Ten Years

Ten years—ten whole years—flew by in the blink of an eye.

Aoto had already served as the Soul King for ten years.

During the previous two hundred-odd years, Aoto had never found the time particularly difficult to endure.

But these past ten years had truly been agonizing for him.

Because these ten years were the decade in which Soul Society underwent a complete transformation.

If Hell noticed something was wrong and suddenly launched an attack, Soul Society's transformation would be disrupted. The time needed to complete it would be prolonged, perhaps even brought to a complete standstill.

If they wanted to prevent that from happening, they would need Hueco Mundo's help, and this...