The Alliance's Influence, A Slow and Steady Erosion

Soul Society.

Only after confirming that the captains in the World of the Living had truly vanished did the Soul Reapers of Soul Society finally believe the contents of the Command Divine Machine.

Captain-Commander Aoto... had truly formed an alliance with the King of Hueco Mundo?

This news was genuinely shocking.

But on second thought, it really was Captain-Commander Aoto's style.

He had never concerned himself with trivial formalities, followed the rules, or clung to convention... As long as something benefited Soul Society, he might do it.

Still, not everyone would be able to accept this.