A Difficult Choice

Almost as soon as Aizen Sōsuke finished speaking, the white Hollowification matter pouring from the seven orifices of Kurosaki Masaki, cradled in Kurosaki Isshin's arms, suddenly surged.

Moreover, the spiritual pressure emanating from Kurosaki Masaki... gradually began to take on the feel of a Hollow.

"Masaki!!"

"Mom!!!"

Kurosaki Isshin and Kurosaki Ichigo's faces visibly showed expressions of alarm.

Aizen Sōsuke, meanwhile, spread his hands as though he had completed some perfect masterpiece and said,

"Makoto, it seems that in this entire world, aside from Urahara Kisuke and myself, you are the only one capable of suppressing Hollowification, aren't you?"

"So, as a former physician, what will you choose? Continue that unfinished battle with me, or save Kurosaki Masaki?"

After a pause, Aizen Sōsuke continued.

"Of course, it would be understandable if you chose not to save Kurosaki Masaki. After all, from your standpoint as a Soul Reaper, your relationship with the Quincy was never exactly harmonious."

"However, Kurosaki Makoto once risked his life to enter Hueco Mundo and save you. Kurosaki Masaki must be someone important to him, right?!"

Before Chiba Makoto could answer, Kurosaki Makoto seemed to be utterly enraged under the gazes of Kurosaki Ichigo and Kurosaki Isshin, shouting,

"Aizen, you despicable bastard!"

Then, Kurosaki Makoto once again unleashed the countless Reishi Arrows under his control.

However, the direction the Reishi Arrows attacked was completely different from where the Kurosaki father and son saw Aizen Sōsuke standing.

Yet at that moment, the Kurosaki father and son had no mind for anything else. Their eyes turned toward Chiba Makoto with a trace of hope...

Chiba Makoto... possessed the ability to stop Hollowification?!

Suddenly, Kurosaki Isshin remembered that when he had once spoken with Urahara Kisuke, Urahara had mentioned that when Hirako Shinji and the other Soul Reapers underwent Hollowification,