As soon as Byakuya Kuchiki disappeared, several people sprang into action!
Among them, Aizen smiled. "Well, well... Byakuya Kuchiki has left. I'd love to know how he feels right now. He must be torn up inside. But what I really want to know is how he'll feel after Rukia is executed."
He smiled gently and adjusted his glasses, but there was no telling how much cruelty lay behind that smile.
Gin Ichimaru wore a foxlike smile of his own. "Lord Aizen... you really are wicked. You're making a brother arrest his own sister, and he has no idea that death awaits her once he brings her back!"
Aizen chuckled, unbothered by Gin Ichimaru's judgment. "If I'm going to be the villain, I might as well do it properly. Byakuya Kuchiki has gone to arrest Rukia, probably thinking it's just for show and that she won't come to any harm. But once she's brought back, Central 46 will sentence her to death. Well, well... Byakuya Kuchiki will have delivered his own sister to her death. I can't wait to see his face. I'm sure it'll be exquisite!"
Gin Ichimaru shook his head. "Lord Aizen, you have a twisted sense of fun."
"Heh... a villain ought to enjoy a little cruelty," Aizen said.
Their conversation echoed through the hidden chamber, its walls keeping every word from escaping. If anyone outside had heard it, the uproar would have been immense!
But elsewhere in the Seireitei, there was another hidden chamber beneath Central 46.
Inside, Mayuri Kurotsuchi studied Ren on a video screen with a strange look. "Lord Ren... has your Zanpakuto already achieved Bankai and awakened an ability related to time?"
Ren swirled his wineglass, looking puzzled. "Why do you ask? My Zanpakuto is still at Shikai. It'll take some time before I