Renji's efforts were seen by all.
Everyone was happy for him that he could start learning the Rokushiki in his second year.
Simultaneously, a sense of urgency arose in their hearts.
If a student like Renji, whom Kyoya valued, took nearly two years to meet the requirements for training in the Rokushiki, if they didn't work harder, they might not even adapt to five-hundred-kilogram weighted clothing by graduation.
With training, if no one guides them, who knows how many walls they'll hit before barely finding the right path?
And that's the better scenario.
In severe cases, improper training could place a greater burden on the body.
What they hoped for now was to reach the qualification for training in Rokushiki before graduation and receive Kyoya's guidance.
This way, even if they ultimately failed Baltigo Academy's assessment, they could still obtain the correct training methods for Rokushiki and continue practicing after leaving the Academy.
Regarding these children's worries, Kyoya saw them but didn't say anything.
In fact, these children's concerns were completely unnecessary.
As long as they trained hard according to Kyoya's arrangements, they would definitely reach the physical strength required for the Rokushiki by their fourth year.
The main reason their progress was slow now was simply that they were still young, so their bodies hadn't fully developed yet.
Once they adapted to the training intensity, their bodies would develop rapidly, making their improvement faster and faster until they reached their physical limits, after which the training effects would slow down.
"Alright, I know everyone is curious."
"How about this: today, everyone relax and watch how Renji trains Soru. That way, you'll have some mental preparation yourselves."
"Yes, Sensei is the best!"
Instantly, the other students who were training all cheered and gathered around.
Although they hadn't met the conditions for training Rokushiki yet, it was only because their physical quality hadn't caught up.
Learning more about Rokushiki's training methods now would prevent them from knowing nothing once their physical strength improved.
"Renji, Soru primarily relies on the explosive force generated by rapidly tapping the ground with the toes to achieve fast movement."
"Of course, this doesn't mean Soru can only be used for travel."
"Think differently: if you don't use this force to increase your speed but instead as an attack method, its power is also remarkable."
Here, Kyoya raised his foot and, under everyone's watch, lightly tapped the ground with his toes-
Boom-
Instantly, the ground under Kyoya's foot directly exploded into a large pit.
"Gasp-"
The children surrounding Kyoya couldn't help but suck in a cold breath, their eyes almost overflowing with intensity.
'As expected of the physical technique Baltigo Academy could rely on to rival the Shinigami of Seireitei.'
'Even a technique meant for travel and dashing had considerable power when used offensively.'
"So strong!"
Even Renji was greatly shocked by Kyoya's demonstration.
What rose from the depths of his heart was immense joy.
Every man's heart holds a dream of destruction.
Honestly, Renji had felt somewhat unwilling that the first technique he would learn wasn't an offensive one but a speed-type technique.
However, Renji had seen Kyoya use the Rokushiki and knew that Soru was the most basic technique of the six.
Other techniques like Geppo and Rankyaku were derived from the foundation of Soru.
As for Tekkai, Shigan, and Kami-e, they were techniques that could only be trained after achieving a certain level of body control.
The stronger the physical quality and the greater the control over the body, the more power these three techniques could exert.
Now, having seen the power Soru displayed in Kyoya's hands, Renji instantly knew that his previous understanding of Rokushiki was probably just a fraction of its whole.
To understand Rokushiki better and truly unleash its power, Kyoya's guidance would undoubtedly be essential.
At the very least, if left to himself, Renji would never have thought Soru could be used like this.
Next, while everyone's training enthusiasm was high, Kyoya began explaining the training method for Soru.
To successfully train Soru, there were two main difficulties.
First, the speed of tapping the ground with the toes: it required dozens of taps on the ground within 0.36 seconds to generate enough impact or counter-impact force for rapid movement.
Second, the frequency of the toe taps.
Different frequencies allowed free control over the desired dash distance and the strength of the force unleashed.
Only by fully mastering both could one be considered to have truly learned Soru.
Otherwise, if one couldn't even control their instant dash speed and distance, what if they dashed right into an enemy's blade during combat?
Breaking first blood world record?
After the explanation, Kyoya had Renji start practicing.
Of course, initially, Renji couldn't use Soru.
At the very beginning, Renji's training was running in place, and moreover, switching legs at the fastest possible speed.
He could only use his toes, and after adapting, he needed to gradually start tapping more than twice per step until he could reach dozens of taps, which would count as preliminarily beginning to train Soru.
After that, it was gradually practicing the frequency of tapping the ground until speed and frequency were integrated into the body, achieving the point where instinct could combine speed and frequency for the desired dash distance.
Only then could Soru be considered successfully trained.
Rokushiki was very cool to use.
But training Rokushiki, especially before mastery, was extremely tedious and boring.
After watching Renji train for a while, everyone in the class without Reiryoku returned to their own training.
After all, no matter how much they envied him, these were Renji's results.
Only the physical strength and indomitable will forged through persistent weighted training, step by step, were their own.
Seeing this, Kyoya nodded slightly.
'These children were all quite good.'
"Kyoya, I came to play!"
Just after returning to his residence, Kyoya was hugged from behind.
"Alright, Rangiku."
Kyoya gently shook, repelling the arms encircling his neck.
"You're not a kid anymore, you need to pay attention to your image."
Pulling Rangiku from behind him to his front, Kyoya gave her a side-eye.
"What's the big deal..."
Rangiku, caught by Kyoya's lecturing, pouted in dissatisfaction, "It's been so long since I came to see you."
"Kyoya, you're really something. If I don't come see you, you really won't come to Seireitei to see me."
"The way you say it..."
Kyoya laughed, "I'm a wanted criminal by the Seireitei. You want me to enter Seireitei to see you? What would Captain-Commander Yamamoto think?"
"Aren't you afraid I'd be surrounded by the Captains of the Gotei 13, kept in the Seireitei, or captured and thrown into Muken?"
Rangiku crossed her arms and spat at Kyoya.
"If you'd said these things to me before, I might have believed you."
"But guess if I believe them now?"
Over the years, Rangiku's strength had naturally improved significantly.
And precisely because her strength had increased, she understood even more how strong Kyoya truly was.
Additionally, from the information about Kyoya she learned from other Captains and their attitudes towards him, she could guess some things.
Moreover, once when her own Captain had drunk too much, he mentioned that when Kyoya left Seireitei, aside from Unohana, all the Captains who had attacked Kyoya, including himself, had been beaten up.
"Haha..."
Exposed by Rangiku, Kyoya wasn't embarrassed.
In fact, Kyoya wasn't entirely wrong.
The Seireitei's side had issued wanted notices for Kyoya and the many defected Shinigami, but no division's Shinigami had actually left Seireitei to come to Rukongai to arrest Kyoya and the others.
Everyone was just putting on a show for those nobles.
But if Kyoya barged into Seireitei without reason, it would be slapping the Gotei 13 in the face.
At that time, how the Gotei 13 would respond, even Kyoya couldn't predict.
Ultimately, the current Revolutionary Army led by Kyoya still had a significant gap compared to Gotei 13.
Although the six Army Commanders had Captain-level strength, which of the current Captains of Gotei 13 was an easy opponent?
Even the seemingly weakest Captains in Kyoya's view, Sui-Feng, Byakuya, Sajin, and Mayuri, only one or two of the six Army Commanders could match them.
As for the others, they could only provide a temporary containment and wouldn't be defeated in a short time.
But these few were already the weaker Captains of the Gotei 13.
Moving up, Gin, Tosen, and Isshin were all a notch stronger than Ikkaku and the others.
In the Revolutionary Army, only the Chief of Staff, Koga, could rival these three Captains.
Not to mention Unohana, Kyoraku, and Ukitake.
The out-of-spec Aizen and Yamamoto could only be matched by Kyoya himself.
Under these circumstances, Kyoya wouldn't provoke the Gotei 13.
"By the way, Kyoya…"
"When I came to find you this time, I encountered a super genius."
Although Rangiku's words sounded like she disdained Kyoya, she wasn't truly blaming him.
She also knew the situation between Kyoya and Gotei 13.
The first time she came to find Kyoya, she had said that if Kyoya said the word, she would leave Seireitei with Gin and join the Revolutionary Army.
But Kyoya had refused this proposal.
Kyoya's reasoning was that although he had left Seireitei, he didn't want to be without eyes and ears there, unaware of what was happening.
Having Gin and Rangiku stay in the Seireitei allowed them to inform Kyoya of any developments at the fastest speed, enabling him to respond accordingly.
"Oh? How much of a genius?"
Seeing Rangiku like this, Kyoya was happy to play along.
As for geniuses...
Wasn't he, Kyoya, a genius?
Wasn't Gin a genius?
Wasn't Byakuya a genius?
Wasn't Shusuke a genius?
Even now, wasn't Renji a genius?
With different levels of strength and status, the geniuses Kyoya encountered and those Rangiku encountered weren't on the same level at all.
Kyoya was even wondering if the person Rangiku encountered was Momo or Kira.
After all, from a timing perspective, the so-called 'geniuses' emerging in recent years were probably just Renji, Rukia, Momo, and Kira.
Renji and Rukia were at Baltigo Academy, so Rangiku naturally couldn't have encountered them.
Only Momo and Kira, who entered the Shin'o Academy, were likely to be encountered by Rangiku.
"Hmph!"
Although she detected the dismissiveness in Kyoya's tone, Rangiku decided not to bother with him.
'Really.'
'Before, Kyoya was clearly my little brother.'
'Since when did this guy start acting like my 'big brother' to manage me?'
'Gin was better.'
'No matter what I said or did, he would always be by my side.'
"A genius whose Reiatsu alone almost froze an ordinary person to death. How about that?"
"Hmm?"
Hearing Rangiku's words, Kyoya looked up sharply.
'A genius whose Reiatsu alone almost froze an ordinary person to death… wasn't that Hitsugaya Toshiro?'
As the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Kyoya had naturally considered recruiting Hitsugaya under his command.
After Renji and Rukia entered Baltigo Academy, Kyoya had also sent people to search for traces of Hitsugaya.
However, after two years, Kyoya still hadn't received any news about Hitsugaya.
Kyoya had started to think he might have missed the chance with Hitsugaya.
After all, in Kyoya's memory, when Momo returned to Rukongai from the Shin'o Academy to meet Hitsugaya, she was wearing the Shin'o Academy's student uniform.
Then, not long after, Rangiku found Hitsugaya, who couldn't control his Reiatsu yet, and brought him into the Shin'o Academy.
By Kyoya's estimate, it should have been within these two years.
Who would have thought that Rangiku's visit this time would bring news of Hitsugaya?
"Rangiku, where did you encounter him?"
"Never mind that. Just tell me if the little guy I encountered is a genius or not."
"Well, if that doesn't count as a genius, then there are no geniuses in the entire Soul Society."