3-1...

(What's going on? What is Aura's goal here?)

(Is this just nonsense made to confuse us?)

Have you never thought about it, Shuhei Hisagi?

That Kaname Tosen... No, that Sosuke Aizen was correct?

What are you saying?

He may have been out for revenge, but for a man as noble as Kaname Tosen...

Do you truly understand why he betrayed the whole Soul Society?

Why did Sosuke Aizen detest the existence of the Soul King that much? Have you ever tried using that tiny brain of yours to think about these things?

Or perhaps I should put it this way.

Why did Kisuke Urahara make the Hogyoku? Have you ever looked into his motives for doing so?

What are you trying to say? The Hogyoku exists to dissolve the boundaries limiting the souls of Hollows and Soul Reapers, and allows those who use it to exceed the limits of their growth.

Why was it necessary to do such a thing?

At the time, no one knew of Aizen's intent to rebel, and no one could stand against Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto.

Why amass so much power?

That's because...the Quincies had attacked.

Consequently, could you not have won without the Hogyoku? Though being prepared to use it certainly assured victory.

............

If you gave a Hogyoku to Ichigo Kurosaki, the world would probably become a much more stable place.

However, that isn't what you wish for, is it?

Yes, forgive me. I lied to you. If I handed over something to Ichigo, it would be something other than a Hogyoku.

............

Don't you think it's odd that the right hand of the Soul King was housed in Jushiro's body?

Why did the Soul King lose his right hand? If it fell to the ground, why not use Squad Zero to retrieve it?

(The right hand of the Soul King, the Mimihagi that Captain Ukitake carried since he was a child...)

(During the Great Soul King War, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Captain Kurotsuchi, and Nemu fought a Quincy named Pernida. He called himself the "left hand of the Soul King.")

(If the right hand of the Soul King was "stillness" and the left hand was "progress," then the Soul King who lost them both was...)

(Wait, what did Aizen say back then?)

Have you become that corrupt? Have you?!

From the beginning, no one has ever stood at the top. Neither you, nor me, nor the gods.

But soon, that unattainable vacancy will be filled. From now on, I alone will stand at the top.

Was the Soul King dead from the start?

Close. You're so close.

The one that was named the Soul King certainly was not alive, but he wasn't dead either.

The Soul King is just a sacrificial lamb, but the offering holds the power that is comparable to a god.

What?

Before the world was as it is today, it was chaotic with no boundary between life and death. Eventually, a protector rose and stood between Hollows and people.

That person can be considered the origin of the Quincies, the Soul Reapers, and the Fullbringers.

He was a Quincy, a Soul Reaper, and an ordinary person all at the same time. He had countless abilities, similar to those of the Fullbringers.

He was a symbol of hope who presided over a chaotic world.

These three worlds were created by sacrificing that man, who was both a demon and a savior.

The culprits were five traitors, the founders of our Five Great Noble Clans.