But what Ailin could not understand was why Hirako Shinji had told him that he did not trust Aizen.
Ailin immediately put on a puzzled expression and asked, "Captain Hirako, if you don't trust Vice-Captain Aizen, why did you make him your vice-captain?"
"It's precisely because I don't trust him that I want to keep him under my nose."
Hearing Hirako Shinji say that, Ailin silently mourned for Aizen Sosuke.
It must have been hard on Aizen, serving beneath Hirako Shinji's watchful eye.
Fortunately, Aizen's Zanpakuto ability was powerful enough for him to gradually break free of Hirako Shinji's scrutiny. In the end, he even managed to catch Hirako Shinji off guard and turn the tables.
Remembering how Aizen Sosuke had said that Hirako had been so wary of him that he had easily fallen for Kyoka Suigetsu, mistaking a strange Shinigami for him, Ailin's eyes suddenly shifted.
"Captain Hirako, I don't know how you determined that Vice-Captain Aizen has a problem."
"But I do know this saying—"
"If an evil person spends his entire life pretending to be good, and does not commit a single bad deed until the moment he dies, is he a good person or an evil one?"
"Perhaps, in your eyes, Captain Hirako, Vice-Captain Aizen is that evil person."
"But after spending so many years in your division, this evil Vice-Captain Aizen has not done a single evil thing. Captain Hirako, have you ever considered that if Vice-Captain Aizen never does evil, is he still an evil person?"
"By keeping Vice-Captain Aizen under your nose, you are proving that, in your view, Captain Hirako, no matter what evil deeds he commits, you are confident you can take him down."
"In that case, Captain Hirako, why not give Vice-Captain Aizen a little more trust?"
"How about