Aizen felt a surge of irritation. He pressed again: "What do you really want?"
"I told you, I don't want anything. You can consider my strength equivalent to the Soul King. If the Soul King had consciousness, what would it do? Probably nothing."
"I just want to find amusent."
"Aizen, I understand you. You want to escape loneliness. Of course, that loneliness cos from your strength. But undeniably, Kyoka Suigetsu is a major factor!"
"Kyoka Suigetsu makes you feel like everyone around you is on a different level. You can't see the sa things they do. That's why you wanted to beco a god."
"But rejoice! Now a true god has appeared before you. This god grants you an opportunity!"
"Aizen, I can change your Zanpakuto into the genuine water-based blade you claid it was, Kyoka Suigetsu!"
"Would you then choose to live an ordinary life?" Sora asked seriously. "I think Hinamori Momo is a good woman."
"Do you truly wish to stand above the heavens and break her heart?"
"This..." Hearing Sora's words, Aizen hesitated!
He felt genuine affection for Momo.
After all, could a great mastermind be woken up in the middle of the night by soone feeling a little uneasy, only to stay and chat until they fell asleep?
And for that mastermind to be soone like Aizen?
Yet, Momo had done that! What did that imply? Was she just the Soul Society's ultimate emotional support?
Of course not. It ant Aizen had feelings too!
So, when faced with sothing he had occasionally fantasized about, Aizen actually considered it seriously!
It was an imnsely difficult decision.
But after struggling with it, Aizen suddenly felt sothing was off.
He sensed sothing amiss.
"..."
Aizen looked at Sora with a hint of realization, wondering if he was correct.
But in reality, Aizen's guess was spot on.
Sora was seeking amusent, and there were very amusing ways to find it!
"You wouldn't..." Aizen started to ask.
At that mont, Sora smiled: "Congratulations, you guessed right. Yes, I intended to do this from the start. I never planned to give you a choice!"
Unbeknownst to Aizen, Sora was once again holding the Hogyoku: "Hogyoku, modify his Zanpakuto!"
"Change Aizen's Zanpakuto ability into what he claid it was!"
'Of course, I'm rciful. I won't alter his Bankai. He'll have to train for a proper Bankai. After all, Hirako Shinji already has a Bankai like that. If Hirako had the sa Bankai as Aizen, he'd be disgusted!'
'For Hirako's sake, and as my rcy... well then, let's begin!'
With Sora's words, an invisible, imnse force flowed over Aizen.
Then, Aizen could clearly sense it: his Kyoka Suigetsu had changed!
The ability to freely manipulate the five senses of others was gone!
"..."
Aizen's expression was shaken.
'Was this truly sothing the Hogyoku could do?' He was deeply puzzled!
But now, a new, pressing issue presented itself to Aizen!
If Sora did this, wouldn't his arrangents in the Soul Society be discovered imdiately?
Just then, as if hearing Aizen's thoughts, Sora smiled and said: "Those are your problems!"
"Aizen, how to separate your current self from your old self… that's the test I'm giving you!"
"Of course, since I'm giving you a test, I'll also give you a chance to pass it!"
"Slice!"
The sound of a blade cutting flesh.
Aizen looked down in shock. He was already covered in wounds!
Simultaneously, Sora's Kyoka Suigetsu was released, and everyone's gazes fell upon him.
Sora said coldly: "Take this clown who doesn't know his place away!"
"Yes!" The others, who had witnessed the entire battle, were still shocked by Aizen's displayed strength, but now they could only take him away!
However, just as Unohana was about to leave, Sora spoke again.
"Wait, I didn't say you could leave. You're staying!"
"Yes!" Unohana could only smile wryly.
anwhile, the severely injured Aizen was carried away by Zaraki.
Slung over Zaraki's shoulder, Aizen was numb. He didn't know what had transpired between him and Sora within the Kyoka Suigetsu's illusion.
Suddenly, Aizen recalled Sora's words.
There was a chance to pass the test, but there were also difficulties.
When information was lacking, that was one of the difficulties!
'Sigh!' Aizen sighed inwardly.
'What a mischievous Soul King!'
But regardless of Aizen's internal lant, he was destined never to beco the Aizen who commanded the elents with his hair gel.
Perhaps this counted as a happy ending of sorts?
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