NOVEL NEXT Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Traitor, Kyo Mazuru
"Welcome to my Las Noches."
Mazuru spoke with the tone of the owner of the place, although he did not admit to betraying the Soul Society, his speech had already revealed some facts.
"After Aizen Sosuke went to the world of living for a decisive battle, did you inherit Aizen's position and took charge of the Las Noches?" Unohana sighed, feeling that the situation suddenly became very complicated.
"Why?"
Unohana didn't speak, rather it was Byakuya who questioned Mazuru.
"Sensei, no… Kyo Mazuru, why did you betray the Soul Society?" Byakuya couldn't accept this fact, and so he didn't even call Mazuru teacher anymore, but instead called him by his full name.
"A person like you, why would you choose to follow Aizen Sosuke?"
Byakuya felt really frustrated.
For him, Mazuru is one of the people he respects the most. Since he was a young boy, he has been looking up to his teacher, and he has always been proud of his teacher, but he never imagined that one day, his respected teacher would turn out to be a traitor.
Unohana thought of something more and spoke.
"Ichimaru Gin was your vice-captain."
"But it was later revealed that he has been following Aizen Sosuke secretly all these years."
"You are a thoughtful person, so it is impossible for you to not to notice it."
"It is just because Aizen Sosuke framed you earlier of his fake death, making everyone feel that you were not in cahoots with Aizen."
"Realizing this, everyone felt that they wrongfully accused you and subconsciously believed in you even more. But in fact, you are not as innocent as imagined."
"And thinking about it, you went to Hueco Mundo twice back then. The first time you went to Hueco Mundo with the vice-captain Ichimaru Gin to support Aizen Sosuke. That time, you defeated many hollows in Hueco Mundo, and the second time, you and Aizen Sosuke and Tousen Kaname went to Hueco Mundo to hunt down Tsunayashiro Tokinada."
"The people who ever went to Hueco Mundo with you are all now traitors, there is no reason for you to have no problem."
Unohana spoke slowly, her squinted eyes opened slightly, "So, can you tell me, when it started?"
She really wanted to know when Mazuru joined Aizen and betrayed the Soul Society.
Not only was Byakuya having a hard time accepting Mazuru's betrayal, she was the same.
After all, Mazuru is an excellent sparring opponent to her, but now, she found out that the person whom she regarded as an excellent opponent was actually a traitor, even though Unohana has lived for a thousand years, she still felt a little bit uncomfortable in her heart.
Byakuya stared at Mazuru sharply, he was also waiting for Mazuru's answer.
After Unohana's summarization of many points, he also realized some things, which was why he wanted to hear Mazuru's response even more, and he even had already quietly held Zanpakuto's handle, if Mazuru was unwilling to respond, he wouldn't mind using the sword in his hand to force Mazuru to tell the truth.
Mazuru listened quietly to Unohana's analysis, and couldn't help but praise, "Captain Unohana, as expected of you, your ability to see things in detail is really nothing to scoff at, what you analyzed is correct."
If the previous sentence "Welcome to my Las Noches" only responded to the betrayal in an indirect way, then this sentence could be regarded as a direct response.
"So at that time, you had already betrayed the Soul Society?" Unohana sighed.
The time when Mazuru went to Hueco Mundo to support Aizen, although it was not a hundred years ago, it had been decades since then, at that time, Mazuru had already betrayed the Soul Society. So it was hard for her not to think of the Soul Society's incident a hundred years ago - the soul disappearance incident. That incident caused the Soul Society to lose six captains at once along with many vice-captains, as well as both Kidō Corps' chief and deputy-chief.
Mazuru had an easy-going attitude, he knew that both Unohana and Byakuya have a lot of questions, since they have both come there, Mazuru doesn't mind answering their questions.
Maybe the next time they meet, they won't be able to chat with each other as 'happily' as they were now.
"In your opinion, I may be a traitor to the Soul Society, but to me, I really didn't have much choice at the time."
"What do you mean there are not many choices? Are you looking for excuses for your betrayal?" Byakuya said in a low voice, his voice filled with anger.
Mazuru smiled, then restrained his smile and said, "Do you know my origin?"
"Your origin?" Byakuya wondered.
Unohana pondered for a while, and then said, "As far as I know, Captain Mazuru doesn't seem to have any special background, nor is he of any noble origin. Before joining Gotei 13, he was a commoner from Rukongai. The only thing worth mentioning is probably when he entered the academy, his spiritual power had reached the sixth level, and he was favored by Captain Shunsui."
Even though Byakuya had called Mazuru by his name because of anger, Unohana still called him captain.
"That's right, I was born as a commoner in Rukongai, but..." He paused, "Do you know where I was before I came to Soul Society?"
"Before coming to Soul Society?" Byakuya said coldly, "What do you want to say? Don't all Rukongai's souls come from the world of living?"
"No..." Mazuru said softly, vetoing Byakuya's words.
Byakuya's expression froze suddenly, and Unohana also had a strange look in her eyes, looking at Mazuru.
"Although I don't know why, after my death, some kind of accident might have happened. I didn't stay in the world of living, and I didn't go to the Soul Society under the guidance of shinigami, but instead came to Hueco Mundo."
"How could it be...?" Byakuya couldn't believe it.
It was not uncommon for souls to fall into the Hueco Mundo, but it was strange in Mazuru's case.
"What? Surprised that I fell into Hueco Mundo but why didn't I become a hollow?" Mazuru looked at Byakuya and asked, "To be honest, I am also very confused, but I was indeed in the form of a normal soul when I appeared in Hueco Mundo, and even more so, in order to survive in Hueco Mundo, I had to fight those hollows every day."
"It's really an amazing fact…" Unohana commented.
"You were neither shinigami nor hollow, but just an ordinary soul, even if you had spiritual power, it shouldn't be easy to survive in Hueco Mundo."
"It's really not easy." Mazuru sighed, and he said calmly, "I have stayed in the forest of Menos Grande for more than a hundred years."
This was another sentence that shocked Byakuya.
He knew exactly what the Forest of Menos Grande was, and Mazuru actually stayed there for a hundred years without being shinigami or hollow, it was so unbelievable that he had some doubts that Mazuru was lying.
"Until that day, I met Aizen."
Mazuru spoke again and when he mentioned this name, and Byakuya and Unohana immediately put down other thoughts they were having and listened attentively to Mazuru's explanation.
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