When a CE is applied within 0.0001 seconds right after doing a physical hit, a distortion in space is born. Instantly right after the space is distorted... cursed energy flashes BLACK.
Hence the name, BLACK FLASH.
To explain it all in layman's terms, operating your CE to its maximum degree, with almost no delay, basically creates a cavitation bubble in space, much like a pistol shrimp underwater. That's the reason why, an attack infused with Black Flash is so devastating.
Explaining why Hiroyuki, who managed to perform a Black Flash during his most recent mission, successfully exorcises the Special Grade Cursed Spirit White Lady in just a single punch.
Black Flash was said to amp the attack power of its user to the power of 2.5. With that amount of boost, it can easily turn the overall force of a normal person's punch greater than the force that a full swing of a sledgehammer can bring.
So given such a fact, one can only imagine what could Hiroyuki achieve with such a phenomenon when he can already exert a crazy amount of attack power with his own strength alone.
Topping that all off with the power of Black Flash... It is simply unimaginable at that point.
(AN: It's NOT MULTIPLIED by 2.5, it's crazy how many people thought that it is.)
However, the benefits of performing a Black Flash, as powerful as it is already, don't even end there. Because it does not only offer immense firepower...
Regardless of how anyone got it right the first time, whether it was skill or simply luck, the moment an attack infused with Black Flash landed on a target, it would also cause the user to enter a heightened state where manipulating cursed energy becomes something as simple and natural as breathing.
This leads to a greatly increased performance in combat, allowing whoever performed it to operate at 120% of their maximum potential.
So much so that Hiroyuki, upon performing a black flash, became so heightened to the point that he started feeling some new things about his CE that he wasn't aware of before. He even said that at that moment, his overall capability instantly increased by at least fivefold.
As exaggerated as it might sound to be.
Well, there's a reason why Black Flash was regarded by many as one of the pinnacle of Jujutsu Sorcery. The benefits it offers are simply way too good that anyone, regardless of their origin, would want to achieve it as well.
But as stated before, the world itself imposes an undiscriminating balance to literally everything.
So a Black Flash, given how absolutely broken it is, would surely be bound to something in order to make it more balanced. And that 'something'... is the fact that nobody can perform it at will.
Anyone can technically perform it. But no one is capable of pulling it out whenever they want to. Even the most skilled Jujutsu Sorcerer in the entire history is not an exemption to that.
This doesn't mean that this only happens randomly though. It's not like you can be asleep and a black flash would suddenly pop out of nowhere. No, It still takes a tremendous amount of focus and skill to perform it. Even the condition and situation of the User greatly matter in that regard.
However, even with such facts, the guarantee that a Black Flash would appear is still pretty low. Having all of those requirements simply gives you a slight opportunity to get one out.
But overall, all of these facts just prove how naturally skilled Hiroyuki is when it comes to CE manipulation. Being able to perform a Black Flash even though the height of tension is pretty low, shows how incredibly intuned his body is to his overall CE... regardless of all the weird things that he possesses.
Not to mention that the case has already been like this even before the Black Flash happened.
So one could truly wonder, how much further did he manage to go now that he became more enlightened about CE control thanks to the benefit that the Black Flash brought to him.
That's the thing, even Hiroyuki himself didn't know...
Or at least, not yet.
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It's been a couple of weeks now since Hiroyuki and Senjumaru were given those individual missions for their Grade Promotion.
Now, regarding the results...
Hiroyuki managed to complete his mission, spectacularly. Senjumaru on the other hand... also completed hers, even with flying colors at that. Or at least, that's what the report said about them.
Anyways, since they both completed their individual missions, their grade, given that it was a promotion task in the first place, was immediately upgraded to a much higher level than before.
It took a couple of days before the results came out but after all those processes, they finally got their new IDs containing their new Grade as Jujutsu Sorcerers.
From Grade 2, both of them are now officially... Grade 1.
Now, for others, this might sound very impressive because they managed to reach such a level even though they're still first years at Jujutsu High. A feat that, although isn't unheard of, is extremely rare to happen.
But given the strength they possess, according to the reports made about them during their subjugation, is already more than enough to be classified as such. Both of them literally blitzed through the special grades they were assigned to.
Exorcising them in an unbelievably short amount of time.
That kind of achievement is more than enough already to earn such status. The majority of Grade 1's nowadays can't even do something like that.
However, as amazing as this might be for others, it isn't really a big deal for both Hiroyuki and Senjumaru.
The reason? Well, it's simply because they are both extremely aware of their own capabilities. So for them, something like this is just normal. It's already within their expectation given how strong they were.
In fact, they can even reach a much higher level. Both of them are confident that they can easily achieve that if they want to.
To prove such a statement...
Looking at Senjumaru's case, throughout all the time that she was in Jujutsu High, she had only shown the bare minimum of her overall capability and yet, she was already deemed as one of the most important assets.
Apart from becoming the core of the medical team due to her RCT. She is also now the main producer of the Uniforms for all alumni and students within Jujutsu High. The reason for that is because of her ICT, Cursed Weaving, which allows her to produce fabrics as soft as any regular clothes, but has the durability same to steel if need be.
Essentially making every Uniform in the school, a Cursed Tool. Or at least, that's how everyone described it to be.
All these facts don't even include the reason why she was branded as one of the strongest.
Because apart from her insane combat awareness, she also possesses an extreme amount of CE pool and impeccable control over it. She is also a prodigy at CE usage, shown clearly when she easily 'learned' all the Cursed Techniques that were 'shown' to her. It was not even 'taught', she just saw it once and she already knew how to do it.
Or at least, that's how everyone interpreted her actions so far. For all of them, she's THAT insane.
Then, going on the other side, there's also Hiroyuki. A guy who doesn't need any introduction anymore.
All his ridiculous feats so far was already enough to warrant him the title, 'The strongest in the current generation'. Even though those 'feats', aren't all that he's capable of.
There's literally more to where that came from.
Overall, all these facts prove that simply revealing their hidden skills to everyone is already enough to increase their overall status. But as obvious as it is, they don't have any plan to do that. If they do, then they would've already done it.
Now their reason for this isn't that complicated.
The world of Jujutsu isn't as one-sided as one might think. Information is probably one of the most valuable things here than anything else. That's why, showing only what's needed in order to achieve some of their plans is the most desirable thing to do.
Given their situation, revealing all their cards would only do them more bad than good.
Not to mention that almost wherever they go, there's always a pair of eyes watching them.
That's right, both of them are aware of it. But, as unfortunate as it is, they can do nothing about it yet but turn a blind eye.
Well, Hiroyuki and Senjumaru can easily deal with it using their strengths if they want to but... that would solve nothing at all. In fact, their problem will even get worse.
So much worse.
Now, that conclusion is pretty confusing. For those who know nothing, that is an understandable reaction. But Hiroyuki, given his experiences in the past, already knows that there are just some things in the world that can simply not be solved with pure violence alone.
Hence the never-ending irony of it.
Given all their strengths, one might think that they can already do anything and solve all the problems that would land in their hands as simple as wiping off dust in their clothes.
Unfortunately, reality doesn't work like that.
"Fate is simply that cruel sometimes."
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