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

In July, she felt a pain in her leg and lost her balance.

He quickly fell backward, then used his left hand to press on the ground, flipped over, and landed again, regaining his balance.

"Good! It seems you haven't neglected your Hakuda training!" Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni praised. He had once given Shikamori Shichigetsu Hakuda pointers, so he was quite concerned about Shikamori Shichigetsu's Hakuda skills.

If it were the previous Shikagiri Nanatsuki, he would have been kicked away by now. The fact that he can still keep his balance shows that his hand-to-hand combat skills have improved a lot.

July didn't speak. After regaining her balance, she immediately pinched the blade between two fingers and then quickly twisted her waist.

Using the fingers as a sheath, the waist, arms, wrists, and knife seem to be connected as a whole, with power transmitted layer by layer.

A Thousand Pieces Unloaded, Flowing Light!

A glint flashed in Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes. He had seen this move used by Shikatri Nanatsu's disciple, but when used by Shikatri Nanatsu, its power was even more extraordinary.

The speed at which they draw their swords is not even in the same league!

Hundreds of azure blade lights arrived in an instant, stretching endlessly, as if forming a continuous line without any breaks.

—Thump thump thump thump thump!!

The moment he made contact with the blade, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni felt the blade being attacked hundreds of times, all concentrated on a single point!

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes narrowed, and the molten lava deep within them seemed to boil, as if dark red light seeped through the gaps in his eyelids.

A terrifying spiritual pressure suddenly erupted in the swordplay room, causing Kyoraku Shunsui and Sasakibe Chojiro, who were watching the battle, to tense up.

crackling-

Under the impact of spiritual pressure, the pillars in the sword-fighting room developed numerous cracks.

The accumulated dust and tiles on the roof were shaken off.

Kyoraku Shunsui dodged the bricks and tiles falling from above and muttered, "Does it have to be this serious?!"

A few breaths later, the load-bearing beams could no longer withstand the pressure of the spiritual energy and completely disintegrated.

The entire swordplay room began to collapse.

July's eye twitched. He knew that this old man was unwilling to suffer any loss. Seeing that his previous spiritual pressure could no longer protect the wooden sword, he used even more spiritual pressure.

In July, after glancing at Kyoraku Shunsui, who seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the play, I felt inexplicably annoyed.

This guy just wants to see him get beaten up, that's why he's so eager to go to the Spiritual Arts Academy to wait for him.

July turned around and shouted: "Captain-Commander Yamamoto!"

A hint of doubt flickered in Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes.

Before he could ask a question, July continued, "On the way here, the captain of the Kyoraku Band said that Captain-Commander Yamamoto is getting on in years and warned me to hold back if I were to fight you!"

"The strength of this spiritual pressure is awe-inspiring, showing that Captain-Commander Yamamoto's power is as formidable as ever! Even with my full strength, I cannot budge him in the slightest!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's face flushed red at a visible speed.

"Hey, hey—I can..."

Before Kyoraku Shunsui could even offer a defense, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's iron fist had already struck his face:

"You wicked disciple!!!"

One bone!

Bang! ! !

Kyoraku Shunsui crashed through the roof and flew into the distance.

boom--

The last straw broke the camel's back, and the dilapidated swordsmanship room collapsed with a crash.

A moment later, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Shichiki Shikatori, and Chojiro Sasakibe stood before the ruins of the collapsed sword room.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's imposing aura had subsided. He stood with his hands behind his back and slowly asked, "Let's end it here for today. Your strength has indeed reached the level of a captain. However, I just heard from Shunsui that you seem to be unwilling to take on the role of captain."

July nodded: "I am deeply honored to serve as the captain of the 13th Division, thanks to the Captain-Commander's kindness."

“But I’m still teaching students and disciples, and there’s no teacher representative who can stay at the dojo permanently. I like to finish what I start, and I can’t abandon these students and disciples just for the sake of the position of team leader.”

"Is that so..." Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni showed his appreciation. "Very good. Once you take on disciples, you must teach them well. Moreover, your disciples are indeed promising talents. The future of Soul Society still needs to rely on them."

"Since you don't want to be the captain for the time being, I won't force you."

Chapter 161 Discussion

In the outer district laboratory, Shichiru Shikatoki was reading a stack of documents on the table.

He was reviewing the experimental records made by Aizen Sousuke and Hoshino Rie.

After a period of training, both of them have become qualified laboratory assistants, capable of performing tasks such as reagent preparation, sample processing, and data recording.

Hoshino Rie sometimes has to handle the affairs of the Fourth Division and doesn't come every day, but Shikatori Nanatsuki and Aizen Sousuke come to the lab every day.

Some time ago in July, we brought back some Hollow materials from the Hollow Forest, and the three of us studied them together.

The main research projects in this laboratory are currently the undead and the void.

In addition, July also wanted to try to simplify the 'Spirit Gathering Pill' recipe.

The materials required to prepare the 'Spirit Gathering Pill' are quite expensive, making it unsuitable for widespread use. In July, the plan is to develop a version that is less effective but less expensive.

In this way, July will be able to prove to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni that he has research and development capabilities, and it will be only natural for him to become the captain of the 12th Division after Kiryu Hikifune is promoted to the Zero Division.

In front of July were more than ten cylindrical transparent glass jars filled with a light blue solution, with clumps of white flesh floating in the solution.

These light blue solutions are drugs that can numb spirits, and the white fleshy clumps floating inside are the 'Adjuchas' that July caught, which can split, and its offspring.

In July, we didn't kill the 'Adjuchas'. After bringing it back, we immediately used anesthesia to control it.

A moment later, light footsteps could be heard outside.

"Sousuke, you've had quite a haul today." July glanced at the enormous deer that Aizen Sousuke was carrying on his shoulder.

"The teacher is here. I'm lucky today. I found a deer. I feel like I don't have to go hunting for a few days." Aizen Sousuke placed the deer on the operating table.

Aizen Sousuke now has an extra job: he needs to frequently hunt small animals with spiritual pressure in the mountains and forests to feed the 'Adjuchas' clones and keep them active.

They had previously tested the properties of the 'Adjuchas' clones in an attempt to verify whether the clones would possess the properties of ordinary Voids.

The result was surprising; this split form of 'Adjuchas' also possessed the characteristics of the void—it could devour other spirits.

“I just looked at the data you recorded, and the size of Splinter 3 has changed slightly since yesterday,” July said.

“Yes, Split-3 has been fed with the remains of six ‘Girlian’ creatures. Its maximum diameter has increased by 0.08 centimeters, and its weight has increased by 356 grams. It should not have reached its limit yet. I suggest continuing to feed it ‘Girlian’ remains and observing it for a week.” Aizen Sosuke nodded, ran his fingers over the deer’s forelimb, and cut off the forelimb.

After confirming that the split forms of 'Adjuchas' could devour other spirits, July fed some of the split form samples with the remains of 'Kirlian' brought back from the Great Hollow Forest.

The main body of 'Adjuchas' has not changed much after feeding the remains of 'Gilian', but its clones have not yet reached the strength of 'Adjuchas'-class Hollows. After feeding the remains of 'Gilian', their size has grown slightly.

“I suspect that when the main body of this ‘Adjuchas’ is awake, it inhibits the growth of its clones.” Aizen Sosuke took the clone out of the jar and fed it. “When its main body was still awake, feeding the clones ‘Gilian’ remains didn’t cause any changes. Now that we’ve used drugs to put its main body into a deep hibernation state, the inhibition has been lifted.”

July nodded and said, "'Adjuchas' level Hollows are quite rare in the Hollow Forest, and they are rather troublesome to capture."

"If we can feed the 'Ghilian' remains to allow the clone to grow into an 'Adjuchas'-class Hollow, then we will have a continuous supply of 'Adjuchas'-class Hollow materials."

"Next, I will continue to create spirit remains, using the spiritual particles of living voids to repeat the spirit remain experiments we did before."

There is no shortage of 'Kyrians' in the Great Forest, and July can go there at any time to hunt 'Kyrians'.

With July's current strength, hunting in the Great Void Forest is not a very dangerous thing.

"Teacher, what is the purpose of your research on Hollows?" Aizen Sousuke slowed his feeding of the clone. "Furthermore, we are also involved in research on spirits. Combining research on Hollows and spirits seems to violate the Seireitei regulations, doesn't it?"

July smiled and said, "It's probably a desire to explore... The Void is also a type of spirit, but it is born with many characteristics that are completely different from ordinary spirits. The mystery behind it is very intriguing!"

"And..." July paused, then continued, "Sousuke, you may not know this yet—Shinigami have limits, and to break those limits, you need to stand at a higher level to make it possible."

Aizen Sousuke fell into deep thought, his hand holding the piece of meat unconsciously stopping in mid-air. The clone on the table, no longer soaked in the anesthetic, had regained some of its instincts. Sensing the food on it, it slowly extended its tentacles upwards.

A moment later, Aizen Sousuke came to his senses and tossed the piece of meat to the increasingly agitated split entity.

"The limits of death... I understand, teacher."

Aizen Sousuke turned around and looked at the figure behind him; the teacher was still flipping through the experimental records.

"So the teacher has come this far... It seems that catching up with the teacher's footsteps is a very long process," Aizen Sousuke thought to himself.

His emotions were in turmoil—his teacher was already thinking about how to break through the limits of death!

Aizen Sousuke admired his teacher more and more. His teacher was already so strong, yet he had not stopped moving forward.

Even when there is no road in front of them, they try to pave one themselves, which is truly admirable!

...

Three years later, at the Shikari Dojo.

Thump thump da da da—

The sound of wooden swords clashing came from the courtyard.

Kana Mochishiro, now dressed in her Shinigami uniform, is sparring with Lisa in the courtyard.

As July's top disciple, Cilantro City has now taken on the responsibility of guiding her junior disciples.

Although she has now joined the Third Division, she still comes to the dojo whenever she has a break.

In July, he and Bayunzhai drank tea under the eaves, occasionally observing their disciples' practice.

“I think Yuu-on, Soya, and Lisa have laid a pretty good foundation.” After thinking for a moment, Baiyunzhai said, “I feel that we can arrange for them to enroll together with Sosuke and Isshin.”

July took a sip of tea and nodded slowly: "That's what I'm thinking too. I plan to resign from my position at the Spirit Arts Academy after I finish teaching this class."

Chapter 162 Changes

The first class of students he taught in July has already graduated, and now he is about to teach the second class. He plans to arrange for these students to enroll together.

Over the past three years, he would occasionally use the excuse of exchanging cooking skills to go to the 12th Division to find Kiryu Hikifune.

He has recently received word that Kiryu Hikifune's 'temporary soul' technique has been recognized by the Zero Division and he will be promoted to the Zero Division within a few years.

He plans to take over Kiryu Hikifune's position after teaching this year's students. If he continues to delay, Kisuke Urahara might break through to the captain level.

A genius like Kisuke Urahara's training speed is not much slower than Sosuke Aizen's.

In July, he glanced at Aizen Sousuke, who was sparring with Hirako Shinji in the courtyard. His stats were vastly different from what they had been a few years ago:

Aizen Sousuke

[Talent: SS]

[Spiritual Pressure: lv85]

Aizen Sousuke's spiritual pressure grew to the level of fourth-rank spiritual power within a few years!

His spiritual pressure far surpasses that of Shinji Hirako and others.

He's even qualified to be a vice-captain now.

However, he has never shown his spiritual pressure level in front of others, and when sparring with Hirako Shinji, he only uses spiritual pressure that is close to that of the seated official.

Hirako Shinji seized the opportunity and struck Aizen Sousuke down with a single blow: "Sousuke, you weren't going easy on me, were you?"

Aizen Sousuke shook his head helplessly: "How could that be? I used all my strength! It's just that you're too strong, Shinji!"

July stood up, clapped her hands to attract the disciples' attention, and said, "It's rare to have so many people here today, so please stay and have a meal."

Knowing that the teacher was going to prepare a big meal, Cilantro immediately raised her arms and shouted, "Yay!"

After graduating, they all joined different squads, and the vacation time for each squad was different, so it was quite rare for them to get together.

July smiled and said, "Consider it a celebration for Yoruichi's promotion."

Kensei Muguruma wiped his sweat and asked curiously, "Did Yoruichi get promoted?"

July nodded: "Yes, she's been promoted to vice-captain of the Second Division. She just told me she'll be here soon, so it should be soon."

After gaining ample practical experience, Yoruichi Shihouin has made rapid progress and has now grown to the level of vice-captain.

Just then, a figure climbed over the courtyard wall.

Everyone turned to look, and there was Yoruichi Shihouin, dressed in a sleeveless Shinigami uniform, squatting on the wall.

Yoruichi Shihōin laughed and said, "I could hear you talking about me from a long way off. Do you all miss me?"