A woman's body lay on the ground, her upper torso bare, with a ghastly wound in her chest.
Her heart was crushed; her life was over.
The once-vibrant red of her blood was gradually diluted by the thinning rain, washing away the last bit of warmth from her body.
Repeating the process, Aizen crushed the heart of the second woman as if he were snuffing out a small bird's life.
Her agonized screams added a chilling, almost poetic touch to this gruesome scene.
It was cold and cruel.
But anyone with ambition in their heart wouldn't be deterred by such trivial mercy.
Perhaps, when these two women had been laughing smugly by Marco's side, they never imagined that, in the end, both they and Marco would meet their deaths at the hands of the same seemingly weak, lowly servant.
Killing these two women served Aizen's purpose of training his Heart-Rending Claw technique, raising its proficiency to eight percent.
