After getting up, the first thing Mike did, now that his Stats were all a bit higher, was learn the Skill from the Scroll that Keiichi had given him. Upon touching it once again, as if to use it, he got that same window asking him if he would like to learn the 'Seishin no Ken: Tamashī no Ha' that came up before. Only this time, when he did indeed press the 'yes' button, the scroll began to glow and vanish as glowing, yellow scraps of what looked like ethereal paper flowed into him and through him, the scroll disappearing as he was filled with the knowledge and ability needed to perform the Skill that was described within the scroll. It truly was a strange feeling. Upon using the Skill Scroll, the following windows appeared once it was gone after a couple of seconds. They stated the following. [hider=Window] By using the Seishin no Ken: Tamashī no Ha Skill Scroll, you have learned the Seishin no Ken: Tamashī no Ha, a Skill for imbuing your sword with the power of the soul, or Spiritual Energy. [/hider] [hider=Seishin no Ken: Tamashī no Ha] Seishin no Ken: Tamashī no Ha (Level 1: 0/100 EXP) (Active: 25 MP): This basic technique full of potential can only be used while Zandaka is active. This technique of the Seishin no Ken allows the user to flow the spiritual power (MP) of their body in and through their sword, turning it into a sword of their very soul. When using this technique, the sword is temporarily filled with spiritual power, allowing your next attack to deal bonus damage equal to your 50% of your WIS. Furthermore an additional amount of damage equal to 10% of your Seishin no Ken (WIS) Score is dealt to the target struck as well. [/hider] After that, instead of fighting Zombies since there was no time since he got up a bit later than he did yesterday, that nasty Plague affect from before having been healed after he woke up, it was time for school. --- School (Studying): 3 (Critical) --- Mike learned alot in school today as there had been alot to cover. There was even a surprise quiz. And while it may have seemed a bit difficult, Mike somehow remembered everything that was on the quiz, his knowledge really showing through as he could feel as though he aced it, having known the material despite having only been at the school for a few days. After the quiz, and the school day itself as it was in his last period, were over the following windows appeared. [hider=Window 1] For performing above and beyond in the classroom and in your studies, you feel a bit smarter, +1 Int. [/hider] [hider=Window 2] Studying incredibly diligently and remembering all of the material you have learned from the past days has made you more knowledgeable, +1 Knowledge. [/hider] He did indeed feel smarter, and with 8 Knowledge he was now only 2 points away from the requirement for learning the Divination Skill Book, a Knowledge of 10 being the requirement to learn that Skill. After school though came Kendo Club, Mike getting to meet everyone once again now that he wasn't looking like death itself, as the disease did make him look a good bit pale by the end of the day. After being formally introduced into the Kendo club, practice began. Ishimaru was a very good captain and instructor. Despite his incredibly strict, serious, and sometimes spartan ways he commanded and garnered alot of respect, especially with how he treated everyone in the club with the utmost respect and honor, almost like a Samuari of the old days of Feudal Japerica. --- Kendo Club Practice (Vit): 83 - 20 = 63 Kendo Club Practice (Seishin no Ken): 88 - 17 Seishin no Ken = 71 --- Today did indeed feel like an intro day. The senpais of the club were all very experienced. Probably not Abyss Level, but they were good enough to where a good number of them were Levels 2 to 4. Mike lost most of the sparring matches he had with the senpais that day and got tired at several points during the club, but all in all they admired his spirit if anything else, some of them giving advice, or more like Keiichi, that Mike needed to improve his form and speed and also advice such as 'Strength isn't everything' as Mike was probably stronger than all of the senpais here, but would probably learn a lesson that all of the strength in the world didn't even matter if your attacks can't connect, or so one of the senpais mentioned after the practice was over anyway. So while Mike may not have improved from this practice, he still indeed learned something that day. After that, he went home to spend a bit of time in the evening grinding some more Zombies with the newest of his Skills and Zandaka. Mike did a bit better than the 8 Zombies that appeared this time, his newly acquired Skill being a good bit powerful to. Unfortunately each Zombie was only giving him 1 XP a piece now, meaning that leveling on these guys was going to take a while. Not only that, but Mike would also discover that grinding these much weaker enemies was also somewhat slowing his Skill grinding as well. Only his newest Skill leveled, and it only leveled once. It was pretty powerful, and grinding it on weak enemies plus its probably slower leveling rate made it a bit difficult to level in this scenario. After recuperating a bit, Meditation helping recover his lost MP, Mike tried one more time. Mike fought much better this time than the time before against the 9 Zombies that appeared. Needless to say, Mike won and gained one more level at 250 EXP. Now that he was 4 levels above the Zombies though, he would probably have to find a new, tougher enemy to start grinding for XP though. The good news is though that Zandaka, Tamashī no Ha, and Katana Mastery did level up once more, and upon Katana Mastery hitting 10 he got +1 DEX and +1 to his Seishin no Ken Talent. Other than all of that though, it was a day of decent progress, with the finale of it being Mike attempting to manipulate his Mana. --- Mike Focus: 46 - 35 Focus - 6 Spirit Channel Bonus = 5 --- Mike could feel it working this time. Everything he learned about energy from his practice with the Seishin no Ken helping him in this scenario. He felt as though he had a really good grasp upon controlling his internal energies this time, only instead of Mana, while he was controlling Mana, it felt different than that. Still, he did feel as though he had something good happening as green energy, instead of blue like Mana, began to slowly come from his hands as he tried to control it. While shaping it to his will at the moment felt impossible as the energy didn't really feel malleable, Mike would still feel as though he had control of it as his MP was dropping like a rock in the water. After a few moments of intense concentration Mike had no choice but to break it, two new windows appearing for him. [hider=Window] A Skill has been created through a special action. Through practicing the control of your energy and previous experience with your own spiritual energy, a Skill to control and harness your own internal spirit energy (MP), Spirit Harness, has been created. [/hider] [hider=Spirit Harness] Spirit Harness (Level 1: 0/100 XP) (Active: 50 MP/Minute): Through practice with your Spirit Energy (MP) and flowing it through Spirit Channeling you have learned a technique that many of those who use spiritual power attempt to learn, the ability to actively control your own spirit energy with your mind. Through this Skill you can now focus and harness your spirit energy in different ways to attempt to create various techniques or to just better grasp how to handle your spirit energy. All Spirit based techniques are also strengthened by 10% thanks to a better grasp you have on your spirit. [/hider] That attempt though was thoroughly exhausting, and with it already being quite late, there would be little else to do other than heading to bed lest your parents grow suspicious and worried as to why you are staying up so late.