"What exactly are you talking about?!"
At that moment, Mayuri Kurotsuchi looked as though Kurosaki Ichigo had possessed him. He furrowed his brow tightly and shouted his question at Araki.
"Can't you understand human speech?"
Araki asked Mayuri in response.
"Uh..."
The instant Mayuri met Araki's gaze, Araki's icy eyes seemed to intimidate him. His body began trembling uncontrollably.
"Are you seriously planning to dissect His Majesty the Soul King?!"
"Honestly, from the very moment you entertained that idea..."
"You should have been locked in the Maggot's Nest to cool your head for a thousand years!"
Suppressing the fear in his heart, Mayuri vented loudly at Araki.
At that moment, Mayuri had the air of someone putting on a fierce front to hide his weakness.
He used the volume of his voice to conceal the panic and unease in his heart.
Everyone knew that Mayuri Kurotsuchi was the craziest captain in the Gotei 13!
If even a mad scientist like Mayuri thought someone was insane, then that person was probably truly insane...
In fact, in an intensely competitive environment like the Seireitei, where geniuses were everywhere and ordinary people could see no path forward, going a little crazy was perfectly normal.
Looking across the Gotei 13, many people went mad every year because their minds were not strong enough! That was the fundamental reason why the Maggot's Nest managed by the 2nd Division took in new inmates every year.
The Maggot's Nest was the Gotei 13's Arkham Asylum!
It was not that they could not afford the Arkham next door; the Maggot's Nest simply offered better value for money.
But the problem was that the person who had gone mad was not some ordinary Gotei 13 officer. It was Lord Araki, commander-in-chief of the Seireitei, Captain-Commander of the 13 Divisions,