Throughout the week my days were followed by training and training, with only one hour a day free.
From morning until the evening I trained with Ri in the virtual room, while in the evening I trained in the gym.
The virtual room was really very comfortable and day after day I felt improvements, I was more and more aware of my power.
As Ri predicted, the third day of training was the turning point…
"Yesterday while you were fighting you felt a little different, didn't you?"
"Well, let's say I took fewer blows than the first day, that surely ..."
"You know ... you are growing at a truly incredible speed… however, today will be the day of the turning point, I'm sure that today you will become aware of your power, yesterday I think you used it at least three times without realizing it. "
The day before, while I was fighting, I felt that I was different, sometimes I was able to parry her blows, other times to dodge them, perhaps in those cases I had used my power, but ... I still didn't feel like "it was mine".
'Stay focused.'
Ri started with her series of punches and kicks, but today I didn't want to start acting instinctively, I wanted to observe her moves, to control my body.
An hour passed, today I got a lot more hits than yesterday, but I had taken them into account, as Ri said a good fighter is one who uses both instinct and head, today I was trying to use only the head, I thought that by doing so I would be able to consciously "activate" my power.
We took a break, by my will, shorter than usual, I didn't want to lose focus. In my opinion, I was close to my goal.
We resumed fighting, perhaps understanding what I was trying to do, Ri remained almost completely mute today.
Ri started a combo, pretended to attack with her right leg only to then rotate, and hit me with her left leg.
'Danger'
For a moment I saw a strange thing, it was as if I saw the projection of Ri a few moments later, as she hit me, so I leaned back trying to dodge the blow.
Seeing me do this, she put on a surprised face, stopped the rotation, and tried to hit me with a hook, as before, I glimpsed it a little earlier, but, I saw it too late and Ri still managed to hit me.
Throughout the action I felt different, I had somehow foreseen her actions.
"AHg!"
I fell to the ground in pain, but laughing, almost like a madman.
'This is it, I'm sure, it's crazy, haha'
"..."
"Incredible ..."
"Heh, I told you right?" Ri looked at me smiling.
"Try to control your MP"
I did as she said, it was 10.
"I didn't consume anything ..."
"... it's a really strong skill"
Ri seemed incredulous, and I was a little bit too, this skill seemed to have no negative points.
"Well, let's go on ..."
I nodded.
The same thing happened to me again six times, and each time I understood more and more how to activate this "predictive vision" and how to use it.
'Every time I use this power… it is as if I extend my consciousness outside of myself.'
We left the room.
"Well, how do you feel?"
"Go-"
Without being able to finish the sentence, I threw up.
"Zeto !?"
"Heh ... d-don't worry ... I'm fine…"
This was actually a lie, my head felt like I was bursting.
"Not true ... I can see from your eyes that you are not well"
"He heh ..."
Ri gave me a pill for the headache, and the medicine of the Slters really worked wonders, after 10 minutes I felt like new.
"Oh, wow"
"Mmh, but that's a problem ... thinking about it, a power like yours is impossible that it does not involve rejection by an unaccustomed body ... from what I understand your power is based on receiving a huge amount of information, all at the same time, and you're not used to it "
" You think that with training ... "
" Well, I'm not sure, but it would make sense, anyway don't go to the gym today, rest well. "
I followed her suggestion, however, it was only 6 pm and I didn't want to go back to my room right away. I wasn't sure what to do so I decided to just take a tour to get to know the arena better.
In addition to humans, there were other alien species wandering the corridors; Ri had told me that most of the gladiators here were humans but there were minorities of other species:
85% Human.
6% Bestens, a species of bipedal wolves, very tall and with a tail similar to that of alligators. They communicate like humans.
5% Elementals, each taking a geometric shape, levitating, communicating telepathically, and changing color according to the natural element they control.
3% Crystalline, a species with a human-like appearance but made of crystal.
1% Slter, mainly slaves.
In addition to the gladiators there were also non-slave Slters who walked the corridors of the Arena, changed in appearance in different species, but still recognizable by their eyes, very well dressed, very often accompanied by bodyguards. They were mostly spectators or investors.
It was really strange to walk these corridors, after all, I had woken up for a very short time, I still had to get used to all this.
As I walked I checked for exits and checked the guards.
"Hey you, be careful looking around so much."
I heard a female voice speaking towards me.