Aizen secretly used his spiritual power to test the surroundings, then confirmed that the place he was in now was the World of the Living.
It was exactly the same as before it had been destroyed, without the slightest difference.
He could even sense a Garganta opening in another direction from Karakura Town, followed by two Hollows rushing out of it.
Yet the more this was the case, the stranger it seemed to him.
Even with Aizen's mind, he found himself becoming suspicious for a moment.
"Why? Even if it really can loop, why would it loop from this point in time? In my memories, although the World of the Living hadn't changed much, this was definitely not when the previous loop began."
Aizen thought rapidly before voicing what felt most out of place to him.
"Didn't I say before that this world is gradually growing as well?"
Dunn turned to look at Aizen upon hearing that.
"Although my flames burned the previous world into nothingness, a great deal of the world's information wasn't destroyed. Thanks to this world's characteristics, the save point moved to a more recent time. That doesn't seem so hard to accept, does it?"
"So there's another me in this world right now?"
A thought suddenly struck Aizen, and he asked.
"Well..."
A trace of amusement flashed through Dunn's eyes. He pressed a hand onto Aizen's shoulder, and the two of them plunged directly through a suddenly appearing door.
Orihime Inoue, who had been walking with her head lowered behind Ichigo, let out a cry and landed hard on the ground. Clutching her head with both hands, she looked up at Ichigo, who had suddenly stopped.
Ichigo was staring in one direction, confusion flickering in his eyes.
"Was that just my imagination?"
Ichigo scratched his head,