5 Childhood IV
Year: 18
I haven't graduated from the Shin'o Academy yet. If I did that, I would be forced to join a squad, which will definitely be Squad 6 and I will lose all of this free time I have to train. So I won't do that yet. I'll continue practising Kido in the lessons and appear to be struggling, while I increase my own training. I am in my second year of the Academy and training. I was forced to increase the gravity from 6x to 7x at the end of the first month. I am starting to feel the strain on my body.
I feel the same way as Saitama did during his training. I think there was this chapter where he was having pain from all of that training and he fought against the 'Personification of a Light pull cord ' monster. He was losing badly as his body was giving out on him due to the pain he was feeling. But then a tooth fell out and he was back to new heights and one-shot the monster.
I can also feel pain all over my body and standing up in the morning is getting harder and harder. But that doesn't stop me at all. I still keep up with my training and don't stop. I will reach new heights and grow powerful to keep up with the future bad guys of this Bleach world. I won't ever reach hax like the Almighty or even the Hogyoku, but I will reach power on my own. My Will will be the most powerful thing about me, apart from my insane body. I already noticed the gains from the first year of this training.
My speed has more than doubled since the beginning and my strength has as well. Due to the slow but steady increase, I don't have any problems with my control. I also noticed that during my training in swordsmanship, the experience and muscle memories have fused with me faster in the last few months. The reason is probably due to my strength which is sufficient to get the full power of the two templates. I will have to increase the difficulty again.
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The last few months of training in this year and I can safely say that I am at about 90% fusion with Dracule Mihawk. Flashy Flash is at about 75% fusion. I will get there with time but that doesn't matter much. I am close to another breakthrough and that will push me above Dracule Mihawk's level of strength. I already have more powerful Haoshoku Haki than him, but I don't have his control yet. At least not fully. Just the raw power of it is higher than Mihawks. I haven't really had the time to increase my proficiency in both Kenbunshoku and Busoshoku Haki, but that doesn't matter much now anyway.
I am close to coming up with a new Kido that simulates enemies. I will try to have these puppets fire different Kido spells at me and train Kenbunshoku Haki that way. I will also increase my Busoshoku Haki by increasing my stamina. And since I am doing that anyway, I don't have to worry that much.
I had to increase the gravity from 7x to 8x. The same happened again. I was about to give up but pushed my will to new heights and managed to do the 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and the 10 km run. I will think about increasing not only the gravity but also the reps. That might increase my stamina even more, but I'm not sure that's necessary.
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Year: 19
I was summoned by the Head Captain in the second week of my third year at the Academy. Imagine my surprise when I not only met the Head Captain Yamamoto there but also my grandfather and Squad 4's Captain Retsu Unohana.
"Kuchiki Byakuya. It has come to my attention that you are far ahead in terms of Zanjutsu, Hakuda and Hoho. And yet you are staying in the Academy and have just started your third year. Would you be so kind as to tell us why you aren't graduating already?", Yamamoto asked me.
"Head Captain, I am not yet ready to graduate. My Zanjutsu and Hakuda might be good, but I feel like it still needs refining. But it is Kido that makes me not rush and stay in the Academy to continue to learn the art. I feel like there is a lot of potential in Kido and I believe that there are some new Kido's that I could come up with, if given the time."
"So you seek to stay in the Academy in order not to rush and hone your abilities before you join the 13 Court Guard Squads, yes?"
"Correct."
"It would appear that you are lying to me, Kuchiki Byakuya."
"I beg your pardon."
"Your grandfather, Kuchiki Ginrei tells me that your skills in both Zanjutsu and Hakuda are at his level if not already beyond him. Such talent is wasted in the Academy and should join a Squad to increase your gains and secure the Soul Society."
"I understand Head Captain, but currently I am going through a harsh training that takes up a lot of my free time. If I join the 13 Court Guard Squads right now, I will have to stop that training and lose a lot. By continuing to train while I am in the Academy anyway, I gain the most out of it. I beseech you to not send me to a Squad just yet.", I say and bow deeply.
"Hmm ... Very well then. I will allow you to continue your training. You will have until the end of the Academy to train. After that, you will have to show me what you learned and if I don't like it or am unsatisfied, then you will have to be punished. Are you willing to take this bet, Kuchiki Byakuya?", the Head Captain asked me and used some of his presence to intimidate me and test my resolve.
"I am very thankful for this chance Head Captain. I am willing to face any challenge you decide after the 6th year of the Academy. If my guess is correct, then I will be far beyond Lieutenant level at that point.", I say like it is nothing much.
"Oh? Well if that is the case, then I will be even more interested in the training you did."
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I was given this time to train and improve myself. And I wouldn't let this chance go to waste. I could only guess what the test would be at the end of the Academy. Probably fighting a Lieutenant or even a Captain. Or maybe I will have to kill a certain group of Hollows. Whatever it may be, I will be more than powerful to take anyone on then. I can feel my growth is not over and I am close to breaking my limiter.
Over the third year of the Academy, I continued to research the Kido spell I wanted and train in the normal way. I had to increase the gravity from 8x to 9x and then to 10x gravity. I noticed that my growth was speeding up for some reason and then I understood that I was getting more and more of Flashy Flash's powers and skills. That led me to have to increase the gravity more and more.
I went from 10x to 11x, to 12x, to 15x all the way up to 20x. At 20x normal gravity, I felt another limit that I had to surpass and there was no more of that template that would help me surpass it. So I was once again kissing the floor, due to the increase in gravity and pushing myself as hard as I could.
I didn't give up however and even though I felt my bones and joints crack and my muscles giving up, I forced my body to do it anyway.
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Year: 20
I think I felt something crack inside me. It was strange, I felt like I was going to die but then ... something happened. My body stopped listening to me and I was about to fall unconscious when the crack happened. It felt weird but I think I broke my limiter. One moment I was lying on the ground feeling like death would be preferable, and the next I stood up like nothing happened.
I believe that I did indeed break my limiter similarly to Saitama but not the same. I didn't lose my hair and I also didn't feel like I could destroy the earth. It was hard to explain but the best theory that I can think of is that due to not being 100% from the One Punch Man world, my strength doesn't fully follow the rules of that world. While it does follow them 'somewhat' it isn't the same.
I am not only Flashy Flash, but also Mihawk and Byakuya. So this new being that I was did indeed break its limiter but the effect wasn't as extreme as it was for Saitama. And while it is sad that I didn't gain all that strength, I gained two amazing things.
The first is obvious. I didn't lose my hair. I still have that serene Byakuya hair that everyone admires. Oh, I can see their looks, they're jealous. Secondly, and this is the most important one, the use of breaking my limiter is that I now have theoretical indefinite accelerated development. Breaking my limiter removed the cap on my physical growth, allowing me to continuously grow.
I also noticed that since I have broken my limiter, I have become far stronger than before, being able to achieve things far above my normal capabilities. This became clear when I increased the gravity from 20x to 21x and then to 22x on the first day of training. I could then increase it to 23x and reach a limit at 24x normal gravity. And that was only one month of training.
I could now grow faster than ever before. And there shouldn't be a limit to this. So I spent the rest of the third year continuing my training so that I finished three years like Saitama did. But unlike him, I would have to get creative to grow stronger as there aren't that many powerful people at least not physically. There is Kenpachi Zaraki, but he will not unlock his full potential until the TYBW.
Aizen might be a good idea though and Yamamoto is also broken. But his hax lies in his broken Zanpakuto and not just his physical abilities. But I'm sure I will find some good enemies to fight and grow stronger. I now have to train to control my Haki fully and make sure that I control my strength as well. It wasn't a problem yet, but you never know. I don't want to just kill someone when we high-five or something like that.
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Well, my third year at the Academy and training has concluded and I am officially strong now. I integrated with both templates fully. I now have all the skills of Flashy Flash and Dracule Mihawk. My Haki has become ... powerful. Especially my Haoshoku Haki is a sight to behold. But also my physical abilities are beyond what a 20-year-old Shinigami should be able to do. 20 years is nothing for Shinigami but I'm already Captain-class at least. I am probably among the top 5 most powerful people in Bleach right now. Although that might be a bit of a stretch as I don't have a counter to some of the more broken hax.
Ichibe's Zanpakuto. Ichimonji and the power of removing names and giving new ones.
Yamamoto Genryuisai Shigekuni's Zanpakuto, Ryujin Jakka with his Shikai and Zanka no Tachi, his Bankai and the ability to become untouchable, remove your existence and summon the dead.
Aizen Sosuke's Zanpakuto, Kyoka Suigetsu and the complete hypnosis as well as his overwhelming Reiatsu and the Hogyoku.
Yhwach with his plethora of abilities. The Almighty, to see an infinite amount of futures and control them. Auswählen, to absorb power and abilities from his subordinates. Sankt Altar to absorb the powers of his enemies. All of the Schrifts he gave away, like the Balance, the Miracle, the Death-dealing, the X-Axis ... and more.
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Yeah, I still have a bit to go. But physically I am more powerful than these people. I reached 52 times normal gravity during my training and I will continue that way. But I believe that it is time for me to also dedicate some time to getting to know my Zanpakuto. It has been almost three years now since we got our Asauchis and I still haven't infused my essence into it and gained my Zanpakuto.
