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

"Yamashita-kun, Kawada-san, and those Shinigami from the Onmitsukito Squad must have died at their hands. When we got there, we could no longer sense their spiritual pressure."

"Then Kurumatani-kun blocked the two Quincy, allowing me to leave and go to Karakura Town to support the students."

Unohana nodded and said, "Kurugaya-kun is still alive. I just sensed his spiritual pressure and have already sent a team to treat him."

July continued, "Later, I encountered the third Quincy in Karakura Town. Although we never fought, I felt that she was stronger than the other two Quincy, at least at the level of a vice-captain."

"That's a real shame. These Quincy might be 'big fish.' I wish they had arrived sooner. I really want to fight a pure-blooded Quincy!" Kenpachi Kuruyashiki said with a face full of regret.

Quincy are a group that highly values ​​bloodline; pure-blooded Quincy are generally much stronger than mixed-blood Quincy.

Based on Shikatori Nanatsuki's description, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki judged that the Quincy he encountered was most likely a pure-blooded Quincy.

Pureblood Quincy are extremely rare; even Kenpachi Kuruyashiki himself has never encountered one.

In July, she took out a clump of spiritual particles, which were fragments of souls containing "bait" collected from the infant's body.

If left untreated, these fragments of souls would dissipate on their own, so July sealed them away using spiritual particles.

"Captain, these are the things I collected from the baby's body. I'm afraid these things are the cause of this accident." July handed the Spirit Particle Swarm to Unohana.

“The scent of ‘bait’.” Unohana immediately recognized what it was, and her expression darkened slightly.

She also realized that this accident was not an accident, but a man-made disaster!

“Judging from the Quincy’s conversation, it doesn’t seem to be their doing,” July said.

However, the Seireitei would not take the Quincy's words as evidence, especially since these Quincy had killed many Shinigami in this incident.

"I will report this to the Captain-Commander." Unohana put away the spirit particle cluster.

After the 11th Division's Shinigami cleared out the Hollows that had been attracted by the "bait" aura in Karakura Town and the surrounding area, the group returned to Soul Society with the wounded.

This practical assessment has taken such an unexpected turn, and the evaluation criteria will need to be determined after further investigation.

...

After the Shinigami returned to Soul Society—

Three men in black robes appeared in the ruins of Karakura Town.

They carried instruments to measure spiritual pressure and went around testing it.

The operation did not achieve its intended results; they need to identify the problem.

"Sixth-rank Spirit Might?!"

"What's going on? Last time in Soul Society, I clearly got an eleventh-rank spiritual power!"

"How could there be such a big difference?!"

Is there something wrong with the instrument?

"No wonder he was able to defeat the Hollow!"

The three men in black robes were incredulous at the values ​​displayed on the instrument.

"Release your spiritual pressure and use the instrument to measure yourself," a man in black robes said to his companion.

After the three people finished testing, they found that there was nothing wrong with the instrument.

"He was hiding his strength while in Soul Society?"

"Was this really necessary... Damn it... We're going to get punished by the adults now."

"Never mind, let's hurry back and report to the adults."

After the three Grim Reapers put their cloaks and hoods back on, they disappeared again.

After they left, something changed in a shadowy spot on the ground.

Upon closer inspection, a dark eye occasionally blinked in the shadows, staring at the spot where the three men in black robes had just lingered.

Chapter 64 The man behind the scenes

"Eleventh-level Spirit Might...?" July pondered the scene she had just witnessed.

During this period, he focused on developing the initial solution capability and has now discovered many ways to use it.

The dark eyes that remain in the shadows of the ruins of Karakura Town in reality are one of the abilities he developed.

As long as you leave your spiritual pressure in the shadow, you can make the shadow a monitoring point for yourself until the spiritual pressure disappears.

July felt that the "bait" in Karakura Town this time might not have been released by the Quincy.

Therefore, before leaving the ruins of Karakura Town, he left some monitoring points to see if anyone behind the scenes came to check the results of the battle.

As expected, he managed to ambush them.

The cloaks worn by the three had the function of invisibility and concealing spiritual pressure fluctuations. If they hadn't revealed themselves while collecting the remaining spiritual pressure on the battlefield, the monitoring points left by July probably wouldn't have been able to detect them.

In July, it became clear that this group of people were after him.

The residual spiritual pressure these people collected from the ruins belonged to him!

Moreover, judging from their conversation, this was not the first time they had collected his spiritual pressure.

"Eleventh-level spiritual power...that is, when the spiritual pressure on the panel is level 50 to 54, is that before the autumn assessment?" July carefully recalled her attack records.

Although a Shinigami will release a trace of spiritual pressure even when not in combat if they don't intentionally suppress it, the spiritual pressure collected in this situation is too weak to measure their actual strength.

Therefore, in order to test his strength, these people must have been collecting spiritual pressure aura from the places where he had fought.

I thought back to the places he had attacked.

First, we can rule out the Spirit Arts Academy. When he was at the Spirit Arts Academy, he never used spiritual pressure except when demonstrating sword techniques that required spiritual pressure.

He only demonstrated his swordsmanship at the Spirit Arts Academy twice.

The first time was shortly after the start of the school year.

The second time was when we conducted a preliminary assessment of the sixth-year students' class.

The spiritual pressure information revealed in both instances did not match the black-robed man's examination results.

The Shikatori Dojo can also be ruled out.

Although the dojo is the place where spiritual pressure information is most frequently exposed in July, Baiyunzhai stays in the dojo every day. If these black-robed men dared to collect spiritual pressure information in the dojo, they would have been killed by her with her sword long ago.

"The back mountain?" July suddenly remembered that she had once killed a Void creature in the forest behind the mountain.

If it was that time, it would match the test results of the man in the black robe.

"It seems that encountering Xu in the back mountain that time was not a coincidence..." July felt it was necessary to mention this matter to Bayunzhai.

He wanted to ask Baiyunzhai to check the records for him and see what the outcome of that matter was.

After encountering the Hollow that day, he reported to the 10th Division and asked them to investigate whether there were any remaining spatial rifts.

Hollows appearing in Soul Society occasionally occur, but they are not very common.

They usually come through occasional gaps in the space.

The closer you are to the Seireitei, the more stable the space becomes.

The back mountain is located in the higher-ranked outer district, so the probability of it being a fake is even smaller.

He doesn't have the authority to investigate the mission files of the 10th Division, but as a veteran captain, Ba Yunzhai should have a way.

...

A week later.

In July, we received news that all the students who participated in the assessment passed.

Yoruichi Shihouin's squad received an excellent rating for discovering and thwarting the Quincy's plot.

July felt that an invisible hand was pushing this matter, shifting the blame for releasing the "bait" onto the Quincy.

Because, as Baiyunzhai had just told him, the Tenth Division's archives room had caught fire some time ago, and a lot of documents were burned, including the mission archives he wanted to look at.

Both he and Bayunzhai suspected Xia Dalu Xin.

The reason is that this series of events only occurred after Shin's attempt to acquire the dojo failed.

Before this, July had not offended anyone, so it's unlikely that anyone would go to such lengths to get rid of him.

Everyone in Seireitei knew about Ba Yunzhai's health problems and that she didn't have much time left.

If Shichikagi dies in Karakura Town, Kasumi no Shin will be able to take over the dojo in no time.

"You want to kill me over such a small piece of land for the dojo?!" July was filled with rage.

"It's not just this dojo land... actually, the mountains and forests behind it belong to our family, we just haven't taken care of them." Ba Yunzhai was also furious. "I'll go and chop him down right now!"

“We don’t have any evidence yet. If we kill him like this, the Xia Dalu family will definitely retaliate, and we might be executed by the Central 46!” July said calmly.

"Anyway, I won't live much longer. I'll just go and kill everyone in the Xia Dalu family. I'll take the blame myself. No one else will bother you because of a bunch of dead people!" Ba Yunzhai wouldn't allow anyone to touch her sore spot. Qiyue was her only younger brother and successor. How could she just let them kill Qiyue like that?

"Give me some time, and believe me, I will find a better way to handle this," July said gently.

Ba Yunzhai stared into Qiyue's eyes, seemingly moved by the determination in them, and softened: "If you can't solve it, don't try to handle it alone. I'm still here."

"Don't worry, just focus on recovering. You have a long life ahead of you, so don't get upset over this kind of guy."

In July, I left the courtyard and returned to my room.

He focused his attention on the prompts on the panel.

The panel shows several unclaimed rewards.

[Disciple Yoruichi Shihōin learns the sword technique "Four Directions Instant Strike"]

[Guided Yoruichi Shihouin through a sword technique training (completed)]

Focus your attention on the cultivation tasks that have been “completed”.

[Disciple Yoruichi Shihouin has completed a sword technique training session; reward settled.]

[Reward: 5000 Universal Experience Points]

[Reward Obtained: Sword Skill - Frosty Dance (Beginner Level)]

In addition, there are settlement rewards for practical assessments that can also be claimed.

[First time leading a class to complete a practical assessment as an instructor, reward settled]

[Disciple Yoruichi Shihouin has completed the practical assessment with an excellent rating; rewards have been calculated.]

[Disciple Hoshino Rie completed the practical assessment with an excellent rating; rewards have been distributed.]

Chapter 65 Promotion

[Lead the class to complete the practical assessment, and receive a reward]

[Twenty-two people passed the evaluation, gaining 22000 points of basic general experience.]

[Three people gave excellent reviews, earning 9000 points of basic ability general experience]

[First time leading a class to complete a practical assessment as an instructor, reward settled]

[Gained the random trait attribute - Danger Omen]

[Gain 30000 points of basic general experience]

[Randomly increase the proficiency level of three skills by 1]

[Disciple Yoruichi Shihouin has completed the practical assessment with an excellent rating; rewards have been calculated.]

[Gain 20000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +1]

[Disciple Hoshino Rie completed the practical assessment with an excellent rating; rewards have been distributed.]

[Gain 20000 points of basic general experience]

[Random skill proficiency level +1]

In addition to the reward for Yoruichi Shihouin completing a sword skill training mission, she gained a total of 106000 general experience points!

July's current spiritual pressure level has reached 75. It takes 30000 universal experience points to level up from level 75 to 80.

He chose to invest 90000 general experience points into spiritual pressure, raising his spiritual pressure to level 78.