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

When she came out again, she had a piece of pastry in her mouth and another in each of her hands.

After thanking July in a mumbled tone, he hurriedly left the dojo.

"I guess I'm going to be punished again by copying the student handbook." July shook her head.

Cilantro Mochi didn't really like the Kido class, especially the morning Kido class which required memorizing those chanted incantations.

She hated memorizing those chanted incantations, so she was late almost every week around this time.

"Good morning, teacher. Don't you have classes today?" Aizen Sousuke came into the courtyard.

"Good morning, Sousuke." July shook her head. "I have class this afternoon, but since I don't have class this morning, I'll teach you Kido. I've heard that the early morning is when memory is at its best, making it perfect for memorizing Kido incantations..."

Suddenly the voice stopped, and Aizen's gaze turned incredibly sharp when he saw his teacher.

"The mice have gone back to their holes... Sousuke, looks like there's no time to teach you today..."

His gaze, hidden in the shadow of the man in black, yielded a result.

The group of men in black robes finally returned to the sword-forging experimental base.

Now that he knew the location of the base, he wouldn't rashly choose to go there alone.

A moment later, Bayunzhai contacted Jingle Chunshui.

Chapter 74 Underground Forging Hall

Runlinan is the first district of West Street, and it is the safest place in the entire Rukongai.

But at this moment, many Grim Reapers have gathered in front of a forge here.

Clearly, something bad was about to happen, and the residents quickly moved away from this troublesome place.

Kyoraku Shunsui lifted his straw hat, looked at the torii gate above, and said, "Otsuka-bo... Shikatori-kun, is this the place you were talking about?"

After receiving the notification from Bayunzhai, Kyoraku Shunsui immediately led the members of the Eighth Division to help them investigate the matter of the Baku Yao Dao.

July nodded: "Yes, I found out that the 'Evil Blade' originated from here."

He didn't tell Kyoraku Shunsui about Kasumi no Shin, only that one of his students had been killed by the "evil sword," and that his investigation had uncovered the secret of the place.

Kyoraku Shunsui sighed, "Even a place like this has become a den of iniquity."

“I’ve been here before. This store had a discount on purchases a while ago.”

At that moment, the people inside Otsukabo also heard the commotion outside.

A young man emerged from Otsukabo and, seeing so many Grim Reapers surrounding him, was greatly alarmed: "What are you all doing here... Ah... it's the Kyoraku Band leader, what can I do for you?"

Kyoraku Shunsui said, "Is Mr. Otsuka here? I have something I'd like to ask him."

"The teacher is inside... I'll call him out right now..." The young man was a little nervous, feeling immense pressure being watched by so many Grim Reapers.

"No need." A burly middle-aged man walked out of the house.

He glanced at the Grim Reapers surrounding Otsukabo, realizing their intentions were hostile, but still calmly asked, "Captain Kyoraku, are you looking for me?"

Kyoraku Shunsui nodded: "Mr. Otsuka, I received news that your forge is manufacturing contraband."

A barely perceptible flicker appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes.

“Captain Kyoraku, Otsukabo absolutely did not do such a thing. Otsukabo only forges ordinary weapons and everyday items, which are all things that Seireitei allows to be forged.”

"I'm sorry, please allow us to search the place."

"Please go ahead..." The middle-aged man agreed to the search. Since Captain Death had already arrived, he couldn't refuse the other party's request.

However, he didn't think the other party would find anything; it was just a waste of time.

The Grim Reapers entered Otsukabo, and Kyoraku Shunsui gave Nanatsuki a look, signaling him to lead the way.

In July, they were taken directly to the forging room, which contained common forging equipment such as furnaces, forging tables, and cooling pools.

He went to the cooling pool and poured in clean water to fill it up.

July's actions caused the middle-aged man's expression to change drastically; these Grim Reapers had come prepared!

He quickly stepped forward and said, "Sir, this cooling pool cannot be used like this. It has a limited load-bearing capacity, and the water level cannot exceed half."

July did not stop, continuing to add water. This was the secret he had seen through his shadow vision. Once the cooling pool was full, he could activate the hidden door mechanism, enter the secret passage, and head to the real "Forging Hall".

Kyoraku Shunsui watched the changes in the middle-aged man's expression, then stroked his chin: "Mr. Otsuka, you seem very nervous. Are you hiding something?"

The middle-aged man forced a smile: "No way... I'm just an ordinary blacksmith..."

The middle-aged man forced himself to calm down, but as the water level in the cooling pool rose higher and higher, more and more sweat poured down his forehead.

Just then, Kyoraku Shunsui received a message from "Ten-Ting Kong-Rao":

"Kyoraku Shunsui! Where are you now?!"

"what?"

"I've already received the reports, so why did you lead the team into action without reporting it to me?"

"What? What are you saying?" Kyoraku Shunsui picked at his ear with his pinky finger and muttered, "I can't hear you. Is there something here that's affecting the Demon Path?"

"...You bastard!!!"

After "Tian Ting Kong Luo" disappeared, Kyoraku Shunsui pouted, "Really, it got to the old man so quickly. Looks like I came to the right place; someone's in a hurry..."

In no time, the cooling pool was filled with water.

After filling the tank with water in July, the valve was turned on, and the water in the tank began to drain away rapidly.

Then everyone heard a clicking sound of gears turning from underground.

A moment later, a lever rose up next to the cooling pool.

After July pulled the lever, one side of the cooling pool slowly opened, revealing a secret passage.

Kyoraku Shunsui clicked his tongue in amazement: "You've hidden it so well, Mr. Otsuka. It seems you do indeed have some remarkable secrets here."

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man turned ashen-faced.

Kyoraku Shunsui said to Nanatsu, "Shikatori-kun, we need to hurry. There might be their people on the streets outside. The fact that I led the operation has already been reported."

He brought the team here because he trusted Bayunzhai and Qiyue, and did not follow the normal procedures at all.

And there's also the fear that by the time the process is complete, the things hidden here will have already been moved.

They might even get retaliated against and be branded as having insulted the nobility.

Kyoraku Shunsui left two Shinigami (death gods) here to guard the outside, while the rest of the people followed him through the secret door.

After entering the hidden door, you will see a bottomless staircase.

The group walked down the stairs for over a hundred meters before finally arriving at the actual forging hall.

This place was divided into two parts: one part was where sword blanks were forged, and the other part was used to imprison prisoners.

There were only a dozen or so guards and researchers in the forging hall, and they were quickly taken over by the Grim Reapers.

After the Grim Reapers took control of the guards and researchers, they released the prisoners for inspection.

Kyoraku Shunsui and Shikatori Shichigetsu went to the forging workshop to inspect the unfinished sword blanks.

In July, he picked up a metal blank that looked like it had been forged and tempered only halfway through.

When he picked up the embryo, he felt as if he were hallucinating, with countless wails layered upon each other, one after another.

He sensed a chaotic soul energy emanating from it.

"Captain of the Beijing Opera, take a look at this." July handed over the embryo.

Kyoraku Shunsui took it and examined it, quickly discovering the problem, his eyes immediately narrowing:

"This forging method is truly vicious! These blade blanks were actually forged using countless souls!"

The chaotic soul energy within the blade blank proves that it definitely used more than one soul.

If Zanpakuto originates from the soul of the Shinigami himself, then this blade blank is forged by crushing countless weak souls and then mixing them together.

"Band Leader Jing, we've finished our inspection. There are a total of 58 souls imprisoned here, and all of them possess spiritual potential," a Death God reported.

Chapter 75 Pushing Hands

"These guys are actually doing these things right under the noses of Seireitei," Kyoraku Shunsui said, frowning.

The fact that the Gotei 13 failed to discover this, given that the Junlin An District is right next to the Seireitei, is quite embarrassing.

Just then, a noise came from outside the corridor.

A white-haired Grim Reaper entered through the door, followed by several other Grim Reapers.

July recognized the white-haired Grim Reaper as none other than the Captain-Commander's second-in-command—First Division Lieutenant Sasakibe Jiro.

"The vice-captain of the Sparrow Division, you're here really fast!" Kyoraku Shunsui raised an eyebrow.

Clearly, Chojiro Sasaki was sent by the Captain-Commander.

"Captain of the Kyoro Band, it seems you've made quite a few gains, but your unauthorized actions have greatly displeased the Commander-in-Chief," said Chojiro Sasaki.

"So what if I'm dissatisfied? I'm the captain now. Old Man Yama can't possibly keep me in solitary confinement," Kyoraku Shunsui said nonchalantly.

Chojiro Sasakibe didn't say much, but simply helped Shunsui Kyoraku take the evidence away.

With this evidence, we can continue the investigation and find out who's behind it.

...

A few days later, July went to the Eighth Division to check on the progress of the investigation, only to learn from the members that their captain had not returned for the past few days.

He made some inquiries and learned the inside story: after Kyoraku Shunsui made those outrageous remarks that day, he was put into solitary confinement by the Captain-General.

The Captain-Commander suddenly wanted to test his disciple's training, so Kyoraku Shunsui could only reminisce about their training days with the Captain-Commander.

The evidence discovered that day has been submitted to the Central 46th Division. The Central 46th Division takes this matter very seriously and has assigned it to the Sixth and Tenth Divisions for a joint investigation.

However, July soon received some shocking news.

That "Otsuka-bo" was actually a blacksmith shop run by the Mokujo family!

The entire Mole City family has been arrested!

Even Cilantro Mochi, who was in class, was taken away on the spot!

Kensei Muguruma, Shinji Hirako, and Jin'emon Kotsubaki skipped class and ran to report to the teacher.

After calming down the disciples in July, he went with Bayunzhai to the prison to see Zhicheng Xiangcai.

Seeing that the Death God of the prison team recognized Ba Yunzhai, he let them in directly.

Cilantro Mochi was unharmed, but she was exhausted after being interrogated repeatedly. When she saw July, she perked up again: "Teacher!"

"Cilantro, I brought you some pastries." July handed over the food box.

"Teacher, is the Mochishiro family doomed...? I heard from the Grim Reaper in the prison squad... that we've been charged with treason!" Mochishiro Kana opened the food box dejectedly, feeling like this was her last meal before her execution.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get you out of here," July comforted her.

"Coriander, is Otsukabo the blacksmith shop of the Azajo family?"

“That’s right, teacher, do you remember? There was a problem with the batch of wooden swords provided by the Spirit Arts Academy at the beginning of the semester. So I brought over a batch of wooden swords, which I got from Otsukabo. It’s also a way to promote the new store,” said Kana Mochishiro.

"Is Otsukabo a newly opened store?" July frowned.

"It was newly opened, about a month or two before my school started. I had a conversation with Mr. Otsuka when I was carrying a wooden sword. He was in charge of the store from its construction to its opening," Kana Mochishiro recalled.

"Do you know anything about Mr. Otsuka?"

"I don't know much about it, but I guess they're the kind of retainers who manage the business?"

Cilantro Mochi didn't know much about her family's affairs, and she couldn't say for sure whether her clansmen had committed treason. She was imprisoned in a daze.

Cilantro didn't know much, and July comforted her before leaving the prison.

He originally wanted to ask about Xiangcai's parents, but they were under even higher control, and even the influence of Bayunzhai was no longer effective.

"It seems that the Kasumi family's move was not a spur-of-the-moment decision; we just happened to be there."

July believed that this action against the Mochi City family was probably premeditated.

“This is very strange. If only the Xia Dalu family was involved, it would be impossible to take down the Zhicheng family so quickly,” said Ba Yunzhai, frowning.