"How dare I put you aside, Captain Aiyan? I just think Rangiku is very compatible with me.
That's why I couldn't help but want to chat with her more."
"You're not really angry with me, are you, Captain Aiyan?"
After learning Aiyan's Shunpo, Kirio Hikifune quickly suppressed the shock in her heart, loosened her hand on Matsumoto Rangiku's shoulder, and turned around to see Aiyan behind her.
"How could I be?"
"Like you said, we are on the same team."
"Right, Captain Kirio."
Aiyan also took back his hand from Hikifune Kirio's shoulder."
"Since we are all our own people, I will tell you the truth."
"I discussed it with Shutara."
"Whether you want to take over the Gotei 13 or be the king of Soul Society, we have no objection and will definitely support you."
After testing each other, Hikifune Kirio took the lead in choosing to open the skylight and speak frankly.
"You don't have to worry about the Royal Guard (Zero Division)."
"Although we don't know much about the situation there, as far as I know, there are not many people in the Royal Guard, and they won't easily interfere in Soul Society's affairs."
"Unless it is the will of the Soul King," Shutara Senjumaru also said.
To this, Aiyan was not surprised at all.
He had already read the memories of the two of them when he was modifying their souls.
Although the years of their existence are too long—measured in hundreds of years—and their memories are like the long River, making it impossible to read it all in a short time or revise it all…
However, after modifying the memory of some key points, it was still enough for him to understand and control Hikifune Kirio and Shutara Senjumaru.
The three of them seem to be cooperating and benefiting each other, but in fact they are just pawns without knowing it.
"The scenery of Seireitei is so beautiful!"
Aiyan stood on the edge of the mountain, looking at Seireitei, and suddenly changed the topic from Squad Zero to the scenery of Seireitei.
"The scenery is good, but some places are protruding and look a bit nondescript," Hikifune Kirio said while looking at Central 46, which was being rebuilt.
"It would be better if it could be completely deleted."
"What do you think, Captain Aiyan?"
Although the group of sages and judges who sentenced her to death were reduced to ashes by Aiyan using the Bijūdama, it did not affect her hatred of Central 46 as an institution.
"Those who are in charge of setting responsibilities are often the ones who are least likely to abide by them."
"That in itself is a mistake."
"Since it is a mistake, the only effect is to be erased."
After listening to Aiyan's words, Hikifune Kirio showed a smile on her face.
Shutara Senjumaru's eyes were cold, and the corners of her lips twitched slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she was hesitant and did not speak.
"Miss Shutara, do you have anything to say?"
"Captain Kirio said just now that we are on the same team."
"Since we are in a group, we should be honest with each other and help each other."
Aiyan saw the change in Shutara Senjumaru's expression and smiled inwardly.
"I am afraid that if I tell you, Captain Aiyan, you will not only refuse to help me, but also cut off my head. How should I repay that?"
Shutara Senjumaru met Aiyan's gaze and said pointedly.
"I promise I won't."
Aiyan shook his head.
"Here! Captain Kirio is the witness."
"I just helped you in the meeting hall, Captain Aiyan. You can't go back on your word."
Shutara Senjumaru seemed relieved, and then said something shocking:
"Actually, it's nothing. I just want to crush Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's head."
The words had just fallen.
Except for Aiyan, everyone—whether it was Hikifune Kirio or Matsumoto Rangiku—was so surprised that their pretty faces changed.
"Shutara, do you know what you are talking about?"
Hikifune Kirio suddenly turned her head and looked at Shutara Senjumaru, her eyes becoming colder.
Among the five members of the future Royal Guard, she is the one who has the most sense of belonging to the Gotei 13.
Others don't care about things outside the Soul King's Palace.
According to her expectations, it was enough for Aiyan to abolish Central 46, replace Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, and take over the Gotei 13 as the new captain.
It was definitely not about killing Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni.
"Captain Kirio, you'd better not forget that the people who held the Sōkyoku and wanted to kill you and me were not only Central 46, but also Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni."
"The commander-in-chief in your eyes is already a veritable evil in my eyes!"
Shutara Senjumaru's beautiful eyes were full of malice, and she spoke each word with force.
These days, two things have been playing over and over in her mind.
One was protecting Seireitei and tracking down Urahara Kisuke, who was eventually corrupted by Hollowfication;
The other was that Central 46 ordered her execution, but Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni chose not to stop it, and even though he knew she was undergoing Aiyan's procedure, he still wanted her executed.
After thinking it over repeatedly, she quietly decided.
Central 46, as well as Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni—none of them should be allowed to live.
Hearing this, Hikifune Kirio's eyes were filled with uncertainty.
The words that originally came to her lips to scold Shutara Senjumaru, she swallowed back.
The person who made contributions to Seireitei, shed blood, and created Soul Society's history, ended up receiving the punishment of the Sōkyoku.
To say that she had no hatred in her heart—she wouldn't even believe it herself.
But compared to Shutara Senjumaru, who now seemed filled with hatred, Hikifune only thought Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni was no longer suitable to be captain, and had no intention of killing him.
He was still the captain after all—the boss of both of them.
After a while, Hikifune Kirio exhaled a long breath.
"I was able to become a captain of the Gotei, and even be selected by the Soul King to join the Royal Guard, all because of creating the Shihakushō with these hands—not because of any appreciation from Genryūsai."
"Well, well."
"You, Kirio, are very generous. But I am narrow-minded. Isn't that fine?" Shutara replied coldly.
Faced with their different opinions, Shutara Senjumaru had no intention of arguing further, turned around, and used Shunpo to leave.
"I made you laugh, Captain Aiyan."
"Shutara has always been like this—quick to lose her temper. But what she just said was just an unintentional outburst. Please don't take it to heart."
"It will be fine after her resentment subsides in a few days."
After the incident with Shutara Senjumaru, Hikifune Kirio knew this was all they could talk about today.
"A backstab is never pleasant—least of all from the head of your own organization."
"I understand Shutara's feelings very well. Sometimes I can't help but wonder—what would I do if the principal chose to follow Central 46's orders after the Kuchiki Hollow incident and decided to punish me?"
"Would I be like Shutara, seeking to eliminate all evil… or like Captain Kirio, working toward supernatural creation?"
Aiyan shook his head and said he wouldn't dwell on it.
"Let's not talk about this for now, Captain Kirio. Let's go and comfort Shutara first."
Hikifune Kirio nodded and disappeared with Shunpo, chasing after Shutara Senjumaru.
However—
She didn't know that not long after she left, a figure appeared next to Aiyan.
"Captain Aiyan, I really want to know—how would you choose in the end?"
"Would you eliminate evil?"
"Or write the supernatural creation with your pen?"
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