The second was the sealing technique he had developed. It was capable of storing a massive amount of chakra and - he assumed - the essence of a person or creature within it. That was the seal he planned to use on a dragon if he summoned one from the Ryu Caller. With that in hand, he all but had to be the one to use the Ryu Caller. He was the only one who he could trust to properly seal the creature. Others may try to create systems to keep it under their control or just unleash it on the world. He couldn’t have that.
The third seal was a generic ninjutsu sealing jutsu. While he said it was generic, it utilized all of Reo’s sealing knowledge and should be capable of sealing just about any variety of ninjutsu on one’s body. While the other scrolls had a large amount of depth to them, this one wasn’t as deep but had a large variety of things it could do.
The fourth scroll was focused on storing stamina. While stamina was a different concept than chakra - it wasn’t that different as a resource. The scrolls he read seemed to indicate that energy other than chakra was stored within one’s body. That energy was one’s stamina. If Reo was correct, then he would be able to use this seal to store stamina and keep fighting in a pinch.
Now, to test them. Reo glanced around the room. His clan was full of monks and they - strangely - were quite fond of tattoos. He had designed some of the Seals to wear off - similar to the curse he made - but that wouldn’t be beneficial for some of these other seals. They required more power than he had found manageable in a simple ink or chakra marking format. In the corner Reo spotted the tattoo set. It was a needle with black ink that was designed to deposit the ink within one’s skin where it would stay - theoretically - for the rest of one’s life.
Reo walked over to it and closed his eyes. Was he ready to tattoo himself for the sake of testing a seal?
No. He wasn’t ready, but he had to be. People would be looking for the Ryu Caller and they would have powers far beyond his own. He had to do whatever it took to protect the scroll.
Reo picked up the needle. He couldn’t reach his own shoulder, so Reo began to tattoo the symbol on the right side of his chest. It didn’t hurt as much as he thought it would, which Reo was thankful for. In the end, he had a tattoo on his chest of an Ouroboros - though it was overlaid and interlocked with a custom variation on the Gojisou symbol. Reo placed his hand on it and pushed chakra into it.
The tattoo glowed for a moment. Then, nothing.
Reo could feel the difference though. The seal was complete but it felt...powerful. It contained something beyond his understanding.
It had worked.
One scroll tested. Three to go.
Reo promptly grabbed the tattoo needle again and got to work. This one was placed over his left chest. It was also similar to the Gojisou icon but it was combined with a symbol of protection known as a Triquetra. That symbol was meant to be used as a way to allow him to safely store up his own stamina.
Once done, Reo stared at his work. The two tattoos had been painful to place, but not as bad as he thought they would have been. Reo promptly tried to store a little bit of stamina. It came as second nature to him once the seal was there and he could feel his arms and legs growing heavier as he did. He stopped before he ran out of stamina completely [50%].
The last two weren’t the type that he could test right now. One was a seal for a variety of ninjutsu but he wasn’t sure just what he wanted to make a seal of yet, besides unless he had a particularly powerful ninjutsu he wanted to continuously recharge after use - a tattoo would be a bad idea. The last was the Dragon Sealing Seal which, of course, he couldn’t use without such a beast present.
Reo took a step but felt something...off. The seal he had placed to seal the deity within him didn’t feel powerful enough. It felt...unstable. Reo closed his eyes and concentrated on the seal. What could be wrong with it? It felt as if...yes, it wasn’t that the seal was wrong. The chakra just wasn’t laced tightly enough. Sadly, Reo had done everything he could to make it as strong as possible.
He would need some last minute chakra control training to perfect this seal.
Three hours later, the sun was beginning to come up and Reo found himself at the oasis. He stood carefully on the water. Getting to the middle was easy, but Reo had an interesting idea about making this training more difficult. Instead of focusing chakra in the feet, he would cover himself with chakra and practice a variety of movement techniques. Crawling, walking on hands, rolling. The amount of chakra needed for it would be far greater.
Reo closed his eyes and visualized the chakra spreading up from his feet and covering his entire body. When he opened them, he was happy to see that it had, but something about the chakra felt off. Other than the bit at his feet, it seemed to move a little quickly and...sharply? Had he unconsciously surrounded himself in wind Chakra?
Reo rolled on the water. The chakra lashed it upwards and Reo plunged deep beneath its depths. He floated to the top, the chakra dissipating as he stopped focusing on it.
Okay, so it was wind chakra. That was good to know at least. Reo slowly made his way out of the oasis and stood up - robes drenched with water from the lake. As he had just gotten tattoos, Reo promptly used a little bit of wind chakra to blow the water off the tattoos. He didn’t want them to get marred. Then, he stared at a tree.
Another idea was forming in Reo’s mind. What if he used that full body wind chakra to punch a tree? Could he channel….
Reo stopped thinking and surrounded himself in chakra the same way he just had. It was a thin layer, as he had been trying to make the chakra as weak as possible while still allowing him to walk on water. Reo dashed forward and punched the tree with a taijutsu technique known as the Ransaa. The chakra flowed suddenly from all around his body to coalesce in his fist and blast through the tree. He could feel the tree shake before suddenly falling backwards.
The inside of the tree was splintered and unevenly cut. The wind chakra had evidently flown out his fist and into the tree dealing damage directly. This was a dangerous but useful skill to know.
Reo turned his attention back on the water which he was trying to walk on. It was an easy task to walk, but rolling was far more difficult. He built up the chakra but made sure it wasn’t elemental chakra this time before stepping back towards the warm water. He rolled.
And he didn’t sink. Reo had to quickly adjust the chakra placement and amounts as his weight pushed in different amounts but he was able to do. Reo began to roll all over the water.
Reo went home by afternoon dead tired. The last thing he did before falling asleep was store the rest of his stamina. [49%, for a total of 99% stored].
[1,302; 10]
[TRAINING: Awareness X3, Endurance X 5]
[Learned all currently approved Custom Jutsu]
[Placed Seals: Kami Fuin
+ -Fuinjutsu: Eien no tatakai no inkan- >: 99% stored]
Used training weights, Clan ability, and Quick Learner for training.
Completed Chakra Forest for a third time: 15% Chakra Control - bringing total up to 60%
