Aizen Is About to Break Down! Araki: Don't Worry, I'll Definitely Give You the Third Generation's Position

"Ha ha..."

After Ryuken admitted it, Uryu merely smiled noncommittally.

"What exactly is the connection between Araki, the Captain-Commander of the Soul Reapers and the Gotei 13, and us Quincy?!"

"Why could he, as the commander of the Soul Reapers, use the Heilig Pfeil and Reishi Subjugation that only us Quincy could wield? And why did he make me feel such an unusual sense of familiarity?"

Uryu continued questioning Ryuken.

"So, you have already met Lord Araki! Just as you suspected, Lord Araki is another progenitor of the Quincy in terms of Quincy power! And our pure-blooded Ishida lineage originated from Lord Araki's Quincy blood..."

Ryuken answered Uryu truthfully.

"So Araki is an ancestor of our Ishida Family?"

Uryu frowned tightly as he questioned Ryuken.

"Yes, and no..."

"Strictly speaking, Lord Araki is not a blood ancestor of our Ishida Family! He is the common progenitor of the Ishida Family and many pure-blooded Quincy settled in the Human World in terms of Quincy power."

Sitting in his chair, Ryuken spoke to Uryu with a calm expression.

"A progenitor in terms of Quincy power?"

Uryu paused, confusion flickering in his eyes.

"Yes. Lord Araki is the ancestor of our power..."

"To explain this, we must begin with Yhwach, the King of the Quincy, who conquered the entire Human World and founded the Lichtreich a thousand years ago! After Yhwach became the absolute ruler of the Human World, his ambitions did not diminish—they grew even greater. Unsatisfied with unifying a single world, he turned his gaze toward the distant Soul Society!"

"And so, this king, deemed incomparably great by all Quincy, ultimately led his knights and countless soldiers to invade the Soul Society, where the Soul Reapers resided. Yhwach did not merely wish to be the king of the living—he also wanted