"Then I am all the more confused by it." Koutarou muses. "The Red Pheasant's words not only implied that such a substitution took place, but also that there was conspiracy afoot and that you were indeed wise to it, if not participants.

I hate to cast aspersions of lunacy upon one of the Royal Guard, particularly since Eibon's spell to bring Soul Society to the edges of the Royal Realm - assuming that is where it would have ended up - was indeed in place here.

Rin-dono. What do you believe could be accomplished by dislocating Soul Society from its former location to the Royal Realm? I have something of a theory regarding how it relates to Izanagi-dono and Eibon, but it seems entirely too insane to even voice."