Game
Thoughts
"Talking"
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"You must remember, you're not just increasing your strength or power, but your very being," King Kai said wisely, walking a circle around Gray as his eyes were closed and his body tensed, "It isn't just about creating more power, but about doing everything your body can do better. You must punch harder, run faster, think quicker, and pump the blood through your veins more efficiently."
Do everything better. Everything.
Gray breathed out, feeling the atmosphere of King Kai's planet fade away. The sounds of the rest of his squad training together vanished, and even the watchful eyes of King Kai, Saitama, and Celia seemed to disappear.
Everything. Do everything better.
Gray channeled his Ki through his body, feeling it flow through him. It flowed through his chest, his legs, his arms, his head, and then back to his chest again. A constant flow of power, which he then willed to go quicker. His Ki started to rotate through him faster, heating up as Gray's eye twitched, feeling the burning Ki squirm around within him. It got fast, and his heart rate started to pick up, pounding in his ears as he felt like lava was flowing through him.
"Don't be brought down if you can't do it right away. I've been practicing and developing this technique for thousands of years, and yet even I struggle to use it," King Kai said comfortingly, nodding at Gray. "Do the steps I taught you, but don't be worried about succeeding. With only less than a month to practice, you'd have to be a genius to get it down-"
"KAIO-KEN!"
In a burst of power, a huge aura of red Ki shot upward, consuming Gray's entire body. The land under him shook, and the air seemed to grow thick with tension. His feet dug into the grass below, the ground cratering as the broken pieces of the planet's floor started to float upward, being dragged into the air by Gray's massive power flare. His muscles bulged outward, becoming bigger and more defined as his strength increased, and his chest flexed.
[Kaio-Ken] skill unlocked!
+100 XP (10x multiplier from [Nightmare Mode])
[Kaio-Ken] LVL 1 - Enhance the flow of your body, increasing all of your bodily functions to multiply your power.
+10 KI for unlocking an KI-related skill! (10x multiplier from [Nightmare Mode])
"W-What the hell?!" King Kai's eyes went wide, the Kai stumbling backward as a flare of red aura surrounded Gray, "H-How did you do that on your first try?!"
Gray grinned as his body trembled, unused to the feeling of his basic functions increasing. His Ki started swirling through his body, guiding his heart to beat far faster than any normal person's organ should, and for even his reaction time to increase.
"I'm talented, I guess," Gray just hummed, grinning lightly at King Kai.
Or, it might be because I have a gamer system.
In reality, Gray didn't know if he was able to pick up on the Kaio-Ken because King Kai was a good teacher, he was naturally talented, or because his game system had made learning the technique easier. And, to be frank, he didn't care.
I can use it. That's all that matters.
Though Gray could definitely understand the danger of the technique now that he was using it.
This will take a lot of training to get used to.
Gray's body felt tense, and it felt stiff. His muscles were larger than before, and even from just standing here, Gray knew it would feel different fighting in this form. It wasn't just a base power increase - it increased everything about his body, and fighting while his chest was pounding and his insides were being flooded with red-hot Ki would be difficult.
But, once I master it, this will be overpowered as fuck.
Gray knew that having a technique that could increase his power and functions so greatly would be a big boon, and exactly what he needed to take on Boros on Monas. Slowly, Gray glanced over, his eyes locking with Saitama's as the bald man's bored expression turned a bit interested.
"I hope you enjoyed those warm-up spars," Gray grinned widely, his teeth baring as he stared down Saitama, "Because the real training starts now."
Saitama just stared back at him blankly for a moment, not reacting. Then, his face shifted into a light grin.
"Sure."
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"S-Seriously, you can do that already?! E-Even if you can, stop doing it! It's bad for your body! Stop! I said stop!" King Kai shouted, waving frantically as Gray's body was consumed in a bright red aura of Ki, "Y-You shouldn't even be using it except as a last resort! Don't use the enhanced version while doing something like sparring!"
Gray didn't pay any attention to King Kai's warning, instead just launching forward into the air, disappearing in a blur to the Kai's eyes. He reappeared in front of Saitama, launching his fist forward, to which Saitama casually tilted his head out of the way and dodged.
The bald hero's own fist came rocketed forward, aiming for Gray's gut, but Gray vanished before it made contact, appearing behind him. He lashed out with a fist, punching into Saitama's back and sending the hero launching down towards the surface of King Kai's planet.
2,975,150HP! (?/?)
"S-Stop! Don't ruin my house!" King Kai shouted frantically as Saitama was about to blast down like a missile at his newly rebuilt house, which he'd included the building of as part of Gray's squads 'training,' "Stop! Stop!"
"Relax," Gray just smirked, vanishing and appearing below Saitama before he could make contact. He lashed out, pounding his fist into the man's stomach and sending him launching upward with a boom. The air broke behind him, shooting outward as the various yellow clouds surrounding King Kai's planet were sent blowing in different directions from the aftershock.
3,210,070HP! (?/?)
With how poor of an actual fighter he is, I can land a lot more hits than he can, but…
Gray watched as Saitama's leg lashed out, stomping back behind him as his body was sent flying out into the pink-sky void around King Kai's planet. As he did, he literally stomped on the air - the force of his movement sending out a burst of air with such force that King Kai's entire planet would've been destroyed if he were facing the other way. As a result, the momentum and force carrying him into the sky stopped, and Saitama was suddenly stock-still in the air before gravity took over and he started falling back towards the small planet.
This guys damn body is overpowered!
Gray huffed lightly, wincing as his Kaio-Ken x3 tore at his body's insides. He barely resisted lurching over as the lava inside of his body reared its head, causing a burning to form in his chest as he felt like his heart was about to beat right out of him.
King Kai might actually be right. I've barely got the normal technique down, and I'm probably not ready to be pushing my body this far.
Gray having access to Senzu Beans in his systems store was the only thing encouraging him to train so recklessly, as after only two days of sparring with the normal Kaio-Ken, he had pushed himself into the enhanced version. King Kai hadn't wanted to teach him that yet, saying that even a month of training with the base Kaio-Ken wasn't enough, but luckily, it hadn't been very difficult for Gray to figure out.
I just do what I did before, but twice as hard.
That was a very basic and poor explanation of evolving the technique to the next level, but it was also pretty accurate. The process Gray had originally used to unlock the [Kaio-Ken] of willing his Ki and body's functions to move twice as fast had been repeated, but Gray willed for them to move even faster. As a result, he could use the Kaio-Ken x3 now, even if he felt like he was going to keel over and die at any second.
Even with all this training, it's still barely enough.
As Saitama landed, he grinned lightly at Gray and then disappeared. Gray hissed, narrowing his eyes as Saitama launched at him. Gray could track the man's movements pretty well now, but, ironically, he was doing worse against him in his Kaio-Ken x3 form than he was in the initial stage. His body was stronger and overall faster, but as he was still unused to the pain and feeling of his heart pounding so quickly, Gray couldn't completely focus on Saitama. And, when fighting someone as overpowered as the bald hero, losing focus for even a fraction of a second meant getting the shit punched out of you.
Which was exactly what happened as Gray winced in pain, leaning to the side but not fully avoiding Saitama's punch. It slammed into the side of his abs, sending him launching backwards across King Kai's planet.
-5,959,270HP! (29,982,380/77,230,500)
Gray grunted as he was launched backward, having to flip mid-air over Asia and Tamari's heads as they sparred on the other side of the planet. He landed on his feet with a hiss, grabbing at his side as it throbbed painfully.
No matter how many times I feel it, this bastard still hits like a truck!
Gray had become very familiar with the feeling of Saitama's fist slamming into him over the past roughly half-month, and his END was through the roof because of it, but that didn't make it hurt any less. It stung every time, and taking multiple shots in the same spot still caused a large bruise to appear.
"Gray! Can you heal her while you're here?" Tamari called out to him, gesturing to Asia, who was panting as her soft skin had a couple of scratches.
"Sure," Gray nodded, breathing out as his heart rate lowered and the red Ki aura around him disappeared.
I need to rest a bit anyway. This technique is kicking my ass.
As Gray stepped up to Asia and used [Healing], her body glowed lightly, and the bruises and scratches disappeared. He quickly did the same to Tamari.
Never thought I'd be using this skill so much.
Gray's squad had been making amazing progress as well on King Kai's planet, and it once again wasn't the Kai who was responsible. Having strong sparring partners and being able to train pretty much every hour of the day as Gray healed away their fatigue meant they were powering up quickly, and Gray was glad to see the results.
They won't be strong enough to help against Boros or anything, but they at least won't be in danger on Monas.
But Gray pushed those thoughts away, turning away from the two women and looking back at Saitama as he approached him again.
For now, I need to focus on myself. I have half a month to master the Kaio-Ken and become strong enough to beat Boros.
Nearly half of Gray's time on King Kai's planet had elapsed, but he still felt like the real training was just beginning.
Boros is going to be in for a big fuckin' surprise.
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Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 32,259,880 Coins
Lvl: 26 (13,872,915/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 649.57 Billion
Available Points: 2550
HP: 77,230,500/77,230,500
TKI: 50,630,100/50,630,100
TMP: 6,200/6,200
STR: 7520
AGI: 8410
END: 10270
INT: 6100
CHA: 5995
LUK: 5295
KI: 8300
MP: 6200
HREG: 3250
EREG: 3190
Skills: [Observe LVL 53], [Running LVL 67], [Determination LVL 59], [Ki Control LVL 60], [Ki Gun LVL 48]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 50], [KI Suppression LVL 39], [Ki Sense LVL 40], [Pushup LVL 48], [Punch LVL 59], [Kick LVL 57], [Jump LVL 59], [Flight LVL 65], [Prediction LVL 72], [Zenkai Boost LVL 32], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 60], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 42], [Mouth-Beam LVL 45], [Ki-Blade LVL 45], [Cooking LVL 35], [Ki Barrage LVL 48], [Ki Explosion LVL 41], [Ki Vision LVL 38], [Attack Boost LVL 65], [Swimming LVL 36], [Clothes Materialization LVL 43], [Seal of Weakening LVL 40], [Portal Creation LVL 54], [Lie Detection LVL 29], [Reflect LVL 54], [Instant-Transmission LVL 45], [Healing LVL 53], [Multi-Form LVL 42], [Gigantification LVL 35], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 40], [MP Conversion LVL 50], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 35], [Kaio-Ken LVL5]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 4], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 5]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
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AN: Sorry for the gap in updates! Got a lot going on in life rn, but there shouldn't be a gap this long again! Won't be able to update daily for a while, but I'll still try to post 2-3 chapters a week!
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