"The one always peeping at you? Which one are you talking about?", Rosse looked at Aizen with a half-smile, watching a flash of surprise cross the other man's eyes.
It only lasted an instant, but it was interesting enough.
Aizen wasn't being watched by just one group.
After all, in these past days the people secretly observing Rosse alone were already too many to count.
Some of those people definitely wouldn't miss the chance to peek at Aizen.
"So it's not just one person… how interesting…", Aizen adjusted his expression almost instantly and let out a soft laugh.
He only knew of one observer, and he could more or less guess who that person was.
Asking Rosse for help this time had been just a small test.
But Rosse's answer went beyond what he expected.
"Lord Rosse, may I ask where these observers belong to?", Aizen asked humbly.
"Not enough. Your offered price isn't enough. The one you sensed is probably the one who merged his spiritual pressure into the very reishi that forms the Seireitei itself, using it to perfectly monitor everything happening here," Rosse said calmly.
This wasn't something he knew from the original story. It was something he had personally sensed.
At his level, once he had come into contact with an ability, there were barely any secrets left to hide from him.
At least, no one weaker than he was could conceal anything before him.
The other group was hidden in a much more clever place, but the ones watching him weren't strong at all.
With the level of his observation haki now, if someone weaker than him was observing him, their presence would automatically surface in his mind.
He was not far from the realm of knowing all voices and intentions.
"The one Lord Rosse refers to is indeed the one I suspected," Aizen nodded with a smile while considering the price he could offer.
With the things he currently possessed, there was nothing Rosse absolutely needed.
And since it wasn't something Rosse required, the fact that Rosse mentioned price at all made the situation very intriguing.
He quickly understood the key.
It wasn't about what Rosse wanted.
It was about what Aizen was willing to offer.
The value of the payment wasn't usefulness, but interest.
Once he understood that, Aizen quickly thought of something suitable.
"Lord Rosse, how much do you know about the Quincy?"
He remembered that when he first brought Rosse to Soul Society, Rosse had intentionally or unintentionally mentioned Yhwach.
Yhwach was the king of the Quincy, so anything related would surely interest Rosse.
"The Quincy? What if I told you the other group watching you right now are the Quincy?", Rosse said with a faint smile, watching Aizen's expression completely freeze.
This kind of reaction had become rarer and rarer ever since he met Aizen.
"That's impossible… Quincy are monitoring us? Here in the Seireitei?", Aizen's voice lost some of its calm, something he had never considered.
When Rosse said two groups were monitoring him, Aizen had even thought about the Soul King and Squad Zero, but he had never considered the Quincy.
A group that had been almost completely wiped out by the Captain-Commander, how could they possibly have the ability to monitor Soul Society?
"The sealed Quincy King takes back his heartbeat after nine hundred years, his consciousness after ninety years, his strength after nine years, and in only nine days, he takes back the world," Rosse whispered the line softly.
"Yhwach isn't dead?", Aizen asked in surprise.
He had originally planned to use the living Quincy of the World of the Living as a bargaining chip, but now it seemed Rosse knew far more than he did.
If Yhwach wasn't dead, then where he had been hiding for a thousand years became very interesting.
"He claims to be the son of that one. Do you think he's so easy to kill?", Rosse said with a small laugh.
He purposely avoided a certain name. In this world, he didn't want to stir unnecessary forces.
When Aizen instinctively wanted to say the name, Rosse lifted a finger to his lips, smiling as he made a gesture for silence.
Seeing this, Aizen immediately understood and gave him a deep look.
As expected, Rosse wasn't just steps ahead of him, he knew far more hidden truths than he did.
"Lord Rosse, where are those Quincy hiding now?"
Rosse had clearly said "that group", meaning it wasn't just Yhwach. There were others.
And since they could not be killed even by the Captain-Commander, Aizen naturally wouldn't treat them with old assumptions.
At least among the Hollows he'd seen, none had reached the Captain-Commander's level.
"Where there is light, there is shadow. But in reality, they're nothing more than mice hiding in the darkness," Rosse laughed softly.
Since Aizen had brought up the Quincy, Rosse was very curious to see what Aizen would do after knowing the Quincy existed within the Seireitei's shadows.
Of course, no one could monitor their current conversation.
Whether someone could monitor him didn't depend on the watcher, it depended on whether Rosse was willing to be watched.
"In the shadows…", Aizen muttered.
In just a split second, he understood Rosse's hint.
Now that he knew where they were, the only question left was how to pull them out.
Exposing their presence to the Shinigami and letting the Captain-Commander take the lead, or sneaking in himself, both were viable.
"This time, I must thank Lord Rosse. But the reason I invited you today was not to make a deal. I mainly wanted to take you to see the Great Archive," Aizen smiled lightly, pulling his mind back from deeper thoughts. [T/N: From now on Great Spirit Book Corridor(Daireishokairo)→Great Archive]
Whether it was the Quincy or the one who had merged with the walls, those were matters for later.
The current priority was to send this honored guest away in a good mood.
He would handle the rest slowly.
"The Great Archive that records everything happening and everything that has happened in Soul Society? I'm honestly quite interested," Led by Aizen, Rosse continued walking downward beneath the Central 46 assembly chamber.
The Great Archive stored all present and past events of Soul Society, the database that allowed Soul Society to monitor everything.
And the entire Corridor operated automatically, requiring no one to manually record anything.
In other words, everything that happened in Soul Society could be queried here.
"It really is spectacular…"
When they reached the underground chamber and saw the nearly thousand-meter-tall space filled with countless floating records, Rosse couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Truly befitting a place that stored endless information. It had a sci-fi feel just by looking at it.
"Lord Rosse, which part of the records would you like to check?"
Aizen walked to the empty control console and, with a smile, made a gesture inviting Rosse forward.
He certainly wasn't going to explain how to operate it. He wanted to see exactly what Rosse was interested in.
Knowing what Rosse found worth searching, that alone had great value to him.
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