Three days later, in the morning.
"Let's reintroduce ourselves, Kinoshita Maho."
"I am Shihōin Mase."
A male and female student waved at Lord Shinji, greeting him kindly.
These two were Lord Shinji's "teammates."
They were now to stay in a safe area cleared by the Shinigami for Soul Burial practice.
After this Soul Burial practice, most students would basically become official Shinigami.
"Kuchiki Shinji."
Lord Shinji also nodded, looking at Shihōin Mase again. She was a girl with a very sweet smile.
The Shihōin Clan had always maintained friendly relations with the Kuchiki Clan.
But immediately,
Lord Shinji's expression became serious.
In his memory,
this Soul Burial internship had a major problem.
In the Soul Burial area,
Aizen had already placed a certain number of Menos Grande in advance for experimentation.
Ultimately,
only a handful of students survived.
"Well… don't be so serious, Lord Shinji."
Shihōin Mase tucked her long hair behind her ear and said with a gentle smile, "It's just a Soul Burial practice. The Shinigami adults have already cleared this area for us. There are only some weak Hollow, no danger at all."
"That's right, and even if there is, I'm here. After all, I'm an A-grade honor student who got 100 points."
Kinoshita Maho, from a commoner background, was a very talkative person. He smiled and patted Lord Shinji's shoulder, looking like he was saying, "Follow me, I'll protect you."
"I hope so."
Lord Shinji sighed.
From the team assignments, it was clear that the Spiritual Arts Academy was very considerate of him, a bottom-feeder from one of the Four Great Noble Houses.
But the problem was,
Kinoshita Maho, who didn't even know what Shikai was, would be nothing but a delivery boy when encountering a Menos Grande.
"I need to meet up with Rukia quickly."
Lord Shinji took a deep breath, feeling a little uneasy: "You two, don't wander off."
"Hey, hey, hey, don't order me around. My scores are higher than yours, aren't they?"
"Oh, Lord Shinji already has a strategy?"
...Not long after, the expressions of the few people completely changed.
"We hit the jackpot."
The three, who had already performed Soul Burial on a few Hollow, stood in this area with grim faces.
On the ground,
lay more than a dozen scattered corpses.
Blood and dismembered limbs were everywhere.
Those were familiar faces from the academy.
"How could this happen…"
Kinoshita Maho, who had always had a relaxed expression, dropped the foxtail grass he was chewing on. He looked at the corpses all over the ground with a pale face.
"It was clearly just a formality…"
Shihōin Mase suppressed the nauseous urge to vomit, checked a corpse, and her expression changed: "They just died not long ago. The enemy is still nearby!"
At this moment,
a terrifying pressure suddenly surged into the sky.
Shihōin Mase and Kinoshita Maho's legs went weak, almost kneeling on the ground.
The sky seemed to be collapsing, their thoughts almost stagnant and unable to process, unable to even conjure a shred of fear or the thought of escaping.
"Don't just stand there in a daze."
At some unknown point,
Lord Shinji suddenly stood in front of them, pulling them out of that deathly fear.
"So… so terrifying. For a moment, I felt like I had already died…"
Gasping heavily, Kinoshita Maho wiped away the cold sweat constantly flowing down his forehead, but when he looked at Lord Shinji, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"This level of spiritual pressure is definitely not just some salted fish. It's probably a Menos Grande, right? Why would there be such a terrifying guy in the Soul Burial area…"
Shihōin Mase's voice trembled as she struggled to stand steady.
"That… is not just a Menos Grande…"
Lord Shinji said with a gloomy expression.
Perhaps because of him, Aizen's experiment had a slight accident this time, so Aizen simply released several Adjuchas-class Menos Grande?
The premonition had indeed come true.
"What... what did that mean?"
Hearing this, Shihōin Mase's expression changed.
Even ordinary Hollows were extremely powerful enemies for the students of the Spiritual Arts Academy who had not yet truly become Shinigami.
Let alone Adjuchas-class Menos Grande!
Those were enemies that only Shinigami of at least Lieutenant-class and above could face!
"Exactly what it means. You two find a place to hide and don't come out."
After Shinji gave the order, a blue light flashed in his eyes, and his Reiatsu spread out invisibly, quickly capturing Rukia's Reiatsu.
"Found her!"
With that, Shinji vanished from the spot with a whoosh.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what kind of speed is that? Can Shunpo reach that level?"
Kinoshita Maho's eyes widened as he watched the scene in astonishment.
"Perhaps, Lord Shinji never used his full power in previous tests?"
Shihōin Mase, however, was deep in thought.
"Speaking of which, did you notice that the oppressive Reiatsu, which could make our souls collapse, seemed to have no effect on Kuchiki Shinji?"
Kinoshita Maho gasped.
This guy, he seems to be a monster... Boom!
A crimson Cero hit the ground, directly destroying a large building.
"Tch, do you Shinigami only know how to hide? This is so boring."
A humanoid monster with a mask on its face and a black hole through its chest walked down the street, speaking in a relaxed manner.
His name was Carrol, an Adjuchas-class Menos Grande!
"Damn it, why are there enemies of this level here!"
In a hidden corner, Rukia's face was grim.
Around her were Abarai Renji, Hinamori Momo, and Kira Iziru, several other Shinigami.
In the chaos, these friends from the Academy quickly gathered together.
"That's an Adjuchas, right? That's definitely an Adjuchas, right? Why would such a monster appear in a Soul Burial internship? What are they thinking up there?"
Abarai Renji scratched his head in frustration.
"Seriously, wouldn't it be better to just stay there quietly and let me kill you? Why do you have to hide like rats?"
Carrol swung his tail, then suddenly stepped back, dodging a crimson flame.
His eyes held a hint of bloodlust and calmness as he looked at the Shinigami who appeared beside him.
The Shinigami held a Zanpakuto shaped like a double-headed spinning scythe connected by a chain.
"It's Hisagi Shuuhei, we're saved!"
Abarai Renji excitedly waved his fist.
"You should call him Hisagi Lieutenant, Renji-kun."
Kira Iziru corrected him.
Hisagi Shuuhei was precisely the person in charge of this Soul Burial internship.
With him here... Kira Iziru hadn't even let out a sigh of relief when he saw Hisagi Shuuhei, whom he considered a savior, get hit by an Adjuchas's Cero and disappear from their sight.
Kira Iziru: "..."
Rukia: "..."
Abarai Renji: "..."
What to do when the savior gets knocked away? Waiting online, urgent!
The next second.
Carrol's scarlet eyes suddenly looked in their direction, and a crimson light condensed in his open mouth:
"I found you, little brats..."