Fantasy Library.

Chapter 213 We Meet at the Top

The most outstanding genius in the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts in a thousand years is about to graduate, and after graduation he will directly serve as the captain of the third division of the Gotei 13, becoming the youngest captain-level Shinigami in history!

This news had spread several days ago and, as expected, caused an uproar.

Countless Shinigami in the Soul Society were amazed by this, and after being in disbelief for a long time, the Maou Spiritual Academy became extremely excited.

After all, this is a student who can become the captain right after graduation, and he has only been studying for half a year and is about to graduate as a freshman. This is undoubtedly a great achievement worthy of being written into a milestone.

This is like a student who just graduated from high school, entered college, and spent half a year in the freshman year, and is about to win the Nobel Prize and skip a grade to graduate and become the top scientist in the industry. This is definitely a huge honor for the college. It would be strange not to celebrate it.

So, after confirming the authenticity of the news, the dean of the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy immediately waved his hand, summoned everyone, and asked them to hold a grand celebration.

Thanks to this, the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy has been quite lively in recent days. Not only have many courses been temporarily cancelled, the entire academy has also been greatly transformed, with lights and decorations all around, and the atmosphere of celebration is extremely strong.

Aize himself was called over by the dean and other high-ranking officials of the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts, who praised him highly. They also sent people to interview and take photos of Aize, and even arranged for people to measure his height and weight. It was said that they wanted to make a life-size statue of him and place it forever in the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts for people to admire and learn from.

They were also planning to hold a lecture and invited Aize to give a speech, but Aize, who was fed up with his feelings, refused.

"Such a serious accident just happened, and the school is still in the mood to hold a celebration party. If this happened in my world, anyone who dared to do this would probably be cyberbullied for the rest of his life."

Aize hid in a corner and found a tree. Just like when he first entered the Maou Spiritual Academy, he lay on the top of the tree, basking in the sun, looking very dissatisfied.

"It seems that death is not a big deal in Soul Society. Not to mention the death of a few students, even the death of a large number of Shinigami is probably a common occurrence. It really is a dangerous world."

From this point of view, I was really lucky that the first world I experienced was the world of learning war.

At least people wouldn't die easily there. Even a guy like Diluk, who had been in the dark side for many years, didn't dare to take Aize's life openly. He just sent someone to cripple him. This gave Aize, who was not very powerful at the time, a good transition.

If the first world I experienced was the High School world, or this world, it wouldn't be as easy as it was that time.

"If I ever go back to that world, I'll give that fat guy a good beating."

Thinking about what happened at that time, Aize made a silent decision in his heart.

"Ai!"

Just as Aize's mind began to wander and his eyes were about to close, just as he was about to doze off, a loud voice suddenly rang out, waking him up.

Aize sat up suddenly, looked under the tree, and immediately saw several familiar faces.

"Abarai? Kira? Hinamori?" Aize looked down at them and asked with a surprised smile: "You guys are back?"

The people who came were Abarai Renji, Kira Izuru, Hinamori Momo and Rukia.

I don't know when they came here and found me, gathered under the tree with complicated expressions.

“Why do you have the same expression again?” Aize jumped down from the tree, looked at the complicated faces of the people, and immediately teased: “It’s as if I killed an Achucas with a knife in front of you again. Quickly swallow the taste, aren’t you sick of it?”

Hearing this, everyone laughed bitterly.

"Hey, you..." Abarai Renji looked speechless, and said, "You are graduating without any announcement, and you will become the captain of the Gotei 13 directly after graduation. Isn't this too sudden?"

God knows how shocked and unbelievable they were when they first heard the news?

They knew that Aize was a genius, and they had already prepared themselves for the possibility that he would make a big splash at any time, graduate from the academy early, and be recruited by the Gotei 13. But who would have thought that Aize would rise to such a high position in one step?

Captain...

That's the captain of the Gotei 13!
Those students who entered the Shinō Spiritual Arts Academy basically wanted to work hard and strive to join the Gotei 13 when they successfully graduated. They couldn't even imagine that they could directly become a chief officer-level Shinigami after joining the Gotei 13.

Where is Aize?
He went straight to become the captain after graduation, and he achieved this achievement after only studying in the academy for half a year!

This is so incredible that even Abarai Renji and others still find it a little unreal.

However, reality is often more dramatic than others imagine.

"Actually, I didn't expect that either." Aize said helplessly, "Who would have thought that after only being a student for half a year, I would have to graduate and become a captain?"

In Aize's original plan, he never had the plan to apply for graduation after only studying in the college for half a year.

The Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts did allow early graduation, but before that, even the most talented people had to study in the academy for a year before graduating and joining the Gotei 13.

For example, the vice-captain of the 5th Division, Gin Ichimaru, was a famous genius back then. He successfully graduated from the Maou Spiritual Academy after only one year, and now he is capable of becoming the captain.

If Aize hadn't suddenly come out and intervened, the position of captain of the third squad would have belonged to him.

Therefore, Aize's original idea was to stay in the Maou Spiritual Academy for at least one year, and then apply for graduation after completing the first year.

Who would have thought that after experiencing the accident some time ago and exposing his own strength, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni actually came up with the idea of ​​letting him graduate and become the captain of the third squad, and he even made it happen.

It can only be said that plans cannot keep up with changes, and Aize’s planned one-year college career was aborted halfway.

Graduating within half a year of enrollment will become the fastest graduation record since the establishment of Maou Spiritual Arts Academy. I wonder if anyone will be able to break it in the future.

"So... Ai-kun is really going to be the captain of the Gotei 13?"

Kira Izuru confirmed it carefully, still with an expression that found it hard to believe.

"Yes." Aize nodded, breaking the sense of unreality in everyone's hearts, and said: "Calculating, my captain's inauguration ceremony is less than a month away. It's a pity that I can't invite you to visit the site."

The inauguration ceremony of the captain of the Gotei 13 will not be very sensational. The person concerned will just be officially announced in front of all the captains.

The only people who will attend will be the captains of each squad, and the venue will be in the squadron's dormitory, in the same room as last time, so it won't be anything special.

Except for the captains of each squad, the rest of the people would not have the opportunity to enter the inauguration ceremony even if they went because they were not qualified.

Not to mention ordinary students, even the vice-captains of each squad can only wait outside for the inauguration ceremony to be over. They have no qualifications and no identity rights to enter the inauguration ceremony site.

From this we can also see that the hierarchy in Soul Society is very strict, which is completely incomparable to the real world, at least in modern or modern times.

Even if Aize didn't have that idea and didn't care about it, if he brought a group of ordinary students to the captain's inauguration ceremony, the other captains would definitely be unhappy about it, thinking that Abarai Renji and others were unruly and impolite.

In view of this, Abarai Renji and others have little chance to witness Aize's inauguration ceremony.

"That……"

Hinamori Momo seemed a little nervous and excited when she spoke.

"Ai-kun will be leaving the Maou Spiritual Academy soon, right?"

The answer to this question is undoubtedly yes. "Yes." Aize nodded again and said in front of everyone, "Now, I have begun to prepare for my personal graduation ceremony. It is estimated that it will start in about half a month."

"After attending the graduation ceremony, I will officially graduate, and I will naturally no longer stay in the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy."

"Of course, the dean has given me special permission to live in the academy until I take up my post."

In other words, Aize’s days in the Maou Spiritual Academy are numbered.

In less than a month, he will leave here and join the third squad.

It will no longer be possible to see him in the Maou Spiritual Academy again.

"........."

Hinamori Momo fell silent.

The same was true for Abarai Renji and the others. They all had nothing to say and each one was quieter than the other.

"Why are you like this?" Seeing this, Aize immediately laughed and said, "It's not like there won't be a chance for us to meet again. Can you stop looking like we're saying goodbye forever?"

"If we meet again in the future, you will be the captain of the third squad, right?" Abarai Renji sighed and said with some melancholy: "Captain, even if we graduate successfully in the future, it will be impossible for us to get closer, right?"

Even someone as thick-skinned as Abarai Renji knows that in Soul Society, a captain has many high-ranking officials.

Now they are still classmates, students of the same academy, but when they meet next time, Aize will be the captain. What will they be like then?
At best, he is just a chief officer, or even just an ordinary team member.

This status is far inferior to that of captain.

Just imagine, when Aize was walking on the street with his adjutant, he and others were mixed with other death gods. They had to give way to him and bow their heads. Even looking up at the other person was an act of disrespect. What a huge contrast would that be?
Just like when Aizen Sosuke brought Ichimaru Gin to the Maou Spiritual Academy for inspection, all the students in the academy went to greet them, but they didn't even dare to breathe, and could only stand obediently on both sides and watch each other leave.

One side is in the center of the stage, attracting everyone's attention.

One party is just one of the countless audience members below the stage, and the other party may not even be able to detect his or her existence.

The huge difference in status and identity will undoubtedly make people feel uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Kira Izuru shrank his neck and dared not speak. Hinamori Momo looked even more gloomy and said nothing.

As for Rukia, she and Aize were not familiar with each other and had never even had a face-to-face communication. From the very beginning, there was no room for conversation. She hid aside like a partridge, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.

In this situation, Aize glanced at everyone one by one and then smiled.

The smile was very calm.

"If it doesn't work when you graduate, then why don't you just keep working hard after you graduate?"

Aize suddenly said this.

“Continue to work hard after graduation?”

Everyone was slightly startled.

"Don't you just want to graduate successfully and become a god of death, and don't want to go any further and touch the cloud position?"

Aize's voice was like a heavy hammer, striking into everyone's heart.

"Now that you are students, you should work hard to graduate successfully, join the Gotei 13, and become a regular Shinigami."

"After becoming a regular Shinigami, you must strive to become stronger and climb higher, to become a chief officer, or even a vice-captain."

"And once you become vice-captain, will that still be a long way to becoming captain?"

Aize's calm words caused waves of emotion in everyone's hearts.

"Become... vice-captain?"

Hinamori Momo murmured.

"That kind of thing..."

Kira Izuru looked very unconfident.

Abarai Renji and Rukia also looked at each other.

"What? You think it's impossible?" Aize smiled and said, "Then you guys think too little of yourselves."

"Believe me, you are excellent, better than any of the current students in the academy, and better than most of the Shinigami in the Gotei 13."

"In my opinion, you can at least become vice-captains in the future, and it won't be surprising if some of you even become captains."

"As long as you work hard, we will definitely meet at the top in the future."

Aize said this with absolute certainty and conviction.

"The future is still long, and we still have a lot of time to spend together, so don't be afraid to even chase my back, okay?"

After leaving these words, Aize turned around with a smile and left without any reluctance.

"Wait……"

Abarai Renji and others tried to keep him, but found that Aize had already left.

That posture and that behavior seemed to be telling them that this was definitely not a farewell, but just a temporary separation.

There is no need to be sad, and there is no need to feel reluctant. The day of meeting again may come soon.

Such silent narration gradually made the complicated emotions in the hearts of Abarai Renji and others fade away, turning into determination.

"vice captain……"

Hinamori Momo was still whispering, looking at the direction where Aize left, her eyes gradually became firm.

At this moment, everyone made up their minds to work hard.

At least, I have to see that person's back...

(End of this chapter)