u/HeroBrine0907

As it says in the title. Being rich doesn't inherently grant power. Why would it? It's just money. BUT, it grants power because people want money. Throw money at a politician, watch policy change. Throw money at a judge, watch lawsuits disappear. Throw money at a government employee, watch long checks and processes turn into a simple procedure to get what you want. At the end, being rich means nothing unless people are willing to accept your money and work for you. You can't do shit unless someone decides that choosing you is an acceptable decision to make. And I hate that these people are ignored.

If a person is willing to put aside their morals for a quick buck, they are the reason the rich have any power. They are like parasites, because they take advantage of normal, reasonable people for their profit, knowing how much damage it causes to society. If we targeted them, the issue disappears with ease.

Lapse: This technique alters the flow of cursed energy in the user's body, forcing it to travel purely through the user's nervous system, including the spine and brain. Additionally, the user's consciousness is attached to it and is independent of the rest of the body. Through the technique, the user gains thorough control over their nervous system.

Singular Seed: The user's nerves are arranged efficiently throughout the body. This grants them not only voluntary control over each muscle, but also improves signal speed, allowing reflex actions and reactions at a speed of 100ms from stomuli at the farthest/least important parts of the body, to 25ms to stimuli from parts such as hands, eyes and ears.

Branches of Mind: The user can spend cursed energy to grow their nervous system. It manifests as small dark branching strands that extends throughout whatsoever object the user chooses. The nerves extend indefinitely as long as the user supplies enough CE to it. After sufficiently extending through an object, the user is able to control that object, as long as they remain pressed against the object and dont move.

For biological objects not reinforced with CE, the nerves replace the objects' natural nervous system, allowing them to take control of the object. This includes torn limbs but may extend to the complete body.

Sturdy Form: As the users consciousness and CE are held within the nerves alone, any damage to to the body does not affect their CE. If any limbs are destroyed, the user can grow their nerves through a prosthetic and it will act as part of their body. Additionally, the user does not die as long as part of their nervous system exists.

Binding Vow - Forest Manifest: This binding vow restricts the user fron growing the system of nerves infinitely. Instead, the user loses part of the nerves from their body, paralysing that part, and manifests those nerves. Nerves lost from 1kg of their body may extend through no more than 50kg of an object. A user weighing 60kg may take control of at most 3 tons of matter, but no more regardless of any form of amplification or excess CE.

In return, the user gains the ability to control objects which have a system of their nerves completely remotely, without restriction on distance. It also grants the user further control over the growth of their nerves, the soeed and spread of the system. All objects containing a nervous system carry a trace of the user's consciousness.

Progenitor Seed: After the BV, the user can 'spend' some of their nerves taking control of various animals and humans, replacing their nervous systems. Since this may be done remotely, the user can send these creatures wherever they want and maintain constant communication regardless of distance. Nerves from a mass of their own body shall disappear for this period, as accorded by the 1:50 ratio, and that part will be completely paralysed. That part also may not be reinforced by the user themselves.

Maximum Technique - Roots Beyond Drought: Within the maximum technique, the user can, if necessary, transfer their whole nervous system to another living creature. This process quickly destroys the original nervous system, replacing it completely. With time, the body starts to resemble the original.

If the BV has been activated, the user can utilize their greater control to slow down this replacement. As such, if taking control of another sorcerer, the user can avoid destroying the original brain and instead utilize the sorcerer's technique. However, this high precision and cannot be done without the binding vow. Additionally, if the process of gaining control is interrupted, the user dies instantly.

Domain Expansion - Infinite Branches of the Soul Sakura: The domain expansion forms an area within which all non reinforced items contain part of the user's nervous system. As such, within the barriers of the domain, all inanimate objects and living creatures, even the very ground, can be controlled if they're not reinforced.

Reversal: The reversal of the technique forces the users cursed energy and consciousness to travel through part of the user's body, any part they choose. Thus damage sustained to the nervous system or brain may be survivable.

Cursed Technique: Blasphemy - This technique activates whenever the user performs an act that may broadly be seen as disrespectful, or insulting towards religion, god and morality. The actual act doesn't have to be immoral or blasphemous in and of itself, but it must be perceived as wrong for the technique to activate. If the act tiself is truly blasphemous or immoral, it makes the technique more effective.

Blasphemy: Unlucky Draw - This form of the technique utilizes symbols and numbers commonly seen as unlucky across the world. Cultural taboos like the number 13, or the number 4 (specific to Japan) count. Breaking a mirror, crossing a black cat, trimming nails at night, insulting the dead, little taboos all count. A person may utlilize them by committing the taboo act, or in case of numbers, repeat patterns of said unlucky numbers in their actions. Succesful activation of the technique results in an extremely minor temporary boost to cursed energy output and reserves. Weak but can easily stack for greater advantage.

Blasphemy: Bloody Marks - The user can utilize this by acquiring (and displaying) symbols that mark atrocities or other. Examples include symbols like the Hakenkreuz, names of people responsible for terrible crimes, broken or desecrated religious symbols etc. Carving such symbols into areas also works. The efficacy of this method depends on how well people know the symbol. Repetition of a symbol reduces its effectiveness. Provides a minor boost to cursed energy output per symbol.

Blasphemy: Heretic's Prayer - The primary offensive usage of the technique. The user performs it by actively desecrating objects and places of importance. Religious symbols, small shrines, large temples, graves and monuments(preferably of well loved people), objects with great emotion attached towards them, like the parting gifts of lovers or the inheritance of a dead parent, or even straight up comitting murder (if necessary).

Desecration can involve anything from intentionally dripping blood upon these areas, destroying them, or otherwise polluting them. These are much harder to come by unless the environment is right, but upon activation through a sufficiently terrible act, such as desecrating and destroying a large temple, or a number of smaller bad acts, it curses the user's opponent.

The curse upon the user's opponent manifests as a small snake shaped shikigami known as Gokuaku (literally: extremely evil, heinous). It wraps around the opponent's neck and cannot be removed for 15 minutes. During these 15 minutes, the opponent cannot use reverse cursed energy and has a high likelihood of generating cursed spirits or antagonizing nearby spirits to attack them. It also produces minor but noticeable feelings of irritation or dislike towards the opponent within humans. Additionally, while Gokuaku is wrapped around them, their cursed technique requires more CE/loses efficiency. The technique user on the other hand, gains significant increase in CE production.

Cursed Technique Reversal: Repentance - The reversal of this CT allows the user to gain Divine Favour upon shedding evil symbols and performing acts of worship towards any divine being or by performing morally good acts. It wipes out the lingering effects of cursed techniques upon the user, such as techniques that depend upon marks. It also makes cursed spirits and shikigami less likely to notice the user, extending from near complete invisibility towards the weakest curses to a minor but notable tendency to 'skip over' the user in stronger ones. It produces feelings of altruism and positivity in humans around them as well. Additionally, it slightly improves the efficiency of producing reverse cursed energy, making it easier to heal.

Domain Expansion: Haven of the Reviled - This domain drains slightly higher amounts of CE from the user than others. It allows the user to automatically place Gokuaku upon anyone in the domain, and can summon an indefinite number of Gokuaku shikigami within the domain. The effects of Gokuaku on the targeted person are enhanced significantly within the domain. Gokuaku can stay around a person indefinitely while the domain is active, then it cannot be summoned for 10 minutes afterwards. Reverse cursed energy cannot be produced within the domain by anyone except the user.

Binding Vow: Weight of Sin - The user of this technique can make a binding vow by wrapping Gokuaku around themselves. All the negative effects of Gokuaku, except the feelings of irritation within other humans, apply on the user. Additionally, an opponent cannot be cursed during this period. In return, the user's CE reserves, output and production are all massively increased to many times their base amount. The vow loses effect as soon as Gokuaku is removed.