Name: Mechanical Drill Bits
Item Rank: X
Material Rank: X
Units Used: 1 Mechanical Drilling Arm
Description: By manipulating and restructuring the mechanical components of the Mechanical Drilling Arm, Gyokusho has altered its physical structure to better suit his needs. The gauntlet has been reduced in size to of roughly 1.5 feet, long enough to cover the forearm, providing a level of protection to the arm. Each of the "fingers" of the previous iteration have been modified slightly, making each of them a kind of "drill bit" which can burrow through materials like the original, and each finger is now fed by the same cable as the detachable portion of the arm. Thus, each finger, as well as the "hand" portion of the arm can be extended up to 100m, identically to the original. The cable supporting each of the fingers, as well as the main launch pad, have a raised "fin" of blades on three sides of the cable, which can help with penetration and burrowing, as well as allowing the item to slash at opponents. The tips of each finger can open for the final 8 inches into a four pronged claw.
The fingers of the modified implement are oriented more similarly to a hand, in a radial pattern surrounding a central 6th finger. Each finger can spin as a drill individually, or the group can spin together, much like the base model. The entire arm additionally has a set of leather straps, allowing the wearer to sling it on their hip cross-body style, or on their back like a backpack.
As with the original, the user can launch and retract any of the launchable pieces at S rank speed. The user may alter the pieces of the drill during its launch at a speed/coordination of their own coordination -1 tier. The drill bits and their associated bladed cables are further modified such that Gyo can manipulate them like a puppet component. In this case, he can cause them to attack from strange angles, change their trajectory, or simply whip them about violently at his coordination without the penalty. He must have the Puppet Technique active to make use of this. The drill is capable of easily excavating earth and creating huge tunnels through nearly any material.
Offensively, the drill is a menacing weapon which can rip most defenses and even other weapons to shreds. Blocking the rapid spinning motion is incredibly difficult due to the huge amount of torque generated by the spinning. Moreover, the drill possess unrivaled piercing powers. This item can drill through objects/materials/creatures of S-rank constitution/hardness cleanly and without resistance. Items or creatures with a higher hardness/constitution can resist this temporarily, but will have their hardness/constitution reduced by 1 tier when struck, which can stack with multiple strikes or with multiple rounds of continued drilling. Chakra based defenses will not be "damaged" in the same way, but the drill will ignore 1 tier of defense power from such defenses.
Finally, the weapon - only when attuned - will allow the wielder to use Earth Release techniques through it, even if they do not possess the relevant skill/element, but is limited to techniques created for use with the drilling arm or Earth Release channeled weaponry. This allows for the user to alter their environment easily or mount attacks from beneath the earth (techniques created separately). The user may app these techniques even without the associated element/skill.
Requirement: Engineering
Attunement Slot: Yes, Earth manipulation
Crafting Time: -
Yield: 1