Central 46's Plan

Beneath their hoods, their gazes flickered as they exchanged unspoken looks of shocked fury.

"Absurd! A trampling of the law!" A voice thick with hostility suddenly rang out, belonging to a slightly hunched Sage. "Soul Reapers and Hollows are irreconcilable enemies! This is Soul Society's eternal ironclad law!

"Liu Chuan, as a member of Zero Division and a beneficiary of the Soul King Palace's grace, ought to set an example for all living beings and strictly uphold the boundary!

"How is his conduct any different from that of a traitor?! Keeping company with a Hollow is nothing less than the most thorough desecration and betrayal of the order we uphold and the honor of the Soul Reaper race!"

"Exactly!" Another deep voice, carrying aristocratic arrogance, sounded. "Does Zero Division's exalted status mean it can do whatever it pleases? Does it mean it can treat Soul Society's thousand-year laws as nonexistent?

"Bringing a Vasto Lorde into the Seireitei is like leading tigers and wolves into the marketplace. His intentions deserve condemnation!"

"A hundred years ago, Kisuke Urahara caused multiple captains and vice-captains to become infected through his Hollowfication 'experiments.' The Hollow contamination he caused had already crossed the bottom line!"

The elderly voice from before spoke again, calm in tone but damning with every word. "According to the ruling of our Central 46 Chambers, whenever one is affected by Hollow power, regardless of the cause or identity, the standard procedure for dealing with Hollows applies.

"That is, they are to be treated as Hollows and eliminated and purified, rather than judged or pardoned according to the laws for Soul Reapers or humans!"

His voice suddenly rose, carrying an unquestionable cruelty and "justice." "Back then, if Yoruichi Shihoin had not forcibly broken the prisoners out, those Hollowfied captains and Soul Reapers should