The moonlight was cold as frost, yet the young man's bearing remained as elegant as ever.
Standing at the prison entrance and looking through the bars, they could see only the young man's handsome face and the chill moon hanging high behind him.
Moonlight enveloped the young man, coating him in a soft, mysterious glow.
As the prisoners watched Asano Kiyoshi, one of the bolder ones was the first to ask,
"Y-you became the Chief Kido Master?"
Asano Kiyoshi nodded, answering the man's question, then strode deeper into the prison.
Seeing this, the man shook the thick iron bars and shouted,
"Then why did you come back?! Are you here to laugh at people like us?! Of course... in the end, everyone just repeats the same process! You've become one of the people who threw you in here!"
Hearing the furious roar behind him, Asano Kiyoshi paused slightly. Aizen walked at his side, and when he saw Asano Kiyoshi stop, an intrigued smile appeared on his face. He was eager—eager to see how Asano Kiyoshi would answer that man.
Faced with such a sharp question, what would he do?
Aizen could not help looking forward to it.
Don't disappoint me, Asano Kiyoshi.
After stopping, Asano Kiyoshi merely turned back to glance at the man. The dim firelight shone upon his face, making the shadows across it seem especially heavy.
Yet Asano Kiyoshi suddenly smiled and said to him,
"I am still myself. I have never become one of the people who threw me in here, and I never will. That is all. Whether you believe me or not is up to you."
Hearing Asano Kiyoshi's answer, the man lowered his head. The prison fell silent, with only the footsteps of Asano Kiyoshi and Aizen echoing in everyone's ears as they