"Tōsen!!"
Seeing the person in front of him who took off his mask, Hirako Mako couldn't hide the shock in his eyes.
"Why do you treat Kensei like this... Did you betray your captain!?" Hirako Mako looked at the expressionless Tosen Kaname in front of him, with a trace of hatred flashing in his eyes.
"This is not a betrayal."
Hearing the sudden voice, Hirako Mako's body trembled. This voice was so familiar to him.
"He is very loyal. He just obeys my orders faithfully, that's all." Aizen held the unsheathed Zanpakutō in his hand, and his usual hypocritical mask was removed from his face. Instead, there was a bit of a smile on his face. With a cold look, Ichimaru Gin walked slowly towards here, "Can you please not criticize him too harshly, Captain Hirako?"
"Aizen!" Hirako Mako turned around, with a bit of deep-seated hatred on his face, "Sure enough, it's you who is up to something."
"So you've noticed it, it's really amazing." He praised with a hint of saltiness, but there was no hint of admiration on Aizen's face.
"It goes without saying."
"When was it discovered?"
"I discovered it when you were still in your mother's vagina." Although he was suddenly attacked and fell to the ground, Hirako Mako was unwilling to lose the verbal confrontation.
"That's it." Aizen tilted his head, but his face didn't show the slightest anger or surprise, as if everything was under his control.
"I have always felt that you are a dangerous and untrustworthy man, so I chose you as my vice-captain just to keep an eye on you, Aizen!"
"I understand, I'm very grateful to you, Captain Hirako," Aizen showed an expression of being in control of everything, "Thanks to you not trusting me at all, that's why you didn't notice..."
"Didn't I say I noticed it a long time ago?"
"No!" There was an inexplicable expression on Aizen's face, as if he was playful, "You haven't noticed, right? It's not me who is walking behind you this month."
"What!!" Aizen's words were nothing less than a bomb for Hirako Mako.
"It allows me to make the 'enemy' misidentify all things and phenomena in the world at will. This is the true ability of my Zanpakutō 'Kyōka Suigetsu', so this ability is what I call - complete hypnosis!!"
"You said completely hypnotic..."
"You are a very perceptive person, Captain Hirako. If the way you usually get along with me is like the captains of other teams and their adjutants, you might still have a chance to see through it, but you didn't. Because you don't Believe me, that’s why you always keep a distance from me, don’t communicate with me, don’t give me any information, and don’t interfere in my affairs, so you didn’t realize that I had already switched contracts with others.”
"The person who acted as my substitute, I asked him to completely remember my normal actions, as well as my responses to you, other team members, and captains. Assuming that you know me very well, you should be able to understand me from the beginning. It would be wise to notice something strange in some of my habits or behavior."
"The fact that you are lying there now is all thanks to your complete lack of understanding of me, Captain Hirako!"
"Aizen!!" Hearing Aizen's explanation, Hirako Mako couldn't help but feel a burst of hatred in his heart.
"Then there's one more thing." Aizen's face still showed a look of neither arrogance nor impatience. "You just told me that you chose me as the vice-captain just to monitor me. That's because you made a mistake. Just as the captain has the 'right to appoint vice-captain', the captain also has the so-called 'right to refuse appointment'. Although it is very rare to exercise this right in practice, for me, I still have the right to not be your vice-captain. There is a way to go, why don’t I do it?”
There was a faint smile on Aizen's face. At this moment, everything was under his control. With everything under control, he didn't mind showing off his achievements to the enemy to make him understand. Without waiting for Mako Hirako to answer, Aizen answered on his own.
"Because this is so ideal. The great suspicion and vigilance you maintain towards me is so ideal for my plan. Do you understand, it's not you who chose me, but I chose you." That’s right! Captain Hirako.”
"Perhaps you should apologize to your companions. It is precisely because you chose me that you and your companions fell into the predicament of lying on the ground."
"Aizen!" Hearing Aizen's ridicule, Hirako Mako couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, and pulled out his Zanpakutō.
"Ga..."
Just when Mako Hirako was about to take action, his body was shaken. A white unknown object suddenly emerged from his mouth and eyes. A strange force suddenly appeared from inside his body, as if it was going to swallow up his mind. His body was suddenly unable to do anything. When he moved, the scene in front of him became blurry.
"This level of provocation can lead you to take the bait. I'm really grateful." Aizen looked at Hirako Mako in front of him with cold eyes, and said lightly mockingly.
"Damn it, even me!"
Feeling something strange in his body, Hirako Mako gritted his teeth and said, and then he felt that his friends who fell behind him were all eroded by the hollow-like force.
"Aizen!! What on earth is going on!? What on earth do you want to do!"
"Sure enough, the blur will proceed faster when the mood is high." Aizen ignored Hirako Mako's question, but looked at the blurred Hirako Mako in front of him and said calmly.
"Void!? What is that?"
"You don't need to know." Aizen still had that calm expression on his face, as if he didn't take anything seriously.
"Ahhhhh..." Suffering from the feeling that her body was about to collapse, Hirako Mako couldn't help but wailed.
"Mako..." Hearing Hirako Mako's wailing, Hiyori standing over there had a flash of clarity in his eyes, and turned to Hirako Mako, as if tears were shining in his eyes.
"Yes." Aizen glanced at Hiyori and said softly.
"Yes." Tōsen Kaname showed no emotion on his face and raised his Zanpakutō.
"Stop!!" Seeing Tosen Kaname's actions, Hirako Mako's eyes flashed with anger, but at this time his body could not move at all.
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The back garden of the 10th Division
"Captain, you..." Suzuki Nan looked at Kimura Muyang with a bit of panic in his eyes. Originally, the captain called him over and didn't speak for a long time. He just stared at the moon blankly. However, suddenly the captain seemed to be talking to himself again and kept talking to him. After getting along with the captain for more than a hundred years, Suzuki Nan had never talked to the captain like this before. For a moment, he felt that all his years of waiting had finally paid off, and his heart was filled with happiness and sweetness.
However, as the topic unfolded, Kimura Muyang's conversation with her gradually turned to team affairs. He explained to her some things to pay attention to when being a captain, and talked about the key points of handling team affairs. The meaning revealed in his tone A panic arose in Suzuki Nan's heart. Why did the captain sound as if he was leaving
"Captain!" The more Suzuki Nan thought about it, the more flustered he became. He couldn't help but reached out and grabbed Kimura Muyang's hand tightly, as if he would lose him if he let go.
"Hey~~" Kimura Muyang sighed, and did not break away from Suzuki Nan's hand. Instead, he raised his head and glanced at the crescent moon in the sky, and murmured: "It's almost time."
"It's almost time." Seeing that Kimura Muyang didn't break away from his hand, Suzuki Nan's eyes flashed with joy. Hearing Kimura Muyang's low murmur, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I'm sorry, Nan." Kimura Muyang glanced at the hand held tightly by Suzuki Nan, and a complicated look flashed across his face.
"What..." Suzuki Nan suddenly heard Kimura Muyang's apology, and was slightly startled. Before he could react, he only felt his eyes blurred, a white light flashed, and then he lost consciousness.
Kimura Muyang lowered his head and glanced at Suzuki Nan who fell in his arms. A warm look flashed in his eyes. How could he not feel Suzuki Nan's affection for him? After all, he followed him. They have been together for more than a hundred years, and Kimura Muyang has some feelings for her in his heart.
Carrying Suzuki Nan back to her room and putting her on the bed, Kimura Muyang carefully covered her with the quilt and looked at the gentle and intellectual Suzuki Nan in front of her. Kimura Muyang was in a daze, and time passed so quickly. It seemed that in just the blink of an eye, the shy little girl back then had grown up.
Leaning over and kissing Suzuki Nan's forehead gently, Kimura Muyang smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth, then covered it up, and a look of confusion gradually appeared on her face.
"The road ahead is unclear, and no one knows what will happen next moment, but there are some things I must do. I don't know what the future road will be like, and I really can't take you forward with me. Well, I guess life in the Soul Society is more suitable for you."
"Goodbye, Nan, maybe the next time we see you again will be a hundred years later." Kimura Muyang looked at Suzuki Nan lying there, whispered a few words, and then took off the captain's haori, folded it and put it away. On Suzuki Kusu's bedside.
After walking out of the room and closing the door gently, Kimura Muyang stretched out his hand to hold his Zanpakutō, a stern look flashed in his eyes, Aizen, tonight is our first confrontation, let me see what you are capable of!
(End of chapter)