Midday, Tokyo..
A figure was seated barefooted, and shirtless in a small garden outside his new apartment. He had purchased this place with Mei's help, because he couldn't allow himself to stay in Toji's crack home, no offence to him.
He sat there quietly, meditating, his palms resting on his lap as his face reflected a deep calm. In order to eliminate Kenjaku's vile poison from within his body, he had studied and studied, but in the end he only came up with one viable conclusion.
And from that he drew his plans. There was only one way to do this. Destruction and Rebirth. He was going to burn his cursed energy pathways with Amaterasu and rebuild them using the Hundred Healings Jutsu. It was as simple as it was dangerous. One wrong step and he would die.
The Amaterasu flames had no effect on himself, but he knew a way around this - Binding vows. With a binding vow, he would change the necessary rules around the Amaterasu's application and turn their loyalty away from himself for less than 30 seconds.
Sasuke couldn't help but sigh, as he shook his head. This was a dangerous plan- no it was madness, Pure sadism. Any wrong move, and he'd turn into a toast. Using the flames any second more will turn him into ashes, but he had no choice. This was the only way.
Funny enough, with this method at his disposal, he was going to create an army for himself. He wasn't going to kidnap Jujutsu sorcerers and make them submit to him. No, he was going to find ordinary willing humans, burn and then rebuild new cursed energy pathways for them, then he'd teach them Ninjutsu.
Now, this was only going to be possible if he could somehow muster the Second stage of the Hundred Healings Jutsu. He had already grasped the first stage, by molding his cursed energy with sage energy, but the second level required the mixing of two energy types as well.
To muster it effectively, he needed to learn reverse cursed energy and then intertwine RCT with Sage energy to achieve that level of mastery of the medical Ninjutsu. Now this would've been impossible for an ordinary person, but for him who had a dual MS, mixing energy types together would look like child's play.
For the first time, he had finally grasped the essence of Reverse Cursed Energy and he had none other than Kenjaku to thank. With him demonstrating the ability during their fight, Sasuke had made sure to capture the moment with his Sharingan and had been reflecting on it for a while now.
RCT was rather complex, and it wasn't a wonder that nearly 90 percent of Jujutsu sorcerers could not master it in their life time. The finesse and control over cursed energy needed to unleash it required abnormal understanding of it. Essentially, one needed to literally become one with cursed energy to get to that level of finesse and control.
That was why it was literally impossible for most sorcerers to do it. They simply viewed cursed energy as a tool, an external feature needed to grow in strength, but for those enlightened few, they knew cursed energy was simply a part of themselves. An extension of their core.
The more Sasuke thought about it, he found it unreasonable that Gojo of all people had to experience a near death situation just to manifest RCT. The guy literally viewed the world through cursed energy. It sounded crazy but that was the reality of it. For him, cursed energy and it's applications should come as simple as a flick of a finger.
But, Sasuke shrugged nonchalantly. That wasn't his problem. He simply braced himself for the incoming discomfort he was about to experience. The three tomoe Sharingan manifested easily, and he summoned a wisp of purplish black cursed energy to his finger tips.
He could feel his innards literally flaming up as a trickle of blood seared down his nose. He groaned in pain, yet he shook his head and focused. Seconds passed, and his body began to sweat profusely and heat up. The heat was becoming unbearable by the minute, but the moment he felt like giving up, his eyes snapped open in shock and he saw the wisp of chaotic purplish black cursed energy slowly turn colourless and calm.
His face lit up in excitement, and he bit his palm, injuring himself for a little experiment. He gently navigated the wisp of the colourless energy to the wound, and he watched the bleeding stop instantly as the flesh around the skin reattached.
"I fucking did it. Didn't I?" He wiped the blood off his nose and laid bareback on the ground with a large smile on his face. He had done it, he had mastered reverse cursed technique. He had completed the most important step, now all he needed was to..
Sasuke sat up abruptly. A migraine caused him to wince in pain, but he ended up summoning a wisp of sage energy and a wisp of Reverse Cursed energy. His body heated up, his blood boiled, his nerves flared up in pain but he couldn't care less.
He fused the two energies together in one go. With the shenanigan's properties, he watched the two intertwine and mix slowly and fuse together. His body was on the verge of collapse, but he held on for as long as he could, until he couldn't.
He slumped to the ground, covered in blood and breathing heavily, nearly losing consciousness. His nose flared and he wiped the blood at the corner of his lips, failing to notice the tattoos that had begun to spread across his arms, neck, shoulders and all the way to his face.
The tattoos disappeared slowly just like they had spread all over his body. And slowly it disappeared into a small black diamond shaped seal on his forehead.
"I did it. I formed the Byakuya Seal! I did it?" Sasuke laughed and coughed out blood in the process, yet his excitement was apparent. He was one step closer to regaining his strength. The Byakuya Seal would store a massive amount of energy which would be released for various healing and combat purposes.
With it, he would be able to achieve ultra high speed regeneration to the point of abnormality. With it, he was essentially immortal. Not just that, the Byakuya Seal would provide a boost in pure physical strength, speed, durability and efficiency in cursed energy usage. It was more than he could ask for.
He felt his internal wounds heal in an instant as the pain disappeared. At least with this, he would be able to fight for very short periods of time and heal himself with RCT, at the cost of gradually destroying his cursed energy pathways. And when the Byakuya Seal was ready to use, he would heal himself once and for all.
*DING!*
Uchiha Sasuke Template System: 55% assimilation.
Congratulations to host for forming the Byakuya Seal.
Rewards: 10,000 syst. points. Lady Katsuyu slug summon. *
Sasuke was flabbergasted and impressed and couldn't help but smile.
He sat there, meditating and cultivating, until he finally felt a creeping feeling in his stomach. "Is something bad about to happen? Why do I feel this way?" He asked himself and looked around for a minute and then closed his eyes only for a figure to come rushing into his apartment.
Mei didn't even bother to knock and just entered hurriedly. She rushed to the small garden when she couldn't find him in any of the rooms only to find him meditating peacefully.
"I just received news from my associates in Q." Sasuke opened his eyes and turned to her with a frown. And she continued unhurriedly. " The Star Religious Group have sent out a mission to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel. Toji seems to have taken up the mission for a huge sum..
The only problem is, the Star Plasma Vessel is guarded by both Gojo and Suguru." Upon hearing the news, Sasuke sighed and laid back down, while Mei raised a brow.
He didn't know what to do. This matter had been on his mind for a while. Considering how far this world was willing to go to eliminate him, he doubted it'd take it lightly should he interfere with the events and workings of fate and destiny.
On one hand, Tojo was family and he owed him his life. On the other hand, he'd surely face the consequences should he interfere to save Toji. He was stuck in a dilemma. He was helpless.
He let out a sigh. "In my current state it'll be a little tough to face both of those guys at once. Hell, Gojo himself would kill me easily in this state. What a fucking headache!"
Mei rolled her eyes. "My sources say their flight to Tokyo would land in about 20 minutes. Meaning they'll get to Jujutsu High in roughly 35 minutes."
Sasuke frowned. "If that's true then we wouldn't get there on time even if we leave now.." He voice revealed doubt, as he walked into the hall and picked up his long necked blue shirt, put on armbands, his shinobi sandals, tied a purple robe around his waist and covered himself with the Akatsuki robe.
He summoned the kusanagi into his hands, unsheathed it and stared at his reflection in the blade for a while. "Hello old friend.."
"Toji would've have to hold on till we get there. Otherwise, we'll just be fighting a lost battle.."
Mei spoke as both of them walked outside, ready for whatever came their way.