NOVEL NEXT Chapter 274: Chapter 274: Mazuru's Past
"Perhaps, for you, Aizen is one of the greatest sinners of Soul Society. He once led the soul disappearance incident which put many captains and vice-captains of the Soul Society out of commission, and even slaughtered the Central 46 with his own hands."
"But for me even at this time, it is indeed Aizen who brought me out of the dangerous environment of Hueco Mundo, and he is my benefactor, someone whom I owe my current life."
Mazuru who was talking very less till now, became outspoken and expressed his 'truest' thoughts.
"Then, under the arrangement of Aizen Sosuke, you disguised yourself as an ordinary soul of Rukongai, and you didn't made any noise until you signed up for the Shinō Academy which was recruiting students, and so you got mixed up with Gotei 13?"
Unohana understood the general outline of Mazuru's past, and immediately deduced the following things that happened from his words.
"Yes, that's how it went." Mazuru nodded.
On Mazuru's side, Sojiro who was quietly listening to the conversation between Mazuru and Unohana, also looked at Mazuru curiously.
It was the first time he had heard about his past, and subsequently, he also understood the relationship between Mazuru and Aizen. It turned out that from the moment Mazuru had come to Soul Society, he had already hooked up with Aizen.
"It's really an unexpected tale of forbearance." Unohana praised, "This is not only about you, but also about Aizen Sosuke."
"You have not been in Soul Society for a short time. Even among the current captains of Gotei 13 today, you can be regarded as a veteran one, but you have been hiding yourself for so many years."
"From Rukongai to Shinō Academy, then to Gotei 13, from the Thirteenth Division to the Third Division, and no one ever found out that you have a problem…"
The same was true for Aizen. Before Mazuru came to Soul Society, he had already set foot in Hueco Mundo in secrecy, but even after so many years, no one found out about it.
But if it was really only about the ability of forbearance, Unohana had to praise Mazuru more.
At least, a hundred years ago, Aizen had exposed himself on the night the soul disappearance incident.
It's just because Kyōka Suigetsu's ability was too incomprehensible that he created the best alibi for himself, and no one in Seireitei was willing to believe Urahara Kisuke's defense.
But what about Mazuru?
If it weren't for this self-exposure, he could even choose to continue to hide.
"Even if you came to Soul Society because of Aizen Sosuke, you can obviously choose to inform Soul Society about him, as long as you didn't commit a felony along with him, the Soul Society would have forgiven you..." Byakuya spoke out, interrupting Unohana.
Hearing this, Mazuru couldn't help but look at Byakuya, and spoke with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "I never thought you could say such wonderful words."
"Byakuya, it seems that you are more innocent than I thought."
"Or, do you perhaps think that I, like you, am a nobleman of the Soul Society? Even if I commit a serious crime, Central 46 will be lenient and not even pursue it?"
"Just like when Tsunayashiro Tokinada killed his shinigami wife, nothing happened. Even with Captain Shunsui's report, it was just dismissed with a punishment of imprisoning him in the Tsunayashiro family. "
"For the Soul Society, civilians and nobles are inherently different."
Byakuya was silent, he also realized that his words seemed a little naive and ridiculous.
What Mazuru said was right, he was not a nobleman, even if he reported Aizen's crimes. With the style of Central 46 in doing things, it will only produce two results.
First, they won't believe Mazuru's words and believe that Aizen was innocent.
Second, the crime committed by Aizen would be confirmed, but Mazuru was just a commoner, and he would definitely not be left as an innocent soul.
The most probable result would be that he will be executed directly along with Aizen, and the better result would be that he might be exiled to Hueco Mundo as a member of the Expeditionary Force to make him atone for his sins. But this atonement period would definitely not be short, so in the final analysis, it would be to let him fend for himself.
If Mazuru was from a noble birth, they must have another set of arguments.
For example, Mazuru, as a member of the nobility, had a timely insight into Aizen's plot and eliminated a hidden crisis. All the nobility should be proud of him and take him as an example and so on. In short, if he was a noble, the worst outcome was some kind of fine or short imprisonment, that too in his own house.
"But, that's not any reason for your betrayal..."
He didn't know what to say.
Why didn't Mazuru report about Aizen?
In fact, this was just self-deception.
Leaving behind Mazuru's status as a commoner, was Central 46 willing to trust him?
After all, Aizen had hidden himself so deeply at that time, and after discovering that Mazuru had reported him, he would definitely not let him go.
But even so, what Byakuya really could not accept was the fact about Mazuru's betrayal.
Unohana saw that Byakuya's mind was in a mess, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to ask such naive questions in his normal mind. Her mind was also in a mess, but after all, she had witnessed many things over the years, so she was still more stable than Byakuya.
"I have a few more questions."
She seemed to be very straightforward.
Without waiting for Mazuru to answer whether he would like to answer her questions or not, she asked directly.
"Is the disappearance of the souls a hundred years ago related to you?"
Mazuru shook his head and said, "The cause of that incident was that Aizen was conducting the Hollowfication experiment. I'm not interested in hollowfication, so I didn't participate in it."
He really wasn't involved in that, of course, whether Unohana and Byakuya believed it or not was another matter.
"When Aizen massacred the Central 46, were you involved?"
"How should I put it, I was indeed there." Mazuru rubbed his chin with the palm of his hand, and gave an answer that made Byakuya feel uncomfortable.
No matter how nasty the Central 46 crowd was.
But they were nobles after all.
The Kuchiki family was the head of the Four Great Nobles, and aside from being the head of the family, he was also the captain of the Sixth Division. One of their responsibilities was to maintain the honor and power of the nobles.
Mazuru participated in the massacre of Central 46, which meant that even if Mazuru looked back now, as long as the group of newly selected Central 46 finds out about this, they would definitely not spare Mazuru.
The next moment, Byakuya thought of Mazuru's teaching and care for him over the years which could not be faked and so he made a decision in his mind.
He looked at Mazuru seriously and said, "I want to bring you, the traitor back to the Soul Society."
"Whether you're obsessed with some kind of goal and continue to choose to be a traitor, or you're someone who had lost your way and found your way back, regardless I'll take you back!"
This time four captains came to Hueco Mundo together, when they go back, they should go back together.
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