After explaining everything to Rukia and Renji Abarai, Byakuya Kuchiki waved his hand, and his figure vanished before Rukia and Renji Abarai.
Binding Path #26: Bending Light!
This was a technique that formed a concealed barrier of Kido spiritual pressure around the user, distorting the light around their position to hide their body.
Aizen had once used this move to follow Hirako Shinji.
Back then, Aizen had been discovered by Hirako Shinji, who tore apart the Kido concealing him with a single swipe.
However, given Aizen Sosuke's personality, his so-called discovery by Hirako Shinji had undoubtedly been a test Aizen had set for him.
At that time, Aizen's strength had already reached the limit of a Soul Reaper.
Aizen had immense confidence in his own strength and abilities.
Yet, when all the Soul Reaper gods in the Seireitei had been hypnotized by his Kyoka Suigetsu, Hirako Shinji had still remained wary of him. That would naturally have puzzled Aizen Sosuke and made him want to uncover the real reason.
Therefore, just as Aizen Sosuke had said, it was not Hirako Shinji who chose Aizen, but Aizen who chose Hirako Shinji.
After using Bending Light to conceal himself, Byakuya Kuchiki immediately left the underground training ground and headed for the Twelfth Division in the Seireitei.
Given Byakuya Kuchiki's mastery of Kido, only a Captain-level expert or a Vice-Captain equally proficient in Kido could possibly discover his tracks.
With Byakuya Kuchiki deliberately suppressing his spiritual pressure, he smoothly infiltrated the Twelfth Division's Captain's office.
"Oh? A little rat actually snuck in. It seems the Twelfth Division's defenses are still too weak. They need to be raised another level."
Rather than a Captain's office, the Twelfth Division's Captain's office was more like Mayuri Kurotsuchi's private laboratory.
The instant Byakuya Kuchiki entered, Mayuri Kurotsuchi