4 Goals (2/2)

Also, his relationship with Gin and Rangiku had improved as the former talks more with Itsuki and treats him like a genuine friend while the latter doesn't blush anymore whenever she sees him. Gin also told him about reiatsu and that all three of them possessed it.

After turning his mystic eyes on and off and making sure he could control them proper, he began to contemplate about what he should do from now on. He knows that there will be massive wars in the future and to survive in this world he has no choice but to become stronger. As he doesn't know how to train his reiatsu currently he would try to meditate and see if that brings any results. He can see both Gin and Rangiku have reiatsu but due to the lower proficiency in sensing reiatsu, he currently can't gauge the amount they have.

While training he made a discovery that due to the strengthening off his soul and the effects of memory partition allowed him to be ambidextrous. Although it seems like a no-brainer being ambidextrous with memory partition, it is actually not that simple. Memory partition is the ability to partition a user's thoughts to form multiple independent thought processes. While normal people can only have a single 'room' in their brain and focus on one thought, partitioning adds partitions to the one room to create multiple rooms.

It is different than having multiple independent machines because, while there are multiple processes, they only work towards one goal. They manage different problem sets but work together to generate one overall solution.

Pulling his thoughts back he decided to do some physical training first, the Hiten mitsurugi-ryu manual didn't come with just the sword techniques, it also came with a proper training routine to help build up the user's body to handle the strain the sword style possessed. Although his body now was just a soul, it didn't stop him from training as his intuition told him that it will help him in the long run. He would probably start to train the basics movements of the sword when he got his hands on a stick of some sort before he could get an actual practice sword.

First, he done some stretches and started to jog to increase his stamina. He never thought of the distance and just continued jogging until he ran out of breath and couldn't continue. He barely ran for 10 minutes before he was on the floor panting as his kimono was drenched with sweat.

After a few minutes of rest, he was back on his feet when he noticed Rangiku and Gin returning from the market. They were talking about something before he called out and grabbed their attention.

”Gin! Rangiku!”

They both noticed Itsuki standing there drenched in sweat, Rangiku was about to scold him for dirtying his clothes when she noticed that he had taken his blindfold off. Gin also noticed this astonishing the two of them as they could see his eyes perfectly without any repercussions.

”Itsuki, your eyes” exclaimed Rangiku as she started running towards Itsuki clearly happy for her friend,

”I know, I was finally able to turn them off” answered Itsuki with a small smile.

They perceived that it was a genuine smile from the bottom of his heart. Although, they worried about Itsuki's face showing no emotions, they liked the fact that with them he was capable of expressing more emotions.

That night, the hut was filled with a merry atmosphere.