Or maybe Hazou's work wouldn't end up like the Fourth's. The Fourth had made these seals over the course of years of research in peacetime. Hazou, on the other hand, had weeks or months at most. What would happen if Hazou's hands were still empty when Naruto finally gave word that Akatsuki had opened the rift?
Damn. That's a lot of pressure - specifically, to try and crib more off the Fourth, especially if it ends up working with Runes. Imagine if we could unleash rune effects without having to craft substrate?
Obviously, too OP for now, and not dependent enough on player creativity for a rational quest - it's using the Ancient Secret Technique instead of new ideas - but it's nice to dream.
Prep TR75. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks he could maybe do this rune.
Prep TR50. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks this rune is beyond his capabilities.
Wow. Ok, so I now would like to jump straight to the TR200, because that should be relatively easy to make. (If only skipping steps wasn't so risky!)
Runes. They love warping spacetime. I don't have much to add here.
Prep Draconic Decay Explosive. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks he could maybe do this rune.
Prep Air Leadening Rune. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks this rune is well within his capabilities.
That's two exotics we can pull, and the mobility-restrictor is within reach!
Prep Telescope Rune. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks he could maybe do this rune.
Prep Hotbang Seal. Difficulty Result: Jiraiya.
Well, I suppose we were never going to be able to throw Hellfire around at will. Still, the telescope rune could be game-changing in terms of untrackable spying; I imagine Naruto would find it useful for the village, after Akatsuki. And who knows what other effects it could have in the meantime? Let's focus on telescopes, air leadening, and decay!
Prep Hotbang Rune. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks he could maybe do this rune.
Hmmmm…
It would be nice to have a big boom that *wouldn't* set off a Village-Killer Race.
Prep Jinchuuriki Chain Seal #9. Hazou gains access to a new stunt, details forthcoming.
Ooooooooh.
Prep Icarus Rune. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks this rune is well within his capabilities.
Hmm… I'm a bit less excited about this one, but it seems useful. My main concern is that there's no way it'll have the range to instagib Akatsuki members via fall, and it shouldn't do anything against Deidara - meaning that each member will have an out without resorting to their own bullshit. And they'll have air superiority, since Deidara won't be nullified.
Still, it could establish Skywalker Perimeters around Leaf, which helps with Akane incidents. And there are definitely Akatsuki-neutralizing opportunities here, within easy reach. So I suppose I'll take the win.
Hazou completes the Runic Air Dome! Over the course of ~30 seconds, the rune forms a dome of solidified air fixed in place relative to the surface of the earth with the rune at the center of the dome. At infusion (not activation) time, the diameter of the dome can be varied between ~60 meters (the rune's Zone and every surrounding Zone) and 1 kilometer. Lasts ~1 week.
Can displace or destroy some matter to form the dome (e.g. trees will be bent or broken) sufficiently sturdy material (e.g. solid stone buildings) will disrupt the dome's formation.
The dome has Durability 10 (TN100 to damage, 10 stress boxes) and reduces its stress by 1 every 30 seconds. If the dome's stress track is exceeded, the entire dome is destroyed for 1d4 hours, after which it reforms.
Hazou thinks it may be possible to research a rune with even greater range and durability, perhaps by using pure force instead of compressed air.
Hmm. Not as tough as I hoped - I'm going to have to go back and check, but Tsunade should be able to break this fairly quickly. And Deidara. And I have little doubt Amaterasu would rip right through it.
Still, as an entry-level rune in a tech tree, it's phenomenal. I'd love to keep pursuing this - it's defensive, so runecrafting's specialty is being used, and it's a gamechanger. But it's frustratingly difficult to weaponize. Perhaps if we make it around the rift? If we hide the rune, it could be a useful way of defending against/trapping Akatsuki.
Obviously, as long as this stuff can let light in for a Village, it can't properly defend against lasers, so.
Hazou completes the Runic HOWS! Within the rune's Zone, everyone is effectively blinded by intense omnidirectional light. The light is white by default but can be tuned at infusion time just like seal-based HOWS. Outside the Zone, the rune's Zone is perceived as a white sphere, providing bright illumination for around 5 zones in every direction. The rune lasts indefinitely.
Omnidirectional light.
I'm very happy we have this one. Particularly since it can be adjusted towards blue shifting.
Prep Chakra Drain Rune. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks this rune is beyond his capabilities.
Prep Lesser Runic Prison. Difficulty Result: Hazou thinks this rune is beyond his capabilities.
*Sighs*
Goodbye, broken dreams…
