Ragnarok was taken to another hall where their Reiryoku(Spiritual power) would be measured again to judge their talent level. So, soon his turn came.
"Put your hand on this ball and insert your Reiryoku." A bored clerk said.
"Okay,"
Ragnarok put his hand on it. He had already seen the test when he was standing in the line and he was also briefed. There were supposed to be 5 categories and they all were shown with color. Indigo–Blue–Green–Yellow–Orange–Red on the crystal. Indigo being the lowest and red being the highest.
The first level was Basic Spiritual Power. This level of power was common among those who may or may not be spiritually aware to a small degree but otherwise have no real spiritual power. This was also a common level of power for a regular human. Hence, everyone who took the exam was higher than this level. This had an Indigo color assigned to it.
The second level was Average Spiritual Power. This was also a common level of power for low-ranking seated and non-seated members of the Gotei 13 or lesser power individuals. This had a blue color assigned.
After these two came the smaller powerhouses of the Soul Society. High Spiritual Power. This level of spiritual power was common among those of an average lieutenant rank and high-ranking seated officers. It had a green color assigned.
Then came the Great Spiritual Power. This level of spiritual power was common amongst those of an average Captain rank. Yellow was its color.
After this were the rare people who were truly strong. Immense Spiritual Power. This level was also called Advanced Captain-Class. It had an orange color on the orb.
Then finally, the strongest, the red color, Immeasurable Spiritual Power. As the name suggested, on this level, the Spiritual power was not calculable as there were no instruments to measure it. Beings of this caliber were also very rare. It was simply called Beyond Captain-class. Only Captain-Commander, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and a few more were known to be this strong. That was until now.
Ragnarok sent his powers into the crystal orb. First, it turned blue from Indigo in an instant. Then it turned green.
"Oh, amazing, you are going to be a Lieutenant someday." The clerk said, Now his sleepy eyes were wide open.
Ragnarok just chuckled and continued. The color changed from green to yellow and then orange.
The clerk started to shiver then. His mouth was agape, along with all the other participants and supervisors.
"Oh, amazing, it seems we found a treasure," The Wolf headed shinigami exclaimed, he had come to see the examination.
But this was not the end. Due to so much Reiryoku, Ragnarok's Spiritual power started to affect the surrounding. Everyone was able to feel it, even those who had low spiritual power.
Then, to everyone's shock. The orb turned red. It still kept on turning to a darker shade of red.
*BOOOM*
The crystal orb exploded loudly.
"U-Unbelievable, a...a Beyond Captain-Class..." The clerk scaredly shouted. He was even on the ground due to the explosion. In fact, everyone except Ragnarok was on the ground.
"Bwahaha... see, I am strong." Ragnarok boasted.
The wolf-headed man walked to Ragnarok and looked at him intently. It was true that the man had the same Spiritual Power Level as the Captain commander, and that made him dangerous. But, this could also be a chance for the soul society to cultivate the next generation Captain-Commander, Wolf-headed man thought.
He had felt the Spiritual pressure during the explosion and it was bone-shattering. He knew if others had to endure it any longer then their bones would have shattered.
~I do not sense any malicious intent from him at all. He even feels... pure... somehow.~ He thought.
Wolfman tapped on Ragnarok's shoulder, "That was a result beyond our expectation. I am Sajin Komamura, captain of the 7th division. Come, I will introduce you to the academy. You won't be staying here long anyway as I believe with your talent and power you can easily pass all the exams very fast," Sajin told him.
Ragnarok proudly accepted the praise, "Sure I will,"
~Maybe a bit narcissistic and over-confident but he's better than Byakuya.~ Sajin made a mental note.
He brought him to a room filled with plain and simple Katanas.
"Please pick one of them," Sajin instructed respectfully.
Ragnarok was enjoying the roleplay and picked up a katana. "Haha, this is very light,"
"It is called an Asauchi. All Shinigami must spend every waking moment with their own Asauchi, and as they progress in their training, they slowly and methodically imprint the essence of their soul into their Asauchi. This is how they guide and mold their own unique Zanpakutō. With time, your sword will also become strong like you." Sajin explained to him.
Ragnarok interestingly looked at it, "Haha... this is interesting. So, what next?" He asked.
...
It was night outside. Alexander and his party were on their way to jump the wall.
"Iroh, why have you tied a cloth on your head? This makes us look like thieves," Alexander asked him.
"Oh, I thought we were going to steal something," Iroh answered.
"No, we were just going to jump the wall." Dobby corrected him.
"Haha, then my disguise is perfect, I can't have someone see my face now when illegally entering a place." Iroh laughed.
They all flew towards the boundary of Seireitei. Alexander sensed an invisible barrier protecting the area above the wall.
"Boss, why aren't we using the anywhere door?" Dobby asked.
Alexander embarrassingly looked at him, "Because you didn't remind me. Also, I have no idea where we should come out and not get seen. But we are already under disguise so I think we will be safe. It is night-time too."
He took out the door and crossed it. They appeared inside an arena and thankfully it was empty.
"Okay, now that we are inside. What do we do now?" Iroh asked.
Alexander and Dobby looked at each other's faces.
Alexander quickly stopped crouching and stood up straight. Then he took out his golden haori and put it on. "Seriously, why are we even sneaking around?" [To see Alexander in his shinigami robes, look at the paragraph comment or discord.]
Dobby scratched his beard, "To learn about them. Which we already did."
"We already have Ragnarok inside the academy. He is our best spy. Let's go and talk to him," Alexander proposed.
So, they used the anywhere door and appeared inside Ragnarok's room.
But their jaws dropped when they saw him. Ragnarok was in his bathing robes, his hair tied under a towel, and slices of cucumber were resting on his eyes.
"Raggy, what is this?" Alexander asked.
Ragnarok jolted up and looked at him embarrassingly. "Skincare, my friend. They are treating me like a god. They even gave me the biggest room with a bathroom."
"Wait, didn't they realize you are not a soul?" Alexander asked.
"No, in fact, they already inducted me into the 1st division as a trainee. They said I will be under the captain-commander. Apparently, my spiritual power was in the same category as the captain-commander. Bwahaha... what a pleasant life. What are you three doing? Sneaking around?" Ragnarok asked in an insulting tone.
"We are working, unlike you. You will investigate the soul society and determine whether they are under some god's influence or not. We will roam around and see how things go." Alexander ordered.
"Hey, you just poured all your responsibility on me. I am supposed to be studying here." Ragnarok tried to get away from the work.
"Hmm, Dobby, let's go to Dracheim. I just found mountains of gold in a certain cave there," Alexander said with a serious face.
Dobby nodded, "Yes, let's go!"
"Hey, wait. I'll do it. Don't touch my gold." Ragnarok quickly agreed.
"Oh, did I just see blackmailing happening?" Iroh exclaimed.
Alexander denied shamelessly, "No, Iroh, that was just friends having fun. Come, let's brew some tea."
"Hey, this is my room," Ragnarok complained.
Alexander looked at him and smirked, "No, this is 'OUR' room."
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