Chapter 117: Covering up Decline with Glamour

In every era, there are geniuses.

Strictly speaking, every person who can become the God of Death is actually a genius among millions.

Although he looks like an ordinary god of death, the fact that he can become the god of death has already surpassed 99% of ordinary souls. After all, the vast majority of souls have no spiritual power and cannot obtain powerful strength even after their entire lives.

And the genius among the gods of death is a genius in the true sense.

They can easily reach heights that ordinary death gods cannot reach even after spending dozens or hundreds of years.

The six-year study period at the Maou Spiritual Academy was already short enough.

However, some geniuses are not satisfied with staying in the academy for six years and choose to skip a grade.

Theoretically, it only takes one year to complete all courses and graduate from the college.

In the anime, Ichimaru Gin and Shiba Kaien are such geniuses. When they first entered school, they already possessed spiritual powers that were among the best in the class. They graduated from the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts in just one year, and after graduation they joined the Gotei 13. In a very short period of time, they became the third seat of their respective squads, and they did not stay in the position for many years before becoming vice-captains.

From a certain perspective, the growth trajectories of Gin Ichimaru and Kaien Shiba are actually very similar.

Unfortunately, Shiba Kaien was never able to grow to her peak and died because of the special Hollow created by Aizen.

However, if we look into their origins, Gin Ichimaru is more of a genius.

Not to mention that in order to save Matsumoto Rangiku, he separated a part of his soul and filled the void in Matsumoto Rangiku's soul. Even so, it still did not affect his future achievements. Just talk about his background. Ichimaru Gin was born a commoner, while Shiba Kaien was a direct descendant of the main family of the noble Shiba family. Just based on this point, Ichimaru Gin seems more powerful.

Although the history of Soul Society is extremely long, the history of Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts is not that old, so there are very few geniuses who graduate from the academy in one year like this.

Normally speaking, being able to complete all courses in three or four years would already cause a sensation.

And now, this student named Senko Hibiki has spent nearly two years and is about to graduate from the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy. Before he graduated, he was recruited by Kuchiki Ginrei and naturally became a celebrity in the academy.

The title of genius was even given to him.

In the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy, there are countless students who envy this person.

After all, the Gotei 13 is not that easy to join.

For people like them, there are actually three difficulties in becoming a Shinigami of the Gotei 13.

The first hurdle is whether one has spiritual power.

Possessing spiritual power is the basis for becoming the god of death.

The second hurdle is whether the spiritual power in the body is strong enough. Only when the spiritual power reaches the standard can one pass the entrance examination of the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy. If it is not enough, one can only continue to wait, because normally speaking, the spiritual power in the soul will grow stronger as the individual grows.

If after a few years, one still does not meet the admission requirements of the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts, one can either give up on becoming a Shinigami or continue to wait and register again at another time.

In the original novel, Hisagi Shuhei applied to the Maou Spiritual Academy several times but failed because of this reason.

The third hurdle is the graduation exam from the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts.

After six years of study, the soul gradually learned the skills of manipulating spiritual power and acquired many abilities of the god of death. If the ability is not up to standard, it means that it cannot become a qualified god of death and will be eliminated.

Even though there are some unconventional organizations like the Kidōshu, the Gotei 13 are the orthodox ones.

"He hasn't even graduated yet, but he's already been chosen to join the Sixth Division. I really envy this guy!"

"Don't be envious, this is a genius, we can't compare with him."

Not only Tosen and Komamura Sajin were discussing the recent celebrity Senko Hibiki.

After learning about this, students from other grades also started talking about it.

Among them, Liu Huisheng was the most envious and jealous.

Especially some students from aristocratic families.

On the one hand, he was jealous that the other person was favored by Kuchiki Ginrei, and on the other hand, he didn't understand why Kuchiki Ginrei valued such a guy, who was obviously of commoner origin, while Kuchiki Ginrei was the captain of the 6th Division and the head of a great noble family.

How could a mere commoner deserve to be personally invited by a noble leader to join the team?
……

"Of course this is because Senko Hibiki was actually trained by Captain Kuchiki."

Some of the events in the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts also reached the Gotei 13.

Since the establishment of the Maou Academy, in order to have more talents in the squad, many captains would pay attention to the Maou Academy when graduation season was approaching, and recruit some geniuses into their own squad. Of course, Xia Mu also did such a thing.

But he is not as flamboyant as Xiumu Yinling, the head of the noble family.

He went to the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts with great fanfare, and was then chosen by Qianzi Hibiki.

Even though the other party has completed all courses in two years and is about to graduate, showing his genius, such a move is a bit too hasty. It is simply putting the other party on the fire. I wonder how many people will be jealous of Qianzi Xianghe because of this.

As the head of a great noble family, Ye Yi became interested in Qianzi Xianghe's name and Kuchiki Yinling's abnormal behavior after learning about this person. So he did a little investigation and soon found out the truth, and found him interesting.

This time, while chatting with Xia Mu, they inevitably talked about Qianzi Xianghe.

"The Kuchiki family is actually in a pretty tough situation."

Yoruichi revealed the secret of the Kuchiki family in front of Natsuki.

"Although Captain Kuchiki has a son, his son, Kuchiki Sojun, is not talented enough to become a strong man. In recent years, Kuchiki Sojun has a son, so the Kuchiki family can be considered to have successors, but no one knows whether this child will be like his father when he grows up and will not be able to become a strong man. This makes Captain Kuchiki a little worried. For the sake of family inheritance, he decided to find a son-in-law for his daughter. A son-in-law is still a son after all."

"As long as the other party is a strong person who is trustworthy, he can give the Kuchiki family protection and make the Kuchiki family worry-free in the future."

When the words "son-in-law" were mentioned, Ye Yi didn't know what he was thinking about. He glanced at Xia Mu with a subtle expression.

Xia Mu felt Yoruichi's gaze, and calmly said, "So, Qianzi Xianghe is the son-in-law chosen by Captain Kuchiki?"

When he said this, the name that flashed through his mind was not Qianzi Xianghe, but "Kuchiki Xianghe". He did not expect that the other party would come onto the stage in this way.

Yoruichi continued, "This genius who became famous in the Shinou Spiritual Arts Academy had actually been secretly trained by Captain Kuchiki for a long time before he entered the academy. The fact that he became known as a genius in the academy must have been due to Captain Kuchiki's instructions. Later, Captain Kuchiki personally went to the Shinou Spiritual Arts Academy and appointed him to join the Sixth Division, which was a disguised way of telling the other captains that this was someone he valued."

"The other captains can give up the idea of ​​recruiting Qianzi Xianghe into their squad."

"Then, what's the meaning of Captain Kuchiki doing these things?" Xia Mu asked Yoruichi again.

"Perhaps by creating a genius character, it would not be too abrupt to let him marry into the Kuchiki family."

"After all, the Kuchiki family is the leader of the five noble families. Even if they want to recruit a son-in-law, not everyone is qualified."

"This can be considered as a disguised explanation to the other nobles."

"Let them think that such a genius is indeed qualified to marry into the Kuchiki family."

"Similarly, if such a prominent figure becomes the son-in-law of the Kuchiki family, it can be regarded as a disguised way of bringing fame to the Kuchiki family and strengthening the Kuchiki family's prestige."

Ye Yi expressed all his guesses.

There was one thing she kept hidden in her heart and didn't say out loud.

"Only by relying on the brilliance on the surface can we cover up the weakness of the Kuchiki family!"

"I see." Xia Mu nodded, "Captain Kuchiki is a man with a lot of ideas."

"I just don't know if Qianzi Xianghe, who was chosen by him, is ready."

"What preparations?" Ye Yi asked.

"Every tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind!"

Xia Mu said in a deep voice: "Captain Kuchiki has promoted Qianzi Xianghe, which has certainly made him a famous figure. Later, if he marries into the Kuchiki family as you said, this will surely make Qianzi Xianghe even more famous."

"Although I am not a noble, I have had quite a bit of contact with nobles like you over the years. Not all nobles are willing to see the Kuchiki family prosper. I just don't know if this son-in-law of the Kuchiki family can avoid being secretly murdered by some people."

Ye Yi looked at Xia Mu deeply and said nothing more.

It sounds like Xia Mu's words are a bit of a conspiracy theory.
But, it's true.

Even though they are all nobles, and the nobles have formed the Central Forty-Six Chambers, and there is even a "Noble Gold Seal Council" among the great nobles, this does not mean that the nobles are a monolithic entity. In fact, the struggles among the nobles are even more brutal.

Even though the Kuchiki family is the leader of the five noble families, it does not mean that all nobles will follow its lead and be afraid of the Kuchiki family. If someone sees the weakness of the Kuchiki family, they will definitely not mind taking advantage of the situation.

What Xia Mu thought of was the story of the original anime plot "Zanpakuto Durinroku". In the story, Senko Hibiki had changed his name to Kuchiki Hibiki and became the son-in-law of the Kuchiki family. However, due to the frame-up of some nobles, he eventually went astray.

Kuchiki Ginrei couldn't bear to kill Kuchiki Hibiki and chose to seal him, but he didn't expect that Kuchiki Hibiki possessed an extremely strange Zanpakuto - Muramasa!
In order to save Kuchiki Hibiki, the village stirred up many disturbances in Soul Society and created a record of Zanpakutō.

(End of this chapter)