Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 16, Real World I
Disappointingly, only Shin stuck around on the island to train.
Aqua and Saki stuck around to ask Sozin some questions and Hikari had no home to go to without Shin, but they didn't train or at least with him Shin, Sozin, and Sozin's grandchildren Ken and Kaiyo. Misaki, Kamapa and Shuai left the island to return home and with Saki sailing them back.They understood the importance of training, so they would continue on their own, but they still wanted to spend their time with families and loved ones as well... Except Shuai who was going to go home to break the news to his parents that he was going to become a Shaman or monk and rejoice in their reactions to his coming out.
Shin: What is with that guy? Did he hate his father that much?
Sozin: What's wrong.
Shin: Nothing. Lets continue please.
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A few days have passed since Shin first arrived.
Like Shin desired he was able to learn under Sozin and spar with Ken and Kaiyo. Currently, Shin was in a practice session with Sozin. Later he would fight against Ken and Kaiyo in sparing matches. This practice with Sozin came first since they learned day 1 that his spars with Ken and Kaiyo... Were too spirited and that was saying it nicely. Even with Shin's amazing healing prowess he was in no shape afterwards to do anything else till after a good night's rest.
Shin: ( They tried to kill me a few times by making it look like an accident since their grandfather was watching. If I chose any other genetic mutation other than Ghoul I would have died from the injuries! ).
The training menu that Sozin thought up for for Shin was outside his expectations and if he didn't know better he would have thought that Sozin just read up on a few mangas to come up with his training regiments.
Sozin after the first day of training gave Shin review of basic exercises for him to perform every day and what muscles should be improved over others for Shin's style of fighting, a feee style CQC way of fighting ( Sozin fights with martial arts, but said there was no need for me to change to match him since it's the path his instincts have lead him to ). Sozin then advised Shin on the idea that it was best to train one power per day.
Shin possessed Ki energy and the One-Eye Ghoul Mutation. Sozin told him that he would see better growth in his enhancements by training each on alone for one day and one day to train by combining them together like Shin had thought up. Day 1 was Ki Energy, Day 2 was to be for Ghoul Mutation and Day 3 was lastly to train both, but not separately, and the cycle should be repeated.
Shin had no problem with a training menu that could have come out of Hunter X Hunter, so there was no need to second guess it that at all, yet he still asked how was this an effective training regiment. Sozin said that all power are different and conflict one way or another even if they can be used simultaneously. As Sozin would describe it from his own experiences, different powers have their own personalities. Using Sozin as an example: Ki Energy s very accepting, but the Vampire's Blood Energy is selfish and wants to devour any other power within body. It was best to treat them like they are the special one, but also teach them to work together. Like spoiling your child one day with attention to give them confidence, which in turns become a greater rate of growth, but also teaching them to they have to work together with others at the same time.
Sozin said that he can use his powers perfectly now, but at first his vampire's Blood Energy was afraid of Ki even if they were on the same rank, so he had a harder time mastering it and the time it finally surpassed Ki Energy, Blood Energy attempted to devour Ki. Then later with training Blood Energy began to except Ki and even when Blood Energ surpassed Ki Energy a second time, the originally selfish and greedy Blood Energy excepted Ki and now doesn't interfere with it.
In Shin's case, despite being the same tier, Ki Energy is stronger then his Ghoul mutation. Afraid of the more powerful Ki, his Ghoul Powers stayed inactive. Shin assumed it was just a hard enhancement to master, but that was only half the truth. Sozin then confirmed that this was one of the reasons why Shin had a hard time discovering the true depths of his Ghoul Mutation and couldn't release his Kagune at first without Ki Energy combing/giving permission to come out at last.
Sozin also taught Shin how to meditate. Not just sit down and calming one's thoughts but how to meditate as a way to train Ki Energy and speed up it's regeneration when needed and even to slowly increase the amount of Ki. The meditation Shin was taught wasn't an enhancement, but something he picked up in a book in the exchanges it taught the reader various ways to improve Ki.
Circulating Ki Energy through while meditating to speed up the healing of wounds and to restore lost Ki even faster were the things Shin was taught, and doing this while in perfect condition would increase Ki, although by no noticeable growth in just one session. Sozin also recommended that whenever he works out on days where he is using Ki, to go as far as to heal even the exhaustion of his muscles with Ki.
It isn't something the person himself will notice quickly, but they will be developing muscles that respond and produce better results when using Ki to strengthen the body. To one day to be able to repel bullets and all other kinds of attack with just strong muscels empowered by Ki and without having to resort to a skill isn't an impossibility.
Then for the days where Shin is training his One-eye Ghhoul Mutation he was to simply wear himself down. With all regenerative type genetic mutation exchanges they have the added benefit that they speed up the natural healing process. Not just simply restoring the body to how it was, but improving it. Building up strong bones and muscles in its simplicity is to break down the body and building it back up. Taking it to the literally extreme is highly ill-advised since doing so would destroy the human body, but for those with mutations like Ghoul, doing so won't leave the person with any long lasting or permanent wounds as it will be temporary till it is full healed and better then ever.
Shin: ( If I think about it, a good example of this theory, but at an accelerated pace would be the main character of 'A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives'. He is an immortal wilth a high regenerating human body. Every time he tore his muscles or broke his bones they would be healed and be healed better then ever. I don't have 1% of that guys healing factor, but we could both be seen as the type that will get stronger the more we are beat down. That is also like a Saiyan and that is cool, but I could go without the nearly dying from the workout parts, much less the beat down parts as well ).
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Sozin: Are you beginning to see the results of your training?
Shin: Yes and no. I can use Ki Energy a little better, but that is only after those spars with Ken and Kaiyo. I don't feel that much stronger just from this.
Sozin: Foolish boy. What do you think training is. A cheat code?
Shin: No.
Sozin: It is a cheat.
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Shin: What?
Sozin: Training doesn't betray you and it stacks up infinity, Shin. Once you reach the highest level in your abilities due to talent, it is training that allows you to improve from there, no matter how small the improvement is. If you train every day you will improve to some degree and your skills won't degrade even in times of peace. You'll only feel a great boost in skill and powerful from risking your life in combat. The reason is that combat experience is worth 10,000 days of training. You learn to put what you learn in training into practice, but once you reach the limit of this and you pass your time of youth it is training that takes you to the next level and beyond. See, like a cheat code.
Shin: I guess, but I prefer an instant boost in strength if possible.
Sozin: Not happening. Even those monsters who founded The Four Pillars trained hard. I heard so from one of the leaders of Dove United. They spent points to stay in the Mission Worlds for even hundreads of years at a time to just master and break through the limits of a single skill or enhancement. They got where they are because they were immortal and made the best of their time.
Shin: Then there's no getting around it if I want to beat them, huh?
Sozin: You want to defeat them? Why? Is it for Saki?
Shin: No, not really. It's just for one they will probably target us at one point, I need to be able to safe guard my own life and those of my comrades. Also, it's my goal to become OP and I also want to be the strongest if possible. See, the Four Pillars are getting in my way one way or another, so it's best to believe that I have to become stronger than them and defeat some time in the future.
Sozin: That goal may be impossible, but it's better to have a goal than not, I guess.
Shin: Nothing is impossible for me, but first and first I have to complete my harem first.
Sozin: ...
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Shin: Sozin.
Sozin: Yes, what is it. You next spar with Ken and Kaiyo is about to begin.
Shin: It probably won't take long, but could you tell me more about the true nature of the Genetic Constraint? It does so much to improve my abilities, I was wondering if you knew more about it. You are probably more knowledgeable then Saki and Aqua, and you said that you have Unlocked to the Third Stage, right.? I am still on the First Stage, so any information or tips would be welcomed.
Sozin: What a coincidence. Aqua and Saki asked me about that as well.
Shin: They did? Sorry, I don't want to make you keep repeating the same thing after telling us all so much. I'll ask one of them later.
Sozin: No, it is fine. What do you want to know? Some things I can tell you now, but giving someone too much advice can bad. That is why it is better for you to experience it yourself.
Shin: Then first tell me about the genetic constraint. Saki and Aqua mentioned the concept, but I am guessing that what they know was only touching the surface of things. Seems like there are some big secrets I don't know about. This is what I need to know the most. Especially, if we may be facing other teams in the future.
Sozin: Alright. In a sense, unlocking the constraint is the key to utilizing all enhancements to their full potential. For an rank A whole enhancement, Skill, or even a mutation like Aqua's Elder Werewolf bloodline, a normal person can only utilize ten percent of its power and that will be the limit.
Shin: Is that because unlike in manag and anime, human are normal people who live without that power, so they don't know how or is just a foreign element to us? I considered that the reason that it's hard for me to learn new things without relying on God.
Sozin: That is the prevailing theory. However, someone that has reached First Stage of the Genetic Constraint can utilize twenty to thirty percent of its power of an A rank enhancements power. At Stage Two it goes up from forty to fifty percent.
Shin: And there are...
Sozin: There are five known stages of the Genetic Constraint. In fact, stage four can already utilize a hundred percent of the power of A rank and below exchanges. And Stage five is when the organism evolves and can use S rank exchanges to their full potential. Stage Five is when you can begin to change and optimize the enhancement to adapt to this world. This is the ultimate goal of evolution.
Shin could both understand and not understand what was being said, but nodded along anyways. Like Sozi said, he would have to experience it himself. Still, he had a question to ask.
Shin: Then what about my Qi and Ghoul power? I don't feel entering the Unlocked Mode helps by much anymore. It helped at first, but the last time I didn't feel any improvements to Ki.
Sozin: It's not what you think. The reason you were able to learn to use Ki so quickly was because you had already unlocked your constraint. When you obtain your first enhancement your body will not adapt to the change in genetics or energy. Aqua had the same concern as she admitted that she didn't feel a drastic change after exchanging for the entry Werewolf mutation. She just said that her body did feel lighter on her feet and that all of her five senses were were enhanced, yet she didn't feel like a superman or superwoman in her case, yet recently she could tell that she was becoming stronger after unlocking, but she gave it credit to her increasing stats.
Shin: And she is wrong?
Sozin: Not completely, but yeah. Once you unlocked your constraint, your fighting ability will change drastically due to the unleash of combat instincts. You and Aqua can feel this the most. Unlocking the constraint is the key. The higher ranked the enhancement is, the higher you need to be unlocked to utilize its full power. As a matter of fact, these enhancements, abilities, and other things are all the creations left by people that had reached a higher unlocked level. They either controlled their genetics and evolved to a higher form of life, or they controlled their energy and created these abilities. The answer isn't known, but that is what we believe for the moment. You should begin to have a deeper understanding of this later on since your enhancements have reached B rank. Once your Unlocked Mode reaches the Second Stage or higher and you can fully use your enhancements more, you will notice the change in your body whether you want to or not.
Shin: I see. Any tips on how I can move up a stage.
Sozin: Nothing you would want to try out right away. Just face the horror within that dimension and live. If you have the talent for overcome the terrors that dimension has to offer then you will reach it.
The Genetic Constraint
First Stage.
Second Stage.
Third Stage.
Fourth Stage.
And lastly Fifth Stage.
Shin: The Genetic Constraint will be the key to future battles, especially with Team Battles coming up. It's sad there's nothing I can to increase my current stage, but the least I can do is is continue my training to become stronger.
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