
Yoruichi continued to apply pressure on Aika's body as she ran half-naked across the training ground. Not only did she suppress Aika, she also used Kidou healing which restored her stamina and repaired muscle tissue so that she could keep running. Not only does Yoruichi train his stamina and muscle strength, he gives Aika a near-death experience so she can get used to it so she won't freeze in the face of any life or death battles she might face later on. Although she would not push him to the point that Aika would be completely indifferent to the concept of death since it would create more problems for herself.
Yoruichi also lays the groundwork for Aika to not have any emotional distress and continue her peak mental state when in a fight or escape situation even if her clothes are accidentally stripped away. In other words, if there was danger and he had to choose the most optimal and efficient movements to dodge, defend or attack, he could let go of his embarrassment from being naked. In short, Yoruichi tries to make him not mind being an exhibitionist during the fight.
Yoruichi had only planned this for 3 hours because he did not want to overload his mind and he still had to learn how to sense Mana and Ki later on, and he still had to learn how to feel Mana and Ki later on, but he plans to extend this time whenever his stamina increases. As Yoruichi pressed down on his Reiatsu and sent out several lightning strikes around Aika, he faced Koneko, "For you, we will continue what we tried to do last time. Sit down and meditate. Gather all the Ki you can and make it. Stay as long as possible in your body while circulating it."
Koneko sat down after putting the coat on the hard floor and letting go of its original form. He follows Yoruichi's instructions and begins to gather Ki from around him. It was easy for him at first, but it became increasingly difficult as time went on because he was being saturated by Ki and his body started screaming in pain due to the huge amount of pressure that was building up inside him. After reaching the point if he continues to receive Ki, he will explode and die in the process, he stops and waits for Yoruichi's next instruction.
"good. Now, even though you've taken all of this Ki, it's not yours and it won't follow your orders other than letting it circulate and move it around your entire body. The next exercise is to find and separate the original. Ki from Ki who came from outside." Yoruichi instructed next.
'I can do it when outside Ki is still at a low level.' Koneko thought that somehow Yoruichi could guess by looking at Koneko's expression.
"Indeed, you can do this easier if done early."
'!?'
"But what you need is an exercise for energy manipulation. It will be a good exercise for you to control your inner Ki and your outer Ki simultaneously regardless of how much is in your body."
'So that's it.' Koneko nodded while her eyes were still closed.
"You might need a lot of time to get used to it, but I want you to do it in at least a few seconds until we move on to the next lesson, that is taming a wild horse called the outer Ki for your own use. ."
Senjutsu is the power to control the flow of life energy or ki in living things. By using it, one can strengthen their internal and external bodies or even cause the herbs around them to bloom or wither. Senjutsu users can sense the Ki and aura of others thus allowing them to track targets remotely. By interfering with their opponent's Ki or disconnecting them, it is possible to cause direct damage to their spirit and using this as an attack can result in killing their opponent. Therefore, there was little way to defend against Senjutsu.
The most basic method of learning Senjutsu is through meditation by concentrating on their state of mind and calmly releasing their own or inner Ki as well as feeling the natural or outer Ki of their surroundings. It is also the best way to develop one's skills in Senjutsu.
But Yoruichi and Kisuke are confused as to why Senjutsu users are only utilizing their inner Ki to strengthen their body and somehow control the outer Ki from the outside and not taking it for their use.
Both Yoruichi and Kisuke experimented with it and were surprised by their findings. Using an outside Ki directly will cause the user to lose control of themselves and enter a berserk state. Now they both know why no one has tried it, or maybe someone else has done it but lost all forms of rationality for overuse. But Kisuke is not discouraged, on the contrary, he feels elated because the raging state of using the outer Ki is very similar to when a Shinigami or Hollow removes the limit on their Reiatsu and gains strength from each other. Especially in the case of Shinigami where they have to control their inner Hollow to make full use of its power.
Although the rampaging state is a concern, it cannot stop Yoruichi and Kisuke from giving this method to Koneko as they will help her control it. It was a small price compared to the power he would gain and Koneko trusted both of them, so she accepted and agreed to learn it when Kisuke proposed to her.
The Senjutsu skill that Koneko will learn is to draw an outer Ki within themselves, blending it with their own inner Ki. This adds a new dimension of power to Ki practitioners, resulting in the creation of a stronger Ki that is very close to nature.
After three hours passed, Yoruichi stopped torturing Aika, and Aika regained her position. Recalling the previous traumatic experience, he began to shout dirty words that made Yoruichi and Koneko dumbfounded, making the first one laugh out loud.
As Yoruichi taught Aika how to sense Mana and Ki, and Koneko succeeded with her training, they all felt a sudden pressure coming from a distance. Yoruichi flicked his head to the place where a large number of Reiatsu were released. He knew something was wrong, 'Kisuke!'
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