"This isn't something that needs consideration."
Reikaku Ailin extended a hand toward Ailin.
"Even if I lose, I'll merely be fulfilling the purpose of my birth."
"But if I win, I'll gain everything you have."
"If I still refused a wager like this, I'd be far too stupid."
"Now, give me that thing first."
"Alright."
Golden spatial ripples appeared above Reikaku Ailin's palm. A crystalline bead emitting a faint blue glow fell from the ripples and landed in his hand.
If Urahara Kisuke and Aizen Sosuke saw this item, both of them would likely be shocked beyond words.
This crystalline bead was exactly identical to Aizen's Hogyoku, the one whose fusion had been completed with Orihime Inoue's assistance.
That's right. After the King's Seal, Ailin had also replicated and created the Hogyoku.
Naturally, Ailin's purpose in giving the Hogyoku to Reikaku Ailin was to increase Reikaku Ailin's strength.
Reikaku Ailin might have appeared extremely powerful, far surpassing the other Captains.
But compared to the real Ailin, Reikaku Ailin was still far too weak.
After all, for Ailin's strength to have reached its current level, the Zanpakuto in Unlimited Blade Works accounted for more than eighty percent of the increase in his reiatsu.
Although Reikaku Ailin, created by Inaba Kagerōza, possessed reiatsu comparable to Ailin's from decades ago, his reiatsu had been fixed at that level.
These past few decades had been the period during which Ailin's strength had increased the most.
Every day, hundreds or thousands of Zanpakuto had their true names learned by Ailin and became part of his power.
As for Reikaku Ailin, he needed permission granted by Ailin even to use Gate of Babylon. Naturally, he could not gain the reiatsu enhancements of those Zanpakuto.
As for why Ailin wanted to increase Reikaku Ailin's strength, it had