With a letter of recommendation from the 10th Division captain, Allen easily gained entry to Shino Academy, the institution dedicated to training Deaths.
Founded two thousand years ago by Captain-Commander Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, the academy had originally been nothing more than a dojo where he established his own school and taught disciples.
However, after defeating Yhwach a thousand years ago, he renamed it Shino Academy and formed the Gotei 13 around the same time.
It could be said that the old man, who looked somewhat stern and old-fashioned, was actually the founder of Soul Society's current military structure.
More than ninety percent of the Deaths in the present-day Gotei 13 were his disciples or descendants of his disciples.
Under normal circumstances, Allen would not have minded standing up and bowing along with the other students when the Captain-Commander came to inspect the academy.
The problem was that it was mealtime.
For someone who spent nearly twenty out of every twenty-four hours in a state of hunger or semi-starvation, nothing was more important than eating.
Besides, due to his enormous appetite, his glorious reputation as a "bottomless pit" had long since spread among the students of his class.
So he simply let himself go—he would eat his food and let others say whatever they wanted.
Thus, a rather bizarre scene unfolded.
On one side, countless students and teachers respectfully greeted Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto. On the other, Allen sat alone in a corner, stuffing himself without the slightest intention of getting up.
Naturally, the Captain-Commander could not have missed this. Without even turning his head, he asked Shiro, who was following behind him, "Captain Hitsugaya, is that the person who was recommended?"
"Yes! His soul is very strange! He clearly possesses such immense Spiritual Power, yet for some reason, it gives off