Crossover Anime: Starting from Soul Society and Slicing Through All Worlds

Chapter 1 My ideal is to join the retirement team.

Soul Society, Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy

At this moment, a large number of students and even teachers dressed in the uniforms of the Spirit Arts Academy have gathered in the main hall of the True Central Spirit Arts Academy.

Today is the annual graduation ceremony of the Shinigami Academy, and as a graduate this year, Minami Makoto is among the graduates, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

"Yoru, which squad do you want to join later?" The person who asked Yoru was a man with narrow eyes, a rather fierce expression, and a head as shiny as a steel ball.

Because the light reflected from their bald heads in the sunlight was so dazzling, almost no one else approached them except for Yumichika Ayasegawa, who had a very good relationship with Ikkaku Madarame.

"Didn't I already say that when I was at the True Spiritual Arts Academy?"

My ideal squad is the Fourth Division. If the Fourth Division is out of the question, then I'll join the Thirteenth Division. In short, there's absolutely no way I'd be as stupid as you guys and join the Eleventh Division!

The Gotei 13 are an important part of Soul Society, special forces that maintain order between Soul Society and the human world. Souls who can join the Gotei 13 are generally considered to have joined the system and are qualified to be called "Shinigami".

The Shinigami Academy is an institution in Seireitei that trains Shinigami. Some souls from Rukongai with good aptitude and strong spiritual power usually go here for further training to learn the Shinigami's "slashing fist and walking ghost techniques" and become apprentice Shinigami.

After completing their advanced studies, the head of the 13th Gotei 13 would arrange for new members to be recruited here every year.

The beings living in Soul Society, whether they are spirits or Shinigami, are essentially spiritual beings and generally do not have lifespan limitations.

However, being a spirit does not mean one is immortal. For the poor in Rukongai, becoming a Shinigami in the Gotei 13 is a coveted job, but wielding a knife often comes with an extremely high mortality rate.

For this reason, every year on graduation day of the Shinigami Academy, the Gotei 13, which is short of members, comes here to recruit new members.

In the spacious hall, the graduates looked around busily at the flags representing the various squads, and began to ponder their future.

While being assigned a government job right after graduation might seem like a good thing, most graduates of the Shinigami Academy are well aware that joining the Gotei 13 is extremely dangerous, and one wrong move could result in being cremated on the spot.

Therefore, the students of the Shinigami Academy are extremely cautious when choosing a squad. After all, once a squad is chosen, it is almost impossible for an ordinary Shinigami to change squads halfway through their journey.

There is no such thing as absolute fairness in the world, and class differences will always exist, no matter where you are.

They are neither among the four noble families nor have any powerful backers; they are just small fry now. They are lucky to even get a government job, so they have no right to be picky.

Compared to the ordinary souls in Rukongai who go hungry at least twice a day, the Gotei 13's work, though more dangerous, offers quite good benefits.

"No way! You're really planning to join the Fourth Division and the Thirteenth Division? I always thought you were joking."

You've mastered the Slash Fist and Ghost Walk techniques so well, and you're actually planning to join the medical team and purification team? That's ridiculous!

"Why don't you join the 11th Division with me and Yumichika? The 11th Division is a combat division; passionate battles are the romance of men. With your strength, going to the medical or purification team? Are you planning to retire there?"

Yorujo, Madarame Ikkaku, and Segawa Yumichika met in Rukongai.

Because of the chaotic order in Rukongai, Yoru had some conflicts with the two, and they even fought. It was because of that battle that Yoru forged a friendship with the two, and they eventually came to the Shinigami Academy together.

Ikkaku is a righteous man, but not many people admire him. Back in Rukongai, he was always a leader, until he met Yoru and another man named Zaraki.

The battle with Night City was alright. Although he ultimately suffered a defeat, he was at least taken down after the two sides were evenly matched.

However, when facing the man named Zaraki, Ikkaku was completely overwhelmed and had no chance to fight back!

Later, Ikkaku heard that Zaraki had gone to the Seireitei and become a Shinigami in the Gotei 13. So, in order to follow him, when Yorujo asked to come to the Shinigami Academy, Ikkaku agreed without hesitation and even brought his good friend Yumichika Segawa along.

"Who's kidding you guys? What do you think I've been training for all this time? It's to become an excellent medical ninja... oops, I mean, to become an excellent member of the healing squad."

You're just a muscle-bound guy with no brains, what do you know? Individual combat is just heroism, while my ideal is to be a quietly dedicated support worker.

When Ye Cheng said these words, his face showed a sacred and daunting expression. If someone unfamiliar with him saw this, they might be moved by his spirit.

However, since Ikkaku and Yumichika had known Yoru for many years, they couldn't help but complain at the same time when they saw his behavior.

One corner: "You're just afraid of trouble, aren't you?"

Yumichika: "No, I think he's afraid of dying... Sometimes I really don't understand. Night City's strength is already one of the top among this year's graduates."

Yet in every assessment, he consistently kept his scores in the lower half. Isn't it better to attract attention because of your excellence? Or are you afraid of something?

Compared to Ikkaku, that muscle-bound idiot, Yumichika is definitely an intelligent person, a fact Yumichika realized from the moment they entered the Shinigami Academy together.

Death's "Slash, Fist, Walk, Ghost" – leaving aside the slash, walk, and ghost aspects for now, he knew from his encounter with Night City that Night City's "slash" was already at an extremely high level, yet his performance in every assessment was always below average.

When Yumichika asked Ikkaku for the reason, Yoru would always say things that they couldn't understand at all and were very inexplicable.

For example, sayings like "Don't show off your presence if you're not the main character" or "Being too outstanding might attract the attention of research fanatics."

At first, Yumichika thought that Yoru had some enemies in Seireitei, but after many years at the Shinigami Academy, everything was calm and no one had bothered Yoru. Yumichika began to think that Yoru was just suffering from paranoia.

This is not surprising, after all, how many people who have lived in Rukongai have completely normal personalities?

Yoru's strength is considerable, and his looks are, to date, the only one Ayasegawa Yumichika has ever seen who can rival him. It's normal for him to have some other flaws.

(End of this chapter)