"You mean using Yhwach as the new Wedge of the Three Realms? But can that really be done?"
Faced with everyone's doubts, Yoru Machi nodded with complete certainty. "Of course it can. Yhwach is a descendant of the Soul King, and he has absorbed the Soul King's power. He is more than qualified to serve as the new Wedge of the Three Realms."
"Captain Yoru Machi, you must have foreseen all of this long ago. You even deliberately held back so that Yhwach could absorb the current Soul King, didn't you?"
Hearing Aizen's words, quite a few Soul Reapers present who held Yoru Machi in high regard, such as Soi Fon and Rukia, immediately glared angrily at Aizen. They felt that he was trying to sow discord.
As for the more seasoned Unohana and Kyoraku Shunsui, they merely narrowed their eyes slightly.
"I wouldn't call it holding back. I just didn't do everything in my power to stop him."
Hearing Yoru Machi admit it so frankly, many of the Soul Reapers present showed disbelief. Soi Fon and Rangiku, among others, even turned to look at him as though demanding a reasonable explanation.
"Do you know how the Soul King came into being?"
"The world countless years ago was a world without life or death, without progress or regression. Even becoming a Hollow was part of the Reishi cycle.
Hollows devoured humans, and the cycle came to an end. If things had continued like that, all souls would eventually have become one enormous Hollow.
Then the Soul King was born. He used Quincy Power to annihilate the Hollows, allowing the world to begin cycling once more."
"To the entire world, the Soul King was undoubtedly a savior.
Yet the five great noble families of Soul Society at the time did not