Ch. 221Yan Si Was the Real Mastermind
Yan Si discovered that Aizen and Kaname Tōsen had engineered the attack, and Tōsen gravely wounded Hirako Shinji’s group while they were trapped in his Bankai. Kyunnan Shiro and Yan Si subdued Tōsen, Kensei, and Kyunnan Shiro, but six injured officers began unstable Hollow transformations, leaving Yan Si deciding whether to spend his remaining Soul Jades as Urahara Kisuke confronted him.
- Yan Si and Gin found Kensei and Kyunnan Shiro fighting each other, then watched Hirako Shinji’s group arrive and assess the scene.
- Yan Si recognized that Gin was under Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu hypnosis and saw Kaname Tōsen trap Hirako’s group in his Bankai.
- Tōsen attacked Hirako’s group in the darkness, gravely wounding all six before the barrier vanished.
- Kyunnan Shiro struck Tōsen into a cliff, and Yan Si restrained Kensei after he knocked Kyunnan Shiro unconscious.
- Yan Si saw Hollow masks forming unstably on Hirako’s group and hesitated to use six of his remaining Soul Jades to save them.
- Urahara Kisuke and Tessai Tsukabishi arrived, and Urahara recognized Yan Si.