"Your performance was far too exaggerated. You scared everyone."
Only one person could ignore Yinsen's astonishing display. Yoruichi felt that Yinsen still had not used his full strength. If he truly went all out, he would not have needed Gin Ichimaru's sneak attack to kill Aizen.
"By the way, how did you know he would ambush Aizen?"
Yoruichi's gaze moved back and forth between Gin Ichimaru and Yinsen. Could Gin Ichimaru have been a spy Yinsen planted at Aizen's side long ago?
All the Shinigami present had the same thought, aside from a few younger people who did not know Yinsen's identity.
"Captain Yinsen, please explain yourself!"
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto lightly tapped his cane. He was somewhat puzzled as well, but Gin Ichimaru had previously been Aizen's accomplice. If there was no reasonable explanation, he would order the captains around them to arrest him.
Besides, Yinsen himself was a wanted criminal in the Seireitei.
However, Yamamoto's form of address revealed that the old man had already given Yinsen a way out. Otherwise, he would not have called him "Captain."
"..."
Yinsen could only curse the old fox inwardly. Although he wanted to clear away the inexplicable blame pinned on him, he had never intended to return to the position of captain.
"Gin Ichimaru's purpose in staying by Aizen's side was to find an opportunity to kill him."
As for why he had done so, or whether Yinsen had arranged it, he could not be bothered to explain. Explaining would mean having to clarify too many things, and that was far too troublesome.
Gin Ichimaru's true purpose in becoming a Shinigami and joining the Thirteen Court Guard Squads had been to kill Aizen. Aizen had harmed Rangiku Matsumoto back then—for the sake of his experiments, Aizen had collected the souls of