3-5 The Specimen

Oh? The man that killed me is the chief of this place?

You have my sympathy. Working under that egotist probably means you could never use your powers properly, right?

Hey, isn't that the specimen in storage? The one submerged in the preservation fluid?

Specimen? Ha! So it's a specimen now?! And I thought there could be nothing more humiliating than losing temporarily!

I can't believe that my body, my corpse, is the one being examined now!

(So, he's one and the same as that specimen? Talk about creepy. That means we should assume that he's at least equally as strong.)

(He's one of the Espada, if I remember correctly.)

Now, could you bring the specimen to me? It's not every day that you get to inspect your own corpse.

I hardly remember anything about the moment I died in the world of the living.

But, that means you still remember a bit of it, right?

Are you one of the worthless researchers here, too?

I'm under no duty or obligation to tell you the truth, and frankly, I have no interest in someone like you.

Not only did you come barging into our research facility, but you're also insulting me? How rude.

That's enough chit-chat. If there's something you wish to know, seek out the answers for yourself.

If you can survive for that long, that is.

Keeha! Keehahaha! It's been so, SO long! How many years has it been since you opened your eyes?!

About 250 years? Or even 500 years? It could even be 20,000 years!

It was since Sosuke Aizen was sealed away in here.

Oh, yeah! That's right!

Aizen took a really hard hit from that Substitute Soul Reaper with the orange hair...

...and Kisuke Urahara, who went from the 3rd Seat of Squad 2 to Captain of Squad 12 and first Chief of the Department of Research & Development,

and was later exiled to the world of the living because of Aizen's trap, sealed him away.

Aizen was sentenced to 20,000 years of prison time by the judges and sages of Central 46 who replaced the ones he had killed.

So, that all happened after we came here!

Keeheehaha! Why did you open your eyes this time! Why, why?

A thin thread has entered inside of me.

Entered? Inside of you? Ooh, sounds kind of naughty. Is it something that'll excite me?

It's not exciting for me, anyway. It feels like Reishi... No, it's Negacion.

Let's wait and see before we decide to leave this place.