"These informations... are all... fake, right?"
"Captain... Aizen?"
Difficultly turning her head toward the wooden desk...
Hinamori Momo's clear watery eyes were filled with complex emotions, while also reflecting the figure she trusted most!
Thick black bangs and signature square glasses. On his refined scholarly face, even now somewhat flustered, his mouth still held a gentle smile.
In the past...
Every time she saw this familiar face...
Hinamori Momo felt like returning to a gentle safe harbor—able to unconditionally drop all defenses before this man and place all her trust in him!
Captain Aizen...
I know—these are all fake...
You couldn't! And wouldn't betray the Gotei 13!
Right???
Complex and agitated gaze.
Staring unblinkingly at "Aizen"'s face, Hinamori Momo desperately sought confirmation to calm her inner panic and the slight anger from the inventory video's "slander" of "910" Captain Aizen!
"Of course... Momo! As you thought, I've been framed!" Gentle tone both steady and filled with obvious helplessness—"Aizen" regained composure, sighing: "I'm just an ordinary captain in the Gotei 13 doing my best—the inventory video author is overestimating me too much, aren't they?"
After speaking...
"Aizen" rubbed his temples, wearing an expression of being wronged yet forcibly restraining anger—helplessly pouting innocently!
As if before Hinamori Momo...
He would never casually lose his temper—always the gentle, understanding Captain Aizen she admired!
"I knew it! Captain Aizen, you've definitely been framed!!!"
"From start to finish, you've been by my side—accompanying me, comforting me, giving me courage and confidence, supporting me to watch from the first round until now!"
"How could you possibly be a traitor to the Gotei 13!"
With just a few simple words of explanation...
"Aizen" easily regained Hinamori Momo's trust—and even earned her sympathy and indignation at being framed!
Receiving "Aizen"'s affirmative response...
Hinamori Momo's gaze no longer hesitated—instead clearer than ever!
Yes...
From now on, no matter what happens, she would continue to unconditionally trust Captain Aizen!
Trust this man she had admired for years!
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On the other side.
Squad 1 affairs room.
"What's going on?!"
"Aizen... actually... a traitor to the Gotei 13?!"
An aged exclamation suddenly burst out.
The moment he saw the latest subtitles, Chōjirō Sasakibe's face changed dramatically repeatedly—truly frightened!
Because...
The summary on the subtitles was too terrifying!
"Sentenced to 20,000 years as an evil criminal?!"
What concept is 20,000 years?
Old as he was, living over 2,000 years already made him one of Soul Society's oldest.
Among the current Gotei 13...
Millennia-level Shinigami—counting him, Unohana Retsu, and the Captain-Commander—only these three known on the surface!
Moreover, ordinary Shinigami...
Living a few hundred years was already very fulfilling—most died in battle or accidents with lifespans of only one or two hundred years!
Evidently...
The number "20,000 years" was outrageously exaggerated! Soul Society might be destroyed before the sentence even ended!
At this moment...
Due to Aizen's ranking exposure and various future terrifying informations, the squad affairs room atmosphere had reached a suffocating dullness!
Wood chips and squad files shattered into dust on the floor.
The Captain-Commander's gloomy gaze nearly turned into substantial swords, fixed on the characters "Aizen" without moving for a long time!
In this instant...
The Captain-Commander associated many things.
Many previously doubtful yet unexplainable events!
For example...
In Kisuke Urahara's inventory round.
He, Isshin Shiba, and Yoruichi Shihōin jointly faced that enemy—the cicada-pupa person covered in white bone shell!
At the time...
When the cicada-pupa mysteriously appeared...
The Captain-Commander immediately felt a familiar sense from his voice and Reiatsu! But early in the inventory, the old man looked down on it, subconsciously thinking it a prank.
So he didn't take it seriously!
Then later...
During his own inventory round.
On that final battlefield in Karakura Town, the Captain-Commander clearly remembered saying after releasing Fire City Wall: "You three have all been sealed!" or something!
At the time...
Considering his personality and temper...
He and Chōjirō Sasakibe seriously discussed it, concluding like others—there was likely a mole inside the Gotei 13!
Now it seemed...
All doubts suddenly cleared!
Aizen Sōsuke was precisely that hidden mole!
"Captain-Commander..."
"Shall we immediately issue an arrest order and seal off all of Squad 5?" Sensing the Captain-Commander's gloomy face, Chōjirō Sasakibe cautiously suggested.
Betrayal, this shameful act.
Had happened once a hundred years ago!
At that time, the Gotei 13 paid the heavy price of losing over half its captain-level Shinigami, forced into a long reconstruction period.
And back then...
The Captain-Commander had unleashed thunderous fury!
For a long time, he maintained wariness toward newly appointed Shinigami captains and some new faces joining the Gotei 13!
Who would've thought...
After a century of peace...
The long-calm Gotei 13 would face an unprecedented betrayal once more!
"Chōjirō, no rush..."
"Calm down—let's continue watching first! Until the truth is fully exposed, we'll choose to believe for now."
Contrary to Chōjirō Sasakibe's expectation...
The Captain-Commander seemed intent on restraining his anger outburst, not immediately issuing the arrest order as suggested!
"Is it because of Aizen's usual conduct?" Chōjirō Sasakibe frowned, pondering a moment before sighing heavily.
Yes...
Aizen's usual performance—whether interpersonal or contributions to the Gotei 13—was nearly flawless.
Even now...
With those subtitle lines still flashing nonstop in the inventory video...
Chōjirō Sasakibe still felt it unreal! Like a dreamlike illusion!
And just then—
"Swish!"
The inventory video screen finally changed.
With the screen flashing violently, it quickly switched to another scene!
"This... how is it possible!!!"
First appearing...
Was Tōshirō Hitsugaya's figure and his unbelievable exclamation.
The lens moved.
Directly facing Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto beside him, giving close-ups of their facial expressions!
"Central 46..."
"All the sages and judges... actually..."
"Were all slaughtered!!!"
As the words fell...
The inventory video lens followed Tōshirō Hitsugaya's line of sight, looking at the bloody scene before them!
At this time...
In the Central 46 compound—strictly forbidden to any Shinigami, perpetually heavily guarded—bloodstains and corpses littered the ground, eerie and terrifying!
Seeing this...
The Gotei 13 audience in Seireitei immediately flashed a terrifying thought:
"Who slaughtered all of Central 46?"
"Could it... really be Aizen?!"
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