In the Blade Meditation room, smoke from the incense burner in the corner curled upwards. A special, light fragrance filled the room, calming the mind and spirit.
The Asauchi had been distributed. The academy students were sitting cross-legged in neat rows on the floor, undergoing Blade Meditation.
"Calm your hearts and minds, empty your thoughts, and use your heart to feel the power that comes from your souls," Professor Katori said, pacing back and forth in the classroom, checking if any students were losing focus.
"Your Asauchi has fallen on the floor," Katori said, tapping a student's forehead with a wooden sword.
"Ah, I'm sorry, professor!" the drowsy student quickly picked up his blade.
"You're not sorry to me, you're sorry to yourself. The skills you're learning are for your own benefit."
Katori glanced at Kana Azashiro. Her performance was somewhat surprising; she had smoothly entered the Blade Meditation state. He thought that perhaps it was because her mind was filled with simple things.
He continued to patrol. Although he spoke with authority, he himself had not been able to complete the training. He could not enter his inner world through Blade Meditation. He had been practicing for many years, yet he had never been able to enter that space, despite feeling that his Zanpakutō had already been formed.
Suddenly, Katori's heart stirred. He sensed an abnormal fluctuation of Spiritual Pressure coming from Kana. This meant that she had already entered a deeper level of meditation and was imprinting the essence of her soul into the Asauchi.
"Kana is making fast progress..." he thought, surprised at his disciple's progress. At this rate, she would soon have a Zanpakutō of her own.
He patrolled for another round and found that Kensei Muguruma and Shinji Hirako had also entered the Blade Meditation state, though he had not yet detected that abnormal fluctuation from them. It wasn't until just before class ended that they both began to emit it, entering a deep state of meditation.
Today, only the three students with S-rank talent had successfully entered the deep state. The other students had all failed. Katori let them have free time and stayed behind to wait for the three to finish, in case anything unexpected happened.
He waited until evening.
"I'm so hungry!" The first to wake up was Kana Azashiro.
Fortunately, Kensei and Shinji soon finished their meditation and woke up as well. Katori looked at their panels. They had gained a lot from their first Blade Meditation session, and their Spiritual Pressure had all increased. At this moment, information appeared in his eyes as the teaching feedback was settled.
[Lesson complete, calculating rewards.]
[Reward obtained: 10 Blade Meditation experience points.]
[Under your careful guidance, three students entered a state of Blade Meditation. Obtained extra reward.]
[Reward obtained: 30 Blade Meditation experience points.]
[First time completing a Blade Meditation course. Obtained extra reward.]
[Obtained item: Asauchi.]
The Blade Meditation experience reward was a new type of reward. When undergoing Blade Meditation, consuming it could strengthen the connection with the Zanpakutō. The extra reward of a new Asauchi was even more surprising.
The two disciples completing their meditation also brought reward settlements:
[Disciple Kana Azashiro has completed a Blade Meditation session under your guidance. Reward settlement.]
[Reward obtained: 40 Blade Meditation experience points.]
[Disciple Kensei Muguruma has completed a Blade Meditation session under your guidance. Reward settlement.]
[Reward obtained: 20 Blade Meditation experience points.]
In total, Sora had gained 100 Blade Meditation experience points. "You're all hungry, right? It's too late to prepare dinner now, so I'll take you to Granny E's place," he said to the three students.
"I'm not going," Shinji Hirako said subconsciously.
"Student Hirako, the cafeteria is long closed. Are you going to go hungry all night? You're in your spiritual pressure growth phase; you shouldn't go to bed hungry," Katori said with a smile. "Come with us. Don't be polite with your Professor."
Shinji hesitated. Kensei came up and put his arm around his neck: "Hey, hey, why are you being so distant? Professor Katori is a rare good Professor. Don't disappoint his good intentions!"
"Alright, then thank you, Professor Katori," Shinji said, rubbing his stomach. He did feel a strong sense of hunger.
The four of them soon arrived at Granny E's izakaya, near the Katori Dojo.
"Granny E, I'm here."
"Katori-kun, it's been a while since you've come."
"I've been busy recently. I've taken on disciples," Sora said with a smile.
Shinji confirmed his suspicions: the other two students indeed had a deeper relationship with the professor.
"Oh~ is that so? Then the Katori Dojo has reopened. That's wonderful news! Are the ones behind you your disciples? Come in, come in. Today's on the house," Granny E said warmly, then shouted towards the kitchen, "Little Lisa, we have guests. Clean up a table."
Shinji was about to say that he wasn't a disciple, but when the words reached his lips and he saw Granny E's enthusiastic expression, he couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Little Lisa is here helping out?" Sora asked.
"The weather is about to get colder," Granny E replied. It was difficult to hunt in the winter, so every year she would let Lisa help out at the izakaya, so at least she wouldn't go hungry.
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