I am out of town and don't have my laptop with me, so a regular chapter would not be possible.
But I do remember some of you guys asking to write an aux chapter detailing the skill set, so here it is.
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Before you guys start, I am just giving you a heads up, this is purely an explanation chapter. No new progress to the plot will be made, and all these things are those that have already been explained in previous chapters. It just helps me compile the whole skill set together for both your and my convenience, so if you guys want to skip it, you can. I won't mind if you don't read. My love for you will remain the same.
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Naoya Zenin:
Techniques:
Projection Sorcery, Ten Shadows, Solid Shadows
1. Projection Sorcery:
Started at standard 24fps, but right now goes up to 100fps. After training with it, he can vary the fps according to his needs to send in feints or hold back when needed.
Aside from that, the frame stopping when he touches a target that cannot move at the required fps has also increased from 1s to 4.2s after all the boosts. Can be increased by binding vows as well, but this much time is more than enough for almost all targets.
Projection Sorcery is mostly used by stacking it over and over again, but a new method of using it for Fast Chants and Rituals has been developed by Naoya. There are risks to this, as predefining mouth movements, tongue movements, and the rapid outflow of air is quite complex and can cause damage to the user. Because of this specific chant, words need to be practiced before hand.
With CTR, the Projection Sorcery can be used for Frame Drop, which allows the user to just show the first and last frame of the entire movement to the world while skipping the intermediate movements. The movements are still performed, though, and the final move carries over the momentum.
Because the world doesn't mark the movements, Naoya can seemingly teleport from one point to another, dodging obstacles and attacks.
Projection Sorcery can also be used on other objects and techniques to boost their speeds, but for that, they too need to follow the fps rules.
2. Ten Shadows Technique:
The most prestigious inherited technique of the Zenin clan. It allows the user to summon various shikigami that are stored in the technique as shadows.
The base technique allows the user to summon 10 shikigami:
1. DIVINE DOGS: The first shikigami that the user gets when the technique is unlocked. It is the only shikigami that the user need not exorcise, and it allows for summoning two wolves, one white and one black. The wolves are good at hunting and coordinating with each other.
They are also cute, fluffy, goodest boys that deserve all the pats in the world.
Their main means of attacking are their fangs and claws, which are quite sharp, though after getting various boosts, the wolves can now use supersonic screeches that are highly destructive in nature. They can also enlarge their bodies that proportionally increases their strength, though there is a limit upto what level they can grow.
They are smart, fast, and can collaborate with most of the shikigami, adjusting their fight patterns according to the need.
Shikigami name: Cupcake (Black wolf) Frosting (White wolf)
Overall, Grade-1.
2. RABBIT ESCAPE: The 2nd shikgami that Naoya unlocked by exorcising them.
This shikigami allows the user to summon a white rabbit.....which can call upon an entire army of rabbits, effectively turning this small cutie into a one-bunny army.
Originally, their role was to act as a decoy by blinding the enemies with their overwhelming numbers while their summoner devises other tactics or escapes if needed.
They might look small and harmless, but these rabbits are extremely agile and are surprisingly dexterous in fighting off enemies in close quarters as well. If that wasn't all, these rabbits, after getting boosts, are now able to explode and go boom if needed while giving off a middle finger to their enemies.
The head rabbit can also communicate with the rest of the horde, enabling reconnaissance and effective tactical positioning of the units.
The rabbits have also learned word formations and can assemble into words and sentences to communicate with humans.
Shikigami name: Maou
Overall, Grade-2 to Semi-Grade-1 depending on the numbers
3. TOAD: A shikigami, which is a giant toad.
Quite a bulky, tanky guy who can jump surprisingly high despite its build. Its main form of attack is by jumping up and crushing the opponents under its body and by using its tongue, which can spit up into four if needed and restrain or strangle opponents.
It can easily crush solid metal by its tongue strangling and even snap a whole body in half....or fourths, depending on what is needed. The tongue can also be used to pull away from danger.
It can wall crawl and also use its tongue to pull itself up by tying it or sticking it to various surfaces, and swing around like a web slinger. The freaky tongue is surprisingly sticky.
Shikigami name: Twister
Overall, Semi-Grade-1
4. NUE: A giant owl-shaped shikigami that allows its user to tackle aerial enemies as well. It is quite large and allows the user and a few of their allies to fly on its back.
Like an owl, Nue can fly without making any sounds, and like owls, it is quite a capable hunter as well.
Unlike owls, Nue is a built-in super high-performance taser that can discharge massive amounts of electricity to fry almost any opponent to crispy. The shock can be somewhat directed by Nue, though it is advisable to maintain some distance from the shikigami for your own safety.
It is quite agile while flying and can make swift direction changes while flying to dodge attacks.
Shikigami name: Sparkles
Overall, Grade-1
5. GREAT SERPENT: A giant snake shikigami that allows the user to fight opponents that are not quite the same size as them. It is very affectionate of its user and will not waste a chance to snuggle up to them.
After various boosts, the shikigami can now make itself small or bigger depending on the circumstances and terrain. It can also use poisons that are quite lethal to both humans and curses.
In its super-sized form, it can simply roll around to cause massive destruction to the surroundings.
Its favourite activity is turning smol and resting around its user's neck like a scarf.
Shikigami name: Mr. Hiss
Overall, Special Grade
6. ROUND DEER: A shikigami in the form of a majestic deer that allows its user to heal themselves or their allies without the requirement of switching to Positive energy and thus continue battling with their techniques and CE active.
The deer itself is a massive source of positive energy, which it can use to heal or disrupt others from using CE or their techniques.
It is not a fighter, but if push comes to shove, it will use its sturdy antlers to attack.
After getting various boosts, it can now remove toxins from substances, making it a huge plus for users who are prone to assassination. On a side note, this purification power is also very effective on the skin and blood, allowing the user to have beautiful and glowing skin.
Favourite activity, healing Naoya.
Shikigami name: Senzu (Bean) {Not related to Mr Bean in any way, shape, or form}
Overall, Grade-2
7. MAX MAMMOTH: Originally, it was an elephant, but after the boosts, it is now a giant mammoth that can and will stop you if needed. The fur around it is quite thick and durable, making it very good at taking hits, and its size and mass allow it to go headfirst in most battles. Its tusks are also very sharp and durable, which can make them longer and thicker (insert hehe boi man) if required.
Its original ability was to generate and spew out large volumes of water, but after the boosts, it can now also change the temperature of water and spew out ice-cold or boiling hot jets of water, too. It can also pressurise the water to increase its striking force, making it fight long range as well.
Aside from water, it can also shoot out strong gusts of wind from its trunk, keeping the enemies at bay.
Shikigami name: Frieza
Overall, Special Grade
8. PIERCING OX: This shikigami is in the form of a bull that should not be allowed on a treadmill.
The base ability of this shikigami is to run fast and get strong. Simple as that. No limits on the increase boost, though. The more it runs, the more danger you are in.
The only downside for him, though, is that he cannot himself change directions once it starts running, so if the enemy dodges, then it needs to restart the charge.
After getting the boosts, its original strength was massively increased, and it can now also use hardening to increase its defences, though it cannot fully harden itself.
Shikigami name: Broly
Overall, Special Grade
9. FUNERAL TIGER: The shikigami is in the form of a giant white tigress. Simply put, she was initially a better version of the wolves with sharper fangs, claws and a bigger body and more strength.
After getting various boosts, though, she can now put the prey tracker on a target, and once put, she can sense her prey from any distance, no matter how far away the target is. She can also sense through barriers, though high-level stuff could still work to stop her sensing.
Aside from that, she got a teeny tiny new ability. If any shikigami in the summoner's arsenal dies, a part of the shikigami will get absorbed by the tigress, giving it a permanent boost in its ability. The more others die, the stronger she gets. Though there is a limit as to how many shikigami's powers of a certain grade could be absorbed before they stop giving any more boosts. For now, Grade-4 shikigami boosts are filled and will not give the tigress any more buffs.
Its favourite activity is resting under the mild sun and getting scratches from its master.
Shikigami name: Snowhite (Snow for short)
Overall, Special Grade
10. Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga: The pinnacle of Ten Shadows, the strongest shikigami in the user's arsenal, the Opp Stoppa, the true potential of potential man, the fraud checker, and many more titles are held by the divine general.
It is a mass of pure strength given shape, and if it ever finds itself lacking, the giant wheel above its head will start spinning to adapt this shikigami to face the opponent better.
The general also comes equipped with two retractable blades that emit positive energy to cause greater damage to curses and cursed energy attacks.
After getting various boosts, the divine general has now gotten the ability to fly around, and the wheel above its head can be copied and used as a super-heavy projectile weapon. In addition to that, the shikigami now also possesses a new neutralisation ability in the form of Sword of Immunity: Eightfold Severance.
Though this ability does not cause any damage to the opponent, it still turned the tide of the battle beyond belief.
Once Raga is done adapting to a technique's phenomenon, the particular 'antibody' gets imbued in his swords. He can then slash or stab his opponents and choose between causing them damage or 'vaccinating' them. Each time the target gets their 'vaccine shot', that particular technique's function gets weaker and weaker and if the eighth shot makes sure that the part of the technique stops working altogether.
Raga can reverse the vaccination process if ordered, but if not, the effect stays permanently, even after Raga's death or unsummoning.
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the process:
First hit: something feels off, technique requires more CE.
Second: technique lags
Third: output drops
Fourth: activation stutters
Fifth–Seventh: partial failure
Eighth: functionally dead.
The only saving grace with this was that Raga cannot do attacking and vaccinating at the same time, but that, too, was just a minor inconvenience.
Shikigami Name: Sephiroth
Overall, Special-Grade
These are the base set of shikigami that are accessible to the users of 10 shadows.
The CTR of this technique allows the user access to a new technique in the form of [ShadowContainment]. This technique allows the user to invert the properties of [Ten Shadows] and thereby pull opponents inside the shadows, where the shadows in the shadow realm start attacking and tearing up the enemies. The target of this technique also gets cursed and is then turned into a shikigami if the user wills it to do so. Unlike [Cursed Spirit Manipulation], where cursed spirits themselves are used by the user, this technique deletes the cursed spirit from the world and turns it into a shikigami, meaning that, for the world, that particular cursed spirit's position is empty, and in future, another cursed spirit will form to take its place.
These new shikigami are also stored as shadows, meaning they follow every pro and con of the [Ten Shadows technique].
The newly added shikigami are:
1. Weapon Curse: The curse turned shikigami based on humanity's collective fear of weapons. Its abilities include the creation of any weapons ever existed while also being immune to the attacks if the said weapons are used against him and his summoner. All weapons made by the shikigami effectively work as cursed tools, and if given time to analyse and research other cursed tools and weapons, the shikigami can recreate or develop new cursed tools altogether as well. The shikigami also has access to his own separate domain expansion.
The shikigami can also speak, and for that reason, it constantly works as a babysitter or house help. It has a keen interest in using 'dummies' that it kills and turns them into unique weapons.
It can also destroy traditional weapons that try to hurt him, though unique cursed tools can't be destroyed.
It is the shikigami with the potential of doing the most damage in Naoya's arsenal.
Shikigami Name: Zankyo
Overall, Special-Grade
2. Rainbow Dragon: A giant shikigami in the form of a long-bodied easter dragon. Like dragons, it can fly around and is very prideful and ferocious. Its special trait is its incredible defensive properties. The scales surrounding it are highly resistant to non-conceptual attacks and can not be damaged at all by most attacks. If, for some reason, there is an attack that breaks through its defences and the dragon survives, then its scales will improve the defences and reform over the damaged area while the rest of the scales on its body adapt to the new levels of defences, making it almost unkillable in a stretched-out battle. The dragon also possesses great strength and speed, and can tear through buildings and obstacles with ease.
Shikigami name: Shenron
Overall, Special-Grade
3. Debt Curse: A shikigami in the form of a disfigured human covered in what appears to be defaulted contracts. Its ability involves creating a simple domain and forcing contracts to its targets, where they are forcibly given additional cursed energy by the shikigami from its own reserves. Using the said CE is entirely up to the target, but once the CE is given to them, the interest period starts. The shikigami can only give up to the amount of CE its own body can hold, and the more CE it gives out, the weaker it gets. Only one loan could be given to a particular target at a time.
The interest rate is quite high, 100% per 60sec and the shikigami has the right to define the duration of the contract. If the target does not have CE to pay back the full amount, the shikigami extracts whatever CE they can and then start extracting bodily functions from the target. Each organ and function is given a value, and depending on the total amount, the shikigami starts shutting down the target's body until the debt is cleared or the target is dead.
The shikigami also has an additional ability of storing the excess CE that it receives from its targets and later uses it for itself or for its summoner and his allies. This CE is free of interest.
Shikigami name: Kakuzu
Overall, Grade-1
4. Turbo Granny: The shikigami is based on an urban legend of the infamous Turbo Granny, who appears to punish lawless drivers on roads. Just like the legend, she is incredibly fast, though aside from that, she has a technique too, a dangerous one at that. In her presence, if you move faster than her, your body will crash against space as if colliding with a wall and depending on the speed, the damage of the crash increases. Secondly, if she starts moving and you look at her once, the only thing that will be visible to the target will be her. The entire space around them just stops existing in their brain.
Overall, Grade-1
Aside from using shikigami in combat, the Ten Shadows also provides the user with access to the Shadow Realm hidden in the shadows. The shadow realm is a vast dimension where the concept of space doesn't exist. The users can use this realm to store different objects according to their needs or even use it to hide themselves if needed.
For the users themselves, hiding in the shadows doesn't cause any harm; on the plus side, it gives them a level of stealth that even people with super-sensitive detection abilities couldn't find them. For any other person who falls into the shadows, it is a different story; the shadows don't have any oxygen for people to survive in there, and they just keep on sinking inside with no way out.
To store objects in the shadows, the user must bear the weight of the objects themselves, but thanks to Naoya's immense strength and various potential boosts, the weight of the stored objects is significantly reduced for the user, allowing them to hold more objects.
3. Solid Shadows:
The final technique in his arsenal is one he got from his grandfather, Kagenori Zenin, during a sacrificial Binding Vow.
The technique, as the name suggests, simply provides a physicality to Shadows and allows the user to manipulate and reshape them as they see fit. It is a highly diverse technique with high potential for both offence and defence.
This technique has a great synergy with [Ten Shadows] and allows the user to utilise the shadow realm of the [Ten Shadows] with the solid shadows and mould it into any shape or form desired.
Because the shadow realm lacks the concept of space, space-manipulating techniques(like Limitless) are almost ineffective against these shadow constructs, making it one of the few techniques that allows the user to entrap spatial users and cut them off from the real world.
The Solid Shadows, because of their high malleability, allow the user to shape them into anything and with enough knowledge of both real-world laws and jujutsu knowledge, even theoretical constructs are possible.
This technique, in combination with highly specified chants, can be used to form the most advanced and powerful jujutsu ever seen. The [Cursed Technique Black: Absolute Null Sphere] forms the theoretical absolute sphere to come into existence.
An absolute sphere is a theoretical geometrical figure where the surface area at any given point on the sphere is zero, because of which the pressure exerted by that point is infinite. Since every point on the sphere acts like that, the attack effectively can break through all forms of defence and other non-highly conceptual attacks.
The CTR of this technique allows the user to use a new technique in the form of [CTR: Umbral Dissolution].
This technique reverses the properties of solid shadows and allows the shadows to turn fluid-like, which is highly corrosive to jujutsu and cursed energy. If used against barriers, the fluid-like shadows can immediately start dissolving the barriers and can destroy them quite easily. Against humans and other physical objects that lack CE, the shadows are harmless. Though they can still be used to invade a target's body through various holes in their bodies and flow inside them to the point they burst out. Since they are highly effective against CE, if a target is submerged in these fluid shadows, they almost certainly lose control of their CE and CT, except that people with highly advanced control over their CE and CT are exempted from it. (A/N: In other words, "With the sole exception of Satoru Gojo, of course!").
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....Why the hell is the chapter dedicated to skill explanation bigger than regular chapters?
Is Naoya too OP?
Anyways, jokes aside, here is the info dump done. I actually was going to post it yesterday, but because of internet issues, I wasn't able to. I have returned and will start working on a new chapter soon. Till then, enjoy it.
Do stone the fic.