DISCLAIMER:
I own neither Naruto nor Solo-Leveling in any way, shape, or form unless it is an OC or a concept not present in the author's original work. Otherwise, many things would have been different.
Also, I will use Japanese names and techniques and write English translations using parentheses. Or I will do the opposite, with the English name and the Japanese version in parentheses. (It will depend on me.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hi, everyone! I'm back again.
I'm genuinely grateful for the warm reception my rebooted fiction has received in such a short time. It means a lot to me.
On that note, what I envisioned for this reboot would be a more down-to-earth series, with as many everyday scenes as I can/wish to be – with specific events from my first fiction still occurring.
Additionally, I have adjusted the amount of money Naruto had in the previous chapter, which was 4,950 Ryo –I found it too little and augmented it to 49,500 Ryo.
Bear in mind that Naruto was facing inflated prices due to the bigotry of the civilians.
Finally, I will better introduce the job-changing quest – the way I did it was not good since it was on the 1st dungeon of Hinata at that time. Thus, I would introduce it when Naruto does the dungeons solo.
Will it be the same result or not? It is up to you to discover it! Without further redo, I think we should dive into this chapter.
"Normal speech" / 'thought'
"Biju/Summons/Game System speech"
'Biju/Summons/Game System thought'
Previously, in the last chapter …
'So, it is a transmigration … One with quite the will for a mere insect. Let us see what you have in reserve, Naruto or Constantin.' Though Kurama.
Current Chapter: Dawn of the Leveling-One.
- 6:00 a.m. the following day at Naruto's house -
Sleep ended, HP/CP/MP was restored, any ill status was removed, and knowledge of seals put on the body was imprinted in the mind.
"*Yawn* - a good night of sleep is all that is needed to begin a new Odyssey," I said – 'let's use the [Kagura Shingan | Kagura's Mind Eye] skill to "see" if there are any Anbu agents or Root Agents.
Once activated, no agents were directly near my house position. Even though Anbu agent patrols go in and out, they can leave. However, there seem to be some seals located inside the apartment.
'Nice to know I got a freeway to put into motion my plans, but these seals are a nuisance to me. But there seems to be none there to tell my every move, just what I say.' I thought before I got to the seals' positions and began using my Fuinjutsu and writing perks to understand the seals and replicate them in detail with how to do them for later before destroying them without alerting the maker of their destruction.
On top of applying all the knowledge about the seals to this body earlier in life.
"Nice, now it is more Sealing knowledge for me to learn … but still, for you to fall that deep, dear Toad … my father would be so disappointed by your actions. I do hope the Slug isn't implicated in this mess because I "killed" Kaa-chan," I sighed.
"Well, let's put these grim thoughts aside and review any of the skills I have at my disposition," I said before snapping my fingers.
As soon as it was done, the menu appeared, and I clicked on the [Perk|Skill] menu and went to the skill sub-menu.
[Skill] sub-menu:
[Stealth] skill lvl. 10/20 – Advanced Stage
Description:
A skill that enables you to move undetected by others. The greater the level and stage of this skill, the stealthier you are.
Effects:
- 100% noise detection by Chunins | - 100% of noise detection for Jonins/Anbu Agents if they are not actively looking for you.
- 100% presence emission (= they don't feel your presence) if they are not actively looking for you.
+ 100% trap detection.
[Running] Skill lvl. 10/20 – Advanced Stage
Description: A Skill that amplifies your speed.
Effects:
+ 100% of speed when running
- 100% stamina depletion when running (= you can run twice as long than if this skill isn't activated)
[Henge – Ningen | Illusory Transformation - Human] Skill lvl. 05/10 – Master Stage
Description:
A skill that enables you to put an illusion onto yourself to deceive anyone without Sharingan or Byakugan or Advanced Sensor Ability that you are someone else – by "transforming" yourself into someone else.
Effects:
Take the appearance of someone else.
- 150% chakra cost
- 300% chakra control
+150% of deceiving someone else of Jonin/Anbu level who isn't searching for you.
Cost: 50 cp upon transformation – then 25 cp/hour – CC required: 45%
[Kage Henge | Shadow Transformation] Skill lvl. 10/20 – Advanced Stage
Description:
It is the Kage Bushin equivalent of the Henge – it allows you to take the appearance of any human you think of and any animal you have studied the anatomy of. On top of that, it will be a solid transformation.
Effects:
Take the appearance of someone else.
Take the appearance of an animal.
- 75% chakra cost.
+75% of deceiving someone else of Jonin/Anbu level who isn't searching for you.
Cost: 100 cp upon transformation – then 50cp/hour
Note: Once the lvl. 10/10 – Master Stage completed. A Skill Evolution Quest will appear to make this skill evolve into the [Shapeshifting] skill and will allow you to earn the [Shapeshifter] perk.
[Oiroke no Jutsu | Sexy Technique] Skill fully mastered
Description:
This skill is goofy, enabling you to transform into a woman version of yourself while having strips of fume on the "sensitive" areas. It possesses the same physical properties as the Shadow Clone technique.
Effects:
Take the appearance of a sexy young lady version of yourself.
Cost: 10 cp upon transformation – then 1cp/hour
"Well, it is a few skills. But significant utility ones at that! Now let's try to learn the Shadow Clones as a priority before anything else." I was saying this before a sweet, familiar sound happened.
A/N:
For any chakra cost or chakra control reduction. You must divide the shown cost or control requirements by the percentage to obtain the actual requirements:
Henge Cost: 50 cp upon transformation – then 25 cp/hour – CC required: 45%
Reduction: -150% chakra cost & -300% Chakra control
= 33,33 cp upon transformation – then 16,67 cp/hour - CC required: 15%
Ding! New quest created:
Quest: Learn the Shadow Clone Technique!
[Objectives]
Learn the Shadow Clone Technique.
Make 5 Shadow Clones
Make 10 Shadow Clones
Make 15 Shadow Clones
Make 20 Shadow Clones
Learn about the "secret" of the Shadow Clones Technique
[Rewards]
Shadow Clone Technique learned.
+ One scroll shows mastery of the Multi Shadow Clone.
+ 900 Ryo per objective completed.
+ 200 Exp per objective completed.
"Well, let the show on the road!" I exclaimed before going at it.
And for the next hour, I trained with the technique. I trained hard; within the first 15 minutes, I could do one shadow Clone. Eight clones appeared in the 25 minutes after that; the next 10 minutes saw 15 clones being made, and just by the last second – 20 clones appeared.
"Dang it, what a shitty low Chakra Control. I understand now why he took so much time in the OG series. Not that it will matter; I will make sure my CC will be top-notch. I will not try to learn everything in the Ninja Arts that requires control, but at least my control will be perfect. Which will be easy with the "secret" memory feedback technicality of the technique," I said before the familiar sound reappeared.
Ding! Quest finished & completed.
Quest: Learn the Shadow Clone Technique! – success!
[Rewards]
Shadow Clone Technique learned.
+1 scroll of mastery of the Shadow Clone technique & Multi Shadow Clones Technique
+ 2,400 Ryo per objective completed.
+ 1,200 Exp per objective completed.
Money: 54,900 Ryo
Exp: 0/1,000 1,200/1,000
Ding! Level up!
Stats update:
HP: + 9 375 | + 2,678.57 regen/second
CP/MP: +165,375 | +9,727.94regen/second
CC: 15 %
STR: +125 | VITA: + 381| DEX: + 125
INT: + 63 | WIS: + 63
CHA: 100/100 | LUC: Lucky B**tard
FSP (= Free Stat Points): +25
[Notice]
Each level-up increases the experience requirement by 500 exp; thus, obtaining level 100 would require 50,500 exp.
Would you like to use the [Shadow Clone] [Multi Shadow Clone] Scrolls of Mastery?
[Yes/No]
"Yes"
Scroll of mastery used – said skills are fully mastered at the stage of Master.
A quest correlating to these techniques has been added to the [quest] menu.
[Kage Bushin | Shadow Clone] skill fully mastered.
Description:
This skill enables you to create solid clones of yourself with the same skillset. One hit can dispel it on the clone's will or yours. It has a memory feedback ability, enabling you to learn anything new they have learned during their "life, " including muscle memory.
Effects | cost:
Create a solid clone.
Divide your chakra evenly between all clones.
- 100% chakra cost = divide by two the quantity of chakra required = 1 clone requires a fourth of the chakra reserve instead of half of it – and will have 100% of the owner's reserves instead of half of it.
Note: Due to you having the [Gamer's Mind] perk – you do not suffer from any mental backlash from dispelling any number of clones – Meaning = Infinite Power!
[Tajuu Kage Bushin | Multi Shadow Clone] skill fully mastered.
Description:
It is the creation in mass of the Shadow Clone – it is to be used to create at least 20 clones or more.
Effects | cost:
Create 20+ solid clones.
Divide your chakra evenly between all clones.
- 100% chakra cost = divided by two the quantity of chakra required = 20 clones will have the same chakra reserves as if only ten clones were to be created.
"Neat, now let us see the inventory," I said while creating 21 clones. One will be in charge of taking any aggro out of me, doing random stuff. 10 will locate any potential housing that belonged to my parents, based on my memories from the OG Series and the fanfiction.
[Inventory] menu opened
Money: 50,000 Ryo | 4,900 Ryo were taken to do stuff.
Three sets of the infamous Orange Jumpsuit
One set of sub-par quality Kunais.
One set of sub-par quality Shurikens.
"Really? *sigh* Mankind's stupidity can be so profound on many occasions. Not that it will matter soon, since I will let this clone be the decoy since I intend to see if there is a house or an estate that my parents had and if it is still intact.
Once there, I will leave there for goods. And I'll be able to hone my skills until I'm satisfied with them." I deadpanned and said to myself.
"Game's Shop, please," was asked.
[Game's Shop] menu opened
Welcome inside the Shop. If this is your first visit, you will receive a one-time 75% reduction on your entire purchase.
[Food]
[Civilian Utility Items]
[Civilian Litteracy]
[Shinobi/Ronin (=Samurai) Equipment]
[Shinobi Litteracy]
[Others]
[Specific Item Research Tab]
"That's what I call a shop! Let's see the Shinobi/Ronin Equipment section," I said and pushed the button.
[Shinobi Equipment]
[Ronin Equipment]
I pushed the Shinobi Equipment button
[Shinobi Weapon]
[Shinobi Outfit]
[Shinobi Suply]
"Seems to be quite distinct and well organized. Well, let's see, do some shopping." I enthusiastically said.
- 30 minutes later -
The shopping session terminated, and it does include:
Civilian Literacy: 10,000 Ryo
1 set of books:
Etiquette | Cooking | Gardening-Flowers-Plants-Herbs.
Diplomacy | Trading
Different manual labor jobs = carpenter, etcetera …
Maths, literacy, civilian calligraphy, etcetera …
Shinobi Literacy: 15,000 Ryo
1 set of books about:
Academic knowledge from the Shodaime until now.
Cakra Control: Beginner to Master.
Non-Elemental & Elemental Ninjutsu: Beginner to Master.
Genjutsu & how to dispel it: Beginner to Master.
Taijutsu: Beginner to Master.
Bokijutsu: Beginner to Master.
Kenjutsu: Beginner to Master.
Shinobi Weapons: 15,000 Ryo
1 set of rare chakra conducting Kunais.
1 set of rare chakra conducting Surikens.
1 chakra conducting Tanto
1 set of dual Hidden Blades
(A/N: Yeah, I know I'm adding some gear from the Assassin's Creed franchise with the hidden blades, but guess what? It is my fiction, so I'm adding what suits my current fiction. On top of it, such a gear doesn't break the power-scaling of the Naruto verse as much as the Gamer system would!)
Shinobi Outfit: 40,000 Ryo
3 sets of chakra-conducting:
Red pants with various seals integrated.
Anbu black sandals with various seals integrated.
Black sweatshirt hoodies, yellow flames at the bottom, and multiple seals integrated.
Black capes, orange flames at the bottom, and multiple seals integrated.
Black gloves, a metal plate on top, and multiple seals integrated.
Black masks and multiple seals integrated.
Shinobi Supply: 20,000 Ryo
10 reels of 10m of chakra conducting Shinobi wires.
5 small bags of 20 chakra Pills.
5 small bags of 20 Soldier Pills.
5 packs of 15 explosive tags.
10 Storage Scrolls.
1 storage scroll containing a set for camping.
3 gourds of water with various seals on them.
Notice: The seals included in the Shinobi Outfit section are as follows:
Noise silencing Seal: Does not make any noise.
Odor Impedment Seal: No smell is emitted.
Body Temperature maintenance: Will maintain the temperature desired by the user
Water-Proof Seal: Will prevent the clothes from being soaked
Chakra-Sight Impermeable Seal: It will prevent any ocular or sensoring techniques from sensing the chakra of the wearer.
Auto-Reparation seal: It will feed off the chakra of the wearer to repair the item.
Reverse-Summon seal: It will automatically reverse summon said item to its designated compartment on either the user scroll(s)/tattoos or the wearer's house.
Filtering seal: This will filter the air or the water, depending on the item on which it is applied.
Every purchase will be sorted by the Shop's categories and put inside scrolls for the Player's better convenience.
Total of the Shopping: 100,000 Ryo
Reduction offered: -75%
Total to pay: 25,000 Ryo
Do you confirm your purchase of these items for 25,000 Ryo?
[Yes/No]
"Cannot be helped, but I still have 25,000 Ryo left – even then, I don't know if there is any housing that my parents left behind with anything inside," I said while pushing the yes and saw half of my money disappearing.
At this moment, I received the localization of the seeming estate of my parents from one of my clones in the clan district but offset. But it seems to have heavier Anbu Patrols there and some civilians hovering around like vultures at the sight of the estate – some clan members as well, but more sparse.
Nothing that my Kage Henge cannot resolve, frankly.
'Now, I'll wait for tonight to make a move on the estate. While I stay, I'll need to learn about animals and how they work to get Kage Henge into them,' I thought.
With that said, I put one set of the gear I had just bought and hanged myself for becoming a random civilian with a storage scroll that contained all the other storage scrolls. Then, I went to a far-off training ground, changing my Henge identity often in different alleyways.
Why, you may ask? I did it because I did not wish to be spotted here by scornful civilians who wanted to vandalize this place or any shinobi passing by who may sense me.
When I arrived in, I spent the whole time until night working on what I aimed for the day through the usage of Shadow Clones while I went for some physical conditioning with the "infamous" Daily Quest – which was what I thought it would look like with an exception:
Ding! Daily Quest appeared.
Daily physical training.
[Objectives]
100 push-up
100 sit-up
50 punches with both hands
50 kicks with both feet
10 laps of the training ground
[Rewards]
20 exp per objective completed
300 Ryo per objective completed
2 FSP per objective completed
[Notice]
This Daily quest can only be completed from levels 1 to 5. The objectives will change and will only be available until level 10.
When it was 7:00 p.m. – I was at 300/1500 exp required to become level 3; I also gained the 1,500 Ryo and 10 FSP. With that done, I dispelled my Shadow Clones, henged myself into a cat resembling the devil cat Tora, and went straight to my parent's place while making sure any ninja did not spot me since they despise Tora for *cough*obvious reasons *cough*.
I finally arrived at my destination. I again used my sensoring ability and sensed no presence following me or nearby for now. With that, I took my chance. Still under Henge and right on queue after I beat my thumb and applied blood on the seal matrix, I heard:
"Hooray! The seal seems to be opening! We may finally let "The Legacy of the Yondaime (= 4th Hokage)" be restored within worthy ninja!" – "We'll be able to learn about his power and show the demon brat the power he must fear!" among other things.
'How stupid people can be *sigh*' was my thought.
After the gate was opened, I immediately entered the property and closed the gate right at the last second. Because I heard again, among other things:
"What! What that cat is doing inside this place!" – "How this cat could enter this place and close it! Only seal masters or people understanding it can do it!" – "Damn it! We will not be able to access his legacy and transmit it to worthy people!" – etcetera
'Well, that's done. There must be a seal matrix with people authorized to go in and out of this. If so, I must find it and remove any other authorization than mine.' I thought in a hurry.
For the next hour, I looked for it—in my human form, once I entered the building and closed the door, thus forbidding anyone to know I was inside. I also went to see if there were any additional seals from the last time Tou-san put seals in the building, and I finally found none were added after the Kyûbi's attack.
After an hour, I finally found it! And like I hoped it would, it seems easy to activate and modify who can and cannot go in and out. In addition, I could see who had access to what. On the matrix, I saw the names of Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Hiruzen and their fingerprints and blood samples.
I snarled at the sight. Neither of them was here for me/Naruto before the merging, to take care of me and teach me.
On top of it, like in this other fiction, "Ying Yang Fox: The Fire Daimyo's Harbinger," – Jiraiya had access to my father's accounts, and seemingly, Tsunade had access to my mother's account – in relief, I could see every in and out of the money inside the bank account.
'Sure, Hiruzen was doing what he could for Kakashi; I will have to see more of him to settle. I didn't bother to check him at the hospital to see if he was genuine about caring for me or not. For Jiraiya, he is blacklisted – Tsunade, I have the gut feeling it is the case that I have killed my mother.' Those were my thoughts before I erased their files from the seal matrix and created mine.
I am also rescinding the access of the Sanins to my parent's bank accounts.
"Yatto kaette kimashita! (= I'm home, finally!)" I said with a profound sense of longing and a smile.
To my relief, I found a room that enabled me to go in and out of the estate without being noticed. I used it once to see where it would lead me and found out it was leading me behind the Hokage monument, just near my Father's Stone Face.
I used that time to make my remaining clone come here quickly to let him know what was going on and plan for anything.
Since a cat entered my parents' estate, to top it off, there might be a signal that let the "authorized" people know that their authorization was rescinded. It may warn the higher-ups that I may be implicated in this mess and that they will come for "me" and interrogate my clone.
So, we planned his course to ensure no suspicions would arise about me for the next hour and a half.
I then bought and used some instant-application seals on my clone to make it look like the seals were never taken away, and I put another seal that suppressed any memories that belonged to my first life and of the thought process I had from after my awakening from the coma.
The operation cost me 5,000 Ryo, but I needed to truly live as a shinobi: "Live, learn, and strike into the shadows." I will have to do something about Hinata only after the 3rd year begins.
Once, I used the seal that appeared near my right hand to return to my house. For the following two weeks, I spent my time looking and discovering what should have been my place to live – with me, looking for the kitchen and any food storage in priority to find that there was food for a month and what I presumed to be preserving seals being there to make sure that no food would rot.
After visiting home, I spent the remainder of my time using shadow clones to learn civilian knowledge from the book I bought, which became a priority while I continued my physical conditioning.
- Meanwhile, in the village at the Council Chamber an hour after the ordeal -
"It is scandalous! How can a cat enter such an important place and close it after it enters inside?" yelled a civilian counselor.
"Who knows what this cat will do to his legacy!" roared another.
It lasted 10 minutes before Hiruzen reigned order by leaking his killing intent and roared: "Silence!".
"It will serve nothing for us to panic like this! Fortunately for us, Minato had put a seal matrix enabling certain people to go in and out but only for particular reasons …" Hiruzen said before a sense of burning was felt on the right forearm, and a sense of dread crept in him.
"Oh, no … my … my authorization was rescinded!" he yelled.
"What do you mean your authorization was rescinded, Hiruzen!" said a nervous Danzo, who saw his hope of using the knowledge of the 4th to his advantage.
"It means that someone knew of the seal matrix and used it to rescind my authorization to enter the place! I can only assume this is the case for everyone allowed to do so. Anbu, go send 2 teams to find and bring them back!" they said and ordered Hiruzen.
On queue, Anbu left to do his assignment.
"You sent these teams to search for the two loyal Sanins, right?" asked Homura.
"Indeed, I do hope none of them had anything to do with it since they could have been the culprits," he answered.
"But, wait, my dear Hiruzen. Maybe it is him the culprit …" was saying Danzo when Hiruzen directed his glare to him.
"Don't bother to say it is him since I know he has no idea of his situation, and he isn't related in any way, shape, or form to it, my agents told me just after the ordeal was brought up, Danzo. And it is Hokage-Sama to you, by the way." He said heatedly.
"Who are you speaking of, Hokage-Sama?" asked a civilian counselor.
"There is Nothing to worry about. It is an SS-Rank Shinobi affair, so you cannot do anything about it. And please leave this room; what will be spoken is Shinobi-eyes only; you're also included, Danzo." He replied.
Before any of the civilians could reply, Anbu took them away. At the same time, Danzo leveled a glare at Hiruzen, and he responded to it before leaving.
"*sigh* Inu, did your mark disappear too?" he asked – "Hai, Hokage-Sama," was the reply.
"What will we do, Hokage-Sama? Surely, we cannot let such a thing happen, even though it is for vastly different reasons than most." Said Inoichi Yamanaka.
"Indeed, my dear, indeed. But we cannot do anything yet, as we need Jiraiya and his fuinjutsu skills. He was close and taught Minato most of his skills in this art – he will be able to do something.
- Time skip of two weeks –
'Thanks to my Shadow Clones, I learned everything about Etiquette, Cooking, gardening, and Flowers in these two weeks. Still, all I need to do is keep looking for new flowers and plants to collect and make a collection out of them. I'll need to collect more food, practice and perfect my skills, and learn new recipes for cooking.
For Diplomacy and Trading, I'm at a stage where I'm confident that I can negotiate and barter my way out of approximately 40% to 55% of situations.
Additionally, I made sure to be unbeatable on the law side by focusing 500 clones on this topic 24/7 for a week. I can protect myself well enough to be chill on this side.
Finally, I'm good at repairing, maintaining, and keeping a house clean for manual labor jobs. I'm decent at gathering raw materials like hunting, lumberjacking, and mining. But I began learning how to transform them.' I smirked at the progress growth on the civilian side.
'For my Shinobi skills … I still have two weeks to ensure I get everything under wrap. Besides, the books I purchased were not in vain since they completed many subjects in the familial library.
Even though my calligraphy and fuinjutsu skills are already on level 10/10 of the non-Uzumaki scale, or in my gamer system terms, I'm already at lvl.10/10 – master stage.
In the next two weeks, I will dedicate part of my time to learning any Uzumaki Fuinjutsu knowledge and begin understanding the Taijutsu Styles of both my parents.
On the other hand, I will begin my journey as a writer this week by writing and publishing one of the fantasy or sci-fi fiction books in my previous world. The only question is which one?' I mused when I heard the familiar sound.
Ding! Update of the Skills:
[Etiquette] Skill fully mastered – Master Stage
Description: It represents how well-mannered and well-spoken you are with others.
Effects:
+100% toward Eloquence | Poker Face efficiency | Persuasion
+100% success in noticing body language and tics of speech.
[Cooking] Skill lvl.10/10 – Master Stage
Description: It is the art of cooking and represents how well you can cook.
Effects:
-100% ingredient waste
-100% failure rate for meal preparation
+100% meal deliciousness
+100% cooking innovativeness.
[Gardening | Flower] Skill fully mastered – Master Stage
Description: It represents how well you can maintain a garden and how well you can compose a bouquet.
Effects:
+100% efficiency toward garden maintenance.
+100% yield of fruits & vegetables
-100% water wasting
+100% flower bouquet fashion
'I'm more fashionable? Well, that is already something. Maybe I should try to date Ino …' I mentally deadpanned.
[Diplomacy] Skill lvl. 1/10 – Advance Stage
Description: It represents how well you can negotiate diplomatic actions.
Effects:
+50% success rate toward diplomatic actions: parley | Peace negotiation | Hostage negotiation | noticing language tics.
[Trading] Skill lvl. 1/10 – Advance Stage
Description: It represents how well you can trade.
Effects:
+50% success rate toward trade actions: Trade agreements | bartering | obtaining advantageous prices | etcetera
[Law knowledge] Skill fully mastered – Master Stage
Description: It represents how much of the law you know and your comprehension of it.
Effect:
+100% success in defense and offense during a trial
+100% finding loopholes inside a codex of laws.
+100% success in noticing underlines in the way people are speaking.
[Reperation | Maintenance | Cleaning] skill fully mastered – Master Stage
Description: It represents how well you are maintaining, cleaning, and repairing stuff.
Effect:
-100% waste resources when doing any of these three tasks.
+100% speed when doing these tasks.
+100% awareness of minute details.
[Calligraphy] Skill fully mastered – Non-Uzumaki Master Stage.
Description: It represents how good your calligraphy is.
Effects: +250% success rate toward any calligraphy attempt
[Fuinjutsu] Skill fully mastered – Non-Uzumaki Master Stage.
Description: It represents your current knowledge and capacity in sealing. It is making you a 10/10 Seal Master on the Non-Uzumaki Scaling.
Effects: +250% success rate toward performing a seal | improving a seal | learning a seal | decrypting/encrypting a seal | destroying a seal without sequel | transferring a Biju from one host to another | transforming a seal to another.
Notice: This skill can be upgraded to the [Uzumaki Fuinjutsu] by doing the Clan Quest.
Notice: 100% is the baseline for any skill at the Master Stage. And, any skill based on the Uzumaki's art of predilection = Fuinjutsu will receive a +150% buff from the [Uber Uzumaki Heritage perk].
'With how diligent I was with my daily quests, I could level up to level 3 with 100/2,000 exp required for the 4th one. I have a nice increase in my stats, with + 9,375 hp | + 165,375 CP/MP | +125 STR/DEX | + 63 INT/WIS | 381 VITA | + 25 FSP.
On top of the 21,000 Ryo earned by just exercising myself and 140 FSP – putting me up to 46,000 Ryo in my pocket and 190 FSP in total
*chuckle* "It seems I got it good on that side. I will do my Clan Quest when I begin my third year; there is no need to press on. On the other hand, it seems that my so-called God-Parents are here and aren't happy about the funding cut.
Where is the popcorn so I can enjoy the show inside Kage's Office?" I asked, quickly grabbing it.
- Inside the Hokage's office -
"Ah, if it isn't my dear students that came to see their old teacher! What a great day!" exclaimed Hiruzen while lighting his sempiternal smoke pipe.
"Well, what can I say, sensei? Providence most likely has done it! On the other hand, what the crap is this sh*t with my tattoo, which disappeared, sensei? What happened?" said Jiraiya while growling at the end.
"Calm down on the last part while I'm your sensei and a kind old man. I'm still your Hokage." Hiruzen sternly raised his aura, making the Toad Sage back off eyes like Tsunade, who had never seen him doing it.
"Please, pardon this idiot for his stupidity. His pervertedness corrupted a bit his judgment call." Tsunade said in an attempt to soothe the situation.
"Indeed, it seems Tsunade. But why are you here, too? Unless I was not made aware of it, I asked Jiraiya to come, not you too." a now suspicious Hiruzen asked since it did not bode well that she would come back like this.
'Seems something shitty is going on, and certain people that were close to me went behind my back.' Was his thought.
"Well … to say everything sensei, I was also given the same tattoo as the pervert in case I passed by one of the hideouts Minato had, and I was having trouble or wished to … isolate myself a little more to put my thoughts in order." I was trying to say Tsunade.
'It indeed seems that shitty things went on; oh, my dear students, have every one of you fallen this low? Have I indeed failed you as your teacher? Or were you leeches?
On the off-hand, I recall that Orochimaru's situation quickly degraded when Minato's potential revealed itself. Can it be Jiraiya's doing?' were Hiruzen's grim thoughts while he put the Grandfatherly mask on himself.
"Hm, while comprehensible, Tsunade. But isn't it like what … 15 to 20 years ago, Dan died tragically? Surely you already mourned him and passed on, didn't you? That you were using your medical prowess to aid and heal people like your grand-father and grand-uncle would at least want you even if you aren't a Ninja." Said Hiruzen while probing for anything.
"huh, yes. It was 17 years ago, sensei. But still, his memories and those of Nawaki are heavy. So, now and then, I isolate … myself to remember these memories." Was Tsunade's answer.
'It seems I was right, while the base of why she would isolate herself is there. I doubt that this is the full reason for it. Besides, wasn't the tattoo give more than the access to the proper … oh no! Don't tell me there is the coffer to both these two that can be accessed!' Hiruzen was mentally exclaiming.
"With that said, can you give us the details of what happened two weeks ago with Minato's entry seal matrix opening and a cat resembling Tora entering and closing the door?" Jiraiya said in a cutting voice.
'You want to play like this? Jiraiya?' Hiruzen thought before telling them everything about the event.
Once done, they went to the estate door to see the thing better, with Ninja and Civilian around at a respectable distance.
"Well, it didn't open by itself, sensei. Someone opened it using some blood sample of Minato, and … wait! How is it possible? It also requires chakra from Minato or someone from his blood to open!
But that is impossible. Minato never had any child(ren)! How would the door ever open if Minato was heirless?" falsely exclaimed Jiraiya.
"I don't know, Jiraiya, but the impossible seemed to become a reality. As of now, the heir to Minato Namikaze has returned to the village while not wanting to disclose his identity as he came back in the form of a cat to go unnoticed by, with seals on him to make sure none would sense him!" shouted Hiruzen to make sure the most people would listen.
'What! But why?' - 'Why would he not wish to be unnoticed?' - 'Is it to surprise the demon-brat?' was among the thoughts of the citizens of Konoha now.
'What is sensei doing? Is he preparing the damn brat? It cannot be; last time I checked, he sucks so bad that he attempted to suicide himself. On top of that, the seals are still on, and no irregularities were noted. Hn, a vain attempt by sensei to prepare stuff for that brat that will suffer for what it is and what it did,' Was the grim thought of the Sanins.
- Inside the estate -
*Laughs* "ahah! I Never thought he would have the guts to do it! But it still shows he cared and didn't fall to darkness like the Sanins, for which my Kagura Shingan is telling me their chakra reeks of negativity. *sigh* I wished that at least Tsunade would see the light on this one *sigh*" I said while watching it.
"Well, let us not wait longer to better ourselves for the incoming darkness! Dungeon, please, Gaia," I asked.
Dungeon's Portal opened!
Once I entered the portal, I was welcomed by an alternative view of Konoha. Its streets were seemingly abandoned, and the atmosphere was creepy.
"For a first one – nothing seems wrong at first," I said
Beginning of the "Naruto Shippuden OST – Departure to the Frontlines," here
*sigh* "Well, let us not linger any longer in this pitch of darkness wanting – let us conquer it through and through – and from there, I will go from Hell to Heaven, conquering everything in my path – as I alone shall be the Honored one of this odyssey!" I exclaimed before using my Taju Kage Bushin skill to create 100 clones that I split into ten groups of ten clones
"Well, guys! Let us use this first opportunity of many others to come! Let us use this as the first stepping stone of our Great Oddysey! Let's clear this first dungeon, boyz, and let the Game begin!" I said, using my aura skill to thrill my clones and myself.
We split up, with each group on his way and myself alone.
End of the "Naruto Shippuden OST – Departure to the Frontlines," here
It took me 2 minutes to get to my first opportunity.
Ding! New encounter:
Identification as :
Name: Civilian Zombie
Level: 2
Stats :
HP: 150 | CP/MP/CC: N/A
STR: 10 | VITA: 15 | DEX: 5
INT: 0 | WIS: 0
CHA: - ∞ | LUC: None since dead
DMG RDCT: 1% | SPD: 2 m/sec
Description: A Human Civilian Undead that will not pose a threat of any kind on an individual scale unless it takes you by surprise – but in large quantities, they may pose a considerable threat to those who are either inexperienced, injured, or in too short a supply of manpower or equipment.
"Whelp, +1 monster to my glossary. Rome didn't build itself in one day – neither will my legend be, and even the greatest one began small to finish as legends." I said before rushing to the enemy while using my [running] skill.
And through a series of punches and kicks to different parts of the zombie's body, I inflicted enough damage to it: -15 hp | - 35 hp | -20 hp | -70 hp – Critical Strike | -10 hp = Death of the Zombie.
Ding! Creation of a new skill:
[Critical Strike] skill lvl. 1/20 – Beginner Stage
Description: A skill that represents your capability of inflicting more damage when striking your opponent.
Effects:
+ 15% damage when occurring in battle.
+ 100% damage when used in conjunction with the [Stealth] skill
Loot from the opponent:
+15 Ryo
+10 Exp
Dilapidated clothes cost 5 Ryo when sold, and the price is multiplied by 1.5 when sold in bulk, at 10.
Would you like to sell it now or keep it until the dungeon's final boss?
"I want to keep it until the final boss; with that out of the way, let us go onward with it," I happily cheered while continuing to slaughter the undead horde.
Final Boss Chamber Entrance.
"Whelp, I put down a quite hefty amount of them thought …" I was saying before seeing the heartwarming sight of my ten groups of 10 clones with quite a few clones supporting others on their shoulders.
'It seems my sense of duty of helping others in my first life is still engrained deep inside of me to the point that my clones helped each other when they most likely were about to be ended – it is the only explanation I got for not receiving any memories and the sight I have in front of me.' I tearily thought.
"Report"
With this order of mine, one by one, each group had a clone advanced one step ahead to make his report.
'A total of 400 Civilian Zombies (= CZ) – 200 Academy Student Zombies (= ASZ), and 75 Newly Graduated Genin (= NGG) were dealt with by my clones, which were being added to my 100 CZ – 50 ASZ and 25 NGG.
For a total of 500 CZ | 250 ASZ | 100 NGG.
Quite an achievement for my first time; if I were to put myself up, I have the raw talent to deal with civilians in mass academy students without problem unless they are clan heirs, for which it depends on which clan and newly graduated Genins are no problem.
I'll need to use the next 2½ months of remaining break to rattrap all the shortcomings OG Naruto had and refine them to be at least good enough to be considered a low—to mid-level Genin by then.' I thought.
"Well, please, you can disperse now, boyz!" I said before entering the chamber of the boss.
Let us say that this boss fight was short … really a short one. Why, you may ask? Well, when you have a mad lad thinking he is or was the greatest necromancer of all time and babbling about it for minutes on end to the point I was able to do a smokeless shadow clone just in front of me while I'm using my [Stealth] Skill to sneak behind him and using my hidden blade to stab behind his skull.
Well, it is bound to make the "fight" short.
The dungeon's Boss is dead – thus, the dungeon is cleared!
Recapitulation of the loot:
Ryo Looted:
+15 Ryo * 500 = 7,500 Ryo | 30 Ryo * 250 = 7,500 Ryo | 45 Ryo * 100 = 4,500 Ryo
The total of Ryo looted: +19,500 Ryo
+19,500 Ryo transferred to your account – making 65,500 Ryo worth in total
Experience earned:
+ 1 Exp * 500 = 500 Exp | 2.8 Exp * 250 = 700 Exp | 7.5 Exp * 100 = 750 Exp.
The total of experience earned: +1,950 Exp
Junk Loot:
[Dilapidated clothes] Unusable Common Item: 850 units | Unit price: 12 Ryo | Total price of selling: 10,200 Ryo
[Rusted Kunai] Unusable Common Item: 100 units | Unit price: 10 Ryo | Total price of selling: 1,000 Ryo
[Rusted Shuriken] Unusable Common Item: 150 units | Unit price: 4 Ryo | Total price of selling: 600 Ryo
11,800 Ryo + 15% bonus of selling in buddle = 13,570 Ryo
The total monetary worth of the Junk loot: + 13,570 Ryo.
Do you want to sell the junk?
[Yes/No]
"Yes"
+13,570 Ryo transferred to your account – making 79,070 Ryo worth in total
Boss' Items:
+ 2,500 Ryo
+ 1,250 Exp
[Necromancer's Robe] Uncommon Item: 1 unit | Unit price: 7,500 Ryo | Price of selling: 7,500 Ryo
[Necromancer's Scepter] Uncommon Item: 1 unit | Unit price: 4,000 Ryo | Price of selling:4,000 Ryo
[Necromancer's Tome] Rare Item: 1 unit | Unit price: 17,500 Ryo | Price of selling: 17,500 Ryo
[Necromancer's Sacrificial Dagger] Uncommon Item: 1 unit | Unit price: 5,000 Ryo | Price of selling: 5,000 Ryo
Would you like to sell the items?
[Yes/No]
"hmm, sell only the robes. I doubt it will serve me personally, but the three other items are of greater value that I cannot sell them." I replied.
Understood – the robe was sold for 7,500 Ryo.
The money was transferred to your account, making it worth 86,570 Ryo, and the items were put into your inventory.
Total Exp earned:
1,950 Exp + 1,250 Exp = 3 200 exp.
Ding! Level up!
Level 4 attained – Stats Update:
HP: + 9 375 | + 2,678.57 regen/second
CP/MP: +165,375 | +9,727.94regen/second
CC: 15 %
STR: +125 | VITA: + 381| DEX: + 125
INT: + 63 | WIS: + 63
CHA: 100/100 | LUC: Lucky B**tard
FSP (= Free Stat Points): +25
With this, your first dungeon is finished with success!
Returning to your home in 5 seconds.
- At my home -
*sigh of relief* "It is so good to return safely home after some good work time! I thought I'd need to take a soak for quite some time with the stench I got on myself." I said before yelping at the time on the clock.
It was 7:30 a.m. when I entered the dungeon, and it was only 10:00 a.m.
"Only 2:30 hours for a dungeon when I took 5 hours! Whoa, it seems to have some time dilatation inside of them. Does that mean I aged an additional 2:30 additional hours?" I pondered before asking, "Gaia, has the additional 2:30 hours been processed on me?"
No player, your physical aging process will always be connected to the normal flow of time that everyone is experiencing. However, your mental aging process will require additional time like this, which is 2:30 hours.
But thanks to your [Gamer's Mind], the discrepancy that would generally occur when the mind ages faster than the body is nullified.
"Dang! That is some good news there!" I cheered up before going to the most restricted part of the estate armory to safely put the unique loot from the boss while applying more seals to watch over any spiritual and physical phenomenons that would occur because of these weapons.
Once done, I went to the onsen part of the estate to soak, which always made me wonder how the old man achieved it.
- Inside a chamber -
"Damn it, with our access to the localization cut off, our free finance is gone." Said one male voice.
"Indeed, but it does not truly matter, while it sets things back quite a lot. We can still enter the place via the brat. So let us build ourselves for such an occasion that will occur if the brat becomes Chunin." Said an old male voice.
"I just hope the brat will suffer for everything!" said an angry female voice.
"He will, and it is a boon the old monkey bought your stories once he is gone. Konoha will rise as the most predominant force on this planet," said the second male voice.
…
The discussion continued without the occupants being the wiser about the spy seal.
- Inside the Hokage's Office with the Clan Heads -
"They stoop so low, frankly. I'm lucky I've remembered this specific spy seal. But damn, to think that my one forsaken student may be innocent of anything he's done and that it was, in fact, my other two that did the evil … I don't think I can emotionally tank such unavoidable confrontation," said an ever older Hiruzen.
"I can safely say that we cannot pretend to understand your dilemma with Hiruzen-Sama. But if you play your cards right with the Gaki, you may at least have a "redemption card" in this aspect." Said Tsume Inuzuka – Mother of Hana & Kiba Inuzuka and Matriarch of the Inuzuka clan.
"Indeed, and "IF" we can find every evidence that these plotters are behind Orochimaru's downfall, we may even have a chance to save whatever is left inside him." Said Shikaku Nara.
"What they are saying is true, Hiruzen. It pains Koharu and me that Danzo and these two students would fall so low in darkness to do that to you in the back – not on the same level as you, obviously, but it is painful to witness it." Said Homura with sadness, and Koharu nodded sadly to this fact.
"We may even be able to do something about this one, Hiruzen … Before you say anything, we have the evidence to incriminate, but we require an opportunity. Which I'm sure will come in the Chunin Exam next year when the clan heir's generation will graduate.
If we plan everything well, the civilian council will push Sasuke to participate with the other clan heirs and Naruto to advance their pawn. We will be able to salvage the situation tremendously." Said Koharu.
Which at the mention of this thing. And with that, their secret meeting went on unbeknownst to all that several other parties were at play in this big chess/shogi game.
To be continued…
Thanks again for taking the time to read my story. I know I'm spacing the release of my chapters, but I'd rather do it so I don't become consumed by it and overdose on it.
Also, I know that there is a lot of "Ding" - and it is heavy with intel now in this chapter and the previous one - but I prefer to make at least sure the main themes of the leveling system are presented now, so I don't have to do later on. Thus, I can concentrate on other themes of this fiction.
Of course, if I still need to include any themes on the subject, please let me know in the comments so I can introduce them in the next chapter.
Finally, the current relationship in the fiction is a core Naru/Hina, with Fu and Karin added. These two additional girls are "easy" to introduce. For the love interest in Naruto, I would lean on the more accessible side of the spectrum for these two, with Karin being the most difficult one. But it is still manageable in the long run.