"As if I'd ever like you!"
Yoruichi hadn't expected Hui to bring up such a thing.
She immediately became flustered and spoke with irritation, her face even showing a slight blush. But because her skin was naturally darker, it wasn't very noticeable.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Is this you getting upset because your thoughts were exposed?"
Hui deliberately continued to provoke Yoruichi, making her cheeks puff up in anger.
"You'll naturally find out what my goals are in the future. Don't worry, I won't move against Soul Society. Besides, even if someone were to make a move against Soul Society, it wouldn't be me."
Seeing Yoruichi's adorable expression, Hui laughed heartily before speaking again.
These words made Yoruichi pause, then she frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that? Is someone planning to make a move against Soul Society? Is it Aizen?"
Hui didn't answer directly, just continued pouring tea while saying, "It's just my speculation. Perhaps... who knows?"
This attitude made Yoruichi unable to determine if Hui's words were true or false. She looked at the relaxed Hui and gritted her teeth.
This guy was truly infuriating.
"However... anyway, there will be quite a show to watch soon."
Hui spoke again, seemingly giving Yoruichi a hint, which made her heart tense once more.
"You... you're truly despicable!" Yoruichi said through gritted teeth.
"Drink your tea by yourself. Better yet, choke on it!"
She stood up, spoke harshly to Hui, and then left immediately.
Hui knew that Yoruichi was most likely heading to Soul Society to find Yamamoto.
Although she had suddenly left the Gotei 13 a hundred years ago, seemingly betraying Soul Society, to Hui's understanding, Yoruichi had never truly "left" Soul Society, had never left the Gotei 13.
The reason was simple.
It started over 100 years ago. At that time, Soul Society experienced a massive upheaval when 10 captain-level individuals led by Kisuke Urahara suddenly disappeared from Soul Society!
The direct result of this incident was that the Kidō Corps became an organization without leadership.
The 3rd, 5th, and 7th Divisions of the Gotei 13 lost their captains.
The 9th and 12th Divisions lost both their captains and vice-captains.
The captain of the 10th Division perished in the line of duty.
The situation then was that one of the three major powers was gone, and nearly half of the captain-level personnel had been lost.
This was unprecedented in Soul Society's history and probably would never happen again.
Under these circumstances, Yoruichi's sudden departure was undoubtedly like removing the firewood from under the cauldron and adding fuel to the fire.
But given Yoruichi's character and wisdom, would she do such a thing?
No!
So Yoruichi's departure must have had a reason, either she was forced to leave, or there were hidden circumstances.
However, since Yoruichi wasn't implicated in the Urahara case, and she had indicated that she would be fine after rescuing people, the theory of being forced to leave doesn't hold up.
We know that Yoruichi and Kisuke were childhood friends. It's understandable that she would be anxious seeing her good friend being framed.
From a personal standpoint, breaking into the execution grounds was already the maximum effort she could make.
Because even nobles of the Four Great Noble Families like Yoruichi and Byakuya Kuchiki couldn't disregard their honor, position, responsibility, and glory to openly oppose Soul Society's laws.
So Yoruichi wouldn't have done something as irresponsible as leaving without authorization.
Therefore, her departure could only have been assigned by someone.
Yoruichi wasn't simply living in seclusion; she was executing a secret mission that no third person could know about, especially not the Central 46.
Therefore, the person who assigned her could only be one man, Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
The content of the mission was very likely to investigate the truth and conspiracy behind the Urahara case.
This deduction has two pieces of evidence.
First, Yoruichi helped Urahara and the others escape. The Central 46 would never let this go and would order Yamamoto to capture them.
If Yamamoto truly wanted to apprehend these people, it shouldn't have been difficult.
But he hadn't captured them for over a hundred years, indicating that Yamamoto had doubts about the Central 46's judgment and suspicions about the Urahara case, which is why he would secretly send someone to investigate.
And the best candidate was Yoruichi.
Second, at Sōkyoku Hill, Shunsui Kyōraku sensed Yoruichi's Reiryoku and knew she had come to provide support, so he escaped with Jūshirō Ukitake.
If Kyōraku could sense her, naturally Yamamoto could too.
If Yoruichi was helping the Ryoka and opposing Soul Society, then the Flash Goddess would be the most difficult of all the Ryoka to deal with. What was more important? Dealing with the enemy or disciplining his two troublesome subordinates?
Yamamoto chose to avoid the situation because meeting with Yoruichi at that time would have been inappropriate, fighting her wouldn't be right, and not fighting her wouldn't be right either.
So, from all this intelligence, one can deduce that Yoruichi didn't truly defect.
Of course, this is just one interpretation; perhaps the truth is different.
But here, this is how it's established.
After Yoruichi left, Hui continued leisurely drinking his tea.
What he said wasn't wrong. Soon after, there would be a great drama in Soul Society.
The Wandenreich, invading Soul Society!
In the original story, this battle could be described as a disastrous defeat for Soul Society.
There were many reasons, including the surprise attack.
But now that Hui had given Soul Society a warning through Yoruichi and Unohana, would this battle unfold differently?
Hui was looking forward to it.
He had no opponents now, and it wasn't yet time to fight those opponents to the death.
Just as Hui himself had said earlier, he was bored.
So, he wanted to find some entertainment.
And this Soul Society battle would be his entertainment.
What Hui didn't know yet was that this battle wouldn't only involve the Wandenreich and Soul Society; because of him, Hueco Mundo would also participate.
If he knew, he would be even more excited and happy.
As they say, the more chaotic, the more entertaining.
For Hui, the best outcome of this three-way power struggle would be mutual destruction.
That would best suit his interests.
But it didn't matter if that didn't happen.
As he had said before, as long as he assimilated with time, he would be invincible.
At the very least, in a world like this, he would be invincible.
Meanwhile, Jugram had once again arrived at Hueco Mundo.
This time, he was going to discuss the attack on Soul Society with Aizen...