I'm Done Pretending, I'm Using Cheats! / Ripple Overdrive? No, It's Fucking Magnetic Field Rotation!

The most famous example was Joseph peeking at his mom through a keyhole. Who was Joseph, you asked? He was Tequila Girl.

"Then come with me to where I live. First, I need to see whether you have a talent for learning Hamon."

"Oh, right, my name is Lisa Lisa. You can just call me Teacher Lisa Lisa."

Lisa Lisa was ready to teach Qin Qi Hamon, but she had to check his aptitude first. Although Hamon was a power of the body,

it still required talent. Some people could master it quickly, while others needed more than a decade.

"My name is Qin Qi. I look forward to learning from you, Teacher Lisa Lisa."

After introducing himself, Qin Qi followed Lisa Lisa back to the place where she lived. It was a small island, with no one else anywhere around.

"Hamon training is hard work, but thanks to the tireless exploration of countless predecessors, we have a complete training regimen."

"First, I'll attack your lungs to forcibly stimulate your body into vibrating and produce a little Hamon. That will let me judge your talent and make a training plan for you."

"This might hurt a little, so bear with it."

As she spoke, Lisa Lisa attacked an acupoint by Qin Qi's diaphragm with her fingers before he could react.

After being struck, Qin Qi felt no pain at all. A faint ripple of Hamon emerged between his fingers.

"Does this count as a success?"

Qin Qi asked.

"I only stimulated that into existence. It'll disappear in a little while. This was just to familiarize you with the sensation."

"Next, you'll have to use your own power to produce stronger Hamon. The important thing is breathing. Pay attention to your breathing."

Lisa Lisa began teaching Qin Qi how to breathe. After a while, the Hamon she had stimulated disappeared.

"All right, now try producing Hamon again."

Lisa Lisa said.

"Okay."

Qin Qi raised his hand, and Hamon appeared in his palm, as naturally and skillfully as if it were an innate instinct.

So this is how Once Proven, Forever Proven works!

Even Qin Qi was surprised. Then he immediately thought of his Once Proven, Forever Proven trait: as long as he did something once, he could potentially master it forever.

Even though the Hamon had been stimulated passively, it still counted as him having done it, which meant it could trigger Once Proven, Forever Proven.

"Teacher Lisa Lisa, does this mean I've learned it?"

Qin Qi asked.

"Maybe... it was a coincidence. Try again."

Lisa Lisa frowned. She had seen geniuses before, but this was the first time she had seen one like this. Without any systematic training,

he had learned it after she had merely stimulated his Hamon once and taught him the basic breathing method!

Even Lisa Lisa wondered just how he had learned it. Back when she had learned it herself, it had taken her quite some time.

Even so, she had been praised as a genius. Then what was the man before her? A monster?

She would rather believe it was a coincidence, that the Hamon she had stimulated earlier had yet to disappear, than believe he had actually learned it just like that!

The JoJo anime didn't depict this, but I think the manga did. Speedwagon wanted to learn it but failed.

Uncle Zeppeli also spent more than ten years before he fully mastered Hamon.

As for the Once Proven, Forever Proven trait, I'm working it out as I write, setting it up according to the most common understanding.

Originally, Once Proven, Forever Proven referred to a Daluo Golden Immortal in cultivation stories. It meant that once one reached that realm, the past would become the same as the present.

Time would collapse into a single point, with no past or future, only the present.

Chapter 3: I'm Done Pretending, I'm Using Cheats!

"Then I'll try again."

Qin Qi raised his hand and released Hamon again. He released it standing up, sitting down, and even lying on the ground.

"That should count as learning it, right?"

Qin Qi looked at Lisa Lisa as Hamon leaped constantly over his fingers, crackling as if it were slapping her in the face.

"Phew... it seems you're very talented in this area."

"But being able to release Hamon is only the first step. It's nothing special. Some people are born with the power of Hamon."

"Compared to them, you still have a long way to go. Next, I'll give you more advanced training."

Lisa Lisa composed herself. He was a genius, but only a genius. Compared to those born with Hamon, he still had a long way to go.

"Now that you've learned basic Hamon, the second step is to maintain your current breathing no matter what the circumstances."

"Breathing is the source of power. Whether you're facing danger, feeling joy, or even on the verge of death, you must keep breathing."

"First, maintain your breathing during strenuous activity. Let's start with a five-kilometer run."

"You must keep breathing the whole time. I'll be watching you."

Lisa Lisa began the second stage of training. This was the hardest part, and she thought it would take Qin Qi at least three months to master.

"Oh."

Although Qin Qi thought he had already learned it, this was his first time using the effects of Once Proven, Forever Proven, so he didn't know exactly how it worked.

He still needed to test it. With that thought, Qin Qi started running.

"My body feels so much lighter, and I don't have to pay any attention to my breathing. It's as if I was born this way. This way of breathing has already become instinctive to me."

As soon as Qin Qi started running, he felt the change. It was as if two blocks of iron had been hanging from his body before,

and now they had been taken off. His body felt incredibly light, and running was incredibly quick and effortless.

When he had run about a hundred meters, Lisa Lisa, who was keeping pace beside him, spoke.

"Hold your body like this when you run. Keep your movements proper and pay attention to your muscle control. You'll be able to exert your strength better that way."

Lisa Lisa began to instruct him and demonstrate. Such physical training was also something Hamon warriors needed to learn.

"Mm."

Qin Qi tried a few times and succeeded. After succeeding just once, every movement he made afterward became perfectly proper.

Once Proven, Forever Proven! As long as he did it once, he would never forget or fail afterward!

"What terrifying aptitude for learning!"

Watching Qin Qi, Lisa Lisa couldn't help but look moved. A hundred meters ago, this man's running form had still been very rough.

But she had only given him some pointers and a demonstration, and before long his movements looked as if he had practiced them who knew how many times!

He had surpassed her in an instant. This... was truly beyond Lisa Lisa's comprehension.

At five hundred meters.

"Between five hundred and a thousand meters is when your breathing is most likely to become irregular. The real test has only just begun."

Lisa Lisa kept pace beside Qin Qi, carefully observing his every breath as he went from five hundred meters to six hundred, seven hundred, eight hundred, and a thousand.

She found that Qin Qi's breathing was unbelievably steady. Every breath followed the Ripple Breathing Method she had demonstrated!

Even while running, there wasn't the slightest irregularity!

"He learned it after just one try and made it almost instinctive. Can... talent really explain this?"

Lisa Lisa began to have doubts. As the saying went, genius was ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent talent.

But now, seeing Qin Qi, she felt that saying didn't seem quite right!

With just one percent talent, he had surpassed the ninety-nine percent perspiration and effort of everyone else!

Things that took others months or even years to learn, he had accomplished in a single attempt, becoming as skilled at them as if they were instinct!

Soon, he finished the five-kilometer run. The farther Qin Qi ran, the better his body felt, and he felt full of strength.

"So this is how Hamon strengthens the body."

Qin Qi felt that his physical condition had improved. He didn't need any special method; he only needed to breathe.

As long as he kept breathing, his body would grow stronger. Exercise was merely a way to assist that process.

"Your breathing didn't become irregular at all over five kilometers. Next, we're going rock climbing!"

Lisa Lisa decided to continue testing him, using a more intense method to push Qin Qi and make his breathing falter.

"Okay."

Qin Qi followed her to go rock climbing.

It didn't take long to finish the climb, and his breathing remained just as steady.

"Go swimming!"

"Okay."

"Go, walk a tightrope high in the air. It will test the steadiness of your breathing and your mental stability under extreme tension and fear."

"Okay."

Time passed in the blink of an eye. Lisa Lisa put him through many tests, and in the end, Qin Qi passed every one of them.

"I have to admit, you really are very talented at cultivating Hamon."

"I've studied Hamon since I was a child, and in more than fifty years I've seen quite a few Hamon geniuses, but you're the first one like this I've ever met."

"Next, I'll increase the difficulty of your training. I'll teach you in three stages: increasing the difficulty of breathing, changing Hamon's properties, and applying Hamon in actual combat."

Lisa Lisa first sighed and expressed her amazement. Then her eyes lit up as she looked at Qin Qi, like a hungry wolf that had spotted a little fat pig!

This man was such a genius that he might be able to cultivate Hamon to an unprecedented realm. When that time came, perhaps he could bring an end to the fate that bound Hamon warriors and Pillar Men!

Chapter 4: Ripple Overdrive? No, It's Fucking Magnetic Field Rotation!

"Okay, let's pick up the pace with our training!"

Although Qin Qi had done so much exercise, he was still full of energy. Hamon stimulated the life energy in his body,

allowing him to remain active for long periods of time and greatly reducing his fatigue.

"No, it's already late today. You should eat something and get some rest. I'll have someone prepare a room and food for you."

Although Lisa Lisa had fled her home country to escape the law, she still lived a wealthy life.

The island and the castle were both hers, and Suzi Q was there to take care of her daily needs. As expected of the Joestars, a family of gentlemen!

Their financial resources were first-rate!

"Okay."

Lisa Lisa took Qin Qi to eat and bathe, after which he returned to his room to rest.

He tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. The excitement of his first simulation kept him from resting.

Since he couldn't sleep, he decided not to bother. He sat on the bed and continued studying Hamon.

"Hamon can do more than strengthen the body. It can also produce magnetism, cut things, even bring dead wood back to life. It's also very effective at healing injuries and preserving youth."

"But its combat power is a little weak. That level of strength won't amount to much in Little Garden."

Qin Qi watched the waves constantly jumping between his fingers, pondering how to improve his strength from here.