[Training] Let's Bulk Up

[Kabu]

It was still early in the day and already Asuna was hard at work with her training. She had recently received a promotion to Special Jounin but it wasn't enough for her to shake the fact that she was being overtaken. Fact was both Nozomi and Kozan were progressing incredibly rapidly and while she had made some progress herself, it felt like she was moving along at a snail's pace and it was beyond frustrating. With that said... it was however also motivational, the kick in the pants she needed to get stronger and stronger.

And so she had found a wide open clearing surrounded by trees with a lake in the center. It was similar to the location where they had held their battle royale so long ago. Perhaps she had been drawn to this location subconsciously but no matter… There was work to be done, no time to be getting lost in nostalgia.

With that in mind she drew her recently obtained halberd off her back, giving it a few practice swings, each one a bit stronger than the last. It was considerably different from her sword and yet even still it felt right in her hands. She had never thought she would find herself using a secondary weapon but she couldn’t deny that swinging it felt good, really good even.

For a moment she stood in complete silence as she stopped swinging and steadied her stance. In the next momentith a shout she spun while swinging her weapon towards an imagined opponent, cutting through the air with a mighty downward swing, putting into it all the strength that she could muster. This was followed by an upwards swing as she made a 180 degree turn and slashed with all her might at the bark of the nearest tree, the girl smirking to herself all the while even as she made another full spin and repeated the cycle, alternating between directions as she continually slashed. Of course she couldn’t let herself forget her goals of getting stronger but she had to admit, this dance was pretty fun as well.

Strength Training: 351/600

[Diatenshi]

Chisaki awoke early in the morning her body craving the addictive high she got from eating. She was certainly becoming a glutton and she wasnt particularly concerned as to what it was she ate be it people or cake. Though she certainly enjoyed the sugar rush of the latter. She could feel the mist across her whole being even her clothes. It was an interesting sensation when she thought back to her memories of being human. The closest she could explain was that it was like living life with your eyes half closed peeking through your eyelashes, everything is dull and indistinct. Now she felt as though her eyes were wide open able to feel and taste through every part of her body... though there were certainly somethings she would intentionally block out.

After nabbing a drunkard off the street and devouring him in a secluded alley she felt ... Sated. Her desire and drive would never go away and she never felt full. However if she went to long without providing her body with fresh biomass she became ravenous her mind slipping and beginning to act feral. Even Shinji would appear enticing in these moments. After a meal she quietly slipped out of the village to visit one of her favorite places.

As the morning sun filtered through the trees, Chisaki ventured to a secluded clearing slightly astonished that she wasn't alone when she arrived. She often came to this area to nap in the trees, enjoying the isolation it provided. She didn't recognize the other woman who clearly came with the intent to train. She didn't approach the woman but quietly watched swing around her halberd. It was strange to watch people use weapons. She'd seen what humans were capable when they trained their body to the extreme. A fist could be as good as any hammer and a palm chop as effect as any knife when chakra was involved.

Training however, now that was a good idea. Lately she'd been gorging herself and not expelling the excess biomass and she'd become rather dense as of late. What if she got to heavy for Shinji to pick up? She visibly quivered thinking about it at all. Perish the thought. She reached down and pinched at her skin on her belly and gently. 'I know I'm heavy, but at least I'm not fat right? Riiiight? Ugh...'

Suddenly inspired to train, the air crackled with Chisaki focused chakra as she began channeling. With meticulous precision, she initiated the viral biomass jutsu, feeling the surge of power as her hands glowed with an sickening red hue viral body mass misting off her body. Chisaki experimented morphing her body into different formations and shapes, sculpting the pulsating mass into intricate patterns. Tendrils of red slimy biomass danced around her, responding to her every command. Chisaki's eyes remained locked in concentration as she honed her control, pushing the boundaries of what her jutsu could achieve.

Chisaki honed her control, refining the jutsu to be more efficient and deadly. After a certain amount of theorizing she faced clones of herself, practicing the offensive capabilities of her technique. The viral biomass lashed out like sentient extensions of her will, demonstrating a deadly dance of power. Occasionally, she found herself surrounded by a protective cocoon of the pulsating substance, a shield against potential threats as her clones attacked her.

She then started using a clone puppet technique keeping her core in a nearby body of biomass. She could see and sense through the clone and started using this clone for combat against the others. It didn't last as long as when her core was in her body but it was a good way to fight without risking her core. Starting to feel a little drained she dropped her jutsu and merged her core with her body. She then paused and looked at the mess of viral tissue all over the place remembering why she didn't normally train in public and usually only trained inside the HHD headquarters. "Shit... Uhm hey think you can do me a favor and help me clean this mess up? I could reabsorb it but... I'm trying to lose weight..."

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Group training+event
697/600 +1 control

[Mre-face]

After Mondai's defeat by Kozan's hand the seventh sword would dedicate more time to training than ever more evident by his recent transformation of his body gaining back some of the muscle mass and strength that he had before maybe not quite there yet but closer to when he was at his peak.

Mondai didn't quite understand why he started to take care of himself and ramp his training up more than usual. Which Kirigakure and Shinjiro likely didn't mind at all. The overseer wanted strong swordsmen and Mondai has been slacking admittedly his own state of mind preventing him from pursuing the strength he wanted. Kozan's defeat sprung something within him, was it a desire for retribution or was it his ambition being lit in the face of failure, or was it just a mere desire to seek validity in his position. It was all at once but Mondai didn't quite understand it himself.

However one thing was clear the majority of his muscle mass had been regained in a short time, his training had gotten a lot more serious with far less excuses even trying his best to quit his smoking habit and other bad habits. The body was a fascinating machine, it was capable of storing memory of previous physical power through epigenetics and banked up my nuclei meaning any lost strength was quicker regained than building new strength. However if you explained that to Mondai he would likely look at you with a degree of confusion and give a snide but complementary comment on your smarts.

The seven swordsmen would go to the training area take a quick look around just to see who was present and get to work on his training. Grabbing his greatsword to continue with his strength it seemed like no matter how strong he became the greatsword always seemed to slow him down no matter how much stronger he became it was always heavy. But Mondai saw it as a good thing as the sheer mass gave way to destruction.

Mondai would have to find a way to challenge his strength even more than simply swinging his blade. Which could be done in two ways. Either making it heavier somehow or making the movement of fighting with the blade harder. The way Mondai tended to use the sword in two hands giving him greater strength and leverages to act upon the blade allowing it to be swung with greater speed and force.

So simply using it with one hand would provide him the challenge he needed to continue to train his strength even further. The seventh swordsman would let one hand go to start his training. Slowly letting go of the blade and letting the leverage take hold and feeling how the acting forces would pretty much double on his arm making it far more difficult for him to keep hold of his massive sword.

The untouchable would begin to try to swing his blade around, Vertical downward was easiest as letting the blade fall would make it touch the ground. Horizontal was a little more difficult butthe momentum often carried with the mass of the blade. But vertical upwards was always hardest as it would require far more effort to not let the blade swing his body around as his body tried to resist the forces.

After a little while Mondai became more and more comfortable each swing made him adapt more and more becoming easier each time bit by bit. Resting often after a little while would allow him to recover fully and try again. Letting his mind and body regain it's strength so he could further increase it beyond himself currently.

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613/600 13+ towards next
1+ Strength

[Trusted Grader]

Yuuto had been spending a lot of time outside of the Karagata homestead, for he had been forced to do various quests to repay a debt he owed, but today he had been given a day off and he had heard that Asuna was around, she was supposedly training around this area, no surprise to the Special Jounin his mentor was there, with a stricter expression than the past. A wave of guilt swept through Yuuto's body as his heart stopped for a brief second, It's not your fault Yuuto, these are the rules of the seven swordsmen, Mondai lives, now we just got to become stronger, together. Yuuto walked past Mondai, raising Liberation to his chest level and keeping it stretched out to the right.

First order of business, I too have to prove that I have become stronger. Yuuto wasn't one for fighting but if Kozan had taught him anything from the battle royale, it was that one needed to keep one's sword sharp at all times, for one never knew when a fight would occur. A sigh rolled off his breath before he fixed his posture, he raised his shield and rested Liberation on his shoulder. "Kaguya, Asuna, I challenge you to a dagger duel!" Yuuto wasn't one to kill, nor humiliate, he wanted to use this chance to train new jutsu and hopefully so did she, for she probably knew of his regenerative ability, but did she know of his new one?

"May the best dagger win." Yuuto knew that dagger challenges weren't lethal, besides, he wasn't known for killing someone. Then we try Nozomi. Yuuto kept his eyes fixed on Asuna, not letting her grow her famous tail without it fleeing his gaze. She is dangerous at close range, I'll try some of my new jutsu and see if I can wear her down. Yuuto hoped she accepted the challenge, some ninjas seemed to find some fun in it, but Yuuto knew only that he had been indoctrinated to believe that one had to always evolve.

His hyperfocus was causing him to lose track on the others standing around them, Mondai was the first to blur out, then Chisaki before only Asuna was visible in his gaze. He wanted to test out his new design on his weapon and see if it could come of actual use, but that required that he had someone to spar.

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401/400

Heroic Focus
B-Rank Discipline
Yuuto focuses on one target and begins to almost tunnel vision, dead set on keeping track of whatever the target attempts to do, by focusing on specific body joints and connections via jutsu, but it comes at the cost that he loses his visual awareness of other enemies, with this jutsu they can spot even foot tracks and make out a makeshift size on those using [Stealth] at this level and lower.