>>5446670https://youtu.be/9vZD06f767gYou bring up your guard. You’re going to see exactly what this technique is like, and how it might be applied from a distance. This will probably be important in the future, so treat it as such. Keli wastes no time and rushes forward at you, delivering a few quick crane strikes. You block them easily, and make her actually work for the hits she’s attempting.
Next you notice that Keli isn’t really trying to strike any vitals, merely land hits. And… very slowly, even blocking them starts to feel a bit more difficult. Okay, she’s still on offense, so she won’t really be expecting this! You dodge the next few hits, and as soon as Keli goes for another strike that you have to block… “Boop!” You poke her in the nose and flip away, the woman caught in complete surprise by it. It… does take a bit more effort than you expected, but you do avoid Keli’s attempted retaliation.
You grin cheekily and give a little V-sign… but then you notice a familiar Ki signature. A bizarrely familiar one. In fact, one you recognize all too well… because it’s YOUR Ki. Keli holds her hand up, condensing that energy into a single orb. “Caught me off-guard, guess that’s one thing I need to watch out for while using this. Been borrowing your power for this, Peppa, but ya know what? You can have it back now!”
You’re forced to deflect the attack after you notice it chasing you, with it taking out one of the abandoned buildings after you knock it away. And even that takes a considerable amount more effort to deflect away. You and Keli relax a bit, with you commenting, “Okay, that was definitely a surprise. Man, that… coulda’ gone a lot worse if I were taking this too lightly.”
“You still held your own pretty well. Not bad, Peppa.” she compliments.
“So… is there a way to apply it to Ki blasts or something? Might be how you can do this from a distance.” you speculate.
“Master Pybara explained the distance version is more subtle, almost passive. It works more by… well, the ‘influence’ of Ki between individuals. Drawing out the energy of another by manipulating your own energy.” She stretches a bit. “Physical attacks just allow it to be done quicker, more directly. If you were to use Ki attacks for it, I don’t think it’d be worth the cost. Especially compared to something like the MP Buster.”
“Ahhh, that’s fair.”
>A. Does it need to have this… vampiric effect? Can it be donated willingly, for example?>B. Lemme see your Makaio-ken now, I wanna test that out!>C. I think that’s a good enough demonstration. Thanks, Keli!>D. Something else?