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A routine took place quickly, and I got bored of life.
D-rank-missions. Just D-rank-missions, only D-rank missions… Planting seeds, repainting walls, taking care of plants, or babysitting… The good point is that I learned a few skills while doing it, and I get about 500 XP or so for doing a mission. Kiba was always groaning, and I started to suspect that his patience wasn't going to last long… Hinata-chan didn't complained, but I suspected she was bored too.
It's been a week since we became genins, and I had slowed my training. It's not like I had a graduation exam that will determine my life in a few days after all. I has asked Kurenai-sensei on chakra control exercises, and she suggested the Climbing Tree exercise. Not climbing trees normally of course, but without using the hands, and walking on a tree while focusing a stream of chakra to the feet. As soon as she demonstrated the thing to me, I learned it.
[Tree Walking(Active) Lv5 EXP: 46% / 19 CP per minute]
A training method used to gain more skills with chakra control. This training involves focusing a fixed amount of chakra to the bottom of one's feet, and using that to climb a tree without using one's hands.
While active, you can walk on solid surfaces.
Passively increases CKRC by 2,5%
I practised it a bit every evening. But in reality, I was waiting for the end of the week… The last day of each week, we took the day off. I was excited because I needed to do some special training.
To figure out how to use mana.
And that was today.
I was sitting on the ground in the forest where Naruto kicked Mizuki's ass, and I had huge expectations.
So… how exactly does it work? Do I need to feel it or something? I thought about it during the week, but I never figured it out really.
"Status."
Status window :
Name: Kurota Farazuke
Title: The Gamer
Level: LV9(23,7%)
HP: 1175/1175
CP:2600/2600
MP: 2300/2300
STR: 27+1,62= 28,62
VIT: 26 +1,56=27,56
DEX: 25 + 1,44= 26,5
CKR: 28
CKRC: 22 + 0,55 = 22,55
INT: 24
WIS: 38
POINTS:15
Yeah, I had been a little lazy this week. I didn't grind like a madman like before the graduation exam, and I don't think I'll do it again anyway.
I looked at the mana bar, frowning. [Observe] didn't revealed anything more than last time.
Maybe… If mana stats were calculated on the base of INT and WIS, I'll need to be… smart? To use my brain?
I looked at my hand, and tried to gather mana in it. Of course, the predictable result was that I gathered chakra… I retried, and this time, I didn't moved my chakra. This was a lot more difficult because I had to keep track of my chakra flow. I concentrated on my hand, trying to fill it with mana with all my brains, and my face approached slowly my hand…
Nothing. There was nothing happening.
This frustrated me, and I got up and shook my hand madly, as if I expected something to get out of it. Nothing happened, of course.
I tried and tried again for a few hours, and eventually I gave up. I'll try when I'll be smarter, I guess.
The experiment was a failure... That kinda disappointed me a lot.
I returned in a bad mood to the D-ranks missions. Sometimes, I joined Naruto at Ichiraku's to take news of him. Naturally, he was bored too.
2 months passed, and I keep failing at using mana, even though I had raised my INT at 30. I was now level 16 and had 35 stats points, but I didn't used them because they can always serve in urgent matters. When I hit level 10, I could see that my dad was level 60, and he had the title 'Expert in Katon Ninjutsu'. I'll need to ask him to teach me some fire jutsus some day. He is the most high level chuunin I had seen around.
So, I could see levels of people up to 50 more than me… That was useful to know.
I learned a bit of genjutsu, too. Now that I think about it, there's so much to learn when you're a ninja... I plan to learn medical jutsus and fuinjutsu too, along with a better taijutsu style, and of course some fire ninjutsu...
But today, I was heading to the hokage's tower with Kiba, Hinata-chan and Kurenai-sensei, to report from another boring D-rank mission today. When we arrived, we crossed team 7's path.
"Hey Naruto. How's it going?"I saluted him.
"G-good afternoon... N-Naruto-kun." Hinata mumbled, once again, blushing. It seems a little bit redder than usual though.
"Hello, Kakashi." Kurenai greeted a silver haired man with the left eye hidden by his headband. He was going to respond, but a certain blond interrupted him.
"Kuro! Guess what! The old man just gave us a C-rank mission! Cool, huh?"
"Mah, mah. It's just a routine escort." Kakashi minimized.
"What!" Kiba shouted. "Kurota! We must get a C-rank mission too!"
I was jealous about it too, and thankfully Kurenai-sensei smiled: "We'll see if there is an easy mission remaining. I think you're ready for it."
"Hell yeah!" Kiba shouted, and I grinned.
"Finally."I sighed. Even Hinata-chan smiled.
We talked a bit and get up on the Hokage's office. He was going to give us another boring D-rank mission, but our sensei interrupted him.
"Actually Hokage-sama, I think my team is ready for a C-rank mission."
"Is that so?" the old man chuckled. "I guess you crossed team 7's path."
I grinned. "Yes, sir."
"Do you think you three are ready for a C-rank mission?" he asked looking first at Kiba who acquiesced, and then to Hinata, who blushed as usual but nodded nonetheless, and finally at me.
"Of course, Hokage-sama! You already gave me one, after all!" I answered cheerfully, and the others looked at me surprised.
"Seriously? Not fair!" Kiba groaned.
"Of course." the Sandaime accepted. "If Kurenai thinks you three are ready, then so be it. It's an escort mission, like team 7. Can you come, Hioshi?"
A bald old man warped in a long robe walked inside the room with a walking stick.
Moralizer of the Mind's Power
Lv18 Hioshi Piceyang
"Yes, Hiruzen? Ah, is this the escort team I requested?" He asked with his hoarse voice.
"Indeed." the hokage confirmed, before turning to Kurenai. "You'll have the mission of protecting this man during his travel to an ancient monastery in the land of rivers. He must deliver a medicine to cure another monk."
"Hai, Hokage-sama." Sensei bowed, and turned to the old monk."When will we be leaving?" She questioned.
"Tomorrow morning, at the first light of the son."the bald man declared.
"That's early..." Kiba muttered.
"Good." Kurenai agreed. "Then, we shall leave to prepare the trip. Come on."
I didn't move.
I was staring at the old man mouth opened. I had just used [Observe] on our client and what it revealed was… really surprising.
Name: Hioshi Piceyang
HP: 432/432 CP: 311/311 MP: 5741
Occupation: Founder of the Mind's Power cult
Sex: Male
Level: 18
Title: Moralizer of the Mind's Power
Age: 69
Race: Human
Specialty/Attributes: Psychology, Willpower
STR: 4 VIT: 4 DEX: 5 CKR: 3 CKRC: 1 INT: 57 WIS: 74
Status effects: None
History : Hioshi has always been a monk. He searched for the true meaning of life for a long time, and discovered that the mind could alone affect the world physically. He founded the Mind's Power cult, a religion that believes the mind overrules everything, and he's currently spending the rest of his life searching for a successor before he dies, without success.
Emotions: Serene, Interested
The Mind's Power… Could it be… MP?
A/N: Here it is! Thank you all for reading. Don't worry, Kurota won't change into some sort of fanatic prophet. Next chapter tomorrow!