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Note: I had a friend point out that some people do 'date' differently: such as putting year/month/day or day/month/year. So I'll mark them for comprehension of those that do. I use (The Month:00;on the day:00; For posterity, the year: 00;) there isn't anything wrong with the other ways, I was just taught this way.

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~([Re: Naruto])~

~([Day 2])~

Naruto's eyes shifted behind their lids as he placed the finishing touches upon his domain's restrictions.

First, Blood Mana could only be utilized through blessing. As the only divine force behind it... only he could give it. Second, emotional restrictions. Active detection of planned usage with a purpose deemed evil: such as rape, pointless torture, or pointless killing. The user's own energy would gain motion and actively fight the user in an attempt to remind them of their purpose. If actually about to be used, a chaotic separation would occur; ripping a body apart on a cellular level in a downward fashion. Finally, if the user is rendered emotionless or under illusion; then the Blood Mana would actively attempt to restore them or free them using a set of guidelines he could expand upon.

""The downwards pull should hopefully disburse all of their energy into the planet below."" He frowned ""I should come back to this later. There are to many complete bastards in the world that like to find every loophole they possibly can and twist them like a cat with yarn.""

A voice interrupted his thoughts, "Everyone has had a few minutes to wake up. We need to go now... I can't be the only getting hungry."

Nodding to Susan's words, the others grimaced and began equipping armor along with grabbing their weapons.

Anzu smiled hesitantly, "Ok, so obviously we need the shielders in the front. And if Naruto's the negotiator then he has to be between and slightly behind them so that he can be seen and heard properly."

Glaring, Rachel hefted her hammer in one hand and picked up Naruto by the waist; pressing him to her torso, "Then I'll be with him. I'm not letting either of my babies out of sight. Plus, It's not the first time I've caved in heads instead of metal and with Tresa there we can defend the casters if a fight brakes out and any goblins dive past."

Sighing, Anzu gave a nod, "Alright... you shouldn't even be in the fight considering you haven't slept. But I understand."

Susan grinned, "It'll be good having you there with me, I've got a mean kick but Goblins can be surprisingly tenacious. Especially if they've had time to be taught proper ferocity."

She rubbed her chin, "I'll take one side while Frosty and Zappy take the other; I should be plenty powerful enough to more than make up for the two of them. Especially now that I can choose to double my spells or double their output."

Anzu nodded, "Then I'll take one side while the priest takes the other. I've got a few wide area heal over time spells to make up for the fact that priests are mostly good at buffing."

"Hey! I've got 46 cleric levels as well... just because priest is my main doesn't my I don't have an alt class. Also, my name is Catriona."

"R-Right, sorry. Nice to...er... well I guess we've already met."

Catriona frowned, "Ya... I guess. Sorry I haven't been in an overly talkative mood. The courage and fear expulsion auras don't work quite as well on the caster as they do on nearby allies."

The Druid's eyes widened, "Oh..." she quickly stepped forwards and wrapped her in a hug.

"H-Hey... I'm alright." the priest muttered in embarrassment. However, despite her words, she almost melted into the hug and Anzu clutched her tighter.

Rillia squeezed her eyes shut for a moment before coughing loudly, "Everyone else focus over here." their gaze was met with a sudden and potent look of determination "We'll want our kids around the casters both to put them in view of the others and protect them. We'll also want two light-swordsmen and the archer in the very back. Some goblin places have hidden tunnels so they can ambush people."

One of the shielders raised a hand, "Uh... should one of us be in the back then?"

The berserker frowned before sharing a glance with Susan, "I don't... think so... what do you think?"

"Hum... assuming they did... they would send almost all of their people through the front. I think it's better we field both tanks and most of our melee along the sides so we can expand into the cavern and give the casters plenty of room to fire."

Rillia nodded, "Alright. Then we'll have one duelist, and the Knight or the third swordsman on either side. And the third duelist can step into the middle of the two shielders if a fight breaks out. As a berserker I'm more of a line breaker and need lots of room so I'll flit off to the side and maybe around if they don't seem strong. That'll draw some pressure away from shielders."

Naruto blinked up at her, "A line breaker? Do you have lots of area of effect techniques? Er... Spells? Abilities?"

She shrugged, "Not... really. I've basically got two modes. Single combat is where I shine; I charge in and bash them with both my body and my weapons like a weapon-focused monk. Usually I have some throwing axes and I'm pretty good at taking out any casters that interfere. I'm also pretty durable compared to anything but a shielder; though I prefer to just keep moving."

""I see... a bit like Anko then... she always preferred close to mid range and dodging rather than blocking."

Rillia continued, "Alternatively, I take a fighting stance designed to boost my attack speed. Basically, each swing covers the time needed to position the other axe for a swing. That way I can create a constant assault on the area in front of me. It's a bit hard to move around while like that but I can usually do a steady advance, retreat, or sideways step to keep an enemy group in my slicing range."

He nodded thoughtfully ""So her main weakness there would be a skilled opponent able to time their attacks perfectly, or a fast one able to get around her.""

Suddenly, a face appeared from behind Rillia's head and she jerked forwards as they whispered, "What about us?"

"Damn it! This is why I keep my front towards Assassins! I always forget they're there when they get all quiet."

The other assassin shrugged, "Technically... that just means we're doing our job. No reason to insult all of us just because one or two are annoying like her."

Rillia sighed, "I'm sorry... I'm... very stressed right now. Usually I try to keep calm around my party members. A party is supposed to be like family in my opinion and I shouldn't have insulted you like..."

She closed her eyes, "She's behind me again isn't she."

Shaking her head, the berserker walked away, "Nope. Just... no."

"Aw... she's no fun." the first assassin whined with a pout "Er... did she ever say where we're supposed to go?"

Susan shrugged, "I'd say follow her off to the side and stab anything that tries to go around her back. And maybe warn her if they try to circle around her both ways so she can alter her path back to us. I haven't really fought with a berserker before... but I know the gist of it."

Naruto blinked as the pair nodded and darted away, "They never said their name... everyone else has."

Snorting, the magical blacksmith grinned, "Stealthy types are usually either annoyingly sad, annoyingly angry at everyone, annoying tricksters or just plain annoying. But all of them I've met are really just kids at heart who want to pretend to be this overly mysterious person."

"So... probably not gonna get their names unless I work for it."

"Well... I think there party leaders are dead, so asking them isn't gonna happen. But you could steal their identification tags if they recovered them from the junk room. Might get you stabbed though, but... it could also get you a teacher as well. Personally, you seem like the caster type with that strange energy transfer from earlier. So if you pick something melee up, I'd go with a dodgy type like that, or a heavy type with lots of hit points."

She blinked, "Damn... actually... go with the heavy type. This Blood Mana would be a total cheat with a high-HP job. Maybe even try to get multiple. Usually it isn't worth training multiple jobs of similar type unless you need them to get a higher class. Like craftsmen, that takes all sorts of things like blacksmith, tailor, carpenter, and all that rot; though non-combat stuff is easier to level. Otherwise we probably wouldn't have any craftsmen."

Rolling her eyes Susan muttered, "If only Magician was that easy."

Naruto quirked an eyebrow, "So, if I want to multi-job efficiently, then I'll need to get several different jobs that can all be used at once and train them at the same time. Though... why isn't everyone a priest then? Are the Mana costs really high?"

Preparations halted as everyone turned to him in surprise.

With an intrigued quirk to her eyebrow, Susan shrugged, "Priests are a combat job that usually rely on constant buffs that don't stack. The strongest applies instead. Basically, it's only worth having one in the group since only one can level up. Worse, it takes a long time to level up since they're only meant to pick up the slack."

She nodded, "Still... I can think of a few classes that might actually work with your idea. Paladins could be put with almost any melee job and, though some of their auras clash, their main use is self-buffs against Undead and Demon Lords. Both of which can be pretty annoying to the average group even if they're of an appropriate level."

"Alright Brat, looks like everyone's ready. We'll talk more later."

Naruto grinned up at her even as his mind raced ""It seems like staying quiet and asking a few pointed questions is just as good for a reincarnated Goblin as it is for a politician. Still, I'll be glad once I feel safe enough to start being my usual self again.""

He scratched his bald head in annoyance ""Can't say I'll be looking forward to being in a leadership position again. However, someone needs to train these goblins in fighting. I can't say I'm the ideal sensei. But even just what I know from Lee and Tenten after all these decades is probably more than a decent base to build upon.""

""Hum... I wonder why..."" he glanced up at his mother and felt a bead of sweat roll down the back of his head.

"Is she sleeping while standing?"

Tresa rolled her eyes, "Ya... usually I find her slumped in her workshop early in the morning. Mom sleeps in weird positions sometimes, and usually because she stayed up ridiculously late. She'll be fine if a battle starts, it's sitting still that's the problem."

"We should let her sleep a few minutes longer." Catriona mumbled into Anzu's shoulder.

The shy druid giggled, "You're a cuddle bug aren't you. My dad and sister are the same way. Once they got a hold of someone, it was a chore getting them to let go unless the other person was complaining."

She frowned, "My family. T-this... children thing... is going to be really hard to explain to them. They're very traditional. One spouse and one marriage for you entire life. They don't care if you're in a same gender relationship and adopt fifty children. But having a child out of wedlock and keeping them without getting married? I... I've never heard of anyone from our area having this problem. We're farmers, not traders or adventurers. I don't know how this would be seen."

Rillia darted over, "Come on, no time to waste."

She paused warily, "Are you ok Anzu?"

"Y-yes... I'm fine. Just thinking about stuff. But... it's not important today so let's get this done."

Tresa began poking Rachel in the cheek over and over again.

"Ugh, stahp... stop. I'm a... Tresa? W-What? I..."

The light swordsman smirked and tilted her head, "No... I'm Tresa."

Rachel blinked rapidly before rolling her eyes, "Damn, thought this was another nightmare for a second there."

"Let's GO people! Move!"

Jerking forward, the Craftsmen shook herself as she stepped in place.

"Alright everyone! Look around you. This is your formation for the next few weeks if we're lucky. If it comes to it, our current opponents are just low-level Goblins... but we are weaker than we should be."

Susan shook her head with obvious annoyance, "I don't want you to expect that the person next to you will dodge or block. If you're not defending or attacking at that exact moment then see if you can flow a strike toward an ally's opponent. Even just nicking their wrist to make them flinch back could win us a victory."

She held up her staff before pointing the top forward, "ADVANCE!"

Anzu sighed, "We're all in a relatively small circle... you really don't have to shout like that."

Rubbing her eyes, the archer glared, "I'd really appreciate if you didn't. Plus, some goblins have enhanced hearing. You might have just given us away."

"Gobusei's ears hurt mama."

The boisterous Magician slowly blushed, "Er... right. Sorry."

From his mother's embrace, Naruto tilted his head""Man she reminds me of someone... can't quite put my finger on it though.""

~([Scene End])~

The sound of numerous footsteps echoed into the main chamber drawing every eye towards the tunnels.

From it, a floating goblin with orange skin appeared flanked by two armored humans and followed by a horde of both goblins and humans.

On the verge of complete panic, the young goblins began eyeing each other as if trying to figure out what to do.

The flying goblin spoke with an echoing voice, "I am Naruto. Your newborn god."

"I seek to act with mercy. But make no mistake. If there is one common truth to existence, it is this."

Suddenly his speech gained a second voice which shook the room and brought dust from the ceiling, "All things that have an Origin, have a Demise. If it is to prolong the life of my family or one whom has done no wrong; then countless Demises shall be wrought without hesitation or regret. The lives of the Guilty are not worthless, but are second to the lives of my family and the innocent."

He paused, seeming almost surprised at his own words, "Your generation of this Goblin Clan are a part of my family. And as far as I know, have yet to do wrong."

A piercing gaze swept the room, "Step forward and pledge against all form of needless cruelty. Pledge to fight for a better world. To fight shoulder to shoulder and slay foes impossible for any one goblin."

He landed slightly in front of the shielders, "You have been left to fend for yourselves. That is the way of this tribe... but that is not the way of my family. It is to help your siblings, and that they shall help you. It is to be given strength so that you are strong enough to give others strength and thus have earn years of comfortable rest."

Holding out a hand, Naruto looked upon them with pity, "You need not struggle alone anymore. Let me carry some of your burden. But speak truthfully, for in your prayer... I shall know all that you are. No truth shall be hidden and all lies shall be revealed."

And they came stumbling forward, tears in their eyes. Their bodies had matured into Adulthood, but their minds were needy children. And so they fell before him; not as dying and crippled foes, but with arms outstretched in hope.

One by one, he placed a hand upon their foreheads and a link formed within them: not quite a full mind-link as he had experienced with the Yamanaka... but still a connection; leaving each with a smile.

~Goburou has successfully changed his common name to Uzumaki Naruto through convincing all people who know of his existence.~

"Well. That was anti-climactic brat. Still, better than fighting I guess."

The holy atmosphere promptly shattered as Susan picked up Gobukichi and Gobusei before going forwards and grabbing three more. She sat down against the wall and glared across the room towards the elder goblins sitting together in an alcove.

Naruto sighed and walked over to them, "So... you refuse my blessing. I will allow you to leave this place if you swear not to continue the practices that go on here. But remember that I shall know the truth, if there is even the slightest hint of a lie... then your Demise awaits."

The elder Goblins merely sighed and one muttered, "Looks like that Gobujii brat finally got what was coming to him. I'm telling you, Karma's real and you can't just go around causing pain for your own pleasure."

"And I still say it isn't. We've all killed plenty of sentient beings even if it wasn't for pleasure. Not exactly saints are we now?"

"I really think we shouldn't ignore him like this."

the first elder blinked at her blearily, "Ignore who?"

A black-nailed finger was pointed forward,"Him."

He jerked back, "When did you get here? Who are... humans! We must protect the newborns!"

The goblin slowly worked himself to his feet before looking forward, "Oh... hello there youngster. Come to trade food for knowledge?"

Several sighs were heard from the other elders and one hooked their walking stick on his shoulder, "Sit down."

"Hum? Why? Shouldn't I go relieve myself? Seems to be the only reason I move around anymore."

"You just came back from there."

"Oh? I forgot."

"Why don't you just be quite right now. It really isn't the time for that."

"Huh? Why? Oh! A youngster. Hah! Came to see me I bet... wanted to get a good look before my birthday in a few weeks no doubt. Once I hit twenty one I'll be the oldest Goblin our tribe has ever heard of! It'll be legen..."

The Goblin promptly fell over.

Naruto blinked rapidly, "I... what... just..."

Slowly tilting his head, the Uzumaki lifted an eyebrow, "Is he dead?"

Another elder shrugged, "Maybe? He does this often though. So... probably not? Ah! I think he's breathing. All clear."

Anzu came forward and cast a few minor healing and revitalization spells on the entire group of elders.

Suddenly, one of the elders eyes widened, "I remember my name! It's Gobucha!"

Another elder smacked him on the head, "I'm Gobucha!"

"Oh... does anyone remember my name then?"

Eyebrow twitching, Naruto interrupted, "Look. I get it. Twenty years for a human is like one hundred and forty or maybe one hundred and sixty years for a Goblin. But can we please focus here?"

"dary! Absolutely Legendary! What were we talking about again?"

The other elders shared a look before turning to Naruto, "Look, just kill us alright? I don't want to stick around long enough for 'forget-my-own-name-ten-times-a-day' to be me."

"W-what? Kill us? But I'm almost twenty-one! I'll be the oldest... HUMANS! We're being invaded!"

A bit hesitant, he watched the elder get to his feet, "Are you... sure? I mean... maybe it wouldn't be that bad for the rest of you?"

"We're worth plenty of experience. Just do it."

"But..."

One of them scowled and held out her hand, "Oh... give me a dagger. I'll do it myself. My bladder is barely working anymore and I was thinking about asking one of the younger ones to do it anyway. But I'm not waiting around for you to get your big-boy loincloth on. Every hour in this world just seems to bring me closer to Mr. 'Almost-twenty-one' in a bad way."

Naruto sighed and began forming an energy bolt infused with wind to create a throwing knife out of the otherwise brute-force energy attack.

One of them poked him in the forehead, "Focus on the fact that we're hardened murderers. Grrrrrr..."

Naruto felt a bead of sweat roll down his head as the growl gave him the image of a puppy rather than being even slightly intimidating, "Start with him. I want to make sure you know what you're doing."

"Hey! Not me! I don't want to be nearly headless if I come back as a ghost or something. Start with forgetful over there."

"Huh? Start with who first? Oh... hello youngster. Come to here about my exploits no doubt. Why I remember the time I slew a hind bear all by my self... with one hand tied behind my back! It was Legen..."

~([Scene End])~

Naruto shuddered as he stared at his hands ""Considering I was Hokage and did some really messed up things... I should not feel this disgusted over killing some old murderers and possible rapists.""

He leaned into his mother's side and the sleeping woman instinctively wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

Tresa sighed, "Still affecting you huh? ... I don't blame you... that... was pretty messed up. I mean, they're training me to kill so I won't freeze up when I eventually do kill something. But that's other combatants. This was just... wow. I mean... just..."

"Not helping."

"Sorry."

She gave a hesitant thumbs up, "But you're level sixty-nine now. So that's something you know. You'll probably be the fastest goblin to ever reach level one-hundred."

"Not... helping."

"Sorry."

"Huh. I wonder what humans would evolve into?"

"Don't know."

Tresa blinked, "Oh... the system says that Humans are locked at one hundred on this world without an evolution. Which is really weird since Humans don't have levels. Er... it says because we're not supposed to have them since ESP powers are overpowered nonsense with no counter because toddlers can melt brains on accident."

Naruto lifted an eyebrow and turned to her, "What?"

"I don't know... I've never heard of ESP powers."

"No, no... well... actually I've never heard of those either. I meant why do you think you don't have a species level? You register as a level-one human in both my party and follower system."

Every head in the cave slowly turned to him in shock.

Naruto's eyebrow twitched ""Are the things I say really that odd? I know I'm known for being surprising... but... I swear I'm just saying stuff that seems like common sense. Huh. Do I actually get knowledge over time for being a demigod? I don't think so. Then again... people got surprised by the most obvious things in my world. Not to mention how long it took me to realize why Hinata kept acting all weird. Maybe we humans are just really oblivious sometimes?""

"What the hell? I have a species level?!"

"Me too!"

"This is awesome! It says I'll get a more BM every time I level up."

"Do you think we'll get special stuff for getting to 100? I hear that's what happens to 'Elites'. They get stuff non-elites and people who evolve to other species instead of getting stuck... just don't have!"

"If I get anything, it's probably gonna be 'Improved napping'. Cloud watching is the best."

Naruto blinked ""Is that Shikamaru? Nah... he'd have recognized me.""

"Doesn't BM mean bowl movement?"

"I thought it meant bad mannered?"

"I asked the sage from another world what it meant once. It means both depending on your social circle. It could also mean baby mama, big mama, birth mama, breakup message, bite me, black metal as in a type of music, blademaster, black mage, Bob Marley, Boatswain's mate, short for BMW in rap music... a type of magic carriage, and a couple other things I forgot."

"Wow... that... I thought it just meant bad mannered."

"Who would breakup in a message? I can't imagine just getting a letter one day and reading 'sorry. I no longer wish to court you for I have found someone whom makes me happier. Goodbye my ex-love.' That would be just awful. And sending one? No... I just... I couldn't."

"I wonder who that Marley person is? And since when is Bob a clan name?"

"I think he's from some place where clan names come second. So here he'd be Marley Bob."

"Oh."

Naruto sighed as he listened to the women around him talking ""If I'd known it'd cause this much trouble, I'd have thought longer on what to call it. Maybe Life Mana? Orange Mana? Though I didn't know it was orange at the time. Bowl movement... ugh...""

The rest of day two quickly devolved into eating bugs, group training, eating roast rabbit brought by a group of women, training more, eating a few more bugs because they were strangely delicious, and sleeping.

""Seriously, we need to expand the caterpillar farm and market them.""

He blinked ""Hum... caterpillar ramen? Usually I wouldn't think it... but these are crazy good. If only there was chakra here... I could make storage seals and have ramen ready to just pull out hot and fresh.""

~([Scene End])~

The torches were carried outside by the first watch and slowly their cave went dark except for the dim glow from dying fires. All was silent for several moments, then...

"Why can I still see after they took the torches away?"

"I don't know... but so can I."

"Apparently we have Night Vision now. I've also got 'Demon Tribe factor' which seems to help me understand eh... 'other members of the tribe' better and 'Cunning' which let's me 'Receive a moment of inspiration during critical moments'."

"Weird... those are on my list as well."

The Uzumaki sheepishly raised his hand, "Sorry... my fault."

Chuckles echoed throughout the cave, "Of course it is brat. We should've known there would be more surprises with you."

~([Day 3])~

Naruto kept a close eye on each of his elder siblings. Fearing that one had indeed lied to him and had simply tested their luck. But, to his satisfaction, they seemed happier and happier as time passed.

""I'd rather not be suddenly splattered in blood... or whatever would happen if they try to use BM for evil.

Morning involved rabbit stew from pots that Susan had hammered into shape while mother was sleeping the prior day.

Then training began again.

The ex-Shinobi continued to teach them how to punch, kick, elbow, and knee someone with minimal damage to one's self. And how to roll with both punches and literally to reduce falling damage. Then how to channel and circulate one's energy throughout their body to enhance strength, speed, agility, stamina, and durability. Dexterity games such as Meditation exercises and doing hand-seals came next, which unfortunately seemed to have no effect. Those would build patience and and the first would increase magical reserves as well; both things that Goblins lacked horribly.

After, he taught them how to craft a very simple stone hatchet so that they could all hack apart a tree that had been blown over. Taking the logs taller than they were back to the cave took time; but, with tiny goblin shoulders packed tightly together on each log, they achieved a steady pace and built strength.

Another round of meditation came, this time with Leaf-concentration as he had been able to test it. Then more eating before Hatchet attacks and Taijutsu training. This time Rillia had pointers for them which went well beyond his own standard Shinobi training. A trek followed, to carry back fish from where several woman had been fishing in a river. And even more meditation awaited when they finished... to Gobukichi's displeasure. Then a final round of hatchet and Taijutsu training before a meal of roasted fish.

As the Uzumaki ate, he listened with interest as Anzu described a large hive of honey bees she had found. Apparently, she intended to grow a few fields of flowers around a central area. Afterwards, she could create an artificial hive of significantly larger size. The druid described a spell to collect honey from the hive when nearing eighty percent capacity or return it if below twenty percent.

""I see... so they'll expand their hive into the new portion. Then, since they are magical bees and can produce it twice as fast as bees in my world... we should have honey in a week and a half. Or... maybe two weeks since it'll take time for the hive to expand.""

He rubbed his chin thoughtfully ""I wonder if you could make honey ramen somehow. Or maybe honey flavored sides for ramen... maybe not fishcakes though. Although... there was that one honey roasted fish recipe that was pretty good. Maybe I could convert that into fishcake?"

Grinning, Naruto chuckled ""I sound like an Akimichi. Next I'll be wanting to try every possible flavor of ramen I can make using the monsters of this... world...""

His eyes slowly widened ""Wait... what if one of them tasted like Ichiraku ramen.""

Slowly, a manic grin settled upon his face.

~([Day 4])~

Naruto examined the spear with interest. First a tiny hole, a carved-out groove three inches from the end, then a second hole. A sharp bit was stuck in the middle of the very end, then two more were attached alongside it and melded together. Almost perfectly mimicking the improvised lance-tip of the knight. Very thin strips of metal pierced through the holes and bent towards the groove. Finally, the groove had a wider strip of metal wrapped around it which held everything in place.

""Hum... mother made enough for all of us already? Impressive."

He nodded in satisfaction and, with breakfast already in their bellies, they began spear training intermixed with Taijutsu training.

To his surprise, his mother and 'aunts' joined them in the training.

Mediation followed again but, oddly, the goblins were quickly adjusting and several were already mastering leaf concentration.

""Ugh... it's becoming a skill here... this isn't fair. Even the smartest in my class took several weeks to learn leaf concentration. Though, I guess we are short on time. Can't look a gift horse in the mouth without being far enough away to avoid an explosive tag. I'll have time to think on it later.""

Moving on to leap training, Naruto attempted to mix it with the surface clinging/tree climbing exercise.

"So, one last time. Push off the ground with BM. Pull your body along your intended path to land feet-first against the tree."

He paused, standing on the side of the tree, "If you can, try to stick like this by grasping at the tree with energy from your feet. If you can't, or after a second or two, push off and angle to land back on your feet while using BM to reinforce with a focus on your joints. On the chance that you can't angle right, twist your body into a roll to deflect yourself off the ground as if you were knocked down during Taijutsu."

The Uzumaki leapt off the tree into a proper landing, then back on and off again into a proper roll.

"Later we'll work on adding a strike, block, or a burst of energy to dodge by changing trajectory."

Susan's eyebrow twitched, "Is this really a common fighting style? It feels like some sort of advanced super-soldier training involving acrobatic skills for some reason and mixing it with supernatural spider-like powers."

Naruto shrugged, "I said my knowledge was common, I didn't say from where or if the knowledge common around here was common enough everywhere for me to know it."

He paused thoughtfully, "And... yes... Shinobi are meant to be super-soldiers of a kind. Their basic structure involves Ninja, Kunoichi, and foot-soldiers combined with energy techniques. While soldiers are you fighters with a few select weapons, Shinobi take that further and have basic comprehension in almost all weapons they will ever see. Some never really take that training further. Almost all use throwing knives that can be used for melee as well or even digging. And there are some who seek to master most, if not all weapons before they die."

Rachel quirked an eyebrow at her son, "Kunai? Those strange, ringed knives you drew blueprints for? They do seem fairly versatile. I don't get the point of Shuriken or Senbon though. A ring of blades and a needle just don't seem useful."

"The first is simple, Shuriken and throwing weapons that can be very difficult to catch and can be thrown four from each hand in rapid succession given enough skill. They can also be used for tricks, such as pinning a chain-weapon to a tree and then locking it in place by throwing a Kunai into the Shuriken's ring."

He shrugged, "The second is either medical application, striking specific points on the body to release tension. Melee or ranged application, striking vital points to kill, disable, weaken, or incapacitate. And the third brings us to the origins for the terms for the names often used for modern male and female Shinobi: Ninja and Kunoichi. Ninja were covert operatives that use stealth and disguise to retrieve information, kill, and sabotage enemy armies. The originals were mostly male with some females. Kunoichi had the same goals but use flirting and other things to make people go off alone with them. The originals were mostly female with some males. Both used things like poison darts and other hidden weapons to accomplish their jobs."

Naruto tilted his head, "But Dart guns are relatively easy to detect when searching someone. So Shinobi switched to Poison throwing needles. Senbon are also really difficult to see when flying towards you; making it hard to even know you're being attacked until it is to late."

Rubbing her chin, Susan lifted an eyebrow, "So basically, Shinobi is very much like that 'multiple jobs that can be used at once' idea. It's a general boost to overall combat power. And from there the user can specialize as a specific type of weapon wielder, or maybe even start toward advanced jobs like wizard from the Magician line."

She narrowed her eyes, "What about healing?"

"Yes. The art of Iryōjutsu, used by Iryōnin. Er... medical Shinobi. Illusions are known as Genjutsu. General energy attacks are either Ninjutsu, or Nintaijutsu if it involves the user's body to deliver the strike; such as a concentrated fist of lightning to pierce armor."

Rillia raised a hand, "Why isn't All-Speech translating these words properly? I'm not big on magic and fancy language skills since they take time out of my axe training, so... is this normal?"

"Because they're names. My name for instance, has two meanings; Maelstrom, or Fishcake. The Origin name Uzumaki, means whirlpool. So I could be considered a Whirlpool of Fishcakes. Or a whirlpool that is causing air-currents that form mighty swirling clouds that usually end up becoming electrical storms due to friction or a hurricane."

Susan's eyes narrowed, "Hold up. Your Divine Name basically means something that will create a horrible force of nature? As in... you'll cause great destruction to be unleashed?"

Naruto blinked ""Oh shit... me and my big mouth.""

He nodded, "Yes. That is one interpretation. Though to what end I could not say any more than I could say that is the meaning. It could very well be to bring a storm of change that shall shake the very foundations of this continent. Perhaps to end all tragedy such as slavery and other such horrors. If I am destined for that, I would not Object. But..."

The Uzumaki gave a close-lipped grin to avoid showing off his fangs, "Ramen is the food of the gods, and fishcakes are ramen topping... so perhaps I'm only meant to show the world ramen's greatness."

Anzu blinked rapidly, "Wha? Ramen is the food of the gods? But Soba is way better than Ramen... I mean even Udon is better than ramen."

Gasping, Naruto dramatically held his hand out while turning his head away, "HEATHEN! May the flying Spaghetti Monster, god of noodles, replace your dreams with horrible worlds without any noodles at all!"

Rachel facepalmed before walking over and lightly bopping him atop the head, "Oi... don't be so weird. I've already got to deal with awful mental images from when I found your sister's loose floorboard filled with Shibari porn."

Suddenly crimson, Tresa squeaked, "They're not porn! They're art! It's a very popular art style at that!"

Susan snorted, "Right, right... 'Art'. Why were they under your floorboard again? Usually art is kept where you can see it easily."

She blinked as a hand pulled on her sleeve, "What's porn mama?"

"Er... you'll find out when you're older. Like... er... five, unless you evolve into something with a decent lifespan. Then... twenty."

"Oh, ok. Gobukichi hungry mama. Can we have more rabbit stew? Gobukichi really like rabbit stew."

The magical blacksmith sighed, "Is there a time when you aren't hungry brat?"

Her only response was a confused look as Kichi seemed to be legitimately trying to think of a time when he wasn't hungry.

"Gobue is really hungry as well."

"Can Gobumi have fish? Fish not as good as blood, but it very good."

"Ok, ok... it has been a while I guess."

~([Scene End])~

Naruto blinked as Gobumi, daughter of the ice-magician Irmina, came up to him with wide eyes, "Naruto! Mama told me she's twenty-five years old this morning and then she told me that each year has three-hundred and sixty-five days. Is that right?"

He shrugged and swallowed a piece of meat, "Er... ya..."

Gobumi gaped and collapsed onto a her knees in shock.

"Eh... what?"

She glared at him, "Don't you see?! I finished adding them up... her days are over nine-thousand. She isn't aging! My mama's immortal! And I'm gonna become that way to."

Gobukichi's eyes bulged, "W-What?! OVER NINE THOUSAND?!"

Susan glared and lightly bopped him on the head, "Don't speak with your mouth full. We're not cows. Also, it's a waste of food when it falls out like that."

Sighing, Naruto looked to her for help; however, she merely snorted and shook her head.

"Er... she's not immortal... she's just... human. They have longer life-spans than Goblins since they spend years growing up slowly. Elves are kind of like that as well; but they don't reach adulthood until they get to like... a hundred or more from what Anzu said. I don't know how long they live. Real elves aren't common knowledge even if there are plenty of fairy-tails about them."

Gobumi blinked rapidly, "Er... well... maybe that's it. But my mama's the best mama ever... so I still think she's immortal. I'm gonna try and become a vampire so we can be together forever. I'm sure I can do it... I'm gonna be awesome like mama."

Naruto shared an exasperated look with Susan as she ran off, "How did she reach that logic?"

She shrugged, "It's kid logic. I convinced myself I was a mighty earth titan when I was five and went stomping around squishing bugs."

Susan tapped her chin thoughtfully, "I have heard though, that Hobgoblins evolve into Dhampir by having huge amounts of pride. Assuming she overcomes the first hurdle of Hobgoblin, and she doesn't go Ogre for drinking so much blood, she could go Dhampir. That leads directly into the 'Vampire Lord' line if I remember correctly."

A bit hesitant, he slowly lifted an eyebrow, "Well... I guess she's on the right track to fulfill her dreams then?"

~([Scene End])~

Susan peered around a tree before nudging Kichi into a clearing.

"Go get it brat. Earn some experience." she whispered.

Instantly, the Rabbit's gaze darted towards him.

"Uh... Gobukichi scared."

"RODENOR SMELLS FEAR! COME FORTH AND KNOW DEFEAT AT THE TIP OF MY MIGHTY HORN! YOUR BLOOD SHALL BE THE DRESSING FOR MY SALAD! YOU SHALL BE AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF PITIFUL SOULS WHO EMPOWER ME TO THE NEXT FORM! AND THEN... THEN... I SHALL CONSUME MORE AND GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND SUPER-RABBIT TWO!"

Gobue looked up at Susan and asked, "Are all rabbits like this?"

Susan shrugged, "No clue... but I personally think it's got something to do with a horn as long as their body, which isn't meant to be there anyway, growing right next to their brain."

The rabbit charged blindly, "DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE...oof!"

Only to be punted into a tree by Susan who nudged Gobukichi again and drew back behind the tree.

It staggered before glancing around frantically; seeing none but Gobukichi, it narrowed its eyes, "Such insolence! But nothing more than a lucky strike. A puny goblin like you won't be able to muster another attack like that against a super-rabbit like me. NOW... DIE!"

Gobukichi whined, "I need an adult!"

"HAHAHA! I AM AN ADULT!"

Susan whispered harshly from behind her tree, "Dodge."

~([Day 5])~

Naruto frowned, "Does Kichi seem a little... odd... today?"

Looking up from the clay forge she was putting together, Rachel quirked an eyebrow, "Now that you mention it... he's seemed rather pale since yesterday. Kept repeating 'dodge' under his breath at dinner and flinching at anything rabbit related."

"Huh... weird."

"True. But listen closely. Now that we've got the forge ready except the lid, we need a clay jar to go in it. The jar will contain sand to sort out impurities, we need charcoal chips to harden the metal, and we need either pieces of iron or iron Ore to melt down. This is called Crucible steel, an invention of Ulfberht from many years ago; one of the few blacksmiths to create a low-level Rare item from just plain steel."

She guided them through melding clay lids on their jars after she finished filling them, "Now... I doubt we'll get more than a mid-level Normal out of reforged steel; but we can hope for the best."

The Uzumaki quirked an eyebrow as she showed him to pack more charcoal on top then placed clay lids on their makeshift furnaces ""Hum. I don't know much about forging from my world beyond what I needed for transformations and Fuinjutsu. But, the basic theory behind chakra metal is to pour chakra into the metal continuously throughout the smelting and forging process until finally the metal is cooled.""

Shrugging, he decided it was worth a shot, "Common knowledge says that the reason you would add coal and sand is to refine the crystalline structure. Basically, an attempt to get the structure as small and uniform as possible. Have you tried using a constant flow of Mana to shape the steel as it liquefies and then solidifies?"

Rachel blinked at him before eyeing the furnaces, "Hum... I wonder if that's how master craftsmen make top-end stuff? Well... it'll set us back if we fail, but one attempt shouldn't hurt. You can do the one you smelt like that and we'll have a decent start with mine and Tresa's even if it doesn't work out quite right."

She lit a fire in the air intake before clapping a hand on the leather and stick bellows they had constructed, "Now the grueling part. We'll have to get some others and take turns putting even airflow into the furn..."

Naruto created three clones and set them to pumping the bellows on all three furnaces.

"Or... we could each get started on a second forge!"

Tresa gaped, "W-What?! But I had to sit there for half an hour eight times when I learned! Forget lead, my arms felt as heavy as tungsten afterwards!"

Rachel shrugged, "We've got a quota of ingots to make so we can replace the weapons and maybe armor as well if we have time. He can do a real forging session later to have the experience. But, for all we know, the goblins could show up next week or ten weeks from now. Since we have plenty of metal, I'll have your clones work on carving out clay patterns for chainmail and platemail. Though, we may need fire magic to get the metal liquid with this setup. I'm not sure we'd have a high enough grade of fuel for this."

The ex-Hokage rubbed his head sheepishly, "Maybe I should have asked the elders a few more questions before letting them convince me their lives were terrible enough to be better dead?"

Tresa shrugged, "Thinking back on it... probably. But... I'm still surprised Anzu's healing spells barely did anything for them. They must have been really weak and helpless."

"Not... helping."

~([Scene End])~

Naruto twitched in disbelief as his clones dispelled.

""No memories? None? Why? That should have boosted my craftsmen skill at least slightly shouldn't it?""

~Chakra is a unique substance which can allow a soul to be both separate and together simultaneously. Blood Mana operates off of primarily magic if one were to separate the soul. If one were to create a magical clone that has a soul piece inside, it would be legitimately separated and cause the user a significant dip in sanity. Admittedly, the Orochimaru of your world was not sane; but that was not the work of dividing his soul. Rather, his own actions caused it: allowing him to pull himself back from the brink even with large chunks still separate.~

Naruto twitched slightly ""Damn it. I thought since they acted on their own they were shadow clones. Also... Creepy... is this thing just listening to my thoughts all the time? I mean... sure this would have been really useful when I was younger... but still. Is it sentient or did someone program it to use my own thoughts as a guide?""

He suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and followed his mother's direction in breaking away the glass from his ingot ""At least I can still communicate with them and transfer small amounts of energy over time as if they were Wood-clones.""

When it came time for hammering, he cheated just a little by using energy to help shape the blade as he hammered the ingot flatter and elongated it.

"Alright, now that we've got our basic sword shapes and what not, we need to quench them. Usually we'd have a vat of oil for that but liquefied rabbit fat will have to do."

The fat ignited for a moment before being put out as they placed wooden lids atop it then opened it again to let the steam out.

~Rediscovered Mana Forging: You have reached level- 84.~

~Gained Job: Mana Forger, Level 1.~

Naruto blinked at the message in his mind before glancing at his mother in curiosity.

"Let's see here... EH?"

~High-Grade Rare Blade, Longsword. Craftsmen: Bloodborn Rachel. Assistant: Uzumaki Naruto.~

"Well damn." Rachel rubbed the back of her head before eyeing Naruto with interest "Not bad kid."

Tresa lifted an eyebrow, "Yours is Mid-Grade Rare as well mom?"

"High-grade... Let's see yours then Naruto."

~Mid-Grade Unique Blade, Longsword. Mana Forger: Uzumaki Naruto.~

"Ouch... beaten by your own son mom."

Rachel's eyebrow twitched, "But I have higher Craftsmen skill? That doesn't even make sense. I'm actually only around twenty levels until I can rank up my Craftsmen job. And what is a Mana Forger?"

Rubbing his head sheepishly, Naruto muttered, "Well... I did keep channeling energy into mine after the forging process and until the actual cooling. Plus, I sort of cheated a bit. I used my energy manipulation to help get the overall shape, and my energy control to help create the specific crystalline structures."

Her whole face now twitching, his mother slowly sat a hand on his head before ruffling his hair, "You're going to be the death of me kid. Or at least my personal pride."

She sighed, "I guess my pride for my kids will have to do. Now... let's get guards and hilts on these blades before the next forges are ready."

Expression slowly calming, she eyed him, "Then you are going to show me how to do this... er... Mana Forging I suppose it would be called."

At his nod, Rachel continued, "Seriously, this is enchanted Mithril quality. I wonder what you'd get with actual Mithril... or what you'd be able to get after enchanting it."

Naruto looked back and forth between the blade and his mother... but only one word came to mind ""Oops.""

~([Scene End])~

Susan laughed exuberantly, "Using energy to create a blade with a core that is soft enough to bend in half yet with merged layers, each tougher than the last, out until it it only flexes two or three inches. You've been alive less than a week and yet you're already basically defeating the entire purpose of my family's job; and using the same materials."

"Oh kid... I knew things had a tendency to be drastically different when demigods were around... but this is just crazy. Since your clones are going to be teaching your mother how to do Mana Forging, and you're already so high-level, I want you to start training magic with me. Preferably instead of meditation since you seem to already have kind of insane amounts of magic already. Seriously, you'll need to spend quite a bit of time training to balance out your life essence."

Naruto sighed, "I know. And that sounds good. I need to familiarize myself with how magic works in this specific world."

""If only I'd gotten my Uzumaki Vitality from the last life.""

She nodded thoughtfully, "It's strange to think that magic might not be common enough everywhere for you to fully understand it. But still, it's a good opportunity for me to teach you the new skeletons spell I've been working on in my spare time.

~([Day 6])~

Anzu froze and stopped her group.

"Hold here."

She leapt forward with a surprisingly vicious growl and landed upon a dark shape in the bushes.

A scuffle ensued, then whimpering sounded, "I yield! I yield! You're the alpha now, you're the alpha! Let go of my ear! You're gonna bit it off!"

"Damn... boss got schooled like a pup."

"Aw. Does this mean I have to wait even longer before I can get any of the kills?"

"Speaking of kills... I think I got some rabbit stuck in my teeth. Anyone have any more of that needle grass stuck in their fur?"

Naruto blinked rapidly as the normally shy druid came out of bush holding the front of a massive wolf against her side. She scratched behind its drooping ears with a large grin, "Look! Talking puppies! New friends to help us against the other portion of your tribe."

"Wait what? I never agreed to..."

Anzu's normally closed lip smile suddenly opened up to reveal even her molars as her eyes became just a bit to large and a shadow fell upon her face despite facing the sun.

"Right then. Who you want us to kill? Can we eat them after?"

"Gobukichi scared."

Naruto patted him on the head, "So am I Kichi... so am I."

~([Scene End])~

Naruto froze as he noticed something about their new companions.

"Hey, er... wolf... friend. What's the purpose of the magic in you and your packs skin and fur? And why do you have two different magics flowing to your brain when the others don't?"

The black wolf leader tilted his head, "Eh... maybe it's our steel-pelt skill along with my Pack Leader and Pack Hunting Knowledge skills?"

"Oh... do you mind if I take a look at them? They seem to be... flowing out of somewhere."

He placed a hand on the canine's head and felt around; then moved down until just behind his navel.

""Hum? Is this... his soul? I had theorized that they were behind the navel... but... I've never been able to detect one like this. Is it because of my divine power? Interesting... his soul and mine have several key differences; three of which are producing his Mana flows.""

His eyes narrowed ""I'll have to see if I can modify a rabbit soul to have these qualities. As long as it doesn't actually take away soul, it should be safe. And if it works... I could apply it to my own and maybe the others as well.""

Naruto quickly memorized it as if a Fuinjutsu seal and then nodded, "Interesting... thank you for allowing me to see that."

"Eh... no problem kid."

"By the way. Why do you have two tails and longer fur in certain places like your chin? It doesn't seem to be related to either of your two pack leader skills."

"Hmmm... if I had to guess... it's because I am actually a different sub-species of black wolf. See a species is like say Hobgoblin: then you have your mages, hunters, clerics, tribe leaders, shamans, berserkers, and riders. They're all the same species but they're different subspecies. It's like how humans have different coloring for different things: dark skin for handling sun like a boss-monster; red hair for attracting mates; big mammary glands, hips and what not to say 'I'm better at continuing the species than anyone else so ignore them'; and all those other things humans sub-species have. But all humans have strange digits on the sides of their paws that let them pick things up easier."

Naruto quirked an eyebrow, "Red hair for attracting mates?"

The wolf-leader tilted his head, "Isn't that what that's for? I always see red heads being clamored around by the opposite gender. And for some reason it's even worse if they're the type that doesn't follow their gender role. Like a really soft looking male... or a tough looking female who clearly doesn't want to settle down with pups quite yet, if at all."

"Er... I think that's just a random genetic feature without an actual purpose. I mean... I guess it could be that."

The wolf tilted his head, "A genetic feature without a purpose? That's... very weird. The only time I hear about those are when their species evolved in such a way that they don't need it. And usually it then goes away after a few generations or they develop a new use for it."

"Eh... humans lost the use of the third eyelid a long time ago but still have those."

"I'm pretty sure they have four of those and they're fully functioning."

Naruto rolled his eyes, "No, no... the two lids on each side count as one joint 'lid'. The third lid extends from the inner corner of the eyes at the same time. It's this little pink thing but humans don't have the muscles for it anymore. It's a partially see-through thing that is suspected to either be for cleaning the eyes of dust and dirt or blocking out salt-water as they dived for crabs. Maybe both."

"Huh..." He frowned "That seems very useful. Why would that devolve? Don't humans still go swimming and get stuff in their eye all the time?"

The Uzumaki blinked, "You know, I'm not sure."

""Maybe I should try using chak... eh... Mana to move it? Goblins seem to have them as well.""

~([Day 7])~

Naruto eyed his specimen with a tilted head.

The rabbit, previously swearing at him, was looking at its black coat with a touch of awe.

"This isn't Super rabbit two... has the legend finally occurred? Am I... the legendary version three?"

A low chuckle came from its throat and it leaned back with a cackle, "Yes... yes... that must be it! HAHAHA! I HAVE BECOME THE VORPAL BUNNY! NOW THE WORLD SHALL TREMBLE IN FEAR AS I... Hrk.."

The Uzumaki tilted his head curiously as the rabbit struggled beneath the kunai pressed part way into its throat.

""It's piercing slowly... but... it should have buried into the ground on the first strike; so the copying did work.""

He pulled the kunai back, healed the throat wound, and cut its horn off; then threw it so it skidded to the log cage's back.

"W-What... y-you... my horn! You took my horn! DAMN YOU! I'LL KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY! NONE SHALL REMAIN ALIVE AFTER THE WRATH OF THE VORPAL BUNNY IS FULFILLED! NONE, YOU HEAR ME! COME BACK AND FIGHT ME!"

""The horn is still a weak point because it isn't fur or skin. Interesting. Assuming I grew horns, I'd need to rely on either armor or other abilities or skills.""

Exiting the little room carved from the wall by his clone, he sighed ""Free time is almost over... I wonder if we'll finish up tree-climbing today... they really just need to build up the reserves to hold it for an hour. I'll come back and check stabby-hopper-san here tomorrow and the day after. Then I'll test it on myself the next day so long as there isn't even the slightest change. I guess even if Fuinjutsu is useless here, I can at least get something out of the near-perfect memory I practiced of anything I purposefully try to memorize.""

""In the mean time... I think I'll keep trying to perform 'Creation of All Things'. Though, I'm starting to wonder if it's even possible since activated Yin and Activated Yang were required. Magic and Life Essence just don't seem to have 'activated' states.""

~([Day 8])~

Naruto floated along as he followed his fellow goblins; each hopping through the trees. Behind him, a pair of basic skeletons floated with short swords and iron recurve bows with bone arrows.

Today was a field test of both kunai skills and his own skeleton's against a new foe that the system had informed him were called 'Night Vipers'. They wielded a formidable set of skills in 'Sense Presence' and 'Thermography' for detection of both physical objects without sight and heat in general, 'Evil Eye' for disabling at mid-range, and 'Venom' for killing. Naturally, they also held 'Poison resistance' and 'Evil Eye Resistance' the direct counters to their own abilities which likely allowed them to withstand using said abilities to some extent.

He also managed to grab abilities from an 'Armored Tanuki'; a relatively peaceful animal that asked simply to be left alone. Though was not adverse to him scanning its abilities in exchange for a basket of food.

""Can't fault them for wanting to be left alone I suppose.""

From it's soul, he memorized 'Shell Defense' and 'Endurance'. The first of which was half useless without organic armor, but still held increased chance to block damage and a reduced chance to be hit with fatal attacks.

He also managed to trade a jar of blood to each of four 'seven-colored bats', courtesy of Gobumi, for a chance to memorize 'Echolocation' for detection, 'Pump Up' to allow blood control and thus increasing one's own strength, and 'Vampirephilia' to exploit blood sucking for food and temporary stat boosting.

~([Day 9])~

""Rain... it reminds me of Hokage-jiji's funeral. I suppose... I at least got to see him again afterwards thanks to that accursed technique. Still... there are times when I wish it would only rain while I was asleep. I'd just go to bed at my normal time and then wake up and the ground outside would be moist. Like that time I walked barefoot through the grass with...""

Naruto's eyes closed ""I wonder if she got to someplace good. Does she remember our life together? Or am I special? Perhaps I reached a certain power level... or maybe the Shinigami touching my soul to seal Kurama without me dying did something to my soul.""

""Is it possible to go back to my world? Or maybe another version of it? I could never date the version of her there if I did... she wouldn't be mine. But... maybe I could make sure that another version of her is safe and happy. I could train her up and make her as strong as she was in her later years by the time she hit the Chunin exams. Then she could push further on her own.""

He clenched his eyes tighter as tears threatened to fall ""Foolish thoughts... I was Hokage... I should know to focus on the present.""

Rachel came up and ruffled his hair, "Oi, Naruto. Mind helping me sew some shirts? It took a while, but Anzu grew enough fibers that we could use the wooden machines she grew to make fabric. Now we can turn the cloth into clothing that doesn't chaff like mad and put it beneath our leather jerkins and chainmail."

He smiled, welcoming the distraction, "Cloth, leather, chainmail, and platemail? Are you sure your 'Temperature control' and 'Weight reduction' runes are going to be able to handle this much? I feel like we might as well add scalemail at this point since we're going so far for defense and comfort."

"Well they'll all be worked together as a single piece of armor so the outer armor should be able to siphon in plenty of atmospheric MP. You slide the lower half on first, then the top. Each bottom layer is pulled up to hook into the top and then overlapped until you get to the outer layer: where you pull the loops through and put a belt on. The hooks and belt loops are inscribed to aid the energy transfer."

She shrugged, "As for scalemail... well... I guess it's possible. we could reduce the plate mail size slightly to allow more mobility; which seems important to this 'Shinobi' job you've introduced. Then we cover up the entire torso with chainmail to allow for full-body protection even in areas where platemail is usually weak. Might even be able to do some sort of outer-thigh guard using chain. It'd be a lot easier to move in, if done properly, than the current stuff."

"Come on, afterwards Susan is holding a Magician class for everyone since there isn't enough room to do physical training. If the downpour keeps up... Anzu says she'll be doing a druid class after lunch."

Naruto nodded "Interesting... two caster classes that complement each other somewhat due to the fact that Druid is more healing and crowd control while magician is more damage with a little bit of crowd control and pet summoning."

"Ya... should be interesting. Usually I'm to busy to learn fighting. But this Shinobi job is quite a lot of fun and I don't have to much more I can do to prepare except wait for the next round of forges to finish... which is tomorrow."

He grinned, "You sound far to disappointed. Workaholic."

"Nah, I'm normal. Everyone else is just lazy."

The Uzumaki rolled his eyes and followed along after her. Behind him, a wolf he'd been snuggling against whined and crawled over closer to the watch fire where a few humans and goblins were keeping guard.

~([Day 10])~

Naruto spent the morning carefully observing even the smallest physical and spiritual details of the rabbit. He took note of every change over the course of eight hours; comparing it to a second rabbit and his original scans of this rabbit.

Finally, after lunch, he began.

'Escape' came first; it was effectively a general speed boost which worked just as well on offense as for defense. Then 'Steel Skin', 'Endurance', and 'Shell Defense'; the last if only for the increased chance to block damage and a reduced chance to be hit with fatal attacks.

'Poison Resistance' and 'Evil Eye Resistance' furthered his defense directly despite being very narrow in task. Meanwhile, 'Vampirephilia' allowed him to heal up mid-fight by using energy to siphon blood into his mouth while also allowing a general buff of stats.

Next came 'Sense Presence', 'Thermography', and 'Echolocation'. All three combined, he theorized, would allow him to fight multiple opponents and avoid surprise attacks even if blinded. Furthermore, such abilities would allow him to detect invisible attacks and identify illusion.

Finally, he began to apply offensive skills. 'Evil Eye' for scaring someone into slowing and stopping action. 'Venom' for a deadly toxin able to be produced from either the user's fangs, claws, or weapon. And last, 'Pump Up' enabled what, combined with their Shinobi enhancement, seemed almost like a very weak version of Tsunade and Sakura's super-strength prowess.

~Obtained abilities outside of your race despite not having any abilities or skills to allow for such. You have reached- Level 100~

~Your level has exceeded the minimum required value. Since special conditions 'Overrunning Lively Motion' and 'Unique Behavior' have been cleared, it's possible to undergo 'Evolution' into a 'Hobgoblin - Variant'. 'Yes'. 'No'.~

~Demigod Status is ready to improve: Inferior-Normal.~

~Select skill.~

""Hum? Interesting... let's see wha... Oh...""

The list of skills was one of those where the slider bar was absolutely tiny and actually touching it sent the list sporadically up and down.

""Er... filter similar skills weaker or equal to already possessed skills?""

The list shrunk, but was still to large to read any time soon.

""Filter similar skills weaker or equal to possible skills common to my current jobs.""

Again, the list shrunk.

""Hum... I wonder...""

Naruto glanced through the list before smirking.

~'Creation of All things' Selected: allows the user to create any physical object they know the details of using any physical substance of which they have detailed knowledge. The objects may be enhanced by any energies currently possessed by the user.~

He mentally 'clicked' on 'Yes' on the evolution tab and a sense of exhaustion began to overcome him.

~Uzumaki Naruto has obtained 'The Divine Protection of -The Great God governing the Origin and Demise-'~

~Demigod Uzumaki Naruto's power currently has an overwhelming overflow of excess power and is able to provide enough excess power to equal the remaining power of one or more followers which only have one possible evolutionary route. Would you like to force Hobgoblin-Variant evolution upon your Followers? 'Yes'. 'No'.~

""Sure... doesn't seem like a bad thing.""

Darkness approaching fast, Naruto took a moment to set that his followers would receive each of the abilities the Uzumaki had just acquired. Though not to automatically give any new ones: as he wanted to approve them before their disbursal. There were simply to many dangerous powers in his own world for him to think there were none here

Finally, he drifted off.

~([Chapter End])~

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