Journey to Discovery

Rei trained continuously and honed his skills in swordsmanship. Though he still had not learned any sword technique he still was achieving good results. The body-strengthening food he ate every day had made his body strong and his stamina was now comparable to a teen.

After a month, when Hanna was absent, having recently been enrolled in the village's local school, Rei decided it was the perfect time to tell Thomas more about how he created the wind blast. Rei wanted to explain it in a way that wouldn't seem suspicious but also satisfy his father's curiosity. He also decided to make himself look like he was having early prodigy signs otherwise his behaviors would be suspicious later on.

"Father," Rei began, approaching him with an innocent expression, "I remembered something else I did to make that wind blast. I pressed a bunch of tornadoes together into a ball, and that's what made it happen."

Thomas's eyes widened in astonishment as he processed Rei's words. The concept was almost unthinkable—using Spirit Arts to control and manipulate elements in such a complex way. Spirit Arts had always been a tool for cutting through magic and enhancing physical prowess, but here was Rei, reshaping its very foundation.

"You... compressed tornadoes into a ball?" he repeated his tone a mixture of awe and disbelief.

"Yeah," Rei continued, feigning a childlike innocence. "At the time, I was just thinking about keeping that tornado to myself." Rei deliberately lied, knowing it sounded like the whimsical nature of a child, and as expected, Thomas believed him.

"That's... incredible, Rei," Thomas said, his voice filled with a mix of amazement and concern. "I had no idea you could do something so advanced. And at your age..."

He paused, looking at Rei with a serious expression. "You know, Rei, it's important we keep this just between us for now. If people find out what you can do, it could put you in danger. Some might try to take advantage of your abilities."

Rei's mother, who had been listening nearby, nodded in agreement, worry etched across her face. "Yes, Rei," she added softly. "We can't let anyone know about this. It's too risky." She glanced at Thomas, as if seeking reassurance, but both of them knew that warning a five-year-old wouldn't necessarily ensure secrecy.

Thomas's expression softened, and a curious glint appeared in his eye. "However," he said, his tone lightening, "it would be a shame not to explore this further. Why don't you show me how you did it, Rei? I'd love to see it in action."

He stepped back, giving Rei space, his curiosity clearly getting the better of him. Rei's mother watched anxiously, clasping her hands in front of her chest.

"Go on, dear," she said gently. "Show us what you can do."

Rei hesitated, calculating how much he could demonstrate without arousing too much suspicion

Though Rei had used small wind tornadoes and wind compression during that time, it was not all that he had employed in his technique. Rei also utilized wind which he then used to form a wind bomb, granting the compressed air the velocity it needed to achieve its explosive force. Rei knew, however, that this attack would not be as successful as the one he had demonstrated before. While Rei still wanted to demonstrate his abilities in a way that seemed plausible to his parents, he had no intention of revealing the full extent of his knowledge and capabilities. Rei had to make it clear that he was still a child, a genius prodigy perhaps, but a child nonetheless so that their suspicions wouldn't grow any further.

And so, Rei went about preparing the attack, using his understanding of centrifugal force to create several small tornadoes that he would compress. He carefully focused his Qi molding the space to create it more easily, he then created a vacuum and the wind came rushing in, swirling the air as he had done before. Once he felt the energy build-up, he focused it, compressing countless complementary tornadoes into the force into a small, condensed pocket of swirling wind. As he did so, he focused on using the wind itself to propel the blast forward, using the same centrifugal force he had learned from your past life, though, in truth, the attack was far less powerful than what he was truly capable of. In this case, he had to ensure that the blast would not be as deadly, though it still had a fair amount of destructive power. He needed to prove his point without revealing his full potential.

While doing this Rei suddenly thought about what went wrong in his wind blast then he remembered a barrel every bullet needs a barrel to be directed at. He now knew what to improve in wind blasts and then he saw that the wind compression was ready.

With a final push, he unleashed the attack. The small tornadoes he had compressed rapidly expanded, and with an explosion of wind, a powerful gust shot forward from his hands. The recoil from the force of the blast immediately threw him backward, sending him crashing to the ground with a soft thud. The wind blast was strong, enough to have potentially killed anyone standing directly in front of him, but unlike the earlier demonstration of his abilities, the range was limited to only about 150 inches from where you had stood. The destructive power that had once shattered the ground was now contained in a smaller radius. The force of the attack was still considerable, but it was nothing compared to what he had truly been capable of, and that was exactly the way he had planned it.

Because the wind compression was not in a barrel it shot into a circular area due to which Rei was affected too but it was worth the trouble as the suspicions would get off of him.

Rei's parents stood a few paces behind him, their eyes wide with awe as they observed the technique. Thomas's face held a mixture of amazement and concern as the wind blast tore through the ground before dissipating. The air around you swirled, leaving a noticeable indentation in the dirt where the blast had hit. His gaze quickly turned to Rei, and as the dust settled, he rushed toward you with an expression of alarm.