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"That 'midget' is my mentor lately, Baki Hanma." He replied, not commenting on the fact that Saji and Baki were the same height, something Saji obviously pretended not to notice.
Turning his gaze to the others, who were curiously observing the illusory versions of themselves before them, he continued. "The power I have transferred to you is the ability to imagine an opponent, and yes, it works exactly like a real opponent."
He didn't comment on using telepathy to plant images of himself in their minds and make him appear, that way it was quicker and easier.
"Um, why don't I have one?" Rias asked, raising her hand slightly.
"I will train you personally."
"Oh, right."
"I see, the power of schizophrenia, but why is it you for them and this guy for me?" Saji asked doubtfully, not understanding the difference.
Micael responded calmly, noting the fact that they could see each other's imaginary creations. "There's no specific reason, it's just because I wanted to."
Saji narrowed his eyes, suspicious of that answer. For some reason, he felt like Micael had chosen nightmare mode for him, while it was easy mode for the others.
"...Right." Saji decided not to voice his opinion and instead wait to see whether his suspicion was true or not.
"Alright." Micael said and then using one more power, the recoil increasing in his eyes, the gravity began to increase.
They immediately felt the difference, Saji and Issei bowed slightly while Kiba, Koneko, Rias and Akeno instinctively tensed their muscles as they resisted the increased weight.
"What the hell?" Saji exclaimed in surprise at the abrupt change, his body felt heavy to the point that even his paper seemed to have gained weight, he had the clear impression that gravity had increased.
Seeing how everyone seemed to be straining themselves, Micael controlled his power, decreasing the pressure and ignoring the intense pain in his eyes, he spoke. "What I'm doing now, as some of you may have speculated, is increasing the gravity. You'll do your sparring under the effect of it."
Even though it was the weakened version, Fujitora's Devil Fruit was something beyond his current level, so combined with Ban's magic, only Micael knew how close his eyes were to bleeding.
"Since I know that some of you have stronger physiques than others, the gravity is adjusted accordingly." With Kiba, Koneko, Akeno, and Rias being the strongest physically, the gravity around them was greater than that of Issei and Saji.
As everyone struggled with the difficulty of even moving, Micael warned them. "Then, split up and take positions, let's begin."
Following their orders, they slowly moved to separate places while Micael himself stood in front of Rias.
With a faint smile, he stared at the frowning girl. "How do you feel?"
Frowning at the hand she was moving with effort, Rias replied, "I'm feeling uncomfortable." It wasn't that she had never felt this way before, even breathing required effort.
Frowning at the hand she was moving with effort, Rias replied, "I'm feeling uncomfortable." She had never experienced anything like it before, even breathing required effort.
"Don't worry, you'll adapt in time." Keeping his smile, Micael calmly adopted a fighting stance. "Come on, come at me with everything you've got and don't worry, I'll go easy on you."
Rias narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, and then silently adopted an amateur boxing pose, smiling as well. "Let's see how long you can maintain that smile."
Micael raised an eyebrow curiously at Rias' action, she seemed to have some combat sense, but his reaction to her speech was to wave his hand inviting her to attack him.
And Rias did so, advancing as fast as her heavy body could.
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A few minutes after the official start of training, Kiba barely managed to dodge a blow, but another one hit him in the face.
"Ugh."
Crouching down momentarily, Kiba stared at the illusory version of Micael with a frown. Speed was his strong point, but with the increased gravity, he was nowhere near as fast as usual.
Slowly standing up, he imitated the illusory Micael's pose, a basic fighting pose, something to which the illusory Micael nodded positively.
In the brief exchange of blows they had, Kiba realized that the Michael in front of him was trying to teach him how to fight.
Kiba obviously had no knowledge of martial arts, his specialty was the sword, however, he could see the usefulness of knowing how to fight hand-to-hand, not to mention that this fighting training helped him in more important aspects.
As with any hand-to-hand combatant, the better your physical conditioning, your ability to read your opponent, your timing, and your reflexes, the better off you'll be. Fighting someone while being affected by gravity will help reinforce all of these things that are part of the foundation.
So even if it wasn't the most suitable training for him, it would still help him a lot.
Adopting a focused gaze and taking a deep breath, he advanced towards the illusory Micael, mentally prepared for the beating he would take in exchange for becoming stronger.
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If Kiba was having a hard time, Koneko wasn't, well, kind of.
Dodging a punch, a kick, and a subsequent elbow, Koneko quickly moved away before the lusorio Micael hit her at the end of his combo.
Looking at it neutrally, her main difficulty was not her lack of combat ability, but because of the limitation of gravity, which made her movements much more difficult to do.
But even so, she was still able to protect herself against at least half of the attacks by dodging and blocking.
But then there were those who hit her, the blows hurt as if they were real, however, there was something she was not satisfied with.
"You're not using your full strength." She said, narrowing her eyes.
The illusory Micael just smiled in response.
Adopting a fighting stance, Koneko spoke simply. "Stop holding back and use all your strength."
The response she receives is a swift advance, faster than she can dodge, hitting her full in the face.
She feels as if a real fist is pressing against her nose, causing her to tilt her head in reaction. She calmly straightens her head and stares at whoever hit her.
That blow was definitely stronger than before considering the sharp pain in her nose, but she didn't complain about it, she knew it would be necessary.
With a satisfied look, she moved on, this time the moon being much harder on her.
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If there was one thing Issei expected when he was called to train with Micael, it was many things, but not fighting a clone made by his own mind that functioned like a real person.
"Ugh." Groaning weakly, Issei took a few steps back after being punched in the stomach. "Damn." Wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth, Issei took a deep breath as he faced the guy head on.
Even to a layman like him, it was obvious that the guy in front of him was holding back a lot, he could clearly see how simple his blows were, but it was still extremely difficult for him to react properly.
Even when the blows were slow, Issei still had difficulty doing anything, it was frustrating and along with the pain it was humiliating
But he didn't complain, after all this was to help him and if he didn't want to be a burden and especially to fulfill his dream of having a harem he would have to overcome this.
'Damn it! For my dream, I will be the harem king!' Screaming internally to motivate himself, Issei charged forward again, ready for the spanking session, while the illusory Micael nodded in approval at his apparent determination.
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Micael was definitely messing with him.
Because that was the only reason he would put a guy better than him into combat to train him.
"Fuck!" Saji exclaimed as he was hit once more, unable to do anything and being thrown back.
As if the increased gravity wasn't enough, this son of a bitch in front of him was ridiculously skilled, on a level clearly higher than Micael.
"Tsk, damn midget." Straightening up, he glared at the illusory Baki who was just smiling relaxedly at him.
In Saji's opinion, this guy was more annoying than Michael.
"I'll be happy to wipe that smile off your face." Saji's gaze was intense, acting as if the guy in front of him wasn't a product of his own brain.
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"Fuuu~" Akeno exhaled weakly, looking at the copy of Micael in front of her.
The two looked at each other for a moment before Akeno advanced, they exchanged blows quickly, it was visible that she had at least a basic notion, but just like with Issei, the illusory Micael guided her to teach her.
"Hah!" Exclaiming as she nearly landed a blow, Akeno ended up having to retreat blocking the attacks that hit her forearms before a strong punch hit her on the breast, pushing her back.
After moving away from him, Akeno took a deep breath, it was very difficult to move with the increased gravity, more than she expected, but she could notice the efficiency of this training, more than making them proficient in hand-to-hand combat, it was a complete physical conditioning training, the efficiency was remarkable.
"Sigh, but it's a shame." Placing her hand over her chest where she had been hit, she looked over to where Rias and Micael were. "I wish the real one was here to hit me and not an illusion." She had a pitiful expression on her face.
What she didn't notice was that the corner of Michael's mouth in front of her was trembling slightly, as if he was reacting to her words.
Shaking her head, Akeno returned the gaze forward with a faint smile, although she seemed to be making a joke, only she knew how true that statement was, calmly adopting a fighting stance, she advanced
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Dodging the attack, Rias responded with a punch that Micael easily dodged, followed by a kick. Micael deflected the attack with his arm and hit her in the stomach, the shockwave traveling with the pulsing pain.
But Rias only frowned slightly in reaction before her face returned to normal and then continued to attack.
The two then continued to exchange blows, Rias was having a hard time because she was clearly not only slower but also had little awareness of what to do, but just like Akeno she had at least the basics down and was learning quickly.
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With a faint thud after being hit in the side again, she didn't react as she tried to land a punch straight at Micael's face, but like every other time, he easily dodged it.
But this time, besides dodging, he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him, spinning her around.
With her back hitting his chest, Rias heard him over her shoulder.
"You look a little tired."
Looking at him turning his head slightly, Rias took a deep breath to catch her breath. "It's just your imagination." No, she was definitely tired and sore too, taking so many hits wasn't nice.
Micael just laughed lightly. "Don't worry, it's like that at first, but after a while you'll get used to it."
Rias shook her head lightly. "I wish I didn't have to get used to this, besides..." Looking into his eyes, she raised her eyebrow slightly. "How long are you going to hold me like this, or are you taking advantage of me?"
Micael kept his smile. "Yes, I'm taking advantage of you, why can't I?"
Rias narrowed her eyes and then smiled as she snorted lightly. "You're a shameless boy."
"Hahaha, what's up? And it's not like you didn't enjoy it too." Micael gave her a light squeeze before letting go with a twirl.
Stopping her spinning, Rias laughed a bit before saying, "Alright, let's continue, otherwise if you keep doing this, you'll distract us." She said, taking a fighting stance.
"Yes, ma'am." Micael replied smiling and imitating her action.
Taking a deep breath as she calmed her expression, Rias ignored her racing heart from the previous closeness. She had tried her best not to blush earlier and had succeeded, albeit just barely.
'Ugh, I don't know whether to be happy that he considered my feelings or disappointed that he didn't do what he wanted.' That was her thought as her back only touched his chest, their private parts never touching.
She was sure that he didn't take the opportunity because of her, as he thought she would be embarrassed, although it was true that she would be, she wanted to do it too.
After all, he wasn't the only one who felt like touching the other in a more intimate way.
'Ugh, idiotic emotions! Idiotic feelings! Kuuhhhhh!' Complaining internally with a serene face that revealed nothing, Rias continued her training.
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