With the aid of Kyoka Suigetsu, no one on Ailin's clone's side knew that Captain Aizen had long since been replaced by someone else.
Meanwhile, Ailin himself had a massive headache on his hands.
"Haruko, I'm fine. I only lost an arm. It's not a big deal."
Ailin's left hand had already become Aizen, stationed in the Fifth Division. Until he had finished playing out the role of "Aizen Sosuke," Ailin could not reclaim his left hand.
After all, this was an agreement between Ailin and the Spirit King.
Outwardly, Ailin changed the way he wore his Captain's Haori. Instead of wearing it like the other captains, he draped it over himself like Captain-Commander Yamamoto, and no one noticed that he was missing an arm.
But how could Haruko Kuchiki, the woman who shared his bed, possibly not know?
"You've lost an arm. How could you possibly be fine?"
Haruko Kuchiki wiped at the corners of her eyes. "Ailin, today I finally understand. To you, I really am nothing but a burden."
"If you hadn't given Avalon to me, how could you have lost an arm?"
"Haruko, I haven't really lost my arm."
Left with no choice, Ailin selectively revealed some information to Haruko, lest she continue letting her imagination run wild.
"I've wagered this left arm on the future."
"Barring any accidents, it'll be back within a hundred years at most."
By now, Kaien Shiba had entered the Thirteenth Division. With his formidable strength and warm personality, he had become its Vice-Captain.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would marry Miyako within a few years.
By that calculation, in at most seventy years or so, Ichigo Kurosaki, the protagonist of the Shinigami story, would invade the Seireitei.
But for all of that to happen, Ailin had to create "White Hollow"