"There's a high chance it's true, and if my guess is right, it should be Aizen's doing," Urahara Kisuke let out a sigh, but still honestly voiced his speculation, "Aizen's Zanpakuto ability manipulates the five senses. As long as he uses that ability well, stirring up suspicion toward Sui Feng is actually very easy."
In his view, this matter was absolutely related to Aizen.
Aizen had already begun researching Hollowfication a hundred years ago. How could he possibly have no connection with Hueco Mundo?
And once you go to Hueco Mundo, there's no way to avoid the Hollow King's Palace.
Whether Aizen was a member of the Hollow King's Palace or the two sides were in a cooperative relationship, either possibility made the situation far more troublesome.
"Damn it! I knew it was that bastard Aizen!"
Yoruichi clenched her fists, flames practically shooting from her eyes, wishing she could flatten Aizen with a couple of punches.
"Don't be impulsive. We've all fallen under Aizen's ability. There's no way for us to tell whether what we see and hear is real or fake."
Urahara Kisuke hurriedly spoke up to dissuade her, as if afraid Yoruichi would rush straight into Soul Society to expose Aizen.
In his opinion, exposing Aizen was almost impossible.
First, their identities had already been defined as rebels, which made it impossible for them to move an inch within Seireitei.
Second, no matter how many times they confronted him face to face, Aizen could always use Kyoka Suigetsu to turn the situation around.
When all five senses were completely under the other party's control, everything you heard and saw was fake. How were they supposed to confront him like that?
If what you heard was false and the people you saw were also fake, then actually managing to communicate a correct result would be a miracle.
Moreover, Urahara Kisuke suspected that with Aizen's strength combined with Kyoka Suigetsu, he was probably already unbeatable within the Gotei 13 except against Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
He estimated that if it weren't for the existence of Squad Zero, Aizen would have stepped forward long ago to act as the proxy Captain-Commander.
"Can that Rosse be trusted? I can rely on the Shihoin clan's Heaven-Gifted Divine Weapon to make sure Aizen doesn't discover me. If I go through Kukaku's channels, I should be able to meet Rosse."
Yoruichi suddenly lifted her head and proposed what she considered a feasible plan.
With the Shihoin clan's Heaven-Gifted Divine Weapon, she could conceal herself and move within Seireitei.
But the prerequisite was that she had to find someone she could trust, and then join forces to strike at Aizen.
Even if they couldn't defeat Aizen, they could at least build up strength in the shadows.
But the premise was that she had to find the right candidate.
Otherwise, just moving around like this would definitely not be enough to deal with Aizen.
"Then why not look for Captain Kyoraku and Captain Ukitake?", Urahara Kisuke frowned slightly.
From a purely intuitive standpoint, he hadn't personally interacted with that Captain Rosse. The only time he had seen him was from afar when the other party came to the human world last time.
He couldn't really say what kind of person Rosse was.
But in terms of relationships, Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro were clearly more trustworthy than that Rosse.
After all, Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro had both been captains for several hundred years, and they unquestionably stood on Soul Society's side. There was no way they would side with Aizen.
"You think that Rosse also has a problem?", Yoruichi frowned slightly.
Right now, Soul Society was completely dominated by the Gotei 13. Even she had heard about that.
If even Rosse, the current acting Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, had a problem, then Soul Society might as well stop playing and just surrender outright.
There were only twelve captains in total. If four of them were traitors, and one of them was even the acting Captain-Commander, then the place had already been infiltrated into a sieve.
A hundred years ago, she had seen Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen following Aizen, so she knew those three all had problems.
"It's not that I think he has a problem. I just think that you going to him like this isn't very safe. I've heard he has a very good reputation within the Gotei 13 and should be someone reliable, but you're Shihoin Yoruichi," Urahara Kisuke stopped short, but still pointed out the key issue.
Rosse had extremely high support within the Gotei 13, but correspondingly, he was also someone all the noble families hated to the bone.
Even the Kuchiki clan had only given up benefits under pressure. It wasn't that they truly thought Rosse's proposals were good.
And Yoruichi was not only a wanted criminal in Soul Society now, she was also from the Shihoin clan, which naturally put her on the opposite side of Rosse.
Even if she found him through the Shiba clan's connections, it didn't necessarily mean he would trust her.
After all, compared to a wanted criminal, Aizen, who had always appeared like a perfect gentleman, was obviously more trustworthy.
What's more, Aizen was also one of Rosse's supporters.
If Rosse was also someone who puts personal gain first, he might even make a move against Yoruichi. That was what Urahara Kisuke was worried about.
"It's fine. I'll make contact with him first. If it doesn't work, I'll switch to Captain Kyoraku and the others," Yoruichi didn't think there was any problem at all. She even waved her hand dismissively.
So what if she was a Shihoin? Shiba had even had intimate contact with that captain.
Thinking of the wolfish conversations she had last time with her close friend Shiba Kukaku, Yoruichi felt her face heat up a little.
'That damn Kukaku has been looking much better lately, both in complexion and figure, and even her temperament is different from before.'
In the past, although Shiba Kukaku also had long hair, her overall style was like a tomboy.
But after getting together with Rosse, she not only let her hair grow long and adopted a married-woman hairstyle, she also switched to wearing kimono and stopped messing with explosives altogether. It was like she had become a completely different person.
If it weren't for the fact that her temper was still the same, Yoruichi would have thought she'd been possessed.
But precisely because of Shiba Kukaku, she didn't think there was anything wrong with Rosse.
Although Shiba Kukaku had said that Rosse was a scumbag when it came to relationships and not some great guy, when it came to serious matters, he was absolutely reliable.
For someone like that, Yoruichi felt she could place her trust in him.
As for whether he was a scumbag in relationships, what did that have to do with her? She wasn't going to marry Rosse. She just needed to gain his trust.
"Then be careful yourself. If anything feels off, leave immediately."
Urahara Kisuke sighed. Knowing he couldn't persuade her, he could only wish Yoruichi good luck.
If she really got caught, the aftermath would be extremely troublesome.
At his suggestion, Yoruichi still waited several days. After adjusting her state of mind, she finally opened the Senkaimon leading to Soul Society.
From the moment Yoruichi set off, she maintained extreme caution, as if afraid of being discovered by Aizen.
But unfortunately, Aizen wasn't in Soul Society at all at this time.
There wasn't much happening in Soul Society right now. It was entirely Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen taking turns playing the role of Aizen. Aizen himself only occasionally returned to Soul Society to refresh his Kyoka Suigetsu.
Although he could have Rosse help, Aizen was still unwilling to trouble Rosse with this kind of matter.
The current Aizen could be said to spend most of his time in the human world, having completely become Kurosaki Ichigo's private tutor.
He didn't even know that Rosse was secretly stirring things up behind the scenes.
After seeing Yoruichi off, Urahara Kisuke let out a soft sigh and hesitantly took out a jewel whose main tone was deep purple, yet shimmered with seven-colored light.
This was the Hogyoku he had researched, an object capable of breaking the boundary between Hollows and Shinigami.
Now that undercurrents were surging everywhere, his original plan had been to throw out this Hogyoku to expose Aizen, this ticking time bomb.
"Let's wait a bit longer. Let's see what Yoruichi gains this time. If it doesn't work, then we'll have to rely on the Hogyoku."
[T/N: Big THANKS to "Mindlessreader25" for posting the character Illustrations. You all can also check it out now in the dedicated chapter. Thanks for reading, enjoy.]