No matter what, Kyoya had stepped into the ranks of 1st-Class Reiryoku.
Coupled with his own physique, bloodline, swordsmanship, etc., Kyoya didn't think he would lose.
The situation with Yamamoto was still debatable.
But as for Aizen, Kyoya was now one hundred percent confident he could defeat him.
After all, his Observation Haki was unaffected by Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu.
And his strength, physique, speed, swordsmanship, and defense were all above Aizen's.
Saying he could easily crush Aizen at this stage might be arrogant.
But defeating Aizen wasn't difficult for Kyoya.
'This time, I'll need about half a year to recover.'
Feeling the fatigue in his soul, Kyoya calculated in his heart.
Training results allowed Kyoya to gain the fruits of wholehearted, uninterrupted training in an instant.
But simultaneously, these training memories would also integrate into Kyoya's soul.
Even though Kyoya was a training fanatic, under the memory of over a decade of high-intensity training without rest, his soul would feel fatigued.
If he couldn't properly alleviate this soul fatigue and forced himself to continue opening accomplishment rewards, Kyoya might later develop psychological and physical aversion to training.
By then, forget about improving his strength, maintaining his current strength would be difficult.
More importantly, strength in the One Piece World was clearly related to 'Ambition'.
Appropriate pressure could allow Kyoya's ambition to rise after recovery.
But if Kyoya himself was crushed, his ambition would suffer greatly, severely enough that he might even be unable to use Haki.
For example, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile and Gecko Moria, after failing to challenge the [Four Emperors], lost their spirit, their Haki's proficiency reset to zero, and were eventually defeated by Luffy and the others who had just set sail.
Although, up to now, Kyoya hadn't used the power of Haki in battle-
It was undeniable that Haki was also a powerful force for Kyoya, not inferior in the slightest to his Reiatsu.
Moreover, after Kyoya comprehended the essence of 'Light', Haki, which could fuse with his Zanpakuto's ability and Reiatsu, became the power that allowed Kyoya to break the limits of the Bleach World.
Although most of Kyoya's current abilities came from the One Piece Achievement System, he wasn't sure if losing his spirit would weaken his Haki or make him lose it entirely.
But how could Kyoya risk losing his Haki just for a bit of strength?
Even just a reduction in Haki intensity was unacceptable to Kyoya.
"Half a year..."
"Hmm, if I remember correctly, the Shiba Family is also in the Rukongai now..."
"Let me ask if they still have a Senkaimon."
"If they do, I'll take this opportunity to go to Hueco Mundo and complete the [Bounty Hunter Path] achievement reward."
"If the Shiba Family doesn't have a Senkaimon, I'm afraid I'll have to find a way through Byakuya."
Byakuya was only Kyoya's backup plan.
When leaving the Seireitei, Byakuya didn't make a move against Kyoya.
But Kyoya had attacked Ginrei.
Although it didn't cause much physical harm to Ginrei, the corresponding psychological damage was not light.
It was only because Ginrei had already retired, and Byakuya had taken up the responsibilities of the Kuchiki Clan and the 6th Division.
Otherwise, Ginrei felt he might have become a joke in the Gotei 13, with no face left to lead the Kuchiki Clan and the 6th Division to the peak.
"Then, let's make a trip!"
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In the Soul Society, time was the most valuable thing.
Similarly, time was also the thing people paid the least attention to.
Only people of this era knew how much the Rukongai had changed over these twenty years.
The once dilapidated wooden houses had become red brick and white tile buildings, the roads were paved with smooth stone slabs. People's living standards were simply not on the same level as twenty years ago.
The Revolutionary Army had, to some extent, achieved the goal Kyoya had stated back then: to give the people of the Rukongai an additional choice.
"Hey, Renji, where are you planning to go?"
"The Seireitei or Baltigo?"
By the roadside, a few seven or eight-year-old boys were chasing and playing with each other.
When they stopped to rest, one of the older ones asked the red-haired boy.
If Kyoya saw these children, he would probably immediately recognize the red-haired boy as Abarai Renji!
Although Rukongai had changed greatly over twenty years due to the efforts of Kyoya's Revolutionary Army, the problem of orphans was still inevitable.
After all, not everyone could be accepted, and not everyone was willing to adopt children to form families.
Kyoya and the Revolutionary Army couldn't force adults to adopt children either.
However, the Revolutionary Army had established orphanages in every district.
Whenever children appeared in the Rukongai without families, the Revolutionary Army would first take them to the orphanage, raise them, teach them reading, writing, and some survival skills.
Only after they turned sixteen and gained the ability to live independently would they leave the orphanage.
Although similarly parentless, the lives of Renji and the others were infinitely better than their original existence, which required stealing and scrounging just to survive.
Baltigo was the city created by the Revolutionary Army in the Rukongai's Kusajishi District and also the Headquarters of the Revolutionary Army.
Along with the Seireitei, it was one of the most admired places in the Soul Society's Rukongai.
However, in everyone's minds, the status of the Seireitei was still higher.
Because, besides the Shin'o Academy's annual student recruitment, people from the Rukongai couldn't enter the Seireitei at other times.
But Baltigo was open for sightseeing whenever you had free time.
If you had the ability, you could even rent a house and settle in Baltigo directly.
Of course, generally, people without Reiatsu could only stay in Baltigo for a maximum of one year before being advised to leave.
This wasn't the Revolutionary Army discriminating against those without Reiatsu.
It was because ordinary souls were very fragile. Staying near people with strong Reiatsu for long periods would oppress their own souls, causing them to weaken.
Without restrictions, within three years at most, ordinary people would die due to soul exhaustion.
People in the Human World were different.
Because they had the protection of their bodies, even if their souls weakened, they would be nourished by their bodies.
Staying near people with strong Reiatsu for long periods made them more likely to develop Reiatsu compared to ordinary people.
The fact that Inoue Orihime, Asano Keigo, Kojima Mizuiro, and Arisawa Tatsuki later developed Reiatsu was largely related to their prolonged proximity to Ichigo, in addition to the influence of the Hogyoku within Rukia.
Seireitei needed no explanation, as entering the Shin'o Academy meant aiming to become a Shinigami.
As for Baltigo, graduates from the Revolutionary Army Academy were not Shinigami.
Because the Revolutionary Army did not have [Asauchi], they couldn't bestow Zanpakuto upon graduating students.
In this regard, the Shinigami of the Seireitei had an advantage over members of the Revolutionary Army.
At least, seated officers who had completed the first stage of Zanpakuto release training were stronger in terms of Reiatsu and Zanpakuto's Abilities than students of the Revolutionary Army.
Of course, the Revolutionary Army wasn't without its own advantages.
The Revolutionary Army Academy primarily taught physical combats and swordsmanship.
Among these, swordsmanship needed no explanation. As the World's Greatest Swordsman, Kyoya had fully integrated the swordsmanship of the One Piece and Bleach Worlds, advancing his own swordsmanship further.
He temporarily defined this realm as [Supreme Swordsmaster].
The swordsmanship techniques reorganized by Kyoya were yet another level above what they were during his time in the Seireitei.
Additionally, in physical combat, Kyoya didn't hold back, directly passing down the Rokushiki.
Soru, Geppo, Rankyaku, Shigan, Kami-e, Tekkai!
These six physical techniques covered all aspects of combat, greatly enriching the combat methods of Revolutionary Army's soldiers.
Those who mastered all six techniques had strength sufficient to serve as [Cadres] in the Revolutionary Army, comparable to the seated officers of the Gotei 13.
As for Kido, the person in the entire Revolutionary Army who knew the most Kido wasn't the leader, Kyoya, but rather the Chief of Staff, Kuchiki Koga.
But even Kuchiki Koga only knew about forty or fifty Kido.
Many were advanced Kido that students in the Revolutionary Army Academy might never learn in their lifetime.
Therefore, the Kido mastered by soldiers in the Revolutionary Army were only the most common Hado and Bakudo.
As for Kaido, although Kyoya wasn't as skilled as Unohana, he wasn't weaker than Kotetsu Isane.
And Isane became the Captain of the 4th Division even before Rukia during the Thousand-Year Blood War after Unohana's death.
This shows Isane's proficiency in Kaido.
Relatively speaking, Kyoya's Kaido was also sufficient for him to hold the position of 4th Division's Captain.
However, even though Kyoya spent more effort teaching Kaido, few in the Revolutionary Army achieved much in it.
"I want to go to the Seireitei!"
Renji didn't hesitate at all: "Either don't learn, but since I'm entering an academy to study, I naturally choose the strongest academy."
"Shinigami graduating from the Shin'o Academy can obtain a Zanpakuto."
"Only Shinigami with Zanpakuto can become the strongest Shinigami!"
Hearing Renji say this, his other little friends also nodded.
"Indeed, I heard the high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Army are also powerful Shinigami with their own Zanpakuto."
"But, Renji, do you think you can pass the Shin'o Academy's graduation exam?"
Regarding the Revolutionary Army's own shortcomings, Kyoya and the others didn't hide them from the people of the Rukongai.
There was no point.
However, since the goal was to give everyone in the Rukongai a new choice, Kyoya naturally made clear the advantages and disadvantages of both the Revolutionary Army and the Seireitei.
Baltigo Academy's graduates did not receive Zanpakuto.
The benefit was that regardless of whether they passed the graduation exam, students had the right to choose whether to join the Revolutionary Army.
The Revolutionary Army wasn't just combat units, it also had a management system.
Those with insufficient strength but other outstanding performances would naturally be placed where they could excel.
As for the Seireitei's side, graduating and joining the Gotei 13 indeed granted a Zanpakuto.
But simultaneously, those who failed to pass the graduation exam within the set time would ultimately be sent to the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force to fight Hollows.
Barring any surprises, they would spend their entire lives in Hueco Mundo.
It wasn't that the Seireitei didn't allow Shinigami of the Expeditionary Force to return, it was that many didn't live long enough to retire.
After all, what could you expect from a group of people who couldn't even pass the graduation exam in terms of purifying Hollows in Hueco Mundo?
Their greatest use was probably merely as 'pawns' for the Seireitei to balance the Reishi between the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.
Under these circumstances, most people from the Rukongai would choose to study at Baltigo Academy.
Naturally, those who considered themselves 'geniuses' would still choose the Shin'o Academy.
Kyoya had no dissatisfaction with this.
He built Baltigo simply to give the people of the Rukongai a new choice.
Whether they chose the Revolutionary Army or the Seireitei, they would ultimately bear the consequences of their choice.
"Isn't that obvious?"
Hearing his friends' question, Renji grinned and extended his right hand.
"Haaah-"
With Renji's shout, a Reishi Orb the size of a ping-pong ball appeared above his palm.
Seeing this, Renji's friends immediately showed expressions of envy.
Being able to condense a Reishi Orb meant Renji truly had Reiatsu and could indeed pass the Shin'o Academy's entrance exam.
"As expected of Renji, amazing..."
"Hehe, sister, that person is so funny."
Just as Renji was basking in his friends' envious and jealous gazes, a little girl's voice reached his ears.
Immediately, Renji turned to look and saw two girls who looked almost identical except for their height laughing at him not far away.
The younger girl was shorter than him, while the older one was quite a bit taller.
"Rukia, you mustn't do that."
The older girl gently patted the younger one's head, then turned back to Renji and the others with a smile, "Sorry, little guys."
"My sister is quite mischievous and doesn't know better. I'll scold her later, please don't take it to heart."
"No, not at all..."
The group of children immediately waved their hands, indicating it was nothing.
As orphans, although they had the security of survival in the Revolutionary Army's orphanage, some children from families outside still viewed them as 'wild children without parents'.