User blog comment:Maattthhhh/Bleach and Christian Symbolisms IV/@comment-957629-20161122013053/@comment-28940703-20161216000027

"Aizen, as stated in Chapter 175, didn't know where the Hogyoku was until Rukia had already gone missing in the Human World."

Except that you're forgetting that Aizen is a massive liar.

Quote by KeeferTEarl: "Bleach has Sosuke Aizen, a guy who's so much of a liar that his Zanpakuto (a sword shaped by your own traits) centers around illusion. He'll lie about what sort of person he is; he spent at least a century posing as a kind, mild-mannered Captain when he was really pretty much the exact opposite. He'll lie about how much he knows; he claims that he'd lost track of the Hogyoku because it was hidden in Rukia, but it was BECAUSE she had the Hogyoku that he arranged that whole Ichigo and Fishbone D with her. He'll lie about what he needs certain assets for; he made it seem like he kidnapped Orihime for the sake of awakening the Hogyoku, when the significance of her power was really just bait to divide his enemy's forces AND lead Ichigo into some more leveling-up. He'll even lie to his own dang self; when Ichigo showed up with super strength but no perceivable reiatsu, he deluded himself into thinking he'd somehow traded reiatsu for physical strength... even though this makes absolutely no sense, because reiatsu and physical strength are the SAME THING for spirits (and sadly, even many readers bought this one). It's when he starts this last type of lying that he reaches his downfall."