In Soul Society, love and bond begin

"It only takes one hit!"

It was almost the moment when I strengthened this belief.

The empty flashes in the mouths of the red ghost and the green ghost suddenly expanded.

The black light spot, which was originally only about the size of a little finger, expanded to the size of their huge fist falling to the ground in an instant, covering half of the mask.

"Flash Double Destruction!"

At that moment, the space in front of Mako Hirako seemed to freeze for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening explosion completely destroyed all his ability to think.

The giant double flash was like two parallel lines that crossed the entire dense forest. The path penetrated by the black and red flash expanded and contracted. The dazzling light seemed to be able to cover even the sunlight in the sky, and everyone's face was reflected red.

The extremely scorching temperature brought with it a heat wave, and Pingzi's long yellow hair was blown up and pulled into a straight line behind her. The air hitting her face was slightly hot.

Nothing can stop this earth-shattering blow.

Trees, soil, hills, air currents.

The only thing left in front of his eyes was the vacuum area left by the two flashes of light.

The target is Aizen.

Ruined.

Mako Hirako, who did not receive the 'Detailed Explanation of the Aizome Version of Zanpakuto's Powers', had only this thought in her mind.

On the contrary, Aizen Sosuke stood quietly in the same place, still smiling calmly.

He raised his hand, just like that night four years ago when he was in the wild with Fujimiya Makoto.

Amidst the surge of spiritual pressure, the golden lightning stream gathered wildly in the palm of the young man's hand. Even when facing the double virtual flashes emitted by a monster equivalent to a captain-level strongman, he did not retreat at all. He did not even resist with mirror flowers and water moons as he should have done, but chose to confront it head-on.

"Breaking Path No. 63: Thunder Roar Cannon!"

Abandoned Chant, advanced ghost way, full power.

Moreover, Aizen was standing on the right side of the 'counterwave perspective'.

In just a moment, a golden light that was brighter than the sun came directly against the flying flash of light and collided with it with a loud bang.

The Thunder Roar Cannon, supported by the endless spiritual pressure, moved with almost no pause. The moment it collided with the black and red light, it penetrated it without any hindrance.

The torrent formed by the double virtual flashes was like a waterfall hitting a rock, shattering without any resistance and scattering into a mess.

Before the despair in Mako Hirako's heart could even fully rise, the situation before her had already been reversed.

"boom--"

The golden lightning stream penetrated everything and hit the bull's eye.

The surface of the red ghost's huge torso, with the original hollow hole as the center, extended outward several times as the charred wound spread.

The originally plump body was reduced to a burnt-smelling outline.

It stood there motionless, still keeping its mouth wide open as it shot out the virtual flash, but no one knew what was going through its mind when it finally saw the golden torrent breaking through in front of it.

Aizen, who was standing opposite, flicked his sleeves lightly, brushing off the non-existent dust on his body, and sighed:

"Don't speak nonsense lightly."

"That would only reveal your weakness."

"Mr. Daxu."

As he said this, Aizen suddenly seemed to notice the gaze coming from the side and turned his head to look the other way.

Then, I saw a sloppy man leaning against a tree trunk with his hands folded.

More than that.

In the dense forest that was originally empty within Aizen's perception range, a large number of supporting Shinigami who seemed to have just arrived appeared at some point. These people moved quickly and completely surrounded the area.

However, everyone looked at Aizen and the corpse in the field with shock that they could not hide no matter how hard they tried.

"It's amazing."

"Surely, he managed to take out a target like that with just one strike."

"As expected of that master's disciple."

"That child...is his name Aizen?"

Looking at the crowd around him who were all looking at him and expressing their amazement and emotion, Aizen frowned and raised his head, looking in the direction of Fujimiya Makoto.

It seemed as if he wanted to ask him what he wanted.

Then, Fujimiya Makoto's figure flashed and appeared beside him.

“As expected…”

Before Aizen could finish his words, Fujimiya Makoto's big hands covered his little head and rubbed it.

"As expected of Master Fujimiya Makoto's disciple! I can't help but want to show you off to others."

"Bang Bang!"

"whispering sound."

Hearing him say this deliberately, Aizen couldn't help but curl his lips in a rather childish manner: "Anyway, I passed your test, right?"

"That's not necessarily true."

Fujimiya Makoto still had that smiling face, he leaned down slightly and leaned close to Aizen's ear.

"I noticed that."

"When I first hypnotized Hirako and the others..."

"You actually wanted to slip away, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Aizen paused as he was about to take a step forward.

After a pause, he said confidently:

"Yes."

"My life is much more valuable than these fools."

"Any questions?"

He raised his head and met Fujimiya Makoto's gaze without looking away.

Fujimiya Makoto didn't answer, but instead asked a question that was completely irrelevant:

"So, did Hirako-san and the others pass your test?"

"..."

"Swoosh."

Aizen's figure flashed and he disappeared from the center of the crowd in an instant.

It seems too lazy to answer such meaningless questions.

Fujimiya Makoto stood far behind, looking at him quietly with a smile on his face.

This field training class obviously could not continue. The entire training forest was completely blocked, and the simulated voids used for training were all taken back by the instructors.

The whole forest seemed exceptionally quiet.

Aizen Sosuke walked alone slowly among the tall trees, reviewing in his mind the entire process from the sudden attack to the final defeat of the opponent, secretly guessing the intentions of that bastard Fujimiya.

Until the end, I suddenly remembered the last question he asked.

"Have Pingzi and the others passed your assessment?"

"..."

Somehow, a faint smile appeared on Aizen's face, and he muttered to himself:

"Barely."

"...perhaps?"

Chapter 216 Some Troubles

"Look over there, that little guy."

"Ohhh! Aizen?"

"To be so young, he's a freak."

"It's said that he defeated Yachukas in one go, a man that even the vice-captain found difficult to deal with."

"Eh?!"

In the corridor of the teaching building, there were rustling sounds all around, and it seemed as if they were not being concealed at all.

Whether in the lower grades or the upper grades, in the classroom or in the corridor, it seemed that everyone's eyes were fixed on the small figure walking through the middle of the corridor.

Even though that person was wearing the same uniform of the Shino Spiritual Academy as them, everyone knew that this child who looked even a little childish was already a big shot on a different level than them.

Aizen Sosuke seemed to be completely oblivious to the sounds coming from all around him, and continued walking towards the classroom as usual.

On the contrary, Yamada Seinosuke beside him couldn't help but look in the direction of the whispering beside him, with a hint of excitement as if he was the one being praised by those people.

"Hey, Sosuke."

"Did you hear that?"

He leaned over with his head tilted, a mysterious expression on his face: "Everyone is talking about you!"

"Everyone knows you're a genius!"

"Isn't that a matter of course?"

Aizen Sosuke, however, maintained his nonchalant expression, unfazed by Yamada Seinosuke's fuss. He calmly replied, "No matter whose name is written on the front page of Soul Society Daily, even with photos of the scene attached, it's bound to have this effect, right?"

"Even if it's you, Seinosuke, you'll become famous."

Soul Society Daily is an official newspaper of the Shinigami that was first published on a small scale in Soul Society by Fujimiya Makoto a few hundred years ago. Later, under the influence of the economic effects of the Shinigami, it was gradually promoted throughout the Soul Society.

Because of its official nature, high authenticity of content, stable distribution channels, and the longest distribution history, it has considerable influence even in the marginal areas of Rukongai.

"Eh! Me?"

Somehow, just thinking about that situation made Yamada Seinosuke excited, as if his name had already been printed.

He was chattering something behind him, but Aizen didn't listen carefully.

He just responded with a casual "hmm, hmm".

According to his past experience, just dealing with it casually like this twice would be enough to satisfy Seinosuke's desire to express himself.

Aizen Sosuke didn't care much about the publicity effect brought by newspapers.

The difference between mediocrity and genius is always constant.

The reason why it has attracted so much attention now is simply because they have just noticed it.

Aizen was very clear about this, so naturally he felt nothing inside.

What made him fall into deep thought was...why did Fujimiya expose his talent so ostentatiously this time?

Aizen didn't think his 'unique talent' was a secret among the higher-ups of the Shinigami.

He had this awareness as early as the day he was arrested by Fujimiya Makoto at the Aizen residence.

However, this doubt did not remain in Sosuke's mind for long.

Just half a morning.

Aizen, who was attending class in the classroom, saw an officer dressed in a formal black Shinigami uniform knocking on the classroom door.

He ignored the lecturer who was still lingering on the podium as usual, and glanced towards Aizen, who was sitting by the window in the back row of the classroom, and shouted:

"Aizen-san, please come out for a moment."

"Your application for early graduation has been approved!"

"Please come with me to the assessment location."

Just this one call made the students who were still drowsy in the sleepy atmosphere of Monday morning suddenly excited.