"He didn't betray me, he's very loyal! He just... faithfully followed my orders," Aizen said.
Even the most clueless person would sense something was wrong now. The Fifth Seat of the Ninth Division obeys Aizen, so the Captain of the Ninth Division, Kensei Muguruma...
Several people held their swords to the ground and looked at Aizen; the situation seemed to have become even more complicated.
Suddenly, their vision went completely black. Then, everyone screamed in agony as Kaname Tosen and Gin Ichimaru quickly appeared beside them and used their Zanpakuto to inflict a wound on each of them.
Hiyori was somewhat incredulous. Why? Why Kaname Tosen betray his captain? Why did he kill the Shinigami? Why didn't Hirako others resist?
Then he turned his head to Chen Fan, who hadn't moved an inch. Chen Fan's expression was calm, as if he didn't care about the matter. Why didn't Chen Fan take action when he saw this?
"What are you doing? They're killing Hirako! Why aren't you helping? Aren't you supposed to be incredibly strong? Defeat them! Kill them! Are you one of them?" Hiyori shouted at Chen Fan, struggling violently.
"Shut up!" Chen Fan said.
Hiyori stopped struggling and froze. Chen Fan's voice was authoritative and unassailable; these were all choices her body made involuntarily.
"Vice-Captain Hiyori, don't blame Lord Chen Fan. His choice was right. Even if he's incredibly strong, he couldn't possibly protect you when several people were attacking you simultaneously," Aizen said.
Hiyori was slightly startled. Was it because of her?
The darkness quickly dissipated, and everyone except Shinji Hirako collapsed to the ground, spitting out a thick, white substance from their mouths and eye sockets, which gradually covered their faces, seemingly forming a mask. The masks on the other people's faces were still churning and had not yet formed a general outline.
"What's wrong? What are they doing?" Hiyori asked in alarm upon seeing the situation.
"Hollowfication!" Ever since Aizen appeared, Chen Fan seemed to have become extremely taciturn, his face expressionless.
"Aizen... so it really was you!" Shinji Hirako exclaimed. Although he was somewhat indignant that Chen Fan hadn't intervened, protecting Hiyori injury was already a success. Moreover, as the captain of the 5th Division of the 13th Division in Soul Society, he hadn't dared to ask an ordinary Shinigami to protect him. Even though Chen Fan was somewhat extraordinary, neither his dignity nor his honor allowed him to compromise.
"You noticed? As expected of you!" Aizen said, looking at Shinji Hirako.
"Of course!"
"When did you first realize it?"
"From when you were still in your mother's womb!"
Chapter Sixteen Misunderstanding
"I see!" Aizen shrugged indifferently.
"I've always felt that you're a dangerous and untrustworthy man. I chose you as our team's vice-captain to keep an eye on you, Aizen."
"Yes! I'm very grateful to you, Captain Hirako! It's all thanks to the extent to which you suspected me that you didn't notice."
"Didn't I say I had noticed it?" Shinji Hirako shouted;
"No? You didn't notice, did you? For the past month, it wasn't me walking behind you," Aizen said calmly. Shinji Hirako was startled.
"To force my enemy to cause all phenomena in this world to occur as I wish—that is the true power of my Zanpakuto. Use this power to Complete Hypnosis," Aizen said, seemingly addressing Hirako Shinji but turning his gaze to Chen Fan Shinji Hirako. However, Chen Fan did not look at him, but closed his eyes, seemingly unconcerned by Aizen's words.
"Complete Hypnosis?"
"You're a perceptive person, Captain Hirako. If you treated me like other captains treat their adjutants, you might have seen through me. But you didn't. Because you didn't trust me, you always kept a distance, closed your mind, didn't leak information, and never got close to me. So you didn't notice that I had completely replaced you without your knowledge. The man who replaced me has memorized my daily actions, as well as my behavior towards you, the other team members, and the captain. If you truly understood me, you would have sensed the disharmony in these little 26's quirks and behavioral differences. The reason you're lying here now is because you knew nothing about me. Do you understand, Captain Hirako?"
"Aizen!"
"And there's something else. You just said that you chose me as the vice-captain to monitor me, but that's wrong."