Chapter 232: Reality
"Hoooo...as expected from the Captain of the Onmitsukidō..." hummed Aizen, sporting a relaxed, confident smile as his Zanpakuto pierced the back of Sui-Feng's 2nd Division Captain's haori, discarded as she took evasive action.
"Aizen...you treacherous snake..." hissed Sui-Feng, reappearing in front of a kindly-looking woman with soft features, blue eyes that drooped at the ends, and somewhat round black hair worn in a large braid down the front of her body. The woman, Unohana Retsu, was Captain of the 4th Division and presently the most accomplished healer in the Soul Society, so there were few better suited to healing the deep puncture wound in Sui-Feng's left shoulder.
Disregarding Sui-Feng's comment, Aizen peered over his right shoulder, where two other Captains, a handsome but dandy-looking middle-aged man modeling a flowery pink kimono over his haori and a notably pretty man with pitch-black hair bound by a trio of white hair ornaments called kenseikan(pulled star inserts), blocked the massive, nearly indestructible double doors he had entered through.
"Aizen Sosuke...for the crimes of betraying the Soul Society and failing to uphold the honor and integrity of the Thirteen Court Guard Divisions, you have been found guilty and will now be executed..." stated Yamamoto, his Reiatsu surging outward, drastically increasing the temperature within the spacious hall despite his Zanpakuto still being sealed.
'This is somewhat troublesome...' thought Aizen, his smile unchanged but a slight unease suffusing his mind. He was confident that he could open a path to escape, but he couldn't evade Yamamoto and recover Rukia at the same time. The man might look like a strong breeze could knock him over, but his speed, power, and fiery Reiatsu were second only to his own...
Interrupting Aizen's thoughts, causing him to turn only his sharp brown eyes, a massive, heavily armored figure wearing a ceramic Komuso helmet appeared to his left using Shunpo, his inordinately large Zanpakuto slicing through the air with extreme speed.
"This isn't a stage someone like you can stand on..." stated Aizen, raising his left arm to block the man's, Captain Komamura Sajin's, blade with his wrist while pointing his right index finger at him across his body, his deep voice producing an eerie resonance as he punctuated his statement with a curt, "Kokurai(Void Lightning)..."
Contrasting the usual Hado #4, Byakurai(Pale Lighting), Aizen's custom version of the technique produced a light-absorbing black streak with an amethyst hue that seemed to seep into the space surrounding it. The end result was a near-instantaneous attack that not only penetrated the more than three-meter-tall figure's burly body with ease but violently drew the surrounding flesh toward it like a cylindrical singularity, exacerbating what should have been a cauterized wound.
"Uwaghk—"