nooffense

Oh boy. Before all this “balancing” nonsense, I was maining Naoya. I was good at Naoya. I had made it up to 125 ELO. Now I’ve started playing Nanami. This is my second day. I feel comfortable. My life is so much better now. I just block incoming attacks and play with a sharp toy given to me by the gods of shenanigans. No more constantly spinning the mouse to look for openings in the opponent. No more circling around with bleedout. My life is much less stressful now.

I’ve finished the “Curse of Midas” cursed technique that I shared here before—though I’m still not entirely sure of its name. I’d say it turned out better than the last one. Let’s start from the beginning again.

When I looked at cursed techniques related to Midas before, the fact that they all involved creating gold or turning things into gold didn’t really interest me. That’s why I created a cursed technique that doesn’t turn the opponent into gold, but instead shows them what it feels like to turn into gold indirectly. Although the technique is called “Curse of Midas ,” its connection to turning someone into gold is purely metaphorical. Using this technique requires the user to have extensive knowledge of biology and a great deal of patience. Even though it doesn’t actually turn them into gold, if we were to imagine seeing the technique in jjk anime, it would most likely to be gold-colored.

TECHNIQUE

Cursed Technique: Curse of Midas

The Midas' Curse technique consists of 5 stages.

Stage 1 : Mark of Purity

When the user makes contact with the opponent’s torso using the P****alm of their hand infused with cursed energy, the Curse of Midas technique targets the muscle points at the point of contact. This technique subjects the opponent to 3 verification stages. The opponent feels no discomfort in their body during this stage. These stages are determined by the Gold Value system, which ranges from a minimum of 1 karat to a maximum of 24 karats.

1st Verification: This verification assesses the opponent’s overall physical strength. The stronger the opponent, the lower their Physical Karat value. In the opposite case, the opponent’s Physical Karat value coefficient increases.

2. Verification: This verification assesses the opponent’s level of affinity with cursed energy. The more accustomed the opponent is to cursed energy, the lower their Spiritual Awareness karat value becomes. In the opposite case, the opponent’s Spiritual Awareness karat coefficient increases.

3. Verification: This verification assesses how much value the opponent places on their own life. The more value the opponent places on their life, the lower their the Life Karat value becomes. In the opposite case, the opponent’s the Life Karat value Coefficient increases

Result: The average of the total values obtained from these three verifications—the Life Karat value, the Spiritual Awareness Karat value, and the Physical Karat value—is calculated, and the extra Karat value derived from the opponent’s touched muscle is added. In the same individual, when advancing to the second stage in the same muscle tissue, this information is can be seen by user. The user can use the technique as much as they want by gathering cursed energy into their hands and touching with their palms, but not every muscle is at the same stage. The lower a person’s Gold Value score, the more the user may need to touch the opponent than usual (1 karat requires 28 touches; 24 karat requires 5 touches. Lower the karat more precious they are because they are organic. —This technique shows the value of life instead of becoming a slave of scrap metal like Midas. )

Stage 2: Value Decline (Devaluation)

This is the second stage that the muscle enters based on the gold value score the opponent received in Stage 1. If the user touches the same person's same muscle part again, the muscles in the touched area feel a sense of heaviness, and it becomes difficult for them to move. The opponent can move their muscles but experiences pain that cannot be healed (including the Reverse Cursed Technique). The nervous system is disrupted

3. Stage: Golden Accumulation

Pain causes the muscles in the touched area to cramp intensely. Movements are delayed. The effect can be reduced with the Reverse Cursed Technique but cannot be fully healed.

Stage 4: Golden Meta

The pain decreases but does not disappear completely. The muscles in the affected area cannot perform their functions.

Stage 5: 24 Karat

The pain stops completely, but the muscles in the affected area become unable to function. The muscles behave as if they were nonexistent.

This technique needs extreme knowledge and precision on biology. Maybe you d need some piano skills lmao

I’v**e seen a few cursed techniques related to Midas before, but I wasn’t too fond of them when I saw they were just about creating or manipulating gold. The name of this technique is Midas’s Curse. Even though it’s Midas-related, there doesn’t seem to be any gold visible. Of course, when it touches someone, it emits a gold-colored cursed energy. This technique shows stages of turning into a golden statue

Cursed Technique: Midas’s Curse

Stage 1: Mark of Acquisition

When the user’s cursed energy comes into contact with the opponent’s body, the technique selects a target. If the user touches someone else while in another stage, the first person touched remains in their current stage, while the newly touched person starts from Stage 1. This is called "Gold Value"

Stage 2: Devaluation

If the user touches the same person again, the muscles in the touched area feel heavy, and it becomes difficult to move them. The person on the receiving end can move their muscles, but it causes pain that cannot be alleviated (the effect can be reduced if the Reverse Curse Technique is used). The nervous system is disrupted

Stage 3: Golden Accumulation

The pain causes the muscles in the touched area to cramp intensely. Movements are delayed. The effect can be reduced using the Reverse Curse Technique but cannot be fully cured

Stage 4: Golden Transformation

The pain subsides but does not disappear completely. The muscles in the affected area cannot perform their functions

Stage 5: 24 Karat

The pain stops completely, but the muscles in the affected area become unable to function. The muscles behave as if they were nonexistent

Stage 6: Maximum Technique: Aqua Regia

I couldn’t come up with a creative name for this technique—I’m not very creative anyway.

In this Maximum Technique, the technique can be applied to someone who has passed Stage 5 without touching them, using specific chants. Unlike the other stages, this stage cannot be reversed. It completely freezes the opponent.

Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention. The progression continues in stages for everyone. (In this example, X will be the person using Midas’s Curse.) If X touches someone three times with their cursed energy, bringing them to Stage 3, and then touches someone else, the second person they touch will move to Stage 1. If X touches more than one person at the same time, they expend their cursed energy to keep the first person they touched at that stage. If they stop expending their cursed energy, the first person they touched will regress through the stages. In short, they slowly recover.