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

"Understood. I'll take my leave now; I still need to explain the mission to my students." July nodded.

In July, after leaving the wooden house where Yujiro Kurumatani lived, he went directly to find the students.

The students are following two Grim Reapers on a tour of the base and being assigned dormitories.

Even Death gets tired, let alone students who aren't official Death agents; they can't be on duty 24/7.

However, living outside could lead to attacks by Hollows or Quincy, so they would return to their base to rest every day.

After arriving at the dormitory area in July, I was assigned a dormitory room.

The dormitory was small and simple, with nothing but a bed, a table and chairs.

July didn't mind the simple conditions, after all, he wasn't there for a vacation.

After assigning dormitories, July gathered the students in front of their dormitories and explained the tasks to them.

July said loudly, "I will lead you on the patrol missions for the first two days, but you will be responsible for the patrol missions for the next five days on your own."

"For this patrol mission, you will be divided into six patrol groups, and the patrol groups will rotate every four hours."

"And each group will be equipped with a Hell Butterfly for communication, and any intelligence discovered must be reported immediately."

"Let me remind you again, even if you encounter something that you can handle on your own, you still have to report it, otherwise the whole group will lose points."

"During the mission, it is strictly forbidden to harm ordinary humans without cause. If discovered, the individual will be immediately disqualified from the assessment."

"Also, during the mission, please be sure to follow the instructions of Yamashita-kun and Kawada-san, as they are also the examiners for this assessment."

These Hell Butterflies assigned to them are special; they can automatically collect intelligence on their actions. If they forget to report or do something wrong and intentionally conceal information, July will know.

July turned to the female Shinigami beside her and said, "Ms. Kawada, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's go and patrol the west side of Karakura Town first."

The two official Grim Reapers who accompanied them to the mortal world are actually in charge of this patrol mission. These two Grim Reapers will also take turns patrolling.

...

Two days ago—

West Street is the noble district of Karakura Town, where the lord's mansion is located.

In a room in the main house in the backyard of the lord's mansion, lay a voluptuous woman. Judging from the size of her belly, she was nearing her due date.

Several servants stood guard outside the door, ready to serve.

The lord's mansion was heavily guarded; only nobles, warriors, and servants were allowed to enter.

But today, three uninvited guests have barged into this place.

Three figures dressed in black hooded cloaks suddenly appeared in the backyard and walked straight into the main house.

The servants waiting outside the door were completely unaware of their actions, seemingly oblivious to their presence.

The three men approached the voluptuous woman.

"Judging from the soul within her, she should be giving birth soon," one of them said.

"We were lucky; after searching for three pregnant women, we finally found one who was about to give birth," another person said.

“Perfect, that’s her. Let’s put the ‘bait’ in,” the last person said.

Sleep is not good during the final stages of pregnancy. The plump woman is actually still awake, and she will move her body from time to time to relieve the pressure of her abdomen on her lumbar spine.

However, she seemed not to hear their conversation and continued to lie on the bed.

The black-robed man in the middle took out a round pill from his pocket, mobilized his spiritual pressure, attached it to the pill, and then raised his hand towards the voluptuous woman, and the round pill disappeared into her stomach.

After the round pill entered the voluptuous woman's abdomen, the man in black robes made hand seals to activate the spiritual pressure that had just been attached to the round pill.

Soon, a strange spiritual pressure wave emanated from the plump woman's abdomen.

"Binding Technique Seventy-Eight: Soul Sealing!" The man in black robes continued to form hand seals and pointed at the plump woman's abdomen.

A beam of red light shot from the black-robed man's fingertip and instantly entered the voluptuous woman's abdomen, immediately calming down the strange spiritual pressure fluctuations.

"finished."

"Next, we just need to wait for the baby to be born."

"Eliminate our spiritual pressure and leave immediately."

"Soul Sealing" is a binding technique that uses the soul to seal things away.

What the man in black robes was doing was injecting the pill into the body of the unborn baby, and then using the baby's soul to seal and isolate the aura emitted by the pill.

Newborn babies are very fragile and naturally cannot suppress the scent emitted by the pills.

However, since mother and child are one, before the baby is born, the mother's soul can temporarily suppress the aura of the pill.

But once the baby leaves the mother's body, his fragile soul will naturally be unable to suppress the aura emitted by the pill.

After eliminating the remaining spiritual pressure, the three of them vanished instantly, as if they had never been there, leaving no trace.

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Chapter 57 Unexpected Turn of Events (3,000 words, please continue reading)

Three days later, Karakura Town West Street—

“The sunlight in this world is no different from that in Soul Society.” Yoruichi Shihouin stood on the roof of a pavilion, one hand on her hip and the other covering her forehead. Karakura Town’s West Street was laid out before her.

A baby-faced girl jumped onto the roof and instantly appeared in front of Yoruichi. She was Yoruichi's teammate in the practical assessment.

"Boss, have you noticed anything unusual over here?" the baby-faced girl asked.

"No..." Yoruichi Shihouin sighed, "I can't eat or touch the things I see. This world is so boring!"

After two or three days of patrolling, she was already getting tired of the task.

This task is just too mundane!

The daily patrols found nothing unusual; there wasn't even a ghost in the West Street area!

Yesterday, one of the students encountered Xu, who had come all the way from East Street. Her group had never met him before, which made her very eager to try, feeling like she had all her skills but couldn't use them.

"It looks like our group's patrol mission will go by peacefully this time," said the baby-faced girl. "I'd love for something to happen, that would be a bonus."

A short-haired young man suddenly appeared next to the baby-faced girl and said, "Boss, I've finished my check-up too, and there's nothing wrong."

"Rii is the only one missing. Once she returns, we'll report to Shikatori-sensei and Kawada-san," Yoruichi Shihouin nodded and said.

Just then, she raised an eyebrow and sensed an unusual spiritual pressure fluctuation coming from afar.

"Have you run into a Hollow?" Yoruichi waved her hand. "It seems Rii is in trouble. Let's go help her!"

Yoruichi and the young man vanished with a Shunpo, while the baby-faced girl summoned the Hell Butterfly and reported the situation: "Shikatori-sensei, Kawada-san, we have detected Hollow spiritual pressure fluctuations in West Street. Hoshino Rie is located near the fluctuations, and we are now heading to provide support."

"Be careful," came the voice of Shikatoshi Nanatsuki from the Hell Butterfly.

...

Rie Hoshino discovered a "prank spirit" in a house.

Normally, the souls of humans who die in the mortal world will travel to the Soul Society on their own.

Some souls, for various reasons, still have attachments in the mortal world. They do not go to the Soul Society on their own initiative, but remain in the mortal world and become "reincarnated spirits".

If the obsession of a "spirit purifier" is too strong, the chain called the "Lock of Cause and Effect" that binds it will be corroded by its own obsession. At this time, the "spirit purifier" will become an evil spirit, or "empty".

Therefore, sending "complete spirits" to the Soul Society is also the duty of Shinigami.

The "spirit" that Hoshino Rie discovered was a little girl wearing an exquisite little kimono, who must have lived in West Street before her death.

"Big sister, can you see me?" The little girl noticed Hoshino Rie's gaze and was pleasantly surprised. No one here could see her, and now she had finally met someone who could.

The little girl had never seen any other "trick spirits".

During this period, the Grim Reapers frequently patrolled West Street, so most of the "spirits" here were sent away. She was a newly born "spirit," so she became one of the few who escaped the net.

“I am a Shinigami, don’t be afraid. I’m here to take you to the Soul Society. There, all the ‘people’ can see you and talk to you,” Hoshino Rie said patiently.

"But..." the little girl rubbed her fingers, looking a little nervous, "I don't want to leave yet..."

"Little girl, why do you still want to stay here?" Hoshino Rie squatted down in front of the little girl and said gently, "Are those your family members inside? Staying here is not a good thing for you or for them."

"My mom is sick, and I want to wait until she gets better before I leave," the little girl said timidly.

"I see..." Hoshino Rie scratched her face, feeling a bit troubled.

From a duty standpoint, she should now use Soul Burial to send the little girl to Soul Society, but seeing how young the little girl is and that her only wish is to see her mother's illness improve, she can't help but feel compassion.

"Then why are you staying here instead of staying with your mother?" Hoshino Rie asked curiously.

If the little girl is obsessed with her mother, she should be staying with her mother, but she is in an uninhabited room.

"Dad said I'm sick and can't visit Mom, otherwise she'll get sick too..." the little girl said dejectedly. "I secretly went to see Mom before, and maybe it's because I'm sick that Mom got sick too, so I'm afraid to see her again, afraid her condition will worsen..."

Medical care was very limited in that era, and a high fever took the little girl's life.

“You are a spirit now. Whatever illness you had before, you don’t have it anymore, so your mother’s illness has nothing to do with you.” Hoshino Rie patted the little girl’s head and comforted her.

The little girl felt much less guilty after hearing that her mother's illness was not her fault.

"Sister Death, have I caused you any trouble?" The little girl bit her lip and continued, "If so, I'll leave with you, but... could I go see my mother one last time before I go?"

The little girl was very sensible. Hoshino Rie felt a lump in her throat and said softly, "Of course, I'll go with you."

"Thank you, Sister Death, my mom is over there!" the little girl pointed in a direction.

Hoshino Rie took the girl's small hand and walked towards the backyard.

“There are so many people in your house.” Hoshino Rie saw people coming and going in the yard, and everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

"My mom became like this after she got sick," the little girl said.

Hoshino Rie led the little girl to a house that was surrounded by people.

“That’s Daddy,” the little girl said, pointing to a worried-looking young man.

The young man pulled the servant aside and asked, "How is the situation? Have you brought the midwife yet?"

The servant bowed and replied, "Young master, please rest assured, the midwife has already gone in."

The young man nodded and paced back and forth at the doorway.

A woman's high-pitched wails could be heard from inside the house from time to time.