"Huh?!" Araki's eyelid twitched slightly. "What kind of 'One Piece' line is that?! Fine, Old Man Yama, you win this time! Once I've trained for another few hundred two-and-a-half years, I'll definitely kick you out of the Captain-Commander's seat."
"Fine!"
It wasn't that Araki had chickened out. He merely saw that Old Man Yama was already so old and decided to show him some respect. Araki planned to settle this score once Old Man Yama got a little older and he himself grew a little stronger. For now, the arrangements concerning Hueco Mundo mattered more.
Thus, Araki released Sasakibe and strode toward the massive platform before the Senkaimon. Looking down at the 11th Division soldiers below, he asked, "Everyone! Do you know why you were gathered here?!"
"Exterminate the Menos! Exterminate the Menos! Exterminate the Menos!!"
The 11th Division soldiers answered Araki in unison.
"That's right! We have only one mission: go to Hueco Mundo and exterminate the Menos! Under heaven, is there any land that does not belong to the king? The Soul King's radiance shines upon the Three Worlds! Yet that Menos, in its boundless audacity, not only once repelled Captain-Commander Yamamoto, but even stormed the Soul King Palace alone..."
"Though it was ultimately subdued by us Division 0 officers, it did not give up. A thousand years of cultivation in the Soul King Palace failed to quell its ferocity. It escaped the Soul King Palace while we Division 0 officers had let down our guard, then wiped out Central 46!"
"It has shown contempt for the laws of our Seireitei, trampled Central 46's dignity beneath its feet, and treated the Gotei 13 as if we were nothing! This time, we strike first to tell that Menos that anyone who violates Seireitei law and desecrates the Soul King's