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This thread will cover all of Mu's techniques that he has shown so far in the manga, and how he can combine these techniques together for maximum efficiency. So far the five abilities that we know of:
Sensing
Lightened-weight Rock technique (and by extension, flying)
Fission
Invisibility
Jinton
Lightened-weight Rock technique (and by extension, flying)
Fission
Invisibility
Jinton
This thread will take an in-depth look into all Mu's abilities.
Invisibility
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-Kabuto YakushiMu's invisibility is obviously not a basic technique that just hides his presence. His very chakra is extinguished, meaning that he cannot be detected by chakra-sensing.
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Now you may ask, "what do you mean by he has no chakra? Everyone has chakra, if you don't have chakra you die." And this is true. When Mu "extinguishes" his chakra he does not necessarily have his chakra drop to zero, he simply supresses his chakra and masks it using an undetectable technique, much like Karin's ability.
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Karin can use this technique to hide her chakra and prevent detection from sensor types, like Cee. The difference between Mu and Karin is that in addition to that, Mu physically turns his body invisible making much more difficult to detect. However, this ability does have a downside: he cannot mold chakra while in his invisible state, since his chakras are supressed. This means that while he is invisible, he cannot perform jinton or split into two bodies using fission, which explains why he needs to become visible in order to use jinton. He can still fly while invisible, though, since the manga showed this - and he can probably sense while invisible too.
What's more, Mu can't be detected by an opponent's sense of smell since he can extinguish his scent, just like his subordinate Taiseki did using a much more basic camouflage technique
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Fission
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Mu can split himself apart into two bodies for various purposes. What's interesting about this technique is that both bodies retain consciousness and each one is the real Mu, so both must be taken down in order to fully finish Mu. It is explained by Kabuto here.
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This technique is very fast, and can be used to quickly split apart so only one body takes damage
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- so fast that Onoki (who knew about this jutsu), as well as Gaara and KCM Naruto (both sensors) did not notice him splitting.After splitting, Mu can re-merge his two bodies together to achieve full power once again, which is why he went after his other body again, only to find that it had been sealed.
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If one of the bodies is killed or sealed, it seems like the power slowly trickles back into the other body to achieve full power once again, seeing as how a little later Mu summoned Edo Madara
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This technique can also be used as a precaution, if Mu is about to enter a risky situation; he splits apart, sends one body in to attack his opponent, and then the other stays at a safe distance so even if one body is killed the battle isn't over.
The obvious weakness of this ability is that the total power is halfed, so Mu can't use jinton while split. We have seen him go invisible while in a split state, though, and summon Edo Madara.
Lightened-weight Rock technique / Flying
I was just recently informed that Mu's flight ability is in fact an extension of
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In this scan, Kabuto (who happens to be controlling Edo Mu) notes that Onoki lightened the Raikage's body with this technique. However, he also remembers that when he got punched by Onoki, the punch was very light - and Onoki never stated he used Lightened weight Rock technique, but he was airborne and the punch was light, which could only mean that it is one and the same jutsu. (In other words, Mu is lightening his own body to where it's lighter than air in order to fly.)
This technique is very useful and good for nullifying attacks which rely on physical destructive force, like Madara's meteor. Onoki could even pick up Turtle Island with one hand using this technique
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He can fly pretty fast, seeing as Onoki was able to keep up with Deidara on his clay bird
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, and Deidara's clay bird was fast enough to continually dodge sand attacks from Gaara over and over again. Seeing as how Mu was keeping up with Onoki in their battle, and how his sensing and reflexes enable him to be even quicker, there is no doubt he is at least as fast as Onoki, probably faster. He was faster than all shinobi who were tailing him
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, including Dodai who reacted to the Third Raikage.He can also hand out the ability to fly to teammates
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The fact that Mu can use this technique heavily suggests that he can use the inverse of the jutsu, Added-weight Rock technique.
Sensing
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Mu is a top-level sensor, capable of dodging KCM Naruto's rasengan attack. He reacted to Gaara's sand attacks multiple times
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.Onoki states Mu is a sensor
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.Jinton
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Jinton is probably the most potent attack in NV, disassembling everything encompassed within the radius of the jinton beam on an atomic level, effectively turning their opponents to dust. Mu and Onoki are the only ones capable of this technique. Mu stated that numbers do not matter before him, due to Jinton's AoE:
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Jinton can also be swung around like a sword -
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Jinton's start up time is in fact not that slow, Mu knowing and even saying that jinton was faster than KCM Naruto's rasengan strike, despite Naruto being very nearby:
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- until Naruto unexpectedly extended the rasengan with a chakra arm to make it strike Mu first.Combination attacks
How can Mu combine his abilities for maximum power? Well let's take a look:
Invisibility + fission: Mu can split into two different bodies without his opponent noticing, and makes one of them go invisible. This way he can win a battle through tricking his opponent by letting one body die and making his opponent think he won, and let down his guard - only to be stabbed by the other body with an invisible sword attack. He can make both bodies invisible too, if it suits him.
Invisibility + jinton Mu can nail an opponent with jinton from a blind spot by going invisible and flying behind his opponent, then fire off a jinton at them from their blind spot, unnoticed.
Invisibility + jinton Mu can nail an opponent with jinton from a blind spot by going invisible and flying behind his opponent, then fire off a jinton at them from their blind spot, unnoticed.
Databook predication for Mu
Ninjutsu: 5 - I covered his various haxxed abilities like invisibility and jinton
Taijutsu: 4.5 - due to his enhanced reflexes and flying ability, Mu is likely deadly in taijutsu despite never displaying any. In his lifetime he had twin swords so he was likely skilled in close combat.
Genjutsu: 4.5 - his techniques require him to have very precise chakra control, meaning he can break most genjutsus with relative ease, also keep in mind he is a kage level ninja so powerscaling should apply
Intelligence: 5 - Mu is portrayed as an intelligent character, he was the Tsuchikage and therefore should have kage-level thinking, intelligent enough to lead and run his village, as well as mastering difficult abilities such as Jinton and his invisibility technique.
Strength: 4.5 - He was seen lifting up a huge rock off himself, at only 50% power
Speed: 5 - His and Onoki's flying technique allows him to move through the air at high speeds, in addition to his sensing abilities and reflexes he has a straight 5
Stamina: 4.5 -He inherited powerful chakra and the Kekkei Tota of the Dust release, and can use a chakra-taxing technique like jinton. Also being a kage, he definitely has some good stamina.
Hand seals: 3.5 - This is a pure guess since Mu doesn't use hand seals, but he is a kage and due to powerscaling he should be bumped up a point from 2.5 (which is half of 5)
Total: about 36.5
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