Tōshirō's Affection Reaches Eighty

"Oh?"

Dainaihara Gen'ichirō frowned. He didn't really believe Gaoyu could discover any prodigies.

He knew Gaoyu fairly well; he was a hardworking child, but not particularly talented. How could he discover any prodigies?

Gaoyu didn't say much more, simply having Toshiro stand in front of Dainaihara Gen'ichirō.

"Is it this child?"

Dainaihara Gen'ichirō asked doubtfully upon seeing Toshiro Hitsugaya. He didn't notice anything special about him.

Seeing this, Gaoyu pointed to Toshiro's Jade Hall and Heavenly Pivot acupoints, which were also the most important locations for a Shinigami's soul lock and soul sleep.

Because Toshiro couldn't control his power before, Gaoyu had sealed his Reiatsu. Now that it was unsealed, his Reiatsu immediately manifested.

Dainaihara Gen'ichirō's pupils dilated in an instant!

This...

Such powerful Reiatsu belonged to a Rukonian who had never undergone Shinigami training?

This was simply unbelievable!

He had never trained before, yet his innate Spiritual Power was this terrifying?

Dainaihara Gen'ichirō became instantly excited.

"Heavens, incredible! You truly never trained before this?!"

"With such powerful Spiritual Power, why didn't you become a Shinigami sooner?!"

"I didn't know I had Spiritual Power before," Toshiro Hitsugaya said softly.

"That's impossible. People with Spiritual Power feel hunger, unlike Rukonians who only need to breathe and drink water."

"..." Toshiro fell silent for a moment, then said, "Because my grandmother told me only children feel hunger."

"I see." Dainaihara Gen'ichirō nodded seriously, then looked at Gaoyu and said, "Gaoyu, you did very well."

"Next, I will take…"

He looked at Toshiro Hitsugaya, still not knowing his name.

"Toshiro Hitsugaya," Toshiro briefly stated his name.

"Alright, Toshiro-kun, please come with me for the test now!"

Look at that, differential treatment.

I've been around for so long and I'm still just 'Gaoyu', while he's 'Toshiro' the moment they meet. Tsk, this is the unique nobility of talented people.

"Then I won't disturb you, Teacher."

Gaoyu was about to leave when he suddenly noticed that Toshiro Hitsugaya's favorability towards him had reached eighty!

Gaoyu was overjoyed!

This meant he could directly and permanently obtain Toshiro's 'Kirin Child' ability!

This also meant he had gone from a mediocre talent to a genius in an instant!

Wonderful!

Gaoyu suppressed his excitement. He hadn't expected that his first permanent ability would come from Toshiro.

This guy was indeed the outwardly cold, inwardly warm type. He usually acted cool, and his Zanpakuto was the strongest ice-element Zanpakuto, but once he recognized you, he would genuinely consider you a friend.

Perhaps he wouldn't show it much on the surface, but he would care about you deeply on the inside.

That's why Toshiro Hitsugaya's favorability towards him had jumped from less than sixty to eighty!

Good, good, good. Watching Dainaihara Gen'ichirō take Toshiro for the academy test, Gaoyu walked out of the Shino Academy in an excited mood.

He still had to go on patrol.

As he walked out, he had already activated the Kirin Child ability.

Yes, this ability was actually an active skill. Whatever he did after activating Kirin Child, he would become a genius in that area.

He had thought it was a passive skill like Star Chaser that could break through limits.

Using Kirin Child even consumed Reiatsu, but this consumption was nothing compared to the talent it brought.

He had injected half of his Spiritual Power into Black Sun last night, and now, after activating the Kirin Child ability, he felt he had absorbed back the Spiritual Power he had consumed in a short period.

If this continued, wouldn't he easily become a Lieutenant, a Vice-Captain, a Captain?

Gaoyu was thrilled and decided to start cultivating diligently after his patrol mission ended.

When he arrived at Rukongai, he figured there was nothing much to do, so he simply sat down by the White Road Gate and chatted with Jidanbō.

Another day of slacking off.

By dusk, Gaoyu leisurely returned home.

Renji and the others were surprisingly still there tonight, and they even brought Toshiro!

"How are you feeling, Shiro-chan? Did you pass the entrance exam?"

Seeing Tōshirō and Hinamori standing together, Gaoyu greeted them.

"It's truly incredible, Tōshirō tested an astonishing Sixth Level Spiritual Pressure during the entrance exam, simply unbelievable!"

The one speaking was Kira. He had always thought of himself as a genius, but now he truly felt that there was always someone better.

"The last person to have Sixth Level Spiritual Pressure upon entering was Vice-Captain Shiba of the Thirteenth Division, but Vice-Captain Shiba comes from a prestigious family, one of the Five Noble Clans of Soul Society."

Renji couldn't help but add, "Just like the Kuchiki Clan, they are one of the noblest families in Soul Society!"

Noble descendants generally have higher Reiatsu, especially the Five Noble Clans, who are extremely likely to produce powerful individuals with immense Reiatsu.

That's why they were shocked, after all, Toshiro Hitsugaya was not from a noble family.

Gaoyu chuckled and said, "This is very normal. I said before that Tōshirō's talent is very strong. However, having Spiritual Power alone doesn't represent everything; you still need to diligently train in Zanpaku-tō, Kidō, Hakuda, Shunpo."

To put it simply, Spiritual Power represents internal energy, equivalent to energy.

Zanpaku-tō, Kidō, Hakuda, Shunpo represent martial arts and the basic usage of energy.

As for the Zanpakuto, it's equivalent to a top-tier martial art and a power amplifier, a method to enhance energy and maximize its output.

Having strong internal energy is certainly good, but it's useless if you don't know how to use it.

Sometimes, exquisite techniques can compensate for a gap in internal energy, unless the gap is ridiculously large.

So when Aizen said, 'A Shinigami's battle is a battle of Reiatsu,' it was only because his own Reiatsu far surpassed that of other Shinigami.

Since Gaoyu couldn't teach them how to train Spiritual Power, he could only teach them some basic Zanpaku-tō, Kidō, Hakuda, Shunpo.

"My lessons will end tonight. From now on, I'm going to be very busy."

Gaoyu said to the four of them:

"From now on, you must study hard at the Shino Academy and strive to become Lieutenants as soon as you graduate. Don't be like me, still just a regular Shinigami even now."

"Senior Gaoyu, are you really just a regular Shinigami?"

Kira couldn't help but ask, "How come I feel like you're even more powerful than the teachers I've met?"