body here for you to examine and see if you can find any clues from the body," Ye Yang said truthfully.

Even though Unohana was a seasoned captain with considerable experience, she couldn't help but gasp when she heard about Aizen's gruesome death. She sighed repeatedly, "Who on earth was able to kill Captain Aizen so silently? Captain Aizen had been a captain for a hundred years, could it be Ryoka?"

Ye Yang denied it, saying, "Impossible. According to my information, the strongest among this Ryoka is named Ichigo Kurosaki. He seems to have fought Kenpachi to a draw. Even if the Ryoka possess Captain-level strength, it's impossible for them to kill Captain Aizen silently."

Unohana thought for a moment and nodded, "Indeed, so who exactly killed Captain Aizen?"

"I'll have to trouble you with this, Captain Unohana. I think the murderer might have left something on the body, so I'll have to trouble Captain Unohana to carefully examine the body. If you find anything, please contact me immediately." Ye Yang deliberately emphasized the word "carefully," hoping she could find something sooner.

Even if the five senses are perfect during hypnosis, there will still be differences between a real corpse and a simulated one, and the difference will become more and more obvious as time passes. Hopefully, she can discover this difference soon.

Unohana nodded in agreement. It was her duty after all. She had noticed Ye Yang's emphasis, but she took it as Ye Yang being eager to know the truth.

A meeting was then held regarding Aizen's death. The meeting pointed out that Seireien was on high alert during this period and was permitted to release his Zanpakuto at any time.

Another thing is that Rukia's execution date has been moved up. There are only three days left until the execution, which means she will be executed at Sōkyoku Hill in the morning of three days from now!

This order was personally issued by the Central 46. The deadline had already been moved forward once before, and this time it was moved forward again, which raised suspicions. Only three days remained.

Ye Yang knew that the Central 46 was probably already in Aizen's hands, and perhaps all the members of the Central 46 had been killed. Even so, Ye Yang did not stop it. In his opinion, the only thing Aizen did that he was satisfied with was to slaughter the Central 46. It has to be said that this was the root of the corruption of the Seireien.

However, Yoruichi took away Tenshiken during her return, which was undoubtedly to train Ichigo Bankai. Otherwise, with Ichigo's current strength, he would be far from being able to save Rukia.

Yoruichi carried the unconscious Ichigo to the underground base the three of them had dug. She laid Ichigo down, panting, and muttered to herself, "Is it because I haven't had any real combat in a hundred years? I'm already out of breath after using Shunpo a couple hundred Shunpo in a row. Am I really getting old?"

"Of course not, it's probably because Kurosaki is too heavy," Ye Yang's voice rang out from behind.

"How did you get here?" Yoruichi asked in surprise.

Ye Yang acted as if he already knew. "Because I knew you would come here. Besides, if I didn't come, who would send you the Tenshintai?" As he spoke, he tossed her something that looked like a humanoid mold.

Yoruichi gently caught it. "Thank you."

"Cut"...

At that moment, Ichigo woke up. "You're awake, Ichigo," Yoruichi said to him.

Ye Yang smiled and said, "Oh, Kurosaki, you're awake? Long time no see!"

Ichigo suddenly remembered something and grabbed Yoruichi's shoulder, saying, "Why! Why did you only bring me back? I was the most likely person to survive if I stayed there. That would have meant Ganju, Hanatarō, and Rukia would all have been killed!"

Yoruichi looked at him indifferently. "Don't be so presumptuous. No matter who stayed there, they couldn't possibly have survived facing Byakuya. It was already a huge struggle for them to escape from Byakuya's clutches with you by their side."

"Then why did you save me instead of Rukia?"

"Because among those present, only you have a chance to defeat Byakuya, that's why I brought you back."

Ye Yang chimed in, "Don't worry, Rukia will be fine. Ukitake is there too; he's Rukia's captain and won't kill anyone who comes to rescue Rukia. Your mission is to become stronger within three days, understand?"

Ichigo then realized what was happening and looked at Ye Yang with a strange expression. "You're not... you're the one who stopped me from saving Rukia that day? Aren't you from the World of the Living? How come you're here?"

Ye Yang looked at Yoruichi with amusement. "I told you, Kurosaki- kun looks quite handsome when he sees me, don't you think?"

Yoruichi ignored her younger brother's quirky humor and explained, "He is my younger brother, Ye Yang Shihoin."

"Shihoin?"

"Yes, first of all, I'm not stopping you from saving Rukia, I'm saving your life. Also, I'm not a human from this World of the Living, that's just my identity in the World of the Living. I'm originally from Soul Society, and I'm the lieutenant of the Second Division, named Ye Yang Shihoin. And the Yoruichi you mentioned is my older sister, Yoruichi Shihōin, understand?" Ye Yang slowly explained, looking at Ichigo's amused expression, and the more he explained, the more interesting Ichigo's expression became.

Even Yoruichi couldn't help but laugh in the end, while Ichigo stood there, unsure of what to do.

After Yoruichi, he said with a very serious expression, "Ichigo, I will make you stronger within three days, at least strong enough to defeat Byakuya, and then you can personally rescue everyone."

Ichigo serious look flashed in Ichigo's eyes. "Alright!"