Chapter 181 Negación? Isn't it just like toilet paper? (Please subscribe)
" Sōgo Shihoin?!"
" Sōgo Shihoin!!"
When everyone heard Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai utter the man's name, they fell silent. The air itself seemed to grow heavy because of those five words, "Sōgo Shihoin."
" Sōgo Shihoin..."
Sōsuke Aizen's eyes flickered slightly. To be honest, if there was anyone in Soul Society he couldn't predict, it would be Sōgo Shihoin. Whether it was Spiritual Pressure, Kidō, or Zanpakuto... there were far too many unknowns about Sōsuke Aizen. Even though Sōgo Shihoin Sōsuke Aizen Sōgo Shihoin, he still couldn't figure out Sōgo Shihoin's true nature.
"It seems Captain-Commander Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai is quite confident in himself~"
"Are you so sure that Sōgo Shihoin will obey your orders and come to intercept me?"
The worry on Sōsuke Aizen's face vanished in an instant, and his confident smile remained.
"This is not an order..."
"This is my request to Sōgo Shihoin in my capacity as the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13."
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai gently shook his head, adopting a humble posture and emphasizing that he was not ordering Sōgo Shihoin to help him, but rather requesting Sōgo Shihoin's assistance.
"The initiative isn't in my hands, it's in Sōgo's hands. Even if he lets you go right here, I won't complain..."
"It's just the incompetence of us other captains..."
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai spoke calmly and expressionlessly, without putting on any airs despite being the Captain-Commander of the Thirteenth Division.
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, a man who emerged from the chaotic era of Soul Society, deeply understands that all rules are built upon power. Whoever is stronger has the power to make the rules. Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai is stronger than anyone else, which is why he is the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, possessing the highest authority below the Central 46 Chambers. However, Sōgo Shihoin's power is even greater than his, and even greater than the entire Seireitei combined. Therefore, the rules they set and the power they enjoy are worthless in front of Sōgo Shihoin. This is why Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai never applies the rules of the Gotei 13 to Sōgo Shihoin. When one's strength reaches a certain level, even without doing anything, one naturally possesses countless privileges.
" Captain Shaoling Fon, please inform Sōgo Shihoin!"
"Just tell him I've asked him for help..."
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto turned to the side and made a request to Shaoling Fon beside him.
"OK."
Faced with Shaoling Fon Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's request, Aya nodded repeatedly, pulled out a super stylish... pale yellow smartphone from her pocket, and the next second, to the astonishment of countless captains, dialed Sōgo's phone number.
"Hey~"
" Sōgo is me..."
" Old Man Yama... um... I mean, Captain-Commander Yamamoto is planning to ask you for a favor..."
"Okay, okay, I understand."
" Captain-Commander Yamamoto, Sōgo asked me to give you the phone..."
After chatting with Shaoling Fon for Sōgo Shihoin handed her phone to Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai.
"..."
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai stared at the phone in front of him, somewhat silent. It would be embarrassing to tell everyone at a time like this that he didn't know how to use it.
"Just put it to your ear."
Shaoling Fon seemed to sense Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's predicament, and she quietly offered a reminder.
"Um..."
"Hello?!"
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai imitated the way Shaoling Fon had made a phone call before, holding the phone to his ear and asking.
"Yo~ Yama-jii ~"
"Long time no see, have you missed me...?"
Just as Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai held the phone to his ear, Sōgo Shihoin's voice came through.
" Sōgo Shihoin, in my capacity as Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, I request that you stop Sōsuke Aizen and the others from escaping Soul Society..."
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai had no intention of engaging in idle Sōgo Shihoin; he went straight to the point.
"Oh dear! It's not that I don't want to help you, Yama-jii!"
"But... I really can't help you with this."
" Yama-jii, you haven't forgotten, have you?"
"I'm still in lockdown right now~"
"I'm really no match for Aizen and the others right now that I can't even leave the Shihoin Family compound."
Sōgo Shihoin's words were filled with helplessness; after all, he was practically a prisoner, and in his current state, how could he possibly leave?
"It was my mistake to place you in solitary confinement without clarifying the facts beforehand, and I apologize for that. Now, in the name of Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, I hereby release you from confinement and restore you to your position as Captain of the Gotei Second Division 13."
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai immediately understood Sōgo Shihoin's meaning. In front of countless captains, he lifted his confinement of Sōgo Shihoin and restored him to his position as captain of the Sōgo Shihoin Gotei 13.
"Sigh~"
"Isn't that right?"
"Leave Aizen and the others to me!"
After hearing what he wanted to hear, Sōgo Shihoin nodded slightly in satisfaction, hung up the phone, and lazily stood up from the tatami mat.
"It's my turn... I'd better stretch my body a bit!"
Sōgo Shihoin stretched slightly, dressed in his pajamas, looking rather lazy, and walked step by step toward the Shihoin Family gate.
"Beep beep beep..."
Looking at the phone in his hand that kept beeping, Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai was a little confused and looked at Shaoling Fon beside him with a pleading look.
" Sōgo has already hung up the phone, Captain-Commander Yamamoto, please give me back my phone."
Shaoling Fon understood the meaning in Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's eyes. As she explained, she took the phone from Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's hand.
"It seems that Captain-Commander Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai has finished communicating with Sōgo-kun."
"But unfortunately... time's up."
Sōsuke Aizen, who had been quietly watching Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai communicate with Sōgo Shihoin, felt his body rising steadily, slowly let out a sigh of relief, and revealed a confident smile.
"Yo~"
" Little Lanlan ~"
"You really don't want to see me? You've changed... You're no longer the Aizen with me."
Just as Sōsuke Aizen finished speaking, a bolt of black lightning struck down from the sky, and Sōgo Shihoin a dashing entrance.
" Sōgo-kun."
Sōsuke Aizen's eyes trembled as he watched Shihouin Sougo, who had traveled from the Shihoin Family residence across countless spiritual miles and arrived directly before them in the Sōgo Shihoin of an eye.
"What a pity, Sōgo-kun!"
You're late!
"The time for the Negación has come..."
When Sōsuke Aizen saw Sōgo Shihoin, a hint of anxiety flashed across his face, but it disappeared in an instant. He was confident that his plan was foolproof and that even Sōgo Shihoin could not stop them from leaving.
"Time is up?"
"What time do you mean?"
"If you're referring to the time it takes for the Negación to transmit data, it should have arrived long ago!"
"But since the Negación was lowered, have you ever moved from the same spot?"
After hearing Sōsuke Aizen's words, Sōgo Shihoin stretched out his little finger and picked at his ear, looking completely relaxed.
"..."
Sōsuke Aizen's expression was not good at this moment. Just as Sōgo Shihoin said, according to the original plan, they should have been teleported away long ago, but now... they are still standing in the same place, which means... there is a problem with their Negación, which is the thing he feared the most.
" Sōgo-kun, what exactly did you do?"
Sōsuke Aizen was completely baffled as to what Sōgo Shihoin had done and why the Negación hadn't teleported them away, but instead left them where they were.
"Don't be nervous, Aizen..."
It's not what you think!
"Your Negación didn't actually malfunction. The reason you're still stuck in the same spot instead of being teleported away is simple: I just slowed down the flow of time throughout the Soul Society..."
"Currently, the time flow rate in Soul Society is approximately 100,000 to 1 in Hueco Mundo. That means that for every 100,000 seconds that pass in Soul Society, only one second passes in Hueco Mundo..."
In front of everyone, Sōgo Shihoin said something extremely terrifying.
"Slow down the flow of time throughout the Soul Society..."
"Hahaha... As expected of you, Sōgo Shihoin!"
"To be able to do something like that is truly admirable..."
After listening to Sōgo Shihoin's explanation, Sōsuke Aizen crushed the pocket watch in his hand to pieces. Now that he knew what tricks Sōgo was using, he no longer needed to dwell on the issue of time, because from this moment on, time had no meaning.
"It's very simple~"
"Saying that I slowed down the flow of time in the entire Soul Society isn't really an exaggeration. I just increased the movement speed of everyone in the Soul Society..."
"When everyone moves faster, time seems to slow down for us. Isn't that scientifically sound?"
Sōgo Shihoin shrugged, as if he hadn't done anything particularly outrageous.
"Science my ass!"
Do you really think we're uneducated and just spout nonsense?
The squad leaders listened with bewildered expressions as Sōgo Shihoin explained his abilities.
"Hey! Isn't this even more outrageous?"
"Let us all speed up 100,000 times... isn't that an incredibly powerful ability?"
"Especially... if we were accelerated a hundred thousand times during combat with the enemy, wouldn't the enemy be able to kill us before they even saw us?"
Ichigo Kurosaki, who had been silent all along, spoke in shock after hearing what Sōgo Shihoin.
"Wow, that's a great idea. I'd never thought of that before..."
Sōgo Shihoin gave Ichigo Kurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki thumbs up for his ingenious idea, thinking it was quite good.
"Don't believe what he says, Ichigo!"
The squad captains, seeing the young Ichigo Kurosaki Sōgo Shihoin Sougo Shihouin's lies, were frantically trying to dissuade him.
" Sōgo-kun, your abilities are indeed breathtakingly powerful!"
"But so what?"
"We are situated within this Negación, which is known for its absolute defense!"
"Even you, Sōgo-kun, are powerless against this rule-based creation, right?"
"In that case, we just need to wait for the flow of time to return to normal before we're teleported away, right?"
Sōsuke Aizen remained calm. He was not intimidated by Sōgo's words. At such a young age, Sōsuke Aizen had already dared to punch a squad leader and stomp on the Central 46 Chambers. He was not raised to be easily frightened. He relied on a heart that was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"Really..."
"Even for me, destroying Negación is extremely difficult."
After hearing Aizen's words, Sougo Shihouin nodded slightly. The Negación is different from other things. It is a product of the rule level, a product of the rule created by the Menos Grande to rescue their comrades. Sōgo Shihoin covered by the Negación are invincible. This invincibility cannot be broken by space-type Zanpakuto. This is why Sōsuke Aizen was so confident after being covered by the Negación.
"But it's not impossible..."
Finally, Sōgo Shihoin suddenly changed the subject, saying that while the Negación technique might be invincible to others, it was very simple for him Sōgo Shihoin.
"Here comes the knife!"
Sōgo Shihoin gently waved to the azure sky of Soul Society. Immediately, a gleaming silver Zanpakuto cleaved through the sky and broke through the clouds, heading straight for Sōgo Shihoin. Accompanied by a gust of air, it slowly came to a stop in front of Sōgo Shihoin.
"Good!"
Sōgo Shihoin covered the hilt of the Zanpakuto with one hand and smiled slightly.
"If it were someone else's Zanpakuto, they certainly wouldn't be able to do anything to your Negación, but... that doesn't include my Sayafushi!"
Sōgo Shihoin extended a finger and gently stroked the Sayafushi blade. The Sōgo Shihoin Zanpakuto responded with a melodious ringing sound.
"Buzzing..."
After the crisp sound of the sword rang out, it was followed by the resonant sound of countless Zanpakuto at the waists of the squad leaders. It was as if the subjects were paying homage to their king. These Zanpakuto, forged by the Sword God Ōetsu Nimaiya, all submitted after seeing the invincible Sayafushi.
"My sword is resonating? That Zanpakuto... what exactly is it...?"
Tōshirō Hitsugaya's eyes widened as he heard Hyōrinmaru's voice of submission echoing in his mind. He Sayafushi in Sōgo Shihoin's hand!
The other squad leaders present, apart from Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai already knew about the Sayafushi, and Sōgo Shihoin day and night with Shaoling Fon, almost all had the same expression as Tōshirō Hitsugaya. They were all stunned by the Zanpakuto that Sōgo Shihoin had taken out. They had never seen such a powerful Zanpakuto before.
" Aizen, your so-called Negación is as fragile as toilet paper before my Sayafushi..."
Sōgo Shihoin, holding the Sayafushi, gently sliced through the towering golden light. Just as Sōgo Shihoin had said, the golden light that Negación was as fragile as paper before the Sayafushi in Sōgo Shihoin hand.
"Tsk~"
The scene unfolding before his eyes sent a chill Sōsuke Aizen's spine. A deep sense of danger washed over him, and he knew his days were numbered.
(End of this chapter)