On the kendo field.
"Poof!"
Yamatake Chiyo's body was sent flying into the air by a practice sword, spinning 360 degrees, then falling heavily to the ground.
"Teacher!!! Chiyo-chan isn't breathing!!! I really didn't use any force, please come and check her!" A female student cried out in a panic.
Yamabuki hurried over to check Yamatake Chiyo's body. The girl had been knocked unconscious by a single sword strike.
That's not right! That's not right! This girl's spiritual pressure is clearly very strong, so why is she so weak in a fight? It doesn't make sense!
According to the Shinigami setting, the stronger a person's spiritual pressure, the higher their combat power. Aizen himself verified this point, so why is this girl so weak?
Yamabuki leaned down and listened to Yamatake Chiyo's heartbeat. A heartbeat meant she was fine, so he quickly performed CPR.
After a long while, Yamatake Chiyo suddenly gasped and woke up from her coma, looking at the ceiling with a desperate expression.
"She's awake, she's awake, she's fine!" The female classmate was so scared she almost cried. Thanks to the teacher being here, otherwise she really wouldn't know what to do.
Yamatake Chiyo reached out and touched the floor. She had sensation, which meant she was still alive? That's great.
"Hey? If you're awake, get up! Continue training." Yamabuki said coldly.
Yamatake Chiyo said weakly: "Are you even human? You're practically a beast. I'm almost dead and you're still making me train? I really don't know swordsmanship! Please, spare me!"
Someone who had even released their Zanpakutō claimed they didn't know swordsmanship? This was simply a joke, I don't believe it.
Didn't one obtain the Sword Spirit's name by being chopped to near death by their own Sword Spirit during the Zanpakutō release?
"Where there's a will, there's a way. Get up and continue training. If you have no kendo foundation, then start from scratch! You at least know the simplest chop, right?" Yamabuki didn't believe there could be such a clumsy person in this world. He casually tossed a practice sword to Yamatake Chiyo and told her to practice on the wooden dummy next to them.
Yamatake Chiyo barely stood up, then took a deep breath and charged at the wooden dummy with full momentum. The practice sword struck the dummy's head, but due to the recoil, the practice sword bounced back and hit Yamatake Chiyo herself on the head.
"Bang!"
Yamatake Chiyo was knocked flat by the practice sword!
Yamabuki covered his face, unable to bear watching anymore. How could there be someone with such poor athletic coordination in the world? He used to think those clumsy girls he saw in anime were fictional.
Lack of coordination is innate, there's no helping it.
"Go back and rest! It seems you are destined to become a Kidō practitioner." Yamabuki said with a sigh, deciding to let her join the Kidō Corps after graduation.
Indeed, in Kidō courses, Yamatake Chiyo made rapid progress. Although she still looked like a child, she could already cast Kidō spells up to number fifty.
Most Vice-Captains were only at this level, and those with worse spiritual pressure control couldn't even reach this height, right, Renji Abarai.
Yamabuki hadn't expected Chiyo-chan to be so specialized, but then he thought about it, most Captain-level individuals only mastered two or three of the Four Great Shinigami Combat Arts, and very few were all-around experts.
For example, Yoruichi, known as the Flash Goddess, whose Shunpo was unparalleled, but she was never seen using Kidō.
Byakuya Kuchiki was a relatively well-rounded expert, with top-notch Shunpo, Kidō, and swordsmanship, but he was never seen using Hakuda.
No one is perfect. Genryūsai and Aizen were rare geniuses.
Most Shinigami who mastered one of the Four Great Shinigami Combat Arts to its peak were already very powerful.
The morning passed like this. In the afternoon, Yamabuki let the students play on their own, as he had work to do for his squad.
At the Gotei 13 First Division Barracks, all the Captains and Provisional Captains were present.
"My name is Shijima Chigiri, I'm new here, please guide me." Shijima Chigiri introduced himself to everyone. Today was the day he took on the role of Provisional Captain of the Fourth Division, which was a big day for the Gotei 13.
Shijima Chigiri looked at his colleagues with a sneer: the bull-like Uhin Zenjōji; the spectacled, eerie Kinroku Izuhara; the young lady-like, super-crazy when cutting people Katori Chizuru; the arrogant Saitō; the gentle Unohana; and the laid-back Chika Shihōin.
There was also the imposing Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Yamabuki, who stood behind Yamamoto and smiled at him.
What kind of monsters were these! The spiritual pressure on each of them was extremely strong. If he didn't overdraw his own potential, he wouldn't be confident in winning a head-on conflict against any of them.
Yamamoto struck the ground heavily with his sword sheath: "I have gathered you all here today, not only for Shijima Chigiri's appointment as Provisional Captain of the Fourth Division, but also for an important matter. Two days from now, the Royal Special Agent will descend upon Seireitei. All of you must come with me to greet the Royal Special Agent two days from now."
"Royal Special Agent? Who are these people?" Saitō asked curiously.
Yamamoto remained silent. He had only met Ichibē Hyōsube once when he was young. Counting the time, that was almost two thousand years ago.
A powerful ancient Menos Grande invaded Soul Society, breaking through all defenses, and even the young Yamamoto lost to it.
This Menos Grande even directly attacked the Soul King Palace, devouring the immobile Soul King. Fortunately, Ichibē Hyōsube intervened in time and sealed the ancient Menos Grande.
"In short, they are a few very strong people. If those two joined forces, they might be stronger than the combined combat power of the current Gotei 13." Yamamoto said in a deep voice.
At these words, everyone was astonished.
Those who stood here were all peerless talents. If these words came from someone else's mouth, they wouldn't believe it for a million years, but these words came from the Captain-Commander himself.
Yamabuki didn't express his opinion. Although the Captain-Commander was hailed as the strongest Shinigami in a thousand years, the monk had stood in the heavens, maintaining the balance of the Three Realms for millions of years, born in the same era as the Soul King, long transcending the realm of ordinary Shinigami.
If these two were to fight...
Yamabuki still thought Ichibē Hyōsube might be stronger.
After all, Ichibē Hyōsube controlled the names of all Zanpakutō, and could even rename them.
This was not as simple as changing a name, but rather the internal power would also change.
It was like a programmer rewriting code, but unfortunately, he encountered Yhwach, the biggest bug.
"In short, two days from now, all Captains will gather at the open space on the west side of Seireitei to welcome the arrival of the Royal Special Agent." Yamamoto said loudly.
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