The Martial Unity

After Rui fleshed out the requirements and objectives of his second technique development project, he put it aside for the time being. He would need to do more research before he could flesh out both of his projects any further.

('I should give the projects names if I'm going to have more than one.') Rui shrugged. ('For the piercing technique, I should call it the... the Severer Project. The long-range technique project will be called... the Sniper Project.') Rui nodded. ('Both of these technique projects are centered around offensive techniques, I should probably develop a defensive project as well.')

However, deriving a defensive project was easier said than done. He needed to come up with a concept of a technique that was extremely potent with the cost of being very demanding on the accuracy of timing and placement of the execution of said technique.

('Well, for starters, it would have to be an active defense.') Rui noted.

Only active defense techniques were contingent on the execution of said technique, a passive technique was not particularly executable and thus would not improve based on parameters such as accuracy of execution.

('Inner Divergence is contingent on timing and placement.') Rui remembered. It was part of why his defense was that good. However, Rui wondered whether he could develop a technique even better and more synergetic with him than that.

('What kind of principles and mechanisms would end up requiring such a high degree of accuracy in timing and placement?') Rui wondered.

think

that... aims to completely negate any and all impacts?') Rui

was whether it was realistic

fundamentals. What is an impact and why does it inflict damage?') He asked himself, rehashing basic collision mechanics and

where an exchange of energy occurs. The kinetic energies

the former; letting the kinetic energy of an object colliding with me get turned into

damage, he would rather the second option occur; where it gets converted into kinetic energy. In classical mechanics, this was known as an elastic collision, a collision where two objects clashing into each other do not inflict damage, and the kinetic energy does not

other, instead, they simply bounced away from each other. This was very different from two balls made out of glass that would simply break each other into

I try to essentially turn myself into a bouncy ball?') Rui wondered with a confused expression. Bouncy rubber balls were

a bouncy ball, where I am trying to figuratively or

bouncy ball. This was the issue with trying to convert the kinetic energy that hit him into the kinetic energy of his own body rather than damage.

get rid of the kinetic

into the kinetic energy of my own in an elastic collision like a bouncy rubber ball with zero damage to me, and immediately after that I get rid of the kinetic energy, and then I'm safe?') Rui scratched his