TRIAL ONE — THE DEAD SEAL
In Sumigakure, every jutsu is tattooed onto the skin. Cast it once, and the mark burns away forever.
To earn a black headband, students must pass five trials. Trial One: spend one tattoo. Hit one target.
KagerōTarget struck. Kanzaki passes Trial One.
RyōYour turn, Shin. Think that useless tattoo your father gave you will finally work?
YuzuYour dad said that tattoo held a jutsu. Maybe today it finally works.
ShinIt's never worked. I have no jutsu to cast.
KagerōShin Kurobane. One jutsu. One target.
ShinSo this is where I wash out.
BLOOM
The ink in Shin's useless tattoo moves. It forms a new tattoo on his arm: Spiral Wind.
KagerōThat tattoo was dead a second ago.