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Kalas
Shienvien
Noctis
Fetzen
The Grey Dust
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BEHOLD THE CRAZY SNAKE LADY.
【Full Name】
Jikangai, Kinjiro
【Alias】
Hebi no Hōyō [The Serpent’s Embrace]; Saisho no Renkinjutsu-shi [The First Alchemist]
【Occupation】
N/A
【Gender】
Female
【Age】
Unknown
【Sexuality】
Bisexual
【Birth Country】
Unknown
【Current Village】
N/A
【Affiliation】
Jikangai Clan
【Shinobi Rank】
Officially Unranked; Kage-level Strength
【Personality】
Jikangai, Kinjiro is the product of hundreds of years of relative isolation and an upbringing laden with privilege. Kinjiro could easily be described as cruel, sadistic and merciless, but these descriptions are not accurate. It cannot be said that there is no truth to these descriptors, but the truth that they highlight is merely a fraction of the whole, an overly focused look at something very large. Kinjiro is cruel and sadistic in that she enjoys inflicting pain on others for the sake of research, and during operations she may often "forget" to apply the full measure of anaesthetic, but outside of her magnum opus she is not particularly violent or sadistic, preferring to keep her tongue civil (albeit sharp) and her fangs concealed. Kinjiro is merciless in that she will offer no mercy to those who obstruct her goals, but she is not entirely unkind and often will not choose to mete out unnecessary suffering for those who have not wronged her. Kinjiro is pleasant outside of her work, and while she could not exactly be described as being merciful, she is certainly not merciless. Kinjiro is opportunistic in the context of mercy - she will not be merciful for the sake of mercy, but she can easily feign mercy should it provide her with a larger benefit in the future. That is perhaps the connective tissue that binds Kinjiro's personality together: Kinjiro sees opportunities much more easily than most other people, and she possesses a high enough intellect that she might bide her time enough to extract as much opportunity as possible. She is not rash, nor does she consider herself to be too analytical (though she would argue that there is no such thing); Kinjiro sees the usefulness in people in a timespan that extends past what most would consider to be useful. In a way, Kinjiro is very patient.
Kinjiro suffers (she cannot see it as such, but it is definitely a malady) from hubris, having been raised to believe that she was entitled to anything she wanted. While she has mostly disregarded this with logic and experience, there are still hollow notes that ring in the symphony of her life, forming a haunting reverie that persists throughout all she does. One cannot truly escape the fetters of one's past when they are ingrained into you, like cutting out the heart and expecting to live even with its absence. Kinjiro rarely angers - but she has a temper - and will often turn to her cruelty when somebody triggers this temper. A gruesome fate awaits any who tread on her path without her consent, and even crossing paths by being in the wrong place at the wrong time can prove fatal when such crossings actively obstruct her goals. Kinjiro sees herself as privileged, above law, and this can often lead her into situations in which she finds herself temporarily at depths she did not expect, leading to moments of weakness and erred judgement. Perhaps hypocritically, Kinjiro detests others using status as a get out of jail free card, and she has a particular hatred for those in law who bend the rules to their advantage at the expense of others. She reserves her most cruel punishments for these types of people, and corrupt authority figures, or sadistic nobles, find themselves at the mercy a woman who has, quite literally, the fangs of a snake.
One of the things most likely to catch Kinjiro’s temper is people who have power, but refuse to use it based on some petty morals. Kinjiro despises the idea that people can be restricted by what she sees as, frankly, minor concerns - such as a desire to be pacifistic, or a desire not to kill a single person for the greater good. Kinjiro will often execute people who hold to flimsy morals for the sake of principle when there is something much greater at stake. Secrets kept are weapons wasted, and Kinjiro knows this too well, having kept a large amount of her secrets from the world. People who keep secrets for selfish reasons anger Kinjiro, but she does not keep her secrets for selfish reasons - she knows that with her knowledge readily available, the world would become a darker place due to selfish people exploiting others for the sake of their personal gain. Kinjiro will seek to stop this from happening at all costs.
Kinjiro, overall, has a very jovial personality - she may be sadistic in how she takes her pleasure, but she is generally pleasant to be around given that you are not on the receiving end of her punishments. She exudes a genuine warmth to those who know her and are familiar with her ways, but somehow still retains a cold air, an aura of sophistication and cruel elegance. Surprisingly, Kinjiro has an air of approachability about her, an odd charm, that despite the obvious danger she inherently poses affords her a natural charisma with most individuals. She is as close to a man-made deity as many of those who interact with her will ever lay eyes upon, and she wholly expects to be paid the same level of reverence one would offer while in supplication to a God, and is often not disappointed at the results.
【History】
The Jikangai clan's origins begin with the matriarch and eternal leader of the clan, Yata, who was born into a wealthy family in a time where chakra was yet to grace the land. Yata's early history is unknown to anyone but herself, but there are a few established facts that the Jikangai are privy to: Yata was among the first to receive the gift of chakra, and in her blood were the secrets to the first sealing techniques. Yata became the first to utilise the nature of the seal to manipulate chakra in ways that could not be achieved within the body, and her rise to power was as swift as it was lethal. Yata later discovered that her sealing techniques were potent enough to affect the flow of time within small areas, and developed this power over many years alone. At some point, Yata gave birth to her first child, Kinjiro, with an unknown father who was on a similar or greater level of power to her, and Kinjiro was born with all of Yata's power except that over time, though she was the first Jikangai known to possess the trait of being "outside time", likely a result of Yata's experimentation with temporal energies.
The earliest members of the Jikangai were not selectively bred or taught like many of the earliest coalitions of clans. Initially, to gain entry to the Jikangai one only needed to be a powerful male (in order to create children from Yata's side to pass her potent sealing power down) or to have an interest in the sealing techniques that Yata offered. Coalitions of like-minded people that were not required to possess specific traits were initially rare, so the earliest Jikangai groupings were not as powerful as many of the other fledgling clans, but as the requirements to join were so simple, many chose to partake of the power that Yata offered. War was common in the early days as people discovered the limitations of their newfound power, but the Jikangai chose to weave seals within their architecture that offered them highly fortified and defensive positions through which to avoid battle. The legendary safety of their strongholds resulted in those tired of war defecting to join the Jikangai, and after a few short decades the Jikangai had members of almost every discipline that presently existed and the means to research many more.
When Yata's first child, Kinjiro, turned thirty two she achieved the secrets of immortality and shared these with her mother, causing the pair to become biologically immortal for a time. This secret gave the matriarch of the Jikangai clan enough time to perfect the seals that would render her truly immortal and cement her eternal reign over the Jikangai. It was also around this time that Kinjiro disappeared from the annals of the Jikangai, taking with her several of the more medically minded individuals of the time with her, and the clan turned from essentially worshipping its most powerful members (those who had most of Yata's blood) to a more expansion-oriented people, using their collective knowledge and sealing prowess to become conquerors. The seal-infused architecture typical of the early Jikangai strongholds became as much a weapon of war as the rest of the techniques within the Jikangai's grasp and they reconstructed many settlements that they took over with their own to ensure that none that came after them could take the land should they be ousted, and other contingents of the Jikangai could take their place.
The love for complex sealing and structures quickly became the largest downfall of the Jikangai, and their promising expansion years were cut short after only a small number of generations due to infighting within the clan, and their own seal-infused architecture being sabotaged by rival members within the power-oriented clan. Many of the less powerful members died during raids from other sects within the Jikangai, or through the defences upon which they heavily relied being rendered defunct and invading parties having enough of a surprise advantage to turn the tide of battle in their favour. The most powerful of the Jikangai survived and chose to withdraw into the heavily fortified structures that they had relied upon in their infancy, abandoning hopes of conquest for mastery over their sealing techniques under Yata's directive.
Yata, the Immortal Matriarch, directed the clan's efforts towards creating a set of seals of unknown form and function shortly after their withdrawal from their expansive phase, and at some point within the next ten years all instances of the Jikangai on the surface world promptly vanished and retreated into a single underground compound. Much controversy was raised over the reason for the disappearance of any large body of Jikangai, but several missionaries remained in the world to quell these rumours and to recruit promising talents into the folds of the Jikangai. Though it would seem, from looking at the history books, that the Jikangai simply erased themselves from the world, nothing could be farther from the truth.
After withdrawing to their underground compound, the Jikangai returned to their original state of pseudo-ancestor worship. Yata once again became the ultimate public authority within the clan (where before she had largely ruled from the shadows) and once the seals she had ordered the clan create were finished, she ascended beyond the mortal scope of power. With her new seals, Yata's presence was dangerous to all non-Jikangai, and though there was no immediate aftermath, the clan grew worried that her unchecked power would draw attention to their hiding location and chose to construct a sphere in which to entrap their Immortal Matriarch and limit her power. Yata herself designed the seals for her gilded cage, recognising the threat that she posed, and willingly withdrew to lead the clan from within a place that she could do no harm. Unfortunately, Yata's prison limited the contact that she could have with her children, and she receded from the spotlight once more to allow the Jikangai to work towards goals she would entrust to the most powerful members of the clan.
It was at this point that the various sects of the Jikangai begun to develop, each with a focus on a particular aspect of sealing, and the clan begun to evolve into the complex society that it is today. In order to avoid stagnancy, the Jikangai offered the secrets of their seals to the world for knowledge and resources that they may have needed through use of their missionaries, who in return recruited brilliant individuals to join the clan. This process has continued since that era, and is still something that occurs semi-regularly within the Jikangai. It is not uncommon for the most powerful members of the Jikangai (those selected to receive Kinjiro's gift of immortality) to directly intervene with mortals of specific interest and prowess to offer them unique gifts in return for their service. Some would liken the Jikangai to would-be Gods, undying beings with a penchant for interfering within the lives of perceived lesser beings for their amusement, but the truth of the matter is far simpler than that: The Jikangai scions are mortal ambition taken to its furthest extreme, with the power to match, and delight in precisely the same game of control that all mortals do, only on a larger scale.
Jikangai, Kinjiro is the first born child of Yata, and is considered to essentially be a figure of legend among the Jikangai as the closest approximation of Yata's power within the clan. When Kinjiro was born the Jikangai were not nearly so powerful as they became as their existence was allowed to continue, and her earliest memories are those of working tirelessly alongside her mother to bring glory to the Jikangai in whatever ways were possible. As the child of Yata, Kinjiro was born with an immense amount of potential and was offered the finest tutelage and guidance that her mother could offer, but in doing so was instilled with a set of values that has not survived the test of time. Even from infancy Kinjiro's life was designed to cultivate within her an intimate knowledge of sealing techniques, sealing theory, and sealing applications, and she excelled at this.
Kinjiro's adolescence was a time of learning and discovery. Yata encouraged Kinjiro to follow whatever discipline she felt suited her the most, and though it came as a surprise initially, Kinjiro chose the pursuit of medical science. Of course, Kinjiro's primary talents and motivations were intimately linked to her mother's sealing arts, but she discovered ways to transmute the knowledge of seals into knowledge of the body, and immediately set to performing the macabre experiments that are so often associated with the archetypical "mad scientist". Kinjiro's nature led to the majority of her adolescence and young adulthood being mired in research, only really communicating with Yata and the other most powerful members of her clan, and while this could be considered to have stunted her social growth, it resulted in a set of extraordinary accomplishments for somebody so young.
Kinjiro's first accomplishment was gaining an advanced understanding of medicine that was hundreds of years beyond her time, with a lack of social prejudices and a natural aptitude for research contributing to her discoveries. Her second accomplishment, perhaps her most useful for the early Jikangai, was the secret to creating structures whose architecture included designed for seals that the structures themselves comprised the framework for. Though this initial discovery was not particularly advanced, it paved the way for many of her brethren to create the fantastical structures that the early Jikangai were known for. Within the space of six months, Kinjiro had created a laboratory for herself with seals ingrained into the structure that slowed the passage of time. Unfortunately, Kinjiro's position as the firstborn of Yata and the first true non-Yata Jikangai resulted in her being outside time, so she did not experience the temporal dilation that her structure was intended to provide. This resulted in Kinjiro aging at a pace that seemed to be too fast for her to make sufficient advancements to attain immortality in while her body was still able to withstand the process.
Kinjiro first petitioned Yata's assistance in this regard, asking her to craft a seal that would freeze her body in time while she continued to work on attaining immortality. Yata, who was also ageing, agreed on the condition that she would receive the results of Kinjiro's treatments first. Kinjiro's scientific mind approved of this idea, wanting to view it from a third person perspective before trying it herself, and begun to work on creating a structure to house Yata's new seal. Unfortunately, due to the potency of her blood, Kinjiro was not able to benefit fully from the effects of the powerful seal, and was only able to slow time down enough to grant her ten extra years within the space of one year. This was enough for her to create the most rudimentary version of her elixir of immortality, which she administered to Yata with no observable side effects. Another year of refinement gave Kinjiro the perfected formula that she guards to this day, and when her body had aged to forty two, she became effectively immortal.
Though her advancements were great, she felt that under the yoke of her mother's interests Kinjiro had outlived her usefulness with the elixir of immortality that she had provided. She chose to sequester herself away in her laboratory, transporting the structure deep within the ground away from the prying eyes of Yata and the other Jikangai in order to work on her research in peace. Kinjiro maintained close contact with her mother, but let her know that she was going to serve her own interests until such a time as that she considered her research into medical science complete. Yata agreed, but carved into Kinjiro's soul seals of binding to ensure that she could not shirk her duty to her clan.
For many years Kinjiro's research continued, resulting in her creation of the Iryō Ninjutsu. These techniques were introduced to the majority of the world through the infamous Jikangai missionaries and would quickly become a staple of any large civilisation. It was at this time that Kinjiro begun to realise the extent of the work that remained for her to complete on the subject of the human body and she formed the first scientific community, taking promising members of the Jikangai (and having the Jikangai missionaries direct any particularly competent individuals to her) and sharing with them the fruits of all of her research under the condition that they made it their life's work to continue the research and share its secrets with no-one until Kinjiro agreed. Though the initial number of participants was small, numbering at four, the community thrived with upwards of a hundred members after a decade of its inception and their work continued. In this period, Kinjiro made ground-breaking discoveries regarding the nature of the elements and created her "Philosopher's Stone" technique.
After creating this community, Kinjiro directed her attention to the matter of the seals imprinted upon her soul. As much as Kinjiro loved her mother and their clan, she refused to be bound by her mother's directive for the remainder of her preternaturally long life. Kinjiro began experimenting with ways to reach the Pure World, where the spirits of the dead resided, and due to her potent blood quickly unlocked the secrets of the seals necessary to beckon souls from the Pure World to this world. Combining these secrets with her technique for weaving seals into architecture, Kinjiro created the Jōdomon in order to ask the spirits beyond how to remove the seals from her soul. By contacting the earliest Jikangai that had not been sworn into Yata's service in a manner similar to hers, she gleaned the secrets from the dead and at great effort and expense removed Yata's hold over her. She had originally intended to destroy the Jōdomon to ensure that its secrets would never fall into the hands of another, but given that she had broken the hold of the only being able to control her and the secretive nature of her laboratory (and even more secretive nature of its inner sanctum) she decided that its worth was too great for her to destroy if only she would ever have access to it.
Kinjiro's life, at this point, longed for purpose. She had researched solidly for a great many years and was filled with the desire to experience the burning level of curiosity and passion that she once did when she was younger, but there was little else left for her to discover that her colleagues were not already working on. With no knowledge of her own left to research as obsessively as she liked to, Kinjiro turned her eye for improvement inwards and begun the process of upgrading her body. In order to remain both effective and relevant, Kinjiro knew that she would need weapons that went beyond her mastery of anatomy and sealing techniques, but her wealth of knowledge on the body was the strongest point she had to work with and would result in the highest level of competency. With this in mind, Kinjiro decided to take into herself the aspects of animals that had the most lethal and useful qualities, and settled on snakes for their extraordinary perceptive nature and exceptional lethality with their various concentrated venoms.
After her transformation, Kinjiro's passion for life was reignited. It is a common saying that every woman, at some point in her life, becomes her mother. For most this is a horrifying revelation, but for Kinjiro it was oddly liberating - there were many worse fates than becoming an ascended being, after all, and Kinjiro visited Yata once more to ask how she could further the clan's agenda with her own research having been completed enough. Yata noted that Kinjiro had removed the seals on her soul, to which Kinjiro confirmed, and applauded her ability to not only defy Yata's will, but also in remaining loyal to the clan and to her mother. Her request, this time, was more serious than any of her others, however - Yata required Kinjiro give birth to a child, to keep the concentrated power of her bloodline flowing through the ages. Kinjiro agreed, but under the condition that she could choose the father and whether or not he would be involved in raising her children. Yata agreed, but on the condition that she would play an active part in raising the children. Kinjiro had never expected nor wanted otherwise, so agreed to the terms and set out to procreate.
Unfortunately, Kinjiro's various bodily modifications rendered her unable to have children in her own body, but her advances in medical science were sufficient enough that she could create children through use of a surrogate. Kinjiro chose the father of her child to be Jikangai, Tensai, the first architect to take her initial ideas and develop them into something extraordinary. When the time came to welcome her child into the world, Kinjiro received an unexpected surprise - she had created two children rather than the expected one. She named her children Tsu and Ishiki, and handed them both over to Yata in order for them to gain the guidance necessary for them to become Jikangai proper.
After completing this last duty to her clan, Kinjiro decided to live a life of hedonism and luxury until such a point as she felt compelled to return to research. This lifestyle continued until Yata called Kinjiro back to action, sensing that the world would once again have been of her unique talents. Yata and Kinjiro both felt that the Jikangai should be the guiding force of the world, and she is the only individual with the freedom to act that both mother and daughter could truly trust. How Kinjiro’s re-emergence will affect the world cannot be said, but there is at least one guarantee: The world will change, for better or for worse.
【Chakra Nature(s)】
Katon; Suiton; Fūton; Raiton; Doton; Yin; Yang; Onmyōton
【Abilities and Special Traits】
Kinjiro has modified her body very extensively through her research, and is, in some regards, more snake than human. Kinjiro has the ability to transform select parts of her body into that of a snake, and some of these transformations are permanent. Kinjiro has the forked tongue of a snake (and its associated organs) with which she can sense. Kinjiro also has the fangs of a snake and venom glands, which can produce any of the poisons in her repertoire, as well as produce a highly concentrated acid capable of easily dissolving steel when chakra is concentrated into them. The acid is coated in a layer of chakra until it leaves her mouth, protecting her from its effects.
Kinjiro may metamorphose into the form of a snake at any time. She can take the form of a King Cobra, and is 18 feet long when she does so. Her transformation is taxing on her chakra, so she does not transform lightly. As a Cobra, Kinjiro possesses all of her human form’s abilities, but she does not have any seals on her body (except for the Snake-Keeping-Precepts) seals, which are beneath the scales and so cannot be seen. In her Snake form, Kinjiro is completely indistinguishable from an ordinary snake (except for the fact that she can become very large).
Kinjiro is exceptionally well-versed in the human anatomy thanks to her centuries of research, and is able to strike with lethal accuracy at almost any point on the body. In addition to this, thanks to her research and natural chakra control, she is exceptional at Iryō Ninjutsu. It should be noted that Kinjiro is the original creator of Iryō Ninjutsu, and she is hence one of the most proficient users of the art to have ever existed.
Kinjiro is a master of Taijutsu, preferring close combat to ranged combat due to her nature. She is also exceptionally proficient at Kenjutsu.
Kinjiro is one of the few true masters of Fūinjutsu.
Kinjiro’s chakra pool is only around 30% larger than average, but her control over her chakra is immense.
Kinjiro has the affinity for every element, but is unable to use elemental jutsu herself. This does not prevent Kinjiro from moulding the elemental chakra, but the only application she has for elemental chakra is within seals. In addition, Kinjiro’s Onmyōton is restricted solely to Fūinjutsu.
Kinjiro is immune to all poisons, all bacterial or viral infections, and all forms of disease due to a series of complex seals and bodily modifications.
【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】
Kinjiro’s Laboratory is a massive underground complex beneath the village of Kusagakure. The seal is essentially inside a vast underground box that is protected by three layers of seals. One can enter the laboratory through a very specific spot in Kusagakure, or one can use the Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu in order to transport themselves inside the laboratory. The Lab is easily as big as Konohagakure, and contains four main sectors - The Alchemical sector, the Surgical sector, the Living sector and the Fuel sector.
The Alchemical sector contains a vast surplus of alchemical reagents and chemistry equipment. The Alchemical sector is lit with seals that contain fire. The light is emitted much as a lightbulb would emit light, and the heat is transferred throughout the rooms as a form of central heating. There are fume cupboards which seal of the toxic fumes into small wooden boxes, which are occasionally deposited on the surface, or kept to use within the Totem of Venom. The floors have seals written on them that convert carbon dioxide in the air into carbon and oxygen, replenishing the air supply, and giving Kinjiro a large amount of coal for the Fuel sector. These two types of seals are found throughout the entire laboratory.
The Surgical sector contains the three operating theatres and the prisons where Kinjiro’s test subjects are kept. There is a kitchen in the Surgical sector where food can be prepared for the prisoners. The Surgical sector contains vast supplies of drugs and medical tools, as well as a catalogue of every poison and antidote Kinjiro has ever encountered - she also keeps a separate, hidden catalogue of her unique venoms and their antidotes.
The Living sector is, much as the name implies, where Kinjiro and her allies live. It is very luxurious, and has its own personal kitchen and waste disposal systems. The Living sector is often only home to between 10 to 20 people at a time, so it is the smallest of the sectors, but it is the most well-kept.
The Fuel sector contains the furnaces and generators for Kinjiro’s laboratory. There is a massive brewery in the Fuel sector which provides alcohol for Kinjiro’s experiments, as well as drinking alcohol for Kinjiro and her allies. The Fuel sector is the largest sector, taking up the spare space that the Living sector does not take up. The brewery in the Fuel sector is excitedly primed to create some of the most exquisite - and strong - alcohol in all of history, so that one of Kinjiro’s allies in particular may sate her habits.
The Lab does not grow its own crops or raise its own animals, so food must be brought down from the surface. Fortunately, Kusagakure is home to many fertile lands which provide Kinjiro’s lab with all of the sustenance it needs. The Lab produces its own water, however.
Kinjiro carries apt supplies of all ninja tools that could ever possibly be needed in a scroll sealed into another scroll.
Kinjiro carries an entire operating room (sterile and with access to all of her surgical tools) in the first scroll.
Kinjiro carries immense vats of salt in the first scroll. [Segetibus Cavete]
【Kekkei Genkai】
【Canon Jutsu】
Basic Academy Techniques
Chikatsu Saisei no Jutsu
Saikan Chūshutsu no Jutsu
Ranshinshō
Chakura no Mesu
In'yu Shōmetsu
Shōsen Jutsu
【Custom Jutsu】
Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.
The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi Shiin Mizu Gijutsu [Snake-Tasting-Water Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Extremely Long - 500 metres
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro, using her snakelike senses, maps out extremely accurately the positions of all living beings within an extremely long range of her. She is also able to taste residual chakra in this manner, and can determine whose chakra belongs to whom and what techniques have recently been used in the area. If she has never encountered the technique before, she will not know what it does, but will recognise it in the future should she detect a similar chakra signature. Kinjiro is also able to create a seal with the Chigoku Inkan that can grant her knowledge of techniques gained through this technique to other people by applying it to their foreheads.
Should any technique be used within a fifty foot range of a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan, Kinjiro will immediately gain full knowledge of that instance of the technique should she detect it with Hebi Shiin Mizu Gijutsu.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Suigin no Kaijō [Sea of Quicksilver]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal, then Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: Onmyōton | Doton | Katon; Suiton; Raiton
Description: A specialised version of the Kenja no Ishi in which the user is able to bypass certain restrictions due to a significantly higher chakra cost and preparation time. After kneading chakra into a metal or water for at least sixty seconds, the user excitedly primes the structure of body of water, keeping the chakra bound to the physical form with a seal. The user may release the technique instantly, or at any point in time from any range. As soon as the seal is released, all of the substance is transmuted to mercury.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi mane Inago Gijutsu [Snake-Imitating-Locusts Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Vast
Nature Type: Doton
Description: Kinjiro inscribes an immense seal onto an area, which then proceeds to produce vast amounts of toxic salts in the soil. Not only does the immense amount of salt kill all plants on the land, the salt will damage all infrastructure and reduce the water quality of the area (if a river or source of water is within the seal). The seal naturally degrades after producing enough salt to ensure no natural life can grow or thrive within the area.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Jiko Shōhi Maru - Go Yōso [Self-Consuming-Circle - 5 Elements]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon; Suiton; Raiton; Doton; Fuuton
Description: By using the her affinity for each of the elements, Kinjiro may focus elemental chakra upon a seal on her midriff, which then glows with the colour of the corresponding element. Upon choosing an element, all elemental chakra of that nature will be absorbed, negating their harmful effects upon her. Kinjiro gains a corresponding amount of elemental chakra from performing this technique. However, the seal can only absorb one element at a time, and can only switch elements once every 120 seconds.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kokoro ga Mai Tejun ni Hakai [Heart-Breaking-With-Every-Step]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Description: A seal placed over the heart of the victim. The seal draws chakra from the victim with every instance of movement and accelerates the rate at which the heart circulates chakra throughout the chakra system. With every step, more chakra is added to the seal over the heart, and upon the victim taking the hundredth step while branded with this seal the chakra over their heart will violently explode inwards, destroying the victim’s heart and lungs, and killing them almost instantly. Each step taken reduces the available chakra pool of the victim by 1%. Kinjiro is able to create latent versions of this seal that can activate and deactivate upon being primed with a seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. If the primer seal is applied once, it can be activated or deactivated from any distance if the same primer seal is created again using the Chigoku Inkan.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi Kamu Shin'nyū no Jutsu [Snake-Biting-Intruder Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has tattooed onto her body seals from pure chakra that are invisible to the naked eye except in the presence of chakra. These are simple containment seals manifested and maintained by the Chigoku Inkan that contain various weapons coated in various non-lethal poisons. Upon being struck with significant force or upon Kinjiro willing it, the seals will extrude whatever is contained within (though not completely release) them forcibly. The objects can be retracted with a simple application of chakra.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kuchiyose: Hebi Hakidasu Kemuri Gijutsu [Summoning: Snake-Spewing-Smoke Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu; Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Rank: A
Range: Fairly Large
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro summons her Chōzō no Doku [Totem of Venom] at a nearby location. The Totem is a fairly large wooden structure, roughly 20 feet tall, and two carvings shaped like winged snakes protrude from the sides of the totem, reaching a total span of 15 feet. The wood is charred and looks worn well beyond its time, but despite its apparent visual weakness the totem is easily harder than any metal due to the amount of chakra woven into it over its centuries of existence. The bark of the wood is etched very finely with what look like ancient tribal patterns, but are in fact seals carved into the totem. The totem is fireproof and is extremely difficult to actually damage physically. The Totem is essentially a primitive “plague spreader”, and it will release noxious gases containing a mixture of extremely potent poisons and bacteria, spreading death and disease wherever it goes. There is a seal on the base of the totem that binds it to the ground, and unless the seal is removed it becomes incredibly difficult to move so much as an inch. At Kinjiro’s command, the snake protrusions become animated, and slither off of the totem in order to do her bidding. The snakes can relay simple visual and auditory information to Kinjiro, and can spread smaller amounts of the toxic smog that the totem spews from their mouths. Their bites are extremely painful and almost certainly lethal, but the snakes cannot leave an area of 2 kilometers around the Totem, or they will become inanimate. If the snakes are destroyed, they will reform on the totem, but will not be able to be animated again until Kinjiro places more seals upon them. Additionally, the snake’s bites can apply the Hebi nusumu Hikari Gijutsu.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi nusumu Hikari Gijutsu [Snake-Stealing-Light Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro moulds her chakra into a seal and applies it to a victim upon touching them. She is also able to apply the seal to an object, and have it bind to the first person that touches the object. As soon as the seal binds to a victim, it begins leeching tiny amounts of chakra from the victim and assimilating them into itself, gradually causing the seal to become a part of the victim. After three days, the seal cannot be removed by any means short of cutting the affected limb from the body. When the seal is fully matured, it converts the victim’s chakra into a potent toxin that is spread throughout the victim’s body, targeting the eyes and the chakra system specifically, slowly causing them to shut down. If this toxin is introduced into the body of a victim who is not branded with the seal, a seal will form and mature over the course of seven days. After another week of the toxin being present in the victim, the victim will become blind and unable to mould their chakra in any way. The poison, after performing these functions, continues to be created in the victim’s body, but it is excreted from the victim’s pores, and trace amounts are left on everything they touch. The poison has no known antidote.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has tattooed this seal onto her left palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Kinjiro touches with her left hand will be attracted to the seal on her palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Kinjiro’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū. Kinjiro can also place these seals on other people or objects.
Weakness: N/A
Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has tattooed this seal onto her right palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Kinjiro touches with her right hand will be repelled by the seal on her right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Kinjiro’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū. Kinjiro can also place these seals on other people or objects.
Weakness: N/A
Name of Technique: Shōsenshin Jutsu [True Mystical Palm Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Iryō Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Medium [15-20 feet]
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro, the creator of the Shōsen Jutsu, only released a fragment of the jutsu’s true power unto the world, as medicine as advanced as the true technique would have shook the world too deeply. Kinjiro’s Shōsenshin Jutsu does not require actual physical contact with the recipient, and can be used from a considerable distance away provided that the user knows the feel of the victim’s chakra extremely well. The technique’s true power lies in its ability to not only create cells, but to provide them with an environment in which they naturally regenerate and keep in - allowing the Shōsenshin Jutsu to heal wounds that could not otherwise be healed. Additionally, the Shōsenshin Jutsu can read DNA and create cells from the DNA provided they are given a large enough amount of chakra, allowing Kinjiro to create the body parts of individuals at will so that the body will not reject them. A side effect of the Shōsenshin Jutsu is that it suppresses the victim’s immune system for its duration so that the body does not harm itself inadvertently. The immune system will not resume normal function until a second Shōsenshin Jutsu is applied. The Shōsenshin Jutsu is too difficult for any ordinary medical ninja to even hope of performing, and without the Fukutsu no Ishi active, Kinjiro cannot perform it alone. Two people can perform the technique if they both have sufficiently high chakra control.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kenja no Ishi [Philosopher’s Stone]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu [Kinjutsu]
Rank: S
Range: Within 3 feet of the user, can be increased to 10 feet with sufficient transmission of chakra.
Nature Type: Onmyōton | Doton | Katon; Suiton; Raiton
Description: The Kenja no Ishi is the product of Kinjiro’s early alchemical work into the art of transmutation. By changing the structure of the protons and electrons of given molecules, Kinjiro is able to change any given element to another element. She cannot easily transmute compounds in this manner, requiring at least thirty seconds of focus in order to transmute even a basic compound, such as water, into metals.
When used with the Onmyōton, Kinjiro can immediately transmute any metal into any other metal within a 3 foot radius of her by touching the surface of the metal she wishes to transmute and branding it with a seal. The transmutation is permanent, even if the seal is removed, but one with knowledge of the seals could reverse the effects of the seal if it remains. The transmutation ripples out from the seal, and will increase or decrease the volume of the material as necessary as it adds or extracts protons from the nuclei of other elements.
When used with the Doton, base metals (Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Iron, etc.) can be transmuted into precious metals (Gold, Silver, etc.) or into other base metals. This transmutation takes at least four seconds to work, and requires contact with the metal to be transmuted constantly until the transmutation is finished.
When used with the Katon; Suiton; Raiton elements, the user is able to transmute all metals and basic compounds into other basic compounds or metals with a seal, taking at least 10 seconds to fully prime the seal. When the seal is excitedly primed with chakra, the transmutation occurs instantly.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi-Iji-Kyōkun Gijutsu [Snake-Keeping-Precepts Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Iryō Ninjutsu | Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Onmyōton [Yin-Yang Release]
Description: Kinjiro is able to mould her chakra to replicate life, converting her chakra directly to Yang chakra in order to breathe life into reality, and for as long as Kinjiro has a physical sample of something that is alive she can replicate it perfectly. For as long as even a single cell of exists, she can replicate the entirety of the organism it belonged to. This cannot be used to grant life to the dead, as she can only return flesh and not the soul, but she is easily able to reconstruct any number of lost organs or limbs, and can save anybody for as long as they are not yet dead. Kinjiro has concentrated the exact chakra required to create her entire body into seals and distributed them among herself, allowing her to completely heal any injury on her body as soon as it is made. These seals must be activated with a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan before they will trigger, but a primer seal is automatically created should Kinjiro receive a blow with the capacity to kill her.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi Shūkai no Hābu Gijutsu [Snake-Gathering-Herbs Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro places a fragment of a soul bonded to hers, or a fragment of her own soul, within a seal and brands a victim with it. As soon as the seal is branded, it disappears completely from sight and can only be seen by those branded with a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The seal can still be removed, but it is exceptionally difficult. While the victim is branded with this seal, Kinjiro has a latent “perception” of whatever the victim perceives, allowing her to essentially use people as her eyes and ears. By sacrificing the portion of her soul bound to the seal, Kinjiro is able to summon herself to the location of the branded victim, or summon the victim to her.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kamikasu [Divine Imposition]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: Onmyōton [Yin-Yang Release]
Handseals: N/A
Description: Considered to be Kinjiro’s most powerful technique, this technique utilises the infinite power contained within the idea. By moulding her Yin chakra into a unique seal, Kinjiro may impress an “idea” onto an object. The ideas that Kinjiro may impress upon something are very much open-ended, and she may choose to impress the idea that should X happen, the branded object will react by performing Y. Then, Kinjiro impresses her Yang chakra into the object, causing the object to forcibly perform the action, even against its owner’s will. Kinjiro has limitless application with this technique, and is essentially able to impose her will onto any inanimate object.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Shūki-Gai [Outside the Cycle]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro is able to disperse a ring of exceptionally potent seals up to ten feet in distance away from her, creating a circle with a radius of ten feet. Time is slowed within these seals, but any individuals that possess the Chigoku Inkan are completely immune to its effects. For every second that would occur outside of the ring, ten seconds pass within the ring (time is slowed to one tenth of its normal pace). The ring lasts for up to three seconds, and can only be used once per day. Kinjiro cannot attack any targets within the range of Shūki-Gai for its duration.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi shi-ka Higai Gijutsu [Snake-Assimilating-Victim Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Within the Hebi Shūshuku Emono.
Nature Type: N/A
Description: While a victim is bound with the Hebi Shūshuku Emono, Kinjiro and at least one assistant (two is preferable) may perform this technique. Kinjiro begins by resting her palms on either side of the victim’s head, on their temples, and channelling her chakra through the victim’s body in a manner similar (but not identical to) the Shōsenshin Jutsu. The assistant(s) place their palms over the heart and the lungs, and any additional assistants help with the control of the chakra. The result of the technique’s completion (which requires roughly 30 minutes) is that the victim is permanently transformed into a snake, with their DNA changed and their body completely transformed. During the transformation, a black liquid begins to leak from every orifice of the victim, containing their DNA and their memories, which can be drunk or assimilated through a seal in order to gain the memories of the victim.
The technique is excruciatingly painful, and the only reason the technique is able to take place is that the rope binds the victim. The technique is extremely useful as a torture technique, as the metamorphosis can be left unfinished and only the memories that Kinjiro wishes to extract can be forced to leave the body. Unfortunately, if the transformation is stopped prior to completion the victim will die as their body no longer functions without the assistance of Kinjiro and her assistants. This technique is very difficult to perform, and often requires Kinjiro use the Fukutsu no Ishi, even with assistants. It can only be performed once every week due to chakra restrictions not only on Kinjiro, but also on the Hebi Shūshuku Emono, which loses its power for a week until it can recharge.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kindan no Shomen [Forbidden Writings]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro possesses the unique ability to write seals over one another due to her bloodline and incredible chakra control. By layering the seals with chakra and writing them in her own blood, she is able to keep the purity of the seal’s shape intact, and may write up to three seals over one another.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Jōdomon [Pure World Gate]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: S+
Range: Stationary
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has created an elaborate gate bound with several of Kinjiro’s more powerful Onmyōton seals. The gate forms a passage to the Jōdo [Pure World], where the souls of the deceased reside. Kinjiro is able to cross over into their world temporarily to converse with the souls, and she is also able to temporarily bring souls from their world into our world temporarily as long as they have a host to reside in. This technique was the basis for the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei, but it is not even nearly as cruel to the souls or to the hosts (who regain normal function after the spirit leaves and are not harmed). Kinjiro avoids using the gate if possible due to the Pure World rejecting those who do not belong there, and will try not to go there if she can help it. The gate is usually not active due to chakra costs and the potential for abuse.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Jutsu: Fukutsu no Ishi [Indomitable Will]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Element Affinity (If Applicable): N/A
Description: A series of seals created with several years of intense research and the pinnacle of both Fūinjutsu and Iryō Ninjutsu. The seals are tattooed to the entire body, except the face, and leave a particular sigil: 支配 [Shihai; Dominate] on each of the eight gates. Then, tracing along each of the Tenketsu, the sigil: 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] is tattooed. The result of this, as well as the powerful seals that connect the sigils, is that the bearer gains complete dominance over their Chakra system when the seals are activated. The sigils passively control the user’s chakra system as defined by their will, heightening their control to an extremely fine level, but the true power of the technique lies when the user pours an exceptional amount of willpower into the activation of the seals. In this state, each sigil glows a very light blue, with the 支配 [Shihai; Dominate] seals glowing a much stronger blue. The user’s chakra levels increase twofold due to the gentle tapping of the gates, and their chakra control becomes so immensely fine that they are able to do several things:
Firstly, they are able to release their chakra as a “physical” form in the likeness of water, and control it completely and utterly. No chakra absorption techniques will affect this mass of chakra unless the user is damaged on one of the eight main sigils, causing it to malfunction. This “water” is able to be used for any technique that the user may use at any given range, allowing for intensely strategic combinations or uses of jutsu.
Secondly, the user’s chakra dominates all other chakra in its presence, unless the chakra’s owner has sufficient (extremely high) control to counteract the power of the Fukutsu no Ishi. The “water” passing over techniques comprised of loose chakra will absorb them and purify them, converting them into the user’s chakra. Each time this is used, one of the eight main sigils dims slightly, and after all eight are dimmed the active component of the seal is negated.
Thirdly, the user gains a “long-range” version of the Jūken, which allows them to strike chakra through motions of the body and the extension of their chakra and vast control. It may also be used to disrupt the flow of the enemy’s natural chakra system and even cut it with sufficient medical application - much like the Rasenshuriken - albeit much more controlled. Surgery may also be performed in this manner, using the target’s own chakra to form tools inside of their body.
However, bearing the extreme discipline necessary to fully activate this technique is mentally and spiritually exhausting. Spiritual energy must be expended to keep the technique active, and this prevents the user from having a particularly large chakra pool, cleaving existing chakra to Physical and Spiritual energy in order to sustain itself if necessary.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
【Full Name】
Jikangai, Kinjiro
【Alias】
Hebi no Hōyō [The Serpent’s Embrace]; Saisho no Renkinjutsu-shi [The First Alchemist]
【Occupation】
N/A
【Gender】
Female
【Age】
Unknown
【Sexuality】
Bisexual
【Birth Country】
Unknown
【Current Village】
N/A
【Affiliation】
Jikangai Clan
【Shinobi Rank】
Officially Unranked; Kage-level Strength
【Personality】
Jikangai, Kinjiro is the product of hundreds of years of relative isolation and an upbringing laden with privilege. Kinjiro could easily be described as cruel, sadistic and merciless, but these descriptions are not accurate. It cannot be said that there is no truth to these descriptors, but the truth that they highlight is merely a fraction of the whole, an overly focused look at something very large. Kinjiro is cruel and sadistic in that she enjoys inflicting pain on others for the sake of research, and during operations she may often "forget" to apply the full measure of anaesthetic, but outside of her magnum opus she is not particularly violent or sadistic, preferring to keep her tongue civil (albeit sharp) and her fangs concealed. Kinjiro is merciless in that she will offer no mercy to those who obstruct her goals, but she is not entirely unkind and often will not choose to mete out unnecessary suffering for those who have not wronged her. Kinjiro is pleasant outside of her work, and while she could not exactly be described as being merciful, she is certainly not merciless. Kinjiro is opportunistic in the context of mercy - she will not be merciful for the sake of mercy, but she can easily feign mercy should it provide her with a larger benefit in the future. That is perhaps the connective tissue that binds Kinjiro's personality together: Kinjiro sees opportunities much more easily than most other people, and she possesses a high enough intellect that she might bide her time enough to extract as much opportunity as possible. She is not rash, nor does she consider herself to be too analytical (though she would argue that there is no such thing); Kinjiro sees the usefulness in people in a timespan that extends past what most would consider to be useful. In a way, Kinjiro is very patient.
Kinjiro suffers (she cannot see it as such, but it is definitely a malady) from hubris, having been raised to believe that she was entitled to anything she wanted. While she has mostly disregarded this with logic and experience, there are still hollow notes that ring in the symphony of her life, forming a haunting reverie that persists throughout all she does. One cannot truly escape the fetters of one's past when they are ingrained into you, like cutting out the heart and expecting to live even with its absence. Kinjiro rarely angers - but she has a temper - and will often turn to her cruelty when somebody triggers this temper. A gruesome fate awaits any who tread on her path without her consent, and even crossing paths by being in the wrong place at the wrong time can prove fatal when such crossings actively obstruct her goals. Kinjiro sees herself as privileged, above law, and this can often lead her into situations in which she finds herself temporarily at depths she did not expect, leading to moments of weakness and erred judgement. Perhaps hypocritically, Kinjiro detests others using status as a get out of jail free card, and she has a particular hatred for those in law who bend the rules to their advantage at the expense of others. She reserves her most cruel punishments for these types of people, and corrupt authority figures, or sadistic nobles, find themselves at the mercy a woman who has, quite literally, the fangs of a snake.
One of the things most likely to catch Kinjiro’s temper is people who have power, but refuse to use it based on some petty morals. Kinjiro despises the idea that people can be restricted by what she sees as, frankly, minor concerns - such as a desire to be pacifistic, or a desire not to kill a single person for the greater good. Kinjiro will often execute people who hold to flimsy morals for the sake of principle when there is something much greater at stake. Secrets kept are weapons wasted, and Kinjiro knows this too well, having kept a large amount of her secrets from the world. People who keep secrets for selfish reasons anger Kinjiro, but she does not keep her secrets for selfish reasons - she knows that with her knowledge readily available, the world would become a darker place due to selfish people exploiting others for the sake of their personal gain. Kinjiro will seek to stop this from happening at all costs.
Kinjiro, overall, has a very jovial personality - she may be sadistic in how she takes her pleasure, but she is generally pleasant to be around given that you are not on the receiving end of her punishments. She exudes a genuine warmth to those who know her and are familiar with her ways, but somehow still retains a cold air, an aura of sophistication and cruel elegance. Surprisingly, Kinjiro has an air of approachability about her, an odd charm, that despite the obvious danger she inherently poses affords her a natural charisma with most individuals. She is as close to a man-made deity as many of those who interact with her will ever lay eyes upon, and she wholly expects to be paid the same level of reverence one would offer while in supplication to a God, and is often not disappointed at the results.
【History】
The Jikangai clan's origins begin with the matriarch and eternal leader of the clan, Yata, who was born into a wealthy family in a time where chakra was yet to grace the land. Yata's early history is unknown to anyone but herself, but there are a few established facts that the Jikangai are privy to: Yata was among the first to receive the gift of chakra, and in her blood were the secrets to the first sealing techniques. Yata became the first to utilise the nature of the seal to manipulate chakra in ways that could not be achieved within the body, and her rise to power was as swift as it was lethal. Yata later discovered that her sealing techniques were potent enough to affect the flow of time within small areas, and developed this power over many years alone. At some point, Yata gave birth to her first child, Kinjiro, with an unknown father who was on a similar or greater level of power to her, and Kinjiro was born with all of Yata's power except that over time, though she was the first Jikangai known to possess the trait of being "outside time", likely a result of Yata's experimentation with temporal energies.
The earliest members of the Jikangai were not selectively bred or taught like many of the earliest coalitions of clans. Initially, to gain entry to the Jikangai one only needed to be a powerful male (in order to create children from Yata's side to pass her potent sealing power down) or to have an interest in the sealing techniques that Yata offered. Coalitions of like-minded people that were not required to possess specific traits were initially rare, so the earliest Jikangai groupings were not as powerful as many of the other fledgling clans, but as the requirements to join were so simple, many chose to partake of the power that Yata offered. War was common in the early days as people discovered the limitations of their newfound power, but the Jikangai chose to weave seals within their architecture that offered them highly fortified and defensive positions through which to avoid battle. The legendary safety of their strongholds resulted in those tired of war defecting to join the Jikangai, and after a few short decades the Jikangai had members of almost every discipline that presently existed and the means to research many more.
When Yata's first child, Kinjiro, turned thirty two she achieved the secrets of immortality and shared these with her mother, causing the pair to become biologically immortal for a time. This secret gave the matriarch of the Jikangai clan enough time to perfect the seals that would render her truly immortal and cement her eternal reign over the Jikangai. It was also around this time that Kinjiro disappeared from the annals of the Jikangai, taking with her several of the more medically minded individuals of the time with her, and the clan turned from essentially worshipping its most powerful members (those who had most of Yata's blood) to a more expansion-oriented people, using their collective knowledge and sealing prowess to become conquerors. The seal-infused architecture typical of the early Jikangai strongholds became as much a weapon of war as the rest of the techniques within the Jikangai's grasp and they reconstructed many settlements that they took over with their own to ensure that none that came after them could take the land should they be ousted, and other contingents of the Jikangai could take their place.
The love for complex sealing and structures quickly became the largest downfall of the Jikangai, and their promising expansion years were cut short after only a small number of generations due to infighting within the clan, and their own seal-infused architecture being sabotaged by rival members within the power-oriented clan. Many of the less powerful members died during raids from other sects within the Jikangai, or through the defences upon which they heavily relied being rendered defunct and invading parties having enough of a surprise advantage to turn the tide of battle in their favour. The most powerful of the Jikangai survived and chose to withdraw into the heavily fortified structures that they had relied upon in their infancy, abandoning hopes of conquest for mastery over their sealing techniques under Yata's directive.
Yata, the Immortal Matriarch, directed the clan's efforts towards creating a set of seals of unknown form and function shortly after their withdrawal from their expansive phase, and at some point within the next ten years all instances of the Jikangai on the surface world promptly vanished and retreated into a single underground compound. Much controversy was raised over the reason for the disappearance of any large body of Jikangai, but several missionaries remained in the world to quell these rumours and to recruit promising talents into the folds of the Jikangai. Though it would seem, from looking at the history books, that the Jikangai simply erased themselves from the world, nothing could be farther from the truth.
After withdrawing to their underground compound, the Jikangai returned to their original state of pseudo-ancestor worship. Yata once again became the ultimate public authority within the clan (where before she had largely ruled from the shadows) and once the seals she had ordered the clan create were finished, she ascended beyond the mortal scope of power. With her new seals, Yata's presence was dangerous to all non-Jikangai, and though there was no immediate aftermath, the clan grew worried that her unchecked power would draw attention to their hiding location and chose to construct a sphere in which to entrap their Immortal Matriarch and limit her power. Yata herself designed the seals for her gilded cage, recognising the threat that she posed, and willingly withdrew to lead the clan from within a place that she could do no harm. Unfortunately, Yata's prison limited the contact that she could have with her children, and she receded from the spotlight once more to allow the Jikangai to work towards goals she would entrust to the most powerful members of the clan.
It was at this point that the various sects of the Jikangai begun to develop, each with a focus on a particular aspect of sealing, and the clan begun to evolve into the complex society that it is today. In order to avoid stagnancy, the Jikangai offered the secrets of their seals to the world for knowledge and resources that they may have needed through use of their missionaries, who in return recruited brilliant individuals to join the clan. This process has continued since that era, and is still something that occurs semi-regularly within the Jikangai. It is not uncommon for the most powerful members of the Jikangai (those selected to receive Kinjiro's gift of immortality) to directly intervene with mortals of specific interest and prowess to offer them unique gifts in return for their service. Some would liken the Jikangai to would-be Gods, undying beings with a penchant for interfering within the lives of perceived lesser beings for their amusement, but the truth of the matter is far simpler than that: The Jikangai scions are mortal ambition taken to its furthest extreme, with the power to match, and delight in precisely the same game of control that all mortals do, only on a larger scale.
Jikangai, Kinjiro is the first born child of Yata, and is considered to essentially be a figure of legend among the Jikangai as the closest approximation of Yata's power within the clan. When Kinjiro was born the Jikangai were not nearly so powerful as they became as their existence was allowed to continue, and her earliest memories are those of working tirelessly alongside her mother to bring glory to the Jikangai in whatever ways were possible. As the child of Yata, Kinjiro was born with an immense amount of potential and was offered the finest tutelage and guidance that her mother could offer, but in doing so was instilled with a set of values that has not survived the test of time. Even from infancy Kinjiro's life was designed to cultivate within her an intimate knowledge of sealing techniques, sealing theory, and sealing applications, and she excelled at this.
Kinjiro's adolescence was a time of learning and discovery. Yata encouraged Kinjiro to follow whatever discipline she felt suited her the most, and though it came as a surprise initially, Kinjiro chose the pursuit of medical science. Of course, Kinjiro's primary talents and motivations were intimately linked to her mother's sealing arts, but she discovered ways to transmute the knowledge of seals into knowledge of the body, and immediately set to performing the macabre experiments that are so often associated with the archetypical "mad scientist". Kinjiro's nature led to the majority of her adolescence and young adulthood being mired in research, only really communicating with Yata and the other most powerful members of her clan, and while this could be considered to have stunted her social growth, it resulted in a set of extraordinary accomplishments for somebody so young.
Kinjiro's first accomplishment was gaining an advanced understanding of medicine that was hundreds of years beyond her time, with a lack of social prejudices and a natural aptitude for research contributing to her discoveries. Her second accomplishment, perhaps her most useful for the early Jikangai, was the secret to creating structures whose architecture included designed for seals that the structures themselves comprised the framework for. Though this initial discovery was not particularly advanced, it paved the way for many of her brethren to create the fantastical structures that the early Jikangai were known for. Within the space of six months, Kinjiro had created a laboratory for herself with seals ingrained into the structure that slowed the passage of time. Unfortunately, Kinjiro's position as the firstborn of Yata and the first true non-Yata Jikangai resulted in her being outside time, so she did not experience the temporal dilation that her structure was intended to provide. This resulted in Kinjiro aging at a pace that seemed to be too fast for her to make sufficient advancements to attain immortality in while her body was still able to withstand the process.
Kinjiro first petitioned Yata's assistance in this regard, asking her to craft a seal that would freeze her body in time while she continued to work on attaining immortality. Yata, who was also ageing, agreed on the condition that she would receive the results of Kinjiro's treatments first. Kinjiro's scientific mind approved of this idea, wanting to view it from a third person perspective before trying it herself, and begun to work on creating a structure to house Yata's new seal. Unfortunately, due to the potency of her blood, Kinjiro was not able to benefit fully from the effects of the powerful seal, and was only able to slow time down enough to grant her ten extra years within the space of one year. This was enough for her to create the most rudimentary version of her elixir of immortality, which she administered to Yata with no observable side effects. Another year of refinement gave Kinjiro the perfected formula that she guards to this day, and when her body had aged to forty two, she became effectively immortal.
Though her advancements were great, she felt that under the yoke of her mother's interests Kinjiro had outlived her usefulness with the elixir of immortality that she had provided. She chose to sequester herself away in her laboratory, transporting the structure deep within the ground away from the prying eyes of Yata and the other Jikangai in order to work on her research in peace. Kinjiro maintained close contact with her mother, but let her know that she was going to serve her own interests until such a time as that she considered her research into medical science complete. Yata agreed, but carved into Kinjiro's soul seals of binding to ensure that she could not shirk her duty to her clan.
For many years Kinjiro's research continued, resulting in her creation of the Iryō Ninjutsu. These techniques were introduced to the majority of the world through the infamous Jikangai missionaries and would quickly become a staple of any large civilisation. It was at this time that Kinjiro begun to realise the extent of the work that remained for her to complete on the subject of the human body and she formed the first scientific community, taking promising members of the Jikangai (and having the Jikangai missionaries direct any particularly competent individuals to her) and sharing with them the fruits of all of her research under the condition that they made it their life's work to continue the research and share its secrets with no-one until Kinjiro agreed. Though the initial number of participants was small, numbering at four, the community thrived with upwards of a hundred members after a decade of its inception and their work continued. In this period, Kinjiro made ground-breaking discoveries regarding the nature of the elements and created her "Philosopher's Stone" technique.
After creating this community, Kinjiro directed her attention to the matter of the seals imprinted upon her soul. As much as Kinjiro loved her mother and their clan, she refused to be bound by her mother's directive for the remainder of her preternaturally long life. Kinjiro began experimenting with ways to reach the Pure World, where the spirits of the dead resided, and due to her potent blood quickly unlocked the secrets of the seals necessary to beckon souls from the Pure World to this world. Combining these secrets with her technique for weaving seals into architecture, Kinjiro created the Jōdomon in order to ask the spirits beyond how to remove the seals from her soul. By contacting the earliest Jikangai that had not been sworn into Yata's service in a manner similar to hers, she gleaned the secrets from the dead and at great effort and expense removed Yata's hold over her. She had originally intended to destroy the Jōdomon to ensure that its secrets would never fall into the hands of another, but given that she had broken the hold of the only being able to control her and the secretive nature of her laboratory (and even more secretive nature of its inner sanctum) she decided that its worth was too great for her to destroy if only she would ever have access to it.
Kinjiro's life, at this point, longed for purpose. She had researched solidly for a great many years and was filled with the desire to experience the burning level of curiosity and passion that she once did when she was younger, but there was little else left for her to discover that her colleagues were not already working on. With no knowledge of her own left to research as obsessively as she liked to, Kinjiro turned her eye for improvement inwards and begun the process of upgrading her body. In order to remain both effective and relevant, Kinjiro knew that she would need weapons that went beyond her mastery of anatomy and sealing techniques, but her wealth of knowledge on the body was the strongest point she had to work with and would result in the highest level of competency. With this in mind, Kinjiro decided to take into herself the aspects of animals that had the most lethal and useful qualities, and settled on snakes for their extraordinary perceptive nature and exceptional lethality with their various concentrated venoms.
After her transformation, Kinjiro's passion for life was reignited. It is a common saying that every woman, at some point in her life, becomes her mother. For most this is a horrifying revelation, but for Kinjiro it was oddly liberating - there were many worse fates than becoming an ascended being, after all, and Kinjiro visited Yata once more to ask how she could further the clan's agenda with her own research having been completed enough. Yata noted that Kinjiro had removed the seals on her soul, to which Kinjiro confirmed, and applauded her ability to not only defy Yata's will, but also in remaining loyal to the clan and to her mother. Her request, this time, was more serious than any of her others, however - Yata required Kinjiro give birth to a child, to keep the concentrated power of her bloodline flowing through the ages. Kinjiro agreed, but under the condition that she could choose the father and whether or not he would be involved in raising her children. Yata agreed, but on the condition that she would play an active part in raising the children. Kinjiro had never expected nor wanted otherwise, so agreed to the terms and set out to procreate.
Unfortunately, Kinjiro's various bodily modifications rendered her unable to have children in her own body, but her advances in medical science were sufficient enough that she could create children through use of a surrogate. Kinjiro chose the father of her child to be Jikangai, Tensai, the first architect to take her initial ideas and develop them into something extraordinary. When the time came to welcome her child into the world, Kinjiro received an unexpected surprise - she had created two children rather than the expected one. She named her children Tsu and Ishiki, and handed them both over to Yata in order for them to gain the guidance necessary for them to become Jikangai proper.
After completing this last duty to her clan, Kinjiro decided to live a life of hedonism and luxury until such a point as she felt compelled to return to research. This lifestyle continued until Yata called Kinjiro back to action, sensing that the world would once again have been of her unique talents. Yata and Kinjiro both felt that the Jikangai should be the guiding force of the world, and she is the only individual with the freedom to act that both mother and daughter could truly trust. How Kinjiro’s re-emergence will affect the world cannot be said, but there is at least one guarantee: The world will change, for better or for worse.
【Chakra Nature(s)】
Katon; Suiton; Fūton; Raiton; Doton; Yin; Yang; Onmyōton
【Abilities and Special Traits】
Kinjiro has modified her body very extensively through her research, and is, in some regards, more snake than human. Kinjiro has the ability to transform select parts of her body into that of a snake, and some of these transformations are permanent. Kinjiro has the forked tongue of a snake (and its associated organs) with which she can sense. Kinjiro also has the fangs of a snake and venom glands, which can produce any of the poisons in her repertoire, as well as produce a highly concentrated acid capable of easily dissolving steel when chakra is concentrated into them. The acid is coated in a layer of chakra until it leaves her mouth, protecting her from its effects.
Kinjiro may metamorphose into the form of a snake at any time. She can take the form of a King Cobra, and is 18 feet long when she does so. Her transformation is taxing on her chakra, so she does not transform lightly. As a Cobra, Kinjiro possesses all of her human form’s abilities, but she does not have any seals on her body (except for the Snake-Keeping-Precepts) seals, which are beneath the scales and so cannot be seen. In her Snake form, Kinjiro is completely indistinguishable from an ordinary snake (except for the fact that she can become very large).
Kinjiro is exceptionally well-versed in the human anatomy thanks to her centuries of research, and is able to strike with lethal accuracy at almost any point on the body. In addition to this, thanks to her research and natural chakra control, she is exceptional at Iryō Ninjutsu. It should be noted that Kinjiro is the original creator of Iryō Ninjutsu, and she is hence one of the most proficient users of the art to have ever existed.
Kinjiro is a master of Taijutsu, preferring close combat to ranged combat due to her nature. She is also exceptionally proficient at Kenjutsu.
Kinjiro is one of the few true masters of Fūinjutsu.
Kinjiro’s chakra pool is only around 30% larger than average, but her control over her chakra is immense.
Kinjiro has the affinity for every element, but is unable to use elemental jutsu herself. This does not prevent Kinjiro from moulding the elemental chakra, but the only application she has for elemental chakra is within seals. In addition, Kinjiro’s Onmyōton is restricted solely to Fūinjutsu.
Kinjiro is immune to all poisons, all bacterial or viral infections, and all forms of disease due to a series of complex seals and bodily modifications.
【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】
Kinjiro’s Laboratory is a massive underground complex beneath the village of Kusagakure. The seal is essentially inside a vast underground box that is protected by three layers of seals. One can enter the laboratory through a very specific spot in Kusagakure, or one can use the Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu in order to transport themselves inside the laboratory. The Lab is easily as big as Konohagakure, and contains four main sectors - The Alchemical sector, the Surgical sector, the Living sector and the Fuel sector.
The Alchemical sector contains a vast surplus of alchemical reagents and chemistry equipment. The Alchemical sector is lit with seals that contain fire. The light is emitted much as a lightbulb would emit light, and the heat is transferred throughout the rooms as a form of central heating. There are fume cupboards which seal of the toxic fumes into small wooden boxes, which are occasionally deposited on the surface, or kept to use within the Totem of Venom. The floors have seals written on them that convert carbon dioxide in the air into carbon and oxygen, replenishing the air supply, and giving Kinjiro a large amount of coal for the Fuel sector. These two types of seals are found throughout the entire laboratory.
The Surgical sector contains the three operating theatres and the prisons where Kinjiro’s test subjects are kept. There is a kitchen in the Surgical sector where food can be prepared for the prisoners. The Surgical sector contains vast supplies of drugs and medical tools, as well as a catalogue of every poison and antidote Kinjiro has ever encountered - she also keeps a separate, hidden catalogue of her unique venoms and their antidotes.
The Living sector is, much as the name implies, where Kinjiro and her allies live. It is very luxurious, and has its own personal kitchen and waste disposal systems. The Living sector is often only home to between 10 to 20 people at a time, so it is the smallest of the sectors, but it is the most well-kept.
The Fuel sector contains the furnaces and generators for Kinjiro’s laboratory. There is a massive brewery in the Fuel sector which provides alcohol for Kinjiro’s experiments, as well as drinking alcohol for Kinjiro and her allies. The Fuel sector is the largest sector, taking up the spare space that the Living sector does not take up. The brewery in the Fuel sector is excitedly primed to create some of the most exquisite - and strong - alcohol in all of history, so that one of Kinjiro’s allies in particular may sate her habits.
The Lab does not grow its own crops or raise its own animals, so food must be brought down from the surface. Fortunately, Kusagakure is home to many fertile lands which provide Kinjiro’s lab with all of the sustenance it needs. The Lab produces its own water, however.
Name of Weapon or Item: Hebi o Tsūka Doku [Snakes-Passing-Venom]
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai.
Rank: A
Description: The Hebi o Tsūka Doku are an elaborate set of two wooden bokken which Kinjiro has modified for her own uses. The bokken have several seals drawn into them in order to augment their capabilities. The first seal, one of Kinjiro’s Kamikasu seals, prevents anybody except her from wielding the blades. Whenever anybody else attempts to pick the blades up, they will immediately turn to and attempt to use the second seal’s effect.
The second seal is essentially a stored version of the Ranshinshō. Upon coming into contact with an opponent (through skin or light clothing) the Bokken immediately use Ranshinshō upon the victim. However, each time a bokken uses this, the derangement of the controls is changed, so the technique is exceptionally difficult to counter, even by other skilled medical ninja.
The Bokken are also very heavily infused with Doton chakra, giving them a legendary hardness that is exceptionally difficult to cut with even the sharpest swords. The bokken are, however, still completely blunt and can only cause blunt trauma.
Appearance: Twin wooden bokken swords, each kodachi-sized (about 60cm long, including the hilt). The blade of each sword is covered with intricate ink patterns, each of which constitute a seal.
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai.
Rank: A
Description: The Hebi o Tsūka Doku are an elaborate set of two wooden bokken which Kinjiro has modified for her own uses. The bokken have several seals drawn into them in order to augment their capabilities. The first seal, one of Kinjiro’s Kamikasu seals, prevents anybody except her from wielding the blades. Whenever anybody else attempts to pick the blades up, they will immediately turn to and attempt to use the second seal’s effect.
The second seal is essentially a stored version of the Ranshinshō. Upon coming into contact with an opponent (through skin or light clothing) the Bokken immediately use Ranshinshō upon the victim. However, each time a bokken uses this, the derangement of the controls is changed, so the technique is exceptionally difficult to counter, even by other skilled medical ninja.
The Bokken are also very heavily infused with Doton chakra, giving them a legendary hardness that is exceptionally difficult to cut with even the sharpest swords. The bokken are, however, still completely blunt and can only cause blunt trauma.
Appearance: Twin wooden bokken swords, each kodachi-sized (about 60cm long, including the hilt). The blade of each sword is covered with intricate ink patterns, each of which constitute a seal.
Name of Weapon or Item: Hebi Shūshuku Emono [Snake-Constricting-Prey]
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai
Rank: A
Description: The Hebi Shūshuku Emono is what looks to be a perfectly ordinary coil of rope, reaching to 45 feet in total length. Each fibre of the rope has had seals woven into it, each of which contributes to a major seal pervading the entirety of the rope. As Kinjiro wills it, the rope is able to leech chakra from whatever it is touching, as well as move according to her mental commands. The rope is extremely fast, and is impossible to cut with conventional methods due to the nature of the rope. The rope is fireproof and is hydrophobic (it repels water). The rope is a conduit for a much crueler technique, listed below.
Appearance: A rope.
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai
Rank: A
Description: The Hebi Shūshuku Emono is what looks to be a perfectly ordinary coil of rope, reaching to 45 feet in total length. Each fibre of the rope has had seals woven into it, each of which contributes to a major seal pervading the entirety of the rope. As Kinjiro wills it, the rope is able to leech chakra from whatever it is touching, as well as move according to her mental commands. The rope is extremely fast, and is impossible to cut with conventional methods due to the nature of the rope. The rope is fireproof and is hydrophobic (it repels water). The rope is a conduit for a much crueler technique, listed below.
Appearance: A rope.
Name of Weapon or Item: Doku [Venom]
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai
Rank: A
Description: Kinjiro, being a master of natural and synthetic poisons, understandably carries a great deal of poisons around with her. She has the quirk of making none of her poisons lethal alone [except those in the Chōzō no Doku, whose purpose is genocide] as she prefers to see her victims suffer before they succumb to her embrace. She has employed a few unique poisons that bring chaos and suffering to all who are unfortunate enough to ingest them - except Kinjiro and her allies.
Appearance: Varies.
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai
Rank: A
Description: Kinjiro, being a master of natural and synthetic poisons, understandably carries a great deal of poisons around with her. She has the quirk of making none of her poisons lethal alone [except those in the Chōzō no Doku, whose purpose is genocide] as she prefers to see her victims suffer before they succumb to her embrace. She has employed a few unique poisons that bring chaos and suffering to all who are unfortunate enough to ingest them - except Kinjiro and her allies.
Appearance: Varies.
Kinjiro carries apt supplies of all ninja tools that could ever possibly be needed in a scroll sealed into another scroll.
Kinjiro carries an entire operating room (sterile and with access to all of her surgical tools) in the first scroll.
Kinjiro carries immense vats of salt in the first scroll. [Segetibus Cavete]
【Kekkei Genkai】
Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Chigoku Inkan [Verbatim Sealing]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Fūinjutsu
Clan: Jikangai
Rank: B-S
Description: The Chigoku Inkan is the gift of Yata passed down to her children on the female side. Female Jikangai will pass the Chigoku Inkan onto their children regardless of the genetics of their partner, but if a male Jikangai were to procreate with a non-Jikangai female the resulting child is not guaranteed to possess the Chigoku Inkan, which would result in the child not being a Jikangai.
Simply put, the ability of the Chigoku Inkan is an innate mastery of Fūinjutsu that extends into manipulation of ninjutsu-like effects. Bearers of the Jikangai bloodline are able to create any effects that they can imagine provided they meet the following requirements: The effect must be understood completely with a single word, the effect must be within the scope of chakra the individual can muster, and the effect cannot defy any laws of nature of physics. The Chigoku Inkan can only apply these desired effects by creating seals in the air around the user or on nearby surfaces that are constructs of pure and fragile chakra, resulting in their effects being rendered null if the seals are physically disturbed or are subjected to any amount of chakra with larger energy or greater control than the seal created by the Chigoku Inkan possesses.
The seals created by the Chigoku Inkan are able to replicate simple elemental techniques without the creator having the elemental affinity necessary to create the chakra, but the seals also have no elemental applications beyond the incredibly minor. The seals are most adept at changes to form due to their Yin-aspected nature, and can be used to perform tasks such as picking locks, exerting physical force (breaking objects, cutting through objects, etc.). As the seals are structurally weak constructs of chakra, their effects on people are highly diminished or negated with even the slightest opposition of chakra unless the Jikangai in question has significantly higher chakra control than the intended target. The primary utilisation of the Chigoku Inkan is the inherent capability with and knowledge of seals and sealing techniques that it provides, but it is nevertheless a fantastic source of utility rather than power, and forms the basis for many Jikangai clan techniques.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Fūinjutsu
Clan: Jikangai
Rank: B-S
Description: The Chigoku Inkan is the gift of Yata passed down to her children on the female side. Female Jikangai will pass the Chigoku Inkan onto their children regardless of the genetics of their partner, but if a male Jikangai were to procreate with a non-Jikangai female the resulting child is not guaranteed to possess the Chigoku Inkan, which would result in the child not being a Jikangai.
Simply put, the ability of the Chigoku Inkan is an innate mastery of Fūinjutsu that extends into manipulation of ninjutsu-like effects. Bearers of the Jikangai bloodline are able to create any effects that they can imagine provided they meet the following requirements: The effect must be understood completely with a single word, the effect must be within the scope of chakra the individual can muster, and the effect cannot defy any laws of nature of physics. The Chigoku Inkan can only apply these desired effects by creating seals in the air around the user or on nearby surfaces that are constructs of pure and fragile chakra, resulting in their effects being rendered null if the seals are physically disturbed or are subjected to any amount of chakra with larger energy or greater control than the seal created by the Chigoku Inkan possesses.
The seals created by the Chigoku Inkan are able to replicate simple elemental techniques without the creator having the elemental affinity necessary to create the chakra, but the seals also have no elemental applications beyond the incredibly minor. The seals are most adept at changes to form due to their Yin-aspected nature, and can be used to perform tasks such as picking locks, exerting physical force (breaking objects, cutting through objects, etc.). As the seals are structurally weak constructs of chakra, their effects on people are highly diminished or negated with even the slightest opposition of chakra unless the Jikangai in question has significantly higher chakra control than the intended target. The primary utilisation of the Chigoku Inkan is the inherent capability with and knowledge of seals and sealing techniques that it provides, but it is nevertheless a fantastic source of utility rather than power, and forms the basis for many Jikangai clan techniques.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
【Canon Jutsu】
Basic Academy Techniques
Chikatsu Saisei no Jutsu
Saikan Chūshutsu no Jutsu
Ranshinshō
Chakura no Mesu
In'yu Shōmetsu
Shōsen Jutsu
【Custom Jutsu】
Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.
The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi Shiin Mizu Gijutsu [Snake-Tasting-Water Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Extremely Long - 500 metres
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro, using her snakelike senses, maps out extremely accurately the positions of all living beings within an extremely long range of her. She is also able to taste residual chakra in this manner, and can determine whose chakra belongs to whom and what techniques have recently been used in the area. If she has never encountered the technique before, she will not know what it does, but will recognise it in the future should she detect a similar chakra signature. Kinjiro is also able to create a seal with the Chigoku Inkan that can grant her knowledge of techniques gained through this technique to other people by applying it to their foreheads.
Should any technique be used within a fifty foot range of a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan, Kinjiro will immediately gain full knowledge of that instance of the technique should she detect it with Hebi Shiin Mizu Gijutsu.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Suigin no Kaijō [Sea of Quicksilver]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal, then Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: Onmyōton | Doton | Katon; Suiton; Raiton
Description: A specialised version of the Kenja no Ishi in which the user is able to bypass certain restrictions due to a significantly higher chakra cost and preparation time. After kneading chakra into a metal or water for at least sixty seconds, the user excitedly primes the structure of body of water, keeping the chakra bound to the physical form with a seal. The user may release the technique instantly, or at any point in time from any range. As soon as the seal is released, all of the substance is transmuted to mercury.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi mane Inago Gijutsu [Snake-Imitating-Locusts Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Vast
Nature Type: Doton
Description: Kinjiro inscribes an immense seal onto an area, which then proceeds to produce vast amounts of toxic salts in the soil. Not only does the immense amount of salt kill all plants on the land, the salt will damage all infrastructure and reduce the water quality of the area (if a river or source of water is within the seal). The seal naturally degrades after producing enough salt to ensure no natural life can grow or thrive within the area.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Jiko Shōhi Maru - Go Yōso [Self-Consuming-Circle - 5 Elements]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon; Suiton; Raiton; Doton; Fuuton
Description: By using the her affinity for each of the elements, Kinjiro may focus elemental chakra upon a seal on her midriff, which then glows with the colour of the corresponding element. Upon choosing an element, all elemental chakra of that nature will be absorbed, negating their harmful effects upon her. Kinjiro gains a corresponding amount of elemental chakra from performing this technique. However, the seal can only absorb one element at a time, and can only switch elements once every 120 seconds.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kokoro ga Mai Tejun ni Hakai [Heart-Breaking-With-Every-Step]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Description: A seal placed over the heart of the victim. The seal draws chakra from the victim with every instance of movement and accelerates the rate at which the heart circulates chakra throughout the chakra system. With every step, more chakra is added to the seal over the heart, and upon the victim taking the hundredth step while branded with this seal the chakra over their heart will violently explode inwards, destroying the victim’s heart and lungs, and killing them almost instantly. Each step taken reduces the available chakra pool of the victim by 1%. Kinjiro is able to create latent versions of this seal that can activate and deactivate upon being primed with a seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. If the primer seal is applied once, it can be activated or deactivated from any distance if the same primer seal is created again using the Chigoku Inkan.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi Kamu Shin'nyū no Jutsu [Snake-Biting-Intruder Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has tattooed onto her body seals from pure chakra that are invisible to the naked eye except in the presence of chakra. These are simple containment seals manifested and maintained by the Chigoku Inkan that contain various weapons coated in various non-lethal poisons. Upon being struck with significant force or upon Kinjiro willing it, the seals will extrude whatever is contained within (though not completely release) them forcibly. The objects can be retracted with a simple application of chakra.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kuchiyose: Hebi Hakidasu Kemuri Gijutsu [Summoning: Snake-Spewing-Smoke Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu; Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Rank: A
Range: Fairly Large
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro summons her Chōzō no Doku [Totem of Venom] at a nearby location. The Totem is a fairly large wooden structure, roughly 20 feet tall, and two carvings shaped like winged snakes protrude from the sides of the totem, reaching a total span of 15 feet. The wood is charred and looks worn well beyond its time, but despite its apparent visual weakness the totem is easily harder than any metal due to the amount of chakra woven into it over its centuries of existence. The bark of the wood is etched very finely with what look like ancient tribal patterns, but are in fact seals carved into the totem. The totem is fireproof and is extremely difficult to actually damage physically. The Totem is essentially a primitive “plague spreader”, and it will release noxious gases containing a mixture of extremely potent poisons and bacteria, spreading death and disease wherever it goes. There is a seal on the base of the totem that binds it to the ground, and unless the seal is removed it becomes incredibly difficult to move so much as an inch. At Kinjiro’s command, the snake protrusions become animated, and slither off of the totem in order to do her bidding. The snakes can relay simple visual and auditory information to Kinjiro, and can spread smaller amounts of the toxic smog that the totem spews from their mouths. Their bites are extremely painful and almost certainly lethal, but the snakes cannot leave an area of 2 kilometers around the Totem, or they will become inanimate. If the snakes are destroyed, they will reform on the totem, but will not be able to be animated again until Kinjiro places more seals upon them. Additionally, the snake’s bites can apply the Hebi nusumu Hikari Gijutsu.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi nusumu Hikari Gijutsu [Snake-Stealing-Light Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro moulds her chakra into a seal and applies it to a victim upon touching them. She is also able to apply the seal to an object, and have it bind to the first person that touches the object. As soon as the seal binds to a victim, it begins leeching tiny amounts of chakra from the victim and assimilating them into itself, gradually causing the seal to become a part of the victim. After three days, the seal cannot be removed by any means short of cutting the affected limb from the body. When the seal is fully matured, it converts the victim’s chakra into a potent toxin that is spread throughout the victim’s body, targeting the eyes and the chakra system specifically, slowly causing them to shut down. If this toxin is introduced into the body of a victim who is not branded with the seal, a seal will form and mature over the course of seven days. After another week of the toxin being present in the victim, the victim will become blind and unable to mould their chakra in any way. The poison, after performing these functions, continues to be created in the victim’s body, but it is excreted from the victim’s pores, and trace amounts are left on everything they touch. The poison has no known antidote.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has tattooed this seal onto her left palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Kinjiro touches with her left hand will be attracted to the seal on her palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Kinjiro’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū. Kinjiro can also place these seals on other people or objects.
Weakness: N/A
Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has tattooed this seal onto her right palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Kinjiro touches with her right hand will be repelled by the seal on her right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Kinjiro’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū. Kinjiro can also place these seals on other people or objects.
Weakness: N/A
Name of Technique: Shōsenshin Jutsu [True Mystical Palm Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Iryō Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Medium [15-20 feet]
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro, the creator of the Shōsen Jutsu, only released a fragment of the jutsu’s true power unto the world, as medicine as advanced as the true technique would have shook the world too deeply. Kinjiro’s Shōsenshin Jutsu does not require actual physical contact with the recipient, and can be used from a considerable distance away provided that the user knows the feel of the victim’s chakra extremely well. The technique’s true power lies in its ability to not only create cells, but to provide them with an environment in which they naturally regenerate and keep in - allowing the Shōsenshin Jutsu to heal wounds that could not otherwise be healed. Additionally, the Shōsenshin Jutsu can read DNA and create cells from the DNA provided they are given a large enough amount of chakra, allowing Kinjiro to create the body parts of individuals at will so that the body will not reject them. A side effect of the Shōsenshin Jutsu is that it suppresses the victim’s immune system for its duration so that the body does not harm itself inadvertently. The immune system will not resume normal function until a second Shōsenshin Jutsu is applied. The Shōsenshin Jutsu is too difficult for any ordinary medical ninja to even hope of performing, and without the Fukutsu no Ishi active, Kinjiro cannot perform it alone. Two people can perform the technique if they both have sufficiently high chakra control.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kenja no Ishi [Philosopher’s Stone]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu [Kinjutsu]
Rank: S
Range: Within 3 feet of the user, can be increased to 10 feet with sufficient transmission of chakra.
Nature Type: Onmyōton | Doton | Katon; Suiton; Raiton
Description: The Kenja no Ishi is the product of Kinjiro’s early alchemical work into the art of transmutation. By changing the structure of the protons and electrons of given molecules, Kinjiro is able to change any given element to another element. She cannot easily transmute compounds in this manner, requiring at least thirty seconds of focus in order to transmute even a basic compound, such as water, into metals.
When used with the Onmyōton, Kinjiro can immediately transmute any metal into any other metal within a 3 foot radius of her by touching the surface of the metal she wishes to transmute and branding it with a seal. The transmutation is permanent, even if the seal is removed, but one with knowledge of the seals could reverse the effects of the seal if it remains. The transmutation ripples out from the seal, and will increase or decrease the volume of the material as necessary as it adds or extracts protons from the nuclei of other elements.
When used with the Doton, base metals (Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Iron, etc.) can be transmuted into precious metals (Gold, Silver, etc.) or into other base metals. This transmutation takes at least four seconds to work, and requires contact with the metal to be transmuted constantly until the transmutation is finished.
When used with the Katon; Suiton; Raiton elements, the user is able to transmute all metals and basic compounds into other basic compounds or metals with a seal, taking at least 10 seconds to fully prime the seal. When the seal is excitedly primed with chakra, the transmutation occurs instantly.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi-Iji-Kyōkun Gijutsu [Snake-Keeping-Precepts Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Iryō Ninjutsu | Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Onmyōton [Yin-Yang Release]
Description: Kinjiro is able to mould her chakra to replicate life, converting her chakra directly to Yang chakra in order to breathe life into reality, and for as long as Kinjiro has a physical sample of something that is alive she can replicate it perfectly. For as long as even a single cell of exists, she can replicate the entirety of the organism it belonged to. This cannot be used to grant life to the dead, as she can only return flesh and not the soul, but she is easily able to reconstruct any number of lost organs or limbs, and can save anybody for as long as they are not yet dead. Kinjiro has concentrated the exact chakra required to create her entire body into seals and distributed them among herself, allowing her to completely heal any injury on her body as soon as it is made. These seals must be activated with a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan before they will trigger, but a primer seal is automatically created should Kinjiro receive a blow with the capacity to kill her.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi Shūkai no Hābu Gijutsu [Snake-Gathering-Herbs Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro places a fragment of a soul bonded to hers, or a fragment of her own soul, within a seal and brands a victim with it. As soon as the seal is branded, it disappears completely from sight and can only be seen by those branded with a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The seal can still be removed, but it is exceptionally difficult. While the victim is branded with this seal, Kinjiro has a latent “perception” of whatever the victim perceives, allowing her to essentially use people as her eyes and ears. By sacrificing the portion of her soul bound to the seal, Kinjiro is able to summon herself to the location of the branded victim, or summon the victim to her.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kamikasu [Divine Imposition]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: Onmyōton [Yin-Yang Release]
Handseals: N/A
Description: Considered to be Kinjiro’s most powerful technique, this technique utilises the infinite power contained within the idea. By moulding her Yin chakra into a unique seal, Kinjiro may impress an “idea” onto an object. The ideas that Kinjiro may impress upon something are very much open-ended, and she may choose to impress the idea that should X happen, the branded object will react by performing Y. Then, Kinjiro impresses her Yang chakra into the object, causing the object to forcibly perform the action, even against its owner’s will. Kinjiro has limitless application with this technique, and is essentially able to impose her will onto any inanimate object.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Shūki-Gai [Outside the Cycle]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro is able to disperse a ring of exceptionally potent seals up to ten feet in distance away from her, creating a circle with a radius of ten feet. Time is slowed within these seals, but any individuals that possess the Chigoku Inkan are completely immune to its effects. For every second that would occur outside of the ring, ten seconds pass within the ring (time is slowed to one tenth of its normal pace). The ring lasts for up to three seconds, and can only be used once per day. Kinjiro cannot attack any targets within the range of Shūki-Gai for its duration.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Hebi shi-ka Higai Gijutsu [Snake-Assimilating-Victim Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Within the Hebi Shūshuku Emono.
Nature Type: N/A
Description: While a victim is bound with the Hebi Shūshuku Emono, Kinjiro and at least one assistant (two is preferable) may perform this technique. Kinjiro begins by resting her palms on either side of the victim’s head, on their temples, and channelling her chakra through the victim’s body in a manner similar (but not identical to) the Shōsenshin Jutsu. The assistant(s) place their palms over the heart and the lungs, and any additional assistants help with the control of the chakra. The result of the technique’s completion (which requires roughly 30 minutes) is that the victim is permanently transformed into a snake, with their DNA changed and their body completely transformed. During the transformation, a black liquid begins to leak from every orifice of the victim, containing their DNA and their memories, which can be drunk or assimilated through a seal in order to gain the memories of the victim.
The technique is excruciatingly painful, and the only reason the technique is able to take place is that the rope binds the victim. The technique is extremely useful as a torture technique, as the metamorphosis can be left unfinished and only the memories that Kinjiro wishes to extract can be forced to leave the body. Unfortunately, if the transformation is stopped prior to completion the victim will die as their body no longer functions without the assistance of Kinjiro and her assistants. This technique is very difficult to perform, and often requires Kinjiro use the Fukutsu no Ishi, even with assistants. It can only be performed once every week due to chakra restrictions not only on Kinjiro, but also on the Hebi Shūshuku Emono, which loses its power for a week until it can recharge.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Kindan no Shomen [Forbidden Writings]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro possesses the unique ability to write seals over one another due to her bloodline and incredible chakra control. By layering the seals with chakra and writing them in her own blood, she is able to keep the purity of the seal’s shape intact, and may write up to three seals over one another.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Technique: Jōdomon [Pure World Gate]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: S+
Range: Stationary
Nature Type: N/A
Description: Kinjiro has created an elaborate gate bound with several of Kinjiro’s more powerful Onmyōton seals. The gate forms a passage to the Jōdo [Pure World], where the souls of the deceased reside. Kinjiro is able to cross over into their world temporarily to converse with the souls, and she is also able to temporarily bring souls from their world into our world temporarily as long as they have a host to reside in. This technique was the basis for the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei, but it is not even nearly as cruel to the souls or to the hosts (who regain normal function after the spirit leaves and are not harmed). Kinjiro avoids using the gate if possible due to the Pure World rejecting those who do not belong there, and will try not to go there if she can help it. The gate is usually not active due to chakra costs and the potential for abuse.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.
Name of Jutsu: Fukutsu no Ishi [Indomitable Will]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Element Affinity (If Applicable): N/A
Description: A series of seals created with several years of intense research and the pinnacle of both Fūinjutsu and Iryō Ninjutsu. The seals are tattooed to the entire body, except the face, and leave a particular sigil: 支配 [Shihai; Dominate] on each of the eight gates. Then, tracing along each of the Tenketsu, the sigil: 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] is tattooed. The result of this, as well as the powerful seals that connect the sigils, is that the bearer gains complete dominance over their Chakra system when the seals are activated. The sigils passively control the user’s chakra system as defined by their will, heightening their control to an extremely fine level, but the true power of the technique lies when the user pours an exceptional amount of willpower into the activation of the seals. In this state, each sigil glows a very light blue, with the 支配 [Shihai; Dominate] seals glowing a much stronger blue. The user’s chakra levels increase twofold due to the gentle tapping of the gates, and their chakra control becomes so immensely fine that they are able to do several things:
Firstly, they are able to release their chakra as a “physical” form in the likeness of water, and control it completely and utterly. No chakra absorption techniques will affect this mass of chakra unless the user is damaged on one of the eight main sigils, causing it to malfunction. This “water” is able to be used for any technique that the user may use at any given range, allowing for intensely strategic combinations or uses of jutsu.
Secondly, the user’s chakra dominates all other chakra in its presence, unless the chakra’s owner has sufficient (extremely high) control to counteract the power of the Fukutsu no Ishi. The “water” passing over techniques comprised of loose chakra will absorb them and purify them, converting them into the user’s chakra. Each time this is used, one of the eight main sigils dims slightly, and after all eight are dimmed the active component of the seal is negated.
Thirdly, the user gains a “long-range” version of the Jūken, which allows them to strike chakra through motions of the body and the extension of their chakra and vast control. It may also be used to disrupt the flow of the enemy’s natural chakra system and even cut it with sufficient medical application - much like the Rasenshuriken - albeit much more controlled. Surgery may also be performed in this manner, using the target’s own chakra to form tools inside of their body.
However, bearing the extreme discipline necessary to fully activate this technique is mentally and spiritually exhausting. Spiritual energy must be expended to keep the technique active, and this prevents the user from having a particularly large chakra pool, cleaving existing chakra to Physical and Spiritual energy in order to sustain itself if necessary.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.