Afterward, Shinichi Kasahara used Kidō to contact Seireitei.
After briefly reporting the situation, with remote assistance from Mayuri Kurotsuchi, he opened a Garganta back to Seireitei.
Kasahara then led the wounded squad members directly back.
Within the Land of Deep Ash, only Shigure and his five companions remained.
"Captain, since this isn't Aizen's base... what should we do now?"
Rukia walked behind Shigure and asked carefully.
As her words fell, the others also looked over. They were naturally confused about this as well.
Though they had all supported Shigure's words just now and decided to stay and continue the Hueco Mundo expedition, they currently had no leads whatsoever.
Shigure looked up and smiled faintly: "Since I said we'd stay, I naturally have a way."
He turned and walked toward the southwest: "Follow me."
Hearing this, the group exchanged glances. Though somewhat puzzled, they still followed.
After all, Shigure had been able to quickly discover this place before.
Though they'd encountered an attack, they'd ultimately come through safely and even found Kasahara and the others.
Shigure walked forward with a calm expression.
In fact, after killing Kleint and when his Soul Wall began forming, he discovered that his Resonance Eyes' range had expanded dramatically.
However, when he withdrew his soul from the Soul Wall, his Resonance Vision returned to normal.
This meant the enhancement to his Resonance Vision was a result of the Soul Wall palace's influence.
So Shigure had just used this greatly expanded Resonance Vision to conduct detailed observations of the spiritual particle flows in Hueco Mundo's upper atmosphere.
The final result of his observations was that the spiritual particle flows drifted steadily toward the southwest like clouds.
This was sufficient to indicate Las Noches' direction.
Meanwhile, within Las Noches.
In a room within the inner palace, Aizen sat on a large white jade throne, head slightly tilted, hand supporting his chin.
Before him were several massive display screens currently showing rapidly flashing images.
Seeing these images, a faint smile appeared on Aizen's face.
Just then, someone leisurely walked up from behind—it was Gin Ichimaru.
As he approached, he smiled and said:
"Oh my, looks like Captain Aizen's experiment succeeded... Such an incredible creature could actually be created..."
Aizen didn't turn around, only chuckling lightly:
"That's right, Gin."
"This is exactly the greatness of the Hōgyoku."
"Completely breaking through the impossible boundaries of all phenomena... and creating new possibilities within them."
"The most perfect result obtained after fusing the Hōgyoku created by Kisuke Urahara with my own Hōgyoku."
At this moment, a blue-purple orb at the center of Aizen's chest was slowly pulsing.
He slowly stood up, looking toward Gin: "How is Wonderweiss?"
Gin shrugged: "Same as always. He only gets close to Tōsen and Fuhrer... I can barely approach him myself."
"No matter."
Aizen smiled lightly. "As long as he can stop Yamamoto's steps at the crucial moment, it won't affect our plans at all."
Aizen slowly walked toward the room's exit, his calm voice carrying:
"Well then, next... notify the Espada for a meeting."
"Let's confirm the matter of invading Karakura Town... and intercepting the Soul Society captains."
Hearing this, Gin's expression didn't change at all. He smiled in acknowledgment and followed.
Moments later, in Las Noches' main hall, ten Arrancar wearing white uniforms and having various appearances sat around a long conference table.
NO. 1, Coyote Starrk (Pack of Wolves).
NO. 2, Baraggan Louisenbairn (Skeleton Emperor).
NO. 3, Tier Harribel (Shark Empress).
NO. 4, Ulquiorra Cifer (Black-Winged Demon).
NO. 5, Nnoitra Gilga (Holy Crying Mantis).
NO. 6, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Panther King).
NO. 7, Zommari Rureaux (Cursed Eye Monk).
NO. 8, Szayelaporro Granz (Evil Concubine).
NO. 9, Aaroniero Arruruerie (Hollow Devourer).
NO. 10, Yuka Ludwig (Moonlight Butterfly).
"Tch..."
When he clearly saw the new Espada numbered NO. 10, Grimmjow showed a disdainful expression and turned to look at Ulquiorra across from him.
"Hey, I'm saying... that brainless Yammy died in the World of the Living, so how did you manage to survive... Ulquiorra?"
"Could it be that you were afraid of dying, so you ran back alone? Huh?"
Hearing his words, Ulquiorra still kept his eyes lowered and said nothing.
Grimmjow raised his head slightly, impatience showing in his gaze. Just as he was about to speak again, a gentle voice came:
"What's wrong, Grimmjow? Do you have any particular opinion about me saving Ulquiorra?"
Hearing this voice, Grimmjow's gaze shifted. The next moment, he felt a terrifying oppressive force on his body.
His expression instantly changed as he quickly lowered his head, gritting his teeth: "N-no!"
The oppressive feeling disappeared. Aizen slowly walked over with a faint smile:
"That's good then."
He sat at the head of the conference table, his gaze slowly sweeping across the faces of the ten Espada before him.
Then he placed both hands on the conference table and said calmly:
"Your recovery time should be about over, because... Soul Reapers have already begun gradually approaching Las Noches."
As his words fell, the Espada's expressions all showed varying degrees of subtle changes.
Aizen's expression remained calm as he continued unhurriedly:
"Our primary objective remains unchanged—the attack on Karakura Town in the World of the Living."
"But now, we must first handle a slightly troublesome small matter."
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