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

“Humans don’t call themselves ‘human merchants’,” July chuckled. “Karakura Town is the closest city to here, so I used the name Karakura Town. Salt and iron are both indispensable to humans, and this village is no exception. If this hunter can’t make a decision, he’ll definitely have to take us to see the village chief.”

“I see…” Mayuri Kurotsuchi chuckled strangely, “Captain has a deep understanding of human society!”

The two followed the hunter and soon arrived at a large mansion.

This house was clearly left behind by the Quincy.

"Village chief!" the hunter knocked on the door. "We have guests!"

A moment later, a burly man came out of the house.

"Ah Jian, who are these people?" Village Chief Otani asked.

“They’re from the Karakura Town Merchant Guild and want to do some business with us,” the hunter said.

At this moment, July took out the 'Soul Pill' and swallowed it, thus freeing herself from the 'Soul Pill'.

"Village Chief Otani, you should know where we come from, right?"

July spoke gently.

Having found the village chief, it's easier to communicate with him using the identity of the Grim Reaper.

When the village chief saw the spirit of the sword, fear appeared in his eyes.

The hunter, however, showed no reaction; he could not see the spirit.

July's 'Gikai' was supported by the 'Gihunmaru' and did not fall.

"Ah Jian...you should go back first," said the village chief, forcing himself to speak. "I have important matters to discuss with my two distinguished guests."

The hunter was still wary of July and Mayuri, and originally wanted to stay as a guard, but since the village chief had spoken, he left.

"My esteemed deities, please come in..."

The village chief of Otani looked on with awe.

When the refugees arrived here, some of them, having just experienced famine, could not withstand the exhaustion of the long journey and died as soon as they got here.

The village chief of Otani has personally witnessed the Grim Reapers guiding the souls of the dead to the world of the dead.

“Since you know we are Shinigami, I’ll just ask directly,” Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked. “The things buried in the cornfield outside the village, you dug them up, didn’t you?”

Upon hearing Mayuri Kurotsuchi's words, the village chief's expression changed drastically.

He lost all strength, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

The things that Mayuri Kurotsuchi buried in the cornfield were indeed dug up by the people of Otani Village.

"My Lord! Please forgive our ignorance, we didn't know that was what you wanted!"

Village Chief Otani dared not hide the truth and hurriedly pleaded.

“Where are those things?” Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked.

"Those things...those things..."

Village Chief Otani suddenly started stammering.

The village is located in the mountains and forests, where the average temperature is low, but the village chief, Otani, was still sweating profusely.

Many of the items buried in the cornfield were silverware. After the people of Dagu Village dug these things out, they took them directly to the city to sell!

The village chief, Otani, knew about this because all the money had been spent on village construction.

He originally thought these things were left by the original owner of this place, but he never expected them to be related to the gods.

“Tell me the truth, and I can forgive your ignorance.”

Mayuri Kurotsuchi had already prepared for the fact that the items were no longer in the village, but she needed to find out their whereabouts.

"We took those things...and sold them in Karakura Town..."

Village Chief Otani dared not raise his head.

"We originally intended to sell it at a pawn shop in Karakura Town, but we were stopped by a few strange people on the way."

It's strange...

They seemed to know we brought some good stuff, and said they wanted to buy it...

The price they offered was reasonable, so I sold it to them...

"It can sense the spirits of Quincy... That sounds very much like a Quincy. Hehehe..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi chuckled. "Captain, it seems we're in pretty good luck!"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi never expected that some Quincy artifacts she had planted during the chaos would actually attract a group of people who appeared to be Quincy.

This was truly an unexpected delight.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi was very interested in Quincy and had long wanted to capture some Quincy for research, but unfortunately he never had the opportunity.

"So, where did you encounter that group of 'weirdos'?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked. "When did you encounter them?"

"It's located in the northern suburbs of Karakura Town!"

They appeared suddenly, but judging from their clothing style... they are very different from the people in Karakura Town, so they must be outsiders.

Not long ago, just about a month ago...

The village chief, Otani, told the truth.

"It's starting to sound more and more like Quincy..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi became excited. "Captain, let's go find those Quincy and get my things back!"

July nodded, took out a spiritual tool from her spiritual space, and pressed it. A thick cloud of smoke billowed out of the tool.

Thick smoke quickly enveloped the panicked village chief, Otani.

As the thick smoke dissipated, July and Mayuri Kurotsuchi had vanished, leaving only the village chief, Otani, lying unconscious on the ground.

A moment later, Village Chief Otani woke up, his eyes revealing a hint of confusion.

"Didn't A-Jian bring two merchants with him?" Village Chief Otani looked bewildered. "How did I end up asleep on the ground? Have I been too tired lately?"

...

After leaving Otani Village, July and Mayuri Kurotsuchi arrived in the northern suburbs of Karakura Town.

"This is Karakura Town, huh? It doesn't look very deserted... Shikatri Nanatsuki, let's talk this over. You're so powerful, this 'artificial body' is useless to you, so why don't you give it to me... Please have pity on me, it's so painful not to have a body..."

The 'gikai' in July was chattering away, making him frown.

After leaving the 'artificial body' in July, he never entered the 'artificial body' again.

He wanted to see what kind of personality this 'Soul-Binding Pill' had; if it had a good personality, he could keep it.

Previously, when in front of Village Chief Otani, 'Gi-Tamaru' did not speak, and Nanatsuki thought 'Gi-Tamaru' had a good personality.

Who knew that once he left Otani Village, he would become a chatterbox.

"You've been talking too much. Let's end the test on the 'Soul-Binding Pill' here."

July reached towards the abdomen of the 'artificial body'.

"Wait, wait!!! I can stay silent... as long as..."

July caught the Soul Pill that flew out of the Gigai.

“These ‘Soul Pills’ all have different personalities.” Mayuri Kurotsuchi thought of the Soul Pills in his hand, his face showing displeasure. “After all, they are made from incomplete souls. Although the missing parts are filled with temporary soul technology, it also makes the remaining part of their personality very prominent.”

"Let me see if the Quincy are still here."

The dark shadow beneath July's feet rapidly extended outwards.

In an instant, they controlled a large area of ​​shadows.

Compared to intuition, July trusts the abilities of her shadow more.

Using intuition to find people is actually not a very reliable method.

Because both Quincy and Shinigami have methods to block spiritual perception.

But using shadows to find people is different.

The shadows of ordinary things will be taken over by July in an instant.

Controlling Shinigami, Quincy, and Hollow shadows, which possess spiritual pressure, requires even more spiritual pressure from July.

The difference allows July to quickly determine whether the shadow's true form is a being with spiritual pressure.

"It's not here, keep going."

Using her shadow abilities, July quickly surveyed the northern suburbs of Karakura Town.

"We've discovered a human with spiritual pressure; their spiritual pressure must be quite strong."

In July, Mayuri Kurotsuchi arrived at a house in the northern suburbs.

The human with spiritual pressure that he sensed was in the courtyard of this house.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi also broke free of his 'artifact' and was ready to enter battle at any time.

The two went directly into the courtyard.

"These two don't look like Quincy."

Niejian used her nearly ten-centimeter-long fingernails to scratch her forehead.

In the courtyard, there was a man with a buzz cut wearing a white shirt and work pants, and a woman with blue hair and a purple robe.

"The Grim Reaper..." The two people in the courtyard recognized Nanatsu and Mayuri Kurotsuchi. When they saw the captain's haori on Nanatsu's body, their pupils shrank even further. "The captain of the Grim Reaper!"

The two men looked wary and assumed fighting stances.

"You don't seem to be Quincy."

July observed the two people in the courtyard. He now possessed Quincy powers and could sense that the two were not drawing upon external spiritual energy.

"You mean those lowly Quincy?" The blue-haired woman in purple robes held a sword in one hand and a fan in the other. "We've already taken them all."

"Looks like we've been beaten to it," Mayuri Kurotsuchi said regretfully. "I should have made the 'artifact' sooner... so we could have come to the human world for testing sooner."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi deeply regrets missing out on being a Quincy test subject.

Looking at the figure with a sword and a fan, July felt that he looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.

Fortunately, as his spirit grew stronger, his memories of his past life became clearer and clearer, and he soon remembered where he had seen it before.

"You're Soul Hunters, aren't you?"

July touched her chin, revealing a hint of interest.

"What is Soul Hunting?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi frowned; it was the first time he had heard this term.

"This is the product of an experiment at the Seireitei Research Institute, but the institute was shut down due to a major explosion."

July explained that after becoming the captain of the 12th Division, he gained many more privileges.

He can now access some of the previously sealed and secret files.

The Seireitei Research Institute was established hundreds of years ago, and Kiryu Hikifune and Shutara Senjumaru were once researchers at this institute.

After the Seireitei Research Institute was shut down by the 46th Chamber due to an accident, Kiryu Hikifune and Shutara Senjumaru transferred to the 12th Division and established their own laboratory there.

"Seireitei Research Institute..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi was still relatively inexperienced and did not have the authority to access relevant materials.

“This part of the information is not publicly available. If you want to see it, I can authorize it for you when we get back,” July said.

"Death, are you still going to exterminate us?!"

The man with the buzz cut did not deny his identity.

"It was just a chance encounter; we're actually here to find the Quincy," July said with a smile. "But what's with the corpses in this courtyard?"

There were some fresh corpses in the yard.

Clearly, these corpses were the work of these two Soul Hunters.

Soul hunters are those who possess power close to that of the Grim Reaper and can increase their spiritual pressure by devouring spirits.

Chapter 310 Soul Hunting

July and Mayuri Kurotsuchi followed the clues they found in Otani Village and came here.

Instead of finding a Quincy, they found two Soul Hunters.

"Captain, these humans must have had their souls extracted by them."