Chapter 72

The Rukongai) was just as bustling.

After Li Yue revealed his father's name, Gin Ichimaru suddenly unleashed his Zanpakuto, intending to kill Jidanbō, arguing that the defeated gatekeeper had no reason to exist. However, Li Yue stopped him.

The price was that Li Yue was defeated by Gin Ichimaru, and the gate that Jidanbō had lifted up was closed again.

Because Li Yue helped Jidanbō defend against Gin Ichimaru's attack, he received a warm welcome from the spirits of Rukongai. Since Jidanbō came from Rukongai, everyone regarded Jidanbō as one of their own, and since Li Yue helped Jidanbō, he must be a good person.

Although the people of Rukongai hate the high and mighty Bleach, they also envy Bleach. Every year, a lot of people want to take the entrance exam for the Shino Academy. Passing the exam allows them to enter the school, which is basically like having one foot in Seireitei. Once they successfully graduate and enter Seireitei, it's like ascending to heaven.

Thus, Ichigo Kurosaki and his group, who also wanted to enter the Seireitei, ran into Li Yue, who had been repelled by Gin Ichimaru.

"What? His father is the captain of the Bleach Reaper?"

Ichigo Kurosaki listened to the Yoruichi's explanation and looked at Li Yue in surprise.

"Is my father the captain?"

Li Yue seemed quite surprised as well.

"What, don't you know? Your father, Aizen Sousuke, is the famous Fifth Division Captain."

The Yoruichi stared at Li Yue, its voice laced with sarcasm.

A young Bleach who claims her father is Aizen Sousuke —that's quite interesting. She's ended up in this situation entirely because of Aizen, yet she has no evidence to expose Aizen.

Besides helping Ichigo Kurosaki rescue Rukia, she also had another purpose in entering Soul Society: to use Rukia's situation to expose Aizen's crimes.

From the very beginning, Ichigo Kurosaki and his group were manipulated by Kisuke Urahara and his gang.

Whether it was planting the Hōgyoku inside Rukia or helping Ichigo Kurosaki enter Soul Society, it was all part of Kisuke Urahara's plan.

Therefore, the Yoruichi never told Ichigo Kurosaki who the real dangerous enemy inside Soul Society was. Even now that they have encountered Aizen Sousuke's son, although she harbors hostility towards Li Yue, she still does not take direct action.

Moreover, the schemer hiding in the shadows actually has a son? She didn't believe it.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't know. I'm from the Gokoku District, which is quite far back."

Li Yue's face was gloomy.

"All I know is that when I was little, he was by my side. He was a very gentle father. Until one day, he suddenly expressed his disappointment in me and then left and never appeared again. At that time, I was very weak and had no way to find him. Until recently, I awakened this power in an accident and learned that he was Bleach in the Seireitei. That's why I came here from Gokoku District to find him."

"Oh? You're saying you awakened the power of the Bleach in an accident?"

"That's right, it was awakened unexpectedly when it was surrounded and attacked by a group of thugs."

Yoruichi narrowed its eyes slightly, looking Li Yue up and down. The Lieutenant-level Spiritual Pressure it had just unleashed, along with its Shinigami uniform, made it seem like a very talented Bleach. It was just that the hair had a lot of colors. But Li Yue's unexpected awakening of power made Yoruichi feel that there was some kind of conspiracy involved.

Especially since they learned about Aizen's whereabouts immediately after awakening their power, whereas they knew nothing about him before, and even chose the exact time when they entered Soul Society, the traces of this manipulation are far too obvious.

Judging from the looks of it, this boy is probably one of Aizen's experimental subjects in Gokoku District. That man could never have had any sons; he was just a soul experiment being maintained. And this experimental subject even thinks that man is his father. How pathetic.

The Yoruichi looked at Li Yue's target with a hint of pity.

However, since Aizen wants to use this pitiful test subject to carry out some plan, then I will accept it without hesitation. I will use this test subject to deal with yourself!

"Young man, we also plan to enter the Seireitei. If you would like to join us, would you like to?"

"Huh? You're going to enter the Seireitei too?"

Li Yue looked curiously at the people behind the Yoruichi.

"Is your father also in Seireitei?"

"No, that's not true!"

Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't help but shout out his complaint.

"Our comrade has been taken by Bleach, we must go and rescue our comrade!"

"So, you're also going to Seireitei to look for someone?"

"You could say that."

The Yoruichi nodded and extended an invitation to Li Yue.

"Young man, would you like to come with us? Although the White Gate has fallen behind, I have other ways to enter the Seireitei."

"May I?"

Li Yue looked at Ichigo Kurosaki with surprise and delight.

"Of course."

Ichigo Kurosaki answered with a smile.

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

Li Yue, the son of Aizen Sousuke, successfully joined Ichigo Kurosaki's group.

122. Momo Hinamori: Captain Aizen, I heard you have a son?

"Have you heard? Captain Aizen has an illegitimate child outside of Seireitei."

"I know, I know, everyone knows about this, and that illegitimate child even came to our door."

?????

Listening to the discussions of the passing Bleach, Momo Hinamori was completely bewildered. What was going on? She had only spent the day organizing documents in the barracks while Captain Aizen was attending a captain's meeting, and now, after just stepping out the door, Captain Aizen suddenly had an illegitimate child. What was going on?!

"Excuse me, what are you talking about?"

Confused, Momo Hinamori couldn't help but step forward and ask.

"Ah, it's Vice-Captain Hinagiku!"

The Bleach were somewhat embarrassed during the conversation, since they were talking about Captain Aizen of the Fifth Division, while Momo Hinamori was the Vice-Captain of the Fifth Division. Most importantly, Momo Hinamori was Aizen's most loyal fan.

"We're very sorry, we didn't say anything."

"I've already heard that Captain Aizen has an illegitimate child or something."

Momo Hinamori didn't give them a chance to play dumb, which made the group very embarrassed.

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"Alright, even if we don't say anything, Vice-Captain Hinagiku will find out soon enough."

The helpless Bleach told Momo Hinamori about what had happened outside.

"Captain Aizen's illegitimate child outside the Seireitei?"

"That's right. When Captain Aizen was questioned by the Captain-Commander at the Captains' Meeting, he didn't refute it, but honestly admitted it."

"I heard that the illegitimate son is very strong. Even the Third Division Captain, Ginmaru, is no match for him."

"What? I heard that the illegitimate child almost killed Captain Gin Ichimaru. Captain Gin Ichimaru only survived because he ran away quickly."

"No, no, no, that's not the point. The point is that Captain Aizen actually has a woman outside the Seireitei. There are so many beautiful women in our Shinigami Women's Association, yet he doesn't even fancy a single one of them."

"Who said that? I heard from a friend that Captain Aizen actually has many women in secret. Many people in the Shinigami Women's Association have anonymously said that they were once seduced by Captain Aizen is the captain, they dare not speak out. If it weren't for this illegitimate child incident, they would never have dared to speak out."

"Captain Aizen is secretly playing these tricks? Damn, I'm so envious!"

"If you can become the captain, you can too!"

The Bleach got more and more excited as they talked, but Momo Hinamori had no intention of participating at all; she just felt cold all over.

Her most admired and gentlest Captain Aizen actually had an illegitimate child and had also toyed with many female Bleach. Impossible! This kind of thing is absolutely impossible!

If Captain Aizen enjoys toying with female Bleach, why wasn't she the one targeted?

Yes, it must be fake!

With that thought in mind, Momo Hinamori quickly ran back to the Fifth Division's barracks and found Aizen sitting behind his desk in the captain's office, rubbing his Aizen.

"Captain Aizen!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Aizen looked up and habitually revealed a gentle smile.

"It's Hinagiku."

"Captain Aizen, I heard outside saying that you have..."

Momo Hinamori didn't dare to ask, but Aizen already understood what Momo Hinamori meant, and he shook his head helplessly.

"Regarding this matter... Hinagiku, I'm very sorry."

Although he didn't nod, this apology already conveyed Aizen's meaning.

Momo Hinamori's pupils contracted sharply upon receiving an answer she didn't want. She clenched her hands and walked up to Aizen, her face full of pleading.

"It's fake, right, Captain Aizen? Tell me, it's fake."

"You must have been coerced into having this illegitimate child, right? You were deceived by that woman, weren't you?"

Aizen looked at Momo Hinamori, who was constantly finding excuses for him, and felt very satisfied. According to the information about the future provided by Li Yue, his Vice-Captain was indeed thinking of him in this way.

Unfortunately, it's no use that his Vice-Captain is thinking of him now. Aizen Sousuke's reputation, built up over hundreds of years in Seireitei, is completely gone.

And all of this was created by his beloved adopted son.

Aizen had considered the destructive power of Li Yue, this amusement-loving person, but he hadn't expected it to be this terrifying!

At this moment, Aizen felt a strange sadness for the people living in Teyvat with Li Yue. Li Yue had only come to his world for a visit, yet he had caused such a huge incident. What about Teyvat, where Li Yue resided? How much amusement would Li Yue have to provide to the people there?

After feeling a pang of sorrow for the people living in Teyvat, Aizen turned his gaze to Momo Hinamori in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Hinagiku, there are some things I can't tell you."

Aizen didn't want to explain, because he didn't know what kind of script Li Yue had arranged for him. His intuition told him that Li Yue's script was definitely not that simple, so all he could do now was not explain. Otherwise, if Li Yue changed the script on the spot, it would give him a headache again.

Aizen's response, however, made Momo Hinamori happy.

"I knew it. Captain Aizen, you must have some unspeakable difficulties, which is why this situation has arisen."

"That illegitimate child must have appeared for various reasons that you can't explain, right?"

"Yes."

Aizen smiled and nodded.

Deceiving others may be troublesome, but deceiving Momo Hinamori is particularly easy, because she will explain it to you herself.

"That's great, that's really great."

Momo Hinamori felt she had gotten the answers she wanted: Captain Aizen was forced, Captain Aizen had unspeakable difficulties, and Captain Aizen was still the Captain Aizen she knew.

"Hinagiku, I'll handle this. Could you please continue to help me with the team's affairs as usual?"

"Ah, sorry, Captain Aizen, I'll get right to it!"

Momo Hinamori happily returned to her usual self and began to concentrate on her work. Aizen watched Momo Hinamori work and nodded in satisfaction.

However, before they could process more than a few documents, an alarm went off outside.

Bang bang bang bang—

The sound of a mallet striking a wooden board rang out again.

"Emergency alert! Emergency alert!"

"Intruders have appeared in the Seireitei! All teams, please provide support!"

"I repeat, emergency alert! Emergency alert! Intruders have appeared in the Seireitei! All teams, please provide support!"

"Captain Aizen, there's an intruder!"

Momo Hinamori looked at Aizen.

"Ah, I heard that."

Aizen stood up with a solemn expression.

"It must be the previous Intruders!"

"Previous reports said that there were several Intruders who appeared White Gate this time, which means there were other people. It's probably others who have infiltrated the Seireitei."

"Let's go, Hinagiku, let's go provide support!"

"Yes!"

With Momo Hinamori, Aizen left the Fifth Division's barracks. The Fifth Division's mission was rescue; the appearance of Intruders would inevitably lead to battle, and with battle came casualties, which would require the Fifth Division to step in and provide rescue.

123. Li Yue-kun, aren't you afraid of being killed by Aizen?

The Seireitei, the abode of the Bleach, possesses a massive barrier. This barrier, shaped like a bowl, inverts the entire Seireitei onto the ground, preventing enemies from invading from the sky. Furthermore, the Seireitei is surrounded by enormous Sōseiseki, a special material that can isolate Reishi. In this world where all power is composed of Reishi, Sōseiseki are the best material for building walls.

With such multiple defenses surrounding the area, intruders would basically only be able to enter the Seireitei through the four gates: east, west, south, and north. However, these gates are guarded by Shinigami (Bleach). Previously, Gin Ichimaru had repelled Li Yue through the White Gate.