After finishing the formal handover of matters, Rosse parted ways with the two vice-captains and headed toward the Tenth Division.
After walking only a few steps, Rosse suddenly spoke up, "Your mood finally settled down?"
"Yeah. A Shinigami's battle really is a battle of spiritual pressure. In your hands, Shutara's Bankai should be far stronger than when she uses it herself," Aizen's voice suddenly sounded from beside him.
Rosse did not stop walking. He just smiled and said, "Not necessarily. The her she is now might not necessarily lose to Captain-Commander Yamamoto."
His steps showed no sign of stopping.
From his perspective, Aizen was half a step behind him, walking together with him toward the Tenth Division.
But from everyone else's perspective, only he was walking silently along the road. There was no one beside him, and he made no sound at all.
"Lord Rosse is being too modest. Even if she has reached this point today, it is thanks to you. The power of the trinity is the only path to the throne in the sky, is it not?", Aizen let out a soft chuckle.
His strength on today's battlefield might only be slightly greater than Kyoraku Shunsui's.
But on that battlefield, aside from Rosse, he alone saw through all the truth of the situation.
The figure standing atop the loom had never been Shutara Senjumaru. It was Rosse himself, wielding Shutara's Zanpakuto, creating that incomparably brilliant scene.
He could be certain that even if the Senjumaru of the Zero Division had come, she would not have performed more spectacularly than Rosse did today.
What was more, he did not really believe Rosse's words.
Although Rosse had almost never lied to him and had always carried himself with the frank bearing of a strong man, it was only natural to hold some things back.
If Senjumaru had truly and wholeheartedly pledged herself to Rosse, then the figure standing on the loom today should not have been Rosse, but Senjumaru herself.
Spending so much effort to play two people as one, in Aizen's view, was nothing more than a grand performance put on for everyone.
The purpose was to tell the Zero Division and the Gotei 13 that Shutara Senjumaru had already defected from Soul Society, and had even heavily injured Captain-Commander Yamamoto and wiped out most of the Central 46 wise men.
Compared to the crimes committed by Shutara Senjumaru, what happened with Sui Feng was not even worth mentioning.
With this incident, even if Shutara Senjumaru were truly released, she would have no way to defend herself and would be guarded against by everyone.
As long as Shutara Senjumaru had the temperament of a strong person, even though she could not immediately turn to Rosse's side, she would absolutely not return to Soul Society.
A place that does not trust you at all is not somewhere you need to go back to.
Aizen had used similar methods a hundred years ago.
The effect back then was extremely good, completely pushing Urahara Kisuke and the others to the opposing side of Soul Society.
It was just that compared to Rosse, he had been somewhat immature at the time.
A true deceiver should not, at that moment, have stepped forward with victory assured and exposed himself in front of Urahara Kisuke, Hirako Shinji, and the others.
What he should have done back then was to act as support, manipulating the Central 46 on one hand while secretly helping Urahara Kisuke and the others escape.
At that point, he would have been Urahara Kisuke's greatest friend and most trusted companion.
Whether advancing or retreating, he could have chosen freely, without needing to be like now, still having to monitor Urahara Kisuke in secret to find where he had hidden the Hogyoku.
However, he had now learned from those past lessons.
Next time, he would definitely do better.
This time, he would start with Kurosaki Ichigo.
He no longer had the capital to be arrogant. At present, he still needed to grow, while those who are brave have already gone countless steps ahead.
"The trinity is indeed a dead-end path to that throne, but have you really found a way to merge the three powers into one? As you are now, you should not have even begun researching Quincy power yet," Rosse glanced at Aizen and pointed out the key issue.
Whether it was the Quincies of the Human World or the Quincies of the Wandenreich, at present he had spies among all of them.
Given his understanding of Kyoka Suigetsu, to guard against Aizen, both Candice and Ishida Ryuken had already, with his help, gained immunity to Kyoka Suigetsu's hypnosis.
At least for now, Aizen had not taken the first step toward the Quincies.
"This is the riddle Lord Rosse gave me, so of course I have been thinking about it seriously. However, my choice is to go straight to the end. Rather than studying them one by one and then thinking about how to fuse them together, it is better to directly draw experience from the complete form. Lord Rosse's line of thinking is not very similar to mine?", Aizen said meaningfully.
He did not hide his plan, because it could not be hidden at all.
His target was Kurosaki Ichigo, and if he wanted to scheme against Kurosaki Ichigo, it was impossible to get around Kurosaki Masaki.
Everyone saw Kurosaki Masaki being taken away by Hueco Mundo. At that time, although he was near Urahara Kisuke's shop, he was fully aware of what had happened on the battlefield.
If nothing unexpected occurred, Kurosaki Masaki had already been brought under Rosse's command.
And as an exchange, Kurosaki Masaki would certainly pay attention to everything concerning Kurosaki Ichigo.
Rather than hiding it and being discovered by Rosse later, it was better to give a heads-up now.
He was very clear that since Rosse had not interfered with Kurosaki Ichigo before, he would be even less likely to stop him now.
The Zero Division was not as simple as he had imagined, and Rosse also needed to cooperate with his future self. The two of them would join forces to ascend the Royal Palace.
As for after breaking through the Zero Division, that would depend on each person's own ability to fight for that sole throne.
But right now, Rosse undoubtedly needed him, and did not mind his growth.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, when you go looking for him, you should be careful. You are not the only one keeping an eye on him," Rosse smiled.
What the monk was doing was unclear for the time being, but Yhwach had failed to seize Kurosaki Ichigo's power and would certainly be watching his growth.
Fortunately, Yhwach had not yet fully revived, so Aizen's chances were very good right now.
"Rest assured. I will not expose any flaws. Some influence and research can be carried out subtly over time. As long as Lord Rosse agrees, I am not worried about anyone interfering," Aizen slightly bowed toward Rosse, expressing his respect.
If he were Rosse, he would most likely make the same choice.
But this world had no ifs. If he truly reached that realm, he might not be so broad-minded.
Therefore, he genuinely admired Rosse from the bottom of his heart, and even held a trace of worship for him.
This did not affect the fact that if given the chance, he would not hesitate to bring Rosse to an end.
Because in his view, the greatest respect for a fellow traveler was to use one's own path to bring about the other's conclusion.
Rosse w
as the pioneer climbing toward the throne, but now they were all still on the road.
The ending was still unknown.