Ghost Path Talent Test! (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

"Level Six!?"

"My god, is that red-haired brat really that strong!?"

"You still dare to call him a red-haired brat? Aren't you afraid he'll take revenge on you?"

"With this talent, as long as nothing goes wrong, he's a shoo-in for lieutenant in the future, maybe even captain."

"I remember the current 13th Division Lieutenant, Kaien Shiba; he also tested at Level Six spiritual pressure during his entrance exam. He's a recognized genius."

"You really can't envy talent like that."

"Shouldn't the truly impressive one be Gilgamesh? No matter how strong their talent is, aren't they just his lackeys?"

"True, the real powerhouse is Gilgamesh, to think he could actually discover their potential."

"There must be spiritual pressure detection tools among the Four Great Noble Clans. It's not strange that he could find it; you can only say he was born well, with deep foundations, winning at the starting line."

Renji Abarai couldn't believe his spiritual pressure had reached Level Six. Ignoring the gasps and whispers of the crowd around him, he walked straight up to Gilgamesh, his face full of anticipation and excitement.

He looked exactly like a child who had scored perfectly on an exam, returning home to seek praise from his parents.

Seeing this, Gilgamesh smiled slightly and offered his praise without hesitation: "Renji, your talent is excellent."

As he spoke, Gilgamesh looked toward Rukia, who was standing to the side with a similarly expectant expression, and added: "Rukia, the same goes for you. You two are truly worthy of being my right and left hands."

Having received Gilgamesh's approval, Renji Abarai and Rukia felt as sweet as if they had tasted honey, their faces beaming with satisfied smiles.

At the same time, they felt a sense of pride that Gilgamesh recognized them as his right and left hands.

The spiritual pressure testing continued.

Elsewhere, in the Seireitei, at the 10th Division barracks.

The current 10th Division Captain, Isshin Shiba, sat at his desk, reluctantly processing a mountain of paperwork and sighing from time to time.

Beside him, the current 10th Division Lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, stood with her arms crossed, her eyes fixed firmly on Isshin Shiba.

Every time Isshin Shiba sighed, Rangiku Matsumoto would urge him: "Captain, don't stop. You still have five stacks of paperwork to finish."

She knew her captain too well; the moment he found an opportunity, he would slack off and dump his work onto her.

Having finally caught him this time, she was determined to make Isshin Shiba finish all his overdue paperwork.

Isshin Shiba looked at those two mountain-like stacks of pending files, feeling like he wanted to die, wishing he could howl at the sky.

Suddenly, a terrifying burst of spiritual pressure flashed and vanished.

Rangiku Matsumoto felt this pressure, her pupils shrinking sharply as she muttered: "Captain-level spiritual pressure? Which captain released that?"

As she spoke, Rangiku Matsumoto's gaze drifted involuntarily toward Isshin Shiba.

At that look, a flash of anger appeared on Rangiku Matsumoto's face.

Because Isshin Shiba's figure had already vanished without a trace, and his flippant voice reached her ears right on cue: "Rangiku-chan, I'm going to check out the situation. You're just the lieutenant, so don't come along; it's too dangerous. Stay here and help me finish the paperwork."

"Ahhh, Captain Shiba, you are the worst!!!"

Rangiku Matsumoto was truly losing her mind, her voluptuous frame trembling with frustration.

Elsewhere, at the 13th Division barracks.

The current 13th Division Captain, Jushiro Ukitake, took a sip of tea and said apologetically: "Kaien, I'm sorry. I've troubled you with the division's affairs again these past few days."

The current 13th Division Lieutenant, Kaien Shiba, also took a sip of tea and waved his hand gently: "Captain Ukitake, if you brought me here just to say that, there's no need. This is all part of my duty."

With that, Kaien Shiba stood up: "If there's nothing else, I'll be going."

Jushiro Ukitake opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But before Jushiro Ukitake could speak, he felt a terrifying burst of spiritual pressure from Yoruichi Shihouin that flashed and vanished.

The expressions of Kaien Shiba and Jushiro Ukitake shifted in unison as they looked toward the source of the spiritual pressure.

Jushiro Ukitake couldn't help but remark: "That is... the Shin'o Academy?"

As he spoke, Jushiro Ukitake frowned involuntarily and continued: "I recall today is the entrance exam for the Shin'o Academy. Could this spiritual pressure belong to one of the examinees?"

"That shouldn't be possible. Although this pressure only lasted for an instant, it clearly reached the level of a captain."

Immediately, Jushiro Ukitake seemed to think of something and muttered to himself: "Could it be a descendant of the Four Great Noble Clans?"

"They possess extraordinary spiritual pressure from birth; if it were one of their descendants, it might be possible."

"But I haven't heard of any descendants of the Four Great Noble Clans attending this year's Shin'o Academy entrance exam?"

Kaien Shiba spoke up: "Guessing blindly won't help. The Shin'o Academy isn't far from us; I'll go take a look."

As he spoke, Kaien Shiba had already utilized Shunpo, rushing rapidly toward the Shin'o Academy.

Jushiro Ukitake actually wanted to follow, but his illness had worsened recently, forcing him to stay bedridden. Although he felt a bit better today, he was still in rough shape.

Thus, Jushiro Ukitake could only watch Kaien Shiba depart, coughing a few times as he did so.

Meanwhile, because of that fleeting captain-level spiritual pressure, the Seireitei was stirred into motion.

Those divisions further away from the Shin'o Academy, while they hadn't sensed the fleeting pressure, soon received reports from their members at the exam site.

The message indicated, "A candidate with a suspected captain-level reiatsu has appeared."

In the Seireitei, anything involving a captain was a major event, and soon, every division began to mobilize.

At the Shinigami Academy, the site of the Kido aptitude test.

The reiatsu test had already concluded, and the second round, the Kido aptitude test, was now underway.

Zanjutsu, Hohō, Hakuda, and Kido were the four essential skills every Bleach had to master, so their aptitudes were naturally tested.

The Hakuda aptitude test was actually already covered within the swordsmanship aptitude test.

As for the Hohō aptitude test, it did not exist.

Because the physical requirements and technical skill needed for Hohō were too difficult for candidates; even many ordinary Bleach who had already graduated had only mastered the basics of it.

The Kido aptitude test currently taking place was, in essence, a test of one's ability to control their own spiritual power.

Specifically, it required candidates to project their spiritual power outward and condense it into a certain shape according to the instructions.

There were various difficulty levels for the shapes, and candidates could choose the one that best suited their own capabilities.

Unlike the reiatsu test, which only allowed for a single attempt, the Kido aptitude test granted three chances, with the best result being recorded.

After the chief examiner finished explaining the details of the Kido aptitude test, he was about to announce the start of the examination.

But just then, someone let out an exclamation of shock.

"Good heavens, that's a lieutenant's armband!"

"A lieutenant is here! A lieutenant from the Thirteen Court Guard Squads has arrived!"

"I know him; he's the recognized genius of the Seireitei, the lieutenant of the 13th Division—Kaien Shiba!!!"