The Showdown

"You're saying the Oken... was a decoy?" Aizen did his best to control his tone, yet the suspicion in it was impossible to hide.

After all, compared to being defeated in battle and seeing a grand plan come to nothing, "the plan's ultimate goal had been false from the very beginning" was far harder to accept.

"Don't think you can deceive me, Kurokawa Sounan!" Aizen's brow furrowed tightly, his voice suddenly rising several pitches. "Your era is long gone. You've already spent centuries in this Muken! As one of the Four Great Noble Houses, you simply cannot understand the hardship that drove me to do all this!"

His emotions suddenly became extremely agitated,...