Absorption Line

### Abilities

Allows the user to create lines that can absorb the power of the person/thing it is connected to.

### Wielder(s)

Saji Genshirou

**Absorption Line**, also known as the **Black Dragon's Pulse**, is the Sacred Gear wielded by Saji Genshirou of Sona Sitri's peerage. It is one of the four Vritra's Sacred Gears, which hold the soul of the eponymous Evil Dragon inside of them.

## Summary

Absorption Line is one of the four Sacred Gears which hold fragments of the soul and consciousness of the legendary Evil Dragon Vritra from Hindu mythology inside of them. According to Indra, it is unclear how the Biblical God managed to get a hold of Vritra's soul, though he himself has no intention to ever find out why.

It is known among the Grigori as the "Runaway Dragon Gear" due to the fact it is the only missing part of Azazel's Sacred Gears collection, which included the other three Vritra's Sacred Gears, as the former wielder had managed to seek shelter from the Catholic Church before the Grigori agents were able to capture and bring them back to Purgatory for extraction.

## Appearance

Absorption Line has the appearance of a small black bracer in the form of a black chameleon-like lizard with violet eyes and a deformed face that appears on the user's dominant hand.

## Abilities

Absorption Line can produce multiple glowing blue lines from the mouth of the lizard that can be used to restrain opponents and/or objects, and absorb the magical power of whatever being restrained. The absorbed power can then either be used to empower the user and their attacks, or to be transferred to other people and objects that are connected to the lines. The user can also store the absorbed power before releasing them out in the form of energy blasts or a shield to protect them from attacks.

It can be used to absorb the natural energy within the environment and convert it into any supernatural energy the user wants, whether it is divine energy, demonic energy, or magical energy, with angelic energy being the sole exception. It can also be used to exsanguinate the blood of a person and transform it into the user's life-force, thus increasing their natural lifespan and stamina.

Despite their size and appearance, the lines are very durable and cannot be cut through by any normal metals, as only celestial metals or weapons with the Dragon-Slayer attribute could be used to sever it. The user, however, can actively sever lines from the Sacred Gear and telekinetically manipulate them from afar, controlling them so that they attach themselves onto a new surface to ensnare targets. The lines have also shown to be durable enough to be used to swing from across high tops.

When used in tandem with other Vritra's Sacred Gears, it can transfer the flames of Blaze Black Flare along the lines and cancel out abilities from a longer distance using Delete Field.

## Techniques

### Black Dragon Armory

**Black Dragon Armory** (邪悪な蛇王の武器ブラック・ドラゴン・アーモリー, *Burakku Doragon Āmorī*), or the **Weaponry of the Evil Serpent King**, is an offensive technique developed by Saji Genshirou. By reinforcing the Absorption Line with a combination of his demonic power and his own life-force, he can forcefully change the inner mechanics of the Sacred Gear to change it from a support-type to a weapon-type.

When doing so, the bracer will envelop his entire left arm and turn into a more gauntlet-like form, while its shape changes from a chameleon-like lizard into a serpent-like form which Indra recognized to be Vritra's head. The Sacred Gear's lines will slightly change, becoming razor-sharp, and can be grouped together to form a bladed weapon, resembling that of ancient Indian weaponry, such as the katar, the pata sword, or the urumi sword, with the last one being Genshirou's weapon of choice.

Those who are cut by the bladed weapon will have their power and life-force drained over time until they wither away as an empty husk, with the drained power being transferred directly to the user.

### Vritra Promotion

**Vritra Promotion** (龍王変化ヴリトラ・プロモーション, *Vuritora Promōshon*), also known as **Dragon King Transformation**, is a technique Saji Genshirou created by combining all of his Vritra's Sacred Gears. It allows him to temporarily assume Vritra's giant dragon form at the cost of losing his sanity and his lifespan being shortened by a year every ten minutes he remains in this form. Upon achieving his Balance Breaker, he can now enter this state without losing his mind.

## Forms

### Malebolge Vritra Promotion

**Malebolge Vritra Promotion** (罪科の獄炎龍王マーレボルジェ・ヴリトラ・プロモーション, *Māreboruje Vuritora Puromōshon*), also known as the **Dragon King's Flame Prison of Guilt**, is Saji Genshirou's X-Side Balance Breaker of his Vritra's Sacred Gears, which includes his Absorption Line.

It creates a black dragon Scale Mail which strengthens the user's powers and abilities, with the Absorption Line taking part of the armor as metallic tentacles with spade-like tips that are able to pierce through any armor and/or Defensive Magic to absorb an opponent's life-force until it turns them into ashes in mere seconds.

## Trivia

* Like all Vritra's Sacred Gears, it is considered a Trap-type Sacred Gear.