"An alliance? Since when? So you were under that illusion?"
Aizen Sōsuke spoke with unmistakable mockery in his voice. "Makoto and I were never allies. We are close friends destined to stand together. As for since when?"
Aizen Sōsuke paused, then said softly, "Naturally, from the very beginning."
The words made even Yhwach, who had intended to stall for time, shrink his pupils!
Close friends? From the very beginning?
Did "the very beginning" mean now? Two years ago? Or over a hundred years ago?
If it was the latter...
At that moment, even Yhwach was deeply shocked by this fact.
The so-called hero and sinner of Soul Society had been on the same side from the start?
The one who saved Soul Society was him, and the one who destroyed the Seireitei was also him?
Yet judging by the outcome, Yhwach instantly understood that what Aizen Sōsuke had said was undoubtedly true.
In merely a little over a century, someone who had originally been nothing more than an ordinary Soul Reaper had gained control over all of Soul Society...
No, if Aizen Sōsuke and Chiba Makoto were close friends, then even Hueco Mundo had long since fallen under their control.
And with that, everything made sense. Even Aizen Sōsuke's motive for betraying Soul Society became perfectly clear.
Peace could not give rise to heroes. War, disasters, chaos, and crises were the soil from which heroes emerged.
The Seireitei lacked the soil needed for heroes to arise, so Chiba Makoto had created that soil himself, allowing himself to burst onto the scene and take control of all Soul Society openly and legitimately.
And now, Aizen Sōsuke's attack on him proved that Chiba Makoto's ambitions extended far beyond Soul Society. Had he set his sights on the throne as well?!
Yhwach ground