Class started as usual the next day, but an unusual calm hung over the room. No one dared to speak, fearing Jin Wei might kill them if he got annoyed. It was clear that a shadow now loomed over their hearts, one that would never fully disappear.
Most of the students were still traumatized, and although healing abilities could heal both internal and external injuries, they couldn't heal mental scars. That kind of wound could only heal with time.
Professor Kazuki Takahashi entered the classroom, his white lab coat hanging loosely around him and his eyes distant, already lost in the maze of his research. The smell of stale coffee followed him like a shadow. He barely acknowledged the students, their existence nothing more than an obstacle between him and his next experiment.