Generally speaking, each division assigned some of its members to night watch.
But there were never many Soul Reapers on night watch at night.
Including himself, 125 Soul Reapers had seen Vice-Captain Aizen that night. Just how many places had this man gone in a single night?
There were far too many suspicious points.
But even if they knew there was something wrong with Vice-Captain Aizen, what could they do?
They knew full well that Vice-Captain Aizen had deliberately appeared before them to fabricate an alibi.
Yet so many people had seen Vice-Captain Aizen, which meant he truly had not appeared at the place Urahara Kisuke had mentioned.
"A single person cannot possibly be in two places at once. If Captain Urahara and the others were not lying, then one of the Vice-Captain Aizens they saw and the Vice-Captain Aizen we saw must have been fake."
"Still, everything Vice-Captain Aizen has done over the years has earned him a certain degree of respect from Soul Reapers in most divisions of the Seireitei. If we rashly launched an investigation into him without evidence, I'm afraid even some members of my Ninth Division would object..."
"This is difficult..."
Even someone as wise as Shunsui Kyōraku found the matter exceedingly thorny.
"Haha, it really is difficult."
Ailin nodded in agreement. "Still, Captain Kyōraku, I thought you would doubt everything I told you."
"My reason does tell me that I should remain skeptical of the information you gave me."
"But emotionally, I want to believe you."
Indeed, Shunsui Kyōraku had personally watched the members of the Inner Garden Squad uncover evidence of the Hollowfication Experiment in Urahara Kisuke's laboratory tower.
Hearsay was unreliable; seeing was believing.
Under such circumstances, it was difficult for Shunsui Kyōraku to believe Urahara Kisuke's words.
Yet emotionally, Shunsui Kyōraku