"Oh?"
Daiunahara Yan Gorou frowned, not quite believing that Gao Yu could discover any genius.
He knew Gao Yu somewhat; he was a diligent child, but his talent wasn't high. How could he discover a genius?
Gao Yu said no more, simply having Tōshirō Hitsugaya stand before Daiunahara Yan Gorou.
"Is this child?"
Daiunahara Yan Gorou asked, puzzled, upon seeing Tōshirō Hitsugaya; he didn't see anything different about him.
Seeing this, Gao Yu tapped Toushiro's Yudō and Tenchū points, which are the most important Lock and Soul Sleep locations for a Shinigami.
Because Toushiro couldn't control his power before, Gao Yu had sealed his spiritual pressure. Now, with the seal released, his spiritual pressure immediately manifested.
Daiunahara Yan Gorou's pupils dilated instantly!
This…
Such powerful spiritual pressure, yet it belongs to a Rukongai resident who has never undergone Shinigami training?
This is simply unbelievable!
Never having trained, the innate spiritual power is actually so terrifying?
Daiunahara Yan Gorou instantly became excited.
"Oh my god, unbelievable! Have you truly never trained before this?!"
"With such powerful spiritual power, why didn't you become a Shinigami sooner?!"
"I didn't know I had spiritual power before this," Tōshirō Hitsugaya said softly.
"That's impossible. People with spiritual power feel hungry, unlike the Rukongai residents who only need to breathe and drink water."
"…" Hitsugaya was silent for a moment, then said, "Because Grandma told me that only children feel hungry."
"I see." Daiunahara Yan Gorou nodded seriously, then looked at Gao Yu and said, "Gao Yu, you did very well."
"Next, I'm taking…"
He looked at Tōshirō Hitsugaya, still not knowing his name.
"Tōshirō Hitsugaya," Hitsugaya stated his name briefly.
"Good, Toushiro, please come with me for a test now!"
Look, this is differential treatment.
He had been around for so long and was still just 'Gao Yu,' but upon meeting Hitsugaya, it was 'Toushiro.' Tsk tsk, this is the inherent nobility of talented people.
"Then I won't disturb you, Teacher."
Gao Yu was about to leave, and at that moment, he suddenly discovered that Tōshirō Hitsugaya's favorability towards him had already reached eighty!
Gao Yu was overjoyed!
This meant that he could directly and permanently gain Tōshirō Hitsugaya's 'Kirinji' ability!
This also meant that he instantly transformed from a mediocre talent into a genius!
Fantastic!
Gao Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart. He hadn't expected that his first permanent ability would come from Tōshirō Hitsugaya.
This guy is indeed cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He usually acts cool, and his Zanpakuto is the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto, but once he acknowledges you, he will sincerely treat you as a friend.
Perhaps outwardly he won't show anything special, but inwardly he will care for you deeply.
So, Tōshirō Hitsugaya's favorability towards him directly jumped from less than sixty to eighty!
Good, good, good. Watching Daiunahara Yan Gorou take Tōshirō Hitsugaya for the Academy test, Gao Yu walked out of the Spiritual Arts Academy with an excited heart.
He still had to patrol.
And as he walked out, he had already activated the Kirinji ability.
Yes, this ability turned out to be an active skill. If he needed to do something and activated Kirinji, he would become a genius in that area.
He had thought it was a passive skill, similar to Star Chaser, that could transcend limits.
Using Kirinji even consumed spiritual pressure, but this small consumption was nothing compared to the talent it brought.
He had injected half of his spiritual power into Black Sun last night, and now, after activating the Kirinji ability, he felt that he had absorbed back the spiritual power he had consumed in a short amount of time.
If this continued, wouldn't he easily become a Seat Officer, a Vice-Captain, or a Captain?
Gao Yu was thrilled. He decided to start training diligently after his patrol duty ended.
And when he arrived at Rukongai, feeling that there was nothing else to do, he simply sat down at the White Road Gate and started chatting with Jidanbō.
Another day of slacking off.
By dusk, Gao Yu leisurely returned home.
Tonight, Renji and the others were still there, and they even brought Tōshirō Hitsugaya!
"How do you feel, Toushiro? Did you pass the entrance exam?"
Seeing Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Hinamori standing together, Gao Yu greeted them.
"It's truly incredible! Tōshirō Hitsugaya tested at an astonishing sixth-grade spiritual power in the entrance exam, simply unbelievable!"
It was Kira who spoke. He had always thought he was a genius, but now he truly felt that there was always someone better.
"The last person to have sixth-grade spiritual power upon entry was the Shiba Vice-Captain of the Thirteenth Division, but Shiba Vice-Captain comes from a prestigious family, one of the Five Great Noble Families of Soul Society."
Renji also couldn't help but say, "Just like the Kuchiki Family, they are one of the highest-ranking nobles in Soul Society!"
The spiritual pressure of noble descendants is generally higher, especially those from the Five Great Noble Families, who are extremely likely to produce strong individuals with super spiritual pressure.
That's why they were shocked, after all, Tōshirō Hitsugaya was not a noble.
Gao Yu chuckled and said, "This is normal. I said before that Tōshirō Hitsugaya's talent is very strong. But spiritual power alone doesn't represent everything; you still have to work hard to train Zan, Quan, Zou, Gui."
For example, spiritual power represents internal energy, equivalent to energy.
Zan, Quan, Zou, Gui represents martial arts, equivalent to the basic use of energy.
And Zanpakuto is equivalent to top-tier martial arts and a power amplifier, a method of boosting energy and increasing power output to its maximum.
Strong internal energy is certainly good, but having only internal energy without knowing how to use it is not enough.
Sometimes, relying on exquisite techniques can also compensate for a gap in internal energy, unless the internal energy gap is exaggerated to a special degree.
That's why Aizen said, 'The battle of Shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure,' which was entirely because his own spiritual pressure far surpassed that of other Shinigami.
And Gao Yu couldn't teach them how to train spiritual power, so he could only teach them some basic Zan, Quan, Zou, Gui.
"Lessons are over tonight. I'm going to be busy from now on."
Gao Yu said to the four of them:
"From now on, you must study hard at the Spiritual Arts Academy and strive to become Seat Officers as soon as possible after graduation, unlike me, who is still just an ordinary Shinigami."
"Gao Yu Senior, are you really just an ordinary Shinigami?"
Kira couldn't help but ask, "Why do I feel like you're even more powerful than the teachers I've seen?"