Every day, Xiao Ran followed his own plan to put Sousuke Sagara through special training. To Cruz and Melissa Mao, though, the training seemed completely baffling: moving around a room blindfolded, sparring where he could only evade and not fight back, guessing left or right and getting hit whenever he guessed wrong. No matter how they looked at it, none of it resembled AS training.
To ordinary people, this kind of training might indeed seem useless. But Xiao Ran saw it differently. As far as AS piloting went, Sousuke Sagara had already reached an extraordinary peak. Few pilots in this world could match his level, and further improvement would not come easily. So Xiao Ran could only strengthen him from another angle, indirectly increasing Sousuke Sagara's overall capabilities.
Besides, Sousuke Sagara's true strength ultimately depended on the λ-DRIVER. Perception and intuition were especially important in that regard.
Xiao Ran admitted that this training method itself did not have much practical use. But his real objective was to make Sousuke Sagara accustomed to relying on his own senses and become more sensitive to the Outside World around him. If he could achieve that, Xiao Ran's purpose would be fulfilled.
Senses were a mysterious thing when put into words, but Mental Power could somewhat explain them. What dispersed Mental Power could detect was what one could sense. Even if his eyes could not see someone hiding somewhere, he could feel them through mental energy, much like how Xiao Ran's Brainwave could spread out and discover invisible enemies.
In other words, Xiao Ran was actually teaching Sousuke Sagara how to use his own mental strength. Xiao Ran had quite a bit of experience in this area. While he could not develop Sousuke Sagara's Mental Power for him, he could still teach him a