Art of the Clockwork Devil

Advanced Puppetry: Clockwork Devil is the basic technique of Josho Adashino's arsenal, and forms the basis for his signature style of mechanical combat. After studying puppetry and observing his sensei Ryun's usage of the Steel Dragon puppet, Josho decided to attempt to create mechanical beings for usage in battle, basing most of his work off of a single specimen, a mechanical bird formerly in the possession of Chiyo. Journeying to both Amegakure and Getsugakure to study similar combat styles in those regions, he developed a number of unique creations, but eventually settled on one primary design. He created complex mechanical beings, powered by various functions, that had varying degrees of independence and ability to react. These, in all shapes and sizes, formed the majority of his arsenal, and he would base most of his more advanced techniques off of them. He also developed a few rudimentary jointed statues which could react when chakra charges were sent to seals on them, but retired this idea after only two. He did, however, create a small number of advanced models combining all the styles as well as using Monsūn Ryōken and the Asura Path's bodily modifications as a guide, crafting almost fully robotic creations, with greater ability but much less reliability, as only one known specimen functions fully.