Chapter 53: The Path of Enhancement
After giving Kurapika and Neon their training regimen and setting a check-in time, Ronin moved away to begin his own training.
With A-Rank Jutsu unlocked, he had found the perfect technique to assist his cultivation.
Earth Style: Weighted Boulder Jutsu (Kajūgan no Jutsu).
This jutsu could increase the weight of a target, crushing opponents or immobilizing them.
The documentation was clear: it could increase the target's base weight by 20 to 50 times. The maximum range covered a diameter of ten meters, and the duration was directly proportional to the amount of Chakra invested.
More Chakra meant longer-lasting gravity.
Ronin's plan was to have his Shadow Clone cast the Weighted Boulder Jutsu on his main body, creating an extreme gravity environment for training.
Under this intense pressure, he would perform the same basic exercises as Kurapika and Neon.
The key was perfect control. The jutsu had to be strong enough to stress his body but not crush his bones or internal organs.
This process also served as training for precise energy manipulation—killing two birds with one stone.
First, he practiced regulating the output.
He formed the seals, and the ground in front of him sank, compressed by invisible weight.
By maintaining the seal and adjusting his Chakra flow, he learned to modulate the intensity.
Once he mastered the feeling, he had his Shadow Clone cast the jutsu. Once the output stabilized, he stepped into the field.
The Earth-natured Chakra enveloped Ronin, feeling like a suit of armor made of lead.
He didn't activate the Sharingan. He maintained a state of Ken.
With his current strength, Ronin could maintain Ken for over 40 minutes.
This was due to both improved aura control and increased capacity.
However, with half his aura invested in the Shadow Clone, his endurance dropped to 20 minutes.
Under the extreme gravity of the Weighted Boulder Jutsu, maintaining Ken felt agonizingly heavy. He struggled to lift his arm, gripping the shovel. He extended Shu onto the tool and struck the rock.
The stone sliced like tofu.
Ten minutes later, Ronin was drenched in sweat.
But he persisted. The Shadow Clone followed him silently, maintaining the jutsu.
Twenty minutes. That was his limit. He pushed until the last drop of his main body's aura was exhausted, then collapsed in the tunnel he had dug, gasping for air.
Soaked in sweat, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
Ronin finally had a clear idea for his Hatsu.
Enhancement is the category most suited for direct combat. Yet, until now, Ronin had been treating it as a support skill for his Ninjutsu.
That felt backward.
While his "Ninja System" and Sharingan were powerful, abandoning the innate advantage of an Enhancer felt wasteful.
After all, this was the Hunter x Hunter world, not Naruto.
Enhancement had massive potential. If mastered to the extreme, its destructive power could rival or exceed Ninjutsu.
Whether using Nen or Ninjutsu, the energy source was Ronin. His total energy pool was constant.
What changed was the output method.
Currently, Ronin's Ninjutsu relied on the five basic Chakra natures: Wind, Lightning, Water, Fire, Earth.
In the Nen system, these elemental effects fell under Transmutation.
His Sharingan State was a Specialist ability. According to the Nen chart, Specialists had poor compatibility with Transmutation (often 40-60%, though Ronin's cheat ability likely boosted this or bypassed standard rules).
However, pure Enhancement was his natural affinity (100%).
This meant that for the same energy cost, a pure Enhancement punch should be at least 20% stronger than an elemental Ninjutsu attack.
(Note: This logic aligns with Morena Prudo's explanation in the manga about Specialists mastering other categories).
While his Sharingan/Ninja ability was essentially a complex, multi-system Hatsu, Ronin realized he needed to level up his base capabilities.
If he compared a standard Enhancer punch to a Chakra-fueled Cherry Blossom Impact using the same amount of energy, the Enhancer punch would be stronger due to affinity efficiency.
The exception was the Intermediate State, where the two systems fused for exponential power.
But putting that aside, the conclusion was clear: Enhancement shouldn't just be a support skill. It could be his trump card.
Gon's Jajanken could one-shot a Royal Guard (Pitou) when charged with enough resolve.
Uvogin aimed to make his Big Bang Impact as strong as a nuclear missile.
Netero enhanced his speed to a level where he surpassed time itself.
Ronin's goal aligned with Uvogin and Gon: Maximizing Attack Power.
While Manipulators, Conjurers, and Specialists played mind games and set traps, Ronin wanted the ability to grab them and end the fight with a single, decisive blow.
That was the true essence of an Enhancer.
Furthermore, this physical conditioning also increased his POP (Total Aura) and physical durability.
Enhancement training was simple, boring, and brutally effective.
As for his Chakra capacity issue? Ronin decided to solve that with the S-Rank Jutsu: Strength of a Hundred Seal (Yin Seal).
Once he unlocked that, he could store excess energy over time, solving his stamina problems permanently.
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