Obsidian Secret Technique: Army of Eight Hundred Banners

Kankurō invented the concept after hearing stories about a puppeteer capable of capturing entire countries. In his prime, the black secret artist had developed an idea after seeing his protégé manipulate puppets beyond physically. Long before, it had been shown that a puppeteer's string was a spiritual connection between master and puppet. And so, Akagi could implant his will, mental energy and feelings into his puppets to give them life through his multiple personalities. Kankurō died before he could finish his technique, but passed it upon Akagi who gathered the necessary components. Akagi gathered a majority of the puppets and built the rest using his servants and hid them within a giant puppet, itself being hidden with the help of Sunagakure's sealing corps. This puppet is large enough to dwarf the Kazekage building and is summoned through a scroll. But the puppet itself is only a container. In times that it is not active, the container continuously stores ambient chakra from the atmosphere. And after each use, it returns the chakra threads back into its confines for future use.

When summoned, Akagi places his own chakra threads upon its head which creates a connection.Acivating it leads its latch to open. At the center, a massive ball of chakra, referred to as its Heart rages. Thousands of threads are formed from its heart and attaches to the puppets inside, bringing thousands to life. His chakra threads implant his will into its heart, which transfers into each puppet. Branding his sense of duty and overall goal upon each. Every puppet is a different shape with a variety of weapons and contraptions. Traps, swords, massive clubs, kunai, senbon and shuriken launchers. Some with poisoned weapons, others meant for taijutsu, explosions, and pure savagery. To describe each puppet is futile. The sheer number is enough to destroy any army or invading force. They are all dressed in mostly red, silver and black to represent their master. It is a technique passed down from puppet brigade leader, to puppet brigade leader. And so far, only Akagi has shown a true mastery of the technique.

The technique takes a lot out of Akagi mentally. Spreading his will among so many puppets leads to horrible headaches and a lost of focus. It also breaks his multiple personality disorder further. With such a focus split among a mass number and not concentrated, his puppets do not operate at 100%. But they are still formidable opponents, capable of taking out jonin with an ease. With each puppet destroyed, the focus tightens.