Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 305, Section 303: There are no absolute allies.

Kisuke Urahara would not stand idly by and watch Aizen obtain the complete Hogyoku and wreak havoc on Soul Society.

In the original storyline, Kisuke Urahara did just that. Now that Kisuke Urahara has more resources, Shuichi Higashino has every reason to believe that Kisuke Urahara will do the same thing again.

Even though he has become different from the original character in many ways.

That's exactly what happened.

When Shuichi Higashino received the message from Kisuke Urahara, he was not surprised at all.

Even after seeing Kisuke Urahara's plan to throw those few spirit corpses with the power and soul of the First Captain into his hands all at once,

Higashino Shuichi simply showed an expression of "I knew it."

Perhaps Kisuke Urahara also wanted to see what the complete Hogyoku would be like.

With Saito's immortality, the situation at Sōkyōgaoka has become quite delicate.

The original captains naturally belonged to one side;

Aizen Sousuke and Ichimaru Gin also formed an independent faction;
The Shinigami of the Gotei 13 are another faction;
As for Higashino Shuichi, he awkwardly became the fourth faction alone.

Because at this moment, Kurosaki Masaki is probably still fighting with Ayasegawa Yumichika.

In terms of strength, Masaki Kurosaki is probably slightly stronger than Yumichika Ayasegawa.

However, as a Shinigami, Ayasegawa Yumichika has a clear advantage over Kurosaki Masaki: he has lived longer and has more combat experience.

Furthermore, Ayasegawa Yumichika is exceptionally skilled in Kido (a type of Japanese magic).

These traits are quite troublesome for Masaki Kurosaki.

In addition, Nemuru is currently left in the already quite safe Dangai by Higashino Shuichi, where she keeps company with the unlucky Yujima Osh.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi is indeed all alone now.

However, these effects are not significant anymore, because Aizen, who has just undergone three consecutive evolutions, appears calm on the surface, but his body is actually reaching its limit.

If it were just continuing to face the Shinigami of Soul Society, Aizen would still be absolutely confident of victory. However, if he were to add that group of insane First Captains to the mix...
"Hey, Yamamoto, have you become so weak that you can't even beat one of your own captains?"
This is so unlike you!

Saito, who was immortal and carried his Zanpakuto, sneered at Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

She was called in by Kisuke Urahara to save the day.

However, as one of the original captains who had a fairly good relationship with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Saito Immortal is still very dissatisfied with Yamamoto's current performance.

"Now that you are all dead, you should no longer concern yourselves with the affairs of Soul Society. Whatever happens here has nothing to do with you."

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni glanced sharply back at Saito Immortal, then spoke coldly.

Compared to the tolerant attitude he had when facing Higashino Shuichi's Quincy disguise as Kabuto Takuya.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni showed absolutely no kindness to Saito, the immortal and other first captains who were still causing personnel losses and pressure on Soul Society.

For Yamamoto, the current situation is simply that he has changed from having to fight Aizen alone to fighting both Aizen and the first captains at the same time.

Great, a bit of pressure, but fearless!

Yamamoto is ready to fully unleash his Zanpakuto in Soul Society.

Unfortunately, Saito, who is immortal, did not come to fight Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni this time.

She was indeed very unhappy with Yamamoto's attitude, but considering that they had previously accepted the future that Urahara Kisuke had described to them, they had dealt heavy blows to the Shinigami of Soul Society.

Let's let Yamamoto off the hook this time.

Otherwise, given Saito's immortal nature, it would have been impossible for him not to rush up and fight Yamamoto for three hundred rounds.

"You stubborn thing, you haven't changed your rigid personality at all!"

"But we're not here to fight you. If you can't handle that Shinigami named Aizen Sousuke, then leave him to us!"

Saito, who is immortal, pointed at Aizen and said.

For a moment, Kyoraku Shunsui and the others frowned, wondering what kind of medicine Saito was selling in this gourd of immortality.

They want to help these Shinigami get rid of Aizen, this huge problem?
This must be the funniest joke they've heard in years.

But what made it even more difficult for Kyoraku Shunsui and the others was that Saito's immortality seemed to be for real.

And without even obtaining the consent of these Gotei 13 Shinigami, but merely giving them a heads-up, these first-generation Shinigami launched their attacks on Aizen.

Unfortunately, due to his previous evolution, Aizen was forcibly given the passive ability to isolate sound waves by the Hogyoku.

Although he hasn't lost his hearing, he can only hear sounds within his passive range. Sounds outside that range are a blind spot for him.

Therefore, Aizen was unaware of the conversation between Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and Saito Immortal.

All he could see was the first captains, led by the immortal Saito, launching a coordinated attack against him.

"So, Aizen, what will you choose now?"
What choice will the Hogyoku within you make?

When Higashino Shuichi looked up, the magnificent view in the sky was exactly what he had hoped for.

If an ordinary Shinigami were to pose a threat to Aizen through legitimate means, the Hogyoku would guide Aizen onto the correct path of evolution at the Shinigami level.

But what if they were a group of people with the soul and power of the Grim Reaper, but without his physical body, just a bunch of spirits?
In particular, the very souls of these guys bear the mark of hell.

"It will most likely evolve in a direction that can resist the power of hell, or fight against spirit corpses, right?"

Higashino Shuichi was thinking of the original storyline, where Gin Ichimaru used Aizen's hidden ultimate move, the highly poisonous ash that could dissolve all cells.

The evolution that Aizen's body underwent under the influence of the Hogyoku.

That was a flawed evolution in the standard sense.

This shows that the evolution of the Hogyoku is specifically targeted.

Higashino Shuichi's current goal is to mold Aizen into a perfect partner in the fight against forces such as Hell and the Quincy.

Rather than someone who could pose a threat to me.

This is a very complex and difficult process.

One wrong move and you could lose everything.

However, Higashino Shuichi had no other choice.

For him, the Hogyoku was not a cure, but a poison.

Only Aizen, who understands the Hogyoku so well, can perfectly develop and guide its power.

However, the remaining scenes that Higashino Shuichi had envisioned in his mind did not materialize.

Because Aizen became a coward.

Just as Shuichi Higashino never completely let his guard down against Aizen, Aizen never let his guard down against Shuichi Higashino either.

He always believed that Higashino Shuichi was a man whose ambition was no less than his own.

Higashino Hideyoshi only chose to cooperate with himself because he wasn't confident he could defeat himself.

If given the opportunity, Higashino Shuichi will not hesitate to end his life.

However, this is not a bad thing; for Aizen, it is a good thing.

Having someone who poses a threat to him, constantly watching him with predatory eyes, actually keeps Aizen's fighting spirit high.

Therefore, Aizen could tolerate Higashino Shuichi doing things that seemed like betrayals to him.

Because he knew that Higashino Shuichi would also be able to tolerate some of the things he did that seemed to be tantamount to betrayal.

For example, what he did to Shima Oshu, one of Higashino Shuichi's disciples, in the Dankai.

The relationship between him and Shuichi Higashino is now contradictory and complex.

Now, for Aizen, the greatest threat comes precisely from Higashino Shuichi.

Perhaps very few people in the entire Sōkyō Hill know the true identity of the Quincy named Kabuto Takuya.

Even those who know the truth would most likely not believe that Higashino Shuichi would be so ruthless to himself.

However, Aizen remained vigilant about this.

For Aizen, those Shinigami of the Gotei 13 were merely difficult to deal with, even with the complete Hogyoku in hand.

At most, Shuichi Higashino would only offer token support from the outside, adding to his own troubles.

But what if we add a group of the original captains?

That might give Higashino Shuichi the hope of getting rid of him.

At that time, I might really be in danger.

In fact, Aizen himself probably didn't even realize it.

This kind of thinking would have been almost impossible for him in the past.

I simply witnessed firsthand Higashino Shuichi's growth and transformation along the way.

After witnessing countless "miracles" that happened to Shuichi Higashino, things that no one would believe if they were told.

Even Aizen was left with a deep impression of Higashino Shuichi: "This man is someone who can create miracles."

Even though Aizen still had unparalleled confidence in the complete Hogyoku;
Even so, Aizen still didn't take these first captains seriously.

However, with Higashino Shuichi by his side, Aizen felt that he couldn't risk everything here.

Therefore, just when everyone thought Aizen would put up a stubborn resistance and was waiting for him to come up with some new tricks, Aizen directly released his immense spiritual pressure, which was so great that it made people unable to open their eyes, and cleared out the entire surrounding area.

Then, taking Gin Ichimaru with him, they escaped together through the black cavity that he had forcibly torn open in the sky.

This is just the beginning.
The future is still long~

Before leaving, Aizen couldn't resist showing off a bit in front of everyone and making some tough remarks.

Stunned, and caught off guard by many other things.

Not only were the members of the Gotei 13 stunned, but Higashino Shuichi was also dumbfounded.

what?
No?

Aizen, do you suddenly become so shameless at a time like this?

"Captain Aizen, has he escaped?"

"Shh! Why are you still calling Captain Aizen?"

It's obvious he's no longer fit to be our captain!

Suddenly, many more sounds filled the Twin Phantom Hill.

It was because Aizen's invincible performance before had made all the Shinigami almost unable to breathe.

After all, where have these young Shinigami ever seen someone like Aizen, a powerful figure who takes down captains one after another?

Not to mention the new generation of Grim Reapers, even the older generation of Grim Reapers, those who lived through the time of Shuichi Higashino, weren't necessarily much better off.

Even Higashino Shuichi, aside from his feat of instantly killing the 7th Division Captain Komamura Sajin with a black coffin attack, had never shown off his skills like Aizen did today.

In front of most of the Grim Reapers, he always held back in his fights.

However, for ordinary Shinigami, Aizen's departure was indeed a relief.

But for Shuichi Higashino, this was a bit of a bad situation.
With Aizen gone, aside from the newly arrived First Captains, wouldn't he, the Quincy with Kabuto Takuya's appearance, become the target of everyone's hatred?

As for Saito's immortality, Higashino Shuichi obviously can't go there.

Just because Kisuke Urahara had a relatively harmonious relationship with him doesn't mean that Saito and the others, who were immortal, did as well.

Especially since Saito is immortal, Higashino Shuichi could sense the surprise and delight Saito felt when he unexpectedly discovered that he was also present.

This guy clearly wants to "rekindle their past relationship" and continue the battle that was left unfinished in the present world.

"Heh, heh heh. Um, I just remembered, my Quincy little girl is still fighting in your Soul Society!"
Now that guy's run away, there's no point in me staying here, so I'll just leave!

Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, running away is the best. Higashino Shuichi's answer to this is simply: slip away!
With the Shadow Domain unfolding directly, Higashino Shuichi immediately ducked into it, becoming a coward.

It was fortunate that Higashino Shuichi ran away quickly, otherwise Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni would have indeed considered keeping Higashino Shuichi behind.

After all, in his view, the abilities displayed by Higashino Shuichi, who was pretending to be a Quincy, were all too incredible.

Almost all of them were abilities that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni had never seen before.

It is obvious that there is a secret hidden in Shuichi Higashino.

The same idea came to Kyoraku Shunsui's mind, but Kyoraku Shunsui's approach was much more detailed than Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's.

He planned to secretly send someone to the real world to investigate afterwards.

As for now, the Shinigami captains who are still alive and have combat power in Soul Society, such as Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro, have all focused their attention on the first generation of Shinigami.

"Since you're already here, don't leave so easily. I promise, what happened last time won't happen again."

Kyoraku Shunsui said with a smile.

However, the Zanpakuto in his hand had already bared its fangs at a nearby first captain.

A fierce battle between the new and old Death Captains has begun.

(End of this chapter)