I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

"On this point, I agree with Miss Messenger."

"Then comes extraordinary courage; at the very least, one must understand the truth of the world and dare to act on it."

"Perfectly reasonable."

"Finally, he cannot be a supporter of the old order."

After a long build-up, Mi Zhen finally stated his position: "I guess you must know that the system of one king and five dukes is itself distorted."

Aizen gave him a strange look:

"That's true, but it sounds a bit strange coming from the messenger's mouth?"

The implication was that you, a member of one of the five noble families, were insulting yourself by saying this—to be honest, Mi Zhen also found this statement rather strange.

"Hmph, I'll let you confirm some things then."

Mizhen removed the mosaic from the palm area and shook the messenger token between two fingers: "Have you ever looked into this?"

"The Soul King bestowed upon the 'messenger' a certificate of identity." Aizen shrugged and gave the answer.

“It seems you’re quite good at history. Now let me tell you something that won’t be recorded in history books.” Mi Zhen had the mosaic re-wrap his palm, then chuckled as if mocking something. “When Lord Spirit King bestowed this token, he was discussing his death with his ancestor.”

"Varied……"

This time, Aizen finally showed a look of shock.

With his intelligence, he could understand the meaning behind those words almost without thinking.

Why did the Soul King lose to the four noble families? Why did the Urahara family behave so strangely? Questions that had been only guesses for a long time were answered at this moment.

Then, Mima opened her arms wide, raising them high as if in praise of the sky.

"Do you understand? Everything is the Spirit King's will."

"I see."

It seemed that the shock just now had pierced a crack in Aizen's calm exterior. His expression changed significantly, becoming much more lively than before. His smile no longer contained only depth and secrecy, but directly expressed the expected sudden realization.

This was exactly what Mi Zhen wanted.

The real information he revealed in the previous long conversations was all to enhance the credibility of his final statement—after all, he had only met the Soul King once and had no idea what his decree was. If he wanted to play the role of a liar in front of Aizen, he had to come up with something concrete, such as a set of completely true words, but with some misleading elements.

Only after convincing him of his stance that he was "acting in the name of the Spirit King" could he proceed to the next step.

That is, reveal the true purpose while maintaining an air of mystery to discuss cooperation.

"The Soul Society is facing a huge crisis. If things continue like this, the Seireitei will definitely be crushed by the Quincy King." Yama said with a confident tone. "In the battle against the Quincy, the system of one king and five dukes will only be a hindrance. In order to survive the calamity that will come in a hundred years, the existing system must be overthrown. But obviously, I can't convince the likes of the 46 Chambers to step down with just words, and my fists aren't big enough to subdue Yamamoto Genryusai. So, I'm looking for partners."

This isn't just nonsense; after all, conning people requires a ratio of nine parts truth to one part falsehood.

At this point in time, Yhwach, with his omniscience and omnipotence, and the Sternritter, possessed an overwhelming advantage over Soul Society.

After all, Ichigo Kurosaki's mother wasn't even born yet...

"I understand."

After a brief moment of thought, Aizen nodded sincerely: "Miss Messenger, your proposal is indeed very tempting."

"Thank you for the compliment."

“However—” Aizen’s tone suddenly changed: “Before I make my statement, I need to ask the messenger to answer a few questions.”

well.

Business secret: When customers don't reject you outright but start looking at some additional conditions, the deal is already half done.

So Mijin covered her smile with a mosaic and calmly nodded: "Go ahead and speak."

“From what I can see so far, some of the Messenger’s goals overlap with mine, and there is indeed a lot of room for cooperation between us.” Aizen pushed up his glasses. “But we haven’t spent much time together yet, and we don’t know each other well enough. The most important part of a cooperation is mutual understanding, or at least understanding the aspects of the cooperation that are beneficial to oneself. The Messenger has her eye on my strength, courage, and stance, so what about the other way around?”

"Asking about the benefits? I didn't realize you had such a simple side."

Mima replied with a confident tone, "The cards I can play are simple: intelligence—intelligence on the Quincy, intelligence on the nobles... or intelligence on the Zero Division. If the information I found is true, you are probably of commoner origin. You might be able to find a way to read the knowledge in books, but those more secretive, word-of-mouth information will probably be very difficult to obtain."

“Yes, that is indeed my weakness.” Aizen did not deny it. “Then the second question is: cooperation needs a foundation. How can I trust that Miss Messenger really intends to stand on my side?”

“I see. That is indeed a very reasonable concern.” Mi Zhen nodded and said, “Since I proposed this cooperation, I should indeed be the one to show my sincerity.”

Aizen also gave a gentle smile: "If that's what you think, then that's all the better."

"So, how about 'one act of help'?" Mima revealed his trump card: "You're conducting research here to break the boundary between Hollows and Shinigami, but you don't destroy the experimental subjects. It's obvious you're planning to use them as bait to lure in a few stronger guys."

"The messenger is quite perceptive."

“In that case, let me assist you with your experiment.” Mima tilted his head and chuckled. “How about I express my sincerity by doing something that defies the Soul Society?”

"very good."

Aizen bowed, expressing his stance: "Then... it's a deal!"

Chapter 47: It's Time to Persecute Quanshe Again

Finally, they managed to fool Aizen...

Mi Zhen let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief.

To reach an agreement with someone like Aizen, neither being too forceful nor too submissive is acceptable. He had considered saying something like "Kyoka Suigetsu" to disrupt Aizen's rhythm, but that approach risked provoking Aizen to overturn the table—if Aizen got provoked and quickly dispatched the clone, then went back to plot his rebellion, he would have nowhere to turn.

So the only option is to outsmart him... But this kind of pretense is really annoying. Just that short conversation had already killed a lot of brain cells. The thought of having to confront Aizen many more times in the future made him want to commit suicide.

This is so torturous...

His reason for wanting to obtain this executive power was simple: to take the lead in persecuting Quanxi... cough, to get a grasp of the situation.

It's not that he can relax just because he's read the manga and confirmed that the Visoreds won't get into trouble tonight—after all, the manga hasn't mentioned anything called the Divine Sword yet. What if he traveled to the wrong timeline and Aizen accidentally killed someone from the Visoreds when he made his move?

It's safer if he does it himself...

"Lord Aizen, are you finished talking?"

At that moment, Gin Ichimaru's voice suddenly rang out: "The Ninth Division is already nearby, about... a few miles away. If we don't make preparations soon, it will be too late."

"Don't be impatient, Yin."

Aizen calmly replied, "You wake these Hollows up and take them to the designated location. The messenger and I will follow shortly."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Gin Ichimaru shrugged and trotted to the middle of the woods. He stabbed each of the Hollows that Aizen had knocked unconscious in the buttocks with a knife. Before they could get angry, he kicked and punched them, quickly driving the ten Hollows toward the nearby civilian area.

"How about it, shall we follow them and see?"

Aizen glanced at Yama, then strolled over and followed.

"Of course!"

.............................................

There's not much to say about the combat aspect; it was purely a one-sided stomp on weaker opponents.

The guys from the Sixth Division and Ninth Squad were really helpful, arriving at the scene just in time.

They rescued a group of children who were almost attacked by the phantom, and there were no casualties.

Although Kensei is often bullied, he is still a captain. If he didn't have a group of teammates with him, he probably wouldn't even need to use his Zanpakuto. He could beat these ten Hollows to death with just his fists.

At the very beginning of the battle, Mima and Aizen arrived nearby and witnessed the entire brutal massacre of the weak. Aizen deliberately created a commotion to lure Kunan Shiro to a certain spot in the woods, intentionally letting her discover the ten pieces of Shinigami armor scattered there.

It is worth noting the child whom Kensei personally saved, Hisagi Shuhei.

This guy will later become the second tankiest tank in Soul Society, an ultimate 50/50 matchup fighter who can use his Bankai: Kazeshi no Koroku to wear down even the beggar version of Soul King, Urahiko Yamamoto.

At this moment, he is still a kid active in Rukongai. Because of this experience, he has come to admire Kensei and will later become obsessed with motorcycles, becoming the poorest vice-captain of the Gotei 13.

The prophet's perspective is pretty cool...

Now that you mention it, should I consider taking Shuhei under my wing after he joins the Gotei 13?

This guy's Bankai is really useful. As long as you bind the enemy's main character at the start of the team battle, and then your team focuses fire on him to deplete his spiritual pressure, you can easily take him down, except for some bugged characters...

"Aizen Sousuke, do you intend to use these Ninth Division members for further experiments?"

After watching Kensei make Shuhei dodge, Mima gestured with his chin towards the former, then asked Aizen, "What should we do? Capture them and tie them to the experimental table?"

“No, that’s a bit too much trouble.” Aizen shook his head, then took out a small medicine bottle from his sleeve and tossed it to Mima. “This is the soul component extracted from Hollows. As long as a Shinigami comes into contact with it… for example, by taking it orally or being cut by a weapon coated with it, the Hollow’s components will penetrate into their souls, thus breaking the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows—that’s what I’m asking the messenger to do.”

Mizhen shook the medicine bottle, which seemed to contain only a few drops, and asked in confusion, "Should we give them all the medicine? This little bit doesn't seem enough, does it?"

“No, ordinary Shinigami are no longer of any experimental value,” Aizen rejected. “We only need to use the drugs on Kensei Muguruma and Shiro Kunan. As for the remaining team members… it doesn’t matter what the messenger-san decides to do with them.”

"Is that so? That's quite simple." Mima casually drew Ryugetsu, flicked open the bottle, and applied the transparent medicine inside to the blade—he wasn't worried about Aizen tampering with the medicine. Even if he did, as long as he eliminated this clone, no matter how mysterious the method, it would be rendered useless.

"Take down the captain and vice-captain of the Ninth Division first, then use them to lure in more captain-level figures as test subjects. Not a bad plan." He twirled his sword a few times. "Shall we make our move now?"

Aizen smiled noncommittally: "That's up to Miss Messenger to choose."

"Then I'll be in a hurry..."

After saying that, Mizhen casually wiped her face and removed the mosaic covering the messenger token.

He was also hoping that Urahara would bring the members of the Masked Army to the real world.

If these two groups were to communicate and Urahara found out that the person who attacked them was a mosaic spirit, he could forget about ever getting anything good from that old fox again as a messenger.

It doesn't matter if he's exposed to Aizen, since Ryugetsu's face is completely unregistered in Soul Society, and his origins can't be traced anywhere. As long as he keeps his identity as "Watanabe Yama" safe, everything will be fine.

After Yama left the woods, Gin Ichimaru quietly came to his side.

"Lord Aizen, are we really going to cooperate with her?" he asked. "This woman seems very dangerous."

"indeed so."

Aizen watched Yama's retreating figure, his brows furrowing thoughtfully. "Gin, you fought her. What happened back then?"

Ginichiro said, "I attacked her three times. I missed the first two times, but the last time I released my divine spear and managed to stab her. But as you can see, she's completely fine; she doesn't even have a single wound on her body."

"He managed to dodge the slash, but was hit by a divine spear... Is it some kind of ability that requires a time interval to activate?" Aizen muttered to himself. "No... There's too little information to make an accurate judgment. Let's observe for now."

Chapter 48: Please Call Me to Bring the Villains

Gin Ichimaru shrugged: "You're the boss, you make the decisions."

"Let's wait and see, Gin." A cold glint flashed behind Aizen's glasses. "Time will tell, including the purpose of this messenger—"