Izuru stared blankly between Sinestro's usual indignant babbling, Kokichi feigning innocence, and Isa attempting to break up the conflict. It seemed as if he had more to say to both Sinestro and Kokichi alike, but it could only manifest as a short, disengaging sigh from the red-eyed student as he began to step away from the group, aiming to reach Candi and Sera's position as Isa had gestured.
"...How boring."
To Thaal Sinestro, Izuru Kamukura was as predictable as he viewed everyone else - under any normal circumstance the boy's punishment would've come unhindered and probably unnoticed by the Ultimate Hope. Kokichi seemed to be as boring and dull as everyone else here, and Izuru had no motivation even to pay any mind to his lies. The Ultimate Supreme Leader may as well be no talent at all, making Kokichi among the untalented masses that Izuru held bitter contempt.
But that's a lie.
That word continued to float in Izuru's computer-like mind like a virus;
'Ultimate'. It carries with it a slew of memories and connotations, both positive and negative from an unknowing perspective. For Izuru, it was all a blur. He had no strong feelings for what had happened back then either way.
At least he thought he didn't. But that word,
'Ultimate,' no longer carried any positive connotations for him. It may as well be synonymous with...
'Despair.'
And where there is Despair, there is inevitably going to be that 'conflict' in its wake. A battle between two unpredictable forces, which logically ends in a conclusion that Izuru Kamukura, the Ultimate Hope, cannot currently predict an end. Seeking an end to that 'game' is what motivates Izuru to continue breathing. His existence seeking closure... and finding pieces that relate to that past is apart of that goal.
Someone like Kokichi is a negligible, circumstantial, barely relevant piece of the puzzle, but a part of it nonetheless.
It is at times like these when Izuru wonders if there's something within him - something he doesn't know is there - motivating him to pursue these things on a whim.
It would be more accurate to say '
someone'. But that is neither here nor there.
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