"Higher Being/Demon Speech" - "Bow Down, Before Me"
"Normal Speech" - "Where am I?"
[Jutsu - Water Style - Ocean Spire Jutsu]
"Normal Thinking" - "Insane in this membrane"
"Higher Being/Demon Thinking - "I am the King"
(A/N - if someone would like to tell me where people go to get their Japanese translations for their stories I'd love to know, TY.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or The Gamer, or any other of the massive amount of contents apart from my original items, characters, jutsu, etc.
For those that may be wondering, as the next chapter will explain, Naruto will go solo as a gamer. Literally no one else can be told his secret and nobody else can join his party system or anything like that because a feature like that won't exist. That isn't to say he won't help people grow stronger by training with them like spars, quests or even dungeon farming, but there are ways the The Gamer ability will hide itself from anyone but Naruto.
(A/N) And as for romance, I'm not really sure where I want to take that yet, It could be a pairing or a harem or none at this point. If you guys review please tell me what you would like for romance and I will take it into consideration. NOW ENJOY!
Chapter 2: The Start of Something Infinite
"Okay, I have no idea what's happening but, its saying I get rewarded, and what the fuck is the Hidden Objective?" Naruto said trying to make sense of this in his head.
He looked over the quest again and saw that underneath the rewards was an option.
Accept
(Y/N)
Naruto imagined that, it meant yes or no and he thought to himself, "fuck it, what do I have to lose" and he pushed on yes. Nothing happened except the accept option going away.
"Oh right I have to say Introduction"
And as he said the magic words, the quest screen disappeared only to be replaced by another screen which read this.
Congratulations, on being chosen by Gaia Naruto Uzumaki to become The Gamer. Which allows you and only you to live through life as if it were a video game.
Naruto was flabbergasted by this, and his shock grew as he read on.
An Immeasuriable amount of features awaits you in your journey through life, Yet because of your level you will only be allowed to use features allowed by your level, being Lvl.2... Here are the features you can currently use and through this introduction be taught about.
Status Window
Personal Inventory(limited)
Quest System(limited)
Skills
Traits
Flaws
Titles
Naruto was once again shocked into silence by what he was reading, "I can play through life... like a video game?" he shook his head in bewilderment but continued scrolling through the mass of text.
Do not worry, as you level up more and more features will unlock themselves, however for now we will start with what you have click on status window to start.
Even though Naruto thought this wasn't real and may be a genjutsu or weird dream, he decided that there wouldn't be any harm in humoring it, and so click on Status Window.
Status Window or Status for E.O.U(Ease of Use)
Is where you can see your attributes, level, perks and description amongst other things, Verbally intone or think "Status" to open said page.
And so Naruto thought status and was quickly shown his status page.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Title: Academy Student (25% exp gain till Lvl.10)
Lvl. 2 - [Next Lvl. in 150 EXP]
HP:3,500
CP: 10,500
STR:10 - 5 = 5
END:33 - 5 = 28
VIT:23 - 5 = 18
DEX:11
WIS:3
INT:5
LUC:20
CHA:25 - 10 = 15
DEF:10
Attribute Points: 10
Perks (? + 150 HP + 300 CP per level) (? + 2 VIT + 2 END per level + 50% EXP gain towards ?) (? + 2 DEX per level) (Prankster King +25% EXP gain towards [Trapping] & [Stealth} Skills, -65% reputation gains with Konoha citizens)
Description: Naruto Uzumaki, known generally as 'Dead Last' as his grades physically and mentally in the Academy are terrible, his past his shrouded in mystery and for whatever reason nearly all of Konoha's citizens despise his existence.
Naruto blinked owlishly at the huge amount of information his brain had to process, And saw the massive benefits that he gained from his perks, smirking at his Prankster King perk but being generally confused yet thankful for the other unknown 3, before he came to his description, at which he frowned and spoiled his mood, "I don't even know why they hate me but even this says that nearly all of them hate me, why?" he thought.
Until he realised he had no idea what any of this meant and click on the topmost button being HP
HP-Health Points= This is how much health you have, and when it hits zero unless your in a specific circumstance means death.
CP-Chakra Points= This is how much chakra you have to spend on you techniques and skills, when it runs out it will lead to chakra exhaustion which can be deadly.
STR-Strength= Is how hard you can hit, how much you can carry, lift, throw etc. And generally how much physical power you have in your attacks.
END-Endurance= Is how not only durable you are and how many hits you can take, and resist but it is also how much energy and stamina you have and how long you can last in a fight.
VIT-Vitality= Is a measure of how much health and chakra you have but also, can be a measure of how healthy you are as a person and resistance to food poisoning and poisoning effects.
DEX-Dexterity= Is generally how fast you can move, your reaction time as well as hand-eye coordination and accuracy with attacks.
WIS-Wisdom= Is your logical side and as such, affects your memory intake and decision making and increases the amount of control you have over your chakra.
INT-Intelligence= Is how easy or fast the learning rate of a person is, and helps with increasing the learning rate of skills and the levels of exp gained.
LUK-Luck= Is generally how lucky you are, and affects non-combat and combat. such as gambling, loot drops, random events or quest, rare spawns, etc.
CHA-Charisma= Is generally how good you are at influencing the people around you and generally making it easier to gain reputation with anyone and rewards gained.
DEF-Defense= The only attribute which cannot be activated by AP, Defense is how much armour you have to defend yourself with, can be leveled by getting higher level gear with more DEF.
AP-Attribute Points= Attribute points is are the easiest way to level your attributes, apart from DEF of course, you will gain 10 AP per level gained, and can spend on either STR, END, VIT, DEX, WIS, INT, LUK & CHA, to your choosing. Note that this is only possible with the Gamer ability for those without it get their AP automatically into their most trained stats.
"Oh... m-my Kami" Naruto whispered to himself, with those stats explained he now thought about the sheer amount of uses for such an ability. "I can make myself better in whatever stat I want, how cool is that... If this is real of course" thought Naruto to himself. And so with Status Window done he moved onto Personal Inventory.
The Personal Inventory is only half of the inventory feature, the full inventory will be unlocked at Lvl.10
"Man, that will take a while" Naruto whispered to himself, he continued despite this.
The Personal Inventory however shows your current person and the gear and stats on said gear. Think or Say "Personal" to open it.
Naruto did as said and opened the Personal Inventory through thought, he was now met with a box that showed a figure of him clad in his jumpsui that had boxes all over his gear and items, that when tapped showed the layers of gear such as Naruto's orange jacket then the white undershirt underneath it. He clicked on them each but they all said they needed a required skill to see the stats. "Well that sucks, what skill?" Naruto pondered before moving onto Quest System(limited)
Welcome to the Quest system where you can see quests that you can do and the type of quests that are currently available to you at your level being, Main Quests, Side Quests, Chain Quests and Random Quests.
Main Quests- are often manditory, though not always and usually give the highest EXP and RYO, and are usually the most important as they help to complete the storyline.
Side Quests- are often generated by NPC's that give you a quest to take care of for them and have rewards that depend on whatever the quest is about.
Chain Quests- are like side quests, however they are different as like a chain they continue and increase in difficulty as they go along and generally have bigger rewards for the increase in difficulties.
Random Quests- Are like its said on the tin, they are Random. they can be caused by a random occurrence, event or even meeting a person could give you a random quest. Who knows its random and the rewards also depend on the scenario.
"Wow, I'm beginning to think this is real, its way to detailed to be a Genjutsu. I will be careful just in case but if this is real, then maybe I can grow way more powerful" he smirked, this was getting a lot more interesting. Naruto then continued to Skills.
Skills can either be non-combat orientated or they can be combat orientated.
Skills are generally what you know how to do an incorporate all things in your life, however for ease of access things such as breathing, walking and the like will be hidden.
Naruto sweatdropped at the thought of breathing being one of his skills but thought "Ah fuck it, whatever this doesn't really make any sense in the first place" and continued on to view his current skills. Which helpfully for the future would be stored in tabs.
SKILLS
(Passive) Gamer's Mind [MAX] Allows the user to think coolly and logically in any situation and always have a stable sense of mind, as well as entirely ignore any negative psychological status effects.
(Passive) Gamer's Body [MAX] Grants the user a body which enables the user to live real life like a video game, such as sleeping in your own bed fully restoring your HP, CP and curing all status effects.
(Passive/Active) Basic Kunai Bukijutsu [Lvl. 1] - Basic throwing technique for kunai, and basic hand to hand kunai fighting taught at the Academy.
Passively increases DEX 1%
Passively increases STR 1%
Active - Increases STR & DEX by 3% [costs: 25CP]
(Passive/Active) Basic Shuriken Bukijutsu [Lvl.1] - The Very Basics of Shuriken throwing, throwing stance and shuriken techniques taught by the Academy.
Passively increases DEX 2%
Actively increases DEX & LUK by 5% [costs: 25CP]
(Active) Basic Academy Taijutsu [Lvl.1] - The basic stances of taijutsu taught to the Academy students, the basic level incorporates punches, blocks and general basic stances.
(Active) Henge no jutsu [MAX] - E Rank - The transformation technique and one of the three taught at the academy, although this Henge is unique as it allows for an actual physical transformation, very special indeed. [costs: 50CP]
Grants the ability to transform into anyone and anything, and this one is special as its a physical tranformation.
(Active) Kawarimi no jutsu [Lvl.45] - E Rank - This technique allows you to praise the log, and substitue yourself with items and objects and if used with enough chakra other people. [costs: 10 - 55CP]
Max Range: 55m
(Active) Bunshin no Jutsu [Lvl.0] - E Rank - This technique allows the user to creat non-corporeal clone or clones of themselves which can be used tactically in the hands of a master.
Cannot Use skill, need a WIS of 450 to learn.
Naruto was rather annoyed yet shocked at the small amount of skills he possesed, and while alot needed to be worked on, his Henge being special and being a physical transformation, and his rank with the Kawarimi. And when he got to the bottom he was beyong outraged, "Are you fucking kidding me, 450! it will take forever to get that much" "Fuck it, what do I do?"thought Naruto desperatley, knowing that he needed the Bunshin to pass the Academy this year or it would be his third failure in a row. He steeled his nerves and continue to the Traits and Flaws section.
Traits and Flaws are what makes a person the person they are, Traits being the positives about them with Flaws being the negatives. They are many unique traits and flaws and some who have the same or similar. And know this, Some traits may have downsides whilst some flaws have upsides, but they are generally not enough to change them from negatives to positives or vice versa now check your Traits and Flaws.
Traits
Determined - You are more stubborn than an old pig stuck in the mud, and will give your all into anything you put your mind to. (Can be lost upon giving up your ninja way)
+15 EXP gain when training on one skill
Outside the Box - You are the type of person who likes to think differently and as such you are unpredictable to your enimies. (Cannot be lost as it is a way of thinking)
+10% chance to critically hit an enemy in a one on one fight.
+15% effectiveness and EXP gain to unorthodox tactics and strategies
-15% effectiveness and EXP gain to Planned Tactics and strategies
Naruto nodded accordingly at both, smirking at the descriptions thinking about whatever being game his this power had a sense of humor. He chuckled despite himself and moved onto flaws and boy did that wipe that foxy smirk off his face
Flaws
Eyesore - Your rather peculiar and garish clothing combining with your lack of hygiene is a horrendous combination. (Can be lost by updating your wardrobe and bettering your hygiene)
-15% reputaion gains
an extra -10% reputation gains with females
-50% effectiveness to [Stealth] and +10% effectiveness to odor
Loud & Talkative - Your voice when used as it frequently is overpowers all others in the room, maybe even the village (Can be lost by toning down your Talkative nature and learning when to be quiet)
-20% social interaction
an extra -5% Social interaction with females
+5% chance to damage ears of people close to you when talking
Naruto himself almost there and then lost his cool, and started flipping the bird into the sky renouncing Kami's existence,but calmed himself and continued onto the last flaw.
Stubborn - You have a strong opinion on matters and you stick to them, this isn't great for teamwork making the dreamwork (Can be lost by actually listening and following others orders, and embracing others thoughts and plans)
-10% teamwork
-10% social interaction
+15% easier to gain END
"Okay, so there is some good and a alot of bad and I plan to get rid of all of them" thought Naruto convicted in his choice until he saw a ? in his Flaws which told him there was a flaw he didn't know of.
"Geuss I'll just have to figure it out for myself, as usual" Naruto said speaking to himself "And finally onto the last one, Titles." he says as he presses it.
Titles
Titles can be gained from completing quests, to finishing achievements to kill certain numbers of mobs or enemies to even random events giving you them. So lets check your current titles, at your level of Lvl. 2 you can only have one Title equipped at a time.
[Academy Student] (+25% EXP gains to Lvl.10) {Currently Equipped}
[Prankster King] (+25% EXP gains and effectiveness to [Stealth] and [Trapping] skills]
Naruto nodded at both and appreaciated both their effects to him, "I guess ill keep the Academy Student one on till I hit Lvl. 10 then put on the Prankster King one when I do" Naruto mumbled to himself then nodding as he hit the end of Introduction button.
Congratulations you have completed [The Start of Something Infinite]
Objectives:
- Say "Introduction" when alone to activate quest (Complete)
- Learn about your strange new powers (Complete)
- finish the Introduction (Complete)
Hidden Objective
- Read through every piece of Information there is to read (Complete)
Rewards
- 100 EXP, 5x Academy Kunai, 10x Academy Shuriken
Hidden Obj. Reward 50 EXP and new features.
Congratulations, You have leveled up, You are now Lvl. 3
Naruto fist pumped as he got the rewards and was suprised by the Hidden Objectives reward and realised it gave him his first level up. "My first 10 points to spend, ok I need to learn quickly and control my chakra better and so Naruto put 6 points into WIS and 4 into INT leaving his Status Page like this.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Title: Academy Student (25% exp gain till Lvl.10)
Lvl. 3 - [Next Lvl. in 500 EXP]
HP:3,500
CP: 10,500
STR:10 - 5 = 5
END:33 - 5 = 28
VIT:23 - 5 = 18
DEX:11
WIS:9
INT:9
LUC:20
CHA:25 - 10 = 15
DEF:10
Attribute Points: 10
Perks (? + 150 HP + 300 CP per level) (? + 2 VIT + 2 END per level + 50% EXP gain towards ?) (? + 2 DEX per level) (Prankster King +25% EXP gain towards [Trapping] & [Stealth} Skills, -65% reputation gains with Konoha citizens)
Description: Naruto Uzumaki, known generally as 'Dead Last' as his grades physically and mentally in the Academy are terrible, his past his shrouded in mystery and for whatever reason nearly all of Konoha's citizens despise his existence.
Naruto smiled to himself, whilst he may have a long way to go, this Gamer ability may give him the edge he needs to become Hokage.
New Features Unlocked:
Reputation
Achievements
Naruto stared at the new pop-up in suprise before remembering his reward for completing the hidden objective. Naruto looked at the clock on his wall and was speechless, he had been looking at this tutorial for 6 HOURS. He then remembered that Jiji had invited him out for Ramen today and noticing it was around lunch time now thanks to his information overload decided to wait before looking at his new features.
He mentally comanded the box to dissapear and it did so, Naruto than ran out of his apartment, through the village thinking about how great of a shinobi this gamer thing would let him become.
Naruto eventually made it to the Hokage tower, seeing the large white building overshadowed by the Hokage monument made Naruto smile, and so he walked inside with a proverbial hop in his step and met with the Hokage's receptionist, a nice lady that treated Naruto well and for that he respected her as well.
"Hello Zena-chan is Jiji free" asked Naruto
The now named Zena looked up with her warm brown eyes and smiled at Naruto before replying "Yes Naruto-kun he is free" which was met with the response of "thank you and see you later" to which see agreed.
"Hey old man hows it going" Naruto said as he barged into the room through the door, Hiruzen sighed before grinning and looking up at Naruto, the brat always knew how to help against the dark arts, being paperwork of course. He had cried himself to sleep countless nights just thinking about that dreaded paperwork.
"Hey, Jiji are you alright, not having any of you're perverted fantasies now are you Jiji" Naruto grinned foxily whilst Hiruzen snapped back into the real world and slammed his head into the desk.
He should never have let Naruto catch him reading that book, it had haunted him ever since, "So boy, how about we go and have that Ichiraku Ramen now" Naruto's eyes light up before he shouted "Ramen! that is my Shit!"
And before anyone could barge into the room Hiruzen left a note before he Shunshined out with the Loud Blonde.
Naruto looked around with wonder before asking the Old man how they both got here so fast. He chuckled at the curiosity of the boy before telling him "That was the Shunshin no Jutsu its a D rank technique" and if you are lucky I will give it to you as a present for graduating your Genin Exam.
[New Quest] - [Main Quest] - The Drive to Win
Objectives
-Pass with a score over 50% on the Academic Exam
-Pass with an accuracy of 90% or over on the Kunai & Shuriken Bukijutsu Exam
-Pass the Academy Taijutsu exam
-Pass the Ninjutsu exam (ALL 3)
Rewards
+4000 EXP, Rank of Genin, 10000 Ryo, D-Rank Shunshin no Jutsu scroll.
+20 Standard Kunai, +40 Standard Shuriken
Naruto's mouth salivated at the prospects of those rewards, of course it would be hard, but damn it if his name wasn't Naruto Uzumaki he would give it his all.
"Okay Jiji, I'll ass this time for sure and make you proud" Naruto stated full of conviction. Although the box did remind him about the whole 'The Gamer' thing and it made him want to tell Jiji so that he could help him.
Hiruzen unknowing of the thoughts brewing inside Naruto's head led them over to the Ramen stand where the mouth watering smell of probably the Best ramen in Hi no Kuni was located. Naruto instantly lighted up and smiled widely before hopping onto a seat and calling out, "Hey Teuchi-jiji and Ayame-nee geuss who's back for more"
Teuchi came into out from the kitchen to greet Naruto and what he saw above his head shocked him.
Teuchi Ichiraku - Lvl. 17
[Master Ramen Chef]
Teuchi-jiji was 14 levels ahead of him, he couldn't believe it, and it made him think to look over to his surrogate grandfather.
Hiruzen Sarutobi - Lvl.?
[The Third Hokage]
He blinked rapidly at that, he couldn;t even see Jiji's level, and what that meant in gaming terms to Naruto, was that his level was so high above his own he couldn't even see it. He couldn't help but be in awe of him and how powerful he must be.
He quickly looked back infront of him to see a large bowl of Miso ramen, which Teuchi gave to him to start, he thanked the Ramen chef and gave the bowel an eyeful, looking at it hungrily, If the ramen were to be alive It would have shit its pants and run away.
And as he was about to take his first bite a box popped up before him, although it was new.
Through constant observation, of objects, people and your sorroundings a new skill has been created.
Observe [Lvl.1] has been created.
Naruto's eyes widened at that, he just made a new skill by looking at stuff?
"Thats weird, but really cool at the same time" Naruto thought and when he touched the screen it helpfully took him straight to the new skill he had just created to see what it did.
(Active) Observe [Lvl.1]
A skill that allows the user to 'observe' objects or people, animals, etc. The higher the level of the skill the more information provided. [costs: No CP]
"Cool" thought Naruto "now I can see information on things just by looking at them". He looked down at the chopstick in his hand and thought [observe]
[A pair of wooden chopsticks]
[Common Quality]
Mainly used to help with the processes of eating, they can in a dire situation be used as a stabbing weapon. (Eating Utensil) (Makeshift Weapon)
DUR: 10/10 Stabbing DMG: 5-7
Naruto was suprised by what he saw and decided to just level up the skill later and chow down on his favourite food. That is until he remembered what he promised to tell Jiji.
"Kami, stay cool Naruto, you will be fine" Naruto chanted in his head before turning to his surrogate Grandfather, "hey Jiji, I need to tell you something" said Naruto.
Hiruzen turned to the young boy before saying "Yes, my boy what is it?"
Then Naruto tried to tell his Jiji that he had the cool ability called the Gamer and how it could massively improve himself as a shinobi.
Or atleast Naruto had tried to as the second he was about to mention 'The Gamer' his heart felt like it was being choked by ice, he couldn't make a sound and felt like he was about to die. "W-what is-s happening to me-e" Naruto stammered out through the pain.
He was having a hard time breathing and looked up to see why Jiji wasn't concerned with his problem only to see him sompletely still, and the colour of not just him but everything else in view faded away till it was all grey. It was if they had frozen in time.
Naruto, was breathing hard, and was trying not to freak out about the situation he was currently in, when he heard a voice that made his hands clammy with sweat and his spine chill.
"You didn't think we would let you give away our little secret now, do you?"
Naruto, slowly turned around and what he saw would stay with him for weeks to come.
(A/N) Sorry again for the massive information dump that was this chapter, however though now that its out of the way the real action can begin and Naruto will start training next chapter. Of course after his talk with this Mysterious Being of course. Thanks for reading see ya in the Next Chapter.
