Kanhō

=Design=

A monstrosity in design, the Kanho is at it’s base a dull metallic gray shaft of metal that is shaped into a cylinder. The walls of the shaft are thick and form a interlocking central cavity that stores, reloads and fires the chakra cartridges. The cannon is currently taller than him, standing at about five foot three inches. Outside of the main bulk of the cannon which also includes a pressure activated trigger attached to an extended reinforced handlebar, the outer design of the cannon is generally decided on based off of preference and should be described in topic.

=Function=

The weapon functions by streaming the users chakra through the cannon which not only provides ammo for the weapon but also adds extra propulsion to the bullet. The pressure activated trigger located on the topside of the handlebar activates the chakra latently flowing through the weapon causing it to gather behind the current capsule before forcing it out of the inner barrel towards the target.

The double layered interlocking walls allow for Taiho to ‘reload’ the cannon whenever he runs low of ammo. This is done by either smacking the cannon into the ground barrel first (which from now on will be called ‘stomping’ when referenced in future techniques or descriptions) causing the inner barrel to slide up due to the reverse motion before dropping back down, by sliding sliding the inner barrel back before knocking it back into place using a folding clip attached to the side of the cannons outer barrel, or by swinging the cannon upwards quickly before jerking the arm back causing the inner barrel to slide back before thrusting back forward performing the reload motion.

The reload action takes a portion of the chakra latently flowing through it and gathers it in a special chamber towards the center of the cannon. In this chamber it is condensed and then injected into a special capsule that is then used as ammunition.

The cannon contains all uncharged capsules on the outer shell of the cannon in two racks. More racks can be added on at later ranks to increase max capacity. Charged shells are stored within the outer shell in racks before they are inserted into the chamber to be fired.

Capacity Unready Capsules: 60

Ready Capsules: 24

=Abilities=

Chakra Infusing
Using the cannon’s ability to flow chakra, the cannon can inject different elements and forms of chakra into the capsules used by the weapon. These include any elements the user has, Explosive chakra (Chakra that is unstable and when disrupted explodes violently, requires Blast Release Chakra), Sleeping Chakra (Chakra that has been reprogrammed to emulate the effects of a sleeping genjutsu, requires a genjutsu spec or someone who does have a genjutsu spec to charge the capsule before use), and Stun Chakra (Chakra that has been made unstable but rather than exploding violently, flashes brightly blinding the target(s) before fading, Requires Lightning Release Chakra, or Light Release Chakra).