Rika Orimoto (67.9%)
Ryomen Sukuna (52.6%)
Land God (59.7%)
Hanami (20%)
Guilt (13%)
Jogo (30%)
Kenjaku (30%)
Based on their Rank, Rika Orimoto, Ryomen Sukuna, and the Land God, who are all above fifty percent, are already on par with a Jonin in the Ninja World.
But there is no doubt that Rika Orimoto and Ryomen Sukuna are stronger than a Jonin.
Because they are Cursed Spirits born from extreme emotions, their strength is far greater than Cursed Spirits born from ordinary emotions.
Ding!
Mimicable Curse Power: Masamichi Yaga – Puppet Manipulation (Activated)
Shiratori Rin: "...How many days has it been? The System's prompt just sounded? Your delay is a bit severe, isn't it? You didn't forget to remind me until now, did you?"
Shiratori Rin always assumed the worst of the System.
Of course, his assumptions were always quite accurate.
Dear, there's no such situation, oh. According to the judgment, you are currently in a relaxed state, so the System only now sounded the prompt, oh~
Shiratori Rin looked at himself at the moment, lying on the bed, sprawled out.
"Making excuses."
How could Shiratori Rin be easily deceived by this dead System?
Wuwu, dear, if you're going to misunderstand me, then there's nothing I can do~
...
Shiratori Rin immediately focused his attention on the newly Awakened mimicable Curse Power.
Masamichi Yaga's Puppet Manipulation?
He had just mimicked Akasuna's Puppet Manipulation and now Masamichi Yaga's Puppet Manipulation had Awakened.
This was too much of a coincidence!
Ninja World's Puppet Manipulation and Masamichi Yaga's Puppet Manipulation each had their own strengths and weaknesses.
The advantage of Puppet Manipulation was that the Puppets it controlled were powerful and fully functional, but the disadvantage was that they lacked self-awareness and required Chakra threads for connection.
The advantage of Puppet Manipulation was that the Puppets had independent action capabilities; the more Curse Power and stronger emotions injected, the stronger the Puppet. The disadvantage was that the Puppet's strength depended on the upper limit of the injected Curse Power.
If these two Curse Power were combined...
Perfect!
Shiratori Rin, with inspiration born in his mind, leaped up from the bed.
Three seconds later, he lay back down.
Dear, aren't you going to get up and burn the midnight oil?
"No midnight oil at all. I have to wake up at 4:30 AM tomorrow."
Shiratori Rin seemed to have his essence instantly drained. He immediately closed his eyes, cherishing every second of closed-eye time: "Don't talk to me, I'm going to sleep."
Dear, should I sing you a lullaby?
"Shut up," Shiratori Rin said with his eyes closed, "You're singing a death song. Save it for when you wake me up tomorrow morning!"
...Okay~
The next day.
After finishing his daily training, Shiratori Rin came to the only place with trees in Amegakure.
He clasped his hands together and bowed three times towards the tree: "Forgive me!"
Crack—
The tree let out a miserable scream, cut in half by Shiratori Rin.
Shiratori Rin carried the tree all the way to Iron Hail's blacksmith shop.
Along the way, he attracted the attention of many Ninja, who enthusiastically offered to help Shiratori Rin.
In order not to dampen their enthusiasm, Shiratori Rin let them feel the weight of the tree trunk. After feeling the weight, they all gave forced smiles and bid Shiratori Rin farewell.
Shiratori Rin knocked on the door.
With a creak, Iron Hail opened the door. He saw a large tree... and Shiratori Rin, who was not even as tall as the branches.
He searched for a while before he found Shiratori Rin.
It wasn't because Shiratori Rin was too short, but because the tree was too big.
"Rin?"
Looking at the contrast between Shiratori Rin's small frame and the large tree, Iron Hail was afraid Shiratori Rin would be crushed. He quickly hugged the tree trunk, wanting to take it off Shiratori Rin's shoulders.
His desire to help was so fervent, and his speed so fast, that Shiratori Rin didn't even have time to warn him.
Just as Shiratori Rin had predicted.
Iron Hail overestimated himself and underestimated Shiratori Rin.
Iron Hail's body stumbled from the weight of the tree trunk, almost falling to the ground in a dog-eating-shit posture.
The tree trunk, which had fallen back from his hands, was caught by Shiratori Rin.
Shiratori Rin's hands sank: "..."
How about we stop being unhelpful?
Luckily, he reacted quickly, otherwise, he would have suffered internal injuries.
Iron Hail steadied himself and completely avoided mentioning helping. He opened the door as wide as possible and led Shiratori Rin to place the tree trunk in his usual Materials warehouse.
Looking at the tree trunk that occupied half of the warehouse, Iron Hail curiously asked, "Rin, why did you bring such a big tree back?"
Shiratori Rin knocked on the tree trunk, and it immediately emitted a dull thud.
It was evident that the tree trunk was of excellent quality.
If he found good raw Materials, half of his Puppet making was already a success!
"I'm going to make a Puppet out of it!"
Shiratori Rin would need to borrow Iron Hail's blacksmith shop in the future, so this matter certainly couldn't be hidden from Iron Hail. It was better to just tell him directly.
Iron Hail's pupils widened slightly, staring at Shiratori Rin in shock, unable to utter a single word.
Puppet?
When did Rin learn to make Puppets?
Although Iron Hail's tongue seemed to have been stolen, his face and eyes completely exposed what he wanted to say.
"The last time I left the Village for the border, I fought against a Puppeteer from Sunagakure. I also want to become a Puppeteer!"
Shiratori Rin told Iron Hail.
"But... but there's no one in the Village who can teach you..."
The matter of Shiratori Rin secretly leaving the Village for the border had already spread among the Ninja of Amegakure, and Iron Hail had also heard about it.
But he didn't expect it to be so dangerous.
Rin even fought a Puppeteer!
However, Rin wanting to learn Puppet Jutsu made Iron Hail a bit troubled.
In the entire Ninja World, only the Ninja of Sunagakure knew Puppet Jutsu.
Even if Shiratori Rin wanted to learn, he couldn't find a way.
"No need for teaching, I already learned it when I fought him last time!"
Shiratori Rin told Iron Hail.
While Shiratori Rin was conceptualizing in his mind, he didn't hear Iron Hail's voice for a long time. He turned his head and saw that Iron Hail's mouth was wide enough to fit a duck egg.
"So... so amazing!"
It took Iron Hail a long time to find his voice again.
"Brother Iron Hail, I want to ask for your help."
As soon as Shiratori Rin finished speaking.
Iron Hail blurted out without hesitation: "Okay!"
Shiratori Rin smiled at Iron Hail: "I want to make Puppets here at your blacksmith shop in the future, is that okay?"
Iron Hail nodded as firmly and powerfully as if he were blacksmithing: "Of course, you can!"
Having received Iron Hail's affirmative reply, Shiratori Rin, after finishing his training every day, would unhesitatingly run to Iron Hail's blacksmith shop and, using the various tools there, begin to make Puppets.
The Puppets he wanted to make were neither inanimate objects like Akasuna's that required Chakra threads for control, nor furry dolls like Masamichi Yaga's.
He wanted to combine the strengths of both to create a high-combat-power Puppet that didn't require control.