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Chapter 196 Tearing Other People's Umbrellas

In this world, deep in a forest.

When the sun shone from the sky, passed through the layers of branches and leaves, and sprinkled on the ground covered with dead leaves, a classic partition sliding door suddenly appeared here and opened automatically without any warning.

No one knows that this door is called the Crossworld Gate, and it is the door used by the God of Death when he comes to the human world from the Soul Society or returns to the Soul Society from the human world. It connects to the Dangkai and is also an important door connecting the two worlds.

Led by several pitch-black hell butterflies, students studying at the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts ran out of the gate one after another and gathered in the forest, adding a lot of vitality to this deserted forest.

Unfortunately, neither the birds and animals in the forest nor the leaves falling from the lush trees could touch these people, let alone detect their existence.

Because they have no physical bodies, they are souls that no one can perceive or see, they are spiritual bodies.

“Is this the present world?”

"It's so strange. I didn't expect to come to another world like this."

"Why? Aren't you souls sent from the human world to Soul Society?"

"Of course not. We are the natives of Soul Society."

"That's no wonder."

"Yes, we are souls sent from the human world to Soul Society."

"But we have been away from this world for almost fifty years."

“I really feel nostalgic.”

One by one, the students began to whisper to each other, talking about this with great interest, especially those Soul Society natives who had never been to the real world. They were now listening with curiosity to the boasting of the students who were sent from the real world to Soul Society, as if it was very new.

"Back here again."

Aize didn't feel it was very new, he just felt a little strange when he recalled what happened when he first came to this world.

When he first came to this world, he was already dead, with only his soul left. Before he could react, he was buried by a god of death. As a result, he was sent to the Soul Society with a confused look on his face, and was arranged to live in the Zaraki District, which has the worst security.

Therefore, although he had been in the living world of this world, he only stayed there for who knows if he was more than three seconds. He didn’t even know what his surroundings were like or where he was at the time, and he arrived in Soul Society in a daze.

Looking back now, Aize still feels very angry.

"I didn't even see the face of the Grim Reaper who was performing my soul burial. By the time I realized what was happening, the soul burial was already over. Who can I complain to?"

If I knew who the Grim Reaper was at that time, I would definitely "thank" him (her) and let him (her) know how difficult the job of the Grim Reaper is.

Aize made a silent vow in his heart, but he didn't know if he could realize it.

"Okay, everyone, pay attention."

At this time, Hisagi Shuhei came in front of the crowd with his two teammates.

"Next, until this time tomorrow, we will stay in the real world and practice soul burial and subjugating hollows."

"First is soul burial. This practice will last until the evening, so you must return here to gather in the evening."

"After nightfall, we will take you to a field where simulated virtual objects have been deployed for actual combat training. This training will continue until tomorrow morning."

In other words, for this internship, Class 1 has a total of two tasks, one is soul burial in the first half, and the other is actual combat in the second half. The internship will last for a whole day and will not end until this time tomorrow.

"Now let's talk about soul burial."

Hisagi Shuhei distributed a map to everyone.

"The internship locations for soul burial are several towns near this forest."

"We sixth graders have already done some research. There has been unrest in this area recently, and many people have died. So now there are many souls that need to be sent to Soul Society. Those souls are the targets of your internship this time."

"Logically speaking, with so many souls, it wouldn't be surprising to attract Hollows. But recently, the Death Gods of the 13th Squad were sent here and killed a lot of Hollows. It should be difficult to encounter Hollows now."

Squad 13 is the purification team within the Gotei 13. Their area of ​​responsibility is to purify the Hollows in the real world and to perform soul burials on the Hollows.

Since the Shinigami from Squad 13 have come here, it is possible that all the Hollows here have been killed.

As for souls, if there are a large number of them, the other party may not be able to send them all away.

Therefore, this place was chosen as the practice site for this soul burial.

“Remember, you can only practice in these towns, don’t run around everywhere.” Hisagi Shuhei said in a very serious tone: “If you run around and encounter a Hollow outside, don’t blame us for not warning you in advance if something unexpected happens.”

Hearing this, several students who were planning to go for a walk outside were startled and stood at attention. Those students who were still attached to the present world and wanted to visit the places where they lived before had no choice but to give up the idea and dared not act rashly.

“Soul Burial won’t be in any danger. You can act alone this time.” Seeing that his words had successfully frightened the students, Hisagi Shuhei said with some relief: “Remember, don’t go anywhere other than the internship site. Be sure to come back and gather before dusk.”

"Yes!"

The students in each class then responded in unison and dispersed one by one, running in the direction of the town they had chosen.

"Ai, which way are you going?"

"Want to join us?"

Abarai Renji and Kira Izuru greeted Aize. It seemed that the two chose the same town and planned to act together before arriving at the town.

"No, I'll go to the other side."

When Aize saw that the two chose the largest town that was farthest from here, he immediately shook his head.

"Anyway, I'm just looking for a few souls to practice soul burial. There's no need to be picky. I'll just choose the nearest place." As he said that, Aize turned around, and his figure flashed and he disappeared.

This scene shocked some students who had not left yet, such as Abarai Renji.

"…was that a flash step just now?"

"It's Flash Step."

"Wow, so he can already use flash step skillfully?"

"It's hidden really deeply."

Everyone looked at each other and laughed bitterly.

"As expected of him."

Kira Izuru also smiled bitterly, but his words were full of admiration.

"What's so great about that?" Abarai Renji curled his lips and said, "I will master the flash step sooner or later."

As he said that, Abarai Renji turned around and tried to perform a flash step, imitating Aize, but his left foot turned into his right foot and he almost fell to the ground.

On the side, the three sixth graders also saw this scene and looked at each other.

"That's the second-class spiritual power that's been rumored, right?" The only girl among the three spoke first, and said in amazement, "He can actually use instant steps skillfully. He really deserves to be the strongest genius in a thousand years."

"He is really amazing." Another boy among the three said in a low voice: "Even among us sixth graders, there are many who cannot use instant movement skillfully. He has only been in school for half a year and can do it. No wonder even the captain who came to inspect is impressed by him."

Hisagi Shuhei also took a deep look in the direction where Aize left.

Before he graduated, he was favored by many seniors and received invitations early on. He was scheduled to be a member of the Gotei 13. As a result, he was very famous in the Maou Academy and was regarded as a role model by many people.

But in terms of talent, he can never compare to Aize.

He failed the entrance exam to the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts twice, and it was through his unremitting efforts that he reached where he is today.

Compared to Aize, his talent was really not worth mentioning, at least that's what Hisagi Shuhei himself thought.

Now, he finally saw the tip of the iceberg of Aize's talents, which made him realize that he had underestimated him before.

"He will definitely be able to graduate early and join the Gotei 13, right?"

Perhaps, the two of them could become the same batch of new recruits joining the Gotei 13.

Thinking of this, Hisagi Shuhei once again glanced in the direction where Aize had left, and then turned to his two teammates.

"Let's go, we have things to do too."

The two teammates nodded and left together with Hisagi Shuhei.

…………

"Shh!"

In the town closest to the forest, Aize's figure has already appeared here and entered the town.

“It’s really retro.”

Looking at the scene in the town which was not much different from Rukongai in Soul Society, Aize blinked.

"It should be the Showa era now, right? It seems to be around the 20th year of the Showa era?"

Because there are still several decades before the official start of the original plot, the world has not yet entered the modern era with tall buildings. Although there are no longer samurai appearing on the streets as a matter of course, it can be gathered from Hisagi Shuhei's words just now that the current era is still somewhat turbulent and not as peaceful as the modern era.

"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"...

Aize performed instant steps several times in a row, and his figure moved forward as if he had teleported. He soon arrived at the center of the town and saw a soul wandering around the street.

Aize originally wanted to go over and chat with the other party, but suddenly changed his mind.

"Since I've already been caught in the rain, I'm going to tear up other people's umbrellas!"

Aize was filled with evil thoughts and suddenly used instant step to appear in front of the soul.

"Ugh?"

The soul wandering on the street only felt a flash before his eyes, and before he could react, he was hit hard on the forehead.

Aize instantly appeared in front of the opponent and quickly drew out the Zanpakuto at his waist at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and hit the opponent's forehead with the bottom of the handle of the Zanpakuto.

By the time Aize took away his Zanpakutō, a circle with the word "Soul" inside it had already appeared on the opponent's forehead.

"Ahhhh...!"

With a panicked cry, the soul disappeared and was sent to Soul Society.

"next."

Aize seemed to have found the fun and turned away.

On this day, dozens of souls who kept cursing appeared in Soul Society...

(End of this chapter)