Science Fiction: Starting from Obtaining Sophon

He stuck out his tongue and chuckled, looking smug and lewd.

Gendagawa chimed in, "Uncle Mori is right. As a detective, my experience is far from sufficient. I still need to learn from a renowned detective like Uncle Mori. With the guidance of a senior like him, I can grow much better."

The two quickly became like good friends, and Genda took the opportunity to suggest that he take him to the crime scene to learn from it if he encountered any criminal cases in the future.

Kogoro Mouri readily agreed. This kid was so sensible and gave him a lot of face, so he naturally had to give him something in return.

Xiaolan looked puzzled, unable to figure out what was going on between the two.

We just met, and almost got into a fight, but now we seem like good friends. It's really strange.

However, Xiaolan quickly came to terms with it. It was certainly a good thing that her father could get along well with his classmates; it was better than the two of them being at odds.

Moreover, she didn't expect that the food prepared by Genda would taste so good. Although it was clear that his vegetable-cutting skills were just average and the food didn't look very appealing, the taste was quite good and was already above average.

On their way home, Ran and Kogoro were walking back together when Kogoro suddenly spoke up:

"Xiao Lan, you must be wondering why that guy and I were so tense just now, but then we made up all at once."

Ran's eyes lit up: "That's really strange. You went to their door and asked them to take fewer cases, which is a very rude request. Genda refused you immediately, but then agreed. Why is that?"

Seeing his daughter's curious expression, Kogoro smiled smugly: "Of course it's because of my excellent social skills and powerful aura as the famous detective Kogoro Mouri that I intimidated that brat."

More importantly, this kid is very ambitious. He's not content with just taking low-level cases. He wants to build a good relationship with me so I can involve him in some criminal cases. After all, I used to be a detective and I'm friends with many police officers.”

Xiaolan nodded: "I see, it seems Dad is really amazing!"

Hearing his daughter's praise, Kogoro felt his pride was greatly satisfied and became very proud.

"Haha, Xiaolan, you're right. This kid has excellent tracking skills. If possible, we should train him as an apprentice."

Meanwhile, at Genda River's home, Genda River sat on the sofa with his eyes closed, actually watching intently as Tomoko, who resided in his spiritual world, was being watched.

A progress bar appeared above Zhizi's head, and the percentage on it was rapidly advancing, while Zhizi herself remained motionless as if frozen in time.

[Spacetime energy replenishment complete!]

Chapter Twenty-Four: Practicing Water Breathing!

As the progress reached 100%, a notification sound rang out, and Zhizi opened her eyes at that moment.

"finally………"

A bright smile appeared on Tomoko's exquisite face, and her eyes became even more lively.

Genda River hurriedly asked, "Tomoko, how is she?"

Zhi Zi smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that an ordinary-looking middle-aged human would possess such a rich amount of spacetime energy. The host only became friends with him, yet he caused disturbances in spacetime, allowing me to obtain a considerable amount of spacetime energy."

The reason Gendagawa's attitude changed just now was certainly not because he was Kogoro Mouri. Back when I watched the anime, I really liked that character.

Even so, if the other party comes to his door in a menacing manner and makes unreasonable demands, he cannot be so polite and will definitely refuse them firmly.

What truly made Gendagawa suddenly change his mind was Tomoko's reaction. Gendagawa sensed a change in spacetime energy after only a brief contact with Kogoro Mouri, which greatly surprised Tomoko.

I've been completing commissions for half a month straight, but I've gained almost no spacetime energy. I know that changing the fate of a few pets will yield a negligible amount of spacetime energy, and to obtain a large amount of spacetime energy, I need to change the fate of people.

However, as things stand, Gendagawa still has a long way to go before she can become a qualified detective. Although there's no rush, she's the most patient of all.

Sophon was very patient, having waited a hundred years for humanity to make a mistake, just to replace the wrong Swordholder.

Currently, however, she and Genda River are bound by life and they may face unknown enemies at any time, so Tomoko also longs to recover quickly. That's why she is so happy to have obtained the spacetime energy.

"So how much exactly was repaired?"

Even with 99% of its computing power remaining, Zhi Zi still possesses such formidable deductive abilities, capable of deduce cultivation techniques from other worlds within higher dimensions.

In other words, if we can restore just one percent more, the computing power can be doubled!

Zhizi happily said, "It's recovered to about one-thousandth of its original size."

"What? Only one-thousandth of it has recovered?"

Based on Zhizi's description, it seemed like she had absorbed a huge amount of spacetime energy, but in the end, she only recovered one-thousandth of it!

Seeing the disappointment on his face, Tomoko smiled slyly: "It's already quite good. If we keep catching pets, even if we catch them for a year, we won't absorb this much spacetime energy. It's a pity that people like this are rare and hard to find."

"Moreover, it can only be absorbed once when the host and the other party first interact. To obtain spacetime energy again, the host needs to change the other party's fate."

Genda Gawa nodded in agreement. Even an important character in the world of Detective Conan wouldn't be able to gain too much spacetime energy just by being friends with someone.

Otherwise, acquiring spacetime energy would be too easy, after all, he knows a lot of people who possess a large amount of spacetime energy.

For example, a certain washing machine. The spacetime energy on this guy is absolutely off the charts. As someone who has multiple honorary titles such as the Grim Reaper of Beika City, the woman's bathroom entrant, the Tokyo terrorist, and the King of Jealousy in Asia, he is entangled in cause and effect.

It's conceivable that the amount of spacetime energy he can absorb far exceeds that of Kogoro Mouri!

There are also a whole host of other important figures who can become targets for exploitation.

For example, there's a dark-skinned kid from Kanto named Hattori Heiji; this guy's death aura is definitely not weak either.

Even just now, besides Kogoro Mouri, there was another person with an absolutely huge amount of spacetime energy, and that was Ran Mouri.

As the female protagonist of the Detective Conan universe, she also possesses many halos, so this girl must also have a large amount of spacetime energy.

However, unlike the carefree Kogoro Mouri, this seemingly gentle and kind girl is actually extremely wary of strangers.

She didn't consider Gendagawa a friend yet; she only regarded him as a stranger in the same grade, at most a nodding acquaintance.

Therefore, Genda River and she have no interaction for the time being, so naturally, she has not changed her life trajectory or even her fate, and naturally, she has not been able to absorb the spacetime energy.

Seeing Gendagawa's thoughtful expression, Tomoko continued, "There's another good thing. After acquiring a large amount of spacetime energy, my computing power was partially restored, resetting the cooldown time for the deduction. In other words, I've gained an extra deduction opportunity and don't have to wait three days anymore."

"Now we can deduce it again? That's great! Now we can reverse-engineer the training method of Water Breathing, completely analyze the training method, and lower the threshold for training. I want to start training today!"

This was something he had thought of a long time ago.

If you continue to deduce step by step, you will find the specific methods of performing sword techniques. Once all the sword techniques of Water Breathing have been deduced, the entire method will be perfected.

But the problem was that Genda River couldn't wait that long; he desperately needed strength.

The original owner's identity was very likely that she was being targeted by two powerful criminal organizations at the same time, which was a sword that could fall at any moment!

What made him even more nervous was that he had only kept the pet for half a month, yet it had already made it into the newspaper. Although it was just a tabloid, there was still a risk of it being noticed by the enemy.

Therefore, he was actually very anxious inside.

He didn't show any impatience because being impatient wouldn't help, since there are also training thresholds for Water Breathing, and his physical condition wasn't good enough.

However, unexpectedly, after deducing the complete Water Breathing training method, Tomoko suddenly discovered that she could continue to deduce the training method after having the complete training method.

It can analyze cultivation methods, add details to the techniques, and make some seemingly ambiguous cultivation methods into extremely specific requirements.

Simply put, it's like translating those obscure and difficult-to-understand martial arts manuals from martial arts novels into plain language, and even adding pinyin annotations!

This transforms what was originally a practice based entirely on intuition into concrete action requirements, enabling you to achieve success simply by following them.

This undoubtedly lowers the barrier to entry significantly, which is extremely important for Genda River at this moment. He is still an ordinary person, and the sooner he starts cultivating, the more secure he will be.

I originally thought it would take three days, but it's been brought forward. I immediately asked Zhizi to start the deduction.

[Deduction complete!]

Genda River was also excited. Finally, he could learn the method to master extraordinary power!

In her spiritual world, Zhizi projected the analyzed method onto a large screen, and Genda River hurriedly concentrated to watch it.

"The first step is to take one hundred deep breaths, each time to the point of near suffocation. Then, quickly perform the following movements. Once you can complete all the movements in one breath, you can repeat the training underwater until you can complete all the movements while holding your breath."

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Five Levels of Breathing Techniques

All the steps were extremely detailed, and Genda River began to try them out step by step, following the instructions.

Genda River was learning radio calisthenics by watching a video, only much more difficult, and he had to double-check every step.

Every movement was incredibly clumsy. My body, which I thought was already quite agile these past few days, felt like a rusty machine in the face of these movements.

With the slightest turn, a creaking sound would emanate from the body, and the muscles and joints seemed to wail in pain, while sweat poured wildly from every pore.

"Splash—"

As expected of the Breathing of Water, Gendagawa felt as if his entire body was covered in water, and in large quantities, making him look like he had been pulled out of the water.

However, compared to the pain on the surface of the body, the pain in the lungs was the most intense. It felt as if the entire lungs were on fire. According to the annotations left by Zhizi, this was a sensation caused by the lungs inhaling too much oxygen, while the body was also consuming too much oxygen.

Then begin, guided by these movements, to distribute the oxygen from prolonged breathing to every cell in the body.

This makes cells more vibrant, significantly enhancing the body's self-healing ability and stabilizing the mind.

I don't know if it's because the simplified method is truly effective, or because Gendagawa himself is exceptionally talented.

In just his first training session, he quickly surpassed the beginner stage and felt the airflow between his breaths, like water flowing through his body!

Water breathing is the most balanced and easiest to master among the five basic breathing techniques, but in reality, it is also the most difficult to master.

The reason is simple. Just like Tai Chi, the learning threshold seems very low. In parks, you can see elderly people practicing everywhere.

However, those that can truly unleash their power are extremely rare.

The breathing of water also has this characteristic: it is easy to learn but difficult to master.