"Captain Aizen shouldn't be here today, right?" Walking into the Spiritual Arts Academy side by side with Aizen, Hongjiang asked unhurriedly: "There is no tactical course today. Is it a calligraphy course? Sorry, I'm a little confused.

I can’t remember clearly.”

Although he and Aizen agreed to start classes together, he was still the captain of the fifth team after all, so he couldn't just stay in the Spiritual Arts Academy and train the next generation every day. This was really overqualified.

So including the rebuilding time, Aizen will probably come here twice a week on average in the past month. This frequency is quite high to be honest, and some members of the Gotei 13 divisions may not be able to see each other even in a month.

The captain has met five times, and the most classic example is the 13th Division.

After getting along with Aizen for a month, Hongjiang's biggest feeling is that he feels comfortable, really comfortable.

In terms of teaching, even without prior communication, Aizen was able to understand his intentions immediately, and then used Jinghua Suigetsu to make his intentions concrete, giving a good blow to the group of brats who originally thought tactics were irrelevant.

In the after-school chats, Aizen is even more like a spring breeze. He is not a dazzling presence that catches the eye and leads the topic, but makes the overall atmosphere incomparably harmonious like green leaves setting off red flowers and drizzle moistening the earth.

Putting aside the positions and hatred between the two parties for the time being, Hongjiang had to admit that Aizen was a very charming person. His teammates always made people comfortable and reassuring, and this was despite the other party's reservations.

Hiroe, who knows Aizen's true face, understands that the other person, like most dangerous things in the world, is full of fatal attraction. It is not surprising that Hinamori in the previous life would be so dependent on Aizen.

But if you think about it carefully, there is a problem with this. Before he shows his domineering attitude, Aizen will never be an important person in his life to anyone.

How to understand this? Just like Hinata Mori has always had a longing for Aizen, maybe even a feeling of admiration, Abarai Renji also vaguely has such emotions.

But just like Hitsugaya is to Hinamori, Rukia is to Renji Abarai, there may be distance between important people, but it will never exist in the form of absolute high and low, primary and secondary.

To put it more bluntly, even after Hitsugaya became the captain of the 10th Division, Hinamomori would still call him Toshiro. But Aizen would always be Captain Aizen in her heart.

To anyone, Aizen may be an elder, a mentor, or some other identity, but he will never be a close friend who can have fun together.

When such a sense of distance exists for everyone, one has to suspect that the problem lies with Aizen himself, that is, he is deliberately maintaining an appropriate and safe distance from the people around him. Do you think you are enough?

I know Aizen Sosuke, but in reality he is not even the tip of the iceberg.

Maybe Hirako was vaguely aware of this and distanced himself from Aizen? The answer to this question is unknown. Maybe even Hirako himself can't tell a specific one, two or three.

But this is actually not surprising. Aizen is a person who can quickly become friends with people. It seems that he is talking to Hong Jiang now without any reservations.

"A few graduating students have submitted graduation applications. Today is their graduation test, so I came to take a look." Aizen adjusted his glasses and expressed his intention.

Although Zhenou Spiritual Arts Academy has a six-year academic system, its students can apply for graduation at any time. Haiyan and Ichimaru Gin graduated after studying at the Spiritual Arts Academy for one year.

Passing the graduation test is almost equivalent to entering the Gotei 13. Except for individual divisions that have other requirements, graduating from the Spiritual Arts Academy is equivalent to entering the Gotei 13.

However, there are exceptions to this. The captains of each division can organize their own team entrance test to replace the graduation test. The nobles can even join the Gotei 13 without going to the Spiritual Academy to study or taking the team entrance test.

But for most students, especially the civilian students from Rukongai, graduating from the Spiritual Arts Academy is the only way for them to enter the Gotei 13. For each division, it is also one of the ways to replenish manpower.

"Is the Fifth Division very short of people recently? Do you need Captain Aizen to come in person?"

Hongjiang naturally knew what the graduation test of the Spiritual Arts Academy meant, but it seemed a bit fussy to ask the captain to come over. Usually, this kind of thing could just be done by the chief officers of each team.

Is there any noteworthy talent among these applicants? Hong Jiang filtered it in his mind, and it seemed that no such person existed. Most of the famous and famous characters in the future were in his class. This is what time travelers have.

confidence.

"Gin, that is, my deputy captain Gin Ichimaru was promoted to captain of the third division. Before leaving, I asked him to bring a group of people from the fifth division. This is more convenient." Aizen explained with narrowed eyes: "

Moreover, Captain Ichimaru is currently away on a mission, and he is not particularly familiar with the Third Division, so I am here to help him recruit some suitable members to join the team. The Thirteenth Division is never full."

There is indeed no concept of the Gotei 13 being fully staffed. It has been in a process of continuous consumption and replenishment, and the growth in size is honestly very slow.

In the nearly two thousand years of history since the Seireitei was founded, the average number of members of the Gotei 13 was only around 300 at its peak, which was when Hiroie, Yoruichi, and Urahara were young.

Subsequent extermination operations reduced this number to two hundred for a time. Coupled with the tragedy of the 10th division being wiped out later, in terms of the average number of members alone, the Seireitei has almost regressed to the level of a thousand years ago.

Coupled with the incident that Hong Jiang caused in Hueco Mundo, and Urahara taking Hirako and others to leave the Seireitei, the overall level of the Gotei 13 team returned to before the liberation overnight. Maybe it was not as good as it was?

In the eyes of most people, the harm caused by the latter may be greater, but in fact it is not much different. This involves a blind spot, that is, the captain is equal to the Gotei 13.

This is true in terms of combat power alone. The gap between a captain who can use Swastika and other team members, including the deputy captain, is difficult to quantify.

But whether it is guarding the real world or Soul Society, the number of team members, or more accurately, the number of team members, is more important than the captain.

There are a total of 320 districts in Sifang Rukongai. Even if the most important thing to ensure safety is only the places within the 40 districts, there are still a full 160 districts that require constant attention. If you only rely on thirteen captains to run, let alone

Tired or not, as long as incidents occur in twenty-six different districts at the same time, Rukongai will continue to suffer losses.

It can be said that the number of team members is the key to the stability of Soul Society. After all, no matter how strong the captain is, the scope of his influence is limited.

Of course, the captain is not used to act as a threat or as a deterrent weapon. The existence of the captain is not only to unite the commander, he is also one of the most direct guarantees for the safety of the team members.

It is true that team members can solve a large part of the problem, but some situations will still exceed the limit of their abilities. At this time, the captain needs to go and deal with it.

Therefore, in the Gotei 13 team, the captain sometimes drinks tea and bask in the sun to approve documents, and at most he goes to the first team to hold a regular meeting. He seems very idle. But if he is busy, he will travel thousands of miles without touching the ground.

It is very common for a person to attack with just one slash.

In fact, the captain is not as prosperous as others think. In other words, it is precisely because of the many people who respect them that they can live a more prosperous life.

The Gotei 13 has never been a group of thirteen people, but a group of thirteen people, right?
Chapter completed!