Aizen: I now understand, why and how you were able to get so far, drifter. This power you possess truly is terrifying. Sadly...
I was speechless. Now to decide what was the most terrifying thing for me. Was it the fact that despite my stand's Act II being perfectly activated, I was still standing fine... Or the fact that Aizen wasn't affected or even fazed in the slightest by this.
Aizen: ... I'm afraid it's not enough.
"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... H- How... ? How... How can you be still standing... After THAT ?!"
Aizen: Erasing spiritual energy is your ability, isn't it ? Then the answer is quite simple, don't you think ? I'm pretty sure you heard something similar the other day, but here is the reason. The amount of energy you erase from me, is simply not enough to make it noticeably dangerous for me.
'And... By using Act II on him, I absorb so much spiritual energy... That it's literally enough to counter Darker Void's effect on me...'
I unconsciously deactivated my stand, and fell to my knees.
'I... Have lost. There's no other words, I've utterly lost. I can't do a single thing against him...'
Aizen: Looks like the realization of the difference between us made you lose all of your fighting will. Anyways, with or without your help, the hôgyoku will be mine. I figured out that I may not be able to use you as I wanted, so a third way to extract it would probably be needed.
Aizen: Therefore, I needed full access to the great hall of records inside the conference room, where reports of important events in Soul Society are kept. I carefully researched everything that Kisuke Urahara ever did, because implanting foreign objects into a spirit is a technique that he invented. So naturally, the extraction procedure must also be hidden somewhere in his research records.
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Aizen: Yes. This is... That procedure.
Ichigo: WAI-
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