Star; Return to the Division

'Star: After using it, you'll be more noticeable and leave a deeper impression on others.'

"!"

Gaoyu and Rukia passed each other by. Gaoyu continued walking forward as if nothing had happened, but inwardly, a storm was raging.

Star!

I must have this ability!

This ability might seem insignificant, but no other ability is more perfect for Gaoyu than this one!

Leaving a deeper impression on others, doesn't that mean it'll be easier to gain their favor?

For someone who gains abilities by increasing others' favorability, is there any more powerful ability than making it easier to gain favorability?

Impossible!

Rukia actually has such an ability...

Its name is 'Star'. Gaoyu could understand that, after all, Renji's Soul Ability is 'Star Chaser', so Rukia must be the star that Renji chases.

But the ability of 'Star' still surprised Gaoyu greatly. However, upon closer thought, Rukia indeed possesses such a trait.

It's just that, although he wanted to try and gain Rukia's Soul Ability, now is not the time.

Once Rukia joins the Gotei 13, he'll have plenty of time to gain her favor.

Gaoyu continued on his way to the Tsunayashiro Clan. As he reached the entrance, a servant was waiting for him.

Gaoyu didn't say much, simply handing the collected information to the servant.

The servant took the information from Gaoyu and said softly, "Vice-Captain Gaoyu, this is the reward for this mission."

Gaoyu raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected any reward for this task?

Yosh, yosh, very good, very good.

Gaoyu couldn't help but chuckle and took a bag of Soul Coins from the servant.

"Please thank the people of the main family for me. If there are any more missions like this, you can come find me again."

Gaoyu was in a good mood. Not only did he have fun in the human world for over a month, but he also gained a Soul Ability from Soken Ishida. Now, he was returning with a substantial reward.

They say the Tsunayashiro Clan are scoundrels, but it seems they're quite sensible now.

Although he had spent half a day doing their work and couldn't even meet any of their family members, which felt a bit like being looked down upon, Gaoyu wasn't someone who cared about such things.

Especially since the servants of the Tsunayashiro Clan were very polite. Yes, the members of the Tsunayashiro Clan were arrogant and perverted, but their servants were very humble. After all, at the Tsunayashiro Clan, servants had to be polite.

Gaoyu was quite happy that he didn't have to interact with the main family of the Tsunayashiro Clan.

He left with the money. After walking about a hundred meters, Gaoyu counted. The reward this time was a full three million!

Holy crap, three million!

As expected of the chief of one of the Five Noble Clans, their generosity is immense.

You know, when a Captain first takes office, their monthly salary is only two million.

Of course, Captains' salaries increase with seniority. Someone like Unohana, a Captain for a thousand years, her salary must be astronomically high!

No wonder Suìfēng wanted Unohana to die when he took office. Perhaps the Soul Society's finances were so tight back then that they had to let the veteran employees die.

Heh heh...

Gaoyu chuckled inwardly and happily returned home.

He didn't go back to the Fifth Division, thinking he'd wait another three days.

He'd pretend he was still in the human world and hadn't returned yet, resting a few more days in the Soul Society before going back to work.

During these three days, he planned to practice his Quincy training.

For the next three days, he didn't leave his home.

After activating the abilities 'Quincy Inheritor' and 'Kirin Child', he spent three days successfully cultivating 'Quincy Power'.

The biggest difference between Quincy and Shinigami is that Shinigami absorb Spiritual Particles into their souls to strengthen their souls and increase their soul's resilience, thereby enhancing their combat power.

Even Zanpakuto are wielded by utilizing the Spiritual Power within the soul.

Quincy, however, are different. Although Quincy also have Spiritual Power, their primary combat method is to manipulate external Spiritual Particles to form Spirit Particle Weapons for battle.

Now that Gaoyu had gained Quincy abilities through his powers, even after only three days of training, he had initially mastered the manipulation of external Spiritual Particles.

He could now condense a beginner-level Spirit Particle Weapon. With this, no one would doubt him if he claimed to be a Quincy.

Gaoyu only left his home after the 'Quincy Inheritor' ability went into cooldown.

He had permanently acquired the 'Kirin Child' ability, and he could use it again after waiting one day. However, the 'Quincy Inheritor' was not yet ready.

After stepping out of his home, Gaoyu returned to the Fifth Division.

"Captain Aizen, I'm back."

In the Fifth Division's office, Gaoyu greeted Aizen with a smile.

Aizen, who was processing documents, didn't even look up. He simply reached out and pushed a file beside him.

Gaoyu was confused. Aizen then said, "This is the official business you haven't handled in the past month. Go take care of it first."

"No way, Captain Aizen." Gaoyu's face immediately fell. He said with a mournful expression, "I was out on a mission! Do I still have to be responsible for the squad's affairs during that time?"

"You were out on a mission, who can prove it?"

"With these lips, we can't go back on our word," Gaoyu insisted.

"There's no record in the squad," Aizen finally looked up and said with a faint smile.

"..." Gaoyu fell silent.

"Fine, the higher-ups always win," Gaoyu sighed.

He took these files and was about to return to his office.

At this moment, Aizen spoke again, "Did you make contact with Kisuke Urahara?"

Gaoyu stopped and said somewhat irritably, "If you already know, why are you asking?"

"Some things, of course, must be said by you directly."

"Yes, I met him," Gaoyu replied. "But I didn't say anything to him. I just asked him for a Gigai to make my movements easier. Sigh, I forgot to bring my Gigai when I went out. My mistake, my mistake."

"I see. Next time you go to the Human World, I will prepare a Gigai for you, Gaoyu-kun," Aizen adjusted his glasses.

That's it?

Seeing that Aizen seemed to have nothing else to say, Gaoyu quickly left with the files.

Being around Aizen right now was still quite stressful.

He placed the files in his office and didn't rush to handle them. Instead, he first greeted the people in the squad.

After boosting their favorability, he sat in his office and broke out in a sweat looking at the incomprehensible files.

Heaven knows, he was just a regular squad member before, at most he was a Ninth Seat for a while. When had he ever handled so much official business for an entire division and its jurisdiction?

He didn't understand much of this!

Oh well, take it one step at a time.

Gaoyu looked at the text on the files with a dead heart, and then, just as work ended, he rushed out of the Fifth Division.