Chapter 254: The Approaching Conflict

Orihime thought she was delusional, she stared again, and finally confirmed that the person in front of her was undoubtedly Mazuru.

Immediately, she had a question in her mind, "Captain Mazuru, why are you here?"

Mazuru did not respond to Orihime's question.

Could it be that he just say that he left the Soul Society and officially joined the big family of Hueco Mundo? Well he could, but he came to find Orihime this time not to talk about these things, but to tell her another thing.

"Shortly after you were brought here by Ulquiorra, Kurosaki Ichigo and others have now come to Hueco Mundo to save you."

"What?" Orihime was startled suddenly, her mind was shaken, "Kurosaki-kun and the others… came here?"

"Not long ago, they were trapped in the Forest of Menos Grande. Right now, they seem to have walked out of the forest of Menos Grande and are rushing towards the Las Noches." Mazuru ignored Orihime's shock and continued to speak.

"So, you have to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Aizen and the others have already told you about the specification of your decision."

Mazuru said another word, and then left, with no intention of staying there any longer.

After Mazuru left, Orihime was silent for a long time before softly saying, "So, is Captain Mazuru also a traitor?"

She's not stupid, at least, not as stupid as she looks.

Otherwise, she would not have been willing to follow Ulquiorra to Hueco Mundo for the sake of her friends.

This seemingly naive act was actually taken because she saw the strength of the arrancars.

At least, for Ichigo and others at that time, they were unable to compete with the strength of the arrancars, even if she tried her best to resist, and then alarmed Rukia and others who lived in her house at that time, it would only cause a greater conflict between Ulquiorra and her partners.

A few low-ranked arrancars showed up in Karakura Town earlier and caused huge damage. Arrancars of Ulquiorra's level would have only caused more damage.

And now, after Mazuru appeared in Las Noches and said such words, she already understood that Mazuru might have betrayed the Soul Society and joined Aizen's side.

'No, rather, he might have been on Aizen's side from the beginning.'

'After all, the shinigami named Gin we saw when we first arrived at the Soul Society, and later defected with Aizen, was once Captain Mazuru's subordinate.'

But then, Orihime thought of the information contained in Mazuru's words.

That is, Ichigo and others have come to Hueco Mundo in order to save her, and were rushing towards the direction of Las Noches.

She obviously knew exactly what kind of place Las Noches was, after all she was being held there. It was the base camp of Aizen's operation, and there were many arrancars in it.

If Ichigo and others rushed in here rashly, and threw themselves into the tiger's mouth, this time would be different from that of Soul Society. After all they were able to rescue Rukia with the help of many Soul Society's captains.

This time, who could they count on?

Mazuru who came here earlier?

Orihime was not sure what his position was now, even him helping them in the Soul Society, she was now doubting whether it was for some other purpose or not.

Then, she thought of the last sentence Mazuru said before leaving.

Orihime gradually made a decision.

Soon after, Ulquiorra came in there, and after seeing him, she said that she had made her choice.

Immediately, Ulquiorra brought her to Aizen. In front of Aizen, Orihime said that she was willing to join Aizen and the others, but as a price for joining Aizen, she made a request.

"She really is a strong girl, don't you think so Mazuru-kun?"

After Orihime was taken away by Ulquiorra, Aizen suddenly spoke to his side.

A figure came out from the side, it was Mazuru, "So, Mr. Aizen is going to agree to her request, and not take action against Kurosaki Ichigo and others?"

Aizen replied leisurely, "When did I take the initiative to attack Kurosaki Ichigo and his friends? From the beginning, I ordered Espada from not taking any initiative to attack them.

As for the attacks that they encountered along the way, the attackers were not too strong.

If they can't even handle foes of this level, then there is no need to even think about coming to Las Noches to save people."

Mazuru smiled lightly.

Aizen changed his tone again, "This time the Soul Society sent four captains to help Kurosaki Ichigo to save Inoue Orihime, correct?"

"That's right." Mazuru responded, "Soul Society doesn't disregard Kurosaki Ichigo as much as Mr. Aizen imagined."

"I'm afraid it's because he has never seen my Kyōka Suigetsu's liberation, so the Soul Society regards him as an indispensable and powerful force against me."

Aizen guessed the purpose of Soul Society sending four captains to rescue Orihime, he said jokingly, "Say, should I take the initiative to appear in front of him now and let him see the liberation of my Kyōka Suigetsu?"

"Would Mr. Aizen really do that?"

Aizen did not answer the question. Of course he wouldn't do that, where's the fun in that?

He continued the previous topic, "The four captains, except for Mazuru-kun, are all amazing choices, from the head of the Four Great Nobles, Kuchiki Byakuya, the outstanding heir of the Kuchiki family, followed by two generations of Kenpachi, such a powerful fighting force was sent to Hueco Mundo all at once, what was the head-captain thinking? Or does he think that even without these powerful captains, he can easily defeat me?"

For Aizen, Unohana's identity was no secret.

The matter of her being the First Kenpachi was a secret to many shinigami in Soul Society, even many captains, but that definitely does not include Aizen.

Aizen already knew many secrets of the Soul Society since long ago, not to mention that after killing all the people of Central 46, he also entered the Great Spirit Book Gallery and stayed in it for so long absorbing information from there.

But having said that, when mentioning Yamamoto, Aizen didn't show any disdain on his face.

For him, Yamamoto was indeed a well-deserved enemy, and even, in some cases, he doesn't really want to confront him openly, because there would be too many variables.

Originally, after learning about Yhwach and the Wandenreich, he didn't need to be so urgent to create the Ōken.

It was completely possible to lie dormant in secret, wait until the quincies first launches their attack on the Soul Society, and then come out to pick up the loot.

But Aizen still chose to take the initiative to tear apart his face with the Soul Society and have a decisive battle.

If he succeeded, he could create the Ōken, and then change the supreme Spirit King.

If he failed, someone would come to clean up the mess for him.

So, he didn't mind trying out first.

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