Okay, so before I continue with the chapter I'd like to apologize for the slow release I just have more stamina that most guys. Well that and I write very slowly, I'm still developing the system and how it actually functions, I keep a profile of Naruto and his stats/skills/perks updated while I write the story and finally I had my History and English exams yesterday.


The real reason I'm even writing this message in the first place however is that I've come at somewhat of a block and need your opinions,

should I or shouldn't I add the shadow clone jutsu?

Now let me explain, the shadow clone jutsu is ridiculously over-powered for Naruto, (let's call him) Base Naruto can summon more than a thousand shadow clones and while that as a work or fighting force is already impressive on it's own, the problem lies with the memory function on the things.

let's say that they need a basic amount of chakra to stay alive, as long as he doesn't do anything chakra intensive those thousand clones will stay alive for almost a day, combine that with training and it get's stupid really fast.

let's say he trains for 8 hours straight in a day (not a lot for Naruto i know) and he only trains things that aren't chakra intensive (cooking, black-smithing, singing, playing an instrument, trap making, gathering that kind of crap) that would mean that with a thousand clones he is able to train for 8000 hours in one day. (less for skills that require resources but that hardly matters most of the time)

8000 hours in one day with a focus we know he has. let's put that into perspective, easy languages take around 480 hours to master (that is master, not learn that is master.) difficult languages usually take around 720 hours (difficult being very phonetically/grammatically different from your native tongue) learning to master an instrument takes a different amount of time depending on the instrument itself, whether or not it is the first instrument you are learning to play and a few other factors, however most scientists say that to truely master an instrument like a guitar it takes around 10,000 hours or around 10-years worth of experience.

Do you guys see the problem i have with the skill? even if it is chakra intensive he can just do some physical workout himself stopping every so often to re-summon some clones.

Even if i add a clause to the skill that reduces the amount of experience the clones earn, either due to them being clones and the memories not transferring correctly or the fact that they all start from the same skill level (which is mostly a non-issue due to the gamer skill), to something like 1/10 of the experience gain that still means more than 800 hours worth of work every day at his base form.

I like Naruto and his clones, I really do and Naruto isn't Naruto for me without the damn things but I need to do something here to stop or hinder this. I have no fucking idea how to though so as such I beseech you (yeah fucking beseech, bet you didn't think I'd be pulling those kind of words out of the linguistic closet heh, did you?) please tell me what I should do?

Anyway it will be a small while until we even get to the shadow clone anyway so...enjoy the next chapter?


When he finished closing the screens the new one showed up as expected.

Well done, now to get you ready for the first day of the rest of your life!

A (Quest) has been created!

(Quest): Let's get this show on the road!

That's right this is your first quest, Iruka has once more offered you remedial lessons this weekend, but as you have (somewhat autistic-like) been staring into the sky for the past hour and a bit you're about to be late. Quickly ready yourself and show Iruka that you actually have the drive to follow your dreams rather than just being some lazy, arrogant blowhard.

- Get washed and dressed

- Meet Iruka at training ground #19

- Follow his instructions

Rewards for: 100+ exp, academy weapon sets, new skills!/jutsu! And increased reputation with Iruka.

Naruto had three thoughts going through his head, the first was that the blue screen was going to get punched for calling him a retard, the second was that "Oh! Shit! I'm late!" and the third was probably the most prevalent "New! Jutsu! new Jutsu! new Jutsu!" as he quickly got ready to leave and not 5 minutes later, he was out the door and running to the fields.

Congratulations! due to a repeated action new skills have been created.

Running, passive/active-sustained, 20CP/minute, level: 23 (15,7%)

Run boy run, running is a victory!

- passively increases movement speed by 46%

- actively increase movement speed by 46%

Physical conditioning, passive, level: 12 (6,7%)

You call this a workout?!

- passively decreases physical chakra expenditure by 2.4%

- increases physical stat gain speed by 12%

It was odd an odd feeling, when he started running he felt slower than he had in months, but after the popups he was back to at his old speed which almost made him stumble. Luckily the route to ground 19 was pretty secluded so he was able to power through and make it on time.

When he arrived, he saw Iruka having breakfast on a nearby tree stump and called out to him.

"Sensei! I'm here! You're going to teach me a new Jutsu right? Right? Right?"

Iruka smiled fondly at the hyperactive dolt before answering,

"Truth be told I was actually only going to help you go over the basics, but how about this, you show me that you have a solid grasp on the basics and I'll teach you a new jutsu alright?"

"jatta!" Naruto practically jumped for joy as Iruka confirmed his quest's reward.

"Ok then" Iruka quickly cleaned up the remainder of his breakfast before continuing on, "Then let's start with the absolute basics Naruto, show me the academy taijutsu stance"

Naruto switched his footing and got into the stance exactly as he had been taught expecting to be praised.

"What are you doing Naruto, your feet are wide open, your arms aren't in the right position to quickly defend or attack efficiently and your centre of gravity is totally off."

The response honestly confused Naruto after all he was in the exact same stance that Mizuki kindly taken the time to teach him in the extra lessons he gave him

"What are you talking about sensei? This is the exact same stance that Mizuki taught me."

Iruka simply shook his head in response, "No Naruto, it's similar to the basic academy stance but subtly different, here let me show you how it's meant to be done."

From there Iruka started doing what he was best at, teaching youngsters how to properly beat the shit out of each other and after fifteen or so minutes of instruction on the proper stance, how to actually throw a proper punch, to block the most efficiently and to kick correctly, Naruto seemed to finally get it right and was rewarded with a prompt.

Basic academy style taijutsu, passive, level: 1 (56,7%)

Let's get ready to rumble! Don't expect too much though.

- passively increases Str by 5% whilst using this style

- passively increases Agi by 5% whilst using this style

- passively increases Vit by 5% whilst using this style

Naruto was then drawn into a taijustsu spar with Iruka which continued until his taijutsu style reached level three at which they stopped as Iruka seemed to be satisfied with his progress. It seemed as though he only gained one percent increases per level though.

"Alright Naruto I admit that I'm somewhat impressed, you seem to have gotten over most of the bad habits you learned. Let's look at your throwing technique for a little while."

And the day mostly went on like this, with Naruto showing Iruka bad habits (either self-taught and never corrected or simply taught wrongly) leaving Naruto happy seeing his improvement and Iruka more and more frustrated at the neglect that had been shown, he'd be having words with the Hokage over this.

Naruto on the other hand was seemingly oblivious as he looked over many of his new skills,

Throwing mastery, passive, level: 13 (16,72%)

You're a ninja, you throw shit. You want to throw that knife? Sure. The kunai? Sure. The shuriken? Sure? The chair? You betcha. The annoying old lady down the street? Please, oh please, o by the log yes!

- Passively Increases throwing accuracy by 13%

- Passively Increases throwing speed by 13%

- Passively Increases throwing load by 13%

- Passively Increases throwing damage by 13%

Power throw, active, 20CP, level: 3 (86,23%)

Throw, throw, fight the powa!

- Increases projectile speed by 6%

- Increases throwing damage by 3%

Dagger mastery, passive, level: 7 (15,22%)

Stabby, stabby! remember, stick him with the pointy end.

- Passively Increases Agi whilst using daggers by 14%

- Passively increase damage dealt by daggers by 14%

- Passively increases chances to parry by 7%

- Passively increases penetration by 7%

stealth, passive/active, N/A, level: 47 (35,71%)

Nin-Nin, your bread and butter don't be seen don't let them see you, this represents your ability to hide, move stealthily and unseen. Different factors my change success rates such as the amount of light present, the clothes you are wearing and how fast you are moving.

- Passively decreases chance be caught by 47%

- Passively decreases movement noise by 47%

- Guaranties a critical hit on successful sneak attack.

And,

Trapping, passive, level: 31 (92,24%)

Go for the leg! This skill encompasses the creation, setting up, and execution of traps both in and out of combat, lethal and non-lethal, and for all manner of pray whether human, beast, monster or ninja.

- Passively increases trap creation speed by 62%

- Passively increases trap damage by 31%

- Passively increases possible trap complexity by 31%

After what seemed like hours of revision, including a short break when Iruka replaced Naruto's practice kunai and shuriken, Iruka finally said that they had finished the practical half of the revision and brought out a small picnic basket to have some lunch/brunch.