Chapter 149 Ineffective Mirror Flowers and Water Moons!
Just like Natsuki did not answer Aizen's question.

Aizen also did not answer this question.

Seeing this, Xia Mu sighed, "Yes, there is really no need to waste time talking to you. You have been hiding for so many years, and you are very deep-minded. It is impossible for you to answer my questions so simply."

"But it doesn't matter anymore."

As he spoke, Natsuki's Zanpakutō had already been unsheathed and was in his hand.

"I don't know, are you ready to be chopped to death by me?"

Aizen looked calm, and only asked Xia Mu one last question, "Is it really okay to take action in the Soul Society?"

"I think it's good." Xia Mu replied, "Besides, I also want to know, if I kill you, will the captain throw me into hell again?"

As he spoke, he swung the knife in his hand suddenly.

The golden sword pressure burst out, as if it was going to tear Aizen in half.

boom! !

The ground where Aizen was standing exploded, and a deep gully appeared on the ground, extending into the distance.

At the last moment, Aizen's figure flashed to the other side.

"Now, have you finally revealed your true strength?"

Natsuki asked Aizen, knife in hand.

"If I continue to hold back, I'm afraid I might really be killed by you." A faint smile appeared on Aizen's lips.

Seeing this faint smile, Xia Mu knew that Aizen finally stopped pretending.

Natsuki was also very curious about how far Aizen had come at this stage.

Before the thought had even crossed his mind, he used his instant steps to come to Aizen's side and slashed at him again.

Aizen also used the technique of instant step to move his body and dodge. At the same time, he drew out his Zanpakuto and slashed out with a dazzling sword pressure.

boom! !

The two sword pressures touched.

The spiritual pressure collided and turned into a storm, spreading in all directions.

"As expected of the strongest swordsman in the Gotei 13, he possesses such powerful force just by swinging his sword."

Aizen blocked Natsuki's Zanpakuto with the sword in his hand and praised Natsuki.

"You're not bad either."

Xia Mu responded, and an even stronger spiritual pressure burst out from his body, and the sword pressure on the Zanpakutō in his hand also doubled.

The sword pressure from Aizen's Zanpakuto was instantly annihilated.

The golden sword pressed towards Aizen who was close at hand and swallowed him.

The smile on Aizen's lips froze.

He is also a very proud man.

Since Natsuki had revealed his true identity and attacked him, Aizen didn't want to lose during the battle with Natsuki.

He reached his limit many years ago.

In order to break through this limit, he turned to practicing other abilities.

He has cultivated the four abilities of slashing, punching, walking, ghost, and death to the extreme. However, these abilities cannot help him break the boundaries, so he began to seek external strength.

Although it still hasn't been completed.

But when it comes to the abilities of a god of death, Aizen believes that he is no inferior to anyone else.

boom! !

A tangible spiritual pressure also burst out from Aizen's body.

The two powerful spiritual pressures were like two beams of light, intersecting and touching each other, and finally, caused a huge commotion.

The Soul Society is very large, but the area where the Gotei 13 is located only occupies a very small part of it.

The place where Aizen and Natsuki were fighting was not far from the Gotei 13.

Therefore, many death gods with strong spiritual perception sensed the situation here at the first moment.

"What happened again?"

In the First Division, Captain Yamamoto frowned and looked towards the place where the powerful spiritual pressure collided.

In recent times, there have been constant disturbances in the Soul Society, and it can be said to be a turbulent time.

Captain Yamamoto sometimes also blames himself.

Am I wrong?
Ever since the Gotei 13 was formed with the support of many nobles, and transformed from the original assassin group into an organization whose mission is to protect the Seireitei and maintain the balance between souls, he has always taken the lead in observing the rules.

Obey the orders of Central Office 46, use Central Office 46 as an organ of justice, and implement this justice.

The world has become stable because of this.

Although there are some injustices in it, he firmly believes that as long as he bears the darkness alone, most of the world will still be bright. Such a world is much better than the disordered and chaotic world of the past.

He has been doing this for many years.

He also faithfully carried out all the orders issued by the Central Office 46.

However, a series of events that have occurred in recent times have gradually shaken Captain Yamamoto's inner resolve and understanding of justice.

First, there was the matter of Central Office 46 trying Xia Mu.

Xia Mu is considered half his disciple.

Logically speaking, after Xia Mu was convicted, he, as a teacher, should have stood up and spoken for Xia Mu. Even if he did not help Xia Mu defend himself, he should at least help collect evidence to prove that Xia Mu was innocent.

But because the Central Office 46 produced "conclusive" evidence, and because of the habits he had developed over the years, he chose to remain silent in the end. Simply because the evidence was conclusive.

But what happened afterwards was beyond Captain Yamamoto's expectations.

The founder of Tsunayashiro wanted to break free from hell and return. The Gotei 13 suffered heavy casualties because of that hell's gate, and during this period, the new Central Forty-six Chambers were slaughtered again.

Now, because of the fact that two consecutive Central 46th Rooms were massacred.

No new Room 46 has been selected yet.

The affairs of the Gotei 13 will be handled by him for the time being.

During this period, Captain Yamamoto has been examining his past actions.

Was what he had insisted on really the right thing? He trusted the 46th Central Office too much and obeyed its orders, thus neglecting many things and almost causing a big mistake.

Although the Gotei 13 was established with the support of those nobles at the time.

The history of the nobility is equivalent to the history of this world.

This world was once ruled for many years by aristocrats headed by the Five Great Nobles.

But times are changing.

Now the five great noble families are gradually declining, and there are more and more powerful people among the common people.

Do the five great nobles really have enough power to rule the world?
What should we do if there is a situation like the Tsunayashiro family secretly manipulating the Central Forty-Six Rooms and harming the strong among the civilians?
Continue to let it go?

Will he help the Central 46th Room to suppress those powerful civilians?
No, that won't work.

Sooner or later, the accumulated conflicts will explode.

Not everyone is willing to be ruled by the nobles. In particular, the weakness of the nobles has gradually become apparent. The five major nobles now no longer have the ability to control the entire world as they once did.

It is precisely because of their decline that they choose to integrate into the Gotei 13.

But with recent events, Captain-General Yamamoto realized that the conflict between nobles and commoners did not disappear with the integration of the three great nobles into the Gotei 13. This contradiction still exists, and as long as nobles like Tsunayashiro are still around, the conflict will erupt sooner or later.

“Maybe, it’s time to change.”

Captain Yamamoto was thinking.

Then, he sensed the direction of the spiritual pressure explosion and quickly rushed towards that direction.

Regarding the Hell's Gate incident, he was unable to take immediate action because the incident broke out too hastily.

He didn't know what was happening now, but he had to nip it in the bud.

……

Seireitei, near a street.

The two figures kept intersecting and flashing.

Natsuki and Aizen performed superb instant steps one after another.

The actual spiritual pressure enveloped their bodies, and the Zanpakutō in their hands was always maintained in a shallow striking state, but this did not mean that they had no power. Ordinary Shinigami relied on the power after their Zanpakutō was released.

But for a truly strong person, even if it is a shallow attack, as long as his spiritual pressure is strong enough, he can still release an extremely terrifying slash.

The Zanpakuto collided, and the sword pressure raged one after another.

Occasionally, Natsuki and Aizen would throw their fists in return, and their fists would collide.

The four abilities of the god of death, slashing, punching, walking, and ghost, were all used by the two people one after another.

The more Aizen fought, the more surprised he became.

It was just because he boasted that he had cultivated his skills of slashing fists and escaping ghosts to the extreme and was not inferior to anyone else.

Precisely because he had reached the pinnacle so early on, Aizen did those things in secret in order to achieve a breakthrough.

As for Xia Mu, of course he is also very strong.

He is Kenpachi after all.

Aizen admitted that the opponent should be very powerful with his ability of slashing techniques and flash step.

But only after they actually fought did he discover that Xia Mu was not only powerful in instant step and slashing techniques, but his attainments in hand-to-hand combat and the way of the ghost were also impressive.

In addition, the spiritual pressure that he was proud of was unable to suppress Xia Mu.

"Since it is impossible to win the confrontation between these abilities, then, let's use the Zanpakutō."

Aizen thought so.

Zanpakuto is the most fundamental ability of the God of Death.

"Break it into pieces, Jing Hua Shui Yue."

In front of Natsuki, Aizen recited the release words of his Zanpakutō.

It was like a broken mirror. Even though Natsuki's previous words revealed some of his understanding of his Zanpakuto, Aizen still didn't think that Natsuki knew the truth about his Zanpakuto. After all, he had never revealed the true ability of his Zanpakuto to anyone.

Just like a broken mirror, everything soon returned to calm.

The sword in Aizen's hand did not change much after being released.

But the illusion has already begun.

As long as Natsuki witnesses the release of his Zanpakutō, the seed of illusion will pass through Natsuki's eyes and be implanted into his soul. He can use his powerful spiritual pressure to weave beautiful dreams and illusions for Natsuki.

However, unexpectedly.

Aizen did not sense the existence of the illusion seed.

Instead, Xia Mu's red knife slashed towards him.

Then, Aizen realized the reason, only because Natsuki's eyes were closed.

(End of this chapter)