An Unexpected Conversation

"!"

Hearing Kyoraku's seemingly casual question, a flicker of shock flashed through Aizen's eyes. His lips parted slightly, but he gave no answer.

Hirako Shinji grew so nervous that he hurriedly raised a hand to stop him. "Hey, hey! Captain Kyoraku, are you drunk? Have you started spouting nonsense?"

It was not just the two of them. Even Fengjin, who had been silently "watching" from the kitchen downstairs, was startled by Kyoraku's question.

Although the people at the table were unlikely to report them in secret, in Soul Society—and especially within the Seireitei—those words were far too treasonous!

To point the spear so bluntly at...