Ralph could feel his own breath, the wind, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a deep blue sky, with white clouds being blown away.
Some leaves sometimes appeared in Ralph's vision as they danced in the air.
-What is it this time? Did I go to another world again?
Ralph incredibly remained calm while looking at the sky.
"Aren't you going to get up?"
Ralph, surprised, looked in the direction of the voice, there was a girl dressed in a long white robe and a katana at the waist.
She had long black hair in a high ponytail tied in a red ornament, bright purple eyes, with her pupils looking like they belonged to a snake.
Her skin was as clear as the clouds in the sky, and her serene gaze reminded Ralph of a phrase and a person.
"Your mind should be calm as stillwater, the heart should be pure. But you should be the one to decide, and thus be aloof of the world.", This is what Master Jin said in one of the times that Ralph went to the temple.
-Why am I thinking about this?
Ralph put a hand on his head and stood up.
"Where am I?" Ralph asked the mysterious girl.
The girl didn't answer and just looked at him curiously, as if waiting for Ralph's reaction.
Ralph looked in all four directions, there was only one tree nearby, with the rest being a large green field. The tree has pink leaves and a black trunk, and it looked as pure as the rest of the landscape.
Now that Ralph paid more attention, he realized that there was no sun in the sky.
Ralph then decided to check his own status, which appeared normally.
Ralph frowned and looked at the girl, who was also looking at him.
"You are very calm for the situation." The girl spoke with a slight smile.
Ralph was silent and started walking in a random direction.
After walking until the tree was barely visible, he stopped and frowned, everything on the horizon looked the same, more and more grass.
If he goes further on the horizon, he may never be able to return to the tree again.
Without the sun he cannot find the way back, and the wind blows in several directions, which also does not help.
He also realized that he has no shade, which has also eliminated another way of locating himself.
Ralph sighed and walked back to the tree.
The girl was leaning on the tree while cleaning the blade of the katana with her own robe.
When she saw Ralph return, she didn't look surprised.
"What place is this?" Ralph asked while keeping his distance from the girl.
The girl stopped cleaning the blade and hoisted the katana.
"My world." The girl replied.
Various types of thinking ran through Ralph's mind, after a moment he came to two possible conclusions.
First, this world is really hers, and it is probably some kind of divine existence.
Second, this world is really hers, but it is more like an illusory world, a dream.
Ralph closed his eyes and said:
"I see, something like a dream world?"
The girl looked at Ralph in surprise and said:
"Why do you think that?"
"Because a divine existence capable of creating a world does not need someone as insignificant as I am, and would not bother to invoke me." Ralph replied and sat against the tree trunk, while letting out a breath.
"Who are you? Why am I here?" Ralph then asked.
The girl was silent for a moment and then smiled.
"Interesting, your personality is really unique among those I have known. Yes, this world is really an illusory world, within my dream."
"As for who I am... If it's fate, you'll naturally find out one day. As to why you're here ... Let's say it was an accident."
Ralph rolled his eyes and looked at the sky.
"An accident? I see."
On second thought, it seems to have been an accident that he came to this world, it seems to have been an accident that he killed that bat after Aurora.
Ralph took a deep breath and smiled.
"This is a great dream, I liked this place." Ralph spoke while admiring the landscape, which gave him a sense of peace and tranquility.
"Right? It's very relaxing." The girl nodded with a smile, but then walked over to Ralph.
"Sorry, but in order for you to get out of this world, you need to die here. Don't worry, you won't really die." The girl looked at Ralph with a predator look and put her right hand in the handle of the katana.
Ralph was immediately surprised, but then he smiled bitterly and stood up.
"Don't expect that it will be easy to kill me."
Ralph immediately went invisible, but the girl simply smiled and looked in one direction, that was where Ralph was.
"This is my world, nothing escapes my will." The girl said.
"I know ... But I thought of a possibility." Ralph smiled slightly.
"Hoh? And what would it be?" The girl prepared to attack.
"Didn't you ask yourself? Where did my own dream go?" Ralph asked and held out a hand as he concentrated.
The girl's expression changed radically and she became serious.
"Pu..hhahahahha" Ralph then started to laugh.
The girl looked confused for an instant, but then realized that she had been tricked.
"You really fell for that ... See you on the other side, or not ..." Ralph said and fell to the floor with a smile.
He used the smell factor to choke, using a very common element, carbon monoxide. He doesn't know how he is able to use his skill here, but it must be related to the fact that his status can appear.
Strangely, he felt no pain or anything, he just waited while his vision darkened.
After Ralph finally "died", his body disappeared from the girl's world.
"... Sigh, what a strange guy." The girl sighed and then looked at the horizon, lost in thought.
After "dying", Ralph had a common dream and woke up calmly, with the cell phone alarm going off.
He got up and followed the usual routine, as if nothing had happened. The bud on the balcony has grown a bit, the result of Ralph's constant effort in watering it.
~ Ding
The sound of the doorbell left Ralph a little surprised, since he wasn't expecting anyone.
When he opened the door, Ralph saw Mr. Akira looking at him indifferently.
"Great, it looks like you're still alive." Akira said and started walking, as if leaving.
"Mr. Akira, one moment!" Ralph didn't want to let Akira go that way.
"Boy, seeing that you've grown to the point that you don't even care to notify if you're okay or not, I'm glad I don't have to worry about you anymore." Akira spoke as she walked.
Ralph blew out a light breath and said:
"I don't want you to apologize or anything, but ... I am and will be forever grateful for what you have done for me."
Ralph stopped in front of Akira and knelt down.
Akira frowned and said:
"Get up, you shouldn't be kneeling so easily."
Ralph smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Maybe ... Imamoto Ralph is only alive because of you, maybe Imamoto Ralph only has a place to live because of your outstretched hand ... I am grateful." Ralph spoke while kneeling.
"If you are grateful, you should pay more attention to my concerns, stupid boy. And to think that I put so much effort just to watch you almost die from a gunshot." Akira sighed and raised Ralph with one hand.
"It's been a while since you went to the workshop, come on, today you don't have a class, right?"
Ralph hesitated to hear that and smiled bitterly.
"I ... I have something scheduled for this morning, sorry, Mr. Akira."
Akira frowned and sighed as he turned.
"So whatever, just don't die in any ditch before you send me your location so I can bury you."
Ralph laughed bitterly and then watched as Akira walked away.
-I ... I'm not Imamoto Ralph, but that doesn't stop me from thinking of you as a benefactor.
Ralph returned to his own apartment and started to concentrate.
"I have to master this last factor ... it will be extremely important for my rise in this world." Ralph murmured with a determined expression.
He had already examined the parts responsible for touch in the brain, now he just needs to unite all the points and achieve an epiphany.
Remembering the struggle between Thomas and the unknown woman, Ralph's motivation boosted his productivity.
With his mind having a new boost with stats points, he made incredibly fast progress.
When it was half a day, he had already determined the main points of this factor.
-Tact ... There is no real difference with other sensations, they all have a point in common, to interpret the external world. The only difference between the five main sensations is the form of interpretation.
-Temperature, waves, light, molecules ... All are external manifestations...
-Tact interprets external manifestations based on my material self, not my mental self, this is the main difference between the other sensations.
-My material self, is nothing more than my physical body. Physical matter...
Ralph held out his right hand and started to try something, his expression solemn and focused.
Without realizing it, ignoring hunger or any other stimulus, Ralph continued to practice.
When it was almost midnight, Ralph closed his eyes and dropped his hand.
-I can't express my desire in the external world in that sense, what is the reason? I've been doing this with the other factors.
Ralph looked and started doing mental exercises.
First, he imagined a point, after that he gave three dimensional dimensions to the point, transforming it into something like an hourglass that extends to infinity.
Inside the hourglass, there was an arrow that pointed in one direction, it was time.
-Everything I learned, should be enough for me to understand this ...
Ralph thought and opened his eyes again, but now with a different idea.
"Matter exists in space ... If I want to replicate the physical sensation, the touch, I must first understand what allows it to exist."
"But actually ... I have understood this since a long time ago." Ralph smiled.
"For something to change, this something must exist ... But this law also applies the other way around. For something to exist, it must change!"
"This was my mistake, I was trying to bring something immutable ... But what does change mean? It means interaction with the outside world, with light, temperature, molecular interaction, waves in space."
Ralph held out his hand again, but this time with a relaxed expression.
In his hand, a knife slowly took shape.
It was an ordinary knife ... in the literal sense.
Ralph, smiling, threw the knife in one direction.
The knife, which was supposed to be just an illusion, easily pierced the bedroom door, getting stuck.
"Success." Ralph murmured and closed his eyes again, he didn't plan on sleeping tonight.
The knife in the wall slowly disappeared, but the hole in the door remained.
Ralph had watched not only the knife pierce the wall, but also his brain's response when he created the knife.
This response was completely different from the previous ones, it was not just a part of the brain, but the whole organ seemed to vibrate in extreme activity.
"I understand now ..." Ralph murmured after an indefinite period of time, it was already dawn and sunlight began to illuminate the apartment.
Ralph got up slowly and picked up the manual he has been using for a while, 'Aura Flow'.
After reading a few things in the book, Ralph let out a slight sigh.
"The transcendent sense ... It is the mental manifestation beyond the brain. I felt it when I used the touch factor, that energy wanting to break free."
Ralph has already merged his aura with all the senses, and now he was just one step away from reaching the trancent sense.
"The aura is, after all, the one signature of something, just like the mind. All this time, I have not only been merging the Aura with my senses, but with aspects of my mind itself."
"Use Aura and mind together to explore the outside world, not just the mind or Aura."
Ralph took a deep breath and closed his eyes, he found the answer he was looking for.
On the outside, nothing about Ralph has changed, but inside Ralph, it was as if he still had his eyes open ... Only he seemed to suffer from myopia, and he couldn't focus properly.
"Transcendent Sense... Now I'm finally on the way ..." Ralph was happy, even though this is still far from perfect.
He can only use the transcendent sense to explore the world within a radius of 10 meters, but everything seemed out of focus and it was difficult to discern things well.
He then checked the time, it seemed like it was time to go to school, it was Monday.
"I feel like cheating." Ralph laughed out loud.