AN : Hi, I'm a new writer and this is my first fic, hope you enjoy, reviews and constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated
HP and CP fully restored due to sleeping in your in own bed, all negative effects and ailments cured
This was what Naruto saw one day in his shitty apartment, he was expecting another day of boring history lessons with Iruka-sensei, however, Life, with its quirky sense of humour decided throw him a curveball.
In the form of a floating blue text box.
At this point, Naruto wasn't fully awake, he was grappling against the almost irresistible pull of sleep, a battle waged daily by students across the multiverse, and eventually Naruto won.
"Well either I am high on cocaine or the stress of video games has finally got to me" thought Naruto, bewildered at the appearance of the text. "or it's a bad batch of instant ramen". However since the third possibility was both blasphemous and impossible, he discarded it almost immediately. He swiped away the text box and proceeded to pinch himself and then he saw above his head :
Naruto Uzumaki
Lv – 3
The Gamer
"KAI!" shouted Naruto after quickly forming the hand seals, nothing happened.
At this point, Naruto realised this was no genjutsu, which meant that his life was now… a videogame?!
Naruto was jolted harshly awake by the dulcet tones of his landlord, Kazue Uwera, a gruff, unkempt man in his mid-40s
"Oi, brat, rent's due", at this, a box popped up :
A quest! How fun!
Quest Alert
Pay Rent : Rent's due!
Pay 600 ryo by 7:00pm or take out the chakra rat nest in the basement (Bring heads as proof of kill)
Completion Reward: 400 XP
+100 Reputation with Kazue Uwera (X2 if you clear out the rat nest)
Failure : Eviction
Y/N ?
"Hurry up, brat" snapped Naruto's landlord.
"I'll clear out the chakra rat nest in the basement OK?" Naruto spoke with a hint of irritation as he pressed the "Y"
"Get it done by 7 or its the streets for you, brat" huffed Kazue, secretly thanking Kami that he would not have face the rats from Hell this time.
With that affectionate send-off, Naruto entered the streets of the Hidden Leaf Village and quickly spotted that each person had a level above his/her head and some were readable and some weren't, just a singular ? above their head, Naruto theorised that this maybe due to the fact that others' levels were far higher than his, after he was only a puny weakling at Level 3
Ping!
A new skill created!
Observe – Lv 1
"What is Observe?" Naruto, now filled with curiosity proceeded to use Observe on a nearby baker by accident
Shugai Akimichi – Baker - Lv 15
HP : 200 CP : 150
Baker of Akimichi Clan
"Cool!" yelled Naruto before going hyperactive and observing as many people as he could and after 20 minutes or so, he got another notification.
Ping!
Due to continued use, Observe has now levelled up to 2!
"Yatta!" said as he observed Shugai once again
Shugai Akimichi – Baker - Lv 15
HP : 200 CP : 150
Baker of Akimichi Clan
Shugai is a baker from the famed Akimichi clan of the Leaf, he is well known for his banoffee pies and has cooked once for the Daimyo
As Naruto pondered the newfound facts that he could now level up his Observe skill with some good old-fashioned grinding, a new notification popped up
Quest Alert!
The Academy : Road to Greatness – Arrive on time!
You're late for class, dunghead! You have 10 min. Run!
Completion Reward : 100 XP
+5 Reputation with Konoha 12
Failure : 50 XP
-50 Reputation with Konoha 12
Y/N?
"What?" thought Naruto, before hastily pressing "Y" as he began to run, glancing every so often at the timer in his peripheral vision as he wondered who the Konoha 12 were before he reached his classroom in the nick of time.
Slam the brakes, Speedy Gonzales, You've made it, (barely)
Completion Awarded : 100 XP and +5 Reputation with Konoha 12
Had he not been preoccupied with trying to recover his breath, he would have cared. He finally sat down after a while and quickly realised that everyone had the same blue lettering on top of their heads and quickly scanned the room and noticed several level 3-6s dotted around the class, but he quickly focused on the strongest eight
Sakura Haruno – Lv 7
Ino Yamanaka – Lv 7
Hinata Hyuga – Lv 8
Shikamaru Nara – Lv 8
Choji Akimichi – Lv 8
Kiba Inuzuka – Lv 9
Shino Aburame – Lv 9
Sasuke Uchiha – Lv 12
Okay, Naruto was officially pissed as he saw these stats, even the object of his affection was far beyond him and the teme oh, kami, the teme was OP and he then quickly started observing each one and he learnt some interesting things i.e. Hinata's clan were taijutsu experts and that Sakura-chan had a massive crush on Sasuke along with Ino, he growled at this, why was the teme so special?
Ping!
Due to constant use, Observe has levelled up to 3!
"Not now!" Naruto thought angrily, waving the notification away
At this point, Iruka-sensei decided to show up along with a new face, Naruto immediately said "Observe"
Iruka Umino – Instructor – Lv 25
Mizuki Toji – Assistant Instructor – Lv 22
Deciding to investigate further, he looked more in detail at Iruka-sensei
Iruka Umino – Instructor – Lv 25
Affiliation – Leaf
HP – 1000/1000
CP – 750/750
STR : ?
VIT : ?
DEX : ?
INT : ?
WIS : ?
LUK : ?
Iruka Umino is a dedicated ninja of the Leaf and loves to teach, of course it helps that he is pretty damn good at it.
Naruto sported a slight smile at this, Iruka was very kind to Naruto and considered him to be his little brother and often took him for ramen
"Hello, class" began Iruka and he was greeted with a half-hearted chorus of assent by the class, which he bristled slightly at, but continued regardless, handing out booklets as he passed round the class. Naruto got a booklet and immediately a window popped up:
Would you like to learn Kunai and Shuriken Mastery ?
Y/N
As soon he pressed Y, two notifications popped up :
Kunai Mastery Lv 1 CP : 5
Increases kunai accuracy and parry by 10%
10% increase in STR when active (for 10 seconds)
Shuriken Mastery Lv 1 CP : 5
Increases shuriken accuracy by 20%
5% increase in ranged damage for 20 seconds when active
"Today we will be doing shuriken and kunai target practice, follow me outside", Naruto was already taking out his shuriken and kunai, he wasn't half-bad when it came to accuracy, but for some inexplicable reason he couldn't get the shuriken to cause an impact.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Weapons Training for Dummies!
Score 50% on both tests
Side Quest : Score 80% or more on both
Hidden Objective : ?
Completion Reward : 200 XP
Side Quest : 50 XP
Hidden Objective : +15 Reputation with ?
Y/N?
Naruto pressed Y without hesitation, and proceeded to Observe his weapons and he was shocked at what he saw :
Rusty Kunai and Shuriken
300 ryo
5-7 damage
This old piece of junk has seen better days, someone has been swindling you hard
"No fair!" Shouted Naruto in exasperation, he had bought this with his monthly allowance from the Hokage, he was going to get those civilian bastards but right now, only Iruka could help him.
"Iruka-sensei, look at these weapons I bought from the civilian store" he whined, Iruka took the weapons and inspected them, before a look of rage flashed momentarily across his face, he then proceeded to go grab a fresh set of weapons and give them to Naruto before calling him up to the target area.
"Okay, Naruto, you're up" said Iruka, discreetly giving him a thumbs up, which Naruto returned with a wink and cheeky smile and he then focused and threw the shuriken.
Iruka watched in astonishment as Naruto managed to make 8/10 shuriken hit dead centre and he further shocked all those present by gaining a perfect score with the kunai
Ping!
You did it!
Completion Awarded : 250 XP and +15 Reputation with Iruka Umino
Kunai Mastery now level 2!
Shuriken Mastery, now level 2!
+1 to DEX!
LEVEL UP! to level 4!
You have 10 points to spend!
Points? Naruto thought out loud, at this, a menu popped up :
Naruto Uzumaki – The Gamer – Lvl 4
Affiliation – Konoha
HP – 700/700
CP – 700/700
STR – 10
VIT – 24
DEX – 11
WIS – 6
INT – 20
LUK - ?
STR – Overall physical power, affects damage caused and taken, also affects amount of weight a person can lift or throw
VIT – Affects HP regen and HP itself, 1 VIT = 25 HP and 0.5 regen
DEX – Affects overall movement, speed increases by 0.25 per 1 DEX
WIS – Helps chakra control and how smart one is
INT – Affects memory and innovation and chakra pool, 1 INT = 30 CP and 0.5 CP regen
LUK – Affects loot drops
Reading this, Naruto immediately put 5 points into WIS and STR raising it to 11 and 15 respectively and sprinted back into class, where, unsurprisingly, Iruka was handing out booklets again
"Okay, class, time to focus on the Academy Jutsu
Oh no.. thought Naruto with a groan