[Grandora City, Sub-headquarters]
Zero gravity training, also known as microgravity training, simulates the weightlessness a person experience in space. This type of training helps astronauts prepare for the unique challenges of operating in low or no gravity environments, such as maintaining balance, moving efficiently, and handling tools without the assistance of gravity.
Zero gravity training typically involves, parabolic flights, neutral buoyancy, and VR. Zero gravity training ensures people are physically and mentally prepared for space missions, where even simple tasks become more complex without the force of gravity.
In this moment Alice would undergo training without gravity in order to enhance her control and maneuver of her own fighting style. Through this her sniping skills would also evolve to a whole new height which will be a great asset for her during crisis.
The moment Zero gravity training was initiated, Alice then begun to float as she suddenly felt strange after feeling the state of weightlessness. Nevertheless the training waits for no one as drones begun popping out of the holes and started attacking her.
The moment Alice saw the drones, she quickly raised her sniper gun(Fenrir) to take a shot, only to realize that her forced movement in zero gravity greatly tilted her balance and made her whole body rotate like a ball.
"Waaaahhhhh!!!"
Unable to control her movement, Alice tried her best to adjust to this current training, only to fail again and again and again. In the end due to not finding her balance, she lost the second training regime that Isabelle had created just for her.
Once the training ended and the gravity was back, sweats poured down like a rain on her body, as she suddenly felt tired from all those rolling and spinning around in midair. In fact it was so hard to even shoot her gun, much less to aim, she was completely powerless in that situation.
(Well that was disappointing, I thought you would have aced that training level considering your skills, but looks like you still have room for growth)
Hearing that throne the speakers, Alice then clenched her fist as she picked up her gun and wobbly stood up from the ground.
"Again!"
(Again? Are you serious?)
"Yes! Let's do it again, this time I'll try to pass it as much as possible"
Seeing the determination in her eyes, Isabelle then gladly complied as she restarted the training once more.
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Meanwhile in a special training area where multiple personnel are keeping watch in the control room for any emergency, Greg himself is currently training Ryuuji to further improve his own power itself. To be exact they are trying once more to open the gates towards manifestation through synchronization with his own weapon.
Since special made weapons are created through the materials of a once living creature, it was then theorized that perhaps the weapons made out from a living beings material would also have spirit in them as long as it is connected towards original owner be it existence, myths, or stories. This theory was only proven to be true when Greg managed to achieve such feat by synchronizing with his own weapon spirit(fire cat). But after he made that success, no one else was able to achieve it after him, making him the only person who can do manifestation.
However even though he manage to acquire manifestation and manage to boost his capabilities, he wasn't the strongest person during his time and also it didn't made him into a godlike being.
The varying boost that the weapon spirit could provide towards its user are based on the category of their weapon spirits level. The category are separated into three, High, Mid, and Low category. For Greg weapon spirit which is a fire cat, it is categorized somewhere around the low level category, due to that the boost he received was only enough to make him survive the catastrophe and somewhat fight back.
Of course even if the weapon spirit is ranked in the low category, achieving synchronization with them is still quite hard, mostly in fact this is due to compatibility or suppression. Among the two the desired result is compatibility where both the host and spirit help each like 50-50. On the otherhand suppression could go on both ways, one is to have full control of the weapon while in manifestation or two the weapon take full control of its host, a high risk high return situation. What's more this method could also put the user into a permanent berserk mode until he dies.
All of this was made known when Greg was communicating with his own weapon spirit m, which then unravels the whole truth behind such method. With it Greg himself is trying to teach Ryuuji compatibility rather than the other method.
As Ryuuji was sitting on the ground in a meditation state, Greg is then circling around him as he teaches Ryuuji.
"In order to fully manifest your weapon spirit, you need to know what your weapon spirit is... I'm not talking about its name, but rather it's nature"
"...."
"Tell me what do image pops out of your mind when I say Ifrit?"
"I... I imagine flames, really hot flames"
"Your right! Based on the records, Ifrit is a type of supernatural creature in various mythologies, particularly in Islamic folklore. It is typically described as a powerful and malevolent being made from "smokeless fire.". On the other hand it is also describe as a fire demon warrior in Judaism but all of these description are based on soundless rumors that are passed down throughout the generations and only you can perfectly describe him through manifestation"
"....."
"Now concentrate! Empty your mind! Align your thoughts with your weapon! Be one being"
As Greg said those words, Ryuuji's mind became blank as all he can see was pure darkness. Following that intense Burning sensation envelopes him as a malevolent fire spirit appeared before him.
During the first encounter this fire spirit overwhelms him, but throughout the series of battles he had with beings stronger than him, he had them grown considerably then. This time he finally felt something strange from it, as if the being infront of him is not really Ifrit himself.
With one word he had gotten rid of the fake Ifrit which completely change everything.
"I know your a fake, Begone!!!"
When the fake Ifrit heard those words, it then growled at him, before dissipating into nothingness. In that moment all manner of heat simply vanished as cold feeling envelopes the surroundings.
Not long after as if he was inside a tunnel, Ryuuji saw a bright white light slowly heading towards him, which soon blinded him by its sheer brightness and envelopes the whole world into white.
Once the brightness dimmed down and darkness once more envelopes the place, he then saw something new as a small house with a huge tree rooted on a huge rock appear from a distance. Upon seeing this, Ryuuji naturally came closer, until he realize that an old man was sitting on the huge rock while seemingly fishing with its fishing pole u to the darkness below.
The as he got even closer, he realized that this wasnt simply an ordinary old man, but rather an old demonic human. Basically a demon that looks like an old man.
The longer Ryuuji looks at the old demon, his senses were then warning him as it further tells him that the old man infront of him was the real deal.
With one word Ryuuji called out to it in a low voice.
"... Ifrit?"
