When he inquired about the matter to the assistant staff in the facility, they confirmed as much.
“These facilities are designed to be able to seal most kinds of sensory techniques that the Martial Union possesses.” One assistant informed him. “There are other measures in place used to seal the remaining kinds.”
“Good to know.” Rui nodded. This meant that his Seismic Mapping and Primordial Instinct wouldn’t hamper his training in a new sensory technique. “I wish to begin immediately. Make all the preparations immediately.”
The assistant bowed. “Yes, Squire Quarrier.”
There were several training regimes that were such that they could not be operated without third-party aid that was capable of operating the machines, instruments, and facilities that they would be training with. This aid was included in the standard training package that Rui had bought.
When the two assistants arrived, they arrived with a large black body suit, as well as an old man with an aura of power.
“Squire Quarrier, this Squire Firinun, he will be aiding you in the preparation for the training for the Tempestuous Feel technique.” The assistant informed him.
“I didn’t purchase the guidance of a Martial Squire though.” Rui frowned.
The Martial Squire snorted at those words. “This is part of the standard aid that you’ve purchased, boy. There is no other way to seal your Primordial Instinct asides from a hypnotic technique that locks away your instincts. Without locking away the Primordial Instinct technique, you cannot train on your Tempestuous Feel technique since your mind can and will still rely on the former to sense your environment. I won’t be offering you any aid beyond this necessity, rest assured.”
“I see…” Rui nodded. (‘So that’s how they plan to seal the Primordial Instinct sensory technique, through hypnosis. How incredible, I have got to delve deeper into the mental manipulation field.’)
Once Rui donned the black suit and entered the training chamber, the Martial Squire followed him in.
𝓥𝐞𝐿𝐞xt.𝐜𝒪𝔪
“When are we going to be-!”
BAM!
A loud noise surprised him when suddenly, the old man’s voice reverberated inside his head.
(‘You feel your instincts dulling by the second, slowly, slowly. Every second, they grow weaker, smaller, softer….’)
Rui felt a degree of alarm but realized that this was part of the hypnosis that would seal his Primordial instinct for the duration of the training period. He immersed himself in the man’s voice, allowing it to influence him. Time passed as the man continued with his hypnosis. Much to his surprise, Rui’s inherent mental fortitude was incredibly tough. If not for the fact that Rui was actively cooperating, he wasn’t even sure if he was strong enough to hypnotize Rui!
An hour later, Rui finally snapped out of it, breathing deeply.
He turned around, meeting the stare of the Martial Squire.
“Is it done?” Rui asked.
“Yes.” He snorted. “Finally.”
“Will we have to do that every time I want to train?”
“No, I’ve planted a suggestion and a trigger in your subconscious mind.” Squire Firinun informed him. “Next time, it will be a lot simpler to get you into this state.”
“I see…” Rui was quite curious about the hypnotic technique that the Martial Squire used.
He closed his eyes as he tried to employ Primordial instinct to test whether it was truly sealed or not, before opening his eyes in shock. He couldn’t sense a thing!
(‘Wow.’) Rui was impressed. (‘The technique is actually completely sealed.’)
He felt a stronger desire to look into mental manipulation techniques whenever he could in the future.
“Thank you.” Rui bowed, expressing respect.
The Martial Squire snorted before leaving the chamber and closed shut behind him.
“Squire Rui, we can begin whenever.” The assistant told him.
“Begin immediately,” Rui instructed.
“Yes sir.”
Rui waited for ten seconds before suddenly everything went dark. Rui felt alarmed as he very rarely felt this blindsided. Ever since he broke through to the Squire Realm, his senses had grown immensely powerful over the years. He had become tremendously aware of his surroundings even without his sensory techniques.
Now suddenly, all of that disappeared. It was quite the jarring switch, he wasn’t accustomed to this.
(‘There’s almost no seismic radiation either.’)
The chamber was clearly constructed such that no vibrations would pass through the floor, certainly none that could allow him to make much out of his environment.
The only thing he could feel was air bouncing on his skin energetically.
(‘This is the second function of the suit.’) Rui recalled the training regiment from the scroll. In order to slowly get him accustomed to interpreting atmospheric fluctuations to map out his environment, the suit amplified atmospheric fluctuations, making it easier for him to analyze and interpret them. Once he learned to perceive his environment, the amplification would be continuously yet steadily decreased until it reached standard atmospheric conditions.
Once Rui would be able to demonstrate his combat ability in standard atmospheric conditions, he will have attained satisfactory mastery of the Tempestuous Feel sensory technique.
“Squire Quarrier, we can begin low-grade evasion training anytime.” the assistant informed him.
“Alright, start at the lowest level, I haven’t yet gotten accustomed to this,” Rui informed. He could barely hear his voice externally due to the noise suppression, but he knew that the assistant staff managing the facilities of the chamber could hear him.
“Will do, sir.”
Soon enough, Rui felt some exaggerated fluctuations on his back. He wasn’t sure what that meant, but before he could even begin to understand what it meant.
POW!
He felt a light ball-like object strike him on his back.
(‘Is that how it works?’) Rui wondered, as he quickly made some quick inferences. He felt a similar fluctuation on his front.
POW!
This time as well, a ball hit him in the chest.
This time on his arm.
POW!
Leg.
POW!
Rui simply kept observing for a while as he recorded and measured several parameters about the sensations and the projectiles that hit him later. He wasn’t in a hurry to begin dodging them, he just wanted to collect more data for now.