[As the spring cherry blossoms withered and the summer cicadas cried, the gears of time meshed steadily, quietly turning toward 2016.]
[The new year's "draw" arrived as promised, accompanied by the system's cold, mechanical, yet immensely reassuring notification echoing deep within your mind.]
[Draw complete.]
[Talent Card acquired: Perfect Ukemi [N]]
[Effect description: Grants the host exceptionally advanced muscle memory for falls and impacts. Upon hitting the ground after being launched by a powerful blow or falling from a great height, the body can perfectly dissipate the force through continuous high-speed rolls and fluid folding of the limbs, converting an otherwise fatal vertical impact into the kinetic energy of a horizontal slide. Greatly increases the margin for error when fighting in extreme terrain such as multilevel building complexes or cliffs.]
[You sat at your desk, propping your chin on one hand as you calmly examined the faintly glowing white card within your mind.]
["How should I put this..."]
[You pushed up the glasses on the bridge of your nose.]
[Calling it completely useless would have been going too far.]
[In the high-powered battles of jujutsu sorcerers, where buildings were routinely destroyed and people sent flying like cannonballs, the ability to perfectly dissipate physical impacts was undoubtedly a lifesaving godsend.]
[If you really were knocked hundreds of meters into the air during a fight, having this card equipped would certainly produce a much better outcome than smashing your body straight into the ground.]
[It was just that, with your current extreme overload control and nearly instinctive cursed energy defenses, very few enemies could send you flying like a ball through physical means alone anymore.]
["Better than nothing. Another addition to my reserves."]
[You gave your assessment indifferently and stored the card in your card collection.]
[Aside from that minor interlude, Jujutsu