Chapter 51: Train your own vice-captain!

Hearing Ye Yi's righteous refusal, Xia Mu felt a little disappointed.

But soon, his feeling of loss disappeared.

Inviting Kisuke Urahara to transfer to the 11th Division as vice-captain was just an idea that came to mind suddenly.

Even if Yoruichi agreed, Urahara Kisuke would probably not agree.

As expected, after Yoruichi rejected Natsuki's request, in order to respect Urahara Kisuke's opinion, she asked Urahara Kisuke again. Urahara Kisuke directly refused and said that he had no intention of going to the 11th Division.

"By the way, if you really think there is a suitable candidate for the vice-captain position, why don't you choose to train a vice-captain yourself?"

Yoruichi made a reliable suggestion to Xia Mu.

"You mean, select members from the 11th Squadron and train them?" Xia Mu asked Ye Yi.

"It's not limited to the 11th Division. Students who are about to graduate from the Shinō Academy can also consider it." Yoruichi said softly, "Although the lifespan of a Shinigami is very long, their replacement is actually very fast. Basically, every year in the Shinō Academy, there will be geniuses emerging and joining the Gotei 13. These geniuses are targeted by various divisions before they graduate, and they will be invited as soon as they graduate."

"I don't know how your 11th Division recruited people in the past, but if there are no suitable candidates in the 11th Division, you can look further ahead. The powerful officers in the Shinō Spiritual Arts Academy and other divisions are all candidates for selection."

As he said that, Yoruichi warned Natsuki again, "So, don't set your sights on Kisuke!"

Whether it was Yoruichi's refusal or Urahara Kisuke expressing his own thoughts, Natsuki would never have any intentions towards Urahara Kisuke.

It was Ye Yi's words that gave him a new idea.

Since there is no suitable person to serve as vice-captain in the current squad, we can indeed turn our attention to the chief officers of other squads. Not everyone is like Urahara Kisuke, who is indifferent to the position of vice-captain. The vice-captain is second only to the captain, and for most chief officers, it is still a very tempting position.

Xia Mu first thought of Fengqiao Loujuro, the third seat of the third squad, but immediately rejected it. This guy had always been trained as the captain's successor in the third squad. If he openly poached him, the third squad would definitely not let him go.

Among the other squads, there are also many familiar faces in Xia Mu's memory.

Among them are some guys who hold the titles of captain or vice-captain.

But it is precisely because these guys will have great achievements in the future and are already geniuses in their respective teams that it is extremely difficult for Xia Mu to persuade these captains to send the genius Shinigami in their teams to the 11th Squadron.

The Gotei 13 appear to be a whole, with each squad having completely different responsibilities, but each squad operates independently, and expecting other squads to make selfless contributions is out of the question.

"So, it's time to go to the Shin'ou Spiritual Arts Institute and take a look."

By the way, although Natsuki had served as the vice-captain for many years, he was not really responsible for recruiting new members at the Maou Spiritual Academy, mainly because those years were too chaotic. Not long after he became the vice-captain, the war with the Quincy broke out. As the vice-captain, Natsuki fought in the real world for a long time, and occasionally returned to the Soul Society to recuperate, and was busy with training. It was during that period that he met Yoruichi and established a friendship. In these years, the recruitment of new members for the squad was handled by the third seat Akagi Ryosuke.

But when Xia Mu learned from Akagi Ryosuke how he recruited new members, he was speechless again.

"Recruiting new members? Isn't it just putting up the name of our 11th Division at the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts and seeing which graduates choose our 11th Division?"

"Of course, not everyone is suitable to join our 11th Division. I still need to test those graduates. Only those with strong abilities can join us."

Akagi Ryosuke said to Natsuki in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Well, I already know that."

Xia Mu didn't say anything to Akagi Ryosuke. After all, the 11th Division was a group of reckless men. It was too difficult to expect them to pay attention to the geniuses of the Maou Spiritual Academy in advance, or to select suitable candidates from the graduates.

Moreover, it’s not that Ryosuke Akagi didn’t have any screening, but his screening method was based on the strength of the graduates.

Is this wrong? Not really. After all, the 11th Division is a combat team, and strength is the key to whether one can gain a foothold in the 11th Division. However, Akagi Ryosuke still overlooked something. That is, the study career at the Maou Academy is only six years. Even if there are differences in the strength of many graduates, the gap is not as big as imagined. Unless there are genius Shinigami like Ichimaru Gin and Shiba Kaien who graduated from the Maou Academy in one year, there are actually not many such Shinigami in the long history of Soul Society.

To judge whether a Grim Reaper is powerful, his strength at graduation can only be used as a reference. The most important thing is to look at his potential.

If one has enough potential, even if one is not strong enough when he graduates, after joining the squad and practicing for a period of time, he will eventually become a truly strong person.

"By the way, it seems that the graduation season of the Maou Academy is approaching soon. I can go to the Maou Academy and see if there are any suitable candidates."

Xia Mu did not take Ye Yi's suggestion as a joke, but really took it to heart.

After discovering that his plan to abduct the talented Shinigami from other squads was fruitless, he really considered personally training a vice-captain to help him relieve the pressure.

Seireitei is divided into the Inner Court and the Outer Court.

For example, the area where the nobles lived, the central forty-six rooms, were all located in the inner court.

Most of the Gotei 13 squads except the First Squadron and the Maou Spiritual Academy are located in the Outer Court.

Natsuki did not wait until graduation season to go to the Maou Academy, but went directly to the Maou Academy after he came up with the idea. In the original work, Aizen even made a guest appearance as a calligraphy teacher at the Maou Academy. When he had nothing to do, he would go to the Maou Academy to teach. He even often showed off his Zanpakutō "Kyoka Suigetsu" in front of his students, thereby hypnotizing all the Shinigami in the Soul Society to his Kyoka Suigetsu.

As a newly promoted Kenpachi, it is reasonable for Natsuki to come to the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy to see if there are any suitable talents and to see whether he can be recruited into the 11th Division after graduation.

(End of this chapter)