Sasuke watched in awe as his book disappeared into the space in front of him and appeared in his Inventory space.
It had been several hours since his enlightenment about the Gamer system, courtesy of Uchiha Kai. Most of the time during the afternoon had been spent with his parents, or doing odd chores. In the evening, his birthday party turned out to be nothing but 2 hours of wasted social interaction while he was itching be get some privacy to test out his new powers. Even his favourite dishes cooked by his mom couldn't get his mind off the Gamer system.
There had been several moments when he thought about informing his parents about it, but he couldn't help but hesitate the last second and change the subject. He knew they wouldn't believe him without a significant amount of proof. And even if they did he knew all his future achievements would be credited to the system, not him. It could even be considered a new bloodline limit and he might even become an even more profitable target to kidnap for foreign villages.
Sasuke clearly didn't want that. So, he decided to keep the Gamer system a secret from everyone. He knew it was the correct decision when the system rewarded him for it.
For thinking things through before making a decision, WIS has increased by 1.
Now, finally, he was alone in his room and free to explore all the things he had learned from Kai. The Inventory space was turning out to be awesome. It was basically an unlimited personal dimension where he could store anything and everything for however long without the stuff going bad. The system even categorised the items making them easier to retrieve.
"Character Sheet." Sasuke called out to take another look at his stats.
Uchiha Sasuke
HP-500/500
CP-350/350
The Gamer
Title-None
Level-2 Exp-50/400
STR-1
END-2
AGI-2
INT-1
WIS-2
LUC-1
POINTS-5
MONEY- 20 ryo
Sasuke decided to leave his points alone for now, as Kai had suggested. It would apparently become harder to gain status points through training in the future as he leveled up.
"Skills." He moved on.
Skills:
Gamer's Mind (Level-MAX) SWITCHED OFF
Allows you to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind, immune to psychological status and effects like genjutsu and mind body tranfer. It also protects the mind from harmful effects of lack of sleep.
Gamer's Body (Level-MAX)
Grants you a body that allows you to live the real world according to the status you possess. The physiological need to eat and sleep is removed and all injuries as healed with 8 hours sleep in your bed.
Observe (Level 1)
Observe lets you glean information about the target with just one look. Amount of information depends on the level of target, level of The Gamer and Skill level.
Chakra Flare ( Level 1)
Chakra Flare is used to dispel genjutsu.
At level 1: Dispels E rank genjutsu
Chakra cost: 50 CP
Shurikenjutsu (Level 6)
This skill allows you to wield and aim throwing weapons.
Chance of hiting bull's eye- 12•/•
DMG: 11* STR
Sasuke gaped. Gamer's mind and Gamer's body extremely overpowered. But why was Gamer's mind switched off? It would certainly helped him today preventing all the panicking and confusion.
"Switch on gamer's mind?" He commanded uncertainly, not knowing if it would working.
Instantly, all his fears and worries seemed to have taken a backseat in his thought process. He didn't even know that he was still so stressed out about this new unusual development in his life, untill the Gamer's Mind skill suppressed it.
He still had control over his mind and emotions, though. So he didn't mind leaving the skill in for now. It wasn't like it had any CP requirements. Plus the skill would let him skip sleeping all together unless he was injured.
"I'll have to increase the other skill levels by repeated use. 'Grinding' is supposed to be the way to win in video games, according to Kai. " Sasuke mused.
Ding!
Quest Alert:
Start the Grind: Level up all three of your current skills to Level 10 in 2 days.
Completion Rewards: 500 exp, 200 ryo
Completion Failure: 50 exp, 20 ryo
500 exp would be enough to level him up once again. He had to complete this one. Failing at the Shurikenjutsu quest was embarrassing enough.
He started using observe skill in any random object in his room that caught his eye. He was wasn't able to get much information, just the name of the object and that it was a Common Object. Only his 15 training kunai showed DMG, which he assumed was damaged. It made sense since everything else he was scanning were common house objects like clothes and stationary. After some time he ran out of things to observe and sneaked to the kitchen and continued his grinding there.
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1
After attaining level 5 in Observe he noted something interesting.
Ripe Banana
Common Object
CP Gain- 50
So, he could regain his chakra by eating food. He picked up an apple from the fruit basket and repeated the action.
Ripe Apple
Common Object
HP Gain- 75
Sasuke couldn't help but grin at this new information. Despite not needing to eat, he could regain HP and CP quickly by eating certain foods.
He had been worried about how to grind his Chakra Flare skill, since he would exhaust his chakra only after 7 uses of the skill. The solution had presented itself though.
He quickly scanned all the fruits present in the kitchen and picked up all the ones which would give him chakra points. As stealthily as he could he carried all of them back to his room.
Reaching his room, he quickly flared his chakra four times before taking a look at his chakra points.
CP- 150/350
Not taking any chances with chakra exhaustion, he proceeded to eat four bananas and repeated the action.
This time, however, he gained different result.
CP- 152/352
Chakra Points increased with usage? This was different than what Kai had told him. In video games, CP and HP only increased with increased stats and levels. And his CP had definitely increased after gaining that 1 WIS point.
Whatever, he wouldn't be looking a gift horse in mouth.
He knew if he wanted to be a powerful Shinobi like nii-san he had to increase his chakra points exponentially.
Sasuke's introspection was interrupted by his bedroom door being yanked open. His father stood in the doorway, wearing his nightclothes and looking annoyed.
"Sasuke, why are you flaring your chakra in the middle of the night?" Fugaku asked briskly.
Sasuke made a mental note to not grind this particular skill at night time.
"Uh, I was practicing tou-san." He answered, deciding to be honest. There really wasn't any excuse he could offer up for using chakra flares repeatedly when he should be sleeping.
"Hn. Do it tomorrow." His father ordered. "The rest of us are trying to sleep here. And do not make a mess with all those fruits you stole from the kitchen." He continued before, closing the door, but not before Sasuke used Observe on him.
Uchiha Fugaku
HP- ??
CP-??
Title- Uchiha Clan Head
Level- ??
STR- ??
END- ??
AGI- ??
INT- ??
WIS- ??
LUC- ??
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1.
Sasuke looked at the screen in frustration. "What is the point of showing all of this, if it's just going to be filled by question marks?" He grumbled, putting all the fruits inside his Inventory for later use. He'd just have to work on his Observe skill tonight.
Sighing, Sasuke went towards the window and started observing random objects still visible in the moonlight.
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1.
It took much longer than earlier to level up the skill though. Though, It had leveled up with just one use when he used it on father. Did it gain experience faster when used on humans?
Curious, Sasuke kept his eyes peeled for the any of the night patrol gaurds to paas through. The clan head's house vicinity was the most frequently patrol area. Soon enough, a brown haired teenager was seen passing through. Sasuke, quickly used observe on him.
Uchiha Kazuko
HP-25000/25000
CP- 17300/19000
Title- Police Officer
Level-27
STR- 54
END-50
AGI- 76
INT- 60
WIS- 47
LUC-23
Skill Observe Level has increased by 1.
Sasuke noted Kazuko's stats, wondering where would his nii-san's stats would stand in comparison. He was almost sure that observing Itachi would lead to to the same result as his father, even though Kazuko was 4 years older than Itachi.
After confirming his theory that human subjects were better for leveling up Observe, Sasuke decided to work on the the next day. The skill was already at a level 7 and he had 2 days to get it to level 10.
Wondering what to do for the rest of the night, Sasuke decided to work on his kanji writing assignment, given by his mother. He was supposed to do it two days ago but somehow kept getting sidetracked.
Taking out his reference module and writing utensils, Sasuke got to carefully sketching out the difficult kanji letter again and again till they became second nature to him. It was tedious work and Sasuke had never liked practicing kanji, but Gamer's Mind helped him keep the boredom at bay. Before long a familiar chime interrupted him.
Ding!
By working diligently on your writing assignment you have created a new skill.
Skill: Calligraphy (Level 11)
This skill allows complete mastery over the characters you have practiced and improves speed of writing.
Sasuke blinked, wondering what complete mastery meant and why the skill had started with level 11. Was it because of all the previous writing practice he has done?
With no immediate answer forthcoming, he carefully dipped his brush in ink and resumed his practice only to be surprised at the brush smooth smoothly moving on the paper with minimal effort on his part and produced a perfectly written kanji character. The one he had been painstakingly writing before taking about 2 minutes per character to avoid any mistakes.
Needless to say, Sasuke found the perfect skill to grind for the night.
Skill Calligraphy Level has increased by 1.
After finishing his current workbook, Sasuke fished out all the advanced kanji modules his mother had stored in his room and got to work. After carefully working on a character three times, the skill gained perfect mastery of the particular character and made the remaining repetitions easier than breathing.
Skill Calligraphy Level has increased by 1.
Skill Calligraphy Level has increased by 1.
Skill Calligraphy Level has increased by 1.
With the help of the skill's benifit of comple mastery and faster speed of writing. Sasuke managed to complete all of the modules in his room by morning. Though the skill was slow to level up, it was now at a comfortable level 15, much higher than all his other skills.
Uchiha Sasuke
HP-500/500
CP-352/352
The Gamer
Title-None
Level-2 Exp-50/400
STR-1
END-2
AGI-2
INT-1
WIS-2
LUC-1
POINTS-5
MONEY- 20 ryo
Skills:
Gamer's Mind (Level-MAX) SWITCHED On
Allows you to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind, immune to psychological status and effects like genjutsu and mind body tranfer. It also protects the mind from harmful effects of lack of sleep.
Gamer's Body (Level-MAX)
Grants you a body that allows you to live the real world according to the status you possess. The physiological need to eat and sleep is removed and all injuries as healed with 8 hours sleep in your bed.
Observe (Level 8)
Observe lets you glean information about the target with just one look. Amount of information depends on the level of target, level of The Gamer and Skill level.
Chakra Flare ( Level 1)
Chakra Flare is used to dispel genjutsu.
At level 1: Dispels E rank genjutsu
Chakra cost: 50 CP
Shurikenjutsu (Level 6)
This skill allows you to wield and aim throwing weapons.
Chance of hiting bull's eye- 12•/•
DMG: 11* STR
Calligraphy (Level 15)
This skill allows complete mastery over the characters you have practiced and improves speed of writing.
