Soul Society.
The Seireitei, where Soul Reapers and nobles resided.
Three hours after Aizen, Tosen, Ichimaru Gin, and the Menos launched their rebellion.
The entire Seireitei had sprung into action. Every member of the Gotei 13 had entered the highest state of alert...
Even when the Visoreds had joined forces with Kurosaki Ichigo to invade Soul Society, the Gotei 13 had never been this serious. They had merely dispatched one-third of their troops to increase patrols within the Seireitei. That was all...
According to the records, the last time the entire Gotei 13 had entered the highest alert level was a thousand years ago, during Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's tenure. At the time, Yhwach, king of the Quincy, had led the entire Lichtreich in an invasion of Soul Society~
This showed just how seriously Araki took Aizen's rebellion. At the very least, Araki had given the Gotei 13's members the impression that he took it very seriously...
"What the hell happened?!"
"Why have all the captains and vice-captains been summoned to a meeting?"
"Forget the current captains and vice-captains. I just saw that former head of the Kuchiki Clan—the one who retired from the Gotei 13 long ago—heading toward the 1st Division for a meeting too~"
"By the way, what were those streaks of golden light in the sky just now?"
"No idea! But that slash that seemed to tear the heavens apart was definitely Captain-Commander Araki's, right?! The Spiritual Pressure spreading everywhere is terrifying. I feel like the Captain-Commander could crush me with Spiritual Pressure alone just by standing there..."
"So who exactly are our enemies? Other than those Ryoka who invaded Soul Society this morning, could there be others taking advantage of the chaos to invade Soul Society?"
"I haven't heard anything. But those few humans from the Human