A beam of white light swept through the once brightly lit city. The crash of collapsing houses and the cries of terrified people echoed through its bustling streets.
The blond-haired Kaneda Yūichirō gazed listlessly at the city he had reduced to rubble and sneered. "So weak. Aizen told us to establish our own forces, but are inferior creatures like these really worthy of serving me?"
Having acquired the nearly invincible power of a Hollow, Kaneda Yūichirō's arrogance had swelled to unprecedented heights. He no longer spared these fragile human lives a second thought.
Had it not been for Aizen's explicit warning, Kaneda Yūichirō would have staged a grand massacre to announce his existence to the entire world.
When he had first become a Menos Grande, he had considered attacking Aizen, seizing the glowing jewel in his possession, and becoming the strongest being in the world. Kaneda Yūichirō had almost acted, stopped only by a fierce warning from his Instinct and the terrifying, suffocating threat he sensed emanating from the man before him.
After dimly sensing the horror lurking within Aizen, Kaneda Yūichirō had put on a harmless facade. He had not even dared raise his head to meet Aizen's eyes, terrified that the man might discover his treacherous intentions.
Kaneda Yūichirō was not someone content to live under another's thumb. He harbored enormous ambitions, aspiring to become a superior being above humans and demons alike, but he had lacked the strength to match. Only after Aizen transformed him into a Hollow had Kaneda Yūichirō realized that his chance had arrived!
Power this great should belong to me alone, the mighty Kaneda Yūichirō! What have those other fools done to deserve the same power as me?
Such were Kaneda Yūichirō's arrogant thoughts.
That included Aizen. Kaneda Yūichirō believed the man had