Sora Inoue's Visit
The Sawada couple's return is temporarily over; they have already set off for London together.
Although the four of them— the Sawada couple, Nini, and Noelle— did not kill a single Gillian during that day's combat training, they managed to hold out against the Gillian for a considerable time.
It's fair to say that unless they deliberately offer themselves up, the Gillian are basically unable to kill them.
In London, Nini and Noelle are still the supervisors of the Sawada couple, which puts Tsuna at ease about his parents' safety. Adults are more mature than young people and won't rush in to fight monsters out of momentary passion.
Life seemed to be returning to normal, Tsuna was preparing to stay in Soul Society and wait for the situation to change. However, before he could act, someone found him first.
When Tsuna opened the door, he was slightly surprised to see that it was Sora Inoue Tsuna the doorbell.
Logically speaking, Sora Inoue, as the head steward of Las Noches, rarely leaves Hueco Mundo. Even when he does Hueco Mundo, he only briefly meets with Orihime before returning. It is extremely rare for him to take the initiative to come to Hueco Mundo.
The only explanation is that the situation in Hueco Mundo has changed, Sora Inoue came back specifically to remind him of this.
"Come in, Inoue -san," Tsuna said, opening the door.
"Yes, I contacted the shop manager. He'll be back from Soul Society later." That's why Sora Inoue came to him; Urahara Kisuke wasn't in the World of the Living.
Since that's the case, to avoid Sora Inoue repeating himself multiple times, Tsuna served Sora Inoue tea, and the two chatted about their daily lives, waiting for Urahara Kisuke's return.
"Hey, everyone's been waiting for me!" Urahara's unruly voice came from the window; he had already climbed in.
"Couldn't you just walk through the door properly?" Tsuna complained, and served Urahara a cup of tea as well.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Sora Inoue didn't waste any words and went straight to the point. "Aizen is preparing to attack Soul Society!"
Urahara spat out the tea he had just taken a sip of. They had gone to so much trouble to help Aizen, but Aizen was still going to Soul Society?
"Explain clearly, where is Soul Society? Seireitei?" Tsuna asked, frowning. He didn't think Aizen was the type to break his promise.
"Above the Seireitei." Sora Inoue pointed upwards.
Urahara breathed a sigh of relief. So that's how it is. The Soul King Palace —wasn't that something that was planned long ago? So, Aizen had already prepared the Royal Key?
"Did Aizen send you to inform us?" Tsuna asked.
"Yes, Aizen will appear in Soul Society in three days."
"What do you need our cooperation with?" Urahara asked. Aizen throwing Sora Inoue out so quickly meant that there was something he needed them to do.
"Aizen said that if possible, he hoped that the Seireitei would stage a scene with him."
Upon hearing this, Tsuna and Urahara exchanged a glance. Was this a case of returning the favor?
Aizen knew that Tsuna were assisting him in attacking the Soul King Palace Seireitei, and that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had even tacitly approved of it. Was Aizen making Seireitei stage a play in order to extricate them from the situation?
"That's what I think too. Aizen might want to get rid of his relationship with the Seireitei." Sora Inoue also guessed what Tsuna and the others were thinking.
"What's the point of doing this? Was Aizen unprepared?" This was the only possibility Tsuna could think of.
Given Aizen's self-centered thinking, having ascended to the throne of the Soul King, he had no need to worry about the Zero Squad finding out that Tsuna were assisting him behind the scenes.
Because in Aizen's heart, he was the strongest, and he could control everything, including the Soul King Palace and the Seireitei.
"I don't know. In my opinion, Aizen is still as arrogant as ever. I don't know the limits of his strength." Sora Inoue shook his head and said, it was too much to ask him to compare his strength with Aizen's.
"Has Aizen changed at all this month? Judging from his appearance alone," Tsuna continued to ask.
"No!" Sora Inoue said with certainty, "Even the clothes made by Wang Jian, Aizen only changed to a transparent style. From the outside, they look exactly the same as when you left."
Tsuna slapped his forehead, his thoughts gradually clearing. "Then I think I know what's going on. Aizen hasn't broken through to the final stage yet, achieving perfect Zanpakuto fusion."
The only explanation for why Aizen insisted on separating Aizen Seireitei from the conflict is that his strength was not perfect. If Aizen failed, the Soul King Palace might take its anger out on the Seireitei because of the King's Key.
Perhaps it was because he saw Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's dissatisfaction with the Soul King Palace that Aizen was willing to make extra preparations, so that if he failed, someone else could take action against the Zero Squad.
"If that's the case, why is Aizen in such a hurry? He waited for over a hundred years for the Hogyoku, and only a month has passed, and he can't wait any longer?" Urahara asked, puzzled.
"Breakthroughs in strength are easier said than done. If we hadn't intervened, Aizen might still be stuck at the stage of infiltrating the Hogyoku," Tsuna said. He somewhat understood Aizen's mentality of risking his life to advance to a stronger state.
"If that's the case, then I understand." Urahara Kisuke couldn't help but ask, "Tsuna, are you really sure? What if Aizen completes the Zanpakuto fusion? That would involve the fusion of the Hogyoku as well..."
While Urahara Kisuke isn't particularly afraid of a simple Zanpakuto fusion, with the Hogyoku, an item possessing limitless potential, Aizen might actually be able to conquer the Soul King Palace. In that case, they would be the ones facing Aizen.
"You've come this far, are you still hesitating, Manager?" Tsuna said, "Even if Aizen truly possesses overwhelming power, can he really become the Soul King? Given his personality, would he really be willing to move that wedge that can't be moved at all?"
"Even if we take a step back and assume that Aizen really does control the world, would that necessarily be a bad thing for us?"
"Under Aizen's reforms, Hueco Mundo transformed from a disorganized society into a disciplined one. Was it necessarily a mistake to let Aizen reform Soul Society?"
"If Aizen really gave up that throne to take control of the world, it can only mean one thing: the Soul King allowed Aizen to control the world!"
Tsuna made a terrifying guess: he never believed that the Soul King, who had been cut into human form, was an inanimate object; the Soul King possessed true the Almighty.
If Aizen really went that far, it can only mean that the Soul King saw that kind of world, and that Aizen went that far under his guidance, because Aizen would make the world a better place.
Conversely, Aizen might not even be able to see the Soul King.
If Aizen were to brazenly cut down the Soul King and take that position himself, the only outcome would be that he would be used as another wedge to break the ice.
Tsuna didn't think Aizen would be that stupid. Aizen might not know what the Soul King was, but with his intelligence, he would definitely understand after seeing the Soul King for the first time that the so-called Soul King's throne was just a wedge to stabilize the world.
Cut down the Soul King? At that time, Aizen was too busy protecting the Soul King to possibly destroy him.
"The Soul King..."
Urahara gave a wry smile. He couldn't refute Tsuna's reasoning. After learning the words "The Almighty" from Tsuna, Urahara realized that perhaps everything they were experiencing now was something the Soul King had seen before.
What role did the Soul King play in the changes of this world? Was he really just a wedge?
Urahara also didn't believe that such a powerful person would obediently be chopped into a stick. The only reason was that the Soul King believed that doing so would make the world develop in a better direction.
In the course of the world's development, did the Soul King use his magical powers to influence its progress, guiding it in the direction he desired?
"I understand. Since this is what Soul King wants, let's prepare as Aizen said." After some thought, Urahara Kisuke said.
"Then, Manager, go find Riruka and Yukio. We'll make preparations as usual. I'll go to Soul Society to find Yamamoto. Old Man Yamamoto- Inoue, after you've met Orihime, go to Hueco Mundo and tell them that the Gotei 13 are waiting for Aizen's arrival in Seireitei." Tsuna gave his instructions.
Without even consulting Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Tsuna knew that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto —or rather, Kyōraku— would definitely agree to Aizen's plan.
Kyōraku has already begun to take power, and he only needs a pretext to truly ascend to the throne. Kyōraku's way of doing things and his style are completely different from Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's tough style. Given his cunning nature, he will definitely cooperate with Aizen's actions.
Tsuna had even already figured out the reason for Kyōraku's rise to power: Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's poor performance against the enemy would allow Aizen the Soul King Palace, strip him of his Captain-Commander position, and send him to the Shino Academy to retire...
In Soul Society, after learning the news brought by Tsuna, Kyōraku indeed made the same choice as Tsuna. As for Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, he remained silent throughout, appearing to be just an old man on his deathbed.
An emergency captains' meeting was convened, but to the surprise of all the captains, Kyōraku's first captains' meeting turned out to be so absurd. The purpose was not to deal with the enemy, but to make them put on a show.
"I never imagined that one day I would have to put on a show with Aizen..." Hirako's words were filled with endless bitterness. Although the Visored had all returned to Soul Society, the fact remained that they had been harmed by Aizen, and the hatred could not be put aside.
"I'll just slash him as usual, whether he survives or not is his own business!" Kenpachi Zaraki had no intention of holding back easily; no matter what, he was determined to kill Aizen.
Kenpachi Zaraki's words resonated with many captains. They each had their own pride in becoming captains, and unlike Kyōraku, they didn't have flexible bottom lines. Being ordered to go easy on someone was hard for them to accept for a while.
Seeing the somewhat somber atmosphere, Kyōraku knew that the result of his first meeting as the leader of the meeting had not satisfied everyone present, but since it concerned the Soul King Palace, how could he possibly tell others all the truth?
Sometimes ignorance is the best protection for them.
"It's fine if you want to go all out, but according to Tsuna's intelligence, Aizen's strength is no less than his. You should prepare to protect yourselves. I don't want to find someone else to replace you as captains," Kyōraku said helplessly.
All the captains present changed their expressions. Their strength had improved to varying degrees in recent days, but they were still far from catching up with Tsuna, who had joined forces with Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to destroy the Sōkyoku.
"Cough, I'm not yet proficient in my newly mastered Flash Cry, so I can only use Suzumebachi and Hakuda to fight," Soi Fon said with her eyes closed and her cheeks flushed.
Hearing Soi Fon's reminder, everyone had their own ideas. In any case, they were not familiar with the new power they had just acquired, and at most they could only use the power that Aizen had when he was still a captain.
Even Kenpachi Zaraki stated that he plans to fight using only his hands to wield his Zanpakuto, since it's common knowledge that he cannot communicate with his Zanpakuto, nor can he Zanpakuto...