9-1...

Isane,

I want you to stay here and locate all of the captains, all lieutenants, all seat officers.

Report to them everything we've just learned about what Sosuke Aizen has done, and make sure to tell them where he's gone.

Right!

And then...I want you to be sure to get the message to those Ryoka as well.

Yes, I understand.

I'm counting on you.

I must go now and try to save the lives of Captain Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Hinamori before it's too late.

Black and White Net, Twenty-Second Bridge, Sixty-Six Crown and Cincture, Footprints, Distant Thunder, Sharp Arrow, Rotating Land, Cover of Night, Sea of Clouds, Pale Soldiers! Form a circle and then charge through the heavens!

Tenteikura! Connections...complete.

All Court Guard squad captains, lieutenants, and seat officers, may I have your attention, please?

And also the Ryoka. This is Squad 4 lieutenant Isane Kotetsu with an urgent announcement.

Listen closely, as the message will not be repeated. This is an emergency report from Captain Unohana regarding the traitor in our midst.

As grim as the following facts are, what I'm about to tell you is the truth.

Impossible... Not Aizen...

Well, you heard the lady. What do we do, old man? Doesn't this fight seem a little pointless now?

I can't believe it... My captain lost.

How could he? He said that he wouldn't...that he wouldn't harm Momo.

What...was that all about?

Ichigo!

Orihime?

You're in better shape than I thought you'd be, Ichigo.

Uryu, Chad, Ganju!

It's good to see you all. I'm glad you are okay.

Ichigo, did you hear the transmission just now?

Uhh...

Something something forty-six, yada yada hypnotism. I wouldn't understand even if you explained it to me.

From what I understood, a captain attacked another captain and caused a ruckus in the Seireitei, right?

Why do we need to know that?

They must have decided they had to tell us for some reason.

That captain is Captain Aizen, and you can think of Central 46 as the highest judicial system of the Seireitei.

Captain Aizen was the one who massacred Central 46. Then he made it look like they were making the decisions in order to help him accomplish his goal.

The question is, what is that goal?

An...execution?

Squad 5 Captain, Sosuke Aizen... His plan must be to murder Rukia!

No, not Rukia!

I told you, I won't leave Rukia. I refuse to let her go.

Very well then.

You are stubborn, Renji.

Since you won't let go of her and stand down as I ordered you, I have no choice.

She can stay in your arms. The rest of you goes.

Urgh...

Renji...