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Yoruichi arrived at her usual training site with several heavy weights on her back. She had been trying to increase her physical strength and willpower while she was trying to learn bankai and the new technique that Ren told her about but both were still works in progresses.

Yoruichi saw that the training site was empty as usual and she was feeling upset. She had only left Ren alone for two days before she heard that Ren almost dismantled the 8th division while no one had seen him or the remainder of it after 80 percent of the members left.

Hearing that news, Yoruichi immediately went towards the forest cave in hopes that Ren was not in so much danger that he couldn't even leave a message. But when she arrived and saw the message, Yoruichi was not sure if it made her feel better or worse.

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I am taking probably less than 500 shinigami from my division into Hueco Mundo for some dangerous training. I plan on being back in half a year. I brought Tessai along so we can leave if it gets too dangerous as long as we don't have to deal with several Vasto Lordes at once.

Yoruichi: Make sure you focus the kido in your arms and legs. Your torso is just a bridge to connect the 4. And don't slack off with your zanpakuto!

Kisuke: I'm not even going to leave you a message. I heard the detention unit is short on members due to a riot so you will probably be stuck in there until I'm back. Possibly even longer.

From the greatest, Lord 8th

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Yoruichi was surprised to read that even Kisuke was not going to be available so left to her clan compound to find out the truth. And just like Ren had said, all the detention members were being forced to work inside the Nest of Maggots for the next 6-9 months to sure peace after the previous riot.

This meant that Yoruichi had no one she was close to for training with. Not only to train with but even speak casually to her. All the other people around her were afraid of her status or disgusted Yoruichi so there was truly no one for the young woman to speak with.

Therefore, she put all her focus into training once she realized that everyone she was close to was not returning to her any time soon. And before she knew it, a month had already passed.

Yoruichi dropped the weights and put her tanto across her lap as she began to train with her zanpakuto once more.

'Come on, Nekomata! Let's show these 3 just how terrifying we can be if they leave us alone to train in peace and quiet without them interrupting us!'

---In Hueco Mundo---

It had already been a month since the 8th division had entered this Hell of their own creation and they had suffered for it. Of the nearly 700 shinigami who had entered, there were now around 500 that had survived the first month.

There was even an attack of 20 Gillian class hollows who attacked all at once during the second week. That single attack caused the largest number of casualties out of all the battles that the shinigami were involved in.

The shinigami were under constant threat of attack. Hollows kept attacking their area due to smelling the blood of their fellow hollows being spilled. The shinigami and hollows had killed so many of each other that the blood was beginning to get dyed red.

Many of the shinigami survived by breaking through their limits and improving through sheer skill and will power, or they were lucky. As for which each survivor was, they knew it themselves. There were several shinigami who truly shined.

Kyou was the first person who came to mind. Ren knew the woman had potential but did not expect it to bloom so soon. She was not the type that was a genius and a hard worker like Yoruichi, Urahara, or Tessai. Instead, she was one of those who lacked talent but made up for their every weakness by constantly improving.

Ren could see it with how the woman fought. Her swings were not filled with the confidence of knowing that they were right or the best but steadiness that came from repeated practice. Her shikai also made the young woman a formidable foe.

As for the others, most of the Shinigami did not show much potential and probably would not even learn shikai but there we quite a few who had the potential to be Thirsters. There was one young man in particular that caught Ren's eyes.

This young man would rush into a group of hollows and barely come back alive but no matter how many times he did that, he never seemed to die and always seemed to win. If Ren did not know how Zaraki looked and asked around for that young man's name, he would have certainly thought he was the future captain of the 11th division.

'Shin Nii, huh?' He has the potential to be a champion. If he does not get himself killed that is.'

As for Ren, he had killed 4 Adjuchas class hollows after venturing far from the group. He was currently hunting for his 5th when he saw something that shocked him. Ren saw a very familiar group of hollows.