Post-Battle Conference × Jūshirō Ukitake

Nara Dan offered a slight nod of admiration for Aizen's decisiveness.

After all, he knew that Aizen's evolution with the Hōgyoku had already begun—one could say the Hōgyoku and Aizen had already merged into one.

And Aizen had voluntarily abandoned the Hōgyoku, releasing its energy.

This would undoubtedly inflict tremendous damage on Aizen as well.

'He might not even be able to maintain his Shinigami Spiritual Pressure.'

'He'll probably fall to the level of a Plus.'

'Compared to now, he's in for a rough time.'

Nara Dan teased a little, then cast the thought aside.

He felt no fear whatsoever about the possibility or intention of Aizen making a comeback, because the time required for that would undoubtedly be measured in hundreds or thousands of years.

By the time Aizen actually returned, Nara Dan would have long since stepped into Transcendence, or even Shattered the Void and departed.

Thus, the trouble Aizen had brought to Nara Dan, through Nara Dan's own manipulations, ended here.

"But you don't need to worry too much..."

"Aizen is bound to be severely injured this time, requiring a long period of treatment..."

"And with Head Captain Yamamoto stationed in Soul Society, nothing will happen."

Jūshirō Ukitake, his face pale, saw that Nara Dan still seemed lost in thought and assumed he was worried about Aizen's affairs.

Their acquaintance had been forged during the rescue missions cleaning up the aftermath of the great battle.

Nara Dan had a fairly good impression of Ukitake, a polite and kind-hearted man, and they got along well.

The outcome of the battle between Aizen and Genryūsai Yamamoto had also been relayed to Nara Dan by Ukitake.

"Of course..."

"After all, in Soul Society, even if the sky falls, Head Captain Yamamoto is there to hold it up first."

"What business