Note: sorry is a bit of a info dump, but it allows me to just give brief descriptions in the future. My apologies. And don't forget his third wish if the powers potential are a bit stronger then OG verse
Taking out a pen and paper, I start writing out my goals and current abilities so I can better plan my path to getting stronger. From what I've learned, this really is a superhero world.
Which means escalation.
Look at Marvel or any long‑running comic or manga with heroes and villains — like MHA. When the younger generation starts growing, things hit the fan fast, forcing them to mature into the heroes of the future.
From what I know, both Flash and Batman have sidekicks around my age, and probably more I'm not aware of.
Anyway — Goals:
-Develop Occlumency
-Improve Hardening
-Improve Overall Skills
Goal 1: Develop Occlumency
I browse through my past‑life media collection and pull out a fic called HP/DxD: Raven. It had one of the most creative uses of Occlumency I'd ever seen — the author turned their mental palace into SAO's Aincrad, designed to wear down intruders and make progress exponentially harder.
I don't want to copy it, but I'll use the same concept. I'll base my mind palace on Danmachi.
My plan:
-The gate will register anyone entering my mind — useful for identifying friendlies.
-If someone breaks in, the Familias will attack intruders.
-If the intruder is friendly, they'll be escorted safely through the dungeon.
-If they're an enemy, even if they avoid the Familias, they still have to enter the dungeon.
-From there, I work on improving my intelligence — or at least my ability to learn.
For physical skills and techniques, anything I see or read will be practiced by the Familias. They'll record the movements, and the Guild will upload the data into my memory bank. It won't give me muscle memory, but it will give me the knowledge to perform and experiment with techniques.
At the end of the dungeon, I design the Memory Archive and Laboratory.
Inside the lab, I place various complex Rubik's cubes constantly turning, each labeled with things like coding, magic, chemistry, etc. These cubes take the knowledge I already have and endlessly rearrange and test combinations, letting me see problems from infinite angles. With enough processing, I'll make myself a genius — or at least highly talented.
This will take time, but I can build Orario and the Lab first, then expand the dungeon floors later.
Goal 2: Improve Hardening
Examining my Hardening, I realize there are two core components I need to master before developing anything advanced:
Potency and Endurance.
-Potency
Potency is how strong and durable my Hardening becomes. I've noticed that while Hardened, I'm slower due to the density, but I hit much harder. Normally, I can crack concrete with a punch.
With Hardening, I can put my entire fist through concrete.
So I need to see if I can increase how hard I become and how much strength I gain from it.
-Endurance
Endurance is simple — how long I can stay hardened before my stamina drains.
Training Plan
-Power: I'll work out to improve my base strength. During compound movements, I won't use belts or straps. When I'm at maximum effort, I'll activate Hardening to get used to calling on the strength boost under strain.
-Toughness: Brutal but effective — I'll set up a controlled environment that beats the hell out of me, forcing my body to repair itself with stronger material. I'll also use heat and cold exposure to improve Hardening's resistance across the temperature spectrum.
-Endurance: Stay hardened while moving, increasing the level of Hardening in intervals. For example: running, parkour, shadowboxing — max Hardening for 30 seconds, minimum for 2 minutes.
That covers my second goal.
Goal 3: Improve Skills
This goal is partially covered by the first two, but not enough. Training is useless without experience.
So I'll use the money from my games to visit various martial arts dojos. Then I'll return to cage matches, restricting my strength to focus on technique. Winning or losing doesn't matter — only growth.
With all the planning done, I run to a nearby McDicks to grab a quarter‑pounder with cheese, then spend the rest of the day building my mind lab and Orario.
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Sorry for blabbing there's one more training chapter without the infodump and then we'll slowly be getting closer to the start of YJ