"Does anyone have any other questions?" Ichigo's voice echoed throughout the room.
No one spoke.
Two minutes later, still no one spoke.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Ichigo decided to speak.
"If no one has any questions, please make yourselves comfortable."
"Everyone must be hungry; the food will arrive in a few minutes."
With that, Ichigo turned around and left the room on the second floor, followed by Nia who was hugging him from behind.
Nasa, who was walking with Shuuko beside him,
and Beatriz, who decided to follow Ichigo before going to the main area of the library.
"Nasa, take care of Shuuko for now, I'm going to get breakfast for everyone."
"I understand, Ichigo, I can wait for your explanation of the situation," Nasa said calmly.
"Thank you, Nasa," Ichigo said with gratitude in his voice.
Nasa simply smiled.
With Nasa's trust, Ichigo went to get some hamburgers, french fries, and Coca-Cola.
Ichigo and Nia disappeared into Ichigo's shadow.
On the other side of the shadow, Ichigo and Nia emerged inside a warehouse in the middle of Karakura Town.
"Nia, are you okay?" Ichigo asked with concern.
"I thought you were dead, Ichigo!" Nia's cry sounded like a thunderclap in Ichigo's ears.
"Why, why did you leave and abandon us in that strange place?"
"I was so scared," Nia's tears flowed uncontrollably.
Ichigo's Shinigami uniform became wet with Nia's tears.
Ichigo hugged Nia, pulling her closer to his chest.
"Dad and Mom are dead."
"It hurts so much, I, I..." Nia's sobs continued without stopping.
With his hand on Nia's head, Ichigo spoke.
"I'm sorry, Nia, if I had been more aware of the danger in the world before, this wouldn't have happened."
"But from now on, I will protect you no matter what."
"It's a promise."
Hearing Ichigo's words, Nia stopped crying and calmed down. A few moments later, Nia falls asleep in Ichigo's arms.
5 days later.
Time: 10:35 a.m.
Location: Inside the Library of Knowledge.
In a rather large auditorium-like room.
All the children are sitting in their chairs.
Ichigo, wearing the standard Shinigami uniform, is at the front of the auditorium.
"Good morning, everyone."
"Today I'm going to explain the situation of the planet and humanity."
Suddenly, an image appeared behind Ichigo thanks to the projector in the middle of the auditorium.
"First, I will explain the energy in your bodies."
"As you may have noticed these past few days, you've all been able to feel an energy in your bodies."
"If so, please raise your hands and concentrate some of that energy into a sphere in the palm of your hands, like this."
Suddenly, a light blue sphere of spiritual energy appeared in one of Ichigo's hands.
The children between 9 and 10 years old managed it in about 5 to 10 seconds.
The children from 6 to 8 years old managed it in about 30 seconds.
The spheres are different colors among the children.
But the most common colors are white with a bluish tint.
"Okay, this energy is called Reiryoku, the internal spiritual energy."
"Reiryoku comes from the soul and can constantly grow up to a certain point."
"For example."
The image behind Ichigo suddenly changed.
Showing different containers of different sizes.
"Each person's talent is different, and the amount of power they can reach is different."
"And they are divided into different levels from [E] to [S], with [E] being the lowest."
"More specifically, [E] is the lowest and only has a minimum or almost zero amount of Reiryoku, which in numerical terms is 70 to 600 points."
"Rank [D]: 700 to 1000 points." "Rank [C] from 2000 to 7000 points."
"Rank [B] from 8000 to 16000 points."
"Rank [A] from 25000 to 50000 points."
"Rank [S] from 100,000 points onwards."
"After Rank [S], the classification level changes."
"Which is the Special Grade."
"The Special Grade is divided into 5 levels."
"Levels 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1."
"Level 5 being the lowest and Level 1 the highest."
"That's all in terms of the amount of energy."
"Next is Reiatsu, or Spiritual Pressure, which is the physical manifestation of a soul's spiritual energy (Reiryoku), acting as a force or pressure emanating from a being with Reiryoku, allowing them to detect, control, and release power, with large amounts capable of causing devastating effects or enabling advanced techniques such as concealing or projecting attacks."
Ichigo said, then added:
"Hado #4 Byakurai," a small column of lightning the thickness of a pencil shot out from Ichigo's finger.
"Wow," all the children marveled at the spectacle.
"And finally, Reishi."
"Reishi are the fundamental spiritual particles that make up everything that is spiritual, like the soul."
"For example, some people with sharper senses may have noticed it."
"There are strange particles in the air if you concentrate."
Several children raised their hands, about 100.
"Did everyone understand?"
All the children said yes.
'It's a good thing I asked Beatrice to set up a magic circle that would help them understand and memorize things permanently, otherwise it would be a waste of time when we don't have much time,' Ichigo thought, relieved at first but then worried.
"Now I will explain the situation of the planet."
"Before, Reishi, or spiritual particles, were very few, almost nonexistent, just enough for souls to exist in living beings."
"But approximately 8 years ago, small portals began to appear all over the world."
The image behind Ichigo changed.
Now showing portals that constantly disappeared and reappeared.
"According to the information in the library of knowledge, these portals are connected to other worlds or small pocket dimensions."
"When the portals appear, they teleport spiritual particles from another world to ours."
"Causing our planet to adapt to the spiritual particles and generate them itself."
"When the density of spiritual particles becomes sufficiently high, permanent portals will begin to appear all over the world."
"Humans, not being accustomed to the high amounts of spiritual particles, began to adapt."
"From this adaptation, humans have awakened different abilities."
"What I call different races derived from humans."
"Because the souls of the awakened are a little different from those of ordinary humans."
"The first to awaken were humans with spiritual power."
"These humans are simply people with spiritual power who can awaken any of these professions at random."
Tank: Specialized in receiving damage and protecting the team.
Fighter/Warrior: Melee combat, physical strength.
Mage: Use magic and ranged attacks.
Assassin: Stealthy and fast, inflict high damage.
Ranger/Scout: Reconnaissance and support abilities.
Healer: They heal, they have the ability to heal others and themselves. "Next come the Blazers."
"Blazers are exceptional humans, born with the ability to use magic and manifest their soul as a unique weapon or artifact called a Device. They are one in a thousand individuals."
"These individuals have a limit on their spiritual energy capacity from the moment they awaken their abilities, which cannot increase no matter what, unless they experience a second awakening."
"Then there are the Shinigami and the Quincy."
"Shinigami are people who have the ability to manifest the powers of their soul through their Zanpakuto."
"I know it sounds similar to the Blazers, but they are not the same."
"Shinigami need an [Asauchi], a katana that channels the power of their soul, allowing them to unleash their power."
"The Quincy are a race of spiritually gifted humans who manipulate Reishi (spiritual particles) from the air to fight."
"Shinigami and Quincy do not have the limitation of their spiritual power not growing from the moment of their awakening."
"Because Shinigami and Quincy power is not awakened; it is learned and inherited through blood."
"And as a final note, all humans can become Shinigami and Quincy."
"If you want to change your class to Shinigami or Quincy, you can inform me later."
"And the most interesting information is that the portals are made for monsters from another world to invade ours."
"And the remaining time until the appearance of permanent portals is 7 months, 200 days."