"It seems everyone has quite a bit of fear about their future..."
Kyoya looked at the children before him, their eyes holding some fear, and narrowed his eyes.
"Then, here, you have another choice."
"Drop out!"
"As long as you leave Baltigo Academy, you won't have to suffer like this."
Hearing this, a few of the thirteen children seemed tempted.
If it were twenty years ago, given the situation in the Rukongai, any ordinary person who could enter Baltigo Academy would train themselves to death rather than drop out.
After all, they knew back then that only by mastering power could they survive in this world.
Indeed, the emergence of the Revolutionary Army had made Rukongai much better than before.
But during that period, the number of Revolutionary Army's soldiers was much smaller compared to the Shinigami of Seireitei.
Coupled with the fact that Revolutionary Army's soldiers were very spread out to cover the entire Rukongai within their protection zone-
If unlucky enough to encounter a Hollow that entered the Soul Society, being devoured by the Hollow before reinforcements arrived was not unheard of.
It's just that previously, when Shinigami from Seireitei acted, they would use some devices to make surrounding people forget the Hollow's appearance and rationalize the deaths, so although everyone in Rukongai knew Hollows often entered, they had never truly seen victims.
Even if the Shinigami of Gotei 13 were somewhat negligent, leaving a few ordinary people with their memories intact, how could the words of a minority shake the 'facts' accepted by the majority?
The Revolutionary Army was different.
On one hand, the members Kyoya brought out of the Seireitei were all from the 11th Division.
Asking them to fight? They would madly engage the enemy even outnumbered one to ten.
But ask them to do research...
Well, let's talk about who the next enemy is instead… no one better try to jump the gun!
After twenty years of effort by the Revolutionary Army, the number of soldiers joining had increased greatly.
The deployment of outposts had naturally become much denser.
Thus, even if a Hollow appeared in the Soul Society, it would be killed by nearby Revolutionary Army's soldiers in a short time.
Even if it descended in a village, those students who hadn't successfully graduated from Baltigo Academy, though not as strong as official soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, still possessed considerable strength.
In fact, some who continued training hard after leaving Baltigo Academy could even solo small Hollows.
Therefore, people in the current Rukongai naturally lacked the 'life-risking' mentality of their predecessors.
Under these circumstances, expecting these children to have strong perseverance was unrealistic.
Of course, not everyone was like this.
Every era has its own heroes.
For example, Renji!
At least, from Kyoya's observation, the look in Renji's eyes never wavered.
As for the others...
Well, after all, these dozen or so were people who could run themselves into unconsciousness.
Although they wavered somewhat in their hearts, ultimately, no one actually quit.
"Very good, it seems everyone is prepared."
"I'm very satisfied to see you all here."
"Since that's the case, let's call it a day here."
"Now, go find your dormitories and collect your daily necessities."
"Gather here tomorrow morning."
"At that time, I'll let you experience what 'hell' truly is!"
…
The next day, Kyoya nodded approvingly at the thirteen youths standing before him.
"As ordinary people without Reiryoku, the only way to become stronger is to train your bodies, temper your will, and specialize in combat techniques. Only then can you oppose Shinigami."
"Since you've chosen Baltigo Academy, I assume you're all here for the Rokushiki."
"But you should also know that Rokushiki isn't something just anyone can learn."
"Teacher, why is that?"
A student raised his hand and asked.
"Rokushiki belongs to 'superhuman' physical techniques. It is both a training method and a combat technique."
"Only when your physical strength reaches a certain level can you meet the minimum condition to use Rokushiki for body training."
"Otherwise, with your current physiques, attempting the Rokushiki would probably mean you couldn't even assume the stances."
"For example, the movement technique, Soru, requires instantly tapping the ground dozens of times with the toes in a moment, using the explosive force generated to rapidly dash forward."
"You can try it yourselves. Right now, how many times can you tap the ground with your toes in an instant?"
Hearing Kyoya's words, the students immediately began rising onto their toes, trying to see if they could tap the ground with them.
But unfortunately, their actions were like children learning ballet…
A few couldn't even stand on their toes, let alone continuously tap the ground with them.
"No good, can't do it."
"Too hard."
"I can only tap twice a second..."
"I can only tap once."
After some attempts, the children had to admit that even if Kyoya taught them Soru now, they couldn't learn it.
They had no clue how to even start.
"What about the others, Kyoya-sensei?"
"Geppo is a technique that allows one to stand and run in the air."
"It's like Soru, except Geppo changes what you kick off from the ground to the air."
"You can also view Geppo as an advanced form of Soru."
"Tekkai is a technique that lets you perfectly control your body, allowing you to instantly concentrate your body's density, thereby increasing your defense."
"The stronger your control over your body, the stronger the Tekkai you can use."
"Mastering Tekkai to a high level means even an ordinary Shinigami's Zanpakuto couldn't harm you in the slightest."
"Of course, here, I don't recommend using Tekkai to defend against Zanpakuto attacks."
"Shigan is an offensive technique derived from Tekkai."
"However, instead of hardening the entire body, it only hardens the fingers, allowing for rapid piercing strikes."
"Kami-e is also a form of body control."
"But unlike Tekkai, Kami-e enhances perception of the surrounding air, letting the body drift with the wind to evade enemy attacks."
"Rankyaku is a long-range attack technique."
"This requires you to reach Great Swordsman Realm in swordsmanship and have some proficiency in Tekkai and Shigan before you can unleash slashes with your kicks."
Just hearing Kyoya's description, the eyes of these dozen students filled with longing.
"Sensei, can you use Rokushiki?"
A student raised his hand and asked Kyoya.
"Ha, since I'm your teacher, of course I can use Rokushiki."
"Then can you show us?"
Instantly, the other students also looked at Kyoya with anticipation in their eyes.
Just hearing Kyoya's description had gotten their blood pumping.
What would it be like to see the Rokushiki with their own eyes?
"Of course."
Kyoya smiled, "As your teacher, my duty is to answer your questions."
"As long as it's related to training, I will explain it to you."
"Letting you see the power of Rokushiki in advance can boost your training motivation, which benefits both me and you."
"Then, next, it's time to witness a miracle!"
Kyoya lightly rose onto his toes and said to the students before him, "Pay attention. The first technique I'll use is the simplest of the Rokushiki: Soru!"
With Kyoya's low shout, in an instant, the thirteen students only heard a light sound. A small pit appeared where Kyoya had been standing.
As for Kyoya's figure, it had directly vanished from everyone's sight.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
A series of faint air explosion sounds rang out. The students' eyes, following their ears, searched everywhere for Kyoya's traces.
However, they could only see the shallow pits appearing one after another on the playground's ground but couldn't catch Kyoya's figure.
The next moment, they suddenly discovered countless afterimages of Kyoya running in circles around them. They could even see Kyoya's movement path from these afterimages.
"Next is Geppo!"
Kyoya's words clearly reached everyone's ears.
Air explosion sounds rang out in the air. Everyone looked up and saw Kyoya leaping in the sky.
Each time he descended, Kyoya's feet would stomp out white mist from the air, using the reaction force to move upward or forward.
"I'm going to speed up!"
Next, Kyoya moved as if on flat ground. His feet erupted with whooshing sounds against the air, his entire person dashing through the sky as if on the ground.
The speed was so fast that everyone only saw a string of his afterimages in the air.
It's no slower than when he used Soru on the ground earlier.
"Then, Rankyaku!"
After stopping, Kyoya kicked towards the ground.
Boom!
Instantly, a visible transparent slash cut through the air, carving a trench over fifty meters long and three meters deep in the playground in front of the thirteen students.
"This is Kami-e!"
Kyoya first launched several dozen Rankyaku, then instantly appeared on the ground. His entire body drifted like willow catkins, dodging the dozens of slashes before they could hit him.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
These slashes struck the ground, creating one deep trench after another on the playground, but none could affect Kyoya.
"Then, Tekkai!"
When only the last slash remained, Kyoya extended his right hand towards the incoming attack.
Boom!
A huge roar sounded. Under the shocked gazes of the many students, the slash capable of carving a fifty-meter-long trench on the ground was tightly gripped in Kyoya's right palm, unable to harm him in the slightest.
"This is Shigan!"
Then, under the students' watchful eyes, Kyoya extended the index finger of his left hand and suddenly stabbed at the Rankyaku slash.
Boom!
This slash was directly destroyed by Kyoya's finger. The contained energy swept out like a storm, destroying the grass around Kyoya.
"This is Rokushiki!"
"Wow-"
Seeing Kyoya place his hands behind his back, the thirteen students couldn't help but exclaim.
"Rokushiki is so strong! Kyoya-sensei is so strong too!"
"Work hard."
"If you complete your Rokushiki Training in the future, you can also achieve this level."
Kyoya smiled and spoke to everyone.
With Kyoya's current physique, even without using Reiatsu, the destruction he could cause with the Rokushiki was far greater than this.
After all, he was only demonstrating the Rokushiki to stimulate the students' training enthusiasm.
If he performed too outrageously, these students might think, 'I probably can't reach such a level', limiting their own potential.
"Teacher, I have Reiryoku. Can I also learn Rokushiki?"
Under the surprised gazes of the other students, Renji raised his arm high, saying something that changed everyone's expression.
Why were they all here?
Weren't they all without Reiryoku?
If any of them had even 20th-Class Reiryoku, they could have entered the Ordinary Class of Baltigo Academy.
And now, among their group of ordinary people, someone with Reiatsu had sneaked in.
How could they not be envious?
But simultaneously, everyone also felt it was strange that someone with Reiatsu had intruded into the class without Reiryoku.
Seeing everyone look at him strangely, Renji also felt a bit awkward.
"What are you looking at?"
"The testing teacher messed up my information."
"He said he would transfer me to another class later."
"Oh, so it's like that."
Hearing Renji's explanation, instantly, the twelve classmates' looks towards him held a bit of amusement.
Among them, except for seven, all had taken the assessment with Renji.
So, they also knew that Renji had entered this class by running himself into unconsciousness through sheer perseverance, just like them.
In their hearts, these students without Reiryoku felt some inferiority towards those with Reiryoku.
But at the same time, the assessment experience also gave them some confidence when facing students with Reiatsu.
Look, we passed the cruellest assessment of Baltigo Academy to enter the Academy. We're different from those flashy students with Reiatsu.
But Renji was different.
Although this guy had Reiatsu, he also had the perseverance and will that made everyone look at him with newfound respect.
"Whether you have Reiatsu or not, you can train in Rokushiki."
Kyoya clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention, and answered Renji's question.