"Senior, isn't this a bit much? Getting rid of me the moment I'm no longer useful?"
"I haven't even done anything yet, and this is how you treat me. I'm hurt."
The smile vanished from Aizen's face. Through his cold lenses, he looked at Kenma.
Kenma pressed his lips together.
The challenging look in his eyes wavered.
Because last night, he really had considered doing just that.
Of course, betraying an ally was nothing unusual.
But having that ally see the betrayal coming, defuse it with ease, and then say it to his face was another matter.
Kenma's skin wasn't quite that thick.
He couldn't keep a straight face under an accusation from the intended victim.
His gaze darted aside for an instant. Then he composed himself and looked at Aizen.
"Sosuke, nothing like that happened. Don't go imagining things."
"Heh."
Aizen gave a cold laugh.
"If it had happened, Senior, you'd be looking at my corpse today."
"How could that be? Sosuke, you're a friend I trust with all my heart."
As Kenma spoke, he studied Aizen's face.
Aizen looked speechless.
"Senior... you really have no shame."
"When I appeared just now, you looked at me with murderous intent."
He had felt it the moment he showed himself. Kenma's killing intent had been real.
If Kenma hadn't been wary of his strength, he might have turned on him right there.
And now he wore that earnest expression and called them friends?
Who tried to kill a friend again and again?
Even Aizen, ruthless as he was, found himself stunned.
Especially after he had exposed Kenma's darker thoughts, only for Kenma to keep up that perfectly serious act.
Kenma glanced at Kaname Tosen, who was facing off against Zhen'er nearby.
"Isn't that because you sent someone to sneak into my