In The Academy As Sukuna

Ch 71 - Yamazaki Kenzo

(The Room of the Yamazaki Head...)

A tense silence ensued in the room, one which felt so unbearably heavy that it could kill just by its presence.

Shingen, on the other side of the room, was unaffected, smiling slightly as she looked at the whole battle.

His respect for Eva was constantly rising, and it had gone from -5 to 0.

He was staring at both Eva and Kenzo, who were, in turn, staring at each other.

His gaze turned to the side, where Koru lay on the cracked floor unconscious, being healed by Yasoshi, who was also looking at Eva and Kenzo.

Further to the right, Amanda... wait, I called her Chi, didn't I? Anyhow, she lay unconscious with her back supported by the wall.

She was fully healed by Yasoshi in this little time, something seen rarely in generations... a feat truly spectacular. This is also how he healed Amara as well.

Shingen's gaze turned back to the two, who were still staring at each other as if daring the other to go first, their bodies twitching as if to attack, but they held back.

'I'm quite impressed, honestly,' he thought, his eyes fixed on the figure of Eva, bleeding and half-naked, her clothes burned away.

Blood trickled down her back, from where she had been impaled, even though the wound had already been healed.

'She beat Koru, while he was in UI.' He said mentally once more, leaning back on his seat as his anticipation for the upcoming battle grew.

This was not true UI, obviously, but just a nerfed version of it, one which had nothing to do with the soul.

But, it could evolve into true UI with enough knowledge of the soul. Just like what happened with Shingen.

But, one thing still bothered him. "Who the hell is that?" He muttered, his gaze drifting to Kenzo, who was standing in front of Eva, his eyes burning with a hatred enough to kill. "And how does he have UI?"

The status of any person in the Yamazaki clan who attains the 'fake' UI would be raised to a position under just the head, a position every member yearns for, but only a few reach.

Shingen didn't find it possible for the man to hide the fact that he has UI for so long. After all, attaining the inherited UI causes many behavioral changes.

Shingen's smile couldn't help but widen as he witnessed this spectacle... it only served to make things more interesting for him.

He patiently waited for the two to begin, unknowing of the dangers the other clans, planning to attack him very soon, held.

On the other side of the room, Kenzo had enough of waiting, he couldn't stand still while the murderer of his family stood a mere few feet in front of him.

With a loud, guttural scream, he lunged towards Eva, the broken blade of his sword shining in his hand.

The cracked pieces of earth rose from the floor, vibrating violently as if answering to the hatred in his heart.

Eva, however, found his determination to be useless. After fighting with Koru, the speed of this man felt like a car being compared to a plane.

She pushed the incoming blade away to the right with her hand, her other hand curling up into a ball, moving towards Kenzo's abdomen with ferocity.

Simultaneously, a spike of ice rose from the ground, freezing the vapor in the air with its numbing temperature, moving towards Kenzo's chest, ready to end him with a single strike.