The Advantage Is Ours

"What's going on? Why can't I sense Sōsuke Aizen's spiritual pressure?"

"Did Sōsuke Aizen deliberately conceal his spiritual pressure? Or is it the Hogyoku's effect?"

"No, what's with Sōsuke Aizen's appearance?"

Only after Kyōraku Shunsui pointed it out did the Soul Reapers notice the starkly different attire of Sōsuke Aizen and the Arrancar. From afar, the garments on his body resembled a haori, seemingly... a peculiar existence formed entirely from materialized spiritual pressure.

Yet if there was something composed of spiritual pressure on Sōsuke Aizen's body, why could they not sense any spiritual pressure at all?

That intense, bizarre sense of contradiction was like excitedly cuddling Teacher Cang at an offline fan meeting, only to feel something poke your lower abdomen.

The utterly common-sense-defying shock cast a shadow over the hearts of the Soul Reapers present.

Ukitake Jūshirō seemed to realize something. He quietly moved closer to Kurosaki Ichigo and spoke in a low voice. "Ichigo, can you see a haori formed from materialized spiritual pressure on Aizen?"

"Yes." Kurosaki Ichigo, who was similarly frowning, nodded.

"Then can you sense Sōsuke Aizen's spiritual pressure?" Ukitake Jūshirō asked heavily.

Hearing that, Kurosaki Ichigo asked in surprise, "Captain Ukitake, you can't sense it either?"

Ukitake Jūshirō's expression immediately turned utterly grave...

Originally, Ukitake Jūshirō had suspected that Sōsuke Aizen was playing tricks through Kyōka Suigetsu's ability. But theoretically, neither Kurosaki Ichigo nor Uryu Ishida had fallen under Kyōka Suigetsu's illusion yet, so was all of this real?

However, after quickly calming down and thinking for a moment, Ukitake Jūshirō reminded Kurosaki Ichigo and Uryu Ishida.

"Ichigo, Uryu, don't join the battle lightly for now. Please keep an eye out for any strange behavior we may display after being misled by Kyōka Suigetsu, then warn us in time."

"Alright."

Kurosaki Ichigo answered.

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