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

Shiba was determined to have his subordinates lead the Kido Shinigami to the Shinigami stronghold on the mountain.

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A moment later, Shiba Isshin, Azashiro Sōya, and Tōsen Kaname followed the little shrine maiden to the outer city of Naruki.

"Human cities are so bustling..."

Even Shi Cheng Shuang felt somewhat dazzled.

Although he felt that the concentration of spiritual energy here was average, the density of buildings was no less than that of Seireitei.

"It's a bit noisy."

Tosen frowned slightly, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

He mainly relies on intuition and sound to perceive the outside world.

However, in human cities, there are too many people, which greatly affects the perception of sound.

As for spiritual perception, he could only sense some wandering souls.

"The physical body of the vessel... can actually affect my perception of the soul within it."

In his perception, it was as if many invisible entities were making noise.

"My Lord, the soul I discovered is over there!"

The little witch ran into a bustling market street.

The three of them immediately followed.

"It's in the well in this courtyard!"

The little witch climbed up a courtyard wall and pointed to a well in the yard.

"Why are there so many women here?"

Zhicheng Shuang also jumped onto the courtyard wall and saw many women in the pavilion through the window.

"Ahem..." Shiba Isshin glanced at the flamboyant woman on the upper floor and coughed lightly. "Souya, you've come to a place like this a bit too early."

"How did you end up in a place like this?" Shiba asked the little shrine maiden with curiosity.

This place is a brothel, which is very inconsistent with the identity and age of the little witch.

"Thanks to the gods, I have some reputation in Mingmu Village. They invited me here to exorcise demons..."

The little witch often wanders around the city, and it's not difficult for the people of the city to find her.

Although the Grim Reapers sealed away the memories of the humans in Naruki Castle about "Miketsu-no-Kami descending to earth," they still noticed the little shrine maiden's frequent successes in summoning the gods. As a result, the little shrine maiden's abilities in "slaying demons and monsters" became increasingly authoritative.

“Last month, a maid fell into the well and drowned while sleepwalking,” the little witch explained to the three death gods what she knew. “Her spirit has remained at the bottom of the well and refuses to leave. Every night, the maid’s cries can be heard from the well.”

"I see..." Shiba looked intently at the well in the courtyard. He could indeed sense a trace of Hollow energy. "It's about to turn into Hollow. I'll go take a look."

call out--

Shiba Isshin instantly arrived at the wellhead and looked down.

If it were an ordinary human, they would only see clear well water; the maid's body would have already been retrieved.

Shiba Isshin saw a blank-looking soul floating on the well water.

"It really is going to become a void."

Shiba Isshin noticed that the hole in the maid's chest had become very large, and the chain was only a centimeter or two long, which was a sign that she was about to transform into a ghost.

"It's not a big problem. You can handle it. The Spirit Arts Academy should have taught you what to do in this kind of situation."

Shiba Isshin waved to Shiro Sōya and Tōsen Yōya.

"Understood, I'll go now!"

Mole City Shuang also jumped down first.

He approached the maid's spirit, drew his Zanpakuto, and intended to send her away directly using Soul Burial.

As Mochishiro Shuang approached, the maid's soul sensed the death god's spiritual pressure and was immediately stimulated.

His eyes rolled back, and his body began to tremble.

The black hole in his chest expanded rapidly, and the chains disappeared quickly.

His head was quickly covered by a white mask.

"Trying to become ethereal in front of me? No way!" Mochi City Shuang reacted quickly, changing his original Soul Burial gesture with the hilt of his sword into a slash.

puff-

The maid's mask, which was half-transformed, split in two and gradually disappeared.

“If you hadn’t gone to the Ghost Path Sect… your assessment would be over by now!” Shiba Isshin said, pressing his forehead with a headache. “What did the Spirit Arts Academy teach you? You didn’t communicate with the soul before performing soul burial. If you can use soul burial, you should use it to reduce the suffering of these souls.”

Souya Mochishiro is currently undergoing an assessment; only those who conform to the Grim Reaper's code of conduct can receive a high score.

However, Souya Mochijo's ambition is to become a member of the Kido Clan, and Soul Burial is not the main test for the Kido Clan.

"Isn't she turning into a phantom..." Mochishiro Shuang awkwardly put away his sword.

Chapter 308 The Sleep Plan

Soul Society.

July arrived at the Technology Development Bureau.

I arrived early today, and there weren't many people in the aisles.

July doesn't usually come this early, but this morning I received a message from Mayuri Kurotsuchi saying that his research and development work had made some progress, so I came to check it out.

The Technology Development Bureau operates on a flexible work schedule, and many researchers prefer to work in the evenings.

There is no need to clock in at a fixed time; you only need to meet the attendance requirement for each year.

The attendance period is set by year because Death has a long lifespan and is not so sensitive to the passage of time.

In July, he bumped into a petite Grim Reaper carrying a bag of breakfast. He had some recollection of this ambitious subordinate, who was a lab assistant in Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory.

Good morning, Captain!

Good morning, Chiyo.

July nodded slightly.

"Captain, come have breakfast! I just bought it at Yoshinobo!"

The petite Grim Reaper waved the breakfast in her hand.

"Thank you..." July smiled and shook her head, "But I've already eaten. Was Mayuri Kurotsuchi in there?"

"Oh...he's still in the lab." The petite Grim Reaper looked disappointed.

She heard Mayuri Kurotsuchi say that the captain was coming over in the morning, so she went out of her way to buy him breakfast.

In July, he left the hall and headed to Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory.

After the 12th Division was transformed into the Technology Development Bureau, the original layout was changed in July.

The layout has now been changed to have a central hall connecting to the laboratories of several project teams.

Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi were both technical leaders of their respective project teams and could access the resources of a laboratory.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory was on the second basement level. In July, he took the elevator to Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory.

Several oddly shaped researchers were busy working in the laboratory.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's selection criteria for experimental assistants tend to favor those with unusual appearances and physiques.

"team leader!"

The researchers noticed the team leader's arrival and stopped what they were doing.

"You guys continue, I'll just take a look."

July stopped, having already sensed the location of Mayuri Kurotsuchi's spiritual pressure, and walked directly inside.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's current research focuses primarily on spirits and souls.

Many of the spirit remains that were previously moved back from Tetsuya Miyamoto's laboratory have been moved here.

After walking through the corridor lined with rows of incubation chambers in July, I saw Mayuri Kurotsuchi busy at work.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi at this point was completely different from when she was imprisoned in the maggot's nest.

His face was covered in black and white tattoos, making it impossible to discern his original skin color.

Her ears were covered with gold jewelry, and she wore a strange pointed hat.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's unique aesthetic sense makes her a striking bag wherever she goes, making July unable to resist taking a second look.

"Oh~ that explains why I felt a chill, it's the captain!"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's focused state was interrupted by the captain's gaze.

"Any new discoveries?"

"There has been a little progress."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi seemed somewhat excited, eager to share his new discovery with July.

"check it out."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi took a small pill from a culture medium and handed it to Shikamori Nanatsuki.

"This is..."

July sensed Maruko's spiritual pressure and was slightly taken aback. "There's emotion in this spiritual pressure?"

He originally thought it was a small ball formed from a high concentration of spiritual particles, but he sensed a feeling similar to the spiritual pressure within the Shinigami.

A person with keen spiritual senses can perceive some of their owner's emotions through spiritual pressure.

"Hahahaha..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi let out a strange laugh, "The captain's intuition is truly sharp..."

“Such inanimate objects…and a soul, in the end, are both composed of spiritual particles.” Mayuri Kurotsuchi gently stroked the incubation chamber beside him. “We can manufacture such objects at will. As long as we have enough materials, we can make as many as we want.”

But the creation of an independent consciousness is the authority of the Creator!

"So what is their biggest difference?"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi grew increasingly excited. "My answer is emotion! Only a soul with emotions can have consciousness!"

I studied the 'temporary soul' technology left behind by the former captain Kiryu Hikifune, as well as... the 'righteous soul pills' made by my other colleagues.

However, they either mimic a soul using spiritual particles and do not possess independent consciousness.

It is either transformed from an existing soul.

However, by combining it with the technology of spirit remains, I successfully created this thing—a 'temporary soul' imbued with fear!

Mayuri Kurotsuchi is researching the temporary soul and spirit remains technology left behind by Kirio Hikifune, and has made some progress.

"So, it's not a complete soul yet, but it's still a leap from 0 to 1."

July nodded.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's artificial souls are different from the spirit skeleton technology. The spirit skeleton is derived from the spiritual information extracted from the Shinigami, which is equivalent to "cloning".

Artificial souls, on the other hand, are created from nothing, producing a new soul that has no connection with other Grim Reapers.

This technology creates a spirit, rather than replicating one.

It's much more difficult.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi wants to challenge herself with creating a more difficult spirit.

"Is this 'Sleep No. 1'?"

July asked.

Creating new souls from nothing was Mayuri Kurotsuchi's dream, but since one cannot dream while awake, Mayuri named this project "Project Sleep".

"It only has some fear in it; it's not a complete soul yet." Mayuri Kurotsuchi shook her head, believing that this thing didn't deserve to be called 'Sleep Number One'.

After sharing the progress of the 'Sleep Project', Mayuri Kurotsuchi arrived at another cultivation chamber.

Inside the culture chamber, a human body that looked exactly like Mayuri Kurotsuchi was immersed in nutrient solution.