"Gao Yu Senior, what are you spacing out for?"
Suddenly, a voice came.
Gao Yu turned his head and looked over, only to see a red-haired man. The man was wearing a black kimono-like outfit, and there was even a sword at his waist.
A sword?!
Gao Yu's pupils dilated, because it wasn't just this red-haired man who had a sword; many people around him had swords. No, every single person had a sword at their waist!
This...
Had he transmigrated? Transmigrated to ancient Japan? Otherwise, why would there be such strange attire, and why would everyone be carrying a sword?
In his astonishment, Gao Yu also saw a line of text on the red-haired man's chest, where his heart or perhaps his soul was located.
"Star Chaser: Chasing the Stars in the sky, you can cross class and limits."
?
What is this...?
In an instant, countless pieces of information and memories seemed to surge into Gao Yu's mind.
Only then did he understand what had happened.
He had actually transmigrated?
He had transmigrated to the Shinigami world, arriving in Seireitei and becoming a Shinigami. This was over forty years before the start of the plot, at a time when Rukia Kuchiki and Abarai Renji had not yet graduated!
That's right, his current identity was Gao Yu Guangyun, an ordinary Shinigami in the Fifth Division, and the person beside him was none other than the future Vice-Captain of the Sixth Division, Abarai Renji!
Renji was currently a fifth-year student at the Spiritual Arts Academy and would graduate in another year.
And because he was a class-A student and was highly regarded by the Captain of the Fifth Division, Aizen Sōsuke, even though he hadn't graduated yet, it was already destined that he would be able to enter the Gotei 13 and become a Shinigami.
So, sometimes the academy would let them 'intern' early when the Squad was short-staffed.
For example, right now, Abarai Renji was patrolling Seireitei with Gao Yu.
And after Gao Yu transmigrated, he also had his own cheat, which was the 'Superpower System.' This system allowed Gao Yu to gain superpowers.
The way to gain superpowers was also very simple: make friends with other people, and each person represented a superpower.
This superpower was not the ability of their Zanpakuto, but rather originated from each person's unique qualities, past, and even future experiences.
For example, Abarai Renji's representative ability was 'Star Chaser,' which represented Renji's desire to cross class boundaries to face Rukia, who had now become a noble.
It also represented his desire to become stronger step by step, as a 'stray dog,' breaking through to a level where he could converse with nobles as equals.
If Abarai Renji's favorability towards him reached sixty, then Gao Yu would be able to obtain this ability once. If his favorability reached eighty, then he would be able to use this ability without restrictions.
Sixty points of favorability represented a friend, eighty points of favorability already meant they were very good close friends, and one hundred points of favorability...
Their relationship was so good it broke through the heavens!
He checked, and his current favorability with Abarai Renji was already above 60, which meant he could use the 'Star Chaser' ability once.
This was good.
Immediately, information about this ability flooded into his mind. Gao Yu browsed through this information while keeping pace with Renji.
"Gao Yu Senior, I remember you graduated almost five years ago, right?" Renji suddenly asked.
Gao Yu recalled the memories in his mind, then nodded and said, "Yes, when you were a first-year student, I was already a sixth-year student."
He checked. He was a Shinigami who graduated in the same class as Hisagi Shuuhei. After graduating, he joined the Fifth Division and had been there for four years now.
Because the original owner's Shinigami talent was not outstanding, even after more than four years of graduation, he was still just an ordinary Shinigami, with almost no special skills.
It was clear that even ten years from now, his status would not change.
Thinking this, he felt a bit sad again.
A Shinigami like this, placed in the later Thousand-Year Blood War, would definitely be cannon fodder, the kind of ultimate grunt that wouldn't waste much of the opponent's time.
Fortunately, he also had a cheat. If he didn't have a cheat, he would have to consider secretly running away when the war started.
Although the Gotei 13 was an organization that didn't allow members to leave, secretly escaping during wartime might go unnoticed.
But now that he had a cheat, everything was fine.
"Four years, and you can't even become the lowest-ranking seated officer?" Renji looked a little disappointed, and also a little excited. He clenched his fists.
"What are you talking about?" Gao Yu was a little speechless. Wasn't this saying he was useless?
But he still advised, "It's me who can't become a seated officer in four years, not you. With your talent, becoming a Vice-Captain is more than enough."
"Eh?"
Renji was stunned, looking at Gao Yu in surprise and saying, "Really? That's a Vice-Captain?"
"You're not going to be scared by a Vice-Captain, are you?" Gao Yu said, patting Renji's shoulder.
"If you want to see Rukia again, this level of determination isn't enough."
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Renji's face turned beet red, and he reacted greatly, looking at Gao Yu.
"Who, who, who, who said I want to see Rukia again?!"
"Who told you such a thing?"
"Eh?" Gao Yu was startled, then realized that by the time Rukia was adopted into the Kuchiki Family, he had already graduated, and Renji had never told him about Rukia afterward.
But soon he said earnestly, "Renji, do you think I don't have my own sources of information?"
"I at least graduated from the Spiritual Arts Academy. Isn't it perfectly normal for me to know what happened there? Besides..."
"Your gloomy look all day, you don't need to investigate to know you must be thinking about someone."
"Huh? Am I gloomy? Is it that obvious?" Renji pointed at himself in surprise and couldn't help but say, "I always thought Kira was the gloomy one. He wasn't like this before..."
"After entering the academy, you came into contact with an environment completely different from Rukongai. It's natural for there to be changes," Gao Yu said as he continued walking forward with Renji.
"If you can adapt to your current environment, then with your talent, you will quickly become powerful Shinigami. Don't forget to look out for me then, haha."
By this time, they were almost at the Spiritual Arts Academy. After a few more words, the two stopped talking and instead put on a serious patrolling demeanor as they returned to the academy.
Abarai Renji naturally needed to return to his dorm, while Gao Yu needed to go to the teachers to grade Renji's 'internship' this time.