"Moreover, those with Reiryoku can use Reiatsu to enhance their physical qualities, allowing Rokushiki to exert even greater power..."
Here, Kyoya paused and said to Renji, "Abarai Renji, I know you."
"Yesterday, a teacher from the Elite Class mentioned transferring you to the Elite Class."
"What is your choice?"
"Stay in the class without Reiryoku to train your body, temper your will, and raise your upper limit..."
"Or leave the class without Reiryoku just like that and go do those simple Reiatsu Control exercises?"
Renji's face showed a hesitant expression.
If he hadn't heard those inspiring words earlier or witnessed the elegance of Rokushiki, Renji would probably have transferred to the Elite Class without hesitation.
Now, Renji felt somewhat reluctant.
Although the Elite Class had good prospects, and that girl named Rukia who laughed at him was also in the Elite Class, the things taught in the class without Reiryoku seemed much more impressive!
Moreover, Kyoya had just said that if one had Reiatsu, the power of the Rokushiki could be greatly enhanced.
"Sensei, does the Elite Class teach the Rokushiki?"
"Naturally."
Kyoya nodded.
"The Rokushiki is originally the physical techniques of Baltigo Academy. As long as you are a student of Baltigo Academy, you can obtain the training techniques for the Rokushiki."
"However, only the class without Reiryoku will focus on making you train your body and temper your will."
"In other classes with Reiryoku, they don't emphasize physical strength but focus on Reiatsu."
"Teacher, do you think I should go to the Elite Class?"
Hearing that the Elite Class could also learn the Rokushiki, Renji's heart already had a leaning.
But inexplicably, before making a decision, Renji asked Kyoya this question.
"Oh?"
Kyoya raised an eyebrow, "You'd believe me if I said so?"
Although Kyoya wanted to become a teacher this year to give Renji some guidance and make him stronger than if he had entered the Shin'o Academy, if Renji didn't seize the opportunity for guidance, Kyoya wouldn't force it.
Now that Renji was already inclined but still asked him, Kyoya felt that Renji truly lived up to being a 'wild dog'… his sense of smell for certain things was still very sharp.
"Teacher, compared to us, you have much more experience."
"The choice I make rashly might not be the most suitable for me."
"You're good."
Kyoya praised, "For things you don't understand, listening to the opinions of those who know can help you avoid detours."
"Of course, this requires that the person truly understands."
"Your luck is good."
"In this world, if I say I'm second in understanding the Rokushiki, no one would dare claim first."
"If it were an ordinary person, I would suggest they leave this class and go directly to the Elite Class."
"But you are different."
"Abarai Renji, you have strong talent in physical combats."
"Staying here, I can maximize your potential."
"Of course, the downside is that you must have the resolution to face death for survival."
"Going to the Elite Class, given your control over Reiatsu, you likely won't have much future in Kido. If you don't have a focus and blindly follow the teachers' arrangements for training, even if you pass Baltigo Academy's assessment in the future, it will be hard to achieve much in the Revolutionary Army."
"Then I'll stay here."
This time, Renji didn't hesitate at all in making his decision.
Indeed, Renji still held quite a bit of resentment towards Rukia for laughing at him.
On the way to Baltigo Academy, Renji had often fantasized about surpassing Rukia, making her regret mocking him.
But Renji also knew that he, who could only condense Reishi into a ping-pong ball size, and Rukia, who could easily condense a volleyball-sized Reishi Orb, were not just a little apart in talent.
Under the same conditions, even if he entered the Elite Class, he couldn't compare to her.
He might not even see the shadow of her progress.
This reality meant Renji's fantasies could only ever remain fantasies.
But in the class without Reiryoku, he had the possibility of overtaking on a curve.
Undoubtedly, Rukia was now the 'star' Renji wanted to chase in his heart.
Even if there was only a sliver of a chance to make Rukia view him in a new light, Renji was willing to bet everything.
Not to mention, from the expression on Kyoya's face, he probably had very deep mastery in the Rokushiki.
"Very good. Since you've made a decision, I hope you can persevere."
Here, Kyoya swept his gaze over the children before him, "Of course, this isn't just for Renji… it's for all of you too."
"For ordinary people to transcend social strata, it's impossible without the resolution to pay any price."
"You've gained the opportunity to transcend strata through your own perseverance and will. Even if you can't pass Baltigo Academy's assessment in six years to join the Revolutionary Army, with what you learn, you can live a good life in Rukongai."
Kyoya wasn't just painting a rosy picture for these thirteen children.
People in the Human World, if they have no Reiatsu, no matter how strong they train their bodies, if they can't see Hollows, it's all for nothing.
Even someone as strong as Sado Yasutora only guessed the right direction to hit the Hollow under the guidance of the little boy that turned into a parrot.
But people in Rukongai are different.
Everyone is a spirit, so they can see spiritual bodies and hit them.
With strong physical training and powerful physical techniques, ordinary small Hollows are easily handled.
In this case, even if they can't join the Revolutionary Army, they can join the defense forces of villages or towns.
For the bottom-tier residents of Rukongai, this indeed counts as transcending strata.
Of course, in Baltigo, the status of the Revolutionary Army is the highest.
In Seireitei, there are nobles above the Shinigami, so whatever the Shinigami do, they are constrained by the nobles.
But Baltigo is different.
There are no nobles here.
Even if there is a privileged class, it is the Revolutionary Army itself.
However, the current Revolutionary Army is still a regime striving to change the situation in the Rukongai and hasn't developed the ideas and practices of harvesting ordinary people to sustain itself like the nobles.
The guidelines Kyoya set for the Revolutionary Army could only delay the birth of a privileged class to a certain extent.
Precisely because of this, when Kyoya established Baltigo Academy, he also created Rokushiki for ordinary people to practice.
In any era, the privileged class is the stratum that controls power.
Leaving behind methods for ordinary people to also become strong ensures the situation in the entire Soul Society doesn't completely become a stagnant pool.
Even if, hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years in the future, Baltigo becomes another Seireitei, oppressing the bottom-tier populace, the people of the Rukongai will be able to Rokushiki to show them what the people's wrath is.
Over these twenty-plus years, although the number of students in the class without Reiryoku each year wasn't large, averaging only about ten per year, the number of people without Reiryoku who ultimately graduated and entered the Revolutionary Army was only over thirty.
More of them failed the assessment, but at least they knew the training method for one of the Rokushiki.
As long as they continued training, the Rokushiki's training methods would spread among the ordinary residents of the Rukongai.
One can imagine that perhaps a hundred years later, Rokushiki Training would no longer be a secret for the people of the Rukongai and everyone could practice it.
Thus, unless the Revolutionary Army of Baltigo and the Shinigami of the Seireitei killed all the residents of the Rukongai, it would be impossible to sever the legacy of Rokushiki.
"Yes, sensei!"
"Then, let's begin!"
"To make your training more effective, I've prepared a gift for you."
After saying this, Kyoya snapped his fingers.
Instantly, the thirteen students discovered that a black vest had appeared before each of them.
"Put it on!"
"Yes!"
The students complied and bent down to pick up the black vests.
"So heavy!"
When they grabbed the black vests with both hands and tried to lift them, their expressions changed drastically.
"This is weighted clothing. Each piece weighs twenty kilograms."
"I hope that after you put it on, the next time you take it off is to replace it with heavier weighted clothing, not to give up training and leave Baltigo Academy dejectedly."
The thirteen children looked solemn.
Just from this weighted clothing, they could tell that what Kyoya said yesterday about future training showing them hell was not an empty threat.
However, after seeing Renji start putting on the weighted clothing, the other youths, not wanting to be outdone, also pulled the black vests over themselves.
Renji had Reiatsu… But this guy would rather stay in the class without Reiryoku to train than go to the Elite Class.
If even Renji could do it, how could they, ordinary people without Reiatsu, give up?
Rather, even if Renji failed to complete the training in the class without Reiryoku, he could still transfer to another class to continue training.
And there was a high chance he would become a big shot in the Revolutionary Army in the future.
As for them, if they didn't want to be left too far behind by Renji, they had to complete all the training tasks Kyoya set.
Only then might they have the qualification to walk alongside Renji in the future.
"Let's begin!"
"Today's training is the same as yesterday: running!"
"But don't worry."
"I also have some experience in Kaido."
"As long as you're not dead, I can make you train to death!"
For basic physical training, even Kyoya had no good methods.
All he could do was make everyone train to death, then use Kaido to heal their injuries.
Of course, food supplementation was indispensable.
Without Reiatsu, ordinary people needed to eat more to absorb more energy, making their bodies stronger.
In this aspect, Renji, who had Reiatsu, was undoubtedly the most advantaged.
While other students were just switching to thirty-kilogram weighted clothing, Renji was already undergoing special training with one-hundred-kilogram weighted clothing.
Barring any surprises, the gap between them would only grow larger in the future.
There was no helping it. With Reiatsu, Renji could directly absorb Reishi from the air to replenish his consumption, allowing his training to yield better results.
The other twelve classmates without Reiryoku were limited by their digestive abilities, so the amount of time they could train each day varied.
This situation would only change qualitatively after comprehending the secret of the Rokushiki, Life Return.
At that point, ordinary people without Reiryoku, as long as they had enough food, could completely digest what they ate in a short time, turning it into their stamina, either to strengthen their bodies or to recover from injuries, giving them a significant advantage over Shinigami.
Regarding Renji's achievements, the twelve classmates was convinced by him.
Even they were now grateful they couldn't directly absorb Reishi, allowing them to rest and catch their breath after exhaustion.
As for Renji, he was truly trained by Kyoya not as a human being.
Aside from sleeping, Renji was either training or eating to continue training.
This training lasted two years!
In just two years, Renji's physical quality had greatly enhanced.
The weight of his weighted clothing had reached five hundred kilograms.
As for the other students, they were still struggling with one-hundred-kilogram weighted clothing.
"Not bad. It seems you've adapted to five hundred kilograms."
When Kyoya saw that Abarai Renji still had energy left after a full day of high-intensity training, he knew Renji's physical quality had reached the level where he could train in Rokushiki.
"Kyoya-sensei!"
Seeing Kyoya, Renji slowly stopped and let out a light sigh.
Compared to two years ago, Renji now had the height of an adult.
His body was also much more robust.
Even though he wore Baltigo Academy's uniform, one could sense Renji's strength through the form-fitting clothes.
"Renji, after two years of training, your physical quality has reached the standard for training in Rokushiki."
"Starting tomorrow, I will begin teaching you Soru!"
"Congratulations, Renji."
The students training on the playground, hearing the conversation between Kyoya and Renji, flashed looks of envy and congratulated Renji.
Kyoya had long told them that once they could adapt to five-hundred-kilogram weighted clothing, they could begin training in Rokushiki.