Science Fiction: Starting from Obtaining Sophon

Genda rubbed his nose: "Training in breathing techniques is really too strenuous. I'm just rewarding myself. Besides, the breathing techniques at the intermediate level of Total Concentration are far from exhausting in terms of strengthening the body, and the energy expenditure is also very high."

Tomoko 603 understood this reason as well. After Genda River reached this level, his realm had surpassed his body. His breathing technique, in turn, nourished his body. Only when the strength of his body and the realm of his breathing technique gradually leveled off would this enhancement stop.

In other words, Genda's body will gradually reach the level of a 'pillar' before it stops strengthening. It can only continue to strengthen when his breathing technique improves again.

"This process will take a long time, but by tomorrow, we can start simulating it again, and then we can practice the new breathing technique."

Thinking of this, I felt a surge of excitement in my heart.

The Water Breathing technique alone granted him immense power; if he could acquire more breathing techniques, his strength would be further enhanced.

Tomoko then spoke up, "Do you want to cultivate breathing techniques with more attributes?"

Genda said matter-of-factly, "Of course. Different breathing techniques have different effects. Water Breathing is gentle and long, which can bring continuous attacks, but its explosive power is not strong enough. Among the five basic breathing techniques, its attack power is relatively weak."

If I could learn breathing techniques of different attributes, it would be a good thing for my improvement, and it's even very likely that it would have a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts.

However, Zhi Zi shook her head: "Host, things are not as simple as you think. According to the information I have deduced, each breathing technique can generate different energies. At the same time, practicing breathing techniques of different attributes will place an extremely heavy burden on the body. If the body is not strong enough, it may even cause the body to collapse."

"So that's how it is..."

When he watched Demon Slayer, he was a little puzzled. Different breathing techniques represent different elemental powers. If one could master multiple different breathing techniques, like the protagonist Tanjiro, wouldn't one's strength increase dramatically?

After all, those 'pillars' are all geniuses who cultivate breathing techniques, so it shouldn't be particularly difficult for them to also practice another breathing technique.

Moreover, the breathing techniques practiced as a supplement do not need to reach the same level of proficiency as the primary breathing techniques. Simply achieving a state of complete concentration is enough to significantly improve physical fitness.

It could even achieve an effect similar to the fusion of two attributes into a bloodline limit in the Naruto world. Could two different attribute breathing techniques also work together to create an even more wonderful effect?

Just like lightning chakra combined with water chakra, it is called Storm Release. Storm Release can be understood as electrified water or soft lightning, possessing the characteristics of both lightning and water, and having greater destructive power.

Genda had originally imagined that now that he had mastered Water Breathing, if he also learned Lightning Breathing and fused the two powers together, he might obtain a breathing technique similar to Storm Release, whose power might be comparable to Kokushibo's Moon Breathing!

But to his surprise, Tomoko poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"It's still because of physical strength."

After thinking about it, I realized that I was indeed being delusional. The Demon Slayer world is an extremely cruel world. Ever since Yoriichi Tsugikuni invented the Breathing Technique, countless genius swordsmen have followed in his footsteps, and various Breathing Techniques have been derived from the original Breathing Technique, also known as the Sun Breathing Technique.

During this process, various possibilities must have been explored.

If this road were truly feasible, there would definitely be people who developed it.

Clearly, this path is impassable, or rather, impassable for ordinary people, and it is very likely that this is truly a defying-the-natural act.

Imagine that simply activating the mark is like gaining power while also being sentenced to death. If you were to simultaneously practice two breathing techniques, the pressure on your internal organs would be far more terrifying than activating the mark at full power.

Simply put, aside from Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the chosen one, for everyone else, awakening their Demon Slayer Mark and mastering the Transparent World is the limit of life.

However, if you try to use two breathing techniques at the same time, you will die faster and in greater pain. After all, the pain caused by the lungs being torn apart by two forces at the same time and then spreading throughout the body is definitely not as pleasant as being slowly sliced ​​to death.

There's another point that further illustrates the issue.

That's Tanjiro Kamado, the protagonist of Demon Slayer. After learning Water Breathing, he also mastered Sun Breathing, which further confirms the previous statement.

Because Tanjiro Kamado only switched from a lower-level breathing technique to a higher-level breathing technique, and Sun Breathing is also a family tradition passed down from his ancestor Tanjiro, it is something that has been passed down from generation to generation and is almost engraved in the genes of the Kamado family.

Therefore, the Breath of the Day covered the Breath of Water, and Tanjiro could only use one breathing technique at a time!

This is the key point. After all, if using both breathing techniques simultaneously were truly effective, swordsmen might specifically train them as a trump card to use when fighting evil spirits.

When they're working themselves to the bone, they never care about the potential for injury.

"So what you need to do first is to gradually improve your physical strength and master Water Breathing to a deeper level. I will also deduce methods to enhance physical fitness in the subsequent simulations."

Genda River nodded; this was the only option now.

"Exercising is something that really needs to be done right now, so I've decided to run to the market now, but I'll have to bring someone with me."

Tomoko asked疑惑地, "Bring someone along? Who should we bring?"

As he ran, Genda replied, "Of course it's Ran-san. I promised her I'd ask her to come with me if I went to the market."

She smiled and said, "This is all thanks to your ability to pick out the best fruits and vegetables. You always manage to choose the highest quality from the ordinary ones. Of course, she wants to go grocery shopping with me and have me help her choose."

Tomoko pouted. "Using my abilities to serve other girls, huh!"

Chapter Seventy: The Investigation of Phantom Thief Kid

That afternoon, Genda went to the Mori Detective Agency, called Ran along, and the two of them went to the largest vegetable market in Beika Town.

Genda River made the most of his selection skills, not only choosing vegetables for himself but also helping Ran choose vegetables. He quickly picked out a lot of good quality and inexpensive vegetables, which made the girl very happy.

These actions, however, sent chills down the spines of the vendors in the market.

This young man is simply a demon king!

As experienced vendors, they can naturally tell the quality of vegetables from the ground up. However, as vendors, they can't possibly select all the high-quality vegetables, otherwise the remaining vegetables would be unsellable.

Therefore, many products are sold in combination with those of average quality.

It's like buying pork. Unless you buy only lean meat, when it's cut up and sold, it's always sold with a mix of lean and fat. Otherwise, if you only sell the lean meat and leave only the fat, it won't sell.

However, when vegetables are piled together and all look the same, it is actually difficult to distinguish between good and bad quality. Most people can only choose one better one from the few in the most conspicuous places, and then choose another better one from the rest, and so on.

This young man was completely bewildered; he simply picked out a few vegetables from the huge pile and left!

Then he went to a stall on the side and repeated the process, buying a few items and leaving.

At first, they didn't notice anything amiss; they just thought this young man was a bit odd.

But after it happened many times, he realized that it wasn't that he was sick, but that this kid had an incredibly sharp eye.

They picked out all the "kings" of vegetables!

It's like you go to the school cafeteria for soup and accidentally take the biggest bone from the big bucket. That bone belongs to a veteran actor or employee, and you just scoop it up.

Although the vegetables are slightly different, since vegetables can't be kept for long, it's a bit much to take all the best vegetables.

But there's nothing you can do about it. This kid has a clear goal; he just reaches out and grabs it without doing what some old folks do, grabbing a whole bunch of vegetables and leaving them at that. You can't stop him from choosing, can you?

In the end, everyone had no choice but to accept it.

"Thank you so much, Genda-kun! Thanks to you, I was able to buy such good vegetables today!"

After expressing her gratitude, the girl carried two large bags of vegetables and ran towards home. As a virtuous and loving wife and mother, she also had an elderly father at home who was unable to take care of himself and needed her care.

Genda River hummed a song as he walked to the parking lot, got into his sports car, and completed his day's mission.

Tomorrow I'm going to meet up with Yoshiko and Haruko to go to the market again; they really need my help.

Other people can only pick up girls at the movies and amusement parks. How tacky!

But I did it differently. I would take the girl to the market. This way, I could save costs and show off my abilities in front of her.

Who would have thought that these gold plates were not just money, but also excellent ingredients?

Pshaw, who would have thought that the wet market is not only a place to buy vegetables, but also a great place for a date?

Making money and dating girls at the same time, life is wonderful. Time to go home.

The engine started immediately, and the sports car quickly disappeared at the end of the road.

As night falls, darkness once again envelops the earth, but the city awakens in a different form.

As the colorful lights illuminated the world, the darkness that had just taken over began to recede, like seawater that had touched a reef retreating back into the ocean.

At that moment, in the deep darkness of the night, a white figure swept through the air, passing through the pitch-black night, and landed steadily on the railing of the high-rise building like a large white bird.

A white top hat shrouded his face in shadow, while his monocle reflected the city's dazzling night view. His white tuxedo exuded an air of luxury, making him shine like a star in the dark night.

It was none other than one of the most mysterious figures in the world, the Phantom Thief Kid!

At this moment, however, the Phantom Thief Kid, who always appeared calm and composed and could handle being surrounded by countless police officers with ease, had a face full of struggle.

"Seriously, how are we even supposed to find a guy like that?"

Reflecting on his actions over the past few days, he finally understood the suffering of the police officers responsible for arresting him.

The person I was looking for was just a blurry image.

It was drawn by the police based on the impressions of a survivor from the black-clad organization's stronghold.

One can imagine that in that life-or-death situation, his impression probably wasn't very accurate.

It would be far too difficult for me to find that mysterious person based solely on a vague portrait and some hearsay testimony.

"There really isn't a single clue. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. It seems that in the eyes of those police officers, I'm just that kind of person."

He rubbed his slightly sore temples, roused himself, and sat down cross-legged on the rooftop.

"Killing Itakura Hide was this mysterious guy's first appearance, and just one day later, he struck again, destroying the organization's stronghold and killing more than a dozen people. He's really ruthless," he said, involuntarily curling his lips.

The reason why these positive characters in the world of Detective Conan are so powerless against the Black Organization, even after thousands of episodes, is that they have not been able to eliminate many important figures from the Black Organization.

...... 0 ...

Or rather, the number of Black characters eliminated by all the Red Team members combined is less than the number executed by Gin alone. The Distillery's reputation as a workhorse is well-deserved; he is more proactive than anyone else in eliminating potential traitors.

Genda River is not such a saint. He will eliminate anyone who threatens his survival without hesitation and will not pay much attention to them.

Eating too much and thinking too much are both sources of trouble.

He laid out all the information he had collected about the mysterious figures and analyzed it bit by bit, but still came up empty-handed.

"There's very little information about this guy right now, almost nothing we can find. Tracing him from this angle is like looking for a needle in a haystack. To find him, we can't start from this point; we need to focus on his purpose."