First Match (Pt 2)

Michael had learned a lot about both of them in the ensuing game. Tenny's automatic teleportation moved him to a random and unpredictable location, or so he had thought. Michael could not predict the location Tenny would appear in at the initial period of the match, but after some time had elapsed, he had begun to see patterns, and could even predict where he would appear next.

His automatic teleportation range was 20 meters, which limited the distance he could transverse. Next would be his exact destination. Michael had a hard time memorizing everything, but he finally did.

There was a total of 201 locations that were possible for Tenny to appear in, and they came in the order of sequence. This meant that after he automatically teleports to location 1, location 2 would be next. The combinations were seemingly random, and the locations unpredictable, but after all 201 combinations were exhausted, it would start from the first again.

After watching Tenny teleport countless times, he already knew all the patterns and so he was no longer surprised at Tenny's random teleportation

"If only Kyron observed the patterns," Michael said silently as he sighed.

Kyron's rate of assimilation and memorization was superhuman, Michael could even say it exceeded his own. Should Kyron have observed properly, it would only take him an hour at most to learn all of Tenny's combinations. Once that happened it would be game over for Tenny.

However, Michael had almost concluded it was not happening, since Kyron showed no sign of improvement. He was wrong.

Tenny blinked as he teleported above Kyron, a few centimeters behind his nape. This was a major blind spot, and since he was attacking above ground, friction would not delay him. It was a sure win, or so Tenny had thought, but he was wrong. Kyron immediately reacted to this, and his fingers extended, nearly piercing Tenny, who could not even dodge since he was in mid-air. Tenny automatically blinked, and flashes of blue radiated from him as he disappeared from his position.

Kyron quickly moved northwest from his position and his eyes quickly turned crimson. He was ready to fire. Tenny then emerged right in front of Kyron whose eyes were already emitting a blinding crimson light. His eyes blasted Tenny, who had still not realized what was occurring, as he had just appeared. The crimson ray hit Tenny's skin as it melted it like fried butter automatically causing him to blink again and he was Teleported away from Kyron's location.

"Gahhh!!!" Tenny let out an agonizing scream as he held his injured side in pain. He twitched on the cold floor and twisted on the ground.

"HEALER'S WISH," Michael said as the pain suddenly faded and the wounds closed up.

Tenny recoiled from the shock, and it took him some seconds before his mind processed what had actually occurred. Kyron had predicted his intended location and rushed there before Tenny appeared, preparing his crimson ray as he moved.

All that had ensued must have taken less than 3 seconds. Tenny was shaken and at the same time entirely confused as to how Kyron knew his destination, something Tenny did not even know.

"H-How?" Tenny muttered as he slowly moved to sit.

"How indeed?" Michael said as he smiled at Kyron.

He was also surprised at Kyron's sudden movement, and his surprising prediction of Tenny's destination, as he never showed any sign of knowing Tenny's pattern. He was just as curious as Tenny, maybe even more.

"I read your mind" Kyron calmly spoke.

His answer shocked both of them, and the look on their faces demonstrated that they needed further explanation.

"Well, it's not exactly mind-reading," Kyron said as he rubbed his hair.

"Due to my extremely sharp senses and amazing sight, if I focus really hard on someone, I can tell exactly what they are thinking. Their eye movements, heartbeat, pulse, dilution on their eyes, their bodily movements, breathing pattern, and all their bodily functions. By seeing through all of them, I can read a person's thoughts." He explained.

"That doesn't explain how you knew where I will appear at. Even I don't know..." Tenny protested.

"That's because he didn't read your mind... He read mine. Right?" Michael said, finally grasping the situation.

"Yes, as expected of Mas... I mean Michael." Kyron said hesitantly, smiling in admiration, making Michael feel slightly embarrassed.

"I realized you must have some idea to beat Tenny, so I read your mind and discovered his automatic teleportation had patterns and combinations."

Tenny was surprised to hear this. His seemingly random teleportation could be predicted? He was stunned as he looked at Michael, who looked unsure about something.

"I'm still confused about something," Michael said.

"What is it?" Kyron asked in a tone of curiosity.

"When I used COMPLETE INVESTIGATION on you, I did not receive the information that you had such an ability. Did it get past my ability?" He asked, half speaking to himself.

"No. I never had such an ability when we fought. I only recently discovered this as I studied and learned more. This match would be the first time I would actively use it." Kyron said.

"Oh, I see..." Michael said, still seeming to be in deep thought.

"Besides, if I could read your mind back then, I would have definitely known of your plans from the start," Kyron said, just realizing the possibility.

"Yes, but such an ability should have a limitation," Michael said.

"Y-Yes, I don't know if it'll get better with practice, but currently, I can only read the thoughts of someone who is staying in a single position, and my line of sight. It also takes me about a minute to fully begin reading the person's thoughts." Kyron said, looking a bit downcast.

"That's not an issue, you'll get better in time" Michael replied as he looked at Kyron's face.

"This is a new possibility I never considered. Interesting..."

Michael had not even considered the possibility that was before him until now. He had initially thought that Kyron had mastered his abilities and all he needed was control, but that was wrong. Kyron still had room to improve, the recent discovery of a new ability proved that.

He never thought a Cultivator could exhibit something only a few Ability Users could achieve. The Evolution of one's ability, an 'Advanced Ability'.

TO BE CONTINUED...