Dunn looked down at the Arrancar below. After Grimmjow finished speaking, none of the other Arrancar said anything further.
The information they had uncovered so far only made Dunn more certain of his suspicions.
Although this world's power level was not low, it was indeed incomplete.
The state of the World of the Living proved the same point, but the people of this world simply had not noticed it.
Even someone as meticulous as Aizen had failed to notice this before Dunn pointed it out, which was already telling enough.
With that thought, Dunn turned to look at Aizen.
From the perspective of whoever stood behind it all, were the things this man had done an experiment—or a play?
Yet he still had not detected the existence hidden behind the scenes, the one that had surely created everything.
If it was the Soul King, then why had he sensed no fluctuations from the Soul King before?
"That person..."
Aizen looked at Dunn and asked.
"Like this..." Dunn thought for a moment and raised his hand. Flames appeared in his palm, then traced out the figure of a young girl.
Aizen committed the figure outlined in Dunn's flames to memory, then rose to his feet.
"Roughly how long?"
he asked after standing.
"It won't be long. You'd best hurry, and I also want to see just how far you can go after merging with the Hōgyoku."
Dunn waved a hand.
Aizen nodded at that, swept his gaze over the Arrancar, and strode away.
Kaname Tōsen, who had remained silent all along, silently followed him.
The Arrancar watched them leave, then turned their attention back to Dunn.
"When do we move? With so many Shinigami, we're bound to have a good fight."
Grimmjow rubbed his fists, looking rather eager.
"Any time."
Dunn