November 4, 2018, early morning.
With the first ray of sunlight, Jie Jian slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing he did after waking was try to activate "Vector Manipulation."
In an instant, all the vector information in his surroundings flooded into his mind like a tide.
Feeling that powerful brain was still there, Jie Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness it's still here."
The brain enhancement brought by Takaba's "Superman" technique remained and had not vanished after a night's sleep.
He walked to the window and raised a hand toward a roadside tree outside.
The next moment, the wind in his hand shot precisely from his fingertips under the technique's effect, slicing off a leaf.
Jie Jian's precision with "Vector Manipulation" had improved by an unknown number of orders of magnitude!
Previously, this level of precise control would have required several seconds to calculate the trajectory.
But now, he could activate it almost instinctively!
He lowered his hand and took a deep breath.
"It's time to find someone to test it on."
Mornings in "Tokyo No. 1 Colony Barrier" were still deserted.
Although this place had once been Tokyo, all its former prosperity had vanished.
Traces of battle could be seen everywhere in the streets, along with the occasional corpse.
Jie Jian paid them no mind and wandered aimlessly down the street.
What he needed now was an opponent—a sufficiently formidable opponent!
"Who should I look for? I can't exactly go back and find Higuruma, can I?"
Jie Jian muttered to himself.
Although Hiromi Higuruma was no weakling in combat, his greatest strength was still his ability to strip others of their techniques.
But Jie Jian wanted someone to compete with in terms of techniques, and Higuruma clearly could not meet his requirements.
At that moment, a