Death's Hidden Mobile

Renji Abarai grabbed a pitchfork, and the three of them left the room and headed out onto the street.

Leaving the street, outside lies a wasteland overgrown with weeds. Entering the wasteland, the wariness of these teenagers is clearly visible.

After traveling some distance across the wasteland, the sound of flowing water came into view. A small stream appeared not far away, its water flowing gently.

Upon seeing the stream, Renji Abarai called out, "Rukia, you fetch water, I'll fish."

The three ran towards the stream. Rukia squatted by the stream to draw water, while Renji Abarai jumped into the river to catch fish. He was very skilled, and with a swift flick of his fork, he pierced a fish. Renji Abarai caught two fish, climbed ashore, and put them in a bucket.

"Let's go!" Renji Abarai clapped his hands, picked up the bucket, and the three of them headed towards home.

But after walking a few steps, several thin figures appeared ahead. When they saw the three of them and the fish in the wooden bucket, their eyes lit up, but then they saw Renji Abarai and the bamboo sword at his waist, shook their heads, and left them, heading towards the stream.

"Come on."

Renji Abarai brandished his wooden sword, and they quickened their pace, heading towards home, with Natsuhiko helping to carry them for a while.

Back in the house, Renji Abarai put down the bucket, scooped out the fish, set it aside, took out a porcelain bowl, scooped out a bowl of water, handed it to Natsuhiko, and said, "Alright, have some water."

Xia Yan took the porcelain bowl, slightly taken aback. Was it just water? Or was it the water used to raise fish?

Seeing Xia Yan's actions, Rukia smiled and said, "In Soul Society, souls without spiritual power can survive simply by drinking water."

Xia Yan then remembered this setting: if you don't have spiritual power, you only need to drink water, but if you can sense spiritual power, you must eat.

But do I not have any spiritual power?

If you come to the world of the Grim Reaper and have no spiritual power, you can only become an ordinary soul, enduring attacks from Hollows and a chaotic life.

Let's focus on surviving first.

Xia Yan shook his head and took a big gulp of water.

Renji Abarai and Rukia grilled fish in the house, one fish each. When they were halfway through eating, Renji looked at Natsuhiko who was standing next to him and said, "Here, you can have this half fish."

Rukia, upon hearing his words, also said, "In that case, I'll give him the rest of my fish too."

Renji Abarai waved his hand and said, "No need. He has no spiritual power and doesn't need to eat to replenish his spiritual energy. I just saw that he was looking greedy, so I let him have a taste."

As Renji Abarai spoke, he handed half a fish to Natsuhiko. Natsuhiko smelled the enticing aroma, swallowed hard, but still said, "Never mind, I... I don't need to eat, so I won't eat it. Renji-nii, you eat it."

"Eat it when I tell you to."

Renji Abarai raised his hand and slapped Natsuhiko in an annoyed tone, saying, "Hurry up, or I won't give it to you next time."

Hearing Renji Abarai's words, Natsuhiko was somewhat moved. He ate the remaining half of Renji Abarai's fish and felt a strange heat rising in his stomach.

Seeing that Renji Abarai had only eaten half a fish, Rukia said, "I'll share my half with him."

Renji Abarai immediately pushed him away, saying, "No need, you eat it yourself."

Rukia had no choice but to eat the remaining half of the fish by herself.

After finishing their meal, they gathered together and chatted. Renji Abarai and Rukia asked Natsuhiko many questions and told him a lot of common knowledge about Rukongai, making him aware of the dangers of Rukongai.

As evening fell, the three of them stayed in the house, but there were only two straw mats left. Renji Abarai said with a smile, "You can stay with me."

"Thank you."

Xia Yan and Renji Abarai lay on a straw mat, but neither of them could fall asleep.

He had come to the world of the Grim Reaper, but he couldn't sense spiritual power and couldn't become a Grim Reaper, which made him somewhat depressed.

This went on until after 10 p.m., when suddenly, a rumbling sound from the stomach echoed throughout the room.

"Renji, are you hungry so soon?" Rukia asked from the side.

Renji Abarai quickly sat up and said, "That wasn't the sound coming from your stomach?"

Rukia straightened up and said, "Of course it wasn't me."

The two looked at each other, then looked at Xia Yan, who said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I'm very hungry right now."

"Are you hungry?" Rukia asked, her eyes wide.

Xia Yan said, "Yes, I can feel it."

Renji Abarai said, "Then you must have spiritual power. Only people with spiritual power can feel hunger and need to eat."

Rukia nodded and said, "You can try to sense the spiritual energy around you and imagine it gathering in your hands."

Rukia raised her hand, and in the next moment, the surrounding spiritual particles gathered in her palm, turning into a blue sphere of light.

Renji Abarai also raised his hand, and a blue ball of light appeared in his palm. He said, "We can both sense spiritual energy. You try it."

"it is good."

Xia Yan nodded, closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and immediately sensed something extremely subtle in the surrounding space.

When you open your eyes, these objects rapidly dissipate into the surroundings, and you can no longer see them with the naked eye.

That's spirit particles?

Xia Yan closed his eyes and tried to sense them again. As Xia Yan actively used his consciousness to touch them, these extremely tiny particles began to brighten, turning into individual blue dots of light.

As Xia Yan sensed it, these blue dots seemed to form a close connection with him. Xia Yan slowly stretched out his hand, and these dots gradually gathered in his palm, forming a ball of light.

"Very good, you succeeded so easily."

Rukia said with a smile.

Renji Abarai said, "I didn't expect you to have spiritual power as well. You can gather spiritual particles, so your spiritual pressure must be at least third-class."

“Third-level spiritual pressure? What does that mean?” Xia Yan knew about the spiritual pressure classification, but he didn’t know what each level of spiritual pressure represented.

"This is what a former Grim Reaper from the Xudiao District told us."

Rukia explained, "Souls are made up of spirit particles, and spiritual pressure is the density of these spirit particles. Based on density, there are many levels. The lowest density, that of an ordinary person, is first-level spiritual pressure. First-level spiritual pressure cannot actively sense spirit particles, so it needs to replenish them by drinking water and eating spiritual food. Second-level spiritual pressure allows one to sense surrounding spirit particles and absorb them autonomously, no longer requiring food. As for third-level spiritual pressure, one can actively gather and use spirit particles. Fourth-level spiritual pressure allows one to ignite spirit particles and also use low-level Kido."

Renji Abarai said smugly, "Third-class spiritual pressure is the minimum standard to enter the Shinigami Academy. Rukia has third-class spiritual pressure, while I already have fourth-class spiritual pressure."

"Gathering spiritual particles is considered third-grade spiritual pressure? Igniting spiritual particles is fourth-grade spiritual pressure?"

As Xia Yan pondered, he extended a finger, and spiritual energy gathered. With a whoosh, a cluster of flames appeared at his fingertip.

Abarai's eyes widened in disbelief as he asked, "You can ignite a spiritual fire? How... how is that possible?"

Rukia grabbed Natsuhiko's hand and asked, "How did you do that?"

Xia Yan said, "I gathered the spiritual particles together, and just by having an idea, I ignited them. Is that so difficult?"

Renji Abarai stared wide-eyed and said, "Of course it's difficult. We were only at the level of sensing spiritual particles before, and it took us a full hundred years to reach the third and fourth levels. You, on the other hand, have already reached the fourth level of spiritual pressure the moment you were born into this world."

"A hundred years?" Xia Yan looked at the two of them, puzzled.

Rukia nodded and said, "That's right, Renji Abarai and I are both over a hundred years old. As long as we replenish our spiritual particles in time, our physical development slows down significantly, so we look only sixteen or seventeen years old."

Xia Yan was initially puzzled, but then he remembered that Rukia told Ichigo Kurosaki in the original work that she was more than ten times his age, and that she had been in the Shinigami Academy for more than fifty years, so he was basically relieved.

Rukia looked intently at Xia Yan and said, "You're only eleven years old. As your body grows and you absorb more spiritual particles, your spiritual pressure will increase. Moreover, after entering the Shinigami Academy and undergoing training, your spiritual pressure may increase again, perhaps even reaching level five or six."

"What's the difference between fifth-rank and sixth-rank spiritual pressure?" Xia Yan looked at Rukia with a puzzled expression.

Renji Abarai interjected, "That Shinigami told us that a level 5 spiritual pressure is enough to use intermediate-level Kido, and one would be a fifth or sixth seat in any division. A level 6 spiritual pressure, on the other hand, is the level of a third seat or vice-captain. It was only with the help of that Shinigami that I was able to raise my spiritual pressure to level 4."

Rukia said with a smile, "Our goal is to become a Shinigami with a high rank."

Hearing this, Xia Yan couldn't help but find it very interesting. A Grim Reaper ranked among the top?

It's important to know that fifty years after Abarai joined the Sixth Division, the story's prologue began. At that time, Abarai Renji was already a Shinigami at the level of a vice-captain. By the end of the story, he had become a Shinigami with combat power exceeding that of a captain.

Rukia eventually became the captain of the 13th Division, becoming a captain-level fighter.

So I'm sorry, your future is far greater than your goals.

Xia Yan smiled and asked the question that concerned him most: "Can I take the entrance exam for the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy?"

After learning that this was the world of the Grim Reapers, Xia Yan wanted to become a Grim Reaper, hoping it would change his fate.

Rukia nodded and said, "Of course, let's register together next March."

Renji Abarai smiled and said, "Moreover, we can teach you how to train your spiritual pressure. Perhaps you can even increase your spiritual pressure level before entering."

Hearing this, Xia Yan was deeply moved. Renji Abarai and the others had rescued him, taken him in, and even planned to teach him how to train his spiritual pressure. Xia Yan was extremely grateful to them.

More importantly, Natsuhiko discovered Renji Abarai's qualities: he was righteous, generous, and responsible.

No wonder he later became a respected vice-captain by all the members of the Sixth Division.

Chapter Three: The Way of the Sword

Natsuhiko and Rukia Abarai Renji live together in another world, one of the most chaotic areas.

But Xia Yan felt warmth and hope, which was the result of everyone helping each other.

Among these people, Renji Abarai is the eldest. Although he looks like a delinquent, he is a very warm-hearted person and takes good care of Natsuhiko.

Rukia also took on the responsibility of taking care of Natsuhiko. When it was time to go to bed at night, Natsuhiko couldn't fall asleep, so Rukia would cover him with a blanket in the middle of the night.

Xia Yan felt at home, and his anxiety vanished instantly. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

The next day, Renji Abarai first taught Natsuhiko how to absorb spirit particles: gather the spirit particles and swallow them into his stomach so that the spirit particles would automatically replenish his body.

The method was simple, and Xia Yan quickly mastered it. He gathered the surrounding spiritual particles together, swallowed them, and felt his body become more refined.

Then, Renji Abarai called Natsuhiko out of the house. Once they were in the open space outside, he said to Natsuhiko, "I will now teach you how to train your spirit particles."

As he spoke, Renji Abarai picked up a wooden stick and handed it to Natsuhiko, saying, "Here you go."

Xia Yan took the wooden stick and looked at Renji Abarai with confusion, not knowing what the stick was for.

Renji Abarai brandished his wooden sword and said, “We are not nobles, we don’t have any tools to help condense spirit particles, and we are not technicians, so we don’t know how to use spirit particles. Therefore, the Grim Reaper who came here told us a simple method, which is to use the way of the sword.”

"kendo?"

Xia Yan looked at Renji Abarai with a puzzled expression.

"good."

Renji Abarai nodded and explained, "So-called spiritual pressure is the density of spiritual particles in the soul. To increase spiritual pressure, we need to increase the density of spiritual particles. To increase density, we need to continuously gather and compress spiritual particles. However, simply absorbing spiritual particles is ineffective. Instead, exercise can put a strain on the body and damage the spiritual particles within, but absorbing spiritual particles can replenish them and make them more resilient. Therefore, by exercising while absorbing spiritual particles, we can continuously refine the soul and increase spiritual pressure."

Hearing this, Xia Yan nodded. This method was familiar to Xia Yan. It was like physical training in the real world. Constant exercise puts a load on the body and damages muscle fibers, but replenishing protein will build new muscles. In this process, the volume increases and the strength will be greatly enhanced.

Renji Abarai added, "Most training can increase spiritual pressure, but the effect is weak and requires high-intensity training. Kendo requires the whole body to move together, and even more so, the unity of mind and body. It can not only train the body, but also increase reaction speed."

At this moment, Rukia, who was wielding a wooden sword beside her, also said, "That Shinigami taught us a little trick: when training, we cover the blade with spiritual energy, but don't let the spiritual energy leave the blade. This requires extremely high control over the spiritual energy. When your control reaches a certain level, you can release the spiritual energy and do this."