Compressing Gravity and a New Prisoner
Three and a half months have passed in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Uraraka Shige was sitting on the floor of the 'private room', with one hand outstretched, palm facing up, as if holding something, and the other hand above it, seemingly wanting to press down, but hesitating for some reason.
To outsiders, his actions at this moment undoubtedly seemed somewhat foolish; he was sitting there in a strange posture, lost in thought. But in reality, there was something 'that' could be sensed in the palm of his loosely clenched hand.
That's Gravity.
He was trying to Compress the portion of Gravity he could control, but the maximum he could Compress it to was only this... forming a ball in his palm, which was only possible because the Gravity he could control was still limited.
This ball actually originated from his technique of 'chaos'. Initially, the direction of Gravity inside was irregular and disordered, which made it extremely difficult for him to Compress this Gravity.
Later, he suddenly realized that since it's difficult to Compress when Gravity is in a disordered state, what about when it's in an ordered state?
So over the course of those three months, he conducted a series of experiments on 'Quirk' and finally came to a conclusion.
Compress is most difficult when the direction of Gravity is chaotic and disordered. Adjusting the direction to be uniformly outward is the next most difficult, followed by when the direction is uniformly turned to one side, which is the next most difficult. Finally, when the direction of Gravity is uniformly changed to be towards the center point, or towards the center of gravity, Compress is the least difficult.
Furthermore, if this Gravity is controlled by his 'Quirk' to be irregular, it is easy to overlook certain parts when Compress. If it is polygonal, it is much simpler. Moreover, the fewer the number of sides, the easier it is to manipulate and Compress using 'Quirk'. Finally, if it is spherical, then the difficulty of Compress is the simplest.
Just like the Gravity that is being Compress in his palm right now, it is in a state where all directions are uniformly inward and the shape is spherical. It is precisely because of this that it can be said to be the maximum degree that he can Compress at present.
As for why he tried to Compress Gravity through his 'Quirk'...
Initially, it was just a sudden idea he had while trying to develop his 'Quirk,' so he gave it a try. He found that although the idea was quite difficult to put into practice, it seemed achievable.
Since he lacked suitable tools to train his 'Quirk' and could only repeatedly use basic techniques for manipulation, he decided to use the act of Compress Gravity through his 'Quirk' as his latest method for training his 'Quirk'.
There's no need to elaborate on what happened after that. About three months later, he was able to Compress the Gravity manipulated by his 'Quirk' into a sphere.
After achieving this, he also discovered that as Gravity is continuously Compress, its Gravity increases. Although he couldn't fully understand the principle behind it, this characteristic gave him many new insights.
For example, by continuously Compress Gravity and fixing it into a shape, this property can be used to adjust the direction of Gravity, causing large amounts of air, dust, or other substances to gather together under the influence of Gravity.
In this way, he could even Compress a large amount of Gravity, using this Compress Gravity and the substances gathered together under the influence of Gravity as weapons, and when needed, adjust the direction of Compress Gravity, allowing Gravity and these gathered substances to burst forth instantly...
Hmm... that sounds a bit like Broken Phantasm?
However, while the idea is good, unfortunately, Uraraka Shige is not currently able to Compress Gravity to that extent... nor can it control a massive amount of Gravity sufficient to achieve this... The required Gravity is simply too great. If we were to draw an analogy with the weight of an object affected by Gravity... it would probably require at least Gravity capable of generating a weight of five tons...
Not to mention having to Compress such a large amount of Gravity and objects affected by Gravity, and maintaining that Compress state while fighting... otherwise, you might accidentally blow yourself up.
In conclusion, although the future is bright, we still need to continue to forge ahead.
Aside from this usage, thanks to the manipulation of Gravity Compress, the techniques of 'blocking/screening' and 'armor' have been almost fully developed. At least, Uraraka Shige's control over his 'Quirk' is sufficient for him to meet the basic requirements for these two techniques... The only thing that is still lacking is the total amount of Gravity that can be manipulated.
But this requires not only that he continues to grow older, but also that Uraraka Shige continuously improves his physique to have a stronger ability to withstand pressure.
Otherwise, even if he could manipulate enough Gravity, the burden of manipulating Gravity, and the excessive Burden of Gravity on himself, would crush him into a pancake the moment he tried to do something using his 'Quirk' to manipulate Gravity.
In summary, although Uraraka Shige has been strengthening his basic 'Quirk' abilities and developing various skills through training, what he currently lacks most is the 'foundation of foundations', which cannot be achieved overnight and can only be accumulated little by little over time!
To use an analogy, he's currently expanding the foundation and first floor of his building on a small, isolated island, and then building the second, third, and fourth floors on top of that... But what he really needs right now is to expand the island itself... However, there's nothing he can do about it (don't suggest asking for help; this is just an analogy, but if you really want to get to the point, imagine he's the only person in the world, all the land has been submerged by the sea, leaving only this isolated island. Fortunately, the sea is receding little by little. He has no helpers, no tools, no materials, only this island of a few dozen square meters, along with coconuts, fresh water, reinforced concrete, and himself/Refuse to be argumentative, let's start with ourselves...). He can only let time 'expand' the island's area.
After training his 'Quirk', Uraraka Shige ate lunch and then continued to train his physique. However, before he could train for long, a squad of guards escorted a guy past his 'single cell' and eventually took him to another 'single cell' not too far away.
What really bothered Uraraka Shige was that when this guy passed by Uraraka Shige's 'private room', he raised his head and mouthed something to Uraraka Shige.
I found you!