Chapter 22: The Intensive Training Session!!


"Wh-Where are we?" I asked Dad.

"We are in a place called the Chamber of Spirit and Time, or you can call it the Hyperbolic Time Chamber." Dad said. "This place is a perfect environment for training. The time in this place is irrelevant as in, in this place, it could be a year, a month, or an extra three days while it is only one day outside in the real world. The gravity is ten times of Earth's gravity, the air is a quarter thick of the air on earth, and the temperature fluctuates the deeper one goes in this training area."

"There are other places similar to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber that I can use. However, they all share the limit of what this place can do." Dad says. "You can stay and train for three years in here, which is three days outside this place. In here, you can go all-out. You can fight to your Heart's content without any worry at all!".

"I see…" Hikaru said as he looked around again. "But why do I get the feeling how this room is different from all the others?".

"Very Observant, Hikaru. This place was actually created by me. This place has all of the training equipment that you'll need for the training I'll be giving you." Dad said. "And don't worry about the time, you'll have all the time you need to become stronger, I assure you. Now, let us get started, shall we?".

Dad immediately made us do a lap around the place with very heavy weights, but once we were almost done with the lap, Dad shot an energy blast at us! We fell unconscious from taking Dad's blast head-on and once we woke up, Dad made us do another lap around the place so he could just shoot us again with ki blasts…

Once we got done with that six times in a row, Dad told us to get some sleep to be well rested for the next training session… Once we woke up, Dad made us spar against him together. We've been throwing a ton of blows at Dad, but he just dodges them all!

We continued to spar against Dad until he suddenly says; "Alright! Stop!".

We stopped as Dad said; "Neither of you possess the necessary speed. You two are both still thinking before you move rather than just moving. And I'm afraid that this happens to be strongly with you, Hikaru."

"All this overthinking is limiting your fighting speed. The end goal for the both of you is to master the ability to have each part of your body to think and move independently of all other parts." Dad said. "I admit this is exceedingly difficult. In fact, not even Gods of Destructions mastered this ability, and they're gods. But if you overcome the learning curve, you will be able to avoid any danger, however severe."

"So acting without thinking?" Hikaru questioned.

"That is correct." Dad said. "Now, let us continue."

Several hours has passed by as we're sparring against Dad by continuing him fight together until we tried to fight against Dad separately. We went back to fighting together until Dad stopped our attacks with his Pinky and thumb!

Dad smirks. "Alright, boys. I think we're done for now."

"You two have definitely improved after the past 12 hours here, but you both are still lacking in speed." Dad said as he pulled out a marker. "Look, I even had time to sign both of your tops."

We both looked down and saw my Dad's hand-signature on our upper-clothing.

"Whoa! No way! When did you do that?" I said in surprise. "You really are amazing, Dad!"

"Let us focus first on you, Hikaru…" Dad said. "You're an amazing fighter in your own rights, but despite all of your hard work, you're still one step behind Tatsuya."

"Do you know why?" Dad asked Hikaru.

"Oh, teach me, Old wise one." Hikaru said sarcastically.

"You walk through life with a chip on your shoulder and your nerves wind up too tight." Dad said. "So a key lesson for you is to learn how to relax and rest when you have the opportunity, like Tatsuya does."

"You have to admit, he makes a good point." I said. "I do love me a good nap!".

"But you have problems too." Dad said before he guts me softly with an upper-punch. "Learning to relax may lead to a significant weakness. And don't get me started with your overconfidence in battle, Tatsuya. No matter how strong you are physically, you let your focus waver and you're set to fail. I already noticed quite a few times when you're so sure of yourself in battle, you let your guard down. I've also known this for a long while since I used to be just like you, Tatsuya."

"Even so, I still believe that was a cheap shot!" I cried out.

"Even though it's already been 12 hours here in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, let us push further into your training." Dad said as he clapped his hands and healed us to full strength.

Dad made us spar against each other as he watched from afar. I heard Dad's phone go off from afar, me and Hikaru both stopped, and after a few seconds, Dad got off the phone and told us to go to him.

"I got some good news and some bad news." Dad said as we landed on the ground safely in front of him.

"What's the bad news?" I asked.

"The Bad news is, a family arch-nemesis named Frieza, and his family are coming to invade earth." Dad said. "The Good news is, we still have plenty of time to prepare for something like this!".

"I hope you're right about that…" Hikaru said.

Dad clapped his hands and we were transported to another part of the Chamber where it was foggy and we couldn't move at all!

Me and Hikaru struggled to move while Dad was perfectly fine on the other hand.

Hikaru calmed down, he concentrated on his energy, and then he was able to move as he says; "So that's the trick. If I raise my energy but control it so it doesn't leak out, I can move."

"Nice, Hikaru! Should've known you'd figure it out!" I said before I then began to concentrate on my energy.

I was now able to move as I said; "Yeah, it's working for me, too. That's way better. Pretty demanding to keep it all inside, though."

"So is this the secret to how most people control divine energy?" Hikaru questioned. "The pressure is so intense."

"Now that you two have figured it out, shall we get back to your training?" Dad asked.

We went back to sparring against Dad as we fought together and then fought against him separately. We've been throwing a ton of blows at Dad, but he just dodges them all. We continued to spar against Dad by fighting together and tried to fight against Dad separately, continuously over and over again. We went back to fighting together until Dad stopped our attacks with his Pinky and thumb! After an hour, Dad made us spar against him wearing very heavy weighted suits. We continued to spar against Dad in the very heavy weighted suits while we began to sweat like crazy!

We sweated a ton more as we continued to spar against Dad while fighting together and separately. We took a small break as Me and Hikaru began drinking at least 10 gallons of water. After our break was over, we went back to sparring against Dad with the Very Heavy weighted suits still on. We continued to spar against Dad as he continued to either dodge or block our attacks with ease!... Me and Hikaru began to adapt and become adjusted to the very heavy weighted suits as we continued to spar against Dad.

We took small breaks as we drinked at least 10 more gallons of water before going back to sparring against Dad. We continued to spar against Dad together and separately, continuously over and over again until he stopped us as he put his right hand in front of us. Dad got a phone call and after a few minutes, Dad got off the phone and he clapped his hands as we were immediately transported out of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Dad snapped his fingers and we were both out of the very heavy weighted suits as we then became confused on what was happening.

"Dad! What's going on?" I asked him in worry.

"They're already here…" Dad said with a serious expression on his face. "They got here faster than I expected them to be…".

"What?!" Me and Hikaru shouted out in surprise.

"But don't worry," Dad said. "With the level of training I've given you, you should take them out with ease…"

"I just hope you're right about that one, Dad…" I said nervously.

End of Chapter 22.