Journey to Discovery

A week passed as Rei's father worked tirelessly to replicate the incredible technique Rei had demonstrated earlier. Day after day, he attempted to merge the tornadoes, only to encounter failure each time. Either the merging process triggered an uncontrollable wind blast before it was complete, or the swirling winds would simply dissipate into nothingness. His frustration grew, but he never let it show in front of Rei. Instead, he encouraged Rei to keep thinking about what he might have done differently, how such precision and control had come from such a young child. 

There was another reason Thomas was trying to replicate the wind blast. It was because if somehow someone does learn about Rei's ability to create wind blast Thomas can just show that he learned it from him

At the end of the week, Rei finally decided to reveal his real wind blast including the modifications of added wind barrel. Standing before his parents, he announced with a confident tone, "Father, I remembered how I did it now."

Thomas's eyebrows shot up in surprise, and his mother, Lily, leaned forward, her curiosity piqued. The air around them seemed to grow still as they waited for Rei to show them.

Rei stepped into the open area where the earlier experiments had taken place. His father positioned himself behind Rei, ready to catch him should the recoil from the attack throw him back again. His mother stood a few steps away, watching with a mix of anticipation and concern.

Closing his eyes, Rei took a deep breath, focusing his energy. He began by creating several small tornadoes, just as he had before. His hands moved fluidly, almost instinctively, as the tornadoes formed and started swirling in the air around him. Then, with practiced precision, Rei compressed the tornadoes into a small, dense ball. His parents watched in silent amazement, unable to look away.

He created a vacuum around the compressed ball, drawing in wind from the atmosphere at an incredible rate. The gusts rushed toward him, howling as they were sucked into the vortex. His parents exchanged bewildered glances, unable to comprehend how he was achieving such a phenomenon. To them, the concept of a vacuum was foreign, and they could only marvel at the sight of wind seemingly obeying Rei's command.

Rei compressed the wind further, shaping it into an even smaller, more concentrated state. Then, he created another wind ball and compressed it into what he called a "wind bomb." This time he added an extra step. Using the concept of centrifugal force, he formed a barrel-like structure to channel the energy. Finally, he used the wind bomb to propel the compressed wind ball, firing it like a projectile.

The recoil from the blast was now negligible, and as Rei had expected, Rei was not thrown backward this time. His father who was ready to caught him saw the wind blast. This wind blast was strange unlike his first wind blast that destroyed the room this wind blast does not seemed to be harming the surroundings at all and is only focussed at a certain path.

However that did not meant that the wind blast was weak the wind blast power unstoppable. The boulder they had set up as a target shattered into countless fragments, and the wall behind it crumbled as if struck by an unstoppable force. Dust and debris filled the air, and for a moment, an eerie silence fell over the scene.

As the dust settled, Rei's parents stood frozen in place, their faces etched with disbelief. The magnitude of what they had just witnessed left them speechless. Slowly, Lily rushed toward Rei, her face pale and her hands trembling slightly. "Rei! Are you alright? Oh my god, what was that?!"

"I'm fine, Mother," Rei muttered, brushing dust off his clothes. He avoided looking at her, his feelings toward women still a tangled web of mistrust and unease.

Thomas stood beside him, shaking his head in astonishment. "That was... incredible," he said, his voice filled with a mix of awe and concern. "I've never seen anything like it before." He glanced at Lily, his eyes wide with disbelief. "Did you see that? The way he manipulated the wind, the power behind it... it's beyond anything I've ever witnessed."

Lily nodded slowly, her voice unsteady. "I know," she whispered. "But... how is this possible? How can a child have such control over the elements?" Her gaze shifted to Rei, her eyes filled with both fear and wonder. "Rei, you need to tell us everything. How did you learn to do this? And why didn't you tell us sooner?"

Rei hesitated, his mind racing. He couldn't tell them the full truth—not yet. "I just... I kept thinking about it, trying to remember what I did. It came back to me, piece by piece," he said, his voice steady but deliberately childlike, as if he were still trying to figure things out himself.

His father stepped closer, his expression serious. "Rei, this is bigger than we ever imagined. What you've done here... it's not just a simple technique. This could change everything. We can't keep this a secret anymore."

Rei stiffened at those words. He didn't want his abilities to become public knowledge—not yet. There were too many risks, too many unknowns. "Father, please," he said softly, his eyes meeting his father's. "Can we keep this between us? At least for now?"

Thomas looked at Rei for a long moment before nodding slowly. "Alright, Rei. For now. But we'll need to figure out what this means—and how to protect you. Also Rei did you did something different this time"

"I don't know I did created a cylindrical wind around it because I thought that would be one way to contain the blast, I was just playing with Qi, and this happened during that time," Rei said, his voice filled with innocence, masking the intricate knowledge he actually possessed. His father, intrigued by Rei's ability, decided to try replicating the wind technique himself. Over the next few days, he poured his energy into experimenting with Qi, attempting to merge winds in the same way Rei had demonstrated. However, his efforts consistently fell short. Either the winds dispersed prematurely or they exploded into uncontrollable bursts.

Thomas eventually concluded that Rei was simply a prodigy—someone gifted beyond ordinary understanding—or perhaps possessed of unique, special powers. As his father voiced these thoughts, Rei remained silent, his lips pressed into a thin line. Explaining the principles behind his success—the concepts of centrifugal force, compression, and vacuums—would only lead to more questions, questions Rei wasn't ready to answer.