Within Loki's scheme, once Ranchenzi concluded that he was a summoner and deduced the truth behind his "distribution of power," anyone with even a little sense would make the same decision.
That was to assassinate Loki's true body. After all, in order to create powerful replicas of Thor, Odin, and Heracles, Loki's true body had surely divided off a considerable amount of power. This was precisely when he was weakest.
Rather than battle the replicas to the death, it would be better to directly assassinate the summoner himself.
What Loki had not expected was that Ranchenzi's divine weapon could also deceive people's vision. That completely extinguished his idea of using Odin and the others' replicas to kill Aizen.
However, this was exactly what he wanted. It would lure Ranchenzi directly into his final and most terrifying trap: coming to assassinate Loki himself.
It was perfectly reasonable that Thor and Odin would be unable to provide support in time due to their injuries. Loki believed Ranchenzi would never suspect anything and would charge straight in to kill him.
Everything was within his calculations. As long as Aizen's blade pierced his heart, the power he had preset would activate and directly kill Aizen.
And he himself, of course, would not die.
Because... the one standing before Aizen had never been his true body!
Loki, hidden in the shadows, already wore a sly smile. Yes, from the very beginning of the battle, the one who had appeared was a replica of "himself" created with his ability.
No one understood Loki better than Loki himself, so the replica he created of himself was flawless.
The replicas he had made before the match included not only the powerful Thunder God, Odin, and Heracles, but also himself!
And once Aizen killed his replica, his preset ability,