In The Academy As Sukuna

Ch 8 - Grinding with Gore

(With the Principal...)

The flickering image on the screen faded, leaving behind a tense silence in the Principal's office.

Blaze, the academy's leader, rubbed his temples with a sigh. His face, usually stoic, held unease.

He was a man who'd seen battles both within the academy and beyond, yet the raw display of power on the screen concerned him.

Beside him, Silvas, the Vice-Principal, was impassive. His gaze was locked on the figure on the floor in the recording.

Johan, the promising new student, was now a ragdoll on the floor, a whimper escaping his lips as the healers carried him away.

The cracks in his ribs, visible even through the screen, sent a pain of guilt through Blaze.

"Black Flash, huh," said Mean, a teacher. "A catchy name, like naming a water spell 'blue'."

Silvas shot him an annoyed look. "The name could use some work, Mean, but its effects..." He turned back to Blaze. "Principal, any word from the healers?"

Blaze shook his head. "Not yet. But judging by the initial scans...shattered ribs, internal bleeding...Johan's lucky to be alive."

He paused, as if thinking deeply of something.

"More worrying is the report the healers mentioned. Said it took them almost twice as long to stabilize him. Like his body was...resisting the healing spell."

The air in the room grew thick with tension. This wasn't just a simple spar gone wrong. This was a hint of something far more dangerous.

"Normally," Blaze continued, "healing those injuries wouldn't take more than ten minutes. Twenty, max, to fully disappear.

But in this case, after thirty-two minutes, they could only mend him enough to move. The boy will be in pain for the next few days, with regular visits to the healers."

A heavy silence descended upon the room. Silvas and Mean exchanged a troubled glance. The implications were clear: this Ryomen Sukuna – the unassuming black-haired student – was unlike anything they'd encountered before.

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2 Weeks Later... With Sukuna

Sukuna was sitting in a cross legged posture on a field inside the grounds of the academy. The air was fresh, and the sky orange, the sunset was closing in. The trees were swaying gently in the wind, while a fresh smell of flowers was spreading in the environment.

In this peaceful environment, was Sukuna, sweating so hard that he created a new saltwater lake.

He was trying to activate Reversed Cursed Technique, he had a little understanding of it from the anime, but he still couldn't achieve it.

He figured out that instead of repeating unlocked techniques, if he tries to achieve locked techniques, his Cursed Energy Proficiency will increase faster, as his body does have the ability to perform these techniques, but they have been forcibly blocked by the system.

He was close, like really close to unlocking Reversed Cursed Techniques, his Cursed Energy Proficiency was at 39.2%, he assumed that he would unlock it in the next 2 days.

In the last few days, he has been maintaining his neutral relationship with the main characters, Johan doesn't hate him for literally nearly killing him on the first day of the academy, but instead, he admires him for being so strong, as expected of a brute.