'What...?' Royd uttered as he saw the devastation wrought upon all of soul society. From the Great Hollow Beasts laying waste the holds to the Arrancar invading the Silberstadt. His mind was rendered nearly completely blank with disbelief and shock. 'This...wasn't in the report-'

'Oh, you would think so, spy?' Cein mocked. 'After all, it was the exact information we fed you.'

Royd then widened his eyes in horror. 'You knew...but that's impossible! My schrift would allow me perfectly replicate the appearance, memories, and personality of anyone I impersonate!' He then gripped his fists. 'There should be no way for you or anyone to be able to find me out!'

Syzal then laughed. 'Oh yes, I supposed, given the nature of your ability...if you didn't lack one central trait that all actors need to fool their audience,' he moved his face closer to the screen and stared directly into The sternrriter's eyes. 'Maintaining character'

Royd then gasped.

'Oh sure, your memories and personality of Di Roy Rinker was flawless, and at first, no one, not even Grimmjow, the one who recruited him into his fraccion, couldn't tell that you were an imposter,' Cein said cheerfully, but then he lowered his tone. 'But eventually, the cracks already started to form. Such a much friendlier persona, avoiding fights even against those weaker than you and occasionally disappearing for long stretches at a time—made even the most doubtful suspicious of you. Which then led to me installing surveilling bugs in your food. To address such suspicion,' he chuckled lowly. 'And well, let's just say are suspicions were more than confirmed.'

The sternrriter then began to shake his body in shameful rage. 'So you are telling me...' he said slowly. 'That you have not only known who I was this entire time...but you have been manipulating me from the start!?'

Cien then shrugged. 'Not at first...when my king and the rest of the Espada were informed. They either wanted to torture you for information or kill you and send your corpse back to the soul society as a warning...or both' he chuckled. 'Luckily for you, I proposed a far more...effective use for a mole, and in the end, it ultimately paid off far more than I could ever hope for!'

Then, the Alchemist laughed hysterically as Royd nearly fell to his knees in despair. 'It must be quite shameful. That a faithful, loyal star knight of the king of souls would be the catalyst for the downfall of his nation!' he then eyed Gremmy and Lille 'And as for you two. I cannot even imagine the embarrassment you all must feel for your comrade, Who had failed so spectacularly!' he bared a flashing teeth grin. 'I honestly wouldn't blame either of you if both of you want to end him on the spot for his sheer incompetence!'

Suddenly Cien's holo screen was shot with Lille Barro's x-axis, making the screen flicker and reform. Yet while the shot silences the man for a moment, he still kept his proud smirk.

'Even though Ryod played an unwilling part in your scheme. It does not change our mission in hunting down you commanders and your king, and not only that, but you underestimate the will and pride of us, Quincy, if you think a slight tactical advantage will guarantee you victory!' Lille boasted while still aiming his sniper rifle.

The commander, however, merely chuckled. 'I supposed you have a point on the former, I give you that...' his voice lowered to a menacing tone. 'But I'm afraid it is quite obvious who is the one that had been underestimated. 'he then perked up again. 'Regardless, if you all truly want to hunt us down. Then, by all means, do so' he laughed out again. 'After all, it will make all your deaths all the more satisfying to carry out!'

Then Cien closed off commutations, and the holographic screens disappeared, leaving the group alone in silence.

Meanwhile, within the soul society.

Chaos erupted within the Silberstadt as the Arrancar army tore through the city. Buildings were leveled, Quincies and Fullbringers were massacred, and the sternritter struggled to regroup and fight them all off.

While Jurgram, Uryu, and Robert stood powerless to stop all the destruction at once as the commutators went on with their reports.

'Sir, several squadrons of numbers are attacking the east, south, and western districts, and all our forces are being overrun!'

'Grandmaster, we received reports that two Espada are invading the Quincy Academy, and another group of Arrancar is heading towards the medical center!

'Not only that, but another one of the Espada has launched an assault on the research and development center!'

These reports and many more flooded the entire communications center, with Haschwalth not even given a moment to rest and gather his thoughts. But as his rank demanded it. He pushed on anyway.

'Is there any way the rest of the field sternritter can back us up?' The grandmaster asked

'Negative, Sir!' One of the commutators answered. 'They are still dealing with the massive hollow beasts in the holds, and worse is that all four of them are making their way to the city!'

Haschwalth then frown. 'So it is an attack on both fronts,' he said. The Arrancar invade and attack the city from within. While those monsters launch one from the outside. Leaving our entire forces split and pressured on both fronts'

He then narrowed his eye on the screen. 'They must have known we had a spy in our midst and deliberately gave Royd false information to set a trap for us all,' he grunted his teeth. 'And fell right into it.'

Robert looked at the grandmaster in concern. 'Still Jugram, that doesn't explain how the Arrancar could get inside the city. For we have dimensional barriers that would prevent that from happing!'

Haschwalth then paused for a moment but then shook his head. 'I am afraid we have far bigger problems to face now than just a breach in security. He then closed his eyes to gather himself and looked directly at the old knight and prince 'Uryu, Robert, I want you to go out into the city and aid your comrades as much as possible against the Arrancar while I will stay here to keep watch over the palace.'

The older man and prince then nodded.

'For now, The only way that we can turn this entire war around now is by eliminating the Espada themselves, before they-'

Haschwalth and everyone in the room felt a massive surge of spiritual energy leveling down upon them, and immediately after, he heard another report from one of the commutators.

'Sir!' their eyes bulge in terror. 'It-it's...one of the Esapda, and he is about to attack us!'

Jurgram then gasped in shock as a video feed of the Arrancar appeared on screen, and upon recognizing who it was. The grandmaster felt his heart sink.

Meanwhile, outside the Palace...

'Such a shame,' the Espada said as he began charging a green cero from his index finger at the massive fortress. 'The quinces tried hard to organize themselves to prepare for our assault against them...only to collapse into a complete waste of failure.'

The cero then began to glow a bright green, revealing the face of Ulquiorra Clifer the Tres Espada.

'At the very least...I will personally put them out of their misery,' The pale Espada commented in distaste before firing the Doom Blast right at the Palace of Judgement.

However, right before the Cero could make the impact, it was blocked by a massive yellow energy shield, protecting the structure and all those within from being demolished. In the center of the protection stood Orihime Inoue staring down Ulquiorra with determination.

Meanwhile, within the courtyard of the Quincy academy.

'So...' Patros said as they looked over a grand building. 'This is the fabled academy in which all quinces train to join the ranks of the stricter order' he then lowered his gaze while stepping over a pile of fleshly slain quinces whose bodies looked to be vaporized in half. 'Quite smaller than I imagine.'

'Hmph! well, what did you expect?' Ggio Vega mocked. He pulled out his left hand from the chest of a dead xcution agent. 'Compared to the palaces or even hallways of Las Noches, the quinces architecture would be inferior to ours.'

Patros then closed his eyes. 'True...but as our long-time rivals and enemies, I was at the very least I was going to give them the benefit of the doubt' he then began to draw his zanpakuto. 'What a pity.'

However, just before the Diez Espada could level the entire academy, he and Ggio suddenly felt two significant spiritual pressures arriving behind them.

Berenice Gabrielle The Question, a young feminine, pinked-haired man, and Nianzol Weizol the Wind, a little person with long dark hair, unfocused eyes, and a double tongue that he stuck out.

'Well now...'Vega said as he smirked with excitement. 'Things are about to become a lot more entertaining.'

Later within one of the central districts

'Weak...' Grimmjow muttered as he casually impaled another Quincy with his left hand.

'Every single one of these quinces and humans is pathetically weak. It's bad enough I don't even have the chance to confront that Ichigo again, but now...' the Espada's thoughts were immediately interrupted when he felt a Quincy arrow hitting him but failing to penetrate his Hierro.'

'Eh?' Grimmjow said with slight curiosity and then disdained as they looked up at the frightened Soldats.

'M-monster!' One of them uttered, which then caused the Espada to smile with glory.

'A monster, huh?' He said with glee. 'Well, how do you like getting slashed open by a fucking monster!?' He roared out and then lunged at the Soldats, who braced themselves for the worse.

However, before Grimmjow could land the finishing blow, a fist suddenly came down upon his head, and by sheer Instinct, the Espada dodged out of the way.

When he looked back, his eye bulged in shock as the ground he once stood on was completely smashed in, causing vast slaps of concrete to lift themselves into the air.

The Arrancar then growled as he looked at the person who attacked him. Who turned out to be a teenager wearing a sleeveless red shirt and a black jacket that showed off their lead yet muscular arms. In contrast, his black hair was cut and shaved in a buzzed mohawk, and he sported a pair of shades covering his eyes.

The 5th Espada then sneered. 'And who the hell are you supposed to be?'

The young man then took off his shades, revealing a pair of thin eyebrows with the left side having two piercings above it and gray eyes filled with anger.

'My name is Moe Shishigawara. Xcuation Director of finance' he pulled a golden X emblem from his pocket, 'And I am here to kick your ass!'