Even Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu can be restored; the power of the Rokutenhara Shield is utterly captivating.
"Hmph~ Hahaha, this power is more than enough for me to do as I please."
"But you won't do what you say you will."
Aizen lightly, ignoring Jun. Orihime's demonstration was over, and Jun pointed at Orihime and Uryū.
"You two try again, see if you can restore your Silver Blood."
Uryū had no objections; it wasn't a big deal. With a wave of his hand, he wiped away an area even larger than before. Tenjirō Kirinji was about to cry—his Kirinden!!
The Rokutenhara Shield enveloped Uryū, but in an instant, Uryū emerged from it as if nothing had happened. No silver was expelled from his body, nor was any Silver Blood. A miraculous power...
"This is it!!" Chun slammed his hand down. "The final secret connecting all the conditions! Discovered! The missing history is now fully connected!"
"Hey Urahara, hand over the Hōgyoku!"
The Soul Reaper were bewildered again. What did this have to do with the Hōgyoku? But Urahara pointed to the Soul King Palace, "What you've said is indeed very persuasive, but I won't hand over the Hōgyoku to you until the Soul King's condition is finally confirmed."
"Let's go then," Chun said indifferently, and was also quite curious about the Soul King's current condition.
On the way, Jun explained his speculations about the Soul King to everyone. Whether the Soul Reaper believed it or not, it made no logical difference. Moreover, the fact that the Soul King was Quincy was enough for them to process for a while; they simply didn't have the mental capacity to keep up with Jun's actions.
The remaining four members of Zero Division were powerless at this point; they were all fools who had been misled by Ichibē Hyōsube. However, speaking of Ichibē Hyōsube, many people couldn't understand why he did all this, even creating the Ruler to destroy the Soul King Palace. And after altering the timeline, why did he still appear to try and kill the Old Man Yama?
"To survive," was the only reason given.
"Live on? Isn't he living perfectly well?" Tenjirō Kirinji couldn't understand.
Jun shook his head. "How long do Soul Reaper live? Even if you've been modified by the Oken, can you live forever? In fact, even if the four of you are as strong as the Captain-Commander, how much longer can you, the eldest, Nimiya-san, live?"
Ōetsu Nimaiya, dressed in a hip-hop style, gave a wry smile, "Haha, you figured it out? You're really something!"
"Huh? You're not really going to die, are you? I'm just guessing, I don't know anything about you."
"Is that so? Haha, whatever."
"It's fake, right?! Nimaiya, you!"
Tenjirō Kirinji and Ōetsu Nimaiya were the closest of friends, but what could they do? Life, old age, sickness, and death are inevitable.
"Would you like to accept the Hollowfication Mask? Wearing the Hollowfication Mask while merging with Hollow blood will allow you to live for a very long time, you know."
Ōetsu Nimaiya shook his head. "Forget it, I'm already outdated. The system I developed was just a tool that guy used to cover up his despicable acts. Sigh~ Thinking about it now, I really failed."
"Everyone is different, and besides, if someone who has lived two or three times your lifespan can scheme against you, there's not much you can do, is there?"
"Alright, let's continue reasoning as to why the monk is trying to live. Even someone as strong as the Zero Division and the Captain-Commander is only around two thousand years old. Actually, I'm also very curious about how much longer you, Captain-Commander, can live."
"Don't tell me. My question is, is Ichibē Hyōsube really as strong as you all? In essence, not in terms of the abilities accumulated over thousands of years?"
"I think he's worse off, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up like this. In terms of life, he should have died thousands of years ago. Why didn't he die? The reason lies in the Rokutenhara Shield he stole."
"This guy is quite powerful. After stealing other people's power, he can even Sonído. Before Orihime could retrieve the power lost from countless past lives, she was completely unable to unleash the power beyond the fourth level, let alone comprehend it."
"Okay, we've gone off-topic. Let's get back to this guy's life. He used the power of the Rokutenhara Shield to undergo a process of dying repeatedly and then having his name called out, thus achieving rebirth."
"But even Rokutenhara Shield restored his life, it wouldn't allow him to live indefinitely. So he had to die again through some event, and then be reborn by having his name called, living on like this time and time again."
Even in the original work, after being killed by Yhwach, he didn't care about Yhwach's victory or defeat at all. Yhwach lost, he would be placed in the Soul King Soul King Palace and become the Soul King; if Yhwach won, he would eventually become the Soul King anyway. So, no matter what, Ichibē Hyōsube couldn't die; he survived once again.
"Yet he was merely existing, from the very beginning, from thousands of years ago, from the moment he came to live beside the Soul King, he has remained unchanged," Chun hummed a cheerful tune. "I've always believed that if a person doesn't change, then he's no different from the dead. From the moment he began to live merely for the sake of living, he has nothing left."
"Of course, that doesn't mean life is meaningless. He doesn't represent a legacy, and despite following the Soul King, he hasn't accomplished anything, leaving Soul Society in this state for thousands of years, haha."
"Of course, some people deserve credit for Soul Society becoming what it is today, but I will change it. This is not a world where only strength reigns supreme and Soul Society run rampant. At least, I am not satisfied with this situation."
Jun turned around and backed away, looking at the Soul Reaper and said, "Look at that Rukongai! Why do they suffer so much in life, and then have to endure your discrimination and oppression after death? What do you get out of these Rukongas? If you want to bully people, I think bullying you is much better than bullying the Rukongas. You have no taste at all."
"Or perhaps they lack the ability; the weak can only find pleasure in oppressing others, while the strong find pleasure in oppressing the weak, hahaha."
Aizen scoffed, "Do you realize that your last sentence wiped out all the righteousness we discussed before?"
"It's alright, because the rules are still theirs. I only have one good point: I can adapt! I'll adapt to the existing rules, but when I one day gain the power to change them, I'll make those who set the rules taste their own medicine. Hmm~ Here we go."
A group of people arrived at the Soul King's palace, where the essence of the Soul King's self-sacrifice, or rather, the culmination of his life's work, was sealed—a man without arms, with pitch-black eyes, and nothing else.
Chun touched the crystal directly, but nothing happened. So Chun gathered her Spiritual Power and pried off a piece of the crystal, leaving everyone speechless. After sensing the powder with her own Spiritual Power, Chun threw it to the Shopkeeper.
"Look at this thing, what is it for? I certainly can't figure it out."
Urahara, disregarding Jun's disrespect towards the Soul King, pulled out his own equipment and started fiddling with it. Jun, standing a bit further away, spoke with a hint of melancholy and sorrow.
"This is the Soul King. He sacrificed everything for Soul Society, and then raised a bunch of bastards! Look at him! Look at him! Does he even need you Guardians? Huh? What else does he need?! Huh? If I became like that, I'd kill myself right now! And you? How are you any better than me?!"
"Bastards!! A bunch of bastards!! I'm really not as great as the Soul King! If I had known that the world I built would end up being controlled by you bastards, I would have destroyed it!! Bastards!!"
"And you guys? If anyone thinks the Soul Society is good now, when the Hōgyoku is brought up, we won't need the dual-core Soul King anymore. Whoever thinks it's good can take the Hōgyoku and make a wish to become a replacement for the current Soul King! Let this god live for another hundred or two hundred years! Anyone who's willing to do that, open your mouth now!"
The Soul Reaper were all blushing slightly. Aizen chuckled and pulled Jun out of the main hall. The two of them stood on the railing, looking at the scenery outside.
"Everything is proceeding according to your plan. What other plans do you have?"
"That's all. Next is the process of building Soul Society, but more importantly, I'll be doing what I want to do, because I'm free now."
"Is that all?"
"Ah~ that's it?"