Bleach: I Don't Have Eyes Anyway
Soul Society was extremely far from the Soul King Palace.
Ordinary captains would need half a day, or even a full day, to get there using Flash Step alone.
Unless they possessed strength beyond the peak like Aoto and Yamamoto Genryusai, or were exceptionally skilled in Flash Step like Yoruichi and Soi Fon, by the time they arrived, the battle at the Soul King Palace would likely already be over.
With so many Soul Reapers from the Gotei 13 heading to support Captain-Commander Aoto, it would normally be impossible for all of them to reach the Soul King Palace.
"But with my technology, it might be possible!"
Kurotsuchi Mayuri pointed at the Stairway to Heaven. "Using the Stair..."
End of Chapter