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

July's figure vanished from his spot in an instant, and the next moment, he appeared in front of Mizutani Shingo.

Before Mizutani Shingo could react, the black blade in Nanatsu's hand pierced into his abdomen.

puff-

“I have become one with Tomaru, these sword wounds can’t kill me!” Mizutani Shingo sneered.

Subsequently, more Mizutani Shingo grew from within the fleshy walls.

"The biological Zanpakuto are quite interesting." July raised an eyebrow, realizing that his spiritual sense couldn't distinguish the differences between these Mizutani Shingos.

A group of Mizutani Shingo began chanting: "Scattered beast bones, spires, red crystals, steel wheels, movement is wind, stillness is emptiness, the sound of clashing spears fills the void..."

Layer upon layer of ghostly chants intertwined.

"But do you think that binding me in this space will prevent me from using shadows?" July's thoughts stirred.

The shadows beneath Mizutani Shingo suddenly broke free, binding them.

And the shadows on Mizutani Shingo and the others tightened more and more, until they twisted their heads off.

The layers upon layers of ghostly chanting abruptly stopped.

Countless drops of blood gushed from the arteries, splattering onto the flesh.

Shingo Mizutani's spiritual pressure was far too different from Nanatsu Shikatori's; the Shadow Binding ability, originally used to restrain him, could even be used to twist his body in half.

However, even after Mizutani Shingo and the others had their necks twisted off, the toad's initial release was not yet complete.

"It seems we have to destroy this space." July stretched out her finger and recited the Kido that Mizutani Shingo and the others hadn't had time to say yet, "Hado #63: Thunder Roar Cannon!"

Lightning suddenly crackled in July's hand, and a bolt of lightning struck the flesh wall.

The flesh wall was instantly shattered by the lightning.

boom--

Lightning burst forth from the toad's body, destroying all the trees and houses that blocked its path.

After the lightning dissipated, the toad also disappeared.

Only Mizutani Shingo, covered in blood, was left lying on the ground.

Chapter 206 The Goal in the Present World

After resolving the trouble in July, new troubles arose.

He used his Bankai in the noble district, and the terrifying spiritual pressure emanating from him, at the captain level, terrified the guards of the noble district.

After releasing his Bankai in July, he saw the guards of the noble street surrounding him.

The sight of corpses scattered all over the floor of the Mizutani residence forced the guards to come and investigate.

The guards on the noble street tried to remain calm, but unconsciously used honorifics when they stepped forward to question them:

"Shikatori-sensei, what are you doing!"

"Don't panic, these spirits are spirit remains, not the Grim Reaper," July explained to the crowd as she sheathed her sword.

"A spirit corpse? A spirit created using spirit technology...?"

"I heard this is a forbidden spiritual technology..."

"It seems that the Third, Eighth, and Thirteenth Divisions' search and investigation of Rukongai residents is related to spirit remains..."

"But we can't determine whether it's true or false..."

"Shikatori-sensei, please wait a moment, we have already notified Captain Kuchiki!"

The guards exchanged bewildered glances. They had heard of the spirit corpse, but they couldn't determine whether July's words were true or false.

The guards on the noble street were all Shinigami from the Sixth Division. They wanted Shikatori Nanatsuki and Kuchiki Ginrei to arrive before making a decision.

“You can notify the Twelfth Division and have them send someone over to examine these spirit remains…” July said gently.

The Mizutani family guards lying on the ground may not all be spirit remains, but the Mizutani family colluded with Miyamoto Tetsuya to secretly create spirit remains, remnants of death gods, and students of the Spirit Arts Academy. These accomplices should be killed.

Just then, the messenger machine of July made a move.

In July, the communication device was activated, and Yoruichi Shihouin's voice came through: "Sensei, are you still in the Spirit Arts Academy? I've made an important discovery!"

"An important discovery?" July wondered. He remembered that Yoruichi had gone to the entrance of the Spirit Arts Academy to keep watch on the newborn spirit skeletons. "I've also discovered some problems here, but... I've run into some minor troubles."

Yoruichi Shihōin quickly asked, "What trouble have you encountered, teacher?"

“I killed someone at the Mizutani family’s house,” July said. “I found a lot of spirit remains here, but the guards in the noble street don’t know much about spirit remains, which caused some misunderstandings for them.”

Yoruichi Shihōin quickly replied, "I'm coming right away!"

After turning off the communication device in July, he stayed here to wait for Yoruichi Shihouin and Ginrei Kuchiki to arrive.

Yoruichi Shihouin traveled quickly, but she was quite far from the noble town. Before she arrived at the Mizutani residence, Ginrei Kuchiki and the members of the 12th Division had already arrived.

...

Even Kuki Ginryo couldn't distinguish the remains. After arriving at the scene, he immediately invited Hikifune Kiryu to examine the remains.

"It is indeed a spirit corpse. The development of the spiritual pressure core, the lock, and the soul sleep is not matched with the strength of the spirit body. The strength of this spirit body is obviously enhanced later, which is consistent with the situation of the spirit corpses we captured before." Yizhou Tongsheng dissected several spirit corpses on site and made a conclusion.

"However, the decomposition rate of these spirit remains is much slower. Miyamoto Tetsuya's spirit remains technology has indeed been upgraded." After completing the test, Hikifune Kiryu waved to his subordinates to transport the spirit remains back.

If the spirit remains are created using the first-generation spirit remains technology, the spirit particle body is not very stable and will quickly decompose into spirit particles after death.

The spirit remains that were dealt with in July were almost as stable as ordinary souls, and could exist for a period of time after death.

Kiryu's words relieved Kuchiki Ginrei and the members of the Sixth Division.

Shikatoshi Nanatsuki is a swordsmanship master and guest retainer of the Kuchiki family, and Kuchiki Ginrei also intends to have Shikatoshi Nanatsuki take Kuchiki Byakuya as his apprentice when Kuchiki Byakuya grows up a bit. He really doesn't want to have a conflict with Shikatoshi Nanatsuki.

"So many spirit remains have infiltrated the Noble District. This is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Sixth Division," Kuchiki Ginrei said gratefully. "Thanks to Shikatori-kun for discovering it in time, otherwise these spirit remains hiding in the Mizutani family might have caused significant damage to the Noble District, or even the Seireitei."

“Yes, it was also Shikato-kun who discovered the spirit that infiltrated my lab a few years ago. Luckily, it was discovered early, otherwise, that spirit might have obtained even more data.” Kiryu Hikifune said with a smile.

“It seems that Shingo Mizutani and his granddaughter, whose spirit remains are in the body, know some information, and may know the whereabouts of Tetsuya Miyamoto,” July reminded him.

In July, he did not kill Mizutani Shingo. After defeating Mizutani Shingo, he used the Return Path to save his life.

However, he was seriously injured after his initial release was broken and he is still unconscious for the time being.

“Then let’s first remove the secret-prevention spell from the spirit’s brain.” Kiryu nodded. “I didn’t expect that the Mizutani family was also colluding with Toru Miyamoto… If it weren’t for Shikatori-kun’s discovery, Mizutani Shingo’s secret would probably have been hidden for much longer.”

A few years ago, after a traitor appeared in the 12th Division, the Seireitei also conducted a screening of spirit remains, but that screening did not include the noble district.

Room 46 did not approve Kiryu Hikifune's application to collect the spiritual data of the nobles.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to dissect the corpses to determine whether they were spirit remains.

"Given what happened in the noble district, I wonder if Room 46 will still accept applications to collect spiritual data." Kiryuu glanced at Ginrei Kuchiki, his words carrying a hidden meaning.

"Such a thing happening in the noble district is indeed a dereliction of duty by me and the Sixth Division." Kuchiki Ginrei frowned.

“Captain Kuchiki, there’s no need to blame yourself. Spirit remains are highly secretive, and without testing tools, they can only be identified through dissection,” Kiryu said. “However, to prevent such things from happening again, I hope Captain Kuchiki can quickly persuade Chamber 46 to provide spirit particle data.”

"I will persuade Chamber 46 to agree to Captain Yeo-Boat collecting spirit particle data." Kuchiki Ginryo nodded slightly.

At this moment, Yoruichi Shihouin also arrived at the Mizutani residence.

Yoruichi Shihouin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no tense atmosphere at the scene.

She traveled at top speed to get here, which took a toll on her physical strength and spiritual pressure.

Yoruichi Shihouin asked, slightly out of breath, "Is Master alright?"

She rushed over in such a hurry because she was afraid that the teacher would clash with the guards on the noble street, which would make things very troublesome.

However, she was too anxious and overlooked other things. With July's current connections, neither the guards of Noble Street nor the Rotten Wood Silver Ridge would clash with him before things were clear.

"I'm fine. Miss Kiryu and Captain Kuchiki are very perceptive and didn't make things difficult for me." Nanatsuki looked at Yoruichi Shihouin's slightly sweaty forehead and felt a warmth in her heart.

"Shikatori-kun, your disciple really cares about you," Hikifune Kiryu joked.

"You're all sweaty from rushing around..." He took a small towel from his pocket and gently wiped the fine sweat from Yoruichi Shihouin's forehead. "Wipe your sweat first. You just said you made an important discovery?"

Yoruichi Shihouin took the towel from Nanatsu Shikatori's hand. After noticing that Kiryu Hikifune and Ginrei Kuchiki were watching their interaction without making a sound, her wheat-colored face turned slightly red.

Yoruichi Shihouin pretended not to notice their gazes and replied, "We followed the newborn spirit and found that he went to the Suzuki Trading Company. The Suzuki Trading Company should be owned by some nobleman. There should be some nobleman colluding with the spirits."

“Suzuki Trading Company?” Kuchiki Ginrei recalled for a moment, “Suzuki Trading Company is actually a business owned by the Mizutani family. Mizutani Shingo’s son-in-law is the president of Suzuki Trading Company.”

The Sixth Division is a noble command team. Kuchiki Ginrei often deals with the nobles of the noble district and is quite familiar with their main industries.

"Then this information doesn't seem very important... Teacher has already caught Mizutani Shingo." Yoruichi Shihouin was slightly taken aback. She thought she had caught a big fish, but it turned out that they had already caught the mastermind behind the Suzuki Trading Company.

“President Suzuki is Shingo Mizutani’s son-in-law. Since he has contact with spirit remains, he should know many secrets, which can be used to compare their testimonies.” July rubbed Yoruichi Shihouin’s head to comfort her.

Seireitei doesn't have torture devices like truth serums; to extract information from their minds, they have to rely on the interrogation methods of the prison guards.

However, the information obtained through torture is not necessarily 100% accurate. If there are multiple people who know the relevant secrets, the information obtained through torture can be more accurate.

"It's good that it's useful!" Yoruichi Shihouin couldn't help but rub her head against her teacher's hand like a cat.

After mastering the secret art of turning into a cat, she inevitably picked up some cat-like habits, such as instinctively wanting to rub her head against the hand after being petted.

"I'm going back first! I still need to check if my subordinates have brought back the people they captured!" Yoruichi Shihōin noticed the intriguing looks on Kiryu Hikifune and Ginrei Kuchiki's faces again and felt a little embarrassed to stay there.

At this time, Yoruichi Shihouin, despite her carefree personality, still appeared rather naive in front of her seniors and elders.

Yoruichi Shihouin left at the same speed she had come.

Kuchiki Ginrei felt that the feelings of the Shihōin family princess for Shikatori Nanatsuki went beyond the boundaries of teacher and student.

"I wonder if Shikari Nanatsuki will become the son-in-law of the Shihōin family..." Kuchiki Ginrei thought to himself. If Shikari Nanatsuki became the son-in-law of the Shihōin family, then the Shihōin family would have at least two powerful captain-level pillars in the future.

Subsequently, in July, she helped with craniotomy and, together with Kiryuki, deciphered the spiritual particle formula in the spirit's brain.

Then, Mizutani Shingo and the spirit remains that had been released from the spirit particle technique were handed over to the prison squad for interrogation.

...

Two days later, Yoruichi Shihōin brought with her a report of information obtained through interrogation when she arrived at the dojo.

"Does Miyamoto Tetsuya also have a laboratory in the real world?" July stroked her chin.

This information was somewhat surprising, yet also quite reasonable.

Based on current intelligence, it is speculated that Saito's immortal 'Voice of Hell' is most likely in the hands of Tetsuya Miyamoto, who is also likely connected to the consciousness of hell.

When Saito was creating 'The Sound of Hell' in July, the immortal Saito warned him that if he frequently used 'The Sound of Hell' to receive information from hell, he would easily be influenced by the consciousness of hell.

It is highly likely that Miyamoto Tetsuya has been controlled by the consciousness of hell.

The use of 'Voice of Hell' consumes the hellish spirit particles stored in the spell. The spirit particle spells in the brains of those spirit corpses are also composed of hellish spirit particles.

The only way to obtain Hell Spirit Particles is to collect them when the 'Gates of Hell' are open.

Therefore, establishing a laboratory in the present world is the most convenient option.

By offering sacrifices to the most sinful and wicked people, one can open the 'Gates of Hell' in the mortal world.

This also reduces the risk of being discovered by the Grim Reapers.

The Shinigami stationed in the human world are much easier to deal with than those in Soul Society.

"The mission to investigate Tetsuya Miyamoto's laboratory has been assigned to the Covert Force. Would you like to come with me, teacher?" Yoruichi Shihouin was also a clever person. She had already realized that her teacher cared a lot about the spirit remains, so she came to find her teacher as soon as she received the mission.

"Okay! I'll go get something first." July nodded gently.

"I'll come back to find you after I've assembled the team." Yoruichi Shihouin left the dojo to go back and gather the people who would participate in the exploration mission.

I arrived at the lab in July.

He met Aizen Sousuke, who was busy in the laboratory.

Aizen Sousuke stopped recording data and stood up, saying, "Teacher, you've come at the perfect time. The growth of the experimental subject, Hollow Corpse No. 2, is astonishing!"

In July, she walked up to the glass jar, where a ethereal spirit skeleton floated in the blue spiritual nutrient solution.

Aizen Sousuke went to Hueco Mundo with July and obtained sand containing the soil needed for the growth of fungal Hollows. He then quickly cultivated a batch of fungal Hollows.

Aizen Sousuke used these fungal Hollows as raw materials to create a Hollow Spirit growth catalyst, allowing the Hollow Spirits to grow rapidly.

"It's growing well; its spiritual pressure fluctuations are already close to those of an ordinary Hollow." July nodded. "I didn't expect the cultivation of Hollow Relics to be so much smoother than that of Shinigami Relics. If this continues, we'll be able to cultivate 'Kirion'-class Hollow Relics soon."

“Yes, I estimate that within a year, we can produce a batch of test subjects for the Hollows’ Shinigami transformation experiments.” Aizen Sousuke became more interested when talking about the spirit body experiments. “The fact that the cultivation of Hollow spirits has gone so smoothly is thanks to the previous accumulation.”

“There’s an even more important reason.” July stared at the Void Remains in the nutrient solution, her eyes becoming deep. “The Void Remains have enough of their own kind to ‘devour’ and grow.”