99. Sage modes


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh!? You don’t have any questions? Doubts?” Kumoki was having a hard time dealing with Tomoka. Her instincts were telling her that she was dealing with an ancient and powerful being while Tomoka acted so nonchnt and carefree. The discrepancy made it hard for her to figure out how to act in front of the girl.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Not really, I already know what sage mode is though I should ask what this trial is about just to be polite. So, could you tell me about that?” Tomoka gave Kumoki a small smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“R-right, the trial is actually part of how you will learn to use sage mode. I should rify that each one of us beast ns handle sage mode differently, though I guess you already knew about this.” As a matter of fact Tomoka didn’t know about this tidbit of information.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I actually don’t. I am curious, could you give me some examples?” Tomoka thought that sage mode is always the same. Gather natural energy, mix in the appropriate ratio and bam sage mode. Now she just learned that this might not be the case.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Do you know about the toad, slug, and snake ns?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I do.” Tomoka said with a slight nod.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright then this makes things easier to exin. The toad n uses the simplest, safest and least efficient way of entering sage mode. They meditate to feel the natural energy around them, absorb it and mix it. The problem with this method is-” Suddenly Kumoki got interrupted by the girl in front of her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It’s duration. One can not meditate while moving therefore the natural energy you gathered beforehand is all you will get. This can be counterbnced by having a second entity connected to the first. In this way one gathers and mixes natural energy while the other fights. I already know this one, it’s the one I knew of beforehand.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You are correct. I will then talk about the next one being the slug n. Their method is simr to the toads yet different. In a simr manner they meditate and gather natural energy but instead of mixing it right away they store it in an external container. This method increases the duration but is slightly more dangerous as it bes possible to mess up the mixing process.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hearing about this, Tomoka realized a little something. Tsunade''s strength of a thousand seals is probably based on this method. Chances are Tsunade couldn’t feel the natural energy or simply didn’t bother. Instead she applied the storage method to store her own excess chakra.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“The snake n uses a high risk high reward method. They directly modify the body so it will passively absorb and mix the natural energy. The problem lies with this modification, very few survive the process. However, those that do could be said to be in a permanent sage mode.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">This also exined Orochimaru’s iplete sage mode. He must have made his own pseudo sage mode using Yugo’s cells. The problem being that his method resulted in low power permanent sage mode.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Finally our method. It’s actually abination of the snake’s method and the slug’s method. This is our trial. I will put the person in a cocoon made with a special silk mixed with natural energy. Inside the person will go through a metamorphosis.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Like the snake''s method the person''s body will be modified and be closer to our own kind. They will also have a set of inscriptions made on their body, these inscriptions work like an external storage unit of the excess natural energy absorbed by the body.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I will go ahead and say that our method is the one with the best and most powerful results when it seeds. However, the mortality rate is far higher than that of the other three methodsbined.” At this point Kumoki felt a bit nervous. Thest time someone had managed to pull through their trial had been over three hundred years ago.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see… Well nothing ventured, nothing gained. Give me a second and I will get ready for the trial” Saying this Tomoka began to take off her clothes. Her instincts were telling her that they would not only get in the way but they would also get destroyed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing this Kumoki became speechless, she didn’t know what to say or even think. Is this girl so confident? Or is she just an idiot? At this point it didn’t really matter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright, are you ready?” This would be Tomoka’sst chance to back out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Right, I need to do onest thing just in case” After saying this Tomoka closed her eyes for a few seconds. After she opened them she smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright, I’m ready.”