Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy

The maid's scream in the air woke up Hiyori Sarugaki, who had just fallen asleep.

To July's surprise, Hiyori Sarugaki was not afraid at all; instead, she happily waved her little hand.

She even reached out her little hand, trying to grab July's chin.

In July, two messages flashed across the panel:

[Hiyori Sarugaki's reputation level has increased; current reputation level is Friendly.]

[Hiyori Sarugaki's reputation level has increased; current reputation level is "Close".]

Upon arriving at Seireitei, July slowed down. Seireitei was covered by a protective barrier, and he was leading two people to enter through the main gate.

In July, Hiyori Sarugaki and her maid arrived at the Seiryo Gate, east of the Seireitei.

Once the pace slowed down, Hiyori Sarugaki, who was in July's arms, started crying and fussing.

Suddenly she burst into tears in his arms.

In July, a message flashed across the panel:

[Hiyori Sarugaki's reputation level has decreased; her current reputation level is Friendly.]

"Babies' thoughts are truly unfathomable..." July thought to herself.

We were close just a moment ago, but now we're not.

Having no experience in soothing children, July entrusted Hiyori Sarugaki to a maid.

The maid held Hiyori Sarugaki in her arms, gently swaying her body and patting her back lightly.

Then, the maid hummed a song softly, and Hiyori Sarugaki in her arms gradually quieted down.

"Halt! This is Seireitei!" The guards of Seiryumon stopped the two.

In July, she took off her straw hat, revealing her face.

The guards at Seiryumon were slightly taken aback, then quickly made way for them and said with a smile, "So it's Master Shikatori! Why aren't you wearing your dojo haori today?"

In July, he frequently visited Seireitei and became very familiar with its guards.

In July, she casually said, "I'll take advantage of the Spirit Arts Academy's holiday and go on a trip for a while."

The maid hadn't expected that July had brought her to Seireitei, and that the guards there were so friendly. She immediately realized that the people she had met were no ordinary individuals.

Without delay, July brought Hiyori Sarugaki and her maid directly to the 12th Division.

"Shikatori-sensei is here."

Is Ms. Kiryu here?

"The captain should be in the barracks. Shikato-sensei, just go there."

July, familiar with the route, led the two towards the 12th Division's barracks.

Compared to other squads, the 12th Squad's barracks are simpler. The entrance to the barracks is a simple arched door with no ornate carvings, just simple lines outlining its shape.

Upon entering the team's quarters, the hall is spacious and bright, with neat white stone slabs paving the floor, giving a cool and clean feeling.

In the center of the hall was a long wooden table with some simple stationery and documents on it, clearly indicating that someone used it as a place for daily office work or meetings.

I ran into an acquaintance here in July.

"Yo—Shikatori-kun, here to mooch a meal from the Twelfth Division again?"

Kisuke Urahara didn't even look up, speaking in a nonchalant tone.

“Urahara-kun, you’re wrong.” July shook her head. “I’ve come to see Kiryu-san today because I have something to discuss with her.”

Kisuke Urahara paused slightly as he flipped through the manuscript, then looked up and saw the maid following behind July and the baby in her arms.

"Ah! I'm so sorry, I've been too busy lately... I'll definitely make up for the gift..." Kisuke Urahara quickly put down the manuscript in his hand and stood up. "So... when did Shikari-kun get married?"

Chapter 174 Kisuke Urahara's Shock

Kisuke Urahara was full of questions. He thought about it carefully, but he couldn't find any memory of Shichiriki's wedding in his mind.

But now Shikamori Nanatsuki has brought a child to visit.

"Could this child be... pregnant out of wedlock?" Kisuke Urahara looked at Nanatsu Shikato with the eyes of someone looking at scum.

"No, that's not true. This isn't my child." July rolled her eyes and quickly stopped Urahara Kisuke from making up his own ideas.

Kisuke Urahara became interested and went closer to Hiyo Sarugaki to take a look.

“Something’s not right with this child…” Kisuke Urahara quickly noticed the problem. “He doesn’t seem like a normally developing child.”

“This child was premature, by two or three months. If it weren’t for the spiritual pressure within her body sustaining her life, she would probably be dead by now,” July explained.

"This is troublesome... I see. You're here to ask the captain for help?" Kisuke Urahara took out a communication device from his sleeve and pressed a button on it. "Hello? Is the captain in the barracks?"

Kiryu's voice quickly came through the communication machine: "It's Kisuke. I'm in the barracks. What can I do for you?"

Kisuke Urahara said to the messenger, "Shikatori-kun has brought the child... This newborn has some health issues and needs your help to take a look. We are in the common area of ​​the barracks."

"What? Shikatori-kun has brought the child... I'm coming right now!"

After finishing speaking, Yizhou Tongsheng immediately hung up the messenger machine.

A little while later, Hikifune Kiryu arrived at the team dormitory's common hall.

"Is this your child?" Kiryuu raised an eyebrow when she saw the thin and frail Hiyori Sarugaki. "This was premature, wasn't it? You were so careless!"

“This isn’t mine… I rescued this child from the roadside…” July quickly explained Hiyori Sarugaki’s background.

"Hiyori has congenital deficiencies and is too thin, so I would like to ask Ms. Kiryu to help her take care of herself."

Kiryuu took Hiyori Sarugaki from the maid's arms, his eyes filled with heartache: "What a pitiful child, losing her mother so early."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of this child."

Kiryuu turned to the maid and said, "You stay in the 12th Division and help take care of this child."

"Kisuke, make arrangements for her and prepare a barracks for her."

“I need to prepare some nutritional supplements for this child quickly; her condition is very bad, and we can’t delay any longer.”

Kiryuu takes Hiyori Sarugaki to the laboratory.

Kisuke Urahara then took out his communication device and discussed the arrangement of the maids with the Shinigami in charge of the barracks.

The room where the maids were housed was actually also Hiyori Sarugaki's room. Hiyori Sarugaki is not yet able to take care of herself and needs someone to look after her 24 hours a day.

A moment later, a grim reaper came and took the maid away.

“Shikato-kun is so lucky... he still has time to ‘study abroad,’ unlike me, I’m busy to death,” Kisuke Urahara lamented.

In July, when explaining Hiyori Sarugaki's background, he also mentioned that she was "studying abroad" with Captain-Commander Yamamoto, which made Kisuke Urahara very envious.

"What have you been busy with lately... Soul Society has been quite peaceful lately," July asked curiously.

"Isn't the peace of Soul Society thanks to us diligent Shinigami?!" Kisuke Urahara rolled his eyes.

"Do you remember when the spirit invaded our lab?" Kisuke Urahara whispered.

"Of course I remember, the team leader was also ambushed and went missing..." July nodded.

“After that incident, I developed an instrument that can identify spirit remains.” Kisuke Urahara’s face fell. “Recently, we discovered traces of spirit activity again, which has kept me extremely busy.”

"Someone's started creating spirit remains again?" July frowned.

The last incident involving the spirit remains failed to uncover the mastermind behind it; it only exposed the spirit remains that were mixed in with the Grim Reaper's ranks.

“Yes, and this time the situation is very different. The spirit remains found are all residents of Rukongai…” Kisuke Urahara nodded, saying with a troubled expression, “I really can’t be sure what their purpose is in doing this.”

“If it’s to create the spirit remains of Shinigami, that’s understandable, since it’s about secretly controlling Seireitei. But what’s the point of creating the spirit remains of the residents of Rukongai?” July stroked her chin, lost in thought.

“They must have their reasons for doing this, but this will exhaust the Shinigami in our lab. I’ve been investigating soul collection data from Rukongai all this time!” Kisuke Urahara slumped in his seat and complained. “Honestly, can’t these schemers even consider the feelings of us researchers?”

"Didn't you develop an instrument that can distinguish the spiritual pressure of spirit remains? Why can't you conduct a large-scale investigation?" July asked.

“I want to too!” Kisuke Urahara shook his head. “Spiritual remains are not so easy to distinguish; the difference in spiritual pressure between them and the original body is almost imperceptible.”

"In fact, even if I put a spirit in front of me and let my instruments examine it, I wouldn't be able to identify it."

"My detection equipment also needs to collect the spirit particles of the original body and compare them by their similarities and slight differences in order to distinguish the spirit remains."

"But this would increase the workload significantly. It would mean I would have to sift through all the souls in Rukongai before I could find all the spirit remains!"

"That's simply impossible! There are just too many souls in Rukongai!"

Kisuke Urahara scratched his head, messing up his hairstyle, looking quite frustrated.

“Your testing equipment needs to be updated,” July said.

"My brain is already filled with data from the souls collected in Rukongai, I have no inspiration." Kisuke Urahara shrugged, indicating that he was very tired.

“Give me a set of instruments, maybe I can make some improvements,” July suggested.

Although he doesn't have time right now, Aizen Sosuke is still in his lab, and he wants to give this research project a try to Aizen Sosuke.

“That works too…” Kisuke Urahara knew about the ‘Spirit Absorbing Pill’ and knew that Shichitori Nanatsuki also had some research on spirits, so he did not refuse.

Kisuke Urahara went and retrieved a set of spiritual particle detection equipment and a document.

"This is my design draft; all the design ideas are on it."

"Hey—this is where we collect spirit particles. After collecting them, we compare them with existing data. We have most of the data on Shinigami, but we don't have data on the souls of the Rukongai..."

Kisuke Urahara took down a tube, preparing to demonstrate to Nanatsu Shikatori how to use it.

Kisuke Urahara used a tube to circle around Nanatsu Shikatori's head several times, collecting the spiritual particles that were escaping from his body.

“Collecting it this way is a bit slow, as we have to wait for the spirit particles to dissipate on their own. But if we insert this into the spirit body, the collection will be much faster.” Kisuke Urahara used the needle on the tube to insert into Nanatsuki Shikatori’s finger.

The instrument quickly collected the spirit particles from Shikatori July.

"Next, we need to verify the data..." Kisuke Urahara retrieved the data from the instrument and began to verify it.

The next moment, Kisuke Urahara froze on the spot.

"...Found data with a spiritual similarity of over 90%???" Kisuke Urahara swallowed hard.

"Looks like this instrument is pretty accurate..." July smiled slightly as she looked at the name displayed on the instrument.

Kisuke Urahara's eyes widened, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end instantly.

Chapter 175 Spiritual Component Information

"I think... there might be some malfunction in the instrument, I'll take it to get it repaired."

Kisuke Urahara got up, intending to leave.

July placed her hand on Kisuke Urahara's shoulder and said with a smile:

"No, your instrument is not malfunctioning."

Kisuke Urahara's face was full of disbelief, and his mouth was so open that an egg could fit inside.

"You're a spirit corpse?!?"

"That's right, this body of mine is a spirit skeleton."

Kisuke Urahara felt the pressure coming from his shoulder and tried to shake it, but he couldn't break free.

"Don't panic, there's nothing to panic about." July patted Urahara Kisuke on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.

"I'm not panicking..." Kisuke Urahara quietly placed his right hand on the hilt of his Zanpakuto.

"You can't beat me anyway, why are you making these little moves..." July glanced at Kisuke Urahara's right hand.

"I think I can hold out until the captain arrives..."

Kisuke Urahara's thoughts were in turmoil, and several questions flashed through his mind.

How could this Deer Takes July be a spirit corpse?

He clearly has captain-level spiritual pressure!

Was Shikagiri Nanatsu replaced by a spirit skeleton, or was he originally a spirit skeleton?

After a few breaths, he cleared his mind and calmed down.

"To possess a spirit body and still grow to the captain level is truly incredible, Shikato-kun."