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Black Bird Manipulation

黒鳥操術

Kokuchō Sōjutsu

Black Bird Manipulation

Description

On the surface, this is one of the least impressive innate techniques for a grade 1 sorcerer. Mei MeiMei MeiGrade 1 · HumanA grade 1 sorcerer who will do anything for the right fee and is entirely upfront about that being the arrangement. She controls crows, fights with an axe, and is one of the few ad... controls crows. They fly around, gather information, and occasionally mob targets in groups. Individually, a crow with cursed energy is about as dangerous as it sounds, not very.

But the technique's power scale is deceptive. The crows provide unmatched battlefield awareness across wide areas. Mei MeiMei MeiGrade 1 · HumanA grade 1 sorcerer who will do anything for the right fee and is entirely upfront about that being the arrangement. She controls crows, fights with an axe, and is one of the few ad... sees through their eyes, hears through their ears, and can coordinate their movements with precision that makes them function as a living sensor network. And underneath all that utility, the technique hides its real weapon: Bird StrikeBird StrikeExtension TechniqueMei Mei's entire fighting style revolves around the gap between what her technique seems to be and what it can actually do. Controlling crows sounds unremarkable, they're weak, sma..., which converts a single disposable crow into what might be the most powerful per-unit attack in jujutsu.

Usage in combat

Mei MeiMei MeiGrade 1 · HumanA grade 1 sorcerer who will do anything for the right fee and is entirely upfront about that being the arrangement. She controls crows, fights with an axe, and is one of the few ad... used her crow network extensively during the Shibuya Incident for reconnaissance, tracking curse positions and relaying information before committing to fights. The surveillance capability alone justified her deployment, knowing where enemies are is often more valuable than raw combat power.

The gap between the technique's apparent weakness and its actual lethality is the core of Mei Mei'sMei MeiGrade 1 · HumanA grade 1 sorcerer who will do anything for the right fee and is entirely upfront about that being the arrangement. She controls crows, fights with an axe, and is one of the few ad... fighting philosophy. Opponents who dismiss her as 'the crow lady' tend to learn about Bird StrikeBird StrikeExtension TechniqueMei Mei's entire fighting style revolves around the gap between what her technique seems to be and what it can actually do. Controlling crows sounds unremarkable, they're weak, sma... the hard way.

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