The Martial Unity

"I know we're more or less done in the Thundering Valley, but…" Kane sighed as he looked out the window to the glowing storm of lightning pouring down from the clouds to the land. "I really don't want to leave this place."

Rui didn't respond immediately.

He understood Kane's sentiment very well, of course. Perhaps more than even Kane understood it himself.

Rui tried imagining what he would do if he came across a valley where his Flowing Void Style and the VOID algorithm were both ten times stronger than they normally were.

Of course, such a location could not possibly exist. The VOID algorithm was information in its purest form, there was no way there were esoteric substances that could affect something so abstract.

However, if there was such a location, would he truly have the willpower to separate himself from that location? Forcefully abandon that place and return to his, now, painfully weak ordinary VOID algorithm?

He liked to think he would have such willpower, but in reality, he simply didn't know.

Those were the circumstances that Kane was in at the moment. He didn't want to grandstand about discipline or other virtues to try and dispel such sentiments. Kane was already aware of them, and simply virtue signaling would irritate him.

Instead, he wanted to offer Kane a real solution.

"I think it is possible for you to retain the Fulminata technique even without the Thundering Valley," Rui told him.

eyebrow. "But how? The technique requires lightning, and the only source of lightning is

what his technique was actually based on. It required far too much of a scientific explanation involving concepts that Kane had never even heard of

me," Rui replied. "It's possible. If you're willing to put some faith in me, I think there's a good chance that I can help you

exaggerated sigh. "You make a hard case. What do you

informed him, turning towards the Thundering Valley. "Why

me to, what, carry this material around with me in a punch everywhere I go?" Kan raised an eyebrow

outside your body," Rui calmly replied. "I'm telling

"Huh?"

Riemannian Echo technique, did I?" Rui remarked, murmuring. "Sensing the curvature of space isn't something my body or any Martial Squire's body for that matter is good

you to use Riemannian Echo?" Kane's eyes widened. "That's… wow. Huh. I didn't expect

about the whole idea. "Are you sure that's

Rui nodded. "Martial bodies are immune to a certain degree of toxicity that would be instantly lethal to normal human beings. I made sure that the toxicity of the

technique was. It was one of the two elements that were responsible for the titanic success that they had achieved in the

be able to follow up on his words, considering that Riemannian Echo

though," Rui informed him. "You're going to have to put in the hard