Katori Sora arrived at the office. Today, besides teaching, he also had to arrange for the students to receive their "Asauchi." The Asauchi that the academy was distributing were, in fact, nameless Zanpakutō. By continuously communicating with them, Shinigami imprint the essence of their own souls onto the blades, thereby creating their own unique Zanpakutō.
"Why the long face, Professor Sakai?" As Sora entered, he saw the green-haired Professor sitting opposite him looking gloomy. Professor Sakai was a Kidō Professor for the same class he taught, so they had interacted more frequently recently.
"Ah, it's Professor Katori. Sigh, I just heard from the head of our Kidō department that the exams are coming up soon. You know the situation with our class. Our results are definitely going to be at the bottom," she said listlessly. Their class was mostly made up of students from the Rukongai with poor foundations.
"It's only been a month since school started, and there's already an exam?" Sora frowned. The students' foundations were indeed not very good. Even with his system's abilities, he couldn't improve them too much in such a short time.
"This autumn assessment is to get a baseline for the newly enrolled students. It's in two weeks," Professor Sakai explained.
Just then, a piece of information appeared in Sora's vision.
[The Autumn Exam is about to begin. After the exam, rewards will be settled based on the results your disciples achieve in the exam.]
Sora was a bit surprised. The autumn exam had actually triggered a quest that would settle rewards.
"Thank you for the news, Professor Sakai. The head of our swordsmanship department is never here. If I hadn't heard from you, I don't know when I would have found out," Sora said gratefully. The department head was on loan and, being in a semi-returned state, rarely came to the academy.
"Ah, it's nothing," Professor Sakai said, waving towards the door. "Good morning, Professor Tsunayashiro."
A short-haired young man entered the door. He simply nodded at the two of them and walked past, heading inside. Sora had seen this Professor before. He was the swordsmanship instructor for the class with good students—Tokinada Tsunayashiro. This person had a cold personality and, from what Sora had heard, often skipped classes, making his swordsmanship class no different from a study hall.
As he walked by, Sora took the opportunity to look at his panel.
Tokinada Tsunayashiro
Talent: S-
Spiritual Pressure: LV 85
Affinity Level: Stranger
His panel was similar to Headmaster Ayane Kotetsu's, but he couldn't see his status. Sora guessed that if someone's Spiritual Pressure was much higher than his and their affinity level was also very low, he wouldn't be able to see their status.
"Professor Tsunayashiro is really hard to approach," Professor Sakai said, a little annoyed.
"It's about time. I have to take the students to get their 'Asauchi' today," Sora said, checking the time. He left the office and headed to the swordsmanship room. The students were all present, eager to get their blades.
"Before class starts, we have to go get our Asauchi first. Kana Azashiro, Kensei Muguruma, Shinji Hirako... and Uemon Tsubakiri, you guys come with me to move the Asauchi," Katori called out a few familiar students. Uemon was the student who had tearfully said he wanted to learn the way of the sword, leaving a deep impression.
"Huh? Why me..." Shinji Hirako was a little dazed. He had been keeping a low profile since enrolling.
"Tch, outstanding people can't hide their brilliance," Shinji thought, feeling that things were getting troublesome. But openly resisting was even more trouble, so he had no choice but to stand up and follow.
Katori led the four students to the logistics department. Along the way, they chattered.
"Professor, how long does it take for an Asauchi to become a Zanpakutō?"
"It's different for everyone. It depends on how smoothly their Blade Meditation communication goes."
"Then was it smooth for you, professor?"
"Not very smooth."
"Ah, I wonder what kind of ability my Zanpakutō will have. If it could make food more delicious, that would be great!" Kana mused.
"For you... it might be possible..." Sora replied.
Shinji Hirako observed his classmates. He found that Kensei and Kana seemed to be very familiar with the professor.
The five of them soon arrived at the logistics department, where Sora saw Riko Shirai again.
"Professor Shirai, where are the Asauchi for our class?"
"Oh, it's Professor Katori. Your class has a total of thirty-two, right? I've already sorted them out," she said, pointing to a few bundles on the ground.
"Thank you for your trouble. By the way, have the new wooden swords arrived? I heard the autumn exam is coming up soon, and I need to let the students get familiar with sparring," Katori asked. Even with Asauchi, students still used wooden swords for daily training.
"Not yet. The purchase still needs to be approved. It will probably be next month at the earliest. We'll have to make do with this batch of swords for now," Riko Shirai said helplessly. She felt something was strange about the situation, as her report about the faulty swords had been suppressed by her department head.
"It seems we won't get them in time," Katori felt a headache coming on. This batch of refurbished swords was definitely not suitable for sparring. Not every student had learned Spiritual Pressure control to protect the wood.
Katori thought about going to talk to Headmaster Kotetsu to see if the matter could be resolved.
"Professor, if it's about wooden swords, I might have a way," Kana Azashiro said, raising her hand.
The new forge in the Junrinan district was owned by her family, and that forge also sold wooden swords. A few days ago, the shopkeeper had even suggested she bring some to the academy to give to her classmates as a promotion for the new shop.
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