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

"That family likes inbreeding. The one who inherits the position of family head must be the son born to a wife from the clan. His brain is already broken!" Saito Immortal's face was full of disgust. "Do you also know anyone from the Tsunayoshiro family?"

"I once competed with Tsunayoshi Tokinada for the position of head of the Swordsmanship Department at the Spirit Arts Academy..."

In July, he recounted the process of competing with Tsunayoshi Tokinada for the position of head of the Swordsmanship Department at the Spirit Arts Academy.

Saito, who was neither old nor dead, was overjoyed after hearing this. He stood on tiptoe and patted July on the shoulder: "It's a good thing we got rid of him! Letting people from the Tsunayo family teach at the Spirit Arts Academy is simply misleading the students!"

“You’re just my type,” Saito Immortal said bluntly. “Then let me tell you more about things that interest you.”

Saito Immortal put down the sake jar he was holding, touched the rope on the back of his head, and took off the eye patch he was wearing over his left eye.

As soon as she took off the blindfold, July was drawn to the blood-red pupil in the eyeball.

"Miss Saito...you don't happen to know some strange eye technique, do you..." July couldn't help but feel that the blood-red pupil might shed tears at any moment, then ignite black flames, or summon an armored giant.

"What kind of eye technique?" Saito, immortal and ageless, stood with his hands on his hips and said arrogantly, "My left eye is an eye from hell!"

"This spiritual pressure...is it a living thing?" July used her spiritual sense to perceive the blood-red pupil and discovered that it possessed spiritual pressure.

Saito's spiritual pressure has been sealed by the torture devices on her body, which also prevents external detection. Therefore, Nanatsu's spiritual sense cannot perceive her spiritual pressure.

However, July now senses spiritual pressure in Saito's immortal left eye.

Therefore, this blood-red pupil exists independently of Saito's immortality!

July glanced at the eye patch held by Saito Immortal. This eye patch probably had the function of shielding spiritual pressure, so July did not sense the existence of this eyeball before Saito Immortal took off the eye patch.

Saito, who is immortal, explained, "Yes, this eyeball is from a hellish creature. Like the 'Voice of Hell,' it was a gift from my grandmother."

“‘The Voice of Hell’ is shaped like a large conch shell, and I can use it to communicate with my grandmother who is in hell.”

"But at the same time, the 'Voice of Hell' also receives other information from hell. Grandma said that some of this information has the power to bewitch people."

"My left eye can help me resist these temptations."

"Does it have its own consciousness?" July frowned slightly. If something from hell has its own will, it might not be safe.

“It’s gone, but I can use it to enter my own consciousness space and communicate with my Zanpakuto. If it weren’t for this eye, I probably wouldn’t have been able to endure this long,” Saito Immortal said.

This eye possesses the ability to resist mental influences and allows Saito to achieve immortality by utilizing the spiritual pressure within it to enter the consciousness space.

"So, does Miss Saito know anything about 'Hell's Will'? When Captain Nobutsuna arrived in Soul Society, he was controlled by 'Hell's Will'," July asked.

“You’ve come to the right person. Not many people in Soul Society know about these things,” Saito said proudly, “There used to be a Lord of Hell, but He was defeated by the Soul King and disappeared without a trace.”

"The former lord of hell may be dead, but according to rumors in hell, one day the lord of hell will return."

"The 'Hellish Will' you mentioned that controls and executes Naiwu Gang is very likely the will of the Lord of Hell, because the Lord of Hell also has the ability to influence people's hearts."

"His will influence the souls that have fallen into hell."

“This power that influences people’s hearts has always existed in Hell, and it has never changed even after the Lord of Hell disappeared. I may also be affected by this power when I use the ‘Voice of Hell’.” Saito, the immortal, touched his left eye and continued, “Therefore, my grandmother gave me an eye that can resist this power.”

"The Lord of Hell... If the 'Will of Hell' is truly the will of that Lord of Hell, then the person who possesses the 'Voice of Hell' is likely already under the control of the Lord of Hell." July frowned slightly. Such a being that could make the Spirit King take action was definitely not something he could deal with in his current state.

However, the Lord of Hell has most likely not been resurrected yet, and July still has time to develop.

Chapter 188 The Spell to Communicate with Hell

After Saito, who was immortal, finished recounting the information about the 'Voice of Hell,' he also told July about some of his experiences in Hell.

"How did you leave Hell, Miss Saito? You can enter Hell when the 'Gates of Hell' are open, but leaving isn't so easy, is it?" July asked.

“I was lucky at the time. I didn’t have to wait long before the ‘Gates of Hell’ appeared in the mortal world, and I left directly through the ‘Gates of Hell’,” Saito Immortal explained. “There is a big difference between those who actively enter Hell and those who fall into Hell after death. They are restricted by Hell and cannot actively pass through the ‘Gates of Hell’, but I can pass through the ‘Gates of Hell’ at will.”

If you want to enter Hell in July, you can do so when the 'Gates of Hell' are open.

However, Hell is vast, and the location of the 'Gates of Hell' within Hell is not fixed. If you're unlucky, you might not encounter the Gates of Hell for a long time and be unable to leave Hell for an extended period.

"Hmm? What kind of snack is this? It's delicious!" Saito Immortal's slightly tipsy and dreamy eyes suddenly lit up.

"These are steamed shumai, a snack I made myself," July said with a smile.

"You made this? You actually have such culinary skills!" Saito Immortal was quite surprised. He picked up another piece of shumai and put it in his mouth, immediately revealing a satisfied smile. "Is it called steamed shumai...? It smells delicious!"

“I’m glad Miss Saito likes it. I made a lot of shumai, enough for several meals. It can also be stored in the spirit space for a long time, so you can enjoy it slowly.” July remembered something and continued to ask, “By the way, ‘The Voice of Hell’ is the bridge between Miss Saito and her grandmother. It must be very important to Miss Saito, so why would you use it as a prize in the competition with Bayunzai?”

"The 'Voice of Hell' can be used to communicate with people in Hell because it has a demonic incantation inscribed on it by my grandmother. Later, I learned how to make it from my grandmother through the 'Voice of Hell,' so even if I lose the 'Voice of Hell,' I can make another one." Saito Immortal's face turned red. What she didn't say was that she had only taken out the 'Voice of Hell' because she was desperate after losing.

"A demonic art that allows communication with the dead in hell?" July became interested. "Miss Saito, could you teach me how to create 'Hellish Sounds'?"

"Want to learn this?" Saito Immortal revealed a sly smile. "That's not within the scope of our exchange conditions!"

“Of course, Miss Saito can make other requests.” July nodded gently.

“Let me think…” Saito, the immortal being, stroked his chin and shook his head, saying, “Knowledge of demonic arts is invaluable! If you send me a meal of sweets and fine wine every year for the next hundred years that is no less delicious than today’s, I will teach you!”

“Once a year…that means one hundred times…I agree to this exchange.” July felt that the frequency was acceptable. Although the ‘True Central Underground Prison’ was heavily guarded, it wasn’t difficult for him to enter the place. The biggest difficulty was that he might forget about this matter.

"Alright! Then go and prepare the remains of a spiritual creature with a spiral structure, like a conch shell. This spell needs to be inscribed on something like that to take effect." Saito, the immortal being, was very satisfied with the deal, her smile barely concealed. She had just been worried that she had said too much and that no one would come looking for her anymore.

"A giant conch shell..." July frowned. The Soul Society is all inland land, without oceans, so there is no such thing as a giant conch shell.

There is a giant conch shell in the mortal world, but things in the mortal world are made of vessels and cannot be brought into the Soul Society.

Currently, the Soul Society does not have the technology to convert artifact items into spirit items.

"Would it be okay if it were just some empty remains?" July asked.

Spiral structures don't necessarily have to be large conch shells. Hollows' appearances aren't limited to humanoid forms. Many small animal Hollows in Hueco Mundo have shells, and it's easy to find ones with spiral shells.

"It should be possible... right?" Saito, the immortal being, wasn't sure himself. "I've never tried it before. The 'Voice of Hell' that my grandmother gave me was made from the shell of a hellish creature. We should be fine making it from a Hollow shell."

“Alright, I’ll go to Hueco Mundo to look for a shell with this structure.” July nodded. “Then I’ll take my leave.”

"They're leaving already..." Saito Immortal was somewhat reluctant; it had been far too long since she had interacted with anyone outside of the Infernal Realm.

"I'll bring some snacks and wine next time. Goodbye, Ms. Saito." After saying goodbye to her, July left Mugen.

In July, he obtained a lot of information about hell from Saito, who is immortal.

In July, she plans to learn the Demonic Arts from Saito, who is immortal, but mainly she wants to communicate with her grandmother who is in hell.

While Saito's immortality allows him to communicate with those in Hell, using his techniques may also cause him to passively receive other information from Hell, making him susceptible to the influence of Hell's forces that affect people's minds.

It is somewhat dangerous to use, so the person who stole the 'Voice of Hell' is very likely to have been affected by this power and controlled by the consciousness of hell.

After leaving the Avici Hell in July, he went straight back to his laboratory.

Only Aizen Sousuke was in the laboratory, operating a set of instruments.

"Teacher, the spirit particle detection instrument you gave me has been optimized."

Aizen Sousuke rose and demonstrated the optimized spirit particle detection device to Shikari Nanatsuki:

"I mainly optimized the acquisition module, which can now directly analyze residual particles in the atmosphere and compare them with data in the database."

"I think the data comparison module can also be optimized, which can significantly improve the speed of data comparison. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I haven't completed the optimization of this module yet."

"That's already very good. This way, we can also lock down the activity range of the spirit remains, which will greatly increase the speed at which the band leader and the others can search for the spirit remains." July nodded approvingly.

Aizen Sousuke had also heard from Nanatsu about encountering the 'Gates of Hell' in Rukongai, and knew that the need to optimize the spiritual particle detection equipment was urgent.

"Have all the spiritual data stored in the instrument been extracted?" July asked.

"It's already been extracted." Aizen Sousuke hesitated before speaking.

He also discovered that his teacher's spiritual energy was strikingly similar to that of his grandmaster, even more so than that of a mother and son who were related by blood!

It has even met the criteria for being classified as a spirit relic!

Chapter 189 Urahara Kisuke’s curiosity

Aizen Sousuke didn't ask about the spirit particle data. Since his teacher didn't bring it up, he pretended not to know and buried this doubt in his heart.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sousuke. I'm going to deliver the Spirit Particle Detector to the Twelfth Division now." July put away the Spirit Particle Detector.

"Teacher, I've recently encountered a problem with my research."

Aizen Sousuke walked up to a potted plant filled with soil.

"what is the problem?"

"Among the ancient Hollow skeletons that my teacher brought back before, I found some fungal plant-type Hollows. I was curious about this type of spiritual life, so I tried to transplant them."

When I arrived at the potted plant in July, I saw some white mushrooms growing inside. On the umbrella-shaped caps of these white mushrooms grew a small bony structure, which was the mask of the white mushroom.

As July approached, these white mushrooms emerged from the soil and retreated.

July asked, "You look good. What's wrong with you?"

Aizen Sousuke explained, "I found these tiny fungi in the silt that accumulated in the crevices of the skeletons."

"However, many of them have recently withered and died, so I transplanted them into the soil."

"However, even after transplantation, they still don't live long. The soil in Soul Society doesn't seem to provide them with the nutrients to survive."

"Teacher, what's the difference between the mud and sand of Hueco Mundo and the mud and sand of Soul Society?"

Aizen Sousuke had never been to Hueco Mundo, and there wasn't much description of Hueco Mundo in the books, so he was very curious about it.

July said, "Like Soul Society, Hueco Mundo is a place with a very high concentration of spiritual particles. However, Hueco Mundo's atmosphere and geology also contain the spiritual particles of Hollows, which are decomposed after Hollows die."

“I see. There are also remnants of Hollow particles in the atmosphere and geology of Hueco Mundo.” Aizen Sosuke nodded slowly, and quickly figured it out. “It seems that these small fungal Hollows need to absorb Hollow particles from the soil to survive. The few Hollow particles in the mud and sand accumulated in the crevices of that ancient Hollow skeleton have been absorbed by them, which is why many fungal Hollows starved to death.”

July asked, "What's the use of these tiny fungi that makes them worth all this effort to cultivate?"

Aizen Sousuke said, "The main ingredient of the improved Hollow Spirit growth catalyst I developed is extracted from these small fungal Hollows."

Their experiments on the Hollowfication of Shinigami Remains over the past few years have hit a bottleneck. The power of the Hollows is too strong and aggressive, while the Shinigami Remains they create are too weak to resist the Hollowfication process.

So they changed their research approach—the experiment of turning the Void Relics into Death Gods.

First, create a Hollow spirit body, then provide the Hollow spirit body with the Shinigami's spiritual pressure.

The Shinigami's spiritual pressure is relatively peaceful and not as corrosive, so it might be possible to create a product that combines the power of Hollows and Shinigami through this method.

By feeding and cutting up the Void that could split earlier captured in the Great Void Forest, there is a continuous supply of Void Spirit Remains as raw materials for crafting.

"You've improved the growth catalyst again, Sousuke. Your research abilities are truly impressive."

"Thanks to the teacher's guidance."

"After I return from the Twelfth Division, I'll probably go to Hueco Mundo. You can come with me then. Once we're in Hueco Mundo, you can collect any kind of soil you want," July said after thinking for a moment.

"Then I'll prepare the gathering tools." Aizen Sousuke nodded slightly. He had never been to Hueco Mundo before and was eager to see it for himself.

July left the laboratory with the Spirit Particle Detector and arrived at the Twelfth Division.

In July, he directly contacted Kisuke Urahara using the communication device: "Urahara, are you in the team? The optimization of the spirit particle detector is complete."

The voice of Kisuke Urahara came through the communication machine very quickly: "Huh, it's Shikatori-kun. Come to the captain's lab first, I'll wait for you at the lab door."

In July, I went to Kiryu Hikifune's laboratory and met Kisuke Urahara at the laboratory entrance.

Kisuke Urahara's face was covered in stubble, and he had dark circles under his eyes.

"You're pretty fast too, but I made some optimizations on my end, since Captain Kyoraku and Captain Ukitake are pushing me hard!" Kisuke Urahara yawned and continued, "What optimizations did you make?"

Because of the Summoning Gates of Hell incident that occurred in Rukongai, other divisions also deployed manpower to screen for spirit remains, which made Kisuke Urahara less busy. He has also been busy these past few days, optimizing and upgrading the spirit particle detector.

July said, "The main improvement is in the data acquisition module. It can now directly analyze residual spiritual particles in the atmosphere and compare them with data in the database."

Kisuke Urahara's eyes lit up: "It seems that our upgrades do not conflict. I improved the speed of data comparison, and the data acquisition module is exactly the function I want to upgrade next."

Kisuke Urahara tried out the spirit particle detector that July had brought and praised, "Shikatori-kun's technical skills are very high. He upgraded this function so quickly."

Kisuke Urahara patted July on the shoulder and laughed, "We really have great chemistry. The optimized functions don't conflict and are completely compatible. This way, we can lock the activity range of the spirit remains, and the data comparison efficiency is also greatly improved."

“Then you may be disappointed. The one who has a tacit understanding with you is my disciple Aizen Sousuke,” July said with a smile. “Actually, I didn’t upgrade this function. I’ve been quite busy lately, so I left this matter to my disciple.”

"Your disciple?" Kisuke Urahara was somewhat surprised. "You, your disciples have all reached this level of skill? Also, aren't you a swordsmanship instructor?"

“Actually, I teach everything now.” July shrugged.

"I don't think I've ever heard of this disciple named Aizen Sousuke. He's not from the 12th Division, is he? How can there be such a skilled person outside the 12th Division?" Urahara Kisuke stroked his chin, trying to search his memory for information about Aizen Sousuke, but found that he had never heard of this person.

“Sousuke hasn’t started school at the Spirit Arts Academy yet. He’s a disciple I took in from Rukongai. He’s very talented, and he’ll be enrolling this year,” July explained with a smile.

"He's not a Shinigami yet... He's really talented. Such a skilled person should definitely join the Twelfth Division!" Urahara Kisuke remembered Aizen Sousuke's name and decided to recruit him into the Twelfth Division as soon as he graduated.

According to Captain Hikifune, she will be stepping down as captain of the 12th Division within the next two years.

Kisuke Urahara is very interested in the position of captain of the 12th Division, and even has the idea of ​​turning the 12th Division into a technical division.