Your Era Is Over

Your era... was over.

Sōya Azashiro's emotionless statement left the Soul Reapers present half-convinced and half-doubtful.

"So, you infiltrated Aizen Sōsuke's side for Makoto?" Kuchiki Byakuya's tone carried a measure of disbelief.

"That's right."

Sōya Azashiro nodded and answered. "However, due to an accident, Aizen Sōsuke saw through my actions and sealed me away."

"What proof do you have?" Unohana Retsu still sounded somewhat doubtful.

"I do not require your trust. I merely ask that you do not obstruct my actions."

Sōya Azashiro spoke, then shifted his gaze toward the unconscious Nel. "Vice-Captain Chiba's soul has been fused into Nel's body. I have also found a way within Las Noches to separate Vice-Captain Chiba's soul once more. I only need Captain Unohana to lend me a little assistance."

Sōya Azashiro's declaration of his position left the Soul Reapers present somewhat hesitant.

To these Soul Reapers who could be considered the new generation, Sōya Azashiro was largely unknown to them. They only knew that he had once been the captain of the Eleventh Division, then became an extremely dangerous existence imprisoned in Muken.

Yet now, this figure whom the Thirteen Divisions had once regarded as a great enemy was a powerful ally Makoto had left behind for the Thirteen Divisions?

For the Soul Reapers who were rather close to Chiba Makoto, it all felt unreal...

Yet the facts lay before them!

Leaving aside how everything Sōya Azashiro said was consistent in logic, emotion, and action, more importantly, now that Aizen Sōsuke had gone to Karakura Town to launch an all-out war against the Thirteen Divisions, there was little point in such deception!

As for whether they should trust a dangerous figure like Sōya Azashiro, the other Soul Reapers exchanged glances before unconsciously looking toward Unohana Retsu.

At that moment, Unohana Retsu