I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

"Our task is to stay in this city for a month."

"I believe everyone knows what the duties and tasks of the Grim Reaper are, so I won't go into details here."

"Now, disband!"

Following Erin's final instructions, all the Grim Reapers and trainees spread outwards from Erin, with him at the center.

After the trainees left, Erin took out a communication device from his pocket, pressed a few buttons, and then put it to his ear.

"Mosimoxi?"

"It's Section Chief Inaba Kagerousa..."

"Chief Inaba Kagerousa, this is the Fifth Division's Human World Assessment Command Center. The Shinigami protecting the trainees and the trainees are all in position now."

“DuangDuangDuang…”

"Is it Captain Aizen? I'm so sorry, Captain Aizen, I apologize for my rudeness."

After Erin finished speaking, the sound of something being knocked over reached Erin's ears.

At the same time, the voice, which had just been slightly impatient, became reserved.

"it's okay no problem……"

"I never expected that Captain Aizen would personally conduct the assessment for the students of the Shinigami Academy this year. These students are really lucky..."

"Captain Aizen, now that you've made all the preparations, we'll begin setting up the examination venue here as well."

"Yes, that's why I called you."

"Okay, Captain Aizen, please wait a moment, we'll be done soon."

"Yes, yes, okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, Inaba Kagerouzo let out a soft sigh of relief.

Although it is widely rumored that Captain Aizen is approachable and kind.

However, Inaba Kagerousa knew that none of these people who became captains were simple characters.

For a researcher, it is a major taboo to judge a person's character and habits solely based on others' evaluations without actually getting to know them.

Therefore, Inaba Kagerousa would rather be a little tired than not put on a good show, for fear of being noticed by some important figure at the captain level.

"Chief Inaba Kagerousa, how many decoys should we set up in this year's examination halls in the mortal realm?"

"With Captain Aizen overseeing things this year, it's likely that there are some trainees among this batch who Captain Aizen values ​​highly."

"In that case, the amount of ingredients used for this year's decoys will be five times more than last year!"

"Huh? Section Chief Inaba Kagerousa, why are you still setting up more decoys even with Captain Aizen around? Aren't you afraid that Captain Aizen and the others will come back and report you?"

"What do you know?"

"If Captain Aizen personally went to protect the students, how could he let the students he valued know how powerful he was if he didn't have enough strong enough Hollows to demonstrate his strength?"

Since the graduation exam at the Shinigami Academy was upgraded, the workload of the 12th Division has increased significantly.

Previously, the Twelfth Division only needed to create a few modified souls, and then use Hollow spirit particles to make these modified souls into "spirit skeletons," which would create some "minor Hollows" that were even weaker than small Hollows.

For Inaba Kagerousa, whose "spirit body technology" has almost reached its pinnacle, this kind of work only requires working overtime for two or three nights before graduation.

Now, before determining the location of the assessment, the Twelfth Division needs to investigate the human world and determine the density of Hollows based on the size of the assessment site and the number of students.

This thing that determines the density of the void was something Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi deciphered from the remnants of the Quincy, and he called it the "void bait".

A single drop of Hollow bait can release the soul energy of over a hundred people. This soul energy will enter Hueco Mundo, attracting Hollows within Hueco Mundo to descend.

Generally speaking, one drop of virtual bait can attract ten virtual creatures.

Each year, the number of trainees participating in the assessment ranges from 110 to 140. The members of the 12th Division need to drop Hollow bait in different locations so that almost all the trainees will encounter more than one Hollow, thus enabling them to complete the assessment.

In the past, when Shinigami took a particular liking to a student, they would hint to the 12th Division to attract more Hollows. Then, when these Shinigami rescued the student, they would display their powerful strength to attract the student to join them.

As for those trainees who were virtually killed because they couldn't wait for rescue, no one cared at all.

Just now, Inaba Kagerousa took Erin's notification to him as a hint like that of other Shinigami, which is why he made the person releasing the Hollow Bait release five times more Hollow Bait than before.

In any case, with the captains' strength, even if a Hollow is attracted here, they can easily deal with it. This will also leave an indelible mark on Captain Aizen in the students' hearts, which will help increase the students' recognition of Captain Aizen.

……

In the present world, Erin sensed the void appearing in the examination hall and let out a soft "hmm".

"Has no one sacrificed themselves in Seireitei this year? They're going to go all out."

"Aren't they afraid that this year's trainees will all be wiped out, and then they won't be able to recruit anyone?"

No wonder Erin sighed like that.

There were simply far too many fakes in this exam room.

As the place where the sixth-year students of the Shinigami Academy of Spiritual Arts will take their graduation exam this year, this city is not a heavily spiritual place, but it has a large population and is usually guarded by three Shinigami from the Thirteenth Division.

Under normal circumstances, only one or two virtual beings will descend upon such a city each day.

Even as the graduation exam venue for sixth-year students of the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy, the number of Hollows it attracts each day does not exceed twenty.

After all, the assessment period spans a month, and the students stationed in various places will inevitably encounter the arrival of the void to complete the graduation assessment.

But now, Erin senses that more than a hundred Void beings have descended upon this city.

There are only a little over a hundred trainees. Can they handle it?

……

The assessment began after the trainees dispersed to the city.

However, no one expected that this assessment would start so quickly and urgently, and that it would be so intense.

Forty or fifty Hollows descended almost simultaneously, and then, one after another, Hollows descended upon the city.

Because of the influence of the Hollow bait, and the presence of over a hundred delicious souls with spiritual pressure, not many Hollows would abandon their delicious food to attack ordinary people in the city.

Occasionally, one or two would be instantly killed by the Shinigami protecting the students from the Fifth Division.

Soon, these virtual beings encountered the students and engaged in a fierce battle.

In the city's alleyways, Hinamori Momo chased after a small Hollow, chanting a Kido incantation, while red flames gathered in her left palm.

"Hado No. 12 - Hidden Fire!"

"boom!"

With Hinamori Momo's low shout, the fireball in her palm transformed into streaks of fire, striking the Hollow in front of her. After an explosion, the Hollow dissipated into spirit particles.

On the other side, Renji Abarai wielded his Zanpakuto, each strike leaving deep wounds on the small Hollow opposite him, forcing the Hollow to retreat step by step. Finally, Renji Abarai leaped high into the air, gripped the sword with both hands, and slashed it off the Hollow's mask.

When Renji Abarai landed on the ground, his Zanpakuto was covered in red blood.

"laugh……"

The sound of blood splattering echoed in the night sky. The Hollow in front of Renji Abarai was cleaved in two, and after some blood splattered out, it dissipated into spirit particles.

Kira Izuru chanted incantations as he fled.

"Binding Spell Number Four - Gray Rope!"

A yellow light condensed at Kira Izuru's fingertip, and under Kira Izuru's control, it transformed into a yellow rope of light that quickly spread to the Hollow's feet behind him, binding it tightly.

"hold head high!"

"Oh!"

With its feet bound, the Hollow that was chasing Kira Izuru quickly lost its balance and fell to the ground.

Furthermore, because of its excessively fast pursuit speed, even when it fell, its speed only slowed down slightly, and it dragged itself a distance on the ground before finally stopping.

However, at this moment, this virtual being is in a very bad situation.

Because it stopped right in front of Kira Izuru.

Kira Izuru, his expression gloomy, gripped his Zanpakuto upside down and aimed it at the Hollow mask before stabbing it down fiercely.

"laugh……"

Blood splattered, and soon, this Void followed in the footsteps of the previous Void, dissipating into spiritual particles.

Don't be fooled by how easily Hinamori Momo, Abarai Renji, and Kira Izuru killed the Hollows they encountered, thinking they were weak.

In fact, Hinamori Momo, Abarai Renji, and Kira Izuru are among the strongest students in this cohort.

With their combined strength, the three of them are almost comparable to some of the official Grim Reapers.

And now they are in a phase of rapid progress. In a few more years, their strength will be no weaker than that of the elite Grim Reapers.

Once the three of them have cultivated their own Zanpakuto, they will rise to become powerful figures at the level of seat commanders or vice-captains.

The other ordinary students don't have their strength.

While the strength of the smaller Hollows is weaker than that of the official Shinigami and comparable to that of the trainees, most of the trainees' combat experience comes from sparring with other trainees. When facing Hollows, which are completely different from humans, this combat experience is of very limited use.

Chapter 213 Price

Many students who were seeing the Void for the first time were so frightened that their limbs went weak and they couldn't even hold their swords steady, leaving them to be slaughtered in front of these Voids.

If it weren't for the intervention of the Shinigami of the Fifth Division, these students would surely have perished in the mouths of Hollows.

However, some trainees, after the initial panic, quickly regained their composure. Even if they couldn't kill the small Hollows they encountered, they were able to escape quickly and save their lives.

If they encounter other students on their escape route, those who are familiar with each other may even team up to deal with the pursuit of these small Void creatures.

Generally speaking, two skilled students can easily defeat a small-sized Hollow.

Even if they are weaker, three to five people working together can kill small Hollows without taking any damage.

Soon, the more than one hundred small boa constrictors lured in by the boa constrictor on the first day were divided and killed by the trainees.

The strongest man, with only one sword, reigns supreme.

The weak can unite and achieve victory even in small groups of three or five.

In addition, colorful fireworks shot into the sky; these were the distress signals that Erin had the Fifth Division's Shinigami send to the trainees.

Once the distress flare is released, the nearest Guardian Death will immediately rush to the flare and rescue the students in danger.