Stimulation

Sunny woke up early in the morning. After doing some basic tasks, he was ready for the day. The first thing he checked was his memory.

Memory: [Puppeteer's Shroud]

Memory rank: Awakened

Memory type: Armor

Memory Description: [A worm of doubt once found its way into a righteous king's heart. With time, the king was devoured from inside and became its puppet. A lifetime later, the Puppeteer Worm escaped from the king's dead body, leaving behind a cacoon of black silk. No one knows where it went; however, once people dared to approach the silent castle, they found the silk among the mountains of gnawed bones and fashioned it into an armor.]

'Damn scary.'

One of the few times he hoped that a worm should stay like a worm, why become a moth?

He then summoned the memory. Thin black threads immediately appeared around his body and wrapped it in a set of armor. It was made of dark-gray, soft fabric with several elements, such as bracers and shoulder guards, fashioned out of black, lusterless leather.

The armor was light, understated, and did not restrain his movements at all. It also made no sound when he moved.

'Nice.'

The next thing he needs to do is check out his shadow sense.

He then turned around and looked at his dear shadow.

"You moved, right? When I was taking a shower in the police station?"

The shadow enthusiastically shook his head.

Sunny, on the other hand, rolled his eyes.

Sunny closed his eyes and directed his perception within, exploring himself for the first time since returning to the real world. He felt the beating of his heart, the steady rising of his chest, and the slight chill of his room. He felt the movement of filtered air against his skin.

And there, on the verge of his consciousness, something new.

A completely new sense.

Once Sunny grasped the feeling of it, he could sense the shadow just like he sensed his limbs. The only thing was that his limbs were made out of flesh, and the shadow was made from the absence of light.

Sunny opened his eyes and looked at the shadow. Then, with a thought, he willed it to raise an arm.

The shadow raised an arm.

Then what followed was a series of experiments.

At some point, he willed the shadow to warp around his arm. The feeling of increased strength was amazing.

After that, nothing was left to do.

*****

The wilderness survival classroom was spacious, tastefully decorated, and completely empty....like in the novel.

"Come in, young man!"

Professor Julius was a lively old man with messy gray hair.

"I am awakened, Julius. You can call me Teacher Julius. Sit down, sit down!"

He was made of pure energy.

Sunny obediently sat down and introduced himself.

"My name is Sunless, I go by Sunny."

Teacher Julius raised his eyebrows.

"Ah! Sunless,Sunless. What an ominous name! Good, very good. After all, we have to deal with a lot of sketchy things."

What followed next was gossip about his life. Who suggested that he join this course? Is he going to attend any other class?

Also, he got the juicy part about Master Jet.

If he has to sum up what he understood from this conversation,

Master Jet is a baddie.

Broken down to the simplest of languages.

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Loop 9, Location : Academy Grounds.

Sunny sighed as he stood in front of the academy grounds for the ninth time.

If he calculated, then it's almost one whole year he spent in this academy.

That's counting the days he spent in the Dream Realm researching the Crimson Labyrinth and the best way to deal with Carapace Scavengers.

After killing several of them, he dissected their corpse and tried to find the best way to find out how to kill it.

He will get [ Azure Blade] later, so he has a sword and a short sword in his arsenal.

However, after carefully understanding its anatomy, he found out that the best way to face it would be with a spear or a bow.

Its joints are weak, and the spear would be perfect to fight it at mid-range. For the same reason, a bow will be helpful since it has a lot of cracks in its armor.

But Sunny has no way to acquire a spear at this moment. For the bow...…

Finally, the gates began to open. The giant, ridiculously thick sheet of metal slowly descended, creating a long bridge. Sunny looked ahead with determination.

The end of the metal bridge hit the special grooves in the ground and stopped moving after a set of loud clicks.

Nephis walked forward, stepped forward, and stepped on the bridge. Sunny followed behind her.

….

The introduction ceremony went just like in the novel. Sunny made a good clown show, except for the pervert part. It was actually his first time doing this.

'How the hell did he do it? He really had no fucking sense of shame.'

While waiting in a corner for the ceremony to finish, Sunny decided to observe Cassie for the first time.

Pale blond hair, big blue eyes, and an exquisite face. She was delicate, demure, and very pretty.

There is a reason he avoided the main cast in all these loops.

He is afraid that knowing them, understanding them, and talking with them in a incomplete run will make their knowing in the future tasteless and bleak.

He fully understands that, the human mind constantly seeks entertainment, something new to experience. The human mind seeks stimulation continously.

The more time he spends in the same location, the more the surroundings become dull and lifeless. He knows how everyone will react—when someone will laugh, when someone will cry. His mind goes into auto-pilot mode.

And he hates that.

Still, he decided to stay in the academy for seven months and gobble up as much knowledge as possible.

And he found quite a few things that would make his journey smoother in the future.

The introduction ceremony came to an end.

AN: I wrote this chap in an hour(had a mock exam), so the quality may be bad. Also I need some reviews for the matter below.

Sunny will go through a lot of loops. You have noticed that I am mentioning only the first and last loop and saying how he got the stuff.

Do you guys wants me to continue like this or would you guys like me touch the in between loops also?

To take the fanfic into the main plot fast, so far i have touched only the 1st and last loop. But during FS, i plan to go through some in between loop also.

Do you guys like it or not?

Anyway thanks for reading, btw add it to you collection if you liked it.

Also, powerstones please.