A Bloody Night

Ye Yang returned to the barracks, and he had a feeling that today's events were definitely not as simple as they seemed!

Tonight is destined to be an extraordinary night. A waning moon hangs in the sky. Somewhere in Rukongai, Hirako lies on the ground, covered in blood, staring at the person who stabbed him, his face filled with disbelief. "Tōsen? Why did you do this to Kensei? Did you betray your captain?"

Kaname Tōsen removed his mask without speaking, but a voice came from behind Hirako, "This doesn't count as betrayal. He's very loyal; he's just faithfully following my orders. Could you please not blame him, Captain Hirako?"

Hirako looked at Aizen and Gin slowly approaching from behind, and finally managed to squeeze out two words: "Aizen!"

He said, panting heavily, "So it really was you who did this."

Aizen walked up to Hirako and said nonchalantly, "So you noticed it already? That's impressive. When did you find out, Captain?"

Hirako glared at Aizen, wishing he could kill him. "Of course, it was when you were still in your mother's womb."

Aizen, as if he had already anticipated his answer, showed no anger whatsoever. "I see."

Hirako continued, "I've always felt that you're a dangerous and untrustworthy man, which is why I made you the vice-captain of my team—to keep an eye on you! Aizen!"

Aizen, no longer displaying his usual gentle and warm demeanor, exuded an aura of royalty. He looked at Hirako with the calm indifference of an emperor looking at a commoner, the sharpness in his eyes impossible to conceal even through his glasses. "I understand. I'm very grateful to you, Captain Hirako. It's thanks to your complete distrust of me that you didn't discover anything."

"Didn't I already say I noticed that a long time ago?"

Aizen's lips curled into a smile, "No, you haven't noticed, have you? For the past month, the person walking behind you hasn't actually been me."

Hirako was shocked, a bead of sweat trickling down his forehead. Aizen ignored him and continued, "The true power of my Zanpakuto, Kyōka Suigetsu, is to make enemies mistake everything and everything in this world at will." Aizen held his Zanpakuto before him. "Therefore, this ability is called Complete Hypnosis!"

Hirako stared at Aizen in disbelief. "Complete Hypnosis?"

He didn't offer any further explanation, but instead said, "You're a very perceptive person, Captain Hirako. If you treated me the same way you did with the other squad captains and lieutenants, perhaps you would have noticed, but you didn't! It's precisely because you don't trust me that you often keep your distance and don't confide in me. That's why you didn't discover that I had already been switched with someone else. If you knew me very well, you should have been able to detect the abnormality from my daily habits or behavior. The reason you're lying there now is entirely due to your complete lack of understanding of me."

Aizen!

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. You said you made me vice-captain to monitor me, but that's not true. A captain has the authority to appoint vice-captains, but team members also have the right to refuse. Although this kind of authority is rarely exercised, I still had the option not to be your vice-captain. Why? Because your suspicion and wariness of me are a perfect fit for my plans. So rather than saying you chose me, it's more accurate to say I chose you, Captain Hirako," Aizen explained.

"Aizen!" Hirako stood up angrily, drawing his sword, but a strange sensation surged through his body. White spray erupted from the left side of his face, gradually forming a Hollow-like mask. Soon, he noticed his other companions were experiencing the same thing. "Aizen! What's going on?!"

"As expected, the Hollowfication is much faster when I'm in a state of heightened excitement," Aizen muttered to himself.

Hirako and Tōsen then engaged in a fierce battle, but Tōsen was no match for Hirako Hollowfication state and was quickly defeated. Tōsen got up and said to Aizen, "I am very sorry, Lord Aizen, I will deal with him immediately."

Aizen remained calm and collected. "No, Gin! This was expected. Let's settle this now, Captain Hirako." Aizen drew his Kyōka Suigetsu. "Please remember one last thing: betrayal that is visible to the naked eye is easy to spot. What's truly terrifying is betrayal that you can't see through. Captain Hirako, farewell."

Aizen's Zanpakuto overhead when, in that split second, a dark figure suddenly rushed in. Aizen had to block the attack. He looked at the two approaching figures and said, "Oh? Looks like we have some interesting guests again."

The newcomers were none other than Kisuke Urahara and the great Kidō master Tessai Tsukabishi. Urahara, dressed entirely in black, wore an unprecedentedly serious expression. Aizen, knowing the answer already, asked, "What brings you here, Captain Urahara Kidō Chief Tsukabishi?"

"Lieutenant Aizen, what are you doing here?" Urahara asked expressionlessly.

Aizen remained calm and said, "As you can see, I have found the injured captains and am trying to help them."

Why lie?

"Lying? What's wrong with the vice-captain rescuing the captain?"

Urahara closed his eyes. "That's not what I care about. Injured in battle? How can you lie like that? This should be called Hollowfication. The soul disappearance incident and their situation were all Hollowfication Experiments conducted by someone in secret. But now there's no need for such ambiguous words as 'someone'."

Aizen wasn't surprised. "You're exactly the man I expected. It's great that you're here tonight."

Urahara shouted, "Damn it! Are you still the same Sōsuke Aizen then?"

A sharp glint flashed in Aizen's eyes. "The Sōsuke Aizen of the past died along with her. Now I am the new Sōsuke Aizen! Gin, Kaname, we have achieved our goal. Let's go." With that, Zanpakuto and the three walked back.

"Wait! Aizen! You haven't finished speaking yet!" Urahara pressed.

"Please step aside, Lord Urahara! Hadō #88 - Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō!" The Great Kidō Master raised one hand and unleashed a massive blue thunder cannon from his palm. The cannon, the size of a house, charged unstoppably toward Aizen and his companions!

But Aizen didn't even turn his head, and chanted, "Bakudo #81 - Dankū!" A huge Reishi barrier rose up behind Aizen, and no matter how the lightning cannon hit it, it couldn't break through its defenses. Helpless, the lightning cannon spread in all directions, and the huge explosion swept through half of the forest!

The Great Kidō Daoist stared in disbelief at the scene before him. "How is this possible? The mere vice-captain actually used the Void- Dankū, which forgoes chanting, to block my Kidō?"

That night, Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi escorted Hirako and his group to the Twelfth Division barracks...

Ye Yang was unaware of what had happened that night. The next morning, he went to the Second Division's captain's office, but as soon as he entered, he saw Yoruichi looking at him with a serious expression. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Yoruichi and said, "Shocking news came this morning!"

"What news? Tell me."

"The Spiritual Pressure of all the team captains and vice-captains who went out to investigate the disappearance of rogue spirits has disappeared!" Yoruichi said slowly.

"What!" Ye Yang stared at Yoruichi in disbelief. "How is that possible? Those are three Captain-level people!"

Yoruichi voice, "Absolutely true! But that's not the most important thing. The old guys in the Central 46 believe it was Kisuke who did it. I just spoke to him, and he said it was all Aizen's conspiracy. Aizen was conducting Hollowfication Experiments, which caused Hirako and the others to Hollowfication. They're still in the Twelfth Division's basement."

"Aizen..." Ye Yang only uttered Aizen's name after hearing this, his face dark and he seemed lost in thought. He then spoke to Yoruichi, "So what do you plan to do?"

"I've already sent men to arrest Kisuke and that great Kidō. After all, we can't openly disobey the orders of the Central 46. What do you think we should do next?" Yoruichi asked in return.

Ye Yang shook his head. "Haven't you already made up your mind?"

Yoruichi smiled Isshin. Ye Yang continued, "Since you've made up your mind, what can I say? Go and meet Kisuke in a bit, and I'll go to the Research and Development Institute Hirako bring out Hirako and the others, as well as Kisuke's new Gigai."

"Yes," Yoruichi replied. "And, thank you."

Ye Yang waved his hand and immediately used Shunpo to rush to the Twelfth Division. He easily infiltrated the Research and Development Institute, put Hirako and the others, as well as his new Gigai, into his space, and then went directly to the underground base to wait for Yoruichi.

At the same time, Urahara from Central 46 excitedly shouted to them, "This was all Aizen's doing! We only went to the forest to save Hirako!"

"It's laughable to lie to this extent! The Fifth Division Vice-Captain did not leave Seireien. One hundred and twenty-four ordinary members and one Captain-level have testified to this, so the credibility is beyond question!"

The verdict is hereby pronounced. "The Great Kidō Master Tessai Tsukabishi, is sent to the Third Underground Prison for the crime of using forbidden techniques related to surnames. Captain Kisuke Urahara of the Twelfth Division is stripped of all his Spiritual Power and permanently exiled to the World of the Living for researching forbidden practices and deceiving his colleagues, resulting in serious injury! Furthermore, the Fifth Division Captain and the other eight Captain-level Shinigami, who were victims of this evil experiment, will be dealt with strictly according to Hollow standards!"

"Wait a moment!" The words had barely left his lips when a masked man burst in, causing chaos among the members of Central 46. "Who goes there? Who gave you permission to enter this council chamber where sentencing is currently taking place?! Get out immediately! You lowly wretch!"

The masked man ignored all of that and immediately knocked Urahara's caregiver to the ground, broke the shackles binding Urahara, and then took them away.

Central 46, naturally unwilling to release him, immediately shouted, "Grab him! There's a thief!"

They shouted for a long time but received no response, because the people outside had already been taken down...

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