At Ailin's words, the six students went pale.
This was the final verdict upon them.
Clearly, Captain Aizen, who had always treated others kindly in the Seireitei, had no intention of giving them a second chance.
As sixth-year students of the True Zero Spirit Arts Academy, they already knew where they would be sent if they failed the assessment.
The Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force...
After all, they had lived in the Rukon District for so many years and studied at the True Zero Spirit Arts Academy for six years, yet they had never heard of a single Soul Reaper from the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force returning.
In short, once assigned to the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, they could only fight in Hueco Mundo until they died.
Ailin looked at the six of them without urging them.
Their strength and luck were far better than those fifty-plus students from the first day.
If the students eliminated on the first day would all become ordinary rank-and-file members at the very bottom of the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, then these six could at least become squad leaders.
Of course, Ailin could not wait for them for long.
He had already opened the Senkaimon. What if these people took too long to pass through it, and the prolonged opening attracted a Gokuto from the Dangai?
Yet seeing that Ailin was not rushing them, the six students felt a glimmer of hope.
As the person with the highest standing in this assessment, if Captain Aizen were willing to give them another chance...
With that thought, one of the students immediately stepped forward, stopped before Ailin, and bowed deeply.
"Captain Aizen, I was careless this time. When I encountered that mid-level Hollow, I misjudged its strength."
"I ask that you give me another chance to take