Curly-haired Guy: Arrancar?! Aizen actually managed to create Arrancar too?! Damn it! This is straight-up cheating!
Doujin Artist: Cero, Sonído, Resurrección… Just thinking about it is terrifying. I feel bad for the ninja world.
Amegakure Village's Angel: I think so too. But these Arrancar aren't quite like the originals. They have some pretty clear weaknesses.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Weaknesses?
Amegakure Village's Angel: Yeah. According to Aizen, these Arrancar need physical bodies to act in the ninja world. Without them, their Reishi will dissipate quickly. And once they have physical bodies, they can be hurt by Ninjutsu and regular weapons—though their Hierro still gives them a lot of protection.
Doujin Artist: Even so, this isn't something regular ninjas can handle, right?
Amegakure Village's Angel: That's true. Even a regular Jonin-level Hollow transformation already surpasses most Kage in every way. And Arrancars are the most perfect form of Hollows.
Curly-haired Guy: Ha! Knowing how Aizen thinks, even Arrancars are probably just cannon fodder to him.
Amegakure Village's Angel: Yeah, he sees them as disposable assets. His original plan was to turn Akatsuki members into Espada, but for some reason, he abandoned the idea.
Doujin Artist: Whoa! So Konan actually dodged a bullet?
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Konan, I still think it's best not to trust Aizen too much.
Curly-haired Guy: That's right! Aizen's best skill is acting and lying! If the Oscars don't give him a Best Actor award, it's a crime!
Doujin Artist: Oscars, not Grammys! The Grammy is a music award! What, do you want Aizen to win Best Tenor instead?
Amegakure Village's Angel: Best tenor?
Konan couldn't help but imagine Aizen Sosuke holding a microphone, belting out a song to an audience. She quickly shook her head to get rid of the thought.
Curly-haired Guy: So what if he's a tenor?! How do you know Aizen hasn't won a singing award? What do you really know about him? For all we know, he might've won the Soul Society's top comedy award too!
This is an Actor: He hasn't.
Doujin Artist: Are we really talking about tenors right now? Weren't you just saying Aizen was the best actor? Stop changing the topic just because you don't know anything!
Curly-haired Guy: Who doesn't know anything, you idiot?! Back in the day, people called me Teacher Gin, you hear me? Teacher Gin! Don't underestimate me!
Doujin Artist: Oh, a teacher, huh? A teacher of shamelessness, maybe. That does sound impressive.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: There you go again, arguing.
Amegakure Village's Angel: Hmm… I know I shouldn't fully trust Aizen, but honestly, he seems pretty nice to me?
Doujin Artist: Huh?! Konan, what kind of tone is that? You sound like a woman trying to justify staying with her abusive husband!
Amegakure Village's Angel: ???
Curly-haired Guy: Abusive husband?! No way! I won't allow it!
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: So, are you going to kill Aizen?
Curly-haired Guy: Hmph! I'll take him down… once I master Kaio-Ken times 100! He's dead meat then!
Doujin Artist: You might as well wish to become a Super Saiyan God while you're at it.
This is an Actor: ?
Meanwhile, Aizen, who was in the middle of teaching at the ninja academy, opened the chat group only to find out that everyone was plotting to go Super Saiyan and kill him… because they thought he was an abusive husband to Konan?!
What kind of bizarre storyline was this?
Even someone like Aizen didn't know what to say. This was just… weird.
Amegakure Village's Angel: Don't mind them, they're just joking around.
Doujin Artist: Of course it's a joke! Everyone knows our gentle and kind Konan would never get together with a villain like Aizen.
Curly-haired Guy: But Konan, the way you seriously explained things to him just now… kinda suspicious. You wouldn't happen to have feelings for our newest group member, would you? *smirks*
Konan wasn't the type to get flustered over a few words. She casually replied: Even if I do, that's none of your business. Gin, you should be worrying about your own love life instead.
Curly-haired Guy: Tch. A man like me is too independent to be tied down by ordinary women!
This is an Actor: Ordinary women can't handle you… but maybe an ordinary man can?
Doujin Artist: Hahaha! Right! Gin's true goal is to find a good man to marry!
Curly-haired Guy: Shut up! I'm not into guys! That's slander!
This is an Actor: Not really. In our world, there are official art pieces of you and Hijikata as a couple. [Image]
The image loaded—Gin and Hijikata holding hands with their fingers interlocked. Each of them even had a rose in their mouth. The bromance energy was off the charts.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Men… with men? That's possible?
This is an Actor: Ever heard of the ancient term "Longyang love"?
Doujin Artist: Pfft! Hahaha! If the official art says so, then it's canon! Gin, you might as well just accept it!
Curly-haired Guy: Get that thing away from me! No way in hell! What kind of twisted mind made this?! That's it—I'm going to hunt down Hijikata and end this madness!
Amegakure Village's Angel: Wait… he actually logged off?!
Doujin Artist: He's not really going to take out Hijikata, is he? What is this, some kind of "killing your brother to achieve enlightenment" thing? So this is what BL is about? It's more interesting than I thought.
This is an Actor: ?
Something seems off with Eriri. Did she just open the door to a whole new world because of the picture she posted?
Aizen's smile faded. He suddenly felt like he had played too much.