Of course. Someone had deliberately kept Umehari from learning that Souya Jōshirō was no longer the captain of the Eleventh Division!
With the power of Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu, it was simply too easy for him to keep Umehari from hearing or seeing anything he did not want him to.
Ailin even suspected that Aizen Sosuke had manipulated Umehari's hearing, deliberately making everyone else's voices sound to Umehari as though they were telling him when Souya Jōshirō would appear at the Eleventh Division barracks, prompting Umehari to force his way into the Eleventh Division while both Ailin and Zaraki were away.
If Aizen dared to manipulate someone into breaking into the Eleventh Division and killing its Soul Reapers today, would he dare to manipulate others into breaking into the Kuchiki Clan tomorrow and threaten Haruko's safety?
"Aizen, wouldn't it be better for you to do your work properly, raise Ichigo Kurosaki, and then get sealed away in Mugen Jigoku?"
"Why did you have to provoke me again and again?"
"Your abilities and ideas are far too dangerous. To keep those I care about from suffering calamity, I suppose I should just erase you!"
Having made his decision, Ailin naturally did not hesitate any longer.
Golden ripples appeared in the air beside Ailin. Then, his spiritual pressure poured into his Zanpakuto.
"Split apart—Shadow Blade!"
At Ailin's call, green light bloomed from the Zanpakuto.
Then, Ailin swung the Zanpakuto down at his own left arm.
"Swish..."
With that slash, Ailin's left arm was severed directly from his shoulder. Yet strangely, no blood flowed from the wound.
Under Ailin's control, the severed arm rapidly transformed into another Ailin.
However, its spiritual pressure was much weaker than Ailin's own.
Shadow Blade was a Zanpakuto Ailin had created based on the shadow clones from the Five