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

"Number 6!" Kensei Muguruma was overjoyed; it was his lucky number!

"Who will be number 6's opponent?" Kensei Muguruma asked expectantly.

The match list has not been announced yet; the draw will be announced after all the students have drawn their lots.

"How many are you?" Liu Chequan asked Zhicheng Xiangcai and the others who had just returned from drawing lots.

“I drew number 2,” said Shinji Hirako.

“I am number 26,” said Kotsubaki Jin'emon.

“I am number 63,” said Cilantro Mole City.

"It seems like we're not related. I hope we won't be grouped together," Kensei Muguruma said.

Moments later, the match list was announced.

Each student participating in this competition will be randomly assigned a number. Then, number 1 will compete against number 2, number 3 against number 4, and so on.

Like the last competition, there are a total of 63 participants this time, so some people will have to skip the elimination rounds.

In other words, the student who drew number 63 got a bye!

"I got a bye again!" said Cilantro from Mole City happily.

Kensei Muguruma felt like he had seen this scene before, and a bad feeling crept into his heart. He quickly looked for the name of the student who had drawn number 5 in the list.

He quickly found the name number 5.

"There's a cover-up—there's definitely a cover-up!" Kensei Rokusha cried out.

He couldn't accept that he had drawn Kuchiki Aojun again!

And they met in the very first round!

They might be eliminated in the first round again!

Shinji Hirako patted Kensei Rokugura on the shoulder and laughed, "This is your destined rival, Kensei!"

He was relaxed; he had already spotted his opponent, a nobody whose name he couldn't recall.

Kotsubaki Jin'emon patted Kensei Rokusha on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Make the most of the revival match, and don't get knocked out like last time."

"Cilantro is so lucky! He got a bye in both competitions. Is this what the teacher meant by a lucky koi fish?" Hirako Shinji stroked his chin.

"Golden fried rice works, it really brings good luck!" Cilantro from Mole City laughed.

"Yeah, the three of us got pretty good draws." Kotsubaki Jin'emon scratched his head; he had also drawn a nobody whose name he couldn't remember.

Kensei Muguruma regretted not going to eat the golden fried rice.

Chapter 116 An Unexpected Battle

There were many more spectators at this swordsmanship assessment, although captains and nobles were not invited to watch the elimination rounds.

But students and teachers from other grades came to watch, including Dean Kotetsu and Vice Dean Tsunayo.

Furthermore, since it was a real sword fight, Vice Dean Tsunayoshi invited people from the Shin-O Medicine Institute to treat the injured students.

The Shin-O Medical Center is a hospital independent of the Fourth Division, serving only the nobility.

The real sword competition was far more brutal than the previous wooden sword competition. After the elimination rounds began, students from the academy were injured in every group of matches, keeping the people of the Shin-O Medicine Academy extremely busy.

As a referee, July also had to keep a close eye on the situation on the stage to prevent the students from being killed in the competition.

Shinji Hirako stepped into the ring, and his opponent was a delicate girl.

The delicate girl seemed to be very popular in Class 1. She waved to the students watching the game, and they immediately cheered and encouraged her.

"I'm so lucky to have the chance to fight against a strong opponent like Mako-nii." Her voice was also very soft, making the hearts of the students watching the battle melt. "I'm very afraid of pain, could you please go a little easier on me~"

"Huh?" Shinji Hirako scratched his face. "Alright, let's begin."

The delicate girl was overjoyed and was about to say something when she saw Hirako Shinji vanish in an instant.

call out--

The delicate girl, seeing Hirako Mako suddenly appear before her, quickly said, "Wait..."

But before she could finish speaking, she felt a violent jolt in her chin.

thump—

Her chin was struck by the hilt of Hirako Shinji's sword!

The delicate girl rolled her eyes and fell backward.

"If I just knock him out, it won't hurt, right?" Hirako Shinji sheathed his Zanpakuto.

"Chizuru-chan—" Ōmaeda Kinosuke wailed, "I will avenge you!"

"Why can't I draw an opponent like this?!" Kensei Rokugura exclaimed, filled with envy and jealousy as he watched Shinji Hirako finish the battle so quickly.

After several matches, it was soon time for Kensei Muguruma and Sojun Kuchiki to have their match.

Kuchiki Sojun is the most famous student in this year's academy. His appearance drew cheers and applause.

Even the girls from other classes couldn't resist Kuchiki Sōjun's charm and cheered for him.

Kensei Muguruma felt that his limelight had been stolen by Sōjun Kuchiki, and he was extremely unhappy: "I will not lose to you again."

Kuchiki Sōjun drew his Zanpakutō and said with a faint smile, "Go all out and let me see how much you've improved."

Enraged by Kuchiki Sojun's calm tone, Rokusha Kensei quickly drew his sword.

He instantly moved to Kuchiki Sojun's side and unleashed a sudden horizontal slash.

clang--

Kensei Muguruma did not choose to suppress with force, but instead loosened his grip slightly, allowing his Zanpakuto to bounce off naturally. He then moved along the hilt of the sword.

Rokusha Kensei spun the hilt of his sword and delivered a sweeping slash towards Kuchiki Sojun's back.

call out--

Kuchiki Sojun dodged the attack with a quick step and slashed at Rokusha Kensei's right shoulder with a backhand.

"It's a trap, haha!" Kensei Rokusha had anticipated that his opponent would counterattack, and his slash was just a feint.

Kensei Rokusha's slash suddenly reversed and swiftly slashed towards Sojun Kuchiki.

puff-

The two retreated almost simultaneously, creating distance between themselves and the other.

Blood slowly flowed down Kuchiki Sojun's arm and onto the hilt of the sword.

Blood also flowed from Kensei Muguruma's shoulder, dripping onto the floor.

Kensei Rokusha struck Kuchiki Sōjun's right arm, while Kuchiki Sōjun struck Kensei Rokusha's right shoulder.

"You've made great progress; I underestimated you." Kuchiki Sōjun's expression turned serious.

During the last swordsmanship assessment, Kensei Muguruma was at a very weak level, with flaws everywhere.

I never expected that Kensei Muguruma would now have the ability to harm him.

The speed of progress is truly terrifying!

It should be noted that Kuchiki Sojun was not simply standing still. The increase in spiritual pressure had led to an overall improvement in his physical attributes, making him vastly different from before.

"Could this guy also be undergoing Shikai training? Or perhaps he's already completed Shikai training, just like me?" Kuchiki Sōjun couldn't help but wonder.

A Shinigami of his caliber moves faster than the visual nerves can react. In battle, he relies more on his spiritual sense to detect the enemy's spiritual pressure fluctuations in order to pinpoint their location.

He had competed with other classmates, and those classmates whose consciousness space had not yet stabilized could not even keep up with his speed, let alone hurt him.

The initial release training is a threshold; once a Shinigami crosses this threshold, their strength will be qualitatively different.

That's why he suspected that Kensei Muguruma had already entered the Shikai training stage.

The battle between the two continued. The rules of the real sword competition were completely different from those of the wooden sword competition. The wooden sword competition was mainly about scoring points, while the real sword competition was much more brutal. You could only win if you made your opponent admit defeat or lose the ability to fight again.

"I told you, I will definitely take first place!" Kensei Rokusha shouted, and disappeared again with a flash.

Kuchiki Sōjun sensed the spiritual pressure fluctuations behind him, quickly turned around, and raised his Zanpakutō to block.

He saw that Kensei Rokusha had already sheathed his sword.

"Shikatori-ryu - Senmai-tsuki!"

In the eyes of the other students watching, Kensei Muguruma swiftly drew his sword, and a flash of sword light suddenly rose up.

But in Kuchiki Sojun's eyes, this sword light was actually dozens of sword swings overlapping together!

Kuchiki Sōjun swung his Zanpakutō rapidly, and dozens of rapid metallic clanging sounds rang out in succession.

Ding ding ding ding ding—

The relentless sword strikes made Kuchiki Sojun's heart sink.

too fast!

puff-

Kuchiki Sojun had a bloody hole in his shoulder and abdomen.

The cheers on the field suddenly faltered; they hadn't expected that Kuchiki Soujun would be the weaker party.

"Is this all the top student in Class One? Go Kensei!!!" shouted Kana Mochi.

"Keep it up!" Hirako Shinji couldn't help but cheer.

"Go Kenshin-san!" shouted Kōtsubaki Jōemon.

The teachers in the audience were also incredulous; Kuchiki Sojun, who should have been overwhelming everyone, had actually fallen into a disadvantageous position.

"Teacher Duanmu, this Kensei Muguruma is Teacher Shikatori's disciple, right? What were his results in the last assessment?" Ayane Kotetsu asked.

"Ryusha Kensei... let me see..." Duanmu Zongjie was not a teacher of this year's students after all. He only remembered the students who made it into the top four. However, there was a report card from the previous year on the table, so he immediately picked it up and looked at it.

He first looked at the list of the top eight, but did not see Kensei Muguruma's name. Then he looked at the list of the top sixteen, but Kensei Muguruma's name was not there either.

A moment later, he found Kensei Muguruma's name among the losers of the elimination rounds and exclaimed in surprise, "Kensei Muguruma was the bottom of the class in the last match!"

"He was eliminated in the first round of the knockout stage!"

Yamada stroked his beard and pondered, "I remember now, Kenjiro Rokusha's opponent in the last assessment was also Kuchiki Aoi, right..."

After Minister Yamada finished speaking, the other teachers who had witnessed the battle also remembered it.

Minister Yuzuru nodded: "Kensei Rokusha's performance in his match against Aoi Kuchiki was also quite good, better than the average academy student. He was just too unlucky and fell in the first round."

Nakano, the club's manager, said in surprise, "I didn't expect the two of them to meet again in the first round."

"And the strength they displayed this time was truly unexpected!"

Ayane Kotetsu couldn't help but exclaim, "He's grown so fast! Shikatori-sensei's ability to train his disciples is truly astonishing!"

She glanced at Vice Dean Tsunayoshi and Tsunayoshi Tokina, who were both silent; their faces were quite gloomy.

If Tsunayoshi Tokina were to raise his hand at this moment, one would see that he had left handprints on the armrests of the chair.

What a waste!

Gangya Shida was filled with shock and anger.

The Kuchiki family has also fallen into decay!

He was actually suppressed by a lowly commoner born in Rukongai!

Tsunayoshi Tokina turned to look at the vice president, hoping he could do something to reverse the decline.

Vice Dean Tsuna shook his head and said in a low voice, "Kushiki Soujun won't lose so easily. He has already learned Shikai."

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have pushed for a real sword fight.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel fortunate for his foresight. If this were a wooden sword competition, Kuchiki Sojun would have already lost points and the competition.

But this is a real sword fight, and the fight will only end when one side falls or admits defeat.

Kuchiki Sōjun raised his Zanpakutō and said softly:

"Bloom, thousand butterflies."

The blade transformed into countless colorful butterflies, fluttering in the air.