Sumato is a shinobi of Kirigakure who is a officer of the Kirigakure Torture's and Interrogation Force, who also manages to be the jounin leader of Team 2. A shinobi born with no kekkei genkai or hiden abilities, Sumato was always overlooked as a shinobi by his peers but has shown that his rare intellect consistently allows him to prevail in combat. To his students, Sumato teaches his students that teamwork and strategizing are the most important principles of battle.
Background[]
Sumato was is the fifth child born to both retired shinobi from the Land of Water Imperial army. Thankful like the few he knows, Sumato grew up with both his parents in his life and has a healthy relationship with the both of them as they helped shape him to be the person he is today. Growing up in a military family, Sumato had to move a lot having to complete his academy studies remotely or having to be a foreign-exchange student in several villages. With his exploration, he gained mass knowledge and learned about the secrets to several clans and their hidden techniques. The scholarly child often stuffed his face in books learning the history of different lands, even familiarizing himself with Warring States Era.
Personality[]
Usually seen either sighing or smoking, Sumato has a trouble with refusing to help those in need and struggles with saying "No.". When asked to become the overseer of Team 2 by the 12th Mizukage Isamu Chinoike, he stuttered many times until he simply agreed to the task. Sumato typically has a relaxed and almost bored attitude, not prone to getting too worked up about anything or by anyone. Despite his now increasingly growing reputation and prowess as a ninja, Sumato has shown no signs of arrogance, and is rather modest about his abilities. In truth, Sumato is rather a solitary and matter-of-fact person. Sumato is still just as apathetic as he was during his youth, often speaking bluntly about sensitive topics and occasionally ignores his fellow classmates, whenever he passed by them. He is alone for most of his spare time, spending hours visiting his former teammates memorial stones. He tells them about his life, recent events in Kirigakure, and others they knew, but mostly he shares his regrets that they cannot be with him or that their deaths were his fault. After their gruesome deaths, the only copping method he could come up with was subconsciously creating a different sadistic personality who compounded a belief that pain is form of communication, which he employed whenever he carries out his duties of torture and interrogation. His mental fortitude is formidable. His non-empathetic side of torturing others for hours to days shows how persistent is from obtaining intel from enemies that
Appearance[]
Sumato abandons Kirigakure's normal infantry's attire, instead wearing a dark purple coat and black jumpsuit complete with black boots and a forehead protector that he wore as a bandanna. Growing a goatee
Tools[]
Sumato is not much seen using tools in battle but is very skilled in shurikenjutsu. When using shuriken, kunai, or senbons he has deadly accuracy and can even predict his opponents moves. Sumato could perfectly hit an intricate set of eight targets, one of which was hidden in a blind spot, by accurately deflecting his projectile off another one to redirect both projectiles' path in mid-air. He was equally comfortable with kunai or tanto, able to use them to spar with opponents wielding swords.
Chakra and Attributes[]
Chakra[]
Nothing is special about Sumato's chakra as holds no speciality or deadly attributes like those in his village. Though when employed it is often overlooked due to its basic nature, but is indeed dangerous and life threatening.
Chakra Reserves and Chakra Control[]
Sumato most defining skill was his proficiency in chakra control. Such exact use of his chakra allows him to perform a jutsu with maximum efficiency without wasting much chakra. Due to this, Sumato's father took note that he was well-suited for genjutsu. Having such extensive knowledge and chakra control, one of Sumato's strengths is his incredible abilities to cast genjutsu on his opponents.Due to his skill and intelligence, genjutsu had little to no effect on him and he is able to break out of even some of the strongest ones with ease
Life Force[]
With his sheer of experience and rigorous training, Sumato has maximized the level of life force obtained by training. With no ability to rapidly heal or equipped with an immortal body, Sumato is very vulnerable to pain and can be killed if facing a sustainable amount of pain. Though he can be killed, he is no average human. Able to withstand several wounds or losing a limb or two, Sumato he is able continue fighting even after sustaining such injuries.
Willpower[]
The Will of Water flows strongly within his veins, vowing to never abandon his commerades or his village. His willpower allows for a man like Sumato to interrogate targets for days until he can receive the necessary information he was looking for. Vice versa Sumato's willpower is so great that he would suffer months of severe torture and not speak a single world to his oppressor. Creating mental blockage and internally sealing his memories, he is able to restrict opponents from gathering any information, to the degree they wouldn't be able to access a single memory making him a complete enigma to those foreign to him. Because of this high level of willpower he is able to escape out of some of the most powerful genjutsu's with his mind in tact.
Intent[]
One of Sumato's greatest strengths is speech. His words are menacing and cut deep as a sword as they can have several effects that stretch from persuasive to lethal. Without moving, Sumato can project his intent on others either by empowering them or ensnare them into a state of fear that can cause mental trauma or even force a heart attack.
Abilities[]
As a genin, due to his focus on his studies, Sumato lacked any particular combat skill, other than the basic skills he learned in the Academy. This greatly limited his role in missions, to the point where he frequently noted how much he relied on his teammates unique abilities. Sumato was thought to be anything but a remarkable ninja, but his potential was demonstrated when he led a group of chunnin and genin from a suicide mission, strategically placing elaborate traps using basic tools and ensnaring opponents in powerful illusions that mirrored reality. Being physically the weakest member on his team, he successfully strategized multiple elaborate plans that helped his teammates gain an edge mid battle as Sumato figured out opponent's weakness as well as torturing/hypnotizing men into release crucial intel. As he grew as a shinobi, he learned about his strengths and weaknesses. What he figured out was that there was no amount of training he could do to achieve monstrous strength. Instead he focused on mastering the basic fundamentals, which has given a mastery of several skills that are categorized as basic, but are very useful throughout battle. Sumato's greatest strength is the manipulation of targets using either Jibakujutsu, Genjutsu, Juinjutsu, or Fuinjutsu.
Sensory[]
Sumato is also a sensor type, able to sense chakra across distances through the ground; his skills are likened to Karin's.
Intelligence[]
While he was at the Academy, Sumato received consistently high test scores.It is because of his diligence in his studies that Sumato initially struggled in combat situations, for this reason, he has lead several battalions and organizations with his mass intellect. Sumato's intelligence is nevertheless consistently useful, making him observational enough to guess an opponent's tactics from a brief scan of the battlefield and pick up on otherwise minor inconsistencies in conversation. It is deemed that his analytical skills are to be superior to the Uchiha's Clan Sharingan. Sumato has an excellent memory, able to quickly piece together multiple pieces of information he's previously come across in order to form a hypothesis and a plan. In actual combat, Sumato frequently relies on misleading his opponents, either by letting them think they've outsmarted him so that they lower their guard, or letting them think they've defeated him so that they will approach him, and he can defeat them with a single punch.
Sumato is a master of interrogation both physically and psychologically, and plays an important part in the extracting of information, as he interrogates suspects and prisoners of war. He has the ability to subject people to great suffering without ever using physical torture.He has complete knowledge of human psychology; by attacking a person's mind, he can gain control over their spirit. He is also a sharp individual, able to easily tell if someone is lying.
Hand Signs[]
Like most skilled ninjas, Sumato is a master in Hand Seal Knowledge is able to perform jutsu with little to no hand seals. Having practiced during numerous missions and training, Sumato has become a wizard when it comes to molding chakra. His decades of vigorously studying hand seals and the mastered control of his chakra allow him to form and shape his chakra without the assistance of hand signs. In addition to this, Sumato rarely uses hand seals as he is seen conjuring seals within the air and casting his techniques in similar fashion to a magician.
Speed[]
Sumato is no where near impressive with his speed. Usually coating his feet with chakra to augment his speed to beyond normal levels he can obtain a speed that is comparable to the Body Flicker Technique. By using water as a medium he can also increase his speed at blinding levels, which allows him to prevent hand seals for even being formed.
Strength[]
Even though he's trained for more than a decade on increasing his strength, Sumato has undoubtedly reached his limits. Only able to lift and swing the Kubikiribōchō about seven times consecutively before losing energy. Having strength that is considered peak condition, he can only knock someone unconscious or break a tooth when his punches.
Durability[]
Having a conditioned body type Sumato's intense training has allowed for him to have a durability level that is above a normal human beings limit.
Stamina[]
Being a interrogation and torture specialist Sumato is able fight for several days without losing his physical or mental fortitude. Having to rigorously train his mind and body to stay up, he has the capability of having an unbreakable fighting spirit. This stamina is what makes him a master interrogator which allows him interrogate his enemies for long periods of time, breaking their fighting spirit or willpower due to their weak mental fortitude. While lacking any physical capabilities, Sumato makes up for his intelligence and his stamina. While being interrogated by his opponents, they've shown to breakdown give up as Sumato is able to stay up longer than his captivators, using time to his advantage as he'd use this to escape.
Recovery[]
Sumato's recovery is above average. While he can live and sustain injuries that would kill a normal human being, Sumato would still need to hospitalized for several days until he could return on his two feet again.
Jutsu[]
Taijutsu[]
Resshūken (裂蹴拳, literally translated as Fissure Kick Fist; VIZ; Lightning Kickboxing): This style is considered to be the strongest, most elegant, school of martial arts in existence and relies on fast footwork in order to focus on fending off enemy attacks with the arms and using the legs to counterattack with powerful kicks. Though hand-to-hand combat is not Sumato's strong suit he is proficient in using his own form of physical combat to hold his own against his opponents.
Ninjutsu[]
Sumato fights using soap bubble (しゃぼん玉, shabondama) Water Release ninjutsu. He primarily relies on Bubble-line (バブル系, Baburu-kei) style, performed by combining his Water Release with a unique kind
Sumato bubbles have shown an explosive property as seen with his Water Release: Bubbles Technique which themselves can explode on contact with the target or be manipulated to explode all at once by the user. This style of ninjutsu is shown to be very versatile. Capable of tactics beyond simply harming opponents, the bubble technique grants Sumato a wide array of offensive and defensive options in combat. With the Explosive Bubble technique — an example of an offensive skill, Sumato emits streams of explosive bubbles that detonate at will. Sumato can also craft dozens of ink-filled bubbles that can immobilize and kill opponents instantly without leaving any trace of them, another offensive variation. Defensively, the bubbles are equally adaptable. Using the Water Release: Bubbles Technique — Drift, Sumato can transport and conceal himself simultaneously. He can also create an enormous bubble barrier to protect himself or his allies from attacks like an explosive tag.
Genjutsu[]
Consistent with his pacifist nature, Sumato specialized in genjutsu, where the illusions would typically involving realism. Regarded as one of Kirigakure's best users, even without the aid of a dojutsu, his illusions have remarkable potency, able to seamlessly affect his targets without them realizing it, while on guard, and also perform them by merely talking to his target. He is noted to have such high prowess that he could use genjutsu to control other individuals outside the range of even the Sensor Division. Sumato could also use genjutsu to share information or psychologically disable opponents, letting him end the fight instantly. Sumato is a very powerful genjutsu user, having the ability to create mind-controlling illusions, which are nearly undetectable and impossible to block or dispel, even when figured out by the victim. He himself has mastered Demonic Illusion: Cajolery of Glamour, a voice-induced genjutsu of his creation which allowed him to control targets using only speech; leaving them in a brainwashed state and making them worship him. He also employed the use of a special flower found within the Land of Silence that stirs up specific memories for people inhaling its pollen, which made his genjutsu more effective for reconditioning as a result. Using his bubbles he can also ensnare his opponents in powerful genjutsu's by utilizing the sounds of popping bubbles or break his teammates out of a genjutsu. By create a bubble that when popped contains a bright yellow blinding light that discharges electricity and disorientates their target's vision. Once this is done, the user can implant images in their head.
Jibakujutsu[]
An unknown art to many in the Shinobi World, Sumato has perfected and mastered Jibakujutsu a combat style developed by his ancestor {nw|Shiranami Tsuchigumo}} , which allows him to make various offensive techniques depending on the Kanji he makes in the air, such as building fires, and uses Kanji's to attack an enemy. This technique is quite versatile and provides a similar advantage to Hand Seals .
Juinjutsu[]
Sumato a master of interrogation both physically and psychologically, who plays an important part in the extracting of information, when interrogates suspects and prisoners of war by using enhanced versions of juinjutsu. By trapping his enemies under his many juinjutsu techniques, he is able to apply excruciating pain that will get his opponents to talk. Sumato also strategically uses this technique on stronger opponents who has allies that are more cooperative. By noticing their teammates experiencing severe pain, they'll share secretive information in order to save their allies. He can also place juinjutsu seals on himself and his allies in order to prevent opponents from extracting crucial information.
Summoning[]
Sumato could summon Piranha in the midst of battle. With his unique water-based ninjutsu, Sumato could also summon them in almost any terrain, manipulating his water to let them attack his enemies while on land. If deprived of any water however, the fish would automatically be rendered defenceless and unable to move about
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