[Episode 52163] [Episode 52163]Having decided to use the tea that was supposed to make Nabiki more... talkative, Ranma read the relevant chapter more closely. Genma might have taught this lesson through negative example, but he had taught it well - Always Read the Manual. The reading proved to be quite interesting, in fact - especially if he imagined Nabiki being the victim subject.
The technique - which he privately called the Babble Point Strike - required the tea as a basis. It would loosen the tongue, giving the drinker the desire to express their desires verbally. They would talk and talk incessantly and without reservation, revealing intimate secrets that they would otherwise never admit - without realising what they were doing. Through the use of different shiatsu points, one could induce the subject to hold forth about different topics.
Without any further intervention, the recipient of the tea would simply talk about the person(s) they desired most. Whatever they felt for and knew about the object of their desire would be blabbed out for everyone to hear.
The Fetish point made people reveal their secret fetishes. Whatever object, body part, or action inflamed their passions - they would reveal it all. There would be no conversation that they wouldn't try to turn towards their favourite fetishes.
Similarly, the Fantasy Point made a recipient tell all their fantasies. If he hit Nabiki with that, she would relate at length and in explicit, lurid detail every single lustful fantasy she had ever had, be it ever so outlandish or fleeting. Whether she had richly detailed daydreams about herself as Snow White being ravished by the seven dwarfs, or whether she had wondered for a second what it would be like to be a stripper - all would come spilling forth.
The hilarious Potty Mouth Point caused the subject to use only the dirtiest, sluttiest vocabulary known to them. They would be unable to say even a single sentence without at least a dirty word or a crude reference to sex, and they would compulsively try to turn any conversation to sexual matters.
There were other points as well, but these seemed to be the most promising in the current situation.
Once he had made his decision, Ranma put his plan in motion. It wasn't difficult to make the tea itself; he managed to gather the necessary ingredients within a few days. Of course people who do not regularly rough it through the wilderness or scale mountains bare-handedly might have had more difficulty in that regard.
Feeding the tea to Nabiki without making her suspicious was rather more difficult. In the end he relied on her habit of eating snack food while watching TV. Just as she was finishing a bag of salty potato chips, he sat down at the table with a cup of normal tea and a pitcher containing about a cup full of the special tea (he had made more, just in case, but wasn't about to risk everybody taking a cup).
Feeling thirsty, Nabiki quite naturally grabbed the "remaining" tea Ranma appeared to have brewed for himself and drank it. She felt a little light-headed for a second or two and thus missed the look of triumph on Ranma's face.
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