Chapter 628

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on the faces of everyone in Ishugar — after all, they had already glimpsed a hope of being able to defeat Aizen, and although that hope was still rather slim, it was not something impossible to achieve.

"In that case, Natsu, can you absorb all of the Shinigami Captain-General's flames right now? Otherwise, I still think we don't really have much of a chance of winning."

Although most of the people of Ishugar were quite optimistic, Makarov did not see it that way — the strength of Aizen, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and Ichibei Hyōsube had already reached an entirely different dimension.

For opponents of that caliber, there was basically no way for them to be defeated; even if Natsu broke through his limits and reached another realm, in Makarov's eyes this was still not a guaranteed method of defeating Aizen.

Watching Makarov, Lin Cheng, who was controlling Hitsugaya Tōshirō's body, also understood his thoughts — after all, the pressure Aizen was exertting on Makarov right now was simply too great.

Only those whose strength was truly formidable understood why Aizen, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and Ichibei Hyōsube were so overwhelmingly powerful.

And only Makarov knew that all three of them had reached a level where they could casually slay a Black Dragon — and for Makarov, that was not a good thing, because in his view it was either they defeated Aizen, or Aizen destroyed the world.

But right now it was clearly the possibility of Aizen destroying the world that was somewhat greater, and so he did not believe Natsu could pull it off.

In truth, Makarov's reasoning was thoroughly rational — if the Shinigami really had invaded Ishugar, then perhaps the people of Ishugar truly would not have had much chance to deal with them.