Although Kurosaki Ichigo was curious, he could only follow Monk to the Soul King Palace.
Back then, Aizen had exhausted every trick he had and still failed to reach the Soul King Palace. Yet Ichigo had gotten here so easily. It left him with mixed feelings. If Aizen found out, who knew how he would feel?
"By the way, I heard Aizen say that you need a Royal Key to get to the Soul King Palace. What exactly is a Royal Key?" Ichigo asked curiously.
Monk rolled up his sleeve, exposing his arm as he explained, "The so-called Royal Key is actually the Soul King's power. When we became members of the Zero Division, the Soul King used his power to reshape our bones. That is the Royal Key. Aizen wanted to create a Royal Key himself. In other words, he wanted to become a god."
Shūtara Senjumaru said blandly, "He was such a cute child when he was young. Who would have thought he'd grow up to become so rebellious?"
"A child???" Ichigo stared at Shūtara Senjumaru in shock.
Shūtara Senjumaru looked as though he was making a fuss over nothing. "I'm even a little older than Yamabuki Chidori. I still remember when Yamabuki Chidori took Aizen as his disciple. Who knew that, in the blink of an eye, several hundred years would pass like that?"
Ichigo swallowed with difficulty. Just how old was this young-looking older sister?
Shūtara Senjumaru did not bother arguing with a child like Ichigo. Instead, she looked toward the people who had arrived long ago in the distance.
"You got here pretty fast!" Shūtara Senjumaru glared at Yamabuki Chidori and the others, including Byakuya.
Ichigo was utterly stunned. "Mr. Yamabuki, why did you get here so quickly? Is there really some kind of VIP