Chapter 6: Mind's Space

author: Darell Barnes 

Jojo slowly open his eye, looking around he couldn't see anything. However his senses were screaming telling him to retreat, it felt as if a ferocious beast was staring at him radiating an insurmountable killing intent that is so intense it could stop anyone in their tracks. Jojo began to panic; he had never felt such strong killing intent; it was as if the god of war had held a grudge against him and came for revenge. Jojo was sweating profusely until he heard a deep mechanical voice void of all expression "welcome to mind's space" 

This wasn't the part that scared JoJo out of his, he was scared because he couldn't determine the position of the entity that spoke. The voice came from every direction and echoed on for about 2 seconds before it stopped, there was a vibe of a creepy haunted house with a monster waiting for it's prey to make the first move before taking their life. Jojo was panicking for a while before he calmed and regained his usual expressionless face and frosty cold eyes. 

"First test past" the deep mechanic voice resounded again, Jojo was calm as if he expected this to happen. He stood unperturbed and seemed to be waiting for something, he stood in the deathly silence for minutes before he heard the mechanical voice again. 

system notification [Initialising second test ]

System explanation[ the second test is a physical battle for you to get a good enough understanding of the skill or battle technique called flowing water dragon you are give 3 minutes, good luck] 

The system notification sounded a bit more human and as if it was hoping for his success, nevertheless Jojo only looked at the person in front of him. Light was there now so he could see the figure that stood exactly 20ft away with a shadow covering his face. He had an intense killing intent and a faint trace of disdain in his eyes, something seemed familiar about this person and it was as if Jojo had met him before. 

The figure took a step forward revealing his face, it was a perfect copy (putting the expression aside) of Jojo. Not a trace on his physique signified a difference. However before Jojo had time to react the figure ran straight for him leaving behind afterimages but before the doppelganger could make a hit, Jojo leaped to the left and jabbed his fist into the body of his opponent. The doppelganger spun as if he was water, flowing about the place negated each attack and counter attacked at the precise moment. This left Jojo in a miserable state; he couldn't hit the doppelganger and he continuously got a terrifyingly accurate and painful strike. He was left with nothing but to endure until the 3 minutes were up. 

"So, do you know the secret? Tell me the secret?" The deep mechanical voice resounded again. 

"I understand alright, each attack synchronized with the other creating an endless barrage. They flowed as if the attacks were water on the horizon. Am I right" Jojo said as if he anticipated the reply would be. 

"Not bad kid, that is indeed the answer, however understanding the concept doesn't mean you can do it" the voice sneered, seeming to become more human. 

System explanation[ the third test will take place within 3 minutes, you're required to eliminate 3 opponents individually. Every ten minutes one of the 3 opponents will arrive until all three are defeated] 

"What the f**k, only 3 minutes?"  That's not enough time to recover" Jojo was enraged not only because he had to beat an opponent within 10 minutes but he only had three minutes to rest "huh, what's this?"

Jojo was enveloped in a white light, the sensation he felt was as if he was surrounded by a cozy warm blanket, it healed his wounds and brought him to peak condition. He was feeling as if he could destroy mountains and eat villages. His concentration had reached another level, making him know everything that happens in a 2km radius. 

"This is mind state you ignorant fool, let me break it down only when you are in mind state you get a boost on your concentration and bringing you to a state known as domain state mind state can be broken down into 2 categories, domain state (the  weakest) and and the manipulative state (the strongest). You are now in domain state, this test observes if you can execute the flowing water dragon in your peak condition. Do you understand?" The mechanical voice explained. 

"Yes" Jojo said, regaining his previous expressionless face and frosty eyes. Soon after the system notification resounded again. 

System notification [initialising the third test] 

The first opponent that entered was of course a doppelganger. The doppelganger ran straight for JoJo, however this wasn't the same as last time. Jojo immediately took a back step, negating the doppelganger's attack, and hit the doppelganger in his face with a right kick then Jojo spun his foot in an anti clockwise motion to set the doppelganger off balance. However this was dodged by the doppelganger, by leaping in the air, and he threw a jab at JoJo's face. This was blocked by Jojo; he sent a kick into the stomach of the doppelganger. 

The doppelganger was sent flying, but before he could see what was going on Jojo was already behind him. Jojo punched the doppelganger in the ground which ended it's life. Each of Jojo's attacks were consistent with each other leaving no time between attacks for the doppelganger to take advantage of. JoJo's stamina had improved greatly and this allowed him to beat the other 2 doppelgangers. 

"You impressed me boy, you surely have a great amount of stamina. However this doesn't mean you passed all the tests" the mechanical voice said with a hint of disdain in its voice, after the voice said that the system notification resounded. 

System notification [initialising fourth test]