In the middle of that ordeal, she threw him a simple question.
"Have you fulfilled the two conditions of Squire candidacy?" She asked him straightforwardly.
"I have," Rui truthfully answered. She peered at his reactions with her sharp eyes, discerning every detail. Rui felt transparent, for the first time.
"Tell me about your Martial Art and your Martial Path."
Rui paused for a moment as he contemplated his answer.
What could he even say on the spot to such a request?
"My Martial Path is adaptive evolution. My Martial Art allows me to adapt my combat style and all of my movements to suit my opponent's, Martial Art." He replied, pausing before continuing. "In its most ideal state, I would be able to adapt to any form of opposition of any kind in combat. However, unfortunately, I'm far away from achieving that goal. I have yet to develop solutions against many fields of Martial Art, several domains and different kinds of opponents as well."
"An ambitious goal, no doubt." She commented. "How do you hope to go about it?"
tell most people, but this was clearly part of the test. "By expanding the diversity of my capabilities. Every Martial Art has
explain the VOID algorithm to people of this world, let alone explain its flaws. He couldn't very well tell
thought. "That will take
admitted. "Yet, I intend to
"Do you remember the moment you felt the maturation of your Martial
slowed down, and an immense wave of clarity washed over me.
the moment
been pushed to my very limit. For a moment there I had been forced to use all of my Martial Art, every maneuvering technique, every supplementary technique, every offensive,
you ready for a higher Realm of power?" She
a moment. "As ready as
She stared at him.
pressure she exerted on him was
evaluation as a mind-sensory Martial Squire, you are indeed qualified to undergo the breakthrough
sensory Martial Squire?'" Rui echoed
a certain degree. Most applications of my Martial Art are purely combat-oriented. But it is quite useful in circumstances like these, where the state of a Martial Apprentices mind is required to be verified by
that I am a Squire candidate through those
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