Moreover, he didn't take this blind man who kept talking about justice and order seriously.
He was the king and shouldn't be afraid of anyone.
Although Grimmjow was indeed afraid of the strength of Aizen and the three Espada.
However, he had been trying to cover up this fact, even lying to himself, and was very arrogant when facing Aizen.
At this time, facing Tōsen's questioning, Grimmjow put his hands in his pockets with his nose in the air, and said in a matter-of-fact and arrogant tone:
"No! I have nothing to say!"
"You..." Tōsen's already dark face turned even darker.
Aizen, seated high on the throne, said calmly:
"Although Grimmjow's action was very reckless and caused losses. But it also showed precious loyalty. Grimmjow, you took action without authorization because of your loyalty to me, right?"
In just a few words, he had already determined the nature of the matter.
No matter what the reason was, Grimmjow had made a mistake.
Although Grimmjow was also a good combat asset.
But for a pawn like this, as long as the Hōgyoku was exerted, there would be as many as needed.
Therefore, Aizen didn't take him seriously at all.
He was even too lazy to remind him or listen to his explanation. Grimmjow was just a small figure, and his life and death were insignificant, merely used to kill time.
Tōsen would handle the rest of the matter.
In this regard, Grimmjow, who was unaware, laughed and said, "Yes, Lord Aizen is right, that's it."
In his opinion, this Aizen didn't seem very smart. He was fooled so easily. It was too easy!
Aizen was amused by this.
Hearing Grimmjow's undisguised smug laughter, Tōsen couldn't bear it any longer and grabbed his collar directly:
"Grimmjow, you are so disrespectful to Lord Aizen! Lord Aizen, please allow me to punish him!"
"Well..." Aizen pretended to be conflicted and deliberately didn't say the rest of the words.
However, he didn't reject Tōsen's proposal.
Grimmjow didn't know he had fallen into a trap.
He still thought Aizen really valued him and stood on his side.
Therefore, he was sure that Tōsen would not dare to make a move, and said arrogantly:
"Are you holding a grudge against me? You're worried that I'll take your position away from you, so you're so anxious. Commander, don't you always talk about justice and order? Isn't this wrong?"
"Yes, justice." While speaking, Tōsen held Suzumushi, secretly condensed his Reiatsu, and said in a cold voice:
"Killing without justice is just killing. Killing for justice is justice. Your actions are pure killing, which will only destroy the order of Las Noches. For the sake of Lord Aizen, you must be punished."
As he spoke, a flash of cold light appeared, and he had already cut off Grimmjow's right arm with one swing.
At the same time, he immediately activated a Hadō, burning the severed arm into ashes.
"You bastard..." Grimmjow was furious.
He didn't have the ability to regenerate.
Once his arm was gone, it was gone.
Moreover, his arm was burned to ashes. Even if he asked that freak scientist, it would be difficult to restore it.
Therefore, he rushed towards Tōsen with his hand on his Zanpakutō, roaring, "I'm going to kill you!"
At this time, Aizen, who had been silent, spoke again:
"Grimmjow, let's forget what happened before. If you make the same mistake again, I won't be able to forgive you. Do you understand?"
He didn't use much force when he spoke, just a little bit of Reiatsu and momentum.
His expression was just a little solemn.
But even so, Grimmjow still felt enormous pressure.
He stood there in a daze, holding the hilt of the sword with his left hand, but he didn't draw it.
Deep down, he was very unconvinced:
"He allowed to cut me, and I am not allowed to fight back. That's not what you said just now! It's absurd! It's too much!!"
Then, he understood.
It turned out that he was a clown from beginning to end.
No one took him seriously at all.
After realizing this, Grimmjow chose to follow his instincts even though he was furious.
He turned and left Aizen's palace, leaving only a somewhat sad figure behind.
Aizen and Tōsen had cooperated tacitly and dealt with Grimmjow completely.
It was obvious that the two of them were engaged in a "Shinigami clique" and "workplace bullying."
However, reason and righteousness stood on their side.
Grimmjow was "a dumb person eating bitterness but couldn't express his suffering."
Other Hollows would not stand on Grimmjow's side, and everything was his own fault.
Aizen used this workplace PUA technique to perfection.
Regarding this, Gin, who met Aizen at the window, also made a sharp comment:
"You are such a bad person! From the beginning, you knew what was going to happen next. Grimmjow was played by you from beginning to end."
"Is that so?" Aizen remained noncommittal.
Gin continued: "Is it okay to lose five Arrancars at once?"
He wanted to test what cards Aizen had.
"No problem at all, they're just the lowest level of Números. I can always create more."
Having said this, Aizen glanced at the ever-changing barren desert of Hueco Mundo and continued:
"As long as we gather the Ten Espada, our plan will go smoothly. The Vasto Lorde-class Arrancar is the real fighting force."
"Ten Espadas?" Thinking of the group of Arrancars, an inexplicable light flashed in Gin's eyes.
In Soul Society, after a thorough investigation, the technical staff of the Department of Research and Development found the catalog of materials that Aizen had read in the Great Spirit Book Archive.
Using instruments, they detected the residual Reiatsu left by Aizen in the materials.
Ukitake browsed through the items of confidential materials and found a clue.
He found that almost all the secret materials were related to the Hōgyoku.
Among them was the technology to extract the Hōgyoku from a soul.
But there was only one exception, and that was the Ōken!
The manufacturing technique for the Ōken has always been a taboo.
Even he had no right to view the detailed content.
So, he immediately reported this information. When seeing the report, Central 46 panicked first.
There were still people among them who understood.
Even those who didn't understand before, after being beaten up by Aizen and Shiroha, had now learned their lesson.
They now understood that the means and power that were always successful in the past were ineffective against these two people.
They really dared to overturn the table.
And when Aizen was a captain of the Gotei 13, he dared to slaughter them all.
If they were really beaten to the Soul King Palace by him, they might as well just kill themselves.
So all of a sudden, they became honest and chose to delegate power to the Gotei 13 and the Teigun.
In this regard, Nayura was actually very disappointed.
Now she understood.
Identity, status, and orthodox bloodline were all useless.
Even when facing a catastrophe, they would only pin their hopes on others, without any idea of self-help and self-improvement.
Shiroha was right, these people were insects, they were all trash.
Apart from bullying the weak and fearing the strong, they couldn't do anything else, there was no hope!
Yamamoto also got the news.
After learning Aizen's purpose, he immediately convened an emergency captain meeting.
After hearing that Aizen wanted to create the Ōken and attack Squad Zero and even the Soul King, all the captains fell silent.
They knew that Aizen was aiming big, but they didn't expect him to be so bold that he would actually target the Soul King with one strike.
This was simply audacious.
Of course, there were also a few captains who didn't like the Soul King.
For example, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who had been resurrected with full power and had become stronger.
He had no respect for the Soul King at all.
In other words, the time when he would respect the Soul King the most would be the moment he put him on the dissection table.
At that time, he would pay the highest respect to the Soul King.
As for Kenpachi, he didn't care at all.
Now he just wanted to cut down Ichigo and then continue to challenge Shiroha.
Kyōraku secretly said:
"Aizen actually wants to attack the Soul King Palace! This is just as Brother Shiroha predicted. Things are getting tricky."
With his position, he knew some confidential information.
Therefore, he knew that creating the Ōken required the sacrifice of the souls of the entire Karakura Town.
At that time, all life in the Jūreichi would be wiped out.
For this reason, they must do a good job to protect it.
This was not easy.
If the incident happened in Soul Society, it would be okay, but in the World of the Living, the Gotei 13's control was not that strong.
And because the World of the Living was too fragile, they couldn't defend it with heavy troops.
Karakura Town was not an ideal battlefield.
"It's really treasonous," Suì-Fēng said bitterly. "I will definitely kill Aizen!"
She was relieved at the same time as she was angry.
Originally, she was a little worried about Shiroha.
After all, he had offended the new Central 46 badly. However, at the Noble Families Conference, the Kuchiki Family and the Shihōin Family supported Shiroha and the Teigun.
Therefore, the punishment had not been imposed.
In addition, the current situation was special, and it was estimated that Central 46 would also calm down.
For the time being, Shiroha was safe.
Of course, Suì-Fēng was really angry about what Aizen did, and hated it very much.
After hearing the news, Byakuya said nothing, but his eyes became extremely sharp.
He would defend Karakura Town and the honor of the nobles to the death.
Originally, he should have defended the rules of Soul Society.
But not long ago, he chose to stand on the side of Shiroha who broke the rules.
In fact, he didn't like Shiroha who broke the rules, nor did he want to stand up for him.
But Rukia liked him, so he had no choice.
Feeling guilty about Rukia, he had to go against his principles again and speak for Shiroha. His beloved sister ran away with someone, and he had to say good things for this guy.
This taste was so sour.
Now Byakuya wanted to use Senbonzakura to chop the Arrancar and the three traitors into pieces immediately.
In the end, Yamamoto swung his cane and gave an order:
"In order to create the Ōken, Aizen will definitely attack Karakura Town. The Department of Research and Development and the 12th Division must always pay attention to the situation over there. In addition, report the situation to Captain Hitsugaya in Karakura Town and ask them to be prepared."
However, he also knew that Karakura Town was not suitable as a battlefield.
If they fought the enemy there, it would be very disadvantageous for them.
Therefore, they must be prepared and must do a good job of defense.
In fact, all the captains had a doubt in their hearts, but they did not ask it.
That is, at this critical moment, where was Shiroha?
The war was about to break out. As a top-level combat force, was Commander Uehara still slacking off?
Yes, Shiroha was slacking off, and he was very happy.
Because it was related to the Soul King, Soul Society was a little nervous.
However, he knew very well.
For now, Aizen really couldn't beat Squad Zero. After all, the incomplete Soul King was not completely a decoration.
Aizen's chances of winning were really slim.
Moreover, the newly unsealed Hōgyoku could not be used infinitely, and it was not in the best condition.
So Aizen couldn't fuse with the Hōgyoku immediately.
It was originally half a year before the Hōgyoku would reach its perfect form.
But then "Princess" Orihime would lend a helping hand to Aizen.
The power of the Hōgyoku would be triggered in advance.
So there was not much time left for Ichigo, Urahara, and the Gotei 13.
But this had nothing to do with Shiroha.
Be it Aizen or the Soul King, they should die and be destroyed, he didn't care.
At this time, he was touring Karakura Town with Michibane Aura.
It had to be said that the gigai made by Urahara was very good.
This gigai could not only bring out the unparalleled temperament of Shiroha, but it was also very comfortable to wear, and could provide better enjoyment.
Without the gigai, some of the enjoyment of the world would be discounted, and it was inevitable that it would be a little unsatisfactory.
On the streets of Karakura Town, a man and a woman with outstanding temperament and amazing looks, so the rate of turning heads was also amazingly high.
But both of them were cloaked with Reiatsu deterrence.
Passers-by would subconsciously ignore the two after seeing them.
Compared to Shiroha, Ichigo's life was not so good.
He was under great pressure.
On the one hand, Aizen and the Arrancar were eyeing him covetously, making him unable to sleep or eat.
In addition to external threats, he also had big internal problems.
The monster called "Hollow" was becoming more and more arrogant and powerful.
He still remembered the two disastrous defeats against the Arrancar.
Without the Hollow, he might have died long ago.
This made him feel more and more insignificant and helpless, and he was more afraid of the Hollow.
However, without power, he couldn't protect anyone.
So in the end, Ichigo still came to the base of the Visored.
Facing a group of extraordinary masked soldiers, he was not afraid at all, and spoke arrogantly:
"I have decided that I will learn the techniques of controlling the Hollow from you. However, I will not join you. I am not the same as you. I want to be a Shinigami!"
"You are such a stubborn kid." After complaining, Shinji asked helplessly:
"Then, may I ask, why should we agree to such a useless thing?"
This kid was too rude.
The atmosphere had been set to this point, and he still wanted to "get free" lessons from them. It was really like "spending money without buying the main item."
However, the Visored were not too angry about this.
After all, for them, the most important thing at the moment was to defeat Aizen.
This was both for revenge and for self-protection.
With Aizen, the venomous snake around, they had to be careful when going out, for fear that Aizen would come to their door and then put them on the test bench again.
Ichigo had the same trouble as them, and this was the basis of cooperation.
Hearing Shinji's question, Ichigo took out the Substitute Shinigami Badge, then changed into his Shinigami form, and shouted:
"Just based on this! If you don't agree, I will beat you until you agree!"
After saying that, he waved Zangetsu and rushed towards Shinji with a determined look.
The two fought.
However, the Visored next to them could see that the two fought vigorously, but in fact, they did not use their full strength.
Needless to say, Shinji did not wear his mask to use the power of Hollow, nor did he release his Zanpakutō into Shikai or Bankai.
As for the orange-haired boy, although his expression and tone were very fierce.
But when he attacked, he was soft and timid, as if he was afraid of something.
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