User blog comment:Godisme/烈火の如/@comment-4388213-20120919224823/@comment-3405923-20120920124904

That was one of my thoughts as well. Maybe all this is a distraction to break Aizen out. I mean, maybe the Quincies found out about Aizen wanted to take down the Soul King (through interrogating Harribel) and decided he'd be a good addition to their cause. Or we can just go with the Quincies underestimated the Captain Commander and this is the end of the series.