Chapter 52: Still a Student's Unpolished Jade

In the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy, a captain does not have as much weight as imagined.

After all, this college has a long history since its establishment.

Hundreds of years are enough for its influence to cover the entire Gotei 13. Now, almost all the Shinigami in the Gotei 13 graduated from this academy that specializes in teaching Shinigami.

Among them, there are many captain-level players.

Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro were the first graduates of this academy to become captains, and they are still serving in the Gotei 13 and making great contributions. Even so, it goes without saying that those captains who have less experience than them all studied in this school.

Because this school has a strong resume, basically every year there will be captains and vice-captains coming to the school to see in advance if there are any good seedlings, so that they can be recruited into their own teams after graduation.

The teachers in the school are no strangers to the Grim Reapers at the captain and vice-captain levels.

Some deputy captains even took up a teaching position in the school and gave lectures from time to time.

But even so, when Xia Mu took the initiative to come to this school, he was still given a grand reception by the teachers of this school.

The other captains are all alumni of the Shinō Spiritual Academy and have studied here.

But Natsuki is different. He has never studied in the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy. In addition, he is also known as Kenpachi. The previous Kenpachi, Kiyomizu, although he was in office for a short time, did not have a good reputation. Therefore, no one can tell what kind of personality the new Kenpachi has.

"Hello, Kenpachi Natsuki. I'm Kazuhiko Sugita, the ghost teacher at the Shinō Spiritual Academy. The dean has something to do today, so I came to receive you."

A middle-aged man in a white robe spoke softly to Xia Mu.

Xia Mu nodded, and without hiding anything, he directly stated his purpose, "The graduation season of the Maou Academy is approaching. In the past, the third seat of our team was responsible for recruiting new members. However, this year, due to special circumstances, I became the captain, so I wanted to come here to see if there are any suitable talents and whether they can be recruited into my eleventh team."

Shigida Kazuhiko understood, and then said to Natsuki, "Natsuki Kenpachi, do you want to go with me to look at the student list?"

It is very common for Xia Mu to screen team members in advance on the eve of graduation season.

After graduation, graduates of the Maou Spiritual Academy join various teams, which is actually a two-way journey and a two-way choice.

After graduation, the college will give some suggestions based on the graduates' grades, and then the graduates will fill out a form to express the team they want to go to. At that time, these application forms will be handed over to each team, and each team will admit these graduates at its discretion.

Of course, there are also some geniuses who don’t need to fill out any applications at all. They have been targeted by various teams a long time ago, and as soon as they graduate, they will receive invitations from various teams.

Many teams attach great importance to the recruitment of team members and will always come to the school on the eve of graduation to see if there are any suitable talents.

In the past, the 11th Division did not take this matter seriously.

But now, after the new Kenpachi was replaced, some changes seem to have taken place.

In the office of the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts.

Kazuhiko Sugida handed a roster to Xia Mu, "This is the roster of the sixth-graders of this year's academy."

Generally speaking, students who can study until the sixth grade can basically graduate safely.

Of course, there are some exceptions. For example, students whose graduation results are not ideal, who were not recruited by the Gotei 13, or even did not join the Kidōshu, will occasionally be held back. If they are held back multiple times and still have not become a true Shinigami, they will be abandoned by the academy and lose the chance to become a Shinigami.

Basically every year, the Maou Academy of the Spiritual Arts recruits students from Rukongai and Seireitei. However, the number of students who can actually be admitted to this academy is extremely rare. Not everyone who has spiritual power can enter the Maou Academy of the Spiritual Arts.

Like in the original work, the vice-captain of the 9th Division, Hisagi Shuhei, failed the entrance exam several times and took the exam for the Shinō Spiritual Academy several times before he was able to be admitted.

The reason for this is that the spiritual power of the god of death will grow. At the beginning, although he had spiritual power, he did not meet the admission standards of the academy. If he continued to grow, he would still not be able to meet the standards, which meant that he could not become a true god of death, so he would naturally not be admitted.

On the contrary, if one really has great potential, even if one fails to pass the test at the moment, as long as one waits for time and his spiritual power grows next time, he may be able to pass the test.

Because the entry threshold is there.

There are actually only about a hundred graduates from the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy every year.

It seems like a lot, but if it is spread out among the Gotei 13, there are less than ten people in one squad, and many of them were not recruited by the Gotei 13 because of unsatisfactory performance and had to go to the Kidōshū or the Kekai Squad.

Also, because each division sees deaths in battle, injuries, retirements, etc. every year, even though the Maou Academy has graduates every year, the number of Shinigami in the Gotei 13 has never increased, and has always remained at a scale of only a few hundred people in each division. Even in some bad years, with constant fighting and high casualties, the number of Shinigami in the Gotei 13 will decrease. Of course, corresponding to this, at this time, the Maou Academy will slightly relax some of the admissions thresholds and actively train more Shinigami for the Gotei 13, so as to maintain the number of Shinigami.

Xia Mu quickly flipped through most of the roster.

Here, are the spiritual power levels of these students when they entered school, as well as the results of their current spiritual power tests, and their grades in each subject.

Honestly, there are no surprises.

They are just ordinary guys.

This is not surprising. After all, geniuses like Shiba Kaien and Ichimaru Gin in the original work are rare.

Then, Xia Mu turned to another page.

A photo of a pretty girl wearing glasses came into Xia Mu's sight.

Next to the photo, there is the other person's information.

Xia Mu was stunned. He didn't expect that he actually found a piece of uncut jade.

Although the other party could not completely satisfy Xia Mu, he was a deputy captain in the original work after all. He definitely had potential. If he was trained a little and grew up quickly, he might be able to share many tasks with him.

But then again, this person’s admission scores don’t seem to be very ideal.

Xia Mu looked at the other person's spiritual power level when he entered school.

"Fifteenth grade!"

The twenty levels of spiritual power division are not only for the gods of death, but also the standard for entrance examination to the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts. Only those who reach the twentieth level are eligible for admission.

Grade 15, not just barely enough to get admitted, but not particularly outstanding either.

Of course, that was when he entered school. Now his spiritual power has reached the twelfth level.

With this level of spiritual power, he is already qualified to be an official.

However, it is only about having the qualifications to be a chief officer. Whether one can fully develop and tap into one's own spiritual power and hone one's strength are the keys to becoming a chief officer.

　Regarding the number of Shinigami in the Gotei 13, although the official did not give the exact number, it should be only a few thousand.

　　Each squad has about two hundred ordinary soldiers, plus dozens of officers. The thirteen squads together have only a few thousand people.

　　In addition, in the Thousand Year Blood War arc, when mentioning the Asauchi, it was said that there were about 6,000 Asauchi, which would be temporarily loaned to the new students by the Maou Spiritual Academy after they entered school. They would only be granted to them and become theirs after they officially become Shinigami.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)