Watching the Sage of Six Paths leave, Ye Uchiha clicked his tongue in wonder. "Well, well! Who would've thought that old geezer would actually admit he was wrong!"
Beside him, Aizen remained silent, staring thoughtfully at the spot where the Sage of Six Paths had vanished.
A soul could possess such pure, powerful substance? It probably rivaled even those captain-class Soul Reapers. Incredible-and that was merely a remnant of his soul. If so, how powerful had he been at his peak?
Perhaps he would have been evenly matched with me after I absorbed the Hōgyoku and evolved into my complete form?
It was hard to imagine that the Otherworld, seemingly much like the Soul Society World, could produce someone so powerful without something like the Hōgyoku.
Perhaps coming to this world wasn't such a bad thing. Although I had a Master holding my life in his hands, at least I could escape the cramped little pond of Soul Society, the Present World, and Hueco Mundo to explore a wider universe.
If Ye Uchiha died, would those of us he summoned perish along with him? And even if I escaped his control, how would I reach other worlds?
Aizen began to waver over how he should deal with Ye Uchiha. Someone capable of bringing him to the Otherworld presumably possessed a key or some other item that opened the gateway to the Otherworld.
If Ye Uchiha died, even if I didn't disappear, would I have to remain in this world until death finally came?
Having witnessed the prowess of the Otherworld's powerful figures, Aizen knew that his evolution had yet to reach its pinnacle. He could never tolerate remaining in his original world without progressing.
*Besides, judging by the attitude he had shown, cooperation didn't seem impossible, provided I demonstrated my