"I never expected to be used so thoroughly myself. Tōsen and I did have a good relationship, and I'd considered getting revenge, but you must have done something to me."
Aizen adjusted his glasses. Despite having lost an arm, he looked completely calm as he watched Adam.
With Kyōka Suigetsu, he had toyed with the Soul Society for years and had always been quite confident in his schemes and scripts.
But after merely coming into contact with Adam and recalling some of his own actions, Aizen couldn't help feeling amazed.
Adam was the perfect counter to him, superior to him in every way.
He was practically an upgraded replacement.
"Not at all. I could only make full use of you because that seed was already in your heart. And as far as the outcome goes, it worked out well. You got revenge for your friend."
After the Sword Venerable's spirit body had been released—
After the Sword Venerable's spirit body had been set free to graze, and his corpse had become part of the church, Adam dispelled the Corpse Cathedral he had created through Imagination, then turned to the others and said,
"Don't worry. I'm, uh, Mr. Jack's subordinate."
Adam's words left the few people who had overheard his earlier conversation looking confused.
Weren't you that 'River of the Underworld's' subordinate? How had you become Jack's now...
This was such a tangled mess!
Still, Adam's words eased the minds of Captain Commander Yamamoto, who was still using Hollowfication and Bankai, and the other members of the Gotei 13.
So he was that gentleman's subordinate. In that case, it made sense!
They had known that Mr. Jack was powerful, but they had never had a particularly clear idea of just how powerful.
All they knew was that he had taken part