Ryuken Ishida's beliefs had clearly taken a blow from this incident!
Well, there was no point in Ren studying that. Ren wanted to know why Ryuken had come looking for him!
Ren asked, "All right... stop talking nonsense! I only want to know why you came looking for me. I don't believe you came all this way just to tell me this random nonsense!"
Ryuken smoked a cigarette and said, "I came to cooperate with you!"
"Cooperate? How?" Ren was even more puzzled.
Ren had no idea what he could possibly cooperate with Ryuken on. Ryuken's goal should have been to kill Aizen and take revenge on Yhwach! But Ryuken had already joined forces with Isshin Kurosaki over that matter, so why had he come looking for Ren now?
Puzzled, Ren looked at Ryuken before him.
Ryuken took a drag from his cigarette and said calmly, "Lord Ren... ever since you came to this world, you have done quite a few things and thrown the entire world into chaos! Yet throughout all this, many people have had no idea what you truly wanted. But from everything you have done, I think I have guessed a little. Your goal should be to pursue strength and become an existence like the Soul King, right?"
Ren smiled faintly, amusement in his eyes. "Interesting... How can you be certain that my goal is to become an existence like the Soul King?"
Ryuken said, "Whether it was the Menos Grande invading the World of the Living or your current stay in the Seireitei, I noticed that you have searched through countless records regarding the past and have steadily pursued various power systems! And as time passed, you only grew stronger!
"I learned from Isshin Kurosaki that when he first met you, your body was merely