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Chapter 85 Resurrection and Aizen's Conspiracy, Let's Get Along Well

"The real—resurrection?"

Rukia murmured, "You want me to help you? What do you want me to do?"

"Just cooperate with my actions from now on."

Beltz said calmly, "I'm afraid it will be some time before you can return to Soul Society."

"Let's spend this time together and enjoy each other's company."

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Rukia unconsciously tightened her grip. Should she try to get along with this monster?

But what Beltz said earlier drastically destroyed her worldview, and then she rebuilt it from the ruins.

She is confused and doesn't know what to do.

After hearing Beltz's words, it seemed that this was the only way to proceed.

"But what if I disappear for a long time—Big Brother—"

Thinking of how Byakuya Kuchiki had never given her a kind look since taking her in, always keeping a cold and aloof demeanor, Rukia lowered her head again and stammered, "No, Captain—he should be worried about me."

"There will always be trade-offs."

Beltz said softly, "Your captain and I cannot have contact."

Rukia could understand, after all, Beltz's appearance was completely Hollow, what if the Shinigami mistook him for a Hollow and attacked him?

Seeing Rukia's hesitant expression, Beltz added, "Alright, I'll talk to your captain if I get the chance."

Rukia then looked up and said gratefully, "Thank you. By the way, I still don't know your name."

Is this all you're thanking yourself for?

Beltz smiled and said his name: "Beltz".

"That—Belts—"

Rukia sat on Beltz's back, gazing blankly at the endless sky and clouds before her. She emptied her mind and asked in a low voice, "How did you know I have the Hogyoku inside me? The Hogyoku—what is that? And why is it inside me?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"—Of course I want to!"

"I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone else. It's a secret between the two of us, okay?"

"Of course, I'm very trustworthy."

"That story begins decades ago." Beltz slowly recounted the events involving the Visoreds, Aizen, and Kisuke Urahara.

Rukia became more and more shocked as she listened, and by the end, she almost felt a chilling sense of dread!

What Beltz said was absolutely terrifying.

Captain Aizen, the well-known good-natured leader of the Gotei 13, is actually a traitor?

He was actually the mastermind behind everything, and everyone was manipulated by him?

He was the one who orchestrated the Hollowfication experiments of the Visoreds, and he also framed Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin!

And now, two captains of the Gotei 13 are his subordinates?

Kaname Tōsen and Gin Ichimaru!

Rukia had met Gin Ichimaru a few times, and every time she saw him, she felt like she was being stared at by a snake.

That feeling was terrifying, like I was about to be swallowed by that snake at any moment.

So she never liked Gin Ichimaru, but she never expected that he was actually in cahoots with Aizen!

No! She had to go back immediately. She needed to tell the captain, the commander-in-chief, about these things! She had to catch Aizen right away!

"Belts, I can't stay with you anymore, I have to go back right away!"

"It's useless," Beltz said. "Do you think the Gotei 13 will believe you or Aizen?"

"————" Rukia was stunned again, and her body went limp once more.

Yes, how could anyone believe in themselves instead of Aizen?

She was just an ordinary Shinigami, and at best, the adopted son of the Kuchiki family. How could she compare to Aizen, the captain of the Fifth Division?

Moreover, she heard these words from Beltz, and there was absolutely no evidence behind them.

If others heard this, they would probably just think that Beltz was trying to sow discord.

Seeing that Rukia believed him so readily, Belz knew that she trusted him from the bottom of her heart.

After all, Rukia's mind is at its most vulnerable right now. Her worldview has just been completely destroyed, and in the process of rebuilding, whatever others say will become part of her new worldview.

That's why Beltz went to great lengths before, but then became completely honest afterward, thus closing the distance between them.

"Then... then we can only watch helplessly?" Rukia murmured. "If this continues, who knows how many more people will fall victim to Aizen's clutches."

"No," Beltz said. "It would be the reckless revelation of all this, or even the start of a war with Aizen, that would lead to widespread suffering."

"Aizen's strength is beyond your reach. His Kyoka Suigetsu can manipulate everyone's senses. I can guarantee that even if you want to tell others the truth, Aizen can change what you say."

"What you say and what others hear are absolutely different."

"Including the Captain-Commander, everyone in the Gotei 13 is under his hypnosis. If he wanted to, he could wipe out the Gotei 13 right now."

His words left Rukia feeling even more powerless.

"Aizen—what exactly is he trying to do? Why is he doing this?"

"You must become a god."

"Become a god?"

"Um."

Beltz said, "Aizen's strength has long since reached the limit of a Shinigami. He can no longer improve, which is the most desperate thing for a strong person."

On this point, Xu is the most qualified to speak.

The greatest despair for the Void is the stagnation of evolution, so they desperately devour others in order to evolve themselves.

The greatest despair is reaching a certain stage where, no matter how much you devour, you can't advance even a single step further.

Then, after reaching a certain point, they will regress to their original, primitive stage and will no longer be able to evolve.

Aizen, who had reached the limits of a Shinigami, also longed for further evolution.

Rukia, of course, couldn't understand this, since she was still far from reaching her limit.

"And what about you—?"

Rukia suddenly asked, "How do you know all this? Shouldn't this be a secret within a secret?"

"————" Beltz fell silent this time, remaining silent for a long time.

"Ah—if you feel there's something you can't say, just pretend I didn't ask." Seeing Beltz's silence, Rukia quickly added, "No, there's nothing to hide."

Beltz replied, "Because I am a Quincy, we have always been hiding in the shadow of the Seireitei, so we know everything that happens in the Seireitei."

"What—Queens—" Rukia frowned, asking with some confusion, "I've never heard of that—why are you in the shadows of the Soul Society?"

Rukia genuinely didn't know, because there hadn't been any Quincy in the outside world for a long time.

The Quincy were wiped out by the Grim Reapers twice, once a thousand years ago and once about two hundred years ago.

After that, there was no further trace of the Quincy.

Even in the Soul Society, no one talks about the Quincy anymore.

After all, in their view, Quincy had almost completely disappeared, to the point that even the Shinigami Academy no longer had any records of this group.

Rukia was completely unaware of their existence.

"We are, in a sense, enemies of death."

Beltz said softly, "We have some disagreements on the issue of virtuality."

"It's better not to mention these things. You can ask your captain when you get back, or you can read some relevant books yourself. You'll always find out."

"----I see."

After a while, Lucia looked up at Beltz's dragon head again.

Although from his back, this angle doesn't allow you to see Beltz's front clearly; you can only see his dragon horns.

"Hey, Beltz."

She spoke softly, "What?" Beltz, who was flying, asked Lucia softly, "Then—will you also be my enemy?"

"So you're just trying to use me, aren't you?"

"—Idiot, how can you ask such a question so directly?" Beltz chuckled. "However, as for whether we're enemies or not, I can only say that I'm different from other Quincy."

That one sentence is enough.

It would be rather deliberate for me to say that I will not become your enemy.

It is enough for them to say that they are different from the Quincy who are enemies of death.

"Ready."

While Rukia remained silent, Beltz suddenly spoke again, "?" Rukia asked in confusion, "What?"

"We're going down."

Beltz swooped down instantly!

The man and the dragon were originally tens of thousands of meters in the sky, but now they were rapidly plunging downwards, with an endless sea below!

The rapid dive made Rukia scream in fright, and tears seemed to well up in her eyes!

boom!

Then, with a loud thud, the two of them descended from the sky to the ground.

Just before landing, Beltz transformed back into human form.

Standing on the island, he held Rukia in his arms, while Rukia trembled and curled up in his embrace.

After a while, Rukia finally realized what was happening.

She stared at Beltz, who had transformed back into human form, and was completely stunned, still reeling from the shock.

"you----"

She even forgot the fear of the fall, her eyes widening as she exclaimed, "Are you Beltz?!"

turn out to be----

Isn't Beltz a monster?!

What happened to that huge blue dragon from before?

How did he suddenly become a fair-skinned handsome guy?

Beltz is definitely a handsome guy, a fact confirmed by Gatiss and Bambi!

Even in the world of Death Gods, where there are many handsome men and beautiful women, he is still considered quite stunning, about the same level as Haschwalth.

So Rukia was truly shocked at that moment.

The main problem is the stark contrast.

She had always seen Beltz as a monster!

Now the monster has suddenly turned into a handsome man; even Beauty and the Beast don't have such a big contrast.

"Do you really think I'm a monster?"

Beltz laughed