44 Study
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It had been a week since the three future founders of the Akatsuki had left for Amegakure. When they left, they sternly told him to study and grow stronger. At the same time, Yukio also gave them a drawing he had made.
It was a sketch of a chain.
Yukio had chosen the chain as his primary weapon. In theory, it would help ensnare his opponents and allow him to drag them into his personal dungeons.
He got the inspiration from some things he had begun to remember. As his intelligence stat rose, he started to remember more and more things that his brain had discarded long ago.
Of the memories that came back to him, he recalled two anime characters that used chains as one of their weapons. Coincidentally, both of them were blond.
'Do I need to be blond, too?'
Yukio planned on using chains to attack opponents from a medium-long distance. He couldn't see how they would be useful when the opponents were right in his face, without using them to simply ensnare.
So, Yukio decided to have another weapon to main, but for close range; the bo staff. The only thing he could remember about the weapon was some bald kid using it with wind powers and the old man Hokage guy.
He also asked them to keep an eye out for it. In the chase where they couldn't find a bo staff, Yukio was confident enough to make a temporary one out of a tree branch.
Moving on, when they left, they gave him several scrolls. Some of the scrolls were about their experiences and understanding of their respective nature types, how they used them, and more. There were more that taught how to cast certain jutsus.
Yukio got right into it and begun 'researching' each scroll, activating [Basic Researching].
The first set of scrolls Yukio had studied were written by Yahiko. It was also the quickest scroll for Yukio to finish. Yahiko can be considered innately talented as he was born with three chakra affinities; water, fire, and wind. He also had a good understanding of kenjutsu which he had started to learn at the same time as Yukio.
The scroll detailed how he used the nature transformation. He generally used water- and fire-release jutsus for ranged attacks. However, he was able to flow his chakra into his sword which he did with wind chakra, allowing his blade to become sharper. Suggesting that he was skilled enough to change the property of his chakra to align with specific nature transformations. He didn't say anything about flowing fire or water chakra into his blade.
Yukio remembered being taught about 'chakra flow' by Jiraiya but he found it somewhat useless as he only had yin- and yang-release nature types. Jiraiya had told him that yin and yang chakra didn't conform to a single effect like the other chakra natures when infusing them into a weapon. Instead, they would imitate the properties of the techniques used by the person in question.
Since Yukio didn't have a proper yin or yang jutsu, he didn't find it feasible to train that aspect, but he figured that he might as well and try it out. Especially since chakra flow was basically like cursed energy application.
Other than that, Yahiko left behind three jutsus, one for each of his nature types.
Although Yukio's chakra affinities were only yin- and yang-release, it didn't mean that he was restricted to only techniques related to those nature types. It only meant that he would have an easier time learning and mastering those techniques. He could still use jutsus of other nature types, but it will be harder to learn and master.
The next set of scrolls belonged to Konan. In Yukio's opinion, she is the most talented out of the three if you don't count Nagato's Rinnegan that Madara generously gifted. She was able to make use of her talent in making origami into a form of combat (paper ninjutsu).
She was born with four chakra affinities; water, earth, air, and yang. According to her scrolls, the main component of her paper ninjutsu was yang release.
Yang Release uses physical energy to control vitality, granting life to forms that have none.
Essentially, Konan is granting 'life' to the paper she wields, allowing her to manipulate it. This ability is further enhanced through the use of her other nature types and chakra flow.
By flowing wind chakra into her paper, she can make them sharper. Earth and water chakra both allow the paper to become more resistant and durable.
Since Yukio was also interested in the origami craft, her scrolls included her experience and theories about paper ninjutsu. Yukio found everything interesting but didn't think it was the right path for him. Though, he was very, very interested in being made out of paper as he remembered Konan being able to do that in the future according to the anime.
Lastly was Nagato's set, which was also the largest. He had plenty of things written for each of the five nature transformations. There was also a scroll for yang-release.
Nagato's chakra paper test revealed that he had affinities to six nature types. They were water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and yang.
Among the knowledge that he provided were bits of fuinjutsu and barrier ninjutsu which Yukio got related skills.
By the end of a week, Yukio finished reading all of the scrolls that his siblings left behind and started to practice them. After he got the gist of them and committed them to his memory, he burned the scrolls to prevent others from learning the same knowledge, an order that his siblings strictly gave him.
As he continued to practice and increase his proficiency with the techniques, Yukio also began to research them in-depth. He wanted to try creating jutsus, specifically genjutsus.
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[Basic Fuinjutsu]
Description: Slightly boosts your proficiency in fuinjutsu. You can see minor weaknesses in seals.
To advance this skill, create a fuinjutsu that can seal cursed energy.
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[Basic Barrier Ninjutsu]
Description: Slightly boosts your proficiency in barrier ninjutsu. The barriers you create become more resistant to physical attacks.
To advance this skill, trap several ninjas of the same rank inside a barrier for one week.
