Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal

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Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal
Name
Kanji	舌禍根絶の印
Rōmaji	Zekka Konzetsu no In
Debut
Manga	Naruto chapter 452
Anime	Naruto: Shippūden episode 197
Novel	Naruto: A Shinobi Story
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Novel
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu, Fūinjutsu, Juinjutsu
Class	Supplementary
Range	Short range (0-5m)
Users
Original Universe: ● Danzō Shimura Fanon Universe: ● Arajio Kashiri ● Danzō Shimura (RW109) ● Kantarō

This technique is a cursed seal applied to the tongue of individuals and takes the shape of three solid lines and two broken lines from the back of the tongue to the tip. This cursed seal ensures that no information on the caster and their endeavors will not fall into the wrong hands, for those marked and try to reveal anything will become paralyzed. If the bearer's mind gets probed for information, the seal will inflict enough physical pain to kill them before information could be extracted. If the caster of the technique dies, the cursed seal will disappear.

Danzō Shimura placed these cursed seals on all members of his Anbu subgroup to protect Konohagakure and his secrets.

Trivia

• This seal is possibly a hexagram. It could either be the hexagram ䷞ (咸, Japanese: “kan,” Chinese: “xián”), which can be interpreted as “influence,” or it could be the hexagram ䷠ (遯, Japanese: “ton,” Chinese: “dùn”), which can be interpreted as “concealment”.

See Also

• Fire Release: Heavenly Prison
• Ice Release: Earthen Consecutive Chains of Ice
• Prisoner Cursed Seal