"It's Head Captain Yamamoto!"
"Head Captain Yamamoto got here first!"
"As expected of the Captain-Commander."
"The explosion happened at Central 46?!"
"This criminal has some nerve!"
A moment later, the other captains arrived one after another.
"I will show this kind of criminal no mercy!"
Sajin Komamura's head was hidden beneath his helmet as he spoke in a deep, authoritative voice.
"Central 46..."
"It's happening again."
"That faint fluctuation."
Isshin Shiba looked over the chaotic scene and frowned slightly. He had sensed that fluctuation in Spiritual Power again.
"No."
"This time, the fluctuation is much stronger."
"The source seems to be nearby..."
Of all the captains, one of the only two female Soul Reapers looked hesitant as she carefully studied the surroundings, as if she had noticed something unusual.
She was the captain of the Fourth Division, Retsu Unohana.
Aizen silently activated Illusion, blending in without a trace. His flawless stand-in, the fake Aizen, made it impossible to tell that he had arrived ahead of the others.
Since the corpses can no longer be seen...
Making them suddenly appear before everyone or beneath the rubble...
Would both be terribly obvious choices.
These people aren't fools.
Aizen casually glanced at Retsu Unohana and Isshin Shiba. Clearly, those two weren't among the fools he had in mind.
The situation was indeed difficult to handle. Whether he continued hiding the truth or exposed the corpses to everyone, either choice would leave clues.
But with Aizen's intelligence, he had thought of a solution as soon as he arrived.
That was why he hadn't activated Illusion the moment the captains appeared. Instead, he waited for them to take in the situation before making his next move.
Since I can't expose the corpses as they are...
No matter how violent the explosion had been, the slash