"It seems you already know everything."
Ichibē Hyōsube's voice was quiet, yet it seemed to carry the weight of Soul Society's entire history.
"That's right."
He looked at the pitiable Soul King, who had long since been reduced to a Human Pig yet still silently maintained the balance of the three worlds, and said hoarsely:
"He is no god."
"He is merely a necessary lynchpin that allows this contradictory world to continue existing."
"And the reason our Zero Division exists..."
A gleam of resolve flashed in his eyes.
"Is to protect that lynchpin."
"To protect this false balance built on lies."
Ichibē Hyōsube slowly turned around, his eyes, which could see through the true names of all things, fixing deeply on Ye Chuan.
"So..."
"Guest from another world."
"Now that you know the truth of all this, what choice will you make?"
"Will you choose to protect this false peace alongside us?"
"Or..."
A trace of icy killing intent flashed in his eyes.
"Will you choose to become the enemy of our entire Soul Society?"
Yet just as Ichibē Hyōsube was holding this conversation that would decide the future fate of the entire world...
An unexpected figure silently stepped out of the shadow of the crystal sealing the Soul King.
"Heh... hehehehe..."
The ordinary-looking, black-haired Soul Reaper watched the tense scene before him with an amused smile.
"You...?!"
Ichibē Hyōsube looked at the unfamiliar Soul Reaper, who had infiltrated the deepest reaches of the Soul King Palace at some unknown point, his face filled with shock!
"Why is someone else here?!"
Yet the ordinary Soul Reaper did not answer him.
He merely slowly raised his equally pitch-black eyes.
The next instant-
A pair of ominous, scarlet [Sharingan] abruptly activated!
"Who the hell are you..."
Before Ichibē Hyōsube could recover from