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On the other side, Ishikawa Katori, who was walking home, was completely unaware of Kukaku's thoughts. At this moment, he was staring blankly at the system interface in his mind.
"Kaido?"
… …
Name: Ishikawa Katori
Race: Human
Level: Eighth Stage
Physique: Entry Level (54 / 500)
Spiritual Pressure: Low Level (776 / 1000)
Hakuda: Entry Level (432 / 500)
Shunpo: Entry Level (428 / 500)
Zanjutsu: Entry Level (490 / 500)
Zanpakuto: Not Activated (Activation conditions unknown)
Kido:
[Hado]: [Hadō No. 4: Byakurai] Intermediate (3216 / 10000)
Special Skills:
[Chantless Kido] Low Level (29 / 1000)
[Kaido]: Not Activated (0 / 50)
Current Experience Points: 954
↓ Expand to view the Favorability interface.
… …
Ishikawa Katori recalled his previous experience, and a flash of realization flickered in his eyes. The four Execution Force members had indeed treated that Middle-aged Shinigami right before him. The 'Kaido' on the system panel should have appeared at that time.
Ishikawa Katori didn't know much about Kaido, only that it was a healing Kido, and it didn't have a strict numbering system like Bakudo and Hado, nor did it require chanting.
Most masters of Kaido were members of the Fourth Division; other Squads rarely had members who knew Kaido, because apart from a few Shinigami who wanted to join the Fourth Division, almost no one would learn this healing Kido that was useless in combat.
However, this Kido was very useful to Ishikawa Katori. After all, he was not like the Shinigami of the Gotei 13, who could be sent to the Fourth Division for treatment even if they didn't know Kaido themselves.
As for Ishikawa Katori…
If he got injured, he could only wait for natural recovery. After learning Kaido, he would be able to train more freely.
After a moment of contemplation, Ishikawa Katori directly added 50 experience points to Kaido, activating it.
Ignoring the pain, after so many times, the pain of knowledge infusion barely affected him anymore.
Ishikawa Katori focused his attention on the system panel again.
It had been almost five months since he decided to give up Zanjutsu and switch to 'Shunpo' and 'Hakuda'.
During these five months, he had been diligently running the Everything Store in Rukongai, meeting many female friends through various commissions, though most only provided him with 5-10 experience points.
Although the monthly income was not necessarily as much as today's single day, five months had still accumulated some experience.
As for the use of experience points, he was as frugal as ever, only using them to overcome bottlenecks.
But what happened today gave him a strange sense of crisis.
He had always believed that as long as he lived peacefully and avoided trouble, there would be no danger.
But now it seemed, it was better to have some self-preservation ability.
After a moment of contemplation, Ishikawa Katori upgraded both 'Hakuda' and 'Shunpo' to Low Level. As soon as he broke through, a large amount of knowledge flooded into Ishikawa Katori's mind, and a tingling sensation spread through his body, causing him to stumble.
"Hiss, next time, let's do it one by one!"
Compared to the Entry Level, the Low Level Shunpo and Hakuda had more than double the knowledge. Ishikawa Katori stood for nearly half a minute before fully comprehending the knowledge that appeared in his mind.
"Still 764 experience points… Hmm?"
Ishikawa Katori, who was checking his remaining experience points, was slightly startled, because he found that after 'Hakuda' and 'Shunpo' broke through to Low Level, his level had changed from 'Eighth Stage' to 'Seventh Stage'.
He broke through?
Regarding the stage levels, Ishikawa Katori had made predictions based on his memories a long time ago. At that time, according to his thoughts, he felt that 'Eighth Stage' should be equivalent to the level of a 5th or 6th-year student at the Central Spirit Arts Academy.
'Seventh Stage' was equivalent to the stronger members of the Gotei 13.
But this prediction was overturned after he observed many Shinigami, because Ishikawa Katori's spiritual pressure intensity had far exceeded that of 5th or 6th-year students at the Central Spiritual Arts Academy a long time ago, and was even stronger than many Shinigami members, but his rank had not changed at all.
"Is the level not evaluated by spiritual pressure intensity, but by combat power displayed in actual combat?"
Ishikawa Katori stroked his chin, his eyes filled with contemplation.
Indeed, even if his spiritual pressure was stronger than many members, he, who only knew 'Byakurai', could not directly contend with Shinigami members holding 'Zanpakuto'.
Because Byakurai, when chanting is abandoned, its power would be greatly reduced.
And if he didn't abandon chanting and didn't know Bakudo, the enemy might cut him down before he finished chanting…
To win, he could only rely on sneak attacks, not direct confrontation.
But when his Shunpo and Hakuda broke through, the situation was different. He could completely pull away in time to chant; even if he couldn't pull away, he could use Hakuda to cope, truly possessing the strength to contend with the stronger members of the Squad.
Ultimately…
The assistance of the Zanpakuto was too powerful, enough to make up for the gap in spiritual pressure and skill.
"Zanpakuto, huh…"
Ishikawa Katori gave a wry smile. Without joining the Central Spirit Arts Academy, he really couldn't find a way to obtain an Asauchi. He couldn't just go and kill a Shinigami, could he?
Shaking his head, Ishikawa Katori didn't dwell on it. Anyway, there would always be an opportunity in the future.
The most urgent task was to strengthen his own strength as much as possible, so that if he encountered danger in the future, he wouldn't even have the basic ability to resist.
Thinking of this, Ishikawa Katori invested another 224 experience points into spiritual pressure, directly raising his spiritual pressure to Intermediate; finally, he gritted his teeth and added 500 of the remaining experience points to Kaido. Compared to other abilities, Kaido would be of greater help in his upcoming cultivation.
Learning Kaido would not only allow him to recover from injuries sustained during training, enabling him to train more wildly and freely; the various medical knowledge within it could also have a cross-disciplinary effect on Hakuda and Zanjutsu.
Most importantly…
The knowledge bestowed by the system was extremely comprehensive, many times more comprehensive than what was taught at the Central Spirit Arts Academy. Kaido even included various herbal knowledge, which would also assist his future cultivation.
… …
Name: Ishikawa Katori
Race: Human
Level: Seventh Stage
Physique: Entry Level (54 / 500)
Spiritual Pressure: Intermediate (0 / 10000)
Hakuda: Low Level (0 / 1000)
Shunpo: Low Level (0 / 1000)
Zanjutsu: Entry Level (490 / 500)
Zanpakuto: Not Activated (Activation conditions unknown)
Kido:
[Hado]: [Hadō No. 4: Byakurai] Intermediate (3216 / 10000)
Special Skills:
[Chantless Kido] Low Level (29 / 1000)
[Kaido]: Low Level (0 / 1000)
Current Experience Points: 40
↓ Expand to view the Favorability interface.
… …
The experience points accumulated over five months were depleted in the blink of an eye, which made Ishikawa Katori feel a pang of heartache.
Fortunately, he had met Shiba Kūkaku, providing him with a shortcut to obtain a large amount of experience points.
However, Ishikawa Katori did not know…
After sensing his abnormality, Shiba Kūkaku's name had already disappeared from the Favorability interface…
However, Ishikawa Katori generally wouldn't expand to view the Favorability interface, because there were simply too many people in it, and most of them only had single-digit favorability towards him.
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