It works! The breathing techniques actually work!
I'm not sure how, but they do. It's like coding – I just copied what I heard, not fully understanding the process. But joking aside, I realize I need to slow down my "healing factor" because it's not good for my lungs. Lungs are only meant to handle a certain amount of air. Sure, we can fill them to capacity, but doing that continuously wouldn't be wise.
The breathing technique does give me a bit of a physical edge, but it's more useful for healing than for combat as the amout of strenght it would increase would be comparable to an athlete on perfomance drugs. It's not like I can pull off flashy techniques like running with lightning. That would be too intense, and I'm unsure if elemental techniques even work that way maybe I am doing something wrong and I can actually do those moves.If I try something like "Luffy's Gear," it might leave me bedridden for months. Sure, magical healing could reduce that time to few weeks or even days, but I collapsed after just one use before. If I were to collapse in enemy territory after a fight, it would be game over. Maybe someday I can use it without consequences, but I doubt that will be anytime soon.
Since my abilities don't give me much in terms of attack power whitout consequences, I figured I should think of some new powers. Well I currently have lots of free time so why not?
Invisibility? Everyone dreams of that! But let's face it, if you're invisible, you're also blind. Here's the science: light passes through your eye's lens to form an image. If the light can't focus on your retina (which would also be invisible), you can't see a thing. I'd be better off learning chameleon abilities, but even then, a chameleon could still be detected, if someone concentrated enough.
I would have to wait to learn the magical version of invisible spell it would be better.
I don't need sensing abilities because I can either gain them from different animals or I could just sense them through magic because everyone has magic and I can sense it.
Long, sharp nails or Wolverine-like claws? Short-range attacks might be useful, and I could probably learn that.
Bioelectricity? That's possible, but I'd have to be careful. Overuse could lead to low blood pressure, unconsciousness, or even a deep sleep.
Create more adrenaline? Maybe I can do some bullet bending moves, or better! Bend the magical spells that I use. I don't know if that's even possible but it would surely look cool.
Create some pheromones? Hell no! I ain't gonna become some eroge type protagonist releasing sex pheromones, building some harem. The worse thing is that I could actually do release those! No I ain't never doing that unless and until it's absolutely and I mean ABSOLUTELY necessary.
Maybe release some sticky fluid( not that, whatever we're thinking ) from my body or make my body sticky to help to stick to wall ,become spiderman or something.
It feels like all the science I learned in this life is finally paying off. Maybe I could even give those Asian kids a run for their money... Well… let's not aim too high and get to the ground again, because I know that there's always one Asian kid out there who's better than you.
So, here's my routine: wake up, get fresh, do some light exercise, maybe flirt with the nurses, think up new ideas and practice the new abilities, practice breathing techniques, check for any complications, and – did I mention flirt with the nurses for some sweet dreams?
Damn! Am I hitting puberty?
TBH some of those nurses are THiiiii…. So yeah, I guess I have entered puberty....
Now, let's check my savings…
Wait a minute, whose money are these doctors using? I know they're not charitable enough to give an orphan VIP rooms and services. Sure, I've won a lot of tournaments and have some reputation as a prodigy, but still…I swear if they use my hard earned tournament money I am going to rember and get revenge.
The money I earned is from tournament prizes, I took part in different tournament, for knowledge based ones it was easy because most of it I just knew from past life, for sports tournaments I just played chess and football.
And for passive income I had food stalls which actually not ment to be passive income when I started it, it grew from just me to more orphan kids helping out to me owing fast food chain ,but it's recent I had invested a great lot into it so the money have yet to start to come.
Just then, a beautiful nurse walked into the room, and my heart rate spiked along with the beep-beep of the machine. She gave me a knowing smile.
She checked my vitals, noted them, picked up a syringe, and said, "You're going to feel a little prick."
"Are you talking about the needle or the doctor?" I joked.
She chuckled. "Where are all these corny jokes coming from?"
"ChatGPT," I replied.
"And what's that?" she asked, inserting the needle, which made me wince.
"An artificial intelligence," I answered.
"We have AI now?" she asked.
"Nah, we don't. Just kidding."
"What happened to you? When you first came in, you were this soft-spoken kid. Now you're making jokes with all the nurses. No hallucinations or anything, right?"
"Nah, just puberty," I shrugged.
She laughed. "You talk like you've been through this before. You're only eleven!"
"I live in an orphanage with kids going through puberty, so I know what's what."
"Okay, my shift's over. I'll see you tomorrow. Let me know if you need anything."
"Actually, I have a question. Who's paying for my medical fees?"
She paused, then said, "I'm not sure. I think it's your money, but you should check with reception."
For a few moments, I just stared at her as the "beep-beep" got louder. Then I pointed to the life support machine and said with a smile, "Could you pull that plug over there, please?"