-Do you want to continue your training? Or do you want to train with me again?- Ames asked curiously, floating as she looked at the energy shield around Ringo.
-Actually, I think I can do both, your help might even speed up the process of creating my shield.- Ringo said, stretching slightly, ready to train with Ames.
It wasn't a lie, the training wouldn't change at its core, only now he himself is the stone and Ames is the piece of Maktru, he needs to defend himself from Ames or he himself will break.
Ames smiled and agreed, after weeks on a spaceship, she was missing training Ringo and watching him grow every day was a lot of fun.
If Ames were familiar with the pop culture of Ringo previous world, she might associate it with training a Pokémon.
Ringo imagined himself for a moment as a Pikachu with a pink tuft of hair, Ringochu. His lips trembled as he sighed, pushing that thought aside.
In any case, the training quickly returned to square one, Ringo continually being thrown against the wall, ceiling and floor, his energy shield shattering each time, but soon reforming afterward.
Ringo discovered that this training not only improved the strength of his Chi barrier, but also the speed at which he could activate it.
Ames also adapted quickly to Ringo's "new limit" with the barrier, she was surprised that Ringo's defense had almost doubled and was still increasing. If she hadn't known about the problems of learning Chi, even she would have been tempted.
Just imagining punching Heber in the face ignited a desire within her, but the next moment, she gave up.
There was no way around it, many might think Ames is a symbol of pride, but only those close to her know the truth, she is a symbol of laziness!
If it weren't for Aesop encouraging her to find him by becoming a BGA, something he totally said casually, Ames might have stopped at Grade A, maybe even Grade B.
One could only say that Aesop's position in Ames' heart is even greater than her laziness, which is why Ringo still thinks Aesop is a scoundrel of a father!
If Aesop knew what Ringo was thinking, he would feel very wronged, he knew very well that if he appeared in front of Ames, that woman would never take her eyes off him again!
If he couldn't go around causing trouble, what would be the fun of life?!
As for taking Ames with him to cause trouble? What kind of trouble can a BGA get into? Should he go and provoke the three Universal civilizations or other BGAs? Isn't that just asking for death?
In the end, it wasn't that Aesop didn't want to go back to see Ames, but that once he returned, he would have to retire and spend his days counting how many hairs he had lost.
Of course, the fault was actually Aesop's own. If he had created a healthy relationship with Ames from the beginning, that would have been fine, but he only stayed with her for a while, trained her, gave her paternal love and affection, then disappeared, leaving something like. -If you want to find me, get stronger!
Ames must have gone through all sorts of dangerous situations after that, it's clear that all of this was driven by the hope of finding his adoptive father again. With that kind of extreme mentality, how could Ames not arrest Aesop after seeing him?
Aesop's luck is that Ames isn't a Pugilist.
With the stubbornness of Pugilists and the mentality of Ames, the woman would probably turn into a crazy Yandere.
In any case, Ringo didn't care about the toxic development of the father-daughter relationship, for now, he only cared about getting stronger. Even so, during training, it was easy to see Ames' positive mindset.
Not that there was any earth-shattering change, outwardly there didn't seem to be any major alterations, but Ringo sensed that Ames' emotions seemed incredibly serene at that moment.
Before, there was a constant emptiness in the depths of her eyes. Now she looked like a monk who had attained enlightenment.
Ringo didn't pay much attention to it, in the end, he was happy for himself and even happier that he could continue to improve.
And so, the days continued to pass on the Floating Dragon.
A month later, Ringo had reached the critical point again, he was about to evolve once more. On the outside, Ringo looked perfectly normal, but around his skin, a shield as thin as a layer of skin, extremely resistant, was active.
It was a phenomenal breakthrough, like a supernatural layer of graphene on his skin. Ringo felt he could face Hunting Blade in a bare-knuckle fight now, purely with his physique. Of course, whether he would win or lose was another question.