The atmosphere had reached this point. If the invitation still failed, it could only mean that the two of them were of different minds and ideals, and there was no need to force them together.
What surprised Aizen slightly was that Tōsen actually nodded. "Yes! If you can truly change this world, I'll agree. But there's one thing—everything you do is justice?"
Aizen hadn't expected Tōsen to agree this time and was overjoyed. It seemed that being a wage slave really could change a person's mindset.
On my first day at work, I will save the world.
On the Nth day at work, Earth, explode already!
"Of course. Everything I do is for justice. But there will inevitably be sacrifices in the process of achieving it. Can you accept sacrifice?" Aizen asked.
"If everything is for justice, of course I can accept it," Tōsen said.
Aizen fell silent for a moment before asking his final question. "Tōsen, if... I mean, if achieving the justice in your heart required sacrificing someone very important, such as Kyouka, would you still accept it?"
Tōsen fell silent. Yamabuki Chidori had given him a perfect answer when she helped him prepare for this question, but now Tōsen didn't want to respond with the standard answer.
"If that so-called just world can't even tolerate a gentle and kind person like Kyouka, can it still be called justice?" Tōsen said without hesitation.
Aizen had touched Tōsen's bottom line. Words like protecting the world were too grand and too empty.
It was more practical to say that he was doing it to protect the people around him.
Kyouka was Tōsen's final line. Aizen wanted an ally, not an enemy. Since that was the case, he wouldn't lay a hand on that girl.
"Welcome aboard." Aizen smiled. Tōsen extended