A Person of Influence

For the countless civilians of Soul Society, Seireitei's troubled times finally seemed to have passed. The war that had raged for centuries, the endless flames of battle and slaughter, had at last vanished completely with that night of ice and fire.

With the war's end, Seireitei also began opening its mysterious gates to the Rukon District residents who had once been treated as lowly—

So long as they possessed a talent for spiritual power, they had a chance to enter the Spirit Arts Academy, and might even be able to remain in Seireitei to work and live afterward. The lucky ones could even become Soul Reapers directly.

Those without much talent for spiritual power could choose to become laborers in Seireitei, repairing the damage wrought by the great war...