CH18: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(5): THE MALEVOLENT SOUND(2)"

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"When we hit our lowest points, we are open to the greatest change."

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Born into the great Raijin clan, I was considered a failure—an unfortunate mistake the gods had gifted, with an ability completely divergent from the talents of our forefathers.

I was ridiculed and spat on by my own clan, a disgrace to them and my own family. All I could do was hear at incredibly high frequencies, devoid of any combat abilities. Cast out at the tender age of five, I was left to survive in the cruel world, a world that seemed to wish for my demise.

Days turned into nights as humans ignored my presence in the streets. I could read their thoughts, the waves of sound they emitted revealing their disdain. They shoved me around, treating me as if I were invisible, hurrying on to their place of work.

They littered all over me, so much that trash became my refuge, a makeshift blanket from the discarded waste. Each night, I cursed the world and questioned the purpose of Daemons p