Chapter 69

The topic regarding the second season of *Bleach* also topped the trending charts without any surprise.

The first-day viewership exceeded thirty million, and the global viewership surpassed forty million!

Among them, one particularly eye-catching trending entry was:

#Massive number of domestic and international fans dissatisfied with Aizen's limited screen time#

Not to mention domestic social forums like Weibo or Tieba.

Even on foreign platforms like Twitter and Facebook,

this topic sparked significant discussion.

Many *Bleach* fans, or rather, Aizen fans, both domestic and abroad, reached a consensus on this issue.

They flooded the official Weibo account of the 2D Film and Television studio and Xu Feng’s personal Weibo with comments,

demanding more screen time for Aizen.

There were even quite a few foreigners who bypassed the firewall just to leave comments.

Good grief, have you considered the feelings of popular characters from the previous season like Byakuya Kuchiki and Kenpachi Zaraki?

They haven't even appeared yet!

And Aizen, at the very least, showed his face in these two episodes.

Under such circumstances, isn't it going too far to demand more screen time?

What’s even more exaggerated is that some celebrities personally joined in, posting and tagging Xu Feng.

Tan Songyun: #Director Xu, I’m a huge fan of Aizen. Could you please give him more screen time? Or perhaps give yourself more screen time?#

Li Gengxi: #I love Aizen so much, it’s a pity he doesn’t seem to have much screen time this season.#

Jiang Shuying: #These two episodes are great, but my favorite character doesn't appear much, so I had to go back and re-watch the first season.#

Seeing these tags from celebrities, Xu Feng immediately made the "subway old man" face.

He couldn't even tell if these people were genuine *Bleach* fans or just here to ride the wave of popularity.

He didn't even recognize many of them.

Although these comments reflected from the side that Xu Feng’s portrayal of Aizen was a success,

he wasn't particularly happy about it.

After all, *Bleach* is not Aizen’s personal show, but an ensemble drama.

Although it seems like all the bosses are defeated by Ichigo Kurosaki,

in reality, every character has their highlight moments, even the villains.

"Brother Xu Feng, it feels like the voices online demanding more screen time for Aizen are getting louder. Should we…?"

Seeing the momentum growing online, Zhao Jinmai, still a middle school student, felt a bit intimidated.

"Don't worry about them. If they have the ability, they can stop watching."

Xu Feng said indifferently.

One must know that Xu Feng himself is an Aizen fan, and even he didn't add screen time for the character because of that.

Although it was necessary to make certain changes to the *Battle of Karakura Town Arc*,

other than that, the plot of *Bleach* before Aizen’s exit was basically flawless.

At least it didn't pull off any ridiculous stunts like the Nika Fruit.

If he really listened to these extreme Aizen fans and messed with the script, that would truly ruin this classic.

……

……

Two days later, after other video platforms like Qiyi and Youku, which had purchased the broadcasting rights, put the *Arrancar Arc* online,

the total viewership instantly exceeded one hundred million.

Although some extreme Aizen fans were still clamoring for more screen time for the character,

Xu Feng simply laid flat and turned a deaf ear.

It was the same old saying: if you have the guts, don't watch it.

He would never turn *Bleach* into that notorious *Fan Circle Academy*.

For a full week, Xu Feng did not respond to the issue of adding screen time for Aizen.

When the update time for the second week arrived,

Xu Feng received the statistical data from his assistant.

The viewership had increased instead of decreasing.

Tch, it seems these people didn't have as much backbone as imagined.

Although many people were shouting in the comment section that they wouldn't watch if Aizen didn't get more screen time,

in the end, didn't they still "truly love it"?

This couldn't help but remind him of a phrase gamers in his past life used to describe Pokémon game developers—

Remember to buy it after you finish scolding.

Xu Feng couldn't help but wonder if he should bring out "Pokémon"?

It’s the world’s number one IP!

But it felt a bit difficult.

Not to mention how much money the special effects would burn.

What character would he play?

Ash is absolutely impossible. How about… magically adapting it to be the husband of Cynthia?

*Cough cough*, let’s not think about that for now.

Let’s focus on the progress of the *Arrancar Arc* first. Later, he still had to fly to the Lighthouse Country to work on the filming of *Death Note*.

……

……

In the third episode updated this week,

Aizen officially dispatched the Arrancar army to attack the living world.

However, what was strange was that, apart from many Arrancar grunts that one could tell were small fry at a glance,

the main force only consisted of Yammy, who had previously had an arm cut off by a berserk Ichigo,

and Grimmjow, who had his left arm severed by Kaname Tosen and was stripped of his Espada rank.

No matter how you looked at it, this wasn't a lineup for a full-scale attack; it looked more like a probe.

But regardless, Grimmjow sought out Ichigo Kurosaki once again.

What made countless Ichigo fans despair was that even with a severed arm,

Grimmjow was still able to steadily suppress his opponent.

"Damn that Xu Zhanan! Can't you buff the protagonist a little?"

These scenes made even many Byakuya fans, Kenpachi fans, and even Aizen fans who weren't Ichigo fans unable to watch anymore.

Damn it, bullying the protagonist three times in three consecutive episodes, what kind of nonsense is this!?

However, just at this moment, a man calling himself "Shinji Hirako" appeared!

The appearance of Shinji Hirako directly disrupted the balance of this battle, and what was even more jaw-dropping was that he could actually use Hollowfication.

In an instant, he easily suppressed Grimmjow, who was in a one-armed state.

If not for the arrival of Ulquiorra at the critical moment.

Grimmjow would definitely have been defeated by Shinji Hirako.

"The objective has been achieved, retreat, Grimmjow."

Ulquiorra said to Grimmjow in an indifferent tone, not even glancing at Ichigo Kurosaki.

On the other side of the battlefield, Yammy and the others also retreated accordingly.

Toshiro Hitsugaya and the others who were fighting them were all a bit confused.

They couldn't figure out what these Arrancars were actually here for.

Objective?

Hearing these two words from Ulquiorra, a strong sense of foreboding welled up in the hearts of the audience.

It felt just like the brief silence before a storm arrives.