Sora continued to check his other rewards.
This time, he had received a total of 70,000 general experience points for basic abilities.
He hadn't used the general experience he'd acquired previously. Including the settlement rewards from this competition, his general experience had accumulated to 125,000.
Sora invested 100,000 general experience points into spiritual pressure, raising its level from 82 to 84.
There were also 7 skill proficiency level upgrades this time.
Four of these were applied to Kidō.
Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō and Kurohitsugi were both upgraded by one level, reaching the Proficient level.
Byakurai was upgraded by two levels, reaching the Grandmaster level.
Shunkō was also upgraded by one level, reaching the Proficient level.
The other two upgrades were both for Raihi Ryōgen, the sword technique Sora had created by combining Raikiri and Sekichō.
Raihi Ryōgen reached the Mastered level.
Previously, Raihi Ryōgen caused even more self-inflicted damage than Raikiri and Akashi, so Sora couldn't use it as a regular move.
Now that it had reached the Mastered level, it was ready to be used.
Sora looked at the prompts for Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō and Kurohitsugi. To continue upgrading these high-level Kidō, he would first need to raise his overall Kidō level.
He invested the remaining 25,000 general experience points into Kidō, raising its level from 53 to 62.
Sora's current base panel had changed significantly:
Basic Abilities:
Spiritual Pressure lv84
Swordsmanship lv80
Kidō lv62
Hakuda lv35
Shunpo lv55
With the "Clarity of Sword Heart" ability, the growth rate of Sora's swordsmanship training had also increased slightly.
His daily swordsmanship instruction also accumulated some swordsmanship experience as a reward.
Most importantly, understanding the Katori style's secret technique during the summer vacation had deepened his comprehension of swordsmanship, raising his level from 61 to 80.
After the competition, Ayane Kotetsu called Katori Sora to her office for a discussion.
"Congratulations, Professor Katori. Head-Captain Yamamoto has already decided. You will be the new Head of the Spiritual Arts Academy's Swordsmanship Department," Ayane Kotetsu said, congratulating him.
"Thank you for the high regard from the Head-Captain and yourself, Director Kotetsu. I will be sure to fulfill the duties of the department head," Sora replied with a smile.
"I believe that with Professor Katori's ability, you will surely lead the academy's swordsmanship classes to greater heights," Ayane nodded slightly, then added, "However, there is one more matter I would like to consult with you about."
"In this generation of students, six have already mastered Shikai. Their strength has far surpassed that of the other students."
"Sōjun Kuchiki and Nozomishin Ōmaeda will both be graduating next year."
"I plan to select a suitable mission next year to serve as their early graduation examination."
"Your four disciples have also learned Shikai. Would they like to graduate early together?"
Sora thought for a moment. The strength of Shinji and the others had indeed surpassed the other students by too much. The academy's curriculum was no longer of much help to them.
Having them stay in the academy for classes would just be a waste of time.
Graduating early and growing through real combat would be more rewarding.
"I also agree with them graduating early. I will go back and discuss it with them," Sora nodded and agreed.
"Then I will select a suitable mission at that time and have all six of them take the graduation exam together," Ayane Kotetsu said.
After bidding farewell to Ayane, Sora found his four disciples in the sword hall.
He informed them about the early graduation.
"What, I'm graduating?" Kana Azashiro was thunderstruck. "Doesn't that mean I can't mooch meals at the dojo anymore!"
However, she quickly pulled herself together and began to think about which division was closest to the Katori Dojo, making it most convenient to visit.
"A graduation exam? I heard from big sister Yoruichi that they're really hard, but I like a challenge!" Kensei Muguruma clenched his fists.
"Graduating next year is fine. There's not much left to learn by staying in the academy anyway," Shinji Hirako said, scratching his face. He had basically mastered everything the academy taught.
"This is a rare opportunity. I've heard that students who graduate early get promoted to seated officer positions very quickly," Jin'emon Tsubaki said, sharing a rumor he'd heard.
The disciples all agreed with Sora's decision.
"Then it's decided. You will graduate early next year. In the remaining time, you cannot slack off. Train hard and prepare for the graduation exam," Sora said.
...
A few days later, at the Katori Dojo.
Swish, swish—
Jin'emon Tsubaki swung a broom, gathering the fallen leaves together.
There were many fallen leaves in autumn, and the front and back yards of the dojo needed to be swept every day.
With more disciples at the dojo now, the cleaning duty only came around once every few days.
Today, it was Jin'emon's turn to sweep the front and back yards.
Knock, knock—
Jin'emon heard a knocking sound and quickly walked to the front yard.
"This lock needs to be fixed..."
Jin'emon tried the lock, but couldn't turn it.
Knock, knock, knock—
The knocking continued.
"Hold on a second, there's a problem with this lock..." Jin'emon mumbled.
He was speaking right in front of the gate, so the person outside could hear him, and the knocking stopped.
Jin'emon fiddled with the lock for a while but still couldn't get it open.
Just then, a voice came from the top of the wall. "Uncle, need a hand?"
Jin'emon looked up and froze on the spot.
A black-haired teenager was perched on the wall, looking to be about the same age as Kensei and Shinji.
Although Jin'emon was older than them, he could still be considered their contemporary.
But this boy had called him "uncle." That was just too impolite!
"Uncle?!" Jin'emon pointed at the boy on the wall. "Bastard, who are you calling uncle!"
"What? You look about the same age as my parents. Isn't it right to call you uncle?" the boy said, scratching his face.
His words pierced right through Jin'emon's heart.
"I just have a mature look!" Jin'emon began to wonder if he should shave his beard.
"Is that so... then... big brother, need a hand?" the boy continued.
"Do you know how to fix this?" Jin'emon asked.
"Of course!" The boy used Shunpo and appeared in front of Jin'emon.
The speed he displayed made Jin'emon take a second look.
"Do you have a wire, or any other tools? Never mind, you probably don't. Let me borrow your sword," the boy wasn't carrying a sword, so he asked to borrow Jin'emon's Zanpakutō.
Jin'emon didn't sense any ill intent from the boy, so he handed it over.
After drawing the blade, the boy fiddled with the lock for a few moments.
Click—
The lock opened.
"This lock is broken. It needs to be taken apart to be fixed," the boy said.
"How did you do that?" Jin'emon was amazed. He stepped forward to inspect the lock and saw no signs of it being cut.
"The Shiba family is good with mechanical things. Is that strange?" The boy realized he hadn't introduced himself yet.
"Right, my name is Isshin Shiba."
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