Aizen watched as the members of Zero Division appeared before him.
"Sosuke Aizen, you bastard!"
Monk Who Calls True Names was angrier than ever. After all, this was an unprecedentedly evil villain—he had actually brought down the Soul King Palace.
Even the ancient Menos Grande, Eikichiji, had merely invaded the Soul King Palace. Before it could cause much trouble, Monk Who Calls True Names had erased its name and turned it into a Zanpakuto.
But bringing down the Soul King Palace was an entirely different matter. The crucial point was that even Monk Who Calls True Names, using his Ichimonji, had been unable to halt the falling Soul King Palace.
Everything indicated that Sosuke Aizen was a problem beyond imagination.
"Zero Division?"
Sosuke Aizen's gaze seemed to pierce through the invisible Space Barrier, locking directly onto the Soul King's Palace, the symbol of supreme authority.
There was not the slightest contempt for the enemies before him in his eyes. There was only an otherworldly indifference and depth, as though everything in this world—including these Zero Division members hailed as the "Royal Guard"—was merely a speck of dust in his grand design.
"How arrogant. You're not even looking at us?"
Tenshiro Kirinji, a middle-aged man with a yakuza-like style and the face of a thug, felt unprecedented fury rise within him at Aizen's disregard.
He stepped forward. His Flash Step flashed through the air like lightning tearing across the night sky, instantly closing the distance between him and Aizen. Yet just as he was about to unleash his ultimate technique, something changed.
Tenshiro Kirinji's body seemed to be swallowed by an invisible force and began shrinking uncontrollably. His muscles, bones, and even skin were compressed within moments into a bloody mass of mangled flesh.
The sight was an unbelievable shock to