Shin'ō Academy, the principal's office.
Principal Kamiya Takuya warmly poured Uchiha Yoru a cup of tea, working hard to maintain a kindly smile.
Facing this monstrous student with Second-Class Spiritual Might and a destined extraordinary future, even he, the principal, felt considerable pressure.
Yoru calmly accepted the teacup without drinking from it, merely setting it aside.
Just as some pretentious bastard had once said: a Death God's battle was a battle of Reiatsu.
Vice Captain-level Death Gods generally possessed Fifth-Class Spiritual Might.
Captain-level Death Gods generally possessed Third-Class Spiritual Might.
Uchiha Yoru's Second-Class Spiritual Might naturally made him stronger than the vast majority of Death Gods in Soul Society.
Reiatsu was the foundation of all combat. When the gap in strength was too great, skill and tactics became meaningless.
So even though the principal had never seen Uchiha Yoru fight, he was extremely confident that Yoru would eventually become a captain of the Seireitei's Gotei 13.
They did not have to wait long.
There was a light knock on the office door before it was pushed open.
A middle-aged Death God entered, dressed in a black shihakushō beneath a white haori bearing the First Division emblem. His hair was immaculately combed, and he wore two neat little mustaches.
His expression was stern, his gaze sharp. A Zanpakutō hung at his waist, and his steps were steady and rhythmic.
He was Chōjirō Sasakibe, Vice Captain of the Gotei 13's First Division.
Though he was merely a Vice Captain, Chōjirō Sasakibe's true strength surpassed that of many captains.
After all, the horizontal stroke of the cross-shaped scar on Yamamoto's forehead had been left behind by Chōjirō Sasakibe's Bankai.
"Principal Kamiya."
Chōjirō Sasakibe gave the principal a slight nod, his manners impeccable.
Although Kamiya Takuya had once been his subordinate, he had now