In The Academy As Sukuna

Ch 41 - The Mastermind Unveiled

"The past is never truly buried; it waits patiently to be unearthed."

(POV: Ryomen Sukuna)

I was inside my room, which was illuminated by the filtered sunlight coming in from the open window.

I was sitting on my bed, right opposite to the windows which covered the entire wall, a beautiful scenery of mountains visible through it.

I could see my parents sitting outside in the garden, talking and drinking tea, enjoying the cloudy day.

However, my mind was focused on my laptop screen, which was filled with a multitude of pictures, videos, and text.

Beside me, on the bed, were kept dozens of pen drives, the ones I had gotten from Seraphina Nightshade.

I leaned back, the soft pillow hitting my back as I sighed in relaxation.

However, the state of my mind was the complete opposite.

The more information I uncovered, the more disturbing it got.

They weren't just ordinary secrets, the entire lives of people were mapped out into mere pen drives.

It was a eerily haunting fact that one's life could be read like a book without him even knowing.

"Sick," I muttered, my voice slightly disgusted.

Politicians, ganglords, even the royal families of countries...no one was innocent.

Assassinations to maintain power, human trafficking, forced prostitution.

It was as if the entire darkness of society was being pushed onto him all at once.

The more I read, the more I understood the magnitude of information Seraphina possessed, and the threat it could cause.

It was no doubt that there were so many demands for her assassination, one of which I took.

Even though I was quite disturbed, my gaze was unwavering as I tried to uncover important information.

As I went through the drives one by one, it turned from morning to afternoon, my parents were out for some work, and I was alone in the house with the maids.

As I continued, one name appeared more and more frequently. AIden Arceid.

However, there was no information about him from the time period of a year. From last year, till now.

It was as if Seraphina deliberately wanted to leave him alone.

"Hmm," I mused, a slight smirk on my face as I kept going through the information.

After a few more minutes, I finally found a file titled 'Aiden_A'

Without hesitation, I opened that file, which contained a lot of information, thousands of pictures, and a seemingly unending amount of text.

I leaned in closer to the screen.

There were records of illegal transactions, multiple killings, of him meeting various influential figures.

The more I looked through the documents, the more I realized...Aiden Arceid was much more that what he showed.

The documents ended, no information on him starting a year ago.

My brows furrowed as I leaned back.

"Aiden Arceid, huh?" I muttered, amusement dripping in my voice.