The Way of the Hunger Path: Man-Eating Fiend Road

was a powerful technique that was created by Rinne Kusaragedo during Hanako Yagami’s tenure as a team leader as written in The Eternal Spirit of the Long Leaf. By savagely inserting chakra into the surrounding environment, specifically the user’s will and lifeforce, the user will create a sentience force that is one with the earth. The surrounding area becomes a vessel for a wicked spirit that feeds on the opponent’s regrets. This parasitic area consumes travelers that were unfortunate enough to tread its path in a fit of suffering and repentance.

Overview
This technique creates a linear path between the opponent(s) and the user creates a large sentient area that contains a myriad of subterranean caverns, trees, fog and other accompaniments that you would often find in a forest. This makeshift trail emits a powerful ninjutsu that appears to envelop the entire area in a blanket of darkness. By hindering the eyesight of the opponent, this technique adds an elaborate element of sustaining fear that inspires sorrow. Once the opponent’s is thoroughly embedded within the ghastly trail, a furrow of apparitions will seem to appear and disappear just before the opponent catches view of them. Then to add to the element of fear, the ground itself begins to speak to the opponent through a sound based genjutsu. This genjutsu seemingly forces the opponent to sacrifice themselves through self-cannibalism. Normally, self-inflicted pain will cause the opponent to snap away from the genjutsu however, this method only deepens the process. The more pain the opponent inflicts upon themselves, the further the genjutsu takes control over their mind. Then, this is where the aspect for The Hunger (食欲, Shokuyoku) initiates. From here, the ground itself will open in the appearance of a gaping maw to consume whatever remains of the opponent that would be left. This unique consummation not devours the soul, but for each entity consumed, the user and the path itself is further empowered. Even though this method is fruitful, Rinne had developed another variation that utilizes that fog to create scent based genjutsu that affects the olfactory senses to gain access to the chakra pathway network. While the opponent is on the ground, the user can progressively absorb their chakra and with prolonged contact, the chakra network of the opponent shall be fully ingested. Though absorbing chakra is fine however, the goal of this technique is to have the opponent perform self-cannibalism or having the user consume the opponent. (More to come)