Teacher Unohana's After-Class Guidance

Teacher Unohana's After-Class Guidance

According to the Healing Kidō theory Unohana had explained earlier, Healing Kidō used Spirit Particles to repair spirit bodies. But he was not a spirit body. When he learned the principles behind Healing Kidō, he had thought the technique would be useless to him.

Yet Unohana had successfully healed his injuries, forcing him to reconsider: what exactly was the difference between a physical body and a high-density spirit body...?

Going by the basic scientific knowledge he had learned in his previous life, could Spirit Particles perhaps be a type of molecule or atom?

Of course, there was another possibility: End Space's "disguise" might be so sophisticated that it had truly allowed him to temporarily exist in this world with the traits of a spirit body.

For the remainder of the class, each student received a mouse and began practicing Healing Kidō.

After all, not everyone could successfully use Healing Kidō. If they all practiced by injuring themselves, then in the end, Unohana would probably have to treat most of them herself.

Lu Li cut a small gash into his mouse, then tried to replicate the sensation he had felt when Unohana treated him.

Healing Kidō truly was not easy to learn. Lu Li failed on his first attempt.

He tried more than a dozen times in a row before finally finding the feeling, manipulating Spirit Particles to heal the mouse's wound.

A short while later, the mouse's wound closed, but a conspicuous scar remained.

Clearly, his Healing Kidō was far inferior to Unohana's. Not only was it slower, but the results were worse as well.

"You need to imagine how it originally looked when it was whole, then guide the Spirit Particles to restore it."

Unohana's voice sounded beside Lu Li's ear. At some point, she had made her way over to him during her inspection.

Looking at the mouse on Lu Li's table, Unohana was somewhat surprised. She had taught this course many times, but she had never seen anyone successfully use Healing Kidō in their very first class.

By True Spirit Arts Academy's standards, Lu Li had already earned a passing grade in Healing Kidō. With some more training, he would be qualified medical personnel even if he joined the Fourth Division.

This child... did he really have no weaknesses?

She had heard that Lu Li had driven the teachers of swordsmanship and Hakuda into self-doubt. In private, those two teachers had declared that they could not teach Lu Li. It was not that they were accusing him of being troublesome; they genuinely could not teach him.

At this point, Unohana could only be glad that her Healing Kidō was exceptional. At the very least, she could still teach Lu Li in this field.

Under Unohana's watchful gaze, Lu Li cut the mouse again and used Healing Kidō once more according to her guidance.

This time, the mouse's injury healed at a visible rate, and the scar was far less noticeable.

Unohana's eyes lit up. She leaned closer and stared into Lu Li's eyes. "Tell me, why do you want to learn Healing Kidō?"

Lu Li was focused on reliving the details of his Healing Kidō just now. Hearing that, he answered almost without thinking, "Of course, so I can enjoy battle better."

The moment he finished speaking, Lu Li felt an aura envelop him. Excitement shone in Unohana's eyes.

Lu Li felt as though he had said something wrong. He should not have spoken his true thoughts aloud.

He had nearly forgotten that Unohana was also a battle maniac. She had only stepped down as Captain of the Eleventh Division and transferred to the Fourth Division as support after encountering Kenpachi Zaraki.

In truth, this woman's thirst for slaughter had not diminished in the slightest. She merely suppressed it well in her daily life.

Before joining the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, Unohana had been known as the unprecedented and unsurpassed great villain in Soul Society's history. Only after the Captain-Commander took her under his command had she restrained herself somewhat. The gentleness she displayed before others now was merely a mask.

"So that's how it is... Stay after class."

The excitement in Unohana's eyes vanished neatly, and her usual gentle smile returned. Her eyes curved into crescents. "Since you like Healing Kidō so much, I'll give you some special guidance."

For no apparent reason, a chill ran down Lu Li's spine. But he also knew that having Unohana teach him Healing Kidō alone was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he had no reason to refuse.

Since you want to find an opponent to fight to the death so badly, you can't possibly teach me to death while teaching Healing Kidō, right?

Thinking of Unohana's opponent, Lu Li was also somewhat puzzled. Where exactly had Kenpachi Zaraki gone?

He had asked Aizen. The current Captain of the Eleventh Division was Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, and there was no one named Kenpachi at True Spirit Arts Academy.

As he pondered, the dismissal bell rang. Most of the students left the classroom dejectedly, clearly having failed to save their mice in this class.

Lu Li did not need to worry about the next class. There was only an Elective Course this afternoon, and it was fine even if he attended just one class.

After the last student left the classroom, a breeze stirred by Reiatsu shut the door.

What made Lu Li feel that something was wrong was that he seemed to hear it lock as well.

He looked up at Teacher Unohana. She was still wearing her Gray Cherry Haori, and she was smiling at him with narrowed eyes, one delicate hand resting on the hilt at her waist.

"Student Lu, it's just the two of us now~"

Unohana's pale hand gripped the hilt. Under Lu Li's puzzled gaze, she drew her Zanpakuto, Minazuki, inch by inch.

"Teacher Unohana?"

The danger radar in Lu Li's mind was already blaring. "What are you...?"

Unohana wore a gentle smile, like the kind older sister next door. "Of course, I'm going to let you experience more advanced Healing Kidō."

Lu Li had just raised his hand to tell her to wait, when in the next instant, he saw a fountain of blood shoot toward the ceiling, staining it red.

His dark eyes also took on a trace of red beneath the light and blood. The delayed pain made his brain understand what had happened in that instant, and after the pain came an excitement he could barely suppress.

He was absolutely not a masochist, but this was the first time he had seen such a fast blade. Even his dynamic vision had failed to catch the slightest trace of it. That strike had been so fast that his senses had not even sounded a warning!

The slash had traveled diagonally downward from his left shoulder, cutting through his flesh, bones, and heart. His heart continued beating desperately like an old engine, trying to save this broken body, but no matter how hard it tried, it could only send the fountain of blood surging higher.

His body's functions gradually faded. Lu Li slowly fell backward, yet he never touched the ground. Instead, a hand gently caught him.

Through his still-clear vision, Lu Li saw Unohana's kindly older-sister smile. "I will use your body to teach you."

Lu Li nodded faintly. Though he was already at death's door, he was not panicked. He understood what Unohana intended to do: let him personally experience how advanced Healing Kidō healed grave, near-fatal injuries.

So he forced himself to remain alert, preparing to carefully observe Unohana's methods.

A pale blue light appeared on Unohana's hands again, but it covered a larger area than it had in class and shone far more brilliantly.

Strangely, despite being on the verge of death, Lu Li found his thoughts exceptionally clear. His perception also seemed stronger than before.

Even when he closed his eyes, he could clearly sense every detail of Unohana's Healing Kidō, as though soft threads were brushing across his chest.