Gin was momentarily stunned, then nodded.
"That works too."
Anyway, Aizen also knew Gin wasn't truly aligned with him.
Aizen sent him to the City of Daylight to capture the Hollow behind it and fill the Espada vacancies.
Seeing the Hollow behind the City of Daylight was powerful, not wanting to bring it back to increase Aizen's forces and killing it was perfectly reasonable.
Of course, Gin was still Aizen's subordinate for now and couldn't be too excessive. So, bringing back the former Tres Espada, Nelliel, would be considered giving Aizen an explanation.
"I'll inform Nelliel to go back to Las Noches with you."
"As for the City of Daylight, I'll set up a barrier to fake its destruction."
"As long as Aizen doesn't come personally, with his Reikaku, he won't detect it."
"Alright."
"Oh, right. Aizen's Hogyoku fusion doesn't seem to be going smoothly."
"Earlier, he wanted to send Ulquiorra to the Living World to bring back that human girl. Now that Ulquiorra is dead, the one carrying out this task is Tosen Kaname."
Kyoya shook his head. "It's fine, it doesn't affect things."
"Since you already have arrangements, I'm relieved."
Seeing Kyoya like this, Gin understood.
Clearly, Kyoya was fully aware of Aizen's actions.
But for some reason, Gin felt Kyoya's actions might increase the difficulty of him killing Aizen.
Was it an illusion?
…
Rip-
The sky above Karakura Town was suddenly torn open by several large hands, creating black voids. Several figures stepped out from the Gargantas.
At the forefront was Tosen with brown skin and a purple eyepatch.
Behind Tosen were the Sexta Espada, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, the Séptima Espada, Luppi Antenor, and the Octava Espada, Zommari Rureaux.
Behind the three were six Fracción.
"They're here!"
The moment the Reiatsu of the group of Arrancars from Hueco Mundo appeared in the Living World, the many powerful individuals hidden in the Living World sensed them.
"It's Tosen Kaname's Reiatsu!"
In an abandoned building in Karakura Town, Shinji and the others had grim expressions.
"That guy has finally shown himself."
"Pity Aizen didn't come."
"Shall we make a move?"
Mashiro asked.
They were all victims of Aizen's experiments.
Although they survived with Kisuke's help, they had been abandoned by the Seireitei.
"Let's wait a bit first."
Shinji said seriously. "Let's see how the Seireitei responds before deciding whether to intervene."
"Also, according to Urahara, Kurosaki Ichigo's situation is similar to ours. If Kurosaki Ichigo participates in this battle, everyone should pay more attention."
"Perhaps we can pull him to our side."
"Will Kurosaki Ichigo join us?"
Mashiro tilted her head, puzzled. "Logically, he should be barely holding on by now."
"But recently, I haven't sensed any Reiatsu similar to ours in Karakura Town."
"If Urahara said so, he must have his reasons."
"The training for Hollowfication… even Urahara Kisuke doesn't understand it as well as we do."
"After all, Urahara only guarded us from outside. Those who truly fought the Hollows within us were ourselves."
"If Kurosaki Ichigo wants to learn how to control the Hollow power within him, only we can provide proper guidance."
"Also, our main purpose in observing Kurosaki Ichigo is to see if he's worth our investment."
"If he can't gain our acknowledgment, then we'll just consider it returning Urahara's favor."
"Alright!"
Regarding Shinji's decision, the Visored all nodded in agreement.
Over all these years, although the Visored had four Captains, the one truly making decisions, or rather, the leader of the Visored, had always been Shinji.
On one hand, Shinji's strength was the strongest among the Visored.
On the other hand, Shinji's wisdom was also the highest among the Visored.
For example, regarding Aizen… back in the Gotei 13, many Shinigami had seen Aizen, but only Shinji realized something was off about him.
Part of this was naturally because Shinji's Zanpakuto and Aizen's Zanpakuto both belonged to the Illusion-type, allowing him to sense the abnormality in the five senses affected by Aizen.
Although later, Aizen used this characteristic of Shinji's, often having someone impersonate himself following Shinji, it couldn't be denied that Shinji was intelligent.
This was a determined person who forcefully suppressed Aizen for a hundred years.
Why did Aizen use Shinji and the others as his experimental subjects?
Don't think just because Aizen said everything was under his control, things truly went as Aizen said.
In reality, the truth was that if Aizen didn't find a way to kill Shinji, he might truly have been suppressed by Shinji for a lifetime.
After all, with Shinji's wariness towards Aizen, he would never have allowed Aizen to leave the 5th Division.
This fundamentally prevented Aizen from being promoted to Captain.
If Shinji didn't die, Aizen could only be a Lieutenant forever.
As for the other two Captains, Otoribashi Rojuro and Muguruma Kensei, they were making room for Gin and Tosen.
Love Aikawa was purely dragged in.
"Let's go!"
"They're finally here!"
At the Kurosaki Household, Kukaku suddenly opened her eyes, directly jumped out the window, and ran towards the direction the Reiatsu was coming from.
"Is everyone here?"
While running, Kukaku could sense familiar Reiatsus erupting one after another, all heading towards where the Arrancars descended.
"Hahahaha..."
Among this group, the happiest was undoubtedly Ikkaku.
He was a battle maniac. Being the first to speak up about coming to the Living World when Kyoya asked was precisely because he came for battles.
"Second Army Commander of the Revolutionary Army, Madarame Ikkaku, is here! Which Hueco Mundo trash wants to die?"
Amidst his wild laughter, Ikkaku arrogantly challenged.
"Oh?"
The Sexta Espada, Grimmjow, dug his ear, spat, and wanted to fly towards Ikkaku's location.
But his Fracción, Shawlong Koufang, stepped forward. "Grimmjow-sama, such an enemy isn't worthy of your action."
"Leave this arrogant guy to me."
"Fine."
Hearing Shawlong say this, the fighting spirit in Grimmjow's eyes dimmed.
"These small fries are perfect for you."
"I'm going to find true strong ones to fight."
"And, don't die!"
After instructing his Fracción a few words, Grimmjow's figure vanished from sight.
Luppi Antenor glanced at the disappearing Grimmjow, a flicker of strange expression in his eyes. He covered his mouth with his long sleeve and said to Tosen, "Kaname-sama, Grimmjow is truly too disrespectful."
"In my opinion, someone with no sense of hierarchy should be removed from the Espada so everyone can serve Aizen-sama better."
Luppi had long coveted a higher Espada number.
He believed that after Aizen formed the Espada and successfully overthrew the Soul King Palace in the future, the Espada would be Aizen's subordinates ruling the world on his behalf.
The closer the sequence number, the more power one would receive later.
But unfortunately, Luppi's strength was limited. In ranking battles, he was no match for Grimmjow.
As the battle between Las Noches and the Gotei 13 approached, Luppi wanted a higher rank even more.
If strength was insufficient, then kick out those stronger than him, right?
In front of Aizen, Luppi didn't dare show a trace of this.
But with Tosen, Luppi dared to give Grimmjow some trouble.
Because among the three leaders of Las Noches, Luppi felt Tosen was the one who valued order and hierarchy the most.
Sure enough, as Luppi's words fell, he clearly saw Tosen's expression darken slightly.
As Luppi thought, Tosen valued 'order' and 'hierarchy' the most.
If not for his close friend being killed, Tosen's 'justice' would never have been tarnished.
However, for Tosen now, completing Aizen's task was most important.
Immediately, Tosen said, "This issue, I will bring it up to Aizen-sama after returning to Las Noches."
"Now, your task is to cause a commotion in the Living World, letting the Shinigami of the Seireitei know how much gap there is between them and us."
"Do not retreat until you receive the withdrawal signal."
"Before that, whoever dares to flee, I will kill them immediately."
"Yes, Kaname-sama."
Hearing Tosen's words, Luppi and Zommari were inwardly startled and quickly responded.
Clearly, from Tosen's words, they guessed something not good.
And Tosen had no intention of hiding it.
He brought these Arrancars to the Living World precisely to have them cause a big scene, attract the attention of all who might affect his mission, facilitate him completing the task assigned by Aizen.
This task was very important for Aizen and absolutely cannot afford to fail.
For this, even if all nine Arrancars who came to the Living World died, it would be regardless.
The Espada, when it comes down to it, were just things created by Aizen.
And once Aizen completed the Hogyoku fusion, such things could be produced as many as needed.
After speaking, Tosen didn't wait for the Arrancars' response. He raised his hand and released the Kido [Kyokko], concealing his figure.
The remaining Arrancars glanced at each other, then immediately dispersed.
Since Tosen wanted them to cause a big scene, they would go as big as possible.
"Sorry, this road is blocked!"
Yumichika's figure flashed, appearing before the nearest Arrancar, preventing it from causing more damage to the city.
"Oh? A bean sprout like you wants to stop me?"
"I am No.13, Edrad Liones."
"Which Division Captain of the Gotei 13 are you?"
The white-clothed Arrancar with a small tuft of red hair on his head grinned at Yumichika.
"Sorry, Arrancar sir."
"I am not a Captain of the Gotei 13. My apologies for disappointing you."
"However, I don't seem to sense you have the strength to fight Captains..."
"Could it be you're just boasting?"
"Damn it!"
Edrad, hearing Yumichika say this, immediately became furious.
"Damn brat, I'll let you know the consequences of angering me."
"Erupt… Volcánica!"
Boom!
Fierce Reiatsu erupted from Edrad's body, causing his size to suddenly increase. Multiple circular holes on his arms spewed white air currents.
"Die!"
Boom!
Edrad threw a punch. A massive magma fireball flew towards Yumichika, striking his position.
Boom!
Intense flames erupted. Waves of air radiated outward in circles. The explosive shockwaves shattered all the window glass of the surrounding buildings.
"Ah, you guy, fight if you want, but why smash the glass?"
"Now, a lot of my salary will be deducted."
Soldiers in the Revolutionary Army tried to choose sparsely populated areas for battles.
Because in the Revolutionary Army, completing a mission wasn't a reason to recklessly destroy the surrounding environment.
If houses on the street were damaged or merchants' goods were broken during battle, after assessment by professionals, compensation was required.
The compensation amount would be determined based on the battle situation, the enemy's danger level, and other conditions.
Based on comprehensive information, the Revolutionary Army would cover 10% to 90% of the compensation amount.
Clearly, Yumichika also applied the Revolutionary Army's rules to the Living World.
Just from the damage caused by Edrad's single attack, Yumichika felt even if he only had to pay 10%, it wouldn't be a small amount.
"Sorry, to have more money to compensate for Ikkaku's damages, I can only apologize to you."
Drawing the Zanpakuto at his waist, Yumichika's gaze turned cold.
Ikkaku was a battle maniac. Once in battle, Ikkaku wouldn't consider anything else. Almost every time, his compensation ratio was over 50%.
Often, Yumichika was either funding Ikkaku's compensation to merchants or being his meal ticket.
"Tear in Frenzy… Ruri'iro Kujaku!"
As Yumichika called out, the Zanpakuto in his hand transformed into over a dozen green light bands, swiftly coiling towards Edrad like a peacock spreading its tail.
'What is this?'
Edrad was inwardly startled. The holes on his body spewed out large amounts of thick mist and flames like a volcanic eruption, trying to break free from the green light bands.
But to Edrad's shock, he couldn't break free from them.