CH49 (110), Training (2)

While we were eating, I started asking them how they felt and how their training was going. I also decided to check their status to see the latest progress they made, and the one that stood out was Teddiursa because he reached the (mid) bronze stage since the last time I checked this status, which was just 2 or 3 days ago.

'Name: None

Species: Teddiursa

Gender: Male

Age: +4 year

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Type: Normal

Potential: Light Blue (62.4%) -> (65.8%)

Genetic variation: None

Abilities: Pickup, Quick Feet

Talents: None

Affinities: Normal/Neutral

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Bond: Mikail (artificial, weak) -> (weak)

Quirks: None

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Parameters:

Stage: Bronze Stage (low) -> (mid)

Vitality: F -> E

Strength: F

Endurance: G -> F

Agility: G -> F

Energy Capacity: G

Energy Density: G

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Immunity: Ghost

Resistance: None

Weaknesses: Fighting (Minor)

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Condition: Happy

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Masteries:

Neutral Energy Manipulation (Beg.)

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Techniques:

Lick (Beg.), Scratch (Beg.), Sweet Scent (Beg.), Play Nice (Beg.), Charm (Beg.), Brick Break (Beg.), Fire Punch (Beg.), Faint Attack (Pro.), Slash (Pro.), Fury Swipes (Pro.) -> (Adv.)'

It looked like multiple of his parameters increased simultaneously or at least back to back. Well, the training I had Teddiursa do did target those parameters so it made sense that they increased.

Move wise I told him to focus on Fury Swipes if he wanted to train them since I had a plan that involved Fury Swipes and Slash. As for our bond, that one had been upgraded more than a week ago.

Anyway, I was happy to see his progress and praised him which made him happy as well. While they were telling me about their training Seb uttered a request.

What he said sounded like, "Ni. Nido. Ido. Rin. O. Nido. Rino".

Since I had a telepathic link going I knew what he was actually saying.

"Big Bro, me and Gaia want some weights for our training, like the ones Pidgey has. We noticed that they seem to help her progress and we want in."

When he said that Gaia nodded to show her agreement and the others threw in that they wanted some as well.

Mothra flew over to me and started to circle me while repeatedly saying "me too". There was something really funny seeing a gigantic Butterfree behaving so childish that I just had to chuckle.

It did not take long for Nyx to join Mothra and for Teddiursa to get dragged in as well. My chuckle turned into a full-blown laugh at that. The others made amused faces at the antics of those three and once I stopped laughing I addressed their request.

"Alright, if that's what you want then I can do that." Mothra and the other two, who had stopped when I started talking, began to celebrate after hearing my answer.

Their jubilation made me chuckle once more.

"I already bought the necessary weights and harnesses for everyone, so I can secure them on anyone that wants them," I added and I saw them smile at that.

"I do have to say that the weight everyone is going to start with is different. Once I think you are ready for it I might increase the weight but only then. I don't want you guys to make fun of each other because of this alright." I glanced between Nyx, Teddiursa, and Pidgey when I said that.

I had bought that stuff for everyone a while back and it had not been cheap but in the end it didn't even put a dent into my finances. Anyway, I was going to have them all stay outside for the rest of today since I am going to need their help during my psychic practice, so I will need to change locations first.

After I made that decision, I told everyone that I was going to recall them until we reached the area I was planning to do my training. Afterward, I asked Xatu to Teleport me to a clearing I had seen on the way to Coast City.

Once there I released everyone and proceeded to secure the harnesses on them. I gave everyone what I thought was a good starting weight for them, ranging from 500 gr for Weedle to 6 kg for Seb.

As soon as I was done with that I told them that they could do their own thing while I did my own training. Naturally, I did not forget to inform them that I might need their help at some point. For my first test, I called Xatu over.

"Xatu, I want to do the intrusion routine." This was the training routine I created together with Xatu to test/improve my ability to detect mental intrusions.

Xatu would use increasingly refined attempts to intrude into my mind while I would have to detect them. This also helped him refine his skills in telepathy so we were killing two Spearow with one stone.

'Ho, alright. Do inform me once you fail to keep up with me.' Xatu needled me and I had to chuckle.

"Sure, I will tell you when I feel that your attempts don't get any better." I shot back in jest and we both smile before getting serious.

"Don't forget to start off easy." I remind him and he simply nods in return.

For the next 20 minutes, Xatu kept using increasingly subtle mental probes on me but I managed to detect all of them even if the last few were starting to get pretty hard to detect.

"Alright, that's enough. You seem to have hit your plateau since the last few probes were about the same in difficulty." I decided to stop the exercise.

'I thought I was going to succeed, but it seems I still have to improve. Nonetheless, I have come closer, so it's only a matter of time.' Xatu nodded before lamenting over his "failure".

"You did get much better. The last few were getting harder to detect." I praised him, and it was true.

He had come a long way since we had started doing this exercise. I would say his telepathy had improved a lot thanks to this and I honestly believed he was as good in this as psychics a stage or two above his own.

After that, I began working on my telepathy. First was my current maximum range, which was 120 meters. As long as an individual was inside this range I would be able to detect an unmasked mind.

This was also the area in which I could link/connect minds, but the farther away from me the less the number of links became and the more tenuous the connection. The maximum number of links I could currently create was 8, but we, Xatu and I, had managed to find some kind of workaround for this.

I called everyone over so that we could use our telepathy on all of them for the next part. Just like me, Xatu could create mental links as well and his number was a bit higher as well at 12.

What we did was to use the link between me and him as the bridge for cross-link communication. What someone in Xatu's link systems said got transferred to my link system through the mental connection between us and vice versa.

So as long as something was said mentally to everyone in my link system Xatu heard it since he was a member as well. Since Xatu heard it the members of his link system heard it as well. The same happened in his system with me.

I am pretty sure that we were not the only ones that had this idea and that at least the military was making use of this, but we came up with it on our own, so I was proud of us nonetheless.

After we did this exercise for a while I broke the connection and thanked everyone for their help. They went back to their own thing while I started working on the next part, reading minds and memories.

I found myself a "willing" wild Pokemon as a training partner, this time a Rattata, and began readings its mind. After making sure there were no problems with this part I began reading its memories.

When I first started doing this I could only access the memories of the last few minutes, but through training, I managed to increase that to the last few hours.

Once I was done training how to access memories as well as trying to increase the timespan I had access to, I gave the Rattata some berries and let it go. It couldn't help me with refining the subtlety of my mental probe, since it was unable to feel it.

So, I called over Xatu once more, and we repeated our first exercise, but this time I was the one Releasing the probe and he was the one that had to detect it. We did this for a while before I decided to stop, and I thanked him for his assistance.

Unfortunately, this was all I could currently do with my minor telepathy, since manipulating memories or thoughts/minds were still out of my reach, and I believed they would stay as such for quite some time. Not that I had not seen if I could do it I did, but that was also why I thought the way I did.

Anyway, by the time I was done with telepathy I was left with less than 3 hours until I had to return home. Next, I began focusing on my telekinesis. The maximum range of my telekinesis turned out to be the same as with my telepathy, 120 meters. The worsening of my control further away from me was the case here as well, but that was only for harder manipulations.

After testing my current range, I took out my weights and began levitating them to discover the highest weight I could carry. It turned out that my current maximum was 130 kg. This was 10 kg more than the last time I tested it so I was happy.

Since I only weighed about 45 kg I could levitate myself, I could kinda fly, but it was currently pretty wonky and slow, so I only did to slow my fall or to train it. Levitating objects and others was easier than levitating myself.

After landing back on the ground I began my next exercise, which was levitating sand. I did this in two ways, resulting in two alternative ways to perform the exercise. The first was forming sand orbs, while the second was sand threads/ropes. Both made use of 1 kg sand piles, but their different forms allowed different movements and difficulties.

I tried to levitate as many piles as I could at once and found my current limit at 15 piles. This was only 15 kg compared to the 130 kg I could lift at most, but the need for focus and concentration was different.

I tried to perform complex manipulations of the sand, like shaping forms instead of orbs or performing complex movements with the ropes. In such cases, the maximum number of piles I could levitate was drastically reduced to just 3.

I actually wanted to test for how long I could perform all exercises but I did not have enough time to do that so I chose to do only one for now. I decided to see how long I could keep up 3 sand piles while shaping them into various forms.

In the end, I managed to persist for 45 minutes before I was spent and had to quit. Since I had less than an hour left I decided to move on to my next psychic ability, minor psionic energy manipulation, after an involuntary 10-minute break.

I had developed 4 methods I used my psionic energy manipulation in, to create small platforms, to cover a small part of my body in a second skin, to create small shields, and to create small weapons.

The number of platforms I could create depended on their size, and depending on the number as well as the size of the platforms my energy consumption varied. However, the maximum I managed to construct simultaneously was 8.

Furthermore, I could use these platforms to walk on the air and water, as well as cross any terrain that was hard to traverse. It also allowed me to make use of my physical speed if I managed to keep up with the construction. While flying would/could most likely replace it, it still had its uses.

Next up was my second skin, which was just that. I used psionic energy to cover my skin with it, creating a second layer that was able to tank some damage. It kept my skin safe from any harmful substances as well. I used to be able to cover a whole arm in my second skin, but after my tests, I learned that it had increased to an area equal to both of my arms.

Once I had finished with my second skin, I shifted to my barriers. I derived them through a combination of the platforms and second skin. After my tests, I learned that the current maximum size I could form was double the size of my palm. So, a circle with about a 12 cm radius.

My energy consumption here also depended on the size and number of barriers. The maximum number of barriers I had successfully constructed was 4, but those were smaller than my maximum.

This only left my small weapon creation and here I had chosen to focus on daggers and arrows. I found out that the highest number I could create at once was 12. I could use these weapons either directly or move them with my telekinesis.

I had managed to divide my time efficiently enough because once I was done with checking my weapon creation ability, it was time for me to return home.

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