National Unified Exams

A year has passed since the destruction of London, and no one has dared to relax their vigilance during this time, remaining highly wary of the Wandenreich.

But what's amazing is that within that year, the Quincy army seemed to have vanished, leaving no trace of them in the Three Worlds.

After Kyōraku led his team to visit the West Bureau, the technology tree of the Seireitei blossomed like a flower.

At the very least, all the wooden houses in the Rukongai Seireitei swept clean. Seireitei has a unified plan, starting with three-story buildings.

Even the most ordinary Bleach patrols no longer rely on walking; instead, they have all switched to motorcycles as their vehicles. With the introduction of Western information and communication systems, the Seireitei no longer needs to use Kido to send messages over long distances.

Urahara also adopted London's system of using telephone booths to transport people into Soul Society, but instead of telephone booths, he used vending machines that are ubiquitous in Japan.

The biggest change in Seireitei was to the Squad 12. The entire Research and Development Bureau was moved out of Seireitei, and a large area of land was fenced off in Rukongai next to Seireitei to serve as the new address for the Research and Development Bureau.

Furthermore, Kyōraku reorganized the Technology Development Bureau into the Technology Development Agency, which was divided into the East Agency and the West Agency based on their location. The East Agency was overseen by Urahara Kisuke, who mainly promoted the research of various modern gadgets in Soul Society. The West Agency, on the other hand, belonged to the Squad 12 and was still managed by Kurotsuchi Mayuri, whose research authority was much greater than that of Urahara Kisuke.

The two sides still compete in technological creations within Soul Society, which is one of Kurotsuchi Mayuri's few sources of joy.

In order to defeat Urahara Kisuke time and time again, Kurotsuchi Mayuri shouted the slogan, "What the East Hall dares not do, the West Hall will do; what the East Hall dares not research, the West Hall will research."

However, because the technological creations produced by the West Hall, where Kurotsuchi Mayuri resides, have an overly strong Kurotsuchi Mayuri style, the West Hall always lags behind the East Hall in commercial competition.

The trains along the West Bureau were connected six months ago. Currently, the West Bureau is the main operator because only their dragons can perform routine operations. Hueco Mundo needs to cultivate docile Hollows, which will take some time.

Returning our focus to Karakura Town, since Yhwach hasn't caused any trouble, Tsuna has resumed his normal school routine, only now he has an additional identity: the guardian stationed in Karakura Town.

"Good morning, Tsuna, Tatsuki! How's your preparation going?" At the street corner, Tsuna ran into Ichigo and Orihime, who were on their way to school together. Ichigo quickly climbed up and put his arm around Tsuna's shoulder, saying, "Be careful not to fail the exam! I can't wait to see Tatsuki beat you up!"

Tsuna retorted with Ichigo elbow, "You know, the university you want to go to has pretty high admission scores."

"Don't worry, Orihime and I have been attending Orihime schools diligently!" Ichigo said, patting his chest. In Japan, the knowledge taught in high school is not enough to get into a good university; extracurricular tutoring is necessary to get into one's ideal school.

"On the contrary, you've never been to a cram school before. Are you really okay?" Ichigo's voice still carried a hint of worry. He didn't want to see Tsuna be the only one among Little Ichi childhood friends who failed the exam.

"Don't worry, there's no problem." Tsuna was very calm. As someone who had fought his way up in battles against millions of people, he easily passed the small unified exam.

Today is the day Tsuna take the national unified exams in Japan. After the exams, they will attend the graduation ceremony, which means they are officially saying goodbye to high school life.

Although he said he was calm, the worry between Tsuna didn't ease at all. Something was wrong. Why was the Wandenreich so quiet when their high school life was about to end?

If Tsuna remembers correctly, Yhwach launched his attack on Soul Society sometime during Tsuna and his classmates' senior year of high school, and completed the final nine-day prophecy of the Saint Emperor's Song.

When Tsuna realized something was wrong, he even went to Soul Society to find Bazz-B. According to Bazz-B's retelling of the Saint Emperor's Song, Yhwach should have reclaimed the world in the middle of their last semester.

What exactly is Yhwach doing?

Tsuna isn't naive enough to believe that Yhwach died somewhere in the world; he must be waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to seize the world.

But with the unified exams just around the corner, Tsuna couldn't think about that much; he had to finish this exam first.

At school, after meeting up with Uryū and Chad, the six of them went to a corner of the school to share bread Orihime for breakfast before the exams started.

"Speaking of which, Yhwach isn't going to attack Soul Society today, is he?" Ichigo asked, a bite of bread in his mouth. "So, should we continue with our exams, or hand in our papers and go help?"

"If that really happens, you guys continue with the exam, I'll go support Soul Society," Tsuna said decisively. "Academic qualifications don't mean much to me. If you really care, you can come back next year."

"If that's the case, then among us, only Uryū and Ichigo really have requirements regarding academic qualifications, right? One's a doctor, and the other's a translator," Tatsuki chimed in.

"Hey, didn't we agree to go to university together?" Ichigo displeased expression.

"We took the college entrance exam together. Except for you and Uryū, who chose the more demanding universities, the rest of us just wanted to experience college life. Chad wants to be a boxer, Tsuna and I already have income, Orihime is capable enough to manage a bakery." Tatsuki said, pressing down one finger after another.

Tsuna and his friends have different target universities. Ichigo and Uryū are aiming for academic degrees and are applying to top universities in their respective majors.

Tsuna and his three friends, on the other hand, were aiming to enjoy university life, taking into account factors such as the university environment, the cafeteria, and the club atmosphere.

"Damn it! I can't talk to guys like you who get paid in advance." Ichigo his arms and snorted.

"Then just ignore Orihime. Quite a few female students at school buy their homemade bread from her."

Tatsuki's words completely shut Ichigo down. Ichigo looked pitifully at Orihime, only to be met with a playful smile from Orihime, sticking out her tongue.

Tatsuki sighed helplessly, "How thick-skinned are you to not even notice that Orihime's baking quantity is completely abnormal?"

Orihime Inoue is very talented in baking. Before she even graduated, she was already quite famous in the school circle. Thanks to Ichigo's fierce face that he often glares at people, only girls dare to buy bread from Orihime.

The bell rang, signaling the start of the exam. Tsuna stood up and said, "Let's go, time to enter the exam room."

Snap!

The loud slap brought a searing pain. Tsuna didn't even need to turn around to know who had hit him, because Ichigo triumphant smile and a victory pose.

"Don't think about bearing everything alone. When Yhwach attacks, we'll go together! It's just a year, right? We can wait that long!" Ichigo's feigned seriousness made it hard to be moved.

However, before Tsuna could even process his emotions, he felt pats of varying pressure on his back. Like Ichigo, everyone wore confident and determined smiles.

Tatsuki took Tsuna's hand and pulled him along, saying, "Don't even think about leaving us like this. We promised to go to university together."

Encouraged by his friends, Tsuna shook off his previous gloom, entered the examination room, and quickly filled in the answers on the test paper. Time passed slowly, and everything was normal as usual until the afternoon exam.

Less than ten minutes into the exam, a strange feeling welled up from the depths of my heart—a reaction from my Hyper Intuition. Something was about to happen.

Yhwach about to attack Soul Society? Why did he choose this time so coincidentally?

Tsuna looked up at the clock on the wall. There was still a long time before the exam was over, and there were still many blanks on his test paper that he hadn't filled in.

Tsuna suddenly realized that Yhwach had deliberately chosen this time, as Tsuna were taking their standardized tests, thus delaying their progress slightly.

Yhwach probably thought that by the time Tsuna finished their exams and arrived in Soul Society, everything would be settled.

A cold smile appeared on Tsuna's face. If that was the case, Yhwach really underestimated them. Compared to the crisis of the world's survival, what was a mere exam?

Just as Tsuna was about to get up, it was as if the world had lost some of its color. Everything around him seemed to be covered by a gray filter, becoming dull and gray.

This feeling was not normal. Soon after, Tsuna noticed a large mass of spiritual pressure in Karakura Town, containing many powerful individuals, and even some of their spiritual pressure was very familiar to him.

The Quincy army? They're attacking the Soul Society World of the Living? Then is this strange spiritual pressure shrouding Karakura Town the Quincy's Shadow Domain?

With nothing more to think about, Tsuna immediately stood up.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi! It's not time to hand in your paper yet, what are you doing standing up!"

Because this was a national exam, the invigilator's tone was extremely stern, as if he were about to record Tsuna's exam misconduct at any moment.

"I'm sorry, teacher, but I must announce that this exam is suspended!"

"You..."

Before the proctor could say anything, Tsuna snapped his fingers, then everything went black, and he lost consciousness and collapsed onto the podium.

The same thing happened in every corner of Karakura Town. The moment Tsuna snapped his fingers, he released his spiritual pressure, and everyone who couldn't resist the impact of the spiritual pressure lost consciousness in that instant.

Tsuna stepped out of the classroom, his classmates from the other exam rooms ran towards him. In the rest of Karakura Town, only those who could withstand Tsuna's spiritual pressure would be able to stand.