"L-Lord Aizen!?"
Kidomaru's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the figure before him.
Within his sight, Aizen, who had always maintained a mysterious presence within Las Noches, had appeared atop a distant tree trunk.
Even though an exquisitely beautiful woman stood beside Aizen at the moment, Kidomaru had no time to pay attention to her. His mind was filled with only one question: why had Lord Aizen appeared here?
Upon hearing Kidomaru's startled cry, a figure slowly emerged from the shadows atop the distant tree trunk.
A faint smile rested on that sharply defined face. His deep eyes gleamed with a daunting light even in the darkness, and he spoke calmly.
"Kidomaru, you handled the previous matter well."
The instant he heard those words, Kidomaru's body stiffened slightly, and cold sweat soaked his back.
The thought that he had previously wanted to kill that boy from the Uchiha Clan filled him with lingering fear. If he had killed a descendant of the Uchiha Clan under Lord Aizen's watch—
Never mind whether Lord Aizen would have formed any opinion of him.
If the news alone reached the ears of those Uchiha Clan members in Las Noches, he likely would not have met a good end.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly lowered his head and respectfully said to Aizen, "May I ask what instructions you have for coming here, my lord?"
At his words, Kyoka Suigetsu, standing beside Aizen, lightly furrowed her delicate brows and cast a somewhat bored glance to the side.
Aizen, meanwhile, curled his lips into an intrigued smile. Looking at him with those deep eyes, he said with a soft chuckle, "I hope that when you encounter Second Pillar again, you will attack him."
Hearing this, Kidomaru's expression froze slightly, and he was filled with confusion