Chapter 175: Old habits die hard

Chapter 175: Old habits die hard

(Ryoto's pov)

Teacher: "Now, as it's your first day, you'll receive your very own Zanpakuto. Remember that all of the Zanpakuto here are Asauchi, meaning they don't possess any spirits inside of them, but with time this will change. In the future, you'll all learn how to enter your inner world and communicate with your Zanpakuto spirit, but for now, you should get acustomed to having a sword around." Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

The teacher called someone inside who brought a lot of swords inside. Everyone created a line and took the Zanpakuto for themselves. I didn't need one, so I stayed in my seat.

The teacher didn't comment on it. I guess every teacher knows that I have my own Zanpakuto.

After everyone got their new future partner, the lesson began. As it was the first lesson of the first day, we went over the general rules of the Academy. Nothing noteworthy.

At the break, Yoruichi turned to me.

Yoruichi: "Are you nuts?"

Rin: "He is."

Rin answered instead of me.

Ryoto: "Hey!"

I mean, I am, but I won't admit it so easily.

Yoruichi: "Did you really release your Reiatsu against Head Captain?"

Ryoto: "I want a lawyer."

Kisuke: "What's a lawyer?"

Right, we are technically in the past. I don't know exactly when lawyer as a job started appearing, but it was around 18-19th century. In Japan, at least.

Ryoto: "Someone to help stupid people write documents for them and accompany them to the place where their fate will be decided."

Rin wanted to say something, but she couldn't. I wasn't wrong after all.

Yoruichi: "So why do you need this 'lawyer' right now?"

Ryoto: "Don't worry, you'll understand when you're older."

As I was walking through the Academy to the training ground, I noticed that a lot of people were looking at me weirdly. Probably because of the destroyed hakama, but it doesn't bother me anymore. I'm used to people staring at me.

But there's also a reason why I'm behaving like that. If everyone thinks I'm some kind of weirdo, then they won't bother me in the future. They'll try to avoid me. And if all people will try to avoid me, then no one will try to see through me or whatever I am hiding, and even if I do something suspicious in the future, everyone will think that it's just my usual weird self.

I'm not trying to cover my actions with a logical explanation after I did something in the spur of the moment. Really.

Wait, who am I trying to convince? Maybe myself?

Not important right now. The whole class is currently in the dojo. We'll be training Zanjutsu, also known as the Art of the sword. Most of the people here know the basics already, and Rin and I weren't the exceptions, but we still went over the basics.

After the class had ended, I was called by the teacher.

Teacher: "Yuuki-kun, do you know why I stopped you now?"

Looking at my bare leg, I could guess.

Ryoto: "Whoever said that I destroyed that tree is lying!"

Teacher: "Yes, it's about the un-. What?"

I didn't destroy any trees today.

The teacher was thrown out of his loop, so he decided to ignore what I had just said.

Teacher: "Forget it. What happened to your uniform?"

I didn't answer it immediately as I showed off my other leg, and before the confused teacher could ask what I was doing, the hakama around my other leg burst, leaving my lower body parts open for view.

Maybe I should have destroyed my sleeves.

Ryoto: "Do you by any chance have any reserve uniform?"

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