"...but before that, I should catch some Z's." Naruto told himself, standing up and turning off the lights he previously forgot about. After laying back down on his bed, he looked up into the dark ceiling, thinking of what he would do next, "I'll train tomorrow early at Training Ground Three when nobody's there. That'll make it all the better!"

And with that, he closed his eyes.


"Urgh..." Naruto groaned as he sat up straight from his relatively small bed. He rubbed his forehead, feeling a slight headache. And judging by how blurry everything was even after blinking several times, he probably had baggy eyes too. Great.

"Man, Mizuki-sensei was really tough."

And then all of sudden, he felt better.

Blinking, he raised his fist up to his face, clenching it. "Woah...! I'm feelin' better already. What just happened?"

His answer came in the form of a floating blue hologram.

HP, CP, and all Status Effects have been restored.

'What?' the blonde recollected, 'Oh, right, the Gamer Ability! That wasn't a dream?' he asked himself, stepping off his bed and rolling his shoulders. Yawning, he left his room and entered the bathroom to do his usual business.

After taking a quick cold shower and brushing his teeth, Naruto stepped into the kitchen, wearing his usual orange outfit, although without the jacket, leaving him in his black t-shirt. Readying some instant-ramen, which would take two minutes, he leaned onto the kitchen counter and began to think.

'I was gonna go to Training Ground Three for today.' he started scratching his whiskered-cheek. 'Because of that Gamer thing. How do I use it anyway? Couldn't I see my stats with like...Open Status?'

Naruto jerked back as he heard a "beep", and looked to see a blue screen in front of him.

"I guess that works too." Naruto sweat-dropped, reading the incoming text.

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

Class: Genin

Level 22

HP: 135,000

CP: 125,000

STR: 25

STM: 45

DEX: 15

INT: 10

WIS: 10

LUK: 10

Points: 7

Elemental Affinity: Wind

Ryo: 10,220

EXP: 1,000 XP to Level 23

Uzumaki Clan Member: Passive Ability as result of being born as an Uzumaki. Naturally have high STM, and by extension, Chakra Regeneration and Health Regeneration.

Kyuubi Jinchuriki: Passive Ability as a result of hosting the Kyuubi. Gain 80,000 CP. Health Regeneration increased by 1000%.

The Gamer's Mind: This ability allows you to be calm at all times and logically think through things. You are immune to physiological effects.

The Gamer's Body: This ability grants a body that allows you to live the real world like a game. You receive no visible damage from attacks and pain lasts for a few seconds. Stamina and heavy breathing is restored in seconds. After sleeping in a bed, you restore HP, CP and all status effects.

Chakra Regeneration: 1,000/minute

Health Regeneration: 10,000/minute

Naruto looked at his stats up and down, reading every single number and word. His level was pretty high (or at least that's what he thought), which he expected after beating an Academy Chunin like Mizuki.

He was also pretty surprised at the fact that the Gamer ability was able to accurately calculate his money. 'Kinda creep, but neat at the same time.' Touching his pockets, he confirmed he still had his frog-wallet. He never went anywhere without it, even in the mornings.

'Looks like the furball was useful for once,' he then mused, briefly reading the perks of hosting the demon fox. Of course, it didn't make for all the terrible things it did to the village and even himself, but it was a step-up.

What stuck out most to Naruto was his INT and WIS. Although he wasn't as smart as Sakura or anything, he could tell they were low. Abnormally so.

"Why is my Intelligence and Wisdom so low? I'm pretty sure I'm not that dumb, right?" Okay, well, he did fail almost every single test Iruka gave him, and just barely scrapped by with the written portion of the Genin exam...but still!

"Tch, whatever. I'll raise all that smart-stuff once I start my training." he planned, crossing his arms, before noticing a couple other things. "What's this element thing?" Naruto blinked, finally noticing a certain line of text directly under the attributes.

"I have an elemental whatever for wind? Weird, I'll have to read on about that..." Naruto told himself, before laughing , "Wow, if people saw me reading, they'd think it was the end of the world or something." Snickering, he was stopped by the click of finished instant-ramen.

"Well, first, it's time to eat!"


Arriving at Training Ground Three, Naruto grinned. As usual, there was a view of mountains in the landscape and a large and deep river with forests in the both of its sides.

In the centre of a forest glade, there were three stumps lined side-by-side, and in front of it by a solid dozen feet was a memorial stone. This was apparently where the Third Hokage trained his students. Perfect for what Naruto needed then.

After settling on training close behind the tree stumps, it was time for Naruto to test out his new abilities.

Well, assuming this wasn't some sort of elaborate prank. At this point, it had to have been done by a Genjutsu specialist (for reasons unknown), but nonetheless, Naruto was still open to that option.

"Well, first things first." Naruto began with an enthusiastic clap, "I'm checking my skills. Already know about my stats. So...Open Skills?"

As predicted, multiple blue screens simultaneously popped up in front of him. They appeared a bit faster than he thought, and were quite long. Sighing, he knew there was going to be a lot of reading involved. Not just in this section, but with the Gamer ability in general.

Shadow Clone Jutsu

Lvl 2

Cost: 1,000 CP for 1 clone

This skill allows you to create solid clones. The user's chakra is distributed among every clone, giving each clone a certain fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing techniques, including the Shadow Clone Technique itself but will usually disperse after hit by a strong enough force. Once a clone is dispersed, the memories of the clone can be transferred to the original which is a way to train quickly. This technique requires strong physical, mental, and spiritual strength. Without possessing all three, one cannot use the technique to its fullest. Minimum requirement of 100,000 HP and 100,000 CP to learn.

Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu

Lvl 1

Cost: 100,000 CP for 100 clones

This technique is essentially a massive version of the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Instead of a few clones, it creates a few hundred clones (or a number of equal grandeur). This is considered a kinjutsu because it can potentially be dangerous to the person performing it, seeing as how all of the clones are given an equal amount of chakra directly from the user. Minimum requirement of 100,000 HP and 100,000 CP to learn.

Likely due to his low INT and WIS, it took Naruto a solid ten minutes to read all of it and understand it. But after doing so, he began to understand how great both the Gamer ability and his Shadow Clone technique was.

"This is...awesome!" Naruto yelled, causing some birds in the forest to fly away in fear. He was lucky there was no one watching, or else they would've thought he was completely crazy. Not that they didn't think he already was, but just not to the extent of screaming to himself at random.

"Along with the Gamer ability, I can use Shadow Clones to get strong really fast. This is getting better by the second!" Naruto shouted excitedly, jumping up and down. He closed the current screens, using the handy cancel icon on the top right, and looked at the other ones.

Transformation Jutsu

Lvl MAX

Cost: 500 CP

This skill allows you to transform into something else. It is an illusion but if leveled up enough, can be solid.

Sexy Jutsu

Lvl 3

Cost: 550 CP

A variant of the Transformation Jutsu, the Sexy Technique transforms the user into a naked woman usually surrounded by clouds of mist at private areas, or in a bikini, typically with seductive posture. Use this technique to distract or win over men with sex appeal, with all successful attempts causing an exaggerated nosebleed by the victim.

Substitution Jutsu

Lvl 5

Cost: 100 CP

This skill allows you to substitute with another object, or person if it's leveled up enough.

Genjutsu Dissipation

Lvl 4

Cost: Varies

The Genjutsu Dissipation can be done by creating a surge of chakra within one's system. This can be done by the victim themselves, (assuming they realise they're under a Genjutsu influence) or an ally who emits chakra into them. Can break up to E-rank Genjutsu.

Naruto tapped his feet impatiently. That was it? Were these all the techniques he knew?

"Oh, come on! Can't I be a little more awesome-r?" he asked himself in exasperation, before suddenly brightening up, "Wait, weren't there like...passive skills or somethin'?" Instantly, a green screen shot up.

"This is new. Usually, it's blue." Naruto told himself in curiosity. God, he was really sounding crazy now, talking to himself like this. Still, the display was short, so it wouldn't be that long of a reading.

There are two types of Skills: Passive and Active. (Note: Passive Skills are separate from Passive Abilities)

Passive Skills, once activated, are pinned to you until a certain time duration or of your own will. Usually includes buffer effects.

Active Skills, once activated, appear briefly. Usually includes Elemental Jutsu.

'That's...cool, I guess. With it, I can organize my attacks and stuff.' Dismissing it, since he somewhat didn't know what passive meant, he got another idea, 'Oh, I should check those skills up.'

"Yeah...um...Open Passive Skills?" the blond called out almost meekly.

Observe

Lvl 1

This ability allows you to find information on a target. It can be levelled up through continuous observation. Reveals MAX HP, CP, Attributes and basic info.

Chakra Control

Lvl 2

The ability to sufficiently control, conserve, and manipulate chakra. Decreases chakra consumption by 1%. Allows you to learn up to C-rank techniques.

Chakra Resistance

Lvl 5

The ability to decrease the damage of chakra-based attacks. Decreases chakra-based damage by 5%.

Combat Speed

Lvl 5

The speed in which you can fight. Includes reaction-speeds.

Travel Speed

Lvl 5

The speed in which you can travel. Includes walking and running.

Lifting Strength

Lvl 10

The amount of power that can be pushed, pulled, or lifted.

Striking Strength

Lvl 11

The force or attack potency behind a kick or punch. 5,500 HP dealt per kick and punch. Can be increased via learning Taijutsu styles.

Physical Resistance

Lvl 10

The ability to decrease physical-attacks. Decreases damage by 10%.

Shuriken Handling

Lvl 13

This skill allows you to handle a Shuriken. You can throw the Shuriken.

Kunai Handling

Lvl 13

This skill allows you to handle a Kunai. You can throw the Kunai or defend/attack with it.

Skimming through it, Naruto lit up when he found the high number in Striking Strength. "Man, am I strong or what!?" He asked no one in particular with a goofy grin on his face. 5,500 HP sounded like quite a bit, and it was even level 11.

Going into a thinking pose, he pondered, "Wait...if I have this resistance stuff...then that means everyone else probably does too. I mean, who doesn't have at least some kind of defence?"

Probably that dog Kiba, he chuckled.

"That probably means it won't do 5,500 damage unless it's like against a new-born or somethin', who has no physical defence."

It made sense. Beating somebody to death was extremely difficult with your bare hands alone. Not that he was thinking about killing.

"Well, looks like I'll just have to get better! It's time to train!" Naruto shouted in excitement. And even though he did have the Gamer ability, he did want to do what he usually did. "Time to do the usual! Ten laps around the training ground, let's go!"

He furiously began running around the training grounds, using every bit of his strength to do so. His regenerative abilities and incredible stamina helped with that.

He saw a couple green guys do the same, although they were much faster than he was. Naruto wanted to reach their level soon, which was why he did it. It helped in his fights against Sasuke too! Before, he could only last thirty seconds against him. Now, it was a solid minute!

In the middle of Naruto's almost aggressive third lap, a blue screen appeared in front of him.

STM increased by 1!

He blinked, and registered what the screen told him, all-the-while not pausing from his sprint, 'Wait a minute... I gain points if I do specific training? Awesome!' Naruto thought, the new knowledge encouraging him to go even faster, leaving dust behind his trail.


Once Naruto was done with his running, Naruto had a whopping 50 STM. Talk about progress!

"Phew!" Sweat drenched his face, and he was forced to take off his favourite blue and orange jacket. "All right! Now then, let's increase some stats. Open Status."

'Time to put in all my points into WIS or INT since they're my weakest stuff. Let's just put it mostly in WIS since I'll be studying and I'll need to understand things faster.' That was somewhat diligent of him. Naruto giggled. He sometimes even impressed himself.

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

Class: Genin

Level 22

HP: 150,000

CP: 130,000

STR: 25

STM: 50

DEX: 15

INT: 13

WIS: 14

LUK: 10

Points: 0

Elemental Affinity: Wind

Ryo: 10,220

EXP: 500 XP to Level 23

*Chakra Regeneration: 1,010/minute

*Health Regeneration: 10,100/minute

'Wow! I already have over 130 thousand HP and CP! That means my STM really effects my health and chakra.' Naruto noted quite sharply. 'Even my regeneration has increased. I guess the star-thingy is there to tell us that.'

Sighing, Naruto rolled his shoulders. There was way too much thinking involved in this thing. Still, he had to get stronger.

'Hmm... I should try to save up points, too. If I increase some of my stats in the middle of a battle, it'll make me stronger and probably surprise my opponent.' Naruto said to himself, before blinking, surprised at his new found intelligence. Or whatever it was.

'Wow, the increase in WIS really did help! Looks like this whole Gamer thing is for real.' Naruto thought, his faith in the Gamer ability finally solidified. 'Oh yeah, I should also send Shadow Clones to the public library so that I can learn new jutsu.'

He made the usual hand seal for the Shadow Clone jutsu whilst releasing a massive amount of blue chakra, and shouting, "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Poof!

Over a hundred clones of Naruto spawned in a burst of thick white smoke. The creatures in the forest beside him shuffled from both the noise and potency.

Naruto had previously used the Multi-Shadow Clone technique before to take down Mizuki, his Chunin teacher. However, it used up almost all of his chakra (around 100,000 CP, compared to his total 132,000 CP), so he probably wouldn't be able to use any Ninjutsu for a while now.

"ALL RIGHT!" Naruto yelled as loud as his lungs could allow him, which luckily caught the attention of every single clone. "I want half of you to go to the public library and learn about different jutsu. And I want the rest to be learning about basic ninja stuff! GO!"

"YES, BOSS!"

It took a while, but the unorganized clones were soon able to leave the training ground. The forest covering them made it so no nearby ninja could watch the odd spectacle, which Naruto was thankful for.

"I guess I should do some exercise in the mean time." Naruto said to himself. He went down parallel to the ground, and began doing some push-ups. Iruka-sensei always told him it was a good way to increase your arm strength, which Naruto probably needed with all the clicking and tapping involved with the Gamer ability.

He grinned as he pushed himself from the fifth push-up. "Good thing I have the Gamer's Body. I can do this all day!"


A good thirty had passed since then. Naruto had been working hard since than. And it looked like the clones were doing the same.

"...two hundred and fifty-five..." Naruto gritted his teeth as he pushed himself back up and down, his lean muscles bulging as he did, "...two hundred and fifty-six...two hundred and fifty-seven...one hundred and-"

"Boss, great news!"

Naruto fell down flat on his face. He twisted his head towards the new voice, and much to his annoyance, it was a familiar blonde-haired boy. AKA himself. Or his clone, anyway.

"What the hell do you want?" The original asked aggressively, although still panting tiredly. The clone stepped back a bit, and scratched the back of his sheepishly.

"Well, ya see, we went to Konoha Library, but they didn't let us into the ninja section-"

The original Naruto narrowed his eyes, and the clone quickly got to the good part, "-so we sneaked into the Jounin Section and then used a Transformation Jutsu to blend in." the clone explained, grinning proudly at the ingenuity.

"That's...great!"

'The Jounin Section probably has plenty of cool jutsu!' the original thought. According to the old man, besides the Konoha Archive Library and the Hokage's Residence (which both contained forbidden scrolls), it held the most advanced jutsu.

"So what're the groups reading about?" Naruto asked curiously, finally picking himself up from the ground.

"Well, we read that wind is one of the five elements." the clone stated, "So, we're trying learning wind style jutsu since it's our affinity. We're also learning about different chakra exercises, team strategies, and worst of all...

...history."

Both of them shuddered.

History was Naruto's worst subject by a long-shot.

He'd rather try to do a Transformation jutsu than do a history test. Or even fight Mizuki again, for that matter.

"Okay, good. I just increased my Stamina and Strength." the original said, "I'll continue with the physical stuff while you guys do the mind stuff."

"Right!" the clone chorused, before remembering something else, "By the way, we can actually learn jutsu by absorbing their scrolls. You can check them out in the skills menu. We learned like two jutsu so far."

That was at least a start, the original thought.

"We couldn't learn everything since we needed certain stats for them. The most important thing we need is INT." the clone told him, pointing to his head to demonstrate the need for intelligence. Man, his dumbness really was catching up to him, wasn't it?

"Well, tell the others to keep it up!" Naruto said, giving the clone a thumbs-up.

"Yes, boss!"

The clone dispersed into familiar burst of smoke, and the original Naruto got not only a headache, but a rush of new memories. Memories that that specific clone had gone through. The reading...absorbing scrolls...coming to the grounds...explaining everything listed to the original...it felt like deja-vu, but on a whole other level.

'I asked him to tell the others to keep it up, not pop himself! Man, why am I such an idiot sometimes!' Naruto thought, rubbing his forehead to ease the pain. This whole Gamer thing was going to be a lot harder than he thought.


Twelve hours had passed since the clone gave his report. And since no other clone came, it looked like there was nothing else of importance.

"Phew! I think that's enough."

The sky was dark, and he could tell it was pretty late.

"It's almost midnight, and I need to sleep." Naruto did love him some sleep. He usually liked to sleep for around twelve hours, which was one of the reasons why he was always late for the Academy. "Okay, dispersing Shadow Clones...now!"

Naruto made a ram seal, and cut the chakra connection from his Shadow Clones, immediately dispersing them.

All of a sudden, numerous screens popped up in front of him, along with new groups of memories. It was...overwhelming, even for the knuckle-headed ninja.

"Argh...!" He placed his hands into his blond messy hair, trying to ooze the pain somehow. It didn't work. "...what...the hell...is...this...!?"

It took him a solid ten minutes for everything to sink in and register into his brain. "...never doing that again unless I really need to." Naruto muttered to himself as he slowly let go of his strained hair. He finally looked up into the numerous screens that appeared in front of him. It better be good.

INT increased by 5!

WIS increased by 6!

You levelled up to Level 23!

You levelled up to Level 24

'W-woah! I levelled up twice and got an increase in both WIS and INT!? Awesome!' Naruto exclaimed in his mind. It didn't mean all that pain was worth it, but it was something. "Open Status."

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

Class: Genin

Level 24

HP: 150,000

CP: 130,000

STR: 25

STM: 50

DEX: 15

INT: 18

WIS: 20

LUK: 10

Points: 14

Elemental Affinity: Wind

Ryo: 10,220

EXP: 2,000 XP to Level 25

'Wow! I really didn't expect training and studying to actually increase my levels. I thought the only way you could do that was through fighting enemies.' Like in an RPG game, he assumed. 'Still, this is awesome! I can't believe it! I feel stronger already!'

"Alright! I'm definitely gonna become the strongest ninja ever! Believe it!" Naruto shouted out to the world.

Of course, only the rattling sounds of crows could be heard in response to his declaration.


A/N:

Anybody see that new Boruto episode? Episode 65 is what I mean, if it's old right now.

Holy, Sasuke was seriously putting in that work. My mind is definitely set on where I'll take him in this fic now. And no, he won't get cucked like people expect him to be, nor is Naruto gonna magically destroy him. I have no real plans for an ultra swag-man Naruto, and if there is, it'll be in a long time.

He's only 12 years old, so don't expect that attitude of him right now. He's still learning, both as a ninja and at using the ability.

My opinions on Boruto Uzumaki himself? A bit too much "I'm the protagonist" out of him. His arrogance or whatever is going to overwritten soon by his adult development, so I'm not worried about that. Plus, Naruto was pretty cocky at the beginning too. And just to add, I think this "I'm the protag" was an issue with the later half of Naruto too. As in, he was the reincarnation of Asura, could do this, do that, etc.

But nobody cares about my opinion, only about what you guys thought of this chapter. Hope things make sense now in terms of how strong/effective the Gamer ability is. I will be releasing weekly most definitely now, since I've done up to Chapter 8 now. I've just been biding my time, so there's the reason for my lack of updates.

I may or may not do another fic pertaining to Minato being alive. But we'll see how this goes.