"Hadō #1: Thrust!" The black-haired youth gave a low shout, firing a small shockwave from his fingertips. As expected, it struck the target and knocked it down by the narrowest margin. The several examiners nearby all had dark expressions.
Sure enough... this guy had once again aimed right for the passing line, and he had even used the lowest-level Hadō... A sense of helplessness rose in the examiners' hearts.
Good... I was just a little above the passing score. Sure enough, adapting to the powers of this plane is pretty difficult. I'll have to practice more in the future. If this keeps up, I won't be able to muddle through the next Kidō exam... Uchiha Shin thought to himself.
"Shinji, that guy really only barely passed again." Love, the uncle with the bizarre hairstyle, turned to Hirako Shinji and said.
"I guessed as much. Don't expect that lazy, unambitious guy to get a high score, Love. Don't sweat it. More importantly, hasn't Shin awakened his Zanpakuto yet? That's what I'm really concerned about." As Hirako Shinji spoke, Uchiha Shin finished his exam, noticed Shinji and the others, and used Shunpo to appear before them.
"Yo, Captain Shinji. What a coincidence, running into you here—shouldn't you be working right now? Why aren't you at the Fifth Division barracks? What are you doing here?" Uchiha Shin asked listlessly. "Uncle Love, you're here too. What a coincidence."
He had been in this world for quite some time, yet Shin had never expected that a world he chose at random would turn out to be one from a manga he knew well. Just how small were the odds of that? They had to be close to zero.
Of course, Shin had not deliberately dwelled on it. Since he was here, he might as well