"Akon, check the barrier of the Royal Palace."
Sora felt that Yhwach's goal might not be that simple.
Combining memories from his previous life, he thought of a possibility—Yhwach's true goal was actually the Royal Palace!
"Please wait..."
On the other side of the Denreishinki, Akon got busy checking the barrier of the Royal Palace.
To prevent Yhwach from raiding the Royal Palace, the Department of Research and Development had specifically set up Reishi formulas to monitor the Royal Palace's barrier in real-time.
Akon moved very fast and soon replied: "The Royal Palace barrier is intact, with no signs of damage... Wait!!"
"Why is there a segment of the surveillance record that doesn't match?" Akon discovered something amiss. He called up the backup records and checked them again. "Captain, the surveillance record I found has a gap, and it was just an hour ago!"
"An hour ago?"
That was exactly the time when Sora left the Soul Society and went to Hueco Mundo!
This made Sora even more certain that Yhwach's true goal was not the Seal Site. The attack on the Seal Site was just a feint; the Royal Palace was his real objective!
"The thing sealed in this Seal Site has been destroyed by me. You don't need to guard here anymore. Sōsuke, come with me. The others, go support the other Seal Site."
Sora arranged tasks for Sōsuke Aizen, Nelliel, Kenpachi Zaraki, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, and the others.
Regardless of Yhwach's goal, the other Seal Site was indeed under attack by the First Generation Captains. Someone had to go support them immediately.
He decided to take Sōsuke Aizen to the Royal Palace and let the others go to the other Seal Site.
Yhwach had obtained the support of Hell's power and had probably reached the Transcendent realm. Only Aizen could help Sora in battle.
The group left the ruins of the Seal Site through the shadow passage opened by the 'Gate of Crossing Worlds'.
...
An hour ago, two figures arrived in the sky above the Seireitei.
One of them was Yhwach.
The other white-haired young man raised his right hand towards Yhwach: "Your Majesty, allow me to modify the 'parameters' for you."
A moment later, he retracted his hand: "I have modified the material parameters of your clothes to 'Oken' (Royal Key). It can probably last for an hour."
He had modified the material of the clothes into the key to the Royal Palace, the 'Oken'.
Wearing these 'Oken' clothes, one could freely pass through the 72 barriers between the Royal Palace and the Seireitei!
"An hour is enough," Yhwach said expressionlessly. "Deal with the surveillance Spirit Wards here. Delay the time the Shinigami discover us for as long as possible."
"That's easy. I'll make the surveillance Spirit Wards fail for a period." The white-haired young man nodded and used his ability to modify the Reishi formulas hidden in the air.
He was a Quincy cultivated by Miyamoto Tetsuya and Szayelaporro.
Although the Wandenreich had been destroyed, some Quincies still survived in the World of the Living.
Miyamoto Tetsuya and Szayelaporro collected cells from some Quincies in the World of the Living for cultivation.
Using his ability to see the future, Yhwach selected one from tens of thousands of embryos who could help him.
The white-haired young man's Schrift ability was very special.
The ability of 'Parameter Modification' allowed him to modify the parameters of things.
For example, modifying a cup of sugar water into a cup of poison, or a pile of sand into gold.
When he first obtained the Schrift ability, 'Parameter Modification' couldn't do much.
But Yhwach could share his power with him, pushing his Schrift ability to the limit.
After obtaining the power shared by Yhwach, 'Parameter Modification' could modify the parameters of more things.
"What a useful ability. It's a pity that such artificially ripened flesh and soul won't last long."
The voice of the Will of Hell rang from the bottom of Yhwach's heart.
After Yhwach fused with the Hōgyoku containing the Will of Hell, he had been 'digesting' it.
The Will of Hell was the same; He also wanted to devour Yhwach's consciousness and be reborn by taking over Yhwach's body.
But after many years, neither had been able to digest the other. Instead, they were in a relatively balanced state.
In other words, there were now two consciousnesses in Yhwach's body!
However, Yhwach's body was currently dominated by his main consciousness.
"As the key to the Royal Palace, he has already completed his mission," Yhwach responded.
"How cruel! Even to the child you raised yourself. Maybe you are more suitable to be the master of Hell than I am!" The Lord of Hell mocked.
Yhwach ignored the Lord of Hell's mockery and asked about another matter: "The First Generation Captains should be attacking the Seal Site."
"Don't rush. Relying only on a First Generation Captain of the 4th Division and some Reigai, it's not easy to stall Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Furōfushi Saitō."
The Lord of Hell was operating on two fronts: controlling Chigiri Shijima to stall Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Furōfushi Saitō while controlling other First Generation Captains to attack the Seal Site.
Cooperating with Yhwach was not to help Yhwach attack the Royal Palace.
Instead, he was using the opportunity of Yhwach attacking the Royal Palace to release his sealed body from the Seal Site and reclaim it.
Yhwach thought the same. The First Generation Captains attacking the Seal Site would attract most of the Shinigami Captains to support, allowing him to take the opportunity to go to the Royal Palace.
So both of them were using each other to draw fire.
A moment later, the Lord of Hell spoke again: "Chigiri Shijima's ability has worked. I have pinned down Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto."
"Then let's begin. Sora Katori and Sōsuke Aizen should be heading to the Seal Site of the Zanpakutō. This is the only chance in millions of futures."
Yhwach and the white-haired young man passed through the barrier above the Seireitei together, heading for the Royal Palace.
...
"Professor, there is a hole in the Royal Palace barrier."
"It should be a hole left by the 'Oken' passing through the barrier. Yhwach's target is indeed the Royal Palace, but I don't know where he got his 'Oken'."
The first thing Sora and Sōsuke Aizen did after returning to the Soul Society was check the barrier of the Royal Palace.
As a result, they found a hole left by the 'Oken' on the Royal Palace barrier.
After finishing his trip to the Royal Palace, Sora returned to the Seireitei wearing clothes made of the 'Oken'.
To prevent Yhwach from finding an opportunity to steal the clothes made of the 'Oken', Sora specifically stored them in the Reishi space pocket he carried with him.
However, Yhwach made an 'Oken' using other methods.
"Let's go to the Royal Palace. Yhwach must be there."
The hole left by the 'Oken' wouldn't disappear immediately. The two headed for the Royal Palace along the hole.