Chapter 58

A petite, cute-looking girl with her hair styled in a bun, dressed in the standard black Shihakushō, followed along in his footsteps.

Captain of the Fifth Division, Aizen Sōsuke.

Vice-Captain of the Fifth Division, Hinamori Momo.

Kuchiki Senya acted as if he hadn't seen them, humming a little tune as he swaggered toward the exit.

"Senya, it's been decades and we've all become captains." Aizen smiled faintly and struck up a conversation with Kuchiki Senya.

"Pity that Urahara and Yoruichi are no longer here."

A note of lament slipped into Aizen's tone.

Hinamori Momo at his side wore a look of heartache—anyone would think Aizen was simply mourning his former classmates.

Kuchiki Senya merely nodded.

"Senya, I heard your Second Division is short on administrative staff."

"Would you like me to send Vice-Captain Hinamori over to help the Second Division handle its duties?" Aizen smiled faintly, his tone full of concern.

"Captain Aizen…"

Hinamori Momo's face showed extreme reluctance, her expression entirely resistant.

She didn't want to leave Aizen's side.

"No need."

Kuchiki Senya simply smiled faintly and shook his head in refusal.

He casually sized up the girl trailing behind Aizen, whose eyes gazed at Aizen with an infatuated, devoted look.

Hinamori Momo.

Vice-Captain of the Fifth Division, pure and kind by nature, utterly devoted to Aizen Sōsuke.

However.

To put it bluntly,

she was simply a brainless, naive, lovestruck fool!

Also one of the female characters fans love to hate the most!

Led around by the nose by Aizen.

Originally.

She and Hitsugaya Tōshirō had grown up together, childhood sweethearts with deep affection.

But after she entered Shino Academy to study, after being saved by Aizen once, she fell hopelessly for Aizen Sōsuke.

In the plot.

Aizen only had to leave her a letter, and she immediately suspected Hitsugaya Tōshirō, attacking him viciously.

Breaking off with the childhood sweetheart she'd grown up with!

Even.

In the end, when Aizen confirmed his betrayal.

When everyone understood Aizen was a great traitor, Hinamori Momo still couldn't believe it, firmly convinced Aizen had some unavoidable hardship, believing in him all along…

Until in Karakura Town, she was used by Aizen again, her body blocking a barrage of captain-level attacks…

This is also the origin of her being called the Shinigami's "strongest meat shield."

Mocked by everyone.

Kuchiki Senya gently shook his head.

A woman like this, no matter how beautiful, couldn't be taken—stupidity is contagious.

The Second Division.

No matter what, it was his own force.

He couldn't stuff any strange people into it.

Moreover.

Aizen's purpose in sending Hinamori Momo was simply to plant a spy by his side and meddle with Soul Society's intelligence system.

Aizen.

A master strategist with meticulous plans.

Immensely powerful, never yielding to anyone.

Also one of the most charismatic villain bosses in the original work, even in the entire history of anime.

The time until the main storyline began was drawing closer and closer.

He himself was wavering, beyond Aizen's supervision.

Therefore, the perfection-seeking Aizen could never tolerate himself slipping from Aizen's control.

051. Flash Step evolves once more—Supreme Flash Step!

(Chapters 47-50 have been revised by the author today; dear readers can go back and take a look. If they don't show up, the site is lagging.)

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"Then that's truly a pity."

Aizen smiled faintly and left directly with Hinamori Momo.

Not far away.

A silver-haired man with narrowed eyes and a perpetual smile on his lips had been watching this the whole time.

Dressed in a captain's haori, a striking "Three" on his back.

"Kuchiki Senya, Captain of the Second Division, top-tier—or even beyond captain-level combat power, wielding the strongest sharpness-type Zanpakutō…"

Gin Ichimaru shook his head lightly.

No matter how strong.

His Zanpakuto was still a direct-attack type.

Against Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu, he had not the slightest ability to resist.

Moreover.

Recently, Aizen has already been using Kyoka Suigetsu to indirectly monitor the Central Forty-Six Chambers, learning all sorts of secret intelligence about Soul Society.

Among them.

Was the fact that the Central Forty-Six Chambers were recently planning to make some big moves against Kuchiki Senya!

Kuchiki Senya.

Was in imminent danger.

Watching Kuchiki Senya approach.

Gin Ichimaru still wore his trademark smile. "Captain Senya, your vice-captain Suì-Fēng has been waiting for you."

Kuchiki Senya merely nodded.

He cast a lazy glance at Gin Ichimaru.

Gin Ichimaru.

Captain of the Third Division.

A boy who loved to smile — in the original work he was smiling for most of the time, and even when angry or confused, he still wore that narrow-eyed look.

He possessed the Zanpakuto "Shinso," hailed as the strongest and fastest Zanpakuto in Soul Society.

It could extend at five hundred times the speed of sound, reaching thirteen kilometers, making it impossible to guard against.

In order to take back the spiritual power that Aizen had taken from his childhood sweetheart Matsumoto Rangiku — spiritual power that was actually a part of the Soul King's body.

He had been lurking by Aizen's side all along.

But Aizen was simply too strong; Gin Ichimaru had never been able to find a chance to strike, nor a way to overcome Kyoka Suigetsu.

Therefore.

He had kept up the act of being a loyal subordinate.

Like Hinamori Momo, he was a love-struck fool, though Gin's IQ was far higher than Hinamori's.

And his strength was even greater.

So fans of the previous life had a very favorable impression of Gin Ichimaru.

Even.

In the end, during the great battle at Karakura Town, after Aizen fused with the Hogyoku.

Gin Ichimaru truly found his chance and successfully killed Aizen! Spirit