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Chapter 211 Graduation Assessment

"Oh? It's gotten to this point already?"

In the Fifth Division, Erin looked at the document in his hand and exclaimed in surprise.

In recent years, in order to increase the spiritual pressure of this body, Erin has frequently traveled to Hueco Mundo, neglecting the progress in Soul Society.

The document in Erin's hand is about the graduation exam for the latest batch of sixth-year students at the Shinigami Academy. It instructs the Fifth Division and the Thirteenth Division members stationed in the real world to protect the examinees and score each examinee's performance.

Since Hueco Mundo came under Erin's control, Erin no longer needed to use Hollows to create more "casualties" for experiments on the Soul Society like Aizen did. In addition, Las Noches included almost all Hollows of Gillian or higher with independent consciousness. Therefore, in recent decades, there have been no attacks on the Human World or Soul Society by Hollows of Gillian or higher.

Now, not to mention the students of the Shinigami Academy, even among the Shinigami who joined the Gotei 13 within the last hundred years, very few have seen a Menos Grande.

For them, the Grim Reapers only need to deal with small and medium-sized Hollows.

Those Hollows above Gillian are the responsibility of the Zero Division, the "Royal Agents".

With fewer Hollows attacking the human world and entering Soul Society, the number of Shinigami casualties in Seireitei has naturally decreased sharply.

This has led to the continuous increase in the requirements for recruiting Shinigami members into the Gotei 13 over the past few decades.

After all, the Gotei 13 has a fixed number of personnel, and with no casualties, the number of new recruits needed each year is naturally much lower.

As a result, the graduation exams at the Shinigami Academy became more and more difficult each year.

Previously, the graduation exam for the Shinigami Academy involved sixth-year students battling "minor Hollows" created by the 12th Division.

In recent years, the graduation exam for six-year students has become an assessment that requires them to stay in the real world for a period of time and kill the virtual beings that attack the real world.

Because smaller Hollows are far stronger than smaller Hollows, every year during the graduation exams at the Shinigami Academy, some students perish in battles against Hollows.

To prevent further casualties among the students, a squad of Shinigami (death gods) is assigned to protect the graduates of the Shinigami Academy during their assessments.

This year, it's the Fifth Division's turn to protect the students on their journey to the mortal world.

On the list in Erin's hands, there were several names circled in red.

These people were all selected by other squads. Once they completed their graduation assessments, these selected individuals would be absorbed into the Gotei 13.

The reason for drawing the circle was to make the Grim Reapers, who were protecting these people, pay special attention to their safety.

Other trainees can get hurt, but these trainees must be protected as much as possible.

Among these red circles, Erin also saw many familiar names.

Renji Abarai, Momo Hinamori, Izuru Kira...

"Ah, it seems that gold always shines..."

Erin smiled slightly as he looked at the names of the three people who had been circled.

After successfully cultivating the "Hollowfied," Erin ended the experiment of "Death God Hollowfication."

After all, the half of the Hogyoku in his possession has an ability that leans towards "Hollow Shinigami transformation," so the success rate is very high when performing Arrancar procedures on Hollows.

If we were to conduct an experiment like "the Hollowfication of a Shinigami"...

Erin didn't know how many experiments Aizen had conducted, but so far, Erin had only succeeded with the special individual "Hollow White".

The ability of "Hollowfication of the Shinigami" is mainly concentrated in the half of the "Hōgyoku" in Kisuke Urahara's possession.

Like Aizen, Kisuke Urahara is conducting experiments on "Hollowfication of Shinigami," and so far there has been no record of failure.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Kisuke Urahara only experimented on Shinji Hirako and others.

The fact that none of the eight members of Hirako Shinji's group failed speaks volumes.

Erin, focused on increasing his spiritual pressure, didn't even continue creating "Hollow White," let alone brainwash Hinamori Momo and the others.

Without Aizen's covert manipulation, Hinamori Momo and the others attracted the attention of other squads, who marked them as "important personnel."

"Perfect timing. I've gotten tired of staying in Hueco Mundo, so I'll go to the real world for a bit of fun, just to relax..."

……

On the day of the graduation exam at the True Spirit Arts Academy, a total of 237 students from the three sixth-year classes participated in the exam.

Early in the morning, the students were taken to the Thirteenth Division.

After all, the place they were going to be assessed in was the real world.

Shortly after the trainees arrived, Erin led the Shinigami of the Fifth Division to the Thirteenth Division.

"It's been a long time, Captain Ukitake."

Upon arriving at the 13th Division, Erin, based on Aizen's past behavior, first greeted Jushiro Ukitake. After exchanging a few words and establishing a rapport, Jushiro Ukitake said to Erin, "Captain Aizen, I entrust the safety of these students to you this time."

"Don't worry, Captain Ukitake. Although I can't guarantee how many students will pass the test, I can guarantee that if the students are in danger, I will be the first one to rush in!"

While Erin and Jushiro Ukitake were chatting, the students who were about to take the exam were already smiling.

"Hey, Hinamori, take a look and see if that's Captain Aizen?"

Next to Hinamori Momo, a girl about the same height as her touched Hinamori Momo's shoulder with her own and pointed to where Erin was.

The girl had poor eyesight and wore black-rimmed glasses, making it difficult for her to see things in the distance.

Hinamori Momo looked up and immediately saw the large "five" behind Erin, and her heart leaped with joy.

"Yes, it's Captain Aizen."

"We're really lucky; this time, it's the Fifth Division that's protecting us."

"Yes, I heard that the Fifth Division is a rescue division, and the Shinigami in it have rich rescue experience. The assessment protected by the Fifth Division has always had the lowest casualty rate."

Over the years, Erin has maintained his routine of visiting the True Spiritual Arts Academy twice a year, making him more recognizable to the students than many other captains.

Of course, what made everyone even happier was that the year the Fifth Division was tasked with protecting the students after the assessment method was changed, it was the year with the fewest casualties among all the trainees.

"Hello everyone, it's been a while, and you all look very energetic."

After catching up with Jushiro Ukitake, Erin waved to the hundred-plus classmates in front of him and greeted them.

"Ah, Captain Aizen!"

"Greetings, Captain Aizen!"

Erin greeted everyone, which immediately excited the students of this year.

As trainees for the Shinigami, these students knew that Lord Aizen was one of the thirteen captains who stood at the pinnacle of the Gotei 13.

Perhaps today will be the day that most of them get closest to becoming "captain".

Once the assessment is over, whether they pass and join one of the Gotei 13 as Shinigami, or fail and are assigned to the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, their chances of ever meeting a big shot like the "Captain" again are extremely slim.

Therefore, everyone was very excited about Captain Aizen's interaction with them.

"Haha, everyone is so enthusiastic."

With a slight raise of his hand, the cheers of the students gradually subsided.

“Dear students, I go to the Shinigami Academy to teach one or two classes almost every year.”

“I have met each and every one of the trainees here many times. They are all familiar faces to me.”

"It is an honor for me to be able to teach you to become successful and to support you in the end."

"Because in my eyes, this is like a passing down of the torch. Right now, I am the one protecting you. When you grow up and become stronger, you will take over the responsibility of protecting Seireitei from our hands, and then, while protecting Seireitei, you will also educate your next generation."

"I just heard everyone say that the Fifth Division always has the lowest casualty rate among the students they protect. That made me blush."

"In fact, it's not that our Fifth Division did a good job that resulted in fewer casualties."

"It was just that we were lucky. While protecting you, we didn't encounter too many or too strong Hollows, which allowed us to protect the trainees' growth with minimal casualties."

"Here, I hope everyone will remember."

"Everyone's assessment is a practical assessment."

"The tasks you are performing are the same as those performed by the official Grim Reapers."

"Even under the protection of our Fifth Division, the casualty rate of the trainees is very low."

"However, even if the casualty rate is low, it's still not nonexistent."

"Furthermore, for others, the casualties of others are at most a low 'casualty rate'."

"But for those trainees who didn't get our rescue, it was a '100%' casualty rate."

"Therefore, I hope everyone will take this assessment seriously. Regardless of the results, if everyone can return safely after the assessment, I think that will be a victory for everyone."

"Next, I will have my team members give each of you a firework. If you encounter any danger, please immediately release the firework you have. Once we see the firework, we will immediately dispatch a rescue team to your aid..."

"Of course, as everyone knows, once this firework is set off, the score for this assessment will be forcibly deducted, and the person will be deemed unqualified."

"Got it?"

"Understood, Captain Aizen!"

"Don't worry, Captain Aizen, if we encounter an opponent we can't defeat, we'll run away immediately and call for help!"

Once all the trainees had a firework tube in their hands, Erin nodded to Jushiro Ukitake: "Captain Ukitake, everything is arranged here."

"Please open the portal to the mortal world. We'll head to the examination hall now so the students can be tested!"

Chapter 212 The assessment begins

"Om..."

In a certain place in the present world, a large wooden door suddenly appeared on the ground. Soon, the wooden door opened to both sides, revealing a white spatial passage.

Go through the gate!

Soon, more than thirty Shinigami dressed in black Shinigami uniforms and more than one hundred students dressed in white student uniforms walked out of the interdimensional gate.

After Erin was the last to emerge from the portal, the portal gradually faded away and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Dear students, the area within a radius of 0.5 spiritual li in this vicinity is your examination venue."