7 Chapter 007: Zanpakutō Awakening

While studying, time passes faster.

Mazuru enjoys studying very much. Although studying can be very boring, it also depends on what it is compared with. Compared with his combat career in Hueco Mundo, the student life at Shinō Academy is too easy.

He didn't have to worry about a monster popping up anytime-anywhere and taking his life away. The process of learning also made him feel that very fulfilled.

In normal times, in addition to learning Shinigami's four basic abilities "Hakuda, Hohō, Kidō, and Zanjutsu" at the Shinō Academy, when he returns to the dormitory, he would try to communicate with his own Zanpakuto, trying to awaken it.

During his time in Hueco Mundo, although he had a tattered asauchi in his hand, Mazuru at that time had no orthodox teachings after all and he did not understood the necessary process of communicating with Zanpakuto such as "Sword Zen".

To him at that time, the sword was just a simple weapon, but later, as more and more hollows were cut, it became dilapidated.

It wasn't until he joined the Shinō Academy and received an unnamed sealed state temporarily granted by the academy that he officially began to try to communicate with the asauchi with his soul and awaken his own Zanpakuto.

So, has he found his own Zanpakuto?

Mazuru himself couldn't explain clearly.

According to the method of awakening Zanpakuto taught by Shinō Academy, he did resonate with the asauchi in his hand, and saw a vague figure in a trance, but when he tried to approach that figure and ask about its name, he felt palpitations, and he was suddenly sent out.

He could only attribute this to the lack of time.

On this day, after returning to the dormitory after completing a day of Kidō practice, Mazuru continued to practice Sword Zen, trying to awaken his Zanpakuto.

...

In a half black and half white world, everything around seems to be blurred.

There is an incomparably wide river in the middle of the world. On the other side of the river, a vague figure stands quietly, as if waiting for Mazuru's arrival.

Mazuru stepped forward and stepped on the river, but his body didn't sink, instead he walked as if walking on the ground. Mazuru discovered this place a long time ago, but that doesn't mean that he can reach the other side of the river easily, every time when he comes to the middle area of ​​the river, the accident will suddenly happen.

It was the same this time. Mazuru was walking on the river-surface. Every step he took created ripples in the water. Just when he came to the middle of the river, he was still a short distance away from the figure. Suddenly, a vortex appeared in the river under his feet. Originally, he could walk over the river at will, but with the formation of the vortex, he suddenly lost his balance and was about to fall into the river.

In the past, Mazuru experienced this kind of thing countless times, and he found out that once he fell into the river, he would immediately sent out.

This time, will it be the same as before?

No!!!

He chose to refuse!

Before vortex could swallow him, he ran on the surface of the river, and before the river could trap him, he suddenly jumped up and was about to skip the last distance and directly reach the other side of the river.

His actions seemed to have angered vortex below, the water rose from the river surface and turned into tiny tentacles, intending to grab Mazuru's feet and drag him into the river.

In the past also, whenever Mazuru tried to jump to the other side of the river, he was pulled down by this extremely swift tentacles.

"Do you think I'll fall into the vortex again?"

This is what he always says, but in fact, Mazuru actually fell into the vortex several times before, but with his experience of being pulled into the river several times, he also summed up some things.

When he was in Hueco Mundo, he wanted to survive. In addition to train to gain enough strength for self-defense, he also observed the behavior of Menos Grande, so that when facing Menos Grande, he can use the optimal solution to solve Menos Grande and save his life.

The same is true in this space.

After falling down several times in the same place, Mazuru also concluded somethings. The power of vortex seems to be irregular. In fact, if you see it more, you will find that they are not irregular but instead they seem to obey some kind of rules of this world.

Just when a tentacle condensed by flowing water was about to touch Mazuru, his body twisted forcibly in mid-air, and his toe lightly tapped on the tentacle. After that his toes stepped on it several times, which made him forcefully produce a little reaction force, making his body continue to move towards the other side of the river.

This action made the rest of the tentacles even more angry.

They rushed towards him one after another.

Mazuru seemed to have expected this for a long time. He didn't look at these tentacles, and simply relied on his perception to forcefully move his body in mid-air. The tentacles that came to him suddenly became his stepping stones, each time the soles of his feet touched the tentacles, but before these tentacles wrapped around his ankles, he jumped away first.

Finally, when the last few tentacles formed by the condensed water were about to wrap around him, he has already reached the other side of the river.

When Mazuru reached the other side of the river, a few tentacles that had been transformed by the water suddenly retracted and immediately turned into flowing water and returned to the river.

On the other side, that vague figure also became clear in an instant.

She is not tall, even a little petite, dressed in black clothes, with red hair and a pair of shining red eyes. Her features are very delicate with an indifferent expression on her face.

Looking at Mazuru who came to the other side of the river, one couldn't know what she was thinking, she sighed softly.

Mazuru didn't care very much about her expressions, what he cared about was that after spending so much time, he finally managed to get in front of the other party, and there was something in his heart that he wanted to say for a long time.

"Hey, is this necessary? I'm not a woman, what kind of tentacle-play are you playing with me!"

"Even if you don't want to see me, you can use other methods!"

Tentacles and the like are always make him somewhat disgusted.

...

In the real world,

Mazuru slowly opened his eyes and let out a relieved breath.

He looked at the asauchi in his hand, quite speechless, didn't he just pass the test and complained after seeing the other party's true face? As a result, when the other party disagreed with him, a huge wave was set off, and he was forced out abruptly.

However, it is not without gains.

Mazuru's eyes flickered, and he thought of the last scene he saw. At the moment when the other party set off a huge wave, the originally clear water in the river turned crimson, like blood, which made people shudder.

At the same time, a word carried by a cold voice came into his ears.

Mazuru followed that voice and whispered to himself in the dormitory. The asauchi in his hand, suddenly burst out crimson light. After the light settled and the Zanpakuto in his hand looked similar to normal sealed state but with enough differences.

The handle has become black and the blade turned crimson colour. The new released sword appeared in Mazuru's hand.

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