Chapter 3

All right. Your first task is to clean up the practice area.

Practice area? You mean, this whole forest?

That's right. Though we get to make use of the natural landscape with this practice area, it requires a certain level of upkeep.

Pick up any trash. Make sure to diligently scour every inch.

Will we finish today?

L-Let's just get started!

W-we're finished!

Took you even longer than I'd guessed. You shouldn't be getting worn out from a little tidying up.

Ngh...

You shouldn't just be practicing Kido or techniques, you need to build basic stamina as well. We'll end it here for today.

I'll, uh, head home after a quick run.

Today, I'll have you collect up all the sixth-year students' notebooks for submission. They know that their underclassmen are coming to get them.

Most of them will cooperate, but there will be some who didn't take notes from the blackboard and will be reluctant to hand them over or even try to run away.

Feel free to use your Kido to catch them. However, don't hurt them.

Collect them all before dusk. I'm counting on you three.

He says they'll run away...

There are a lot of students in sixth year so we should split up.

All right, let's have ourselves a competition then! Whoever collects the most notebooks wins. Let's go!

We've collected them all!

Well done. You just about managed it before sunset.

And Momo gathered up almost half of them on her own. Nice work.

They were all quick to hand them over.

They all ran away from me?!

I had quite a few fleeing me as well. It was a lot of work.

Sounds like they had some fun with you. The strength of Kido rises alongside its number but its incantation and activation become more difficult too.

I know that you'll feel like using a powerful Bakudo on those running all over the place, but reign yourself in.

There are times when speed is what's called for over power. Work on your judgment.

I'm talking mainly about you, Renji.

Guh, were you keeping an eye on me, or something?

Obviously. Otherwise, I wouldn't have any guidance to give you.

Gaaahhh! That's so embarrassing!

Renji, what level Bakudo did you try this time?