Okay guys, I've realized that I might have fucked up while doing some things, and that I definitely want to change a tiny bit. For the regen and shit, it's going to be +.01% now instead of .1%. I was doing the former for Naruto and the latter for everyone else for some reason. Naruto is just too crazy if I do the latter with him, so the former it is. I'll make that change for everyone starting this chapter, so it might be just slightly different for everyone else. I am also basing all base HP, CP and SP by base stats now. Additional stat points from equipment or perks or titles will not affect things like that unless it specifically says so.
1 Week Later
"Get him Sasuke-kun!"
"Kami! He's so dreamy…"
"I don't know why Naruto even tries…"
Two boys stood in a large red circle, cold grey stones under their feet. One of them was crouched, breathing hard but not looking overly tired. The other was breathing softly, but starting to sag a bit in exhaustion.
The latter was the one all the girls were creaming themselves over. Dark, charcoal black hair, styled back and up. Pale, hard aristocratic features, marred with no imperfection. Dressed in a high colored blue shirt, white arm warmers and white shorts. They hid the skinny but powerful body underneath. This was Sasuke Uchiha.
The former was the one that everyone knew was going to lose. Bright golden block locks, messy and spiking in random places with no discernable style. Tan, round features, marred with three whiskers on each face.
No longer was there a horrifying orange and blue jumpsuit on him. Now adorned with black pants and a mesh undershirt. There was no getting rid of the orange however, evident by the more stylish orange jacket he wore. They hid the skinny, still malnourished form of the boy. This was Naruto Uzumaki.
The fight itself had been fast paced so far, only having lasted 2 minutes. Despite that, they had exchanged almost 50 punches and kicks in that short timeframe. None of Naruto's had hit Sasuke, but not all of Sasuke's had hit Naruto.
An amazing growth rate that almost no one took not of. The skill between them was still too large. The strength, the speed, the intelligence. Sasuke farther down the path, but he was walking slow. Naruto was sprinting, bound to catch up quickly.
"Haah. Hah." Naruto breathed out softly, straightened up and got ready to activate his chosen taijutsu stance in an instant. Sasuke was still too strong.
It had been 5 days since that second day of training. Five days of busting his ass off. Training for hours and hours. Reading like he had never thought he would. Missions, Finance, Economics, War strategy.
Hundreds and hundreds of books had been sent to him. More and more and more everyday. He now had what was once a storage closet just full of books. He had made good headway this week. Reading at least 20 whole books. He took it slow, making sure that he would actually understand it.
The Hokage had to be knowledgeable after all. Who cares if he read it but couldn't remember it after? At least he got rid of his shitty fashion sense disadvantage. He snapped back to attention, seeing Sasuke shift just a tiny bit. Fighting Sasuke for so long told him what was going to happen.
He had shifter his right foot, which meant he was going to lash out with that one. He was proven correct as a second later, Sasuke was on him. Sasuke feinted to the right, looking like he was going to throw a right punch.
He did, but he overextended on purpose, using the momentum to spin him. On the peak of the momentum, he lashed out with a high left kick. Instead of trying to dodge it, which he knew would end up with Sasuke transitioning into super close range, he caught it.
Not with his body, but with his fist. Naruto took a straight jab at his thigh, still taking most of the damage, but not anything serious.
-30 HP!
Sasuke used the force from his kick to Naruto's shoulder to make space, leaning a bit more on his right leg now. On the other hand, aside from the short instance of pain, Naruto felt like nothing happened. This was how the playing field was becoming to be evened.
Naruto let Sasuke hit him, relying on his endurance to take the shots. Then he would counter attack by hitting soft, harmful areas that would slow him down. It had worked slowly, steadily. None of his attacks had worked, but his counterattacks had.
He rushed Sasuke this time, keeping his head low to the ground, easily transitioning into a sweeping kick. He hopped into the air much faster than his kick could follow, twisting to take advantage of the high ground.
Sasuke lashed out with his right leg the time, hoping to kick Naruto out of the ring. Naruto dug his back into the ground, hoping that the added friction would be enough to stay in the ring.
-50 HP!
It had worked. While he had been sent bouncing from a kick to the side, he had stayed just at the edge of the ring. Sasuke took advantage of that time though. Quickly rushing in, uncaring if he got countered.
Sasuke threw out jabs left and right. Doing straight kicks with every jab. He got countered quite a lot, but it hardly mattered in the end. One of those straight kicks clipped Naruto, sending him back a single step.
Quest Failed!
You have gained +1 STR!
You have gained +1 AGI!
You have gained +1 WIS!
You have leveled up Beginner Ha no Sutairu style!
You have leveled up Beginner Ha no Sutairu style!
You have leveled up Beginner Ha no Sutairu style!
You have leveled up Beginner Ha no Sutairu style!
You have gained +50 REP with Sasuke Uchiha!
You have gained +100 REP with Iruka Umino!
You have gained +200 REP with Hinata Hyuga!
You have gained +200 RET with Hinata Hyuga!
"Ring out! Sasuke is the winner!" Iruka walked in between them, signifying the end of the fight. It came with quite a lot of enthusiastic cheering from the girls, as well as half hearted claps among the boys.
"That was an excellent fight you guys! Naruto! You've improved an incredible amount in such a short time. You have definitely gotten a lot faster and a bit stronger with those strikes. You had pretty decent form, but it could still be a lot better.
You twist a bit too much, your footing slips from time to time and your guard could still use some work. Overall though, you've gotten a lot better. Especially your plan there. Sasuke was too fast and strong for you, so you focused almost purely on countering him with each attack. A better guard would have helped you with that.
Sasuke! You did good in that fight. I don't believe anybody has tried to tank hits and counter you before, so you were in unfamiliar territory. You never truly adapted to that style, but you learned how to avoid it as much as you could near the end. You were unused to the pain it caused you in movement though, and that made you sloppier than usual.
This is a good lesson for you. Your flawless here, and not many can touch you. But you'll meet many people in this village and out of it that can injure you. Get used to that feeling. Learn to ignore it until treatment can be administered."
He looked at them both proudly, and Naruto couldn't help the pride that swelled up in him. He kept his face carefully neutral though, making sure not to look too happy or put out by the results.
Keeping control of himself and his emotions was something the book placed a lot of importance on. Not being emotionless, but being calm, collected. He allowed a tiny smile to slip through, but kept it at that, no matter how much he wanted to grin.
"Good. Make the Seal of Reconciliation!" They both walked towards the center of the ring, getting in position to make the seal.
As he stood in front of Sasuke, he measured himself up against him. Sasuke stood at an about 4' 10", two whole inches taller than me. He was wider in musculature, but also seemed a bit willowy.
I was just skinny. Beginning to show muscles, but mostly still skin and bones. Tons of meat and vegetable had set me on the path to gaining a lot more weight though. As we shook fingers and exchanged light smirks, I hit him with an observe, something I had leveled up a good bit. I also opened my own up to compare.
Name: Sasuke Uchiha
Age: 11 years/ 5 months/ 17 days
Level: 14
Occupation: Academy Student(+15% EXP until level 11)
Health: 820/820
Health Regeneration(hour): 0.24%; 1.968
Chakra Points: 350/350
Chakra Regeneration(hour): 0.35%; 1.225
Stamina Points: 480/480
Stamina Regeneration(hour): 0.24%; 1.152
Relationship Status: Neutral(100/1000)
Romance Status: Neutral(0/1000)
Strength: 25
Agility: 26(+3) - 29
Endurance: 24
Intelligence: 31(+5)(+5) - 42
Wisdom: 25(-15) - 10
Luck: 1
Chakra: 35
Chakra Control: 20
Description: Sasuke Uchiha is one of two children, but undeniably the heir of the Uchiha Clan. One of its last remaining members, after his brother slaughtered most of them, he strives to gain vengeance. Due to being mentally tortured by his brother, he is mentally unstable. He has no time for friends or lovers while his brother still draws breath.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Age: 11 years/3 months/11 days
Level: 8 (409/800)
Occupation: The Gamer
Lesser Titles(3/3): The Prank King, The Stealth Legend, The Dead Last
Ryo: 250,000
Health: 1,605/1,605
Health Regeneration(hour): 25.2%; 404.46
Chakra Points: 5,250/5,250
Chakra Regeneration(hour): 25.18%; 1,321.95
Stamina Points: 4,420/4,420
Stamina Regeneration(hour): 25.2%; 1,113.84
Strength: 16
Agility: 17
Endurance: 201
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 20
Luck: 41
Chakra: 480
Chakra Control: 5
Attribute Points: 0
Description: Naruto is a student at the Konohagakure Shinobi Academy. He became the jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tails on the day of his birth, a fate that caused him to be shunned by most of Konoha throughout his childhood. His dream is to be recognized by the people of his village by becoming the supreme image of it, the Hokage.
Bloodlines(0/0):
Perks(2/5): Kyuubi Jinchuuriki - Gain +20 Endurance points per level, Gain +50 Chakra per level, Gain -15% experience towards Chakra Control, Gain +20% experience towards raw chakra manipulation, Gain +20% Health Regeneration, Chakra Regeneration and Stamina Regeneration.
Uzumaki - Gain +5 Endurance points per level, Gain +10 Chakra Per level, Gain -5% experience towards Chakra Control, Gain +5% experience towards raw chakra manipulation, Gain +2% Health Regeneration, Chakra Regeneration and Stamina Regeneration, Gain +50% experience towards Fuinjutsu, Gain instant Relationship Status: Like with all Uzumakis.
Disadvantages: Malnourished - Gain -20% experience towards physical stats.
Pariah - Gain instant Relationship Status: Dislike with Konoha.
Sasuke was strong. A lot stronger than Naruto had been just a week ago. He had some pretty impressive strength, very impressive agility and was super smart. He had low wisdom though, probably because of his mental problems.
It was a pretty big gap though. He had improved quite a bit in the following week, but would it be enough for the exam? He had increased his skills, even doing a lot of extra CC training. Unfortunately, thanks to his decreased experience towards CC, it took forever.
At the rate he was going, making clones would take forever. He had literally 1% CC in comparison to his chakra. Which meant that he would need to get to 96 CC just to create clones.
He walked away from the stage, looking at all the alerts from before. The only one he didn't really understand was Hinata Hyuga. She was a smart and competent girl, easily in the top three females of the class.
She was shy though. Barely speaking, barely looking up. Always playing with her fingers. Always hesitating to fight. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
She has dark blue, almost black hair, shaped in a bob cut with two large strands of hair framing her face. She had pale, almost porcelain like skin, practically glowing. Her eyes were a blank, pupiless lavender thanks to the Byakugan.
She wore a large bulky jacket, hiding whatever might be beneath. Her pants were loose and slightly baggy, hiding anything there too. With her fingers in front of her face almost 24/7, almost all of her was covered.
'Why am I gaining REP and RET with her? Why is it so much?' He looked at her for a bit longer, but she noticed.
Her eyes quickly widened, turning quickly so she wasn't facing him anymore. He felt his eye twitch at that.
Name: Hinata Hyuga
Age: 11 years/ 2 months/ 21 days
Level: 12
Occupation: Academy Student(+15% EXP until level 11)
Health: 655/655
Health Regeneration(hour): 0.11%; 0.7205
Chakra Points: 250/250
Chakra Regeneration(hour): 0.25%; 0.625
Stamina Points: 220/220
Stamina Regeneration(hour): 0.11%; 0.242
Relationship Status: Piety(300/1000)
Romance Status: Unlocked(400/1000)
Strength: 11
Agility: 23
Endurance: 11
Intelligence: 31(+5) - 36
Wisdom: 11
Luck: 35
Chakra: 25
Chakra Control: 25
Description: Hinata Hyuga is one of two children born to the Hyuga Main family, potential heir to the Hyuga Clan. Her main strength lies in her speed and her ability to close off chakra points using her Byakugan. She is shy and unconfident, striving to become better than she already is. She is utterly in love, practically obsessed, with Naruto Uzumaki.
'Okayyyy… what the fuck?! What the hell did I do?!' He almost broke his neutral look, clenching his fists to keep his face from moving.
A girl liked him. An odd girl, weird and shy, sure. But it was a girl. A girl that he started off in the negative with because of his pariah status.
'What the fuck am I supposed to do?! Do I talk to her? Do I ignore her? What about Sakura? Am I just gonna give up on her? Wait, Hinata wouldn't mind me dating her and Sakura since she's Unlocked!'
He gave some serious thought to that. The only problem with that was Sakura. She wouldn't date him if he was going up to her single, so why would she go out with him when he's already with someone?
He was starting to feel guilty even though he hadn't done anything. He liked Sakura… but Hinata really liked him for some reason. She was unlocked, which meant she would do anything for him, besides her piety state.
Could she ever really be happy with anyone besides him? No. The answer was pretty simple, but only made him feel worse. The box stated she would do anything for him. That would probably include leaving anyone she was already with if he so much as asked.
Probably meant that she would always want to be with him. Fuckkkk. It was really starting to make him feel worse and worse. He didn't even do anything. At least not anything he was aware of.
"Yo Naruto! Actually gettin better dude. Ya don't look like you're flailing around anymore." A brown haired boy with two red fang tattoos on his feral face popped up behind him.
Naruto almost jumped, barely calming his nerves. He frowned to himself for a second, making a note not to think too deeply on things when he wasn't in privacy. He turned to the grinning dog boy, seeing Shikamaru and Choji behind him. A distraction! Perfect.
"Ouch! That would hurt Kiba… If I wasn't better than you before." I gave him an arrogant smirk, matched by a mockingly bared teeth.
"You improved a lot in just a week Naruto. You must really be determined to pass this time." Shikamaru yawned, his pineapple hair covered head looking practically pained at the thought of how much work Naruto was doing.
"Yeah! You probably did the best against Sasuke out of everyone that's fought him. You keep going like that and you'll pass easy!" Choji, a rather big boy with swirls on his cheeks and spiky brown hair, threw him a thumbs up, casually munching on his 12th bag of chips.
"Thanks Choji, I appreciate it. And yeah, I've been training really hard this week. I'm sure I'll pass this time." They looked at me rather funnily. The confidence in my voice practically ringing in their ears.
"Man Naruto, ya kinda changed. You're not shouting or grinning or even just looking stupid. The fuck happened to ya? You're even speaking all proper like everyone else too!" I repressed the twitch in my, violently.
"The Hokage has to be better than everyone else. It's either I start now or I start never." I could practically feel my blue eyes shining. I just couldn't tell whether it was in excitement or anxiety.
"Hmm. Well, I certainly believe in you now more than before. Not by that much, but it's a noticeable difference." The speculative look on Shikamaru's face always made me nervous. He was crazy smart after all.
"Ha! Ya got about as much chance of bein the Hokage as I do!" Kiba barked with laughter, Akamaru yipping along with his partner.
"Yeah right. I think I have a bit more than a 0% chance." That one got a laugh out of Choji, but I wasn't really trying to be funny, so meh.
"Heh. Fine then! How about a race to see which of us is better? A race to Hokage?" Kiba threw Naruto a challenging glare, teeth bared in perceived dominance.
"It's no fun to do something that you already know the outcome of." Naruto just walked away, going to get his stuff to go home. The Academy was already over, the sparring having gone a bit late.
"Hah. You're right. No point in doing it if I already know I'll win." Naruto didn't turn back to meet Kiba's smirk, already tuning him out.
It was fun to banter with Kiba once in a while, but it always escalated if you let it go on. More than one fight between him and Kiba was a result of that. Kiba was really desperate to prove that Alpha thing he always talked about.
He stepped into the classroom, gathered his things and left. He still had to think more about Hinata. He wasn't sure what to do about her. He didn't even really know if he wanted to be in a relationship at the moment.
He was fully committed to becoming the Hokage now. Maybe once he was out of the beginning phase of his transition, he would be open to it. At the moment though, he felt like he needed to give his all to the cause.
He couldn't afford to spend time that wasn't used for training or learning. He had to catch up and go beyond his classmates. Then he had to go beyond every other person in the village. Until he was the most dependable person they could think of.
There would be some room in there soon for things like that, he was sure. Until then though, he guessed he might as well let it sit. Some presents were best when saved for later, or so the old man always told him.
2 Weeks Later
Two whole weeks. Two weeks of training, eating, sparring and reading had really fixed Naruto up. He hadn't gotten any levels yet, mostly because he didn't seem to do much that involved getting EXP besides the little animals.
That was fine though, because his stats were independent to level. And with his Malnourished state gone, he had actually gotten a decent growth increase. He had shot up to Sasuke's height, standing at an even 4' 10". Not the tallest, but now not one of the shortest.
The most change had been his body though. He finally had something on it! There was only a little muscle, since chakra tended to decrease muscle growth while increasing the density of it. That was fine though, since he expected more training to fix that.
Strength: 22
Agility: 23
Endurance: 202
Intelligence: 24
Wisdom: 22
Luck: 42
Chakra: 480
Chakra Control: 14
Attribute Points: 0
Two weeks and he was at that. It hadn't even been a full month and he had already increased his physical and mental attributes higher than a lot of his class. While his CC was still shit, only being at 2% compared to his chakra, it was progress. He didn't need the clone jutsu, as long as he did good on all the rest.
He had made good progress on his skills as well. His taijutsu was now on par, if not even higher than his average classmates. Fighting Sasuke almost everyday helped increase that aspect tremendously fast. Even if he never won.
He had made good progress on his reputation as well. The result of his change in attitude had people in the academy talking about him less in a negative light. Now, they just didn't talk about him at all. That was what he wanted though.
The key to becoming an incredible Hokage, one that no one doubts, is what people remember of that Hokage. As a boy, I was not that smart, nor was I that courageous. There were many moments I wish hadn't happened, moments that shaped the people around me in to people that could not perceive me above that little boy who made foolish mistakes. Things like that linger in the memory for a long time.
Once you start as a Shinobi is the best time to strike. Most often don't do this, intending for their Genin days to be light and full of learning mistakes. While that is what it generally is, that is not the best way to go about it. It is best to start an image early. Of course, starting early is harder than later. Once started, if that image people have of you in their minds starts to crack, it will inevitably break in some.
You have to carefully craft your image. Mold old images into new ones. Make people forget the foolish and immature things you once did. It is much harder than it seems, and the people closest to you will resist that image change the most. That is why you must make sure that those closest to you change first. The rest will inevitably follow.
He needed a fresh start. The image people had of him in that moment was not good. Not favorable at all. He needed to maneuver himself into a position of authority, to begin planting the seeds.
He would need to become the leader of his Genin team. Not the official leader, as that belonged to the Jounin, but the unofficial leader amongst his fellow Genin.
People often rush to prove their superiority. I was once one of those people. Doing so, however, causes the opposite of what you wanted. When you rush to prove you are right, those you prove it to believe they can do it better. Always offer your opinion, but let them try their way first. A Hokage needs to be dominant. Not aggressively, not neutrally, not even passively. There are times when each is needed. Focus on passive dominance. That is what you will usually embody.
A silent presence, not pleading, not begging, not screaming, for attention. Demanding it. You know that you are right! You know your way is better! Your way is the best way! Keep those thoughts in mind. Always give yourself an out however. Failure with complete confidence can lead to downfall. One must always offer a preemptive excuse for failure. It always makes the success more meaningful anyway.
Naruto sighed, making his way past the small sign that told him he was entering training ground 9. It was next to a lake, and the ground was soggy with wet patches everywhere. There weren't too many trees, but it was decent coverage.
You spend all your time in that small forest Naruto. Not every terrain is going to be like that. You have to experience something first if you want to adapt to it. Being used to something can give you the advantage, and in a world where you can change the terrain with a single jutsu, it's imperative you learn.
That small visit was why he was here. Deeper into the marsh that was training ground 9, it was a light swamp area. Not anywhere near an actual swamp, but a pale imitation of it. Filled with small snakes.
He had read up a lot about cooking snakes before coming here. Cooking new things always made the skill go up faster. Snake meat apparently helped enhance the vitality of brain cells, and even reduce fatigue in the body. It had a ton of nutrients and a lot of protein. It also tasted very good apparently.
He started to step further into the marsh, ready to begin his strength training and hunting. He kept an eye out for snakes, some of them actually venomous.
Congratulations! You have found a potential Dungeon!
Dungeon Swamp! Average Level to Proceed - ?
Yes/No?
He stopped, wondering what the hell a dungeon was supposed to be. Wouldn't someone have found a dungeon if it was in this training ground anyway?
Dungeon: A dungeon is something unique to The Gamer. Only The Gamer may invoke the dungeon, but people in their official party may join with them. A Dungeon is an artificial zone of danger or adventure. Once you enter the Dungeon, your body will sit against the nearest object and look like it has gone to sleep. Any injuries or changes received from the dungeon will transfer over to your other body. Death in the Dungeon means death in real life. You can only leave the Dungeon when an hour is up or you kill the boss. Once the boss is killed, the Dungeon disappears. Exceptions to this rule is when something touches you in the real world. Being woken up from the Dungeon will cause a penalty to occur. You won't be able to go back in for 24 hours.
Average Level to Proceed: This helps you decide whether it is viable or not to actually enter the Dungeon or in some cases a Quest. Most Quests won't have this, but special quests may. For Dungeons, you can only see the recommended level after you enter and leave once.
Naruto paused, not sure what to do. It would be pretty stupid to enter something when he didn't know the danger level of it. He was interested though. Very interested. He wasn't all that interested in leveling, simply because he was content in building his stats up through training.
It would be smart to stockpile his AP though, in the case of an emergency. Always keep an ace up your pocket, or so the old man like to say in his books frequently. He opened his inventory, getting out his kunai and shuriken pouches.
They were only common grade, but they were decent enough. He had 20 of them each in his pouches, so hopefully that would be enough to get him through whatever this was.
You have chosen to enter the Swamp Dungeon!
Chose a place to rest!
He walked over to the tree that would keep his body the most hidden, hoping that nothing would attack him while he was in there. It would suck to be taken out early.
You have entered the Swamp Dungeon!
Time remaining until exit is possible: 60 minutes, 55 seconds.
The first that hit him was the heat. It caused him to close his eyes on reflex, feeling them water in an attempt to keep them hydrated. His clothes stuck to his body, damp by the sweat and humidity forming around him.
He felt the heat beginning to sap his stamina already, his body not taking any damage, but not adjusting either.
Penalty incurred! -10 Stamina per minute due to heat!
Skill gained!
Adaptation/(Passive)(Lv. 5)(8/100%) - This skill consists of your ability to adapt to different environments.
Current adaptations:
Warm - 80%
Extreme Heat - 2%
Extreme Humidity - 2%
All adaptations below 50% incur a penalty.
+5% speed in adapting.
'Well… that doesn't really help me.'
He snapped open his eyes, feeling his throat begin to dry already. Trees. He was standing on a little mangrove consisting of tiny trees and grass. There were so many trees though. And the size of them…
They were gigantic, reaching the heights and thickness of the best trees in Konoha. The murky water that lies below them looks deep. He felt panic and fear consume him, finally breaking the facade he was trying to make a reality.
The air was so oppressive, clogging his throat and trying to drown him. The smell of rotten eggs threatened to make him gag, feeling bile rise up. Surviving for an hour here? It didn't seem possible, and that was without any threats.
He absently smacked a bug that felt land on his shoulder, only to freeze. It didn't feel like he had hit a small insect. It felt like he had hit a small animal. He quickly flung it away from himself, hearing the angry buzzing.
Species/Name: Titanomyrma
Age: 3 years/ 9 months/ 7 days
Level: 20
Health: 1,505/1,505
Health Regeneration(hour): 1.21%; 18.2105
Stamina Points: 4,650/4,650
Stamina Regeneration(hour): 1.21%; 56.265
Strength: 15
Agility: 61
Endurance: 91
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 1
Luck: 9
Description: Titanomyrma, or 'prodigious size', is a special flying ant. It is an omnivore, mostly focusing on plants and sugars, not strong enough to threaten other animals in its habitat. While they usually fly in groups, some tend to fly alone to try and gain favor with the Queen. Their chitin armor gives them great endurance.
He stared for a second, not really sure what to do in that situation. The choice was made for him when it dashed at him with dizzying speed.
You have taken 30 DMG!
He barely had a second to comprehend what had happened when he was knocked into the swampy water. He felt a brief pain in his stomach where it had hit him, but was more concerned with the thick, dirty water.
The water was warm. It was didn't revitalize him, but instead continued to sap at his stamina, slowly depriving him of it. Even after being knocked down into it, he still didn't reach the bottom. He didn't want to know what was in there.
He quickly swam up, breaking through the water line and gasping for air. He felt like he was still underwater, only to a lesser extent. He could see the huge flying ant looking for him, so he quickly swam away, looking to land on another mangrove.
Skill gained!
Swimming/(Active)(Lv. 1)(5/100%) - This skill consists of your ability to swim.
+1% STR while using this ability.
+1% AGI while using this ability.
+1% END while using this ability.
+1% Speed while using this ability.
Speed: 20 KPH
Requirements:
20 SP per minute
He felt himself speed up a bit, but his stamina was draining pretty harshly. Luckily, he had quite a bit of common grade cooked fish meat. That gave pretty good bonuses to stamina regen.
He scrambled up the side of another mangrove, this one having just one big tree on it. He opened his inventory and took out 2 stacks of 10 common grade fish meat. He devoured them, his panic and his bodies struggle to adapt making him hungry.
With the additional +20% SR for 5 minutes, he would regain a decent amount, even if he was still losing some. He looked around warily, but didn't spot anything out of the ordinary. Just a tree with an incredibly dark bottom.
Time remaining until exit is possible: 55 minutes, 37 seconds.
Five minutes. That's all he had spent in this disgusting place. He looked up blearily, only to see tree tops. The place was pretty dark, the huge trees keeping a lot of the light from shining through.
It made the place seem incredibly dreary. It made you exhausted just looking at it. He glanced around once more, making sure nothing snuck up on him before he was satisfied. He walked over to the tree quietly, wanting to see if he could maybe rest to gain SP faster.
Question marks. The bottom of the tree had question marks on it. Bright red question marks. Usually something he would only see if he looked at a chunin or jonin. He froze. He looked closer.
Scales. The bottom of the tree had scales. As the body shifted lightly, he noticed that it wasn't a tree. His knees threatened to give out as he watched it unfurl. Dark green, almost black scales glinting in the low light.
As the creature unfurled itself completely, he noticed why it had red question marks. It was fucking huge. It's size alone would probably be enough to kill most genin. It looked like it was at least 12 meters long, and it was ridiculously thick. The sheer muscles on it must have made it weigh somewhere around a ton.
He slowly made his way up, before freezing. Venomous yellow eyes gleamed as they met his own, matched by the venom drippin down its ridiculously long and sharp fangs. Neither moved for a good moment, but while one of them was thinking about food, the other was thinking about survival.
Naruto moved first, quickly jumping to another mangrove, trying not to get into the water. He looked back as he landed only to see it still sitting there, just watching. That made him feel more nervous than anything. His instincts were what made him jump onto the tree, which saved his life.
A huge crocodile looking animal snapped its jaws shut where he had just been, wildly looking around for its prey. It's body was a dark green, brighter than the snakes though. It was all rough and tough edges, vicious looking to the extreme.
It was actually similar length to the snake, almost 12 meters or so. It looked like it weighed a lot more though. It's snout was long, filled with huge nasty teeth. A bite from that would almost definitely kill a regular person.
He looked around the tree he was standing in wildly, looking out for any other snakes or crocodiles that might be hiding in it. There was nothing, just bark. He looked back below quickly, seeing the crocodile thing looking around for him, before noticing the snake begin to move.
Watching it dive into the water, he was thankful had chosen to get up onto land. It was fast, reaching the mangrove in almost a second. Then he noticed the other snakes that came with it, swimming ashore quickly.
The crocodile took the initiative. Snapping its jaws around the neck of one of the snakes and not letting go, even as the other snakes sank their fangs in it over and over. It managed to kill the first snake when it began going for the others.
It almost looked like the crocodile was going to destroy them all when it started to look drowsy. It slowly stopped moving, before it finally collapsed asleep. The two remaining snakes looked they were about to tear into it, before another crocodile exploded out the water.
They quickly flee'd, but the crocodile gave chase, looking like it was faster in the water. Naruto looked around warily, noticing there didn't seem to be anything else heading this way. The dark shapes in the water looked they were heading the way of the fleeing animals.
He jumped down from the tree and drew a kunai. Something like the kunai he had in his hand wouldn't even be enough to scrape the croc in normal conditions, let alone kill it. It was asleep though, probably due to the venom of the snakes.
He struggled to open the snout, it alone weighing what seem to be a hundred pounds. The moment he did, however, he viciously stabbed up into it. Aiming for the brain. It's body seemed to spasm lightly as he dug into it with his kunai, but it didn't awaken at all.
You have killed a Sarcosuchus!
Due to killing something far beyond your level, you going bonus EXP!
You gain 12,600 EXP!
Level Up! x10
+5 WIS!
Loot:
100,000 Ryo
Sarcosuchus meat x63
Sarcosuchus leather x10
Sarcosuchus tooth x20
Sarcosuchus leather pants x1
After killing it, he left the body quickly hopped back to his perch on the tree to check out his gains. The croc was too heavy to lift, so he couldn't get it into his inventory. The ten levels alone were a pretty huge gain, giving him a lot more base HP than before. The 50 AP was good too. Could be useful if he got into trouble he couldn't get out of.
The wisdom was good, doing puzzles for hours got boring. He clicked on the meat, in awe of the amount he gained. He guessed it made sense if it was giving him a lot of the meat it had on its body.
Uncarved Sarcosuchus Meat
The meat of a Sarcosuchus, gained by Naruto Uzumaki.
Age - (30 seconds)
Rank - (Rare)
Durability - (500/500)
Special Effects(0/10)
Stat Bonuses(0/10)
'Rare meat has ten slots?!' He couldn't cook this. Risking failure with meat of this grade was a bit too much, even with the amount he had. These could give pretty crazy bonuses if he ever need it.
Sarcosuchus Leather
Sarcosuchus leather, gained by Naruto Uzumaki.
Age - (1 minute/10 seconds)
Rank - (Rare)
Durability - (10,000/10,000)
Special Effects(0/10)
Stat Bonuses(0/10)
Sarcosuchus Tooth
Sarcosuchus tooth, gained by Naruto Uzumaki.
Age - (1 minute/30 seconds)
Rank - (Rare)
Durability - (1,000/1,000)
Special Effects(0/10)
Stat Bonuses(0/10)
HE wasn't sure what the teeth could be used for, but he was guessing a weapon or something like that. The leather was armor for sure. It was crazy though. The drops on this thing were like gold.
Sarcosuchus Leather Pants
Sarcosuchus leather pants, gained by Naruto Uzumaki.
Age - (2 minutes)
Rank - (Rare)
Durability - (1,000/1,000)
Special Effects(5/10)-
+5% HR
+5% SR
+50% experience towards STR stat
+50% experience towards END stat
+30% DMG towards Sarcosuchus/other crocodile like animals
Stat Bonuses(2/10)
+10 STR
+10 END
He instantly equipped it. It was just too good to bother thinking about people stumbling on him magically changing pants in the real world. These things would definitely help him out. He noticed that despite his END going up, his health didn't.
It didn't really matter, especially since his regen was increased. He regained about 22 SP per minute now, which put meant he gained about 10 in this environment. The pants looked cool as hell anyway.
Dark green almost black, glinting scales stared back up at him. They were a little tight, but didn't really restrict his movement, seeming to bend in whatever way he wanted it to. They were gonna be crazy useful.
He had only burned about another 5 minutes, so he needed to figure something else out. Staying in this tree wouldn't be safe with the snakes around. Compared to his 23 AGI, they probably had something around 80 or so.
He was wary of fucking around with something like that. He would like to stay in the trees, but he could make out what seemed like an end to the swamp further down. It led to a mountainside, but there was light green hexagonal blocks that blocked that area off.
Everything but the cave that lay in front of it. That place was probably one of the worst though. A cave like that was probably infested with dangerous insects, or maybe even the boss of the dungeon.
He looked down at the Sarco corpse down below, trying to contain his greed. The additional ten levels also opened up 10 more inventory boxes. He couldn't lift it, but he might be able to carve it.
He was almost tempted to jump down when the water splashed. He tensed up, glancing around wildly. A snake, slithering towards the corpse. That was one way to temper the building greed he supposed.
It was kind of distant, but he noted that he didn't really feel any panic anymore. He was unnaturally calm. He was beginning to ignore the temperature, though he was only 4% adapted to it.
A bunch of low buzzing noises snapped himself out of his introspection. He glance to the right and saw the noise makers. A group of Titanomyrma, at least 6 or 7 of them. They were making their way over to the snake, and I took a seat, eager to examine.
They didn't attack though. They seemed content to hover and wait for the snake to be satiated so they could feast on the remains. A few were checking their surroundings though, which meant he would be found out soon.
He quickly made the decision to make his way towards the cave. The mountainside was blocked off for now, but there was a decent amount of waterlogged grass he could make his way over to. It was better than staying in the swamp.
The only problem was the water in between. He couldn't swim through there. The moment he started, he wouldn't be able to tell if something was coming at him. He looked up, seeing the interlocking branches.
They were connected enough. He quickly scaled the giant tree, skills from his life in Konoha coming in handy as he climbed all the way up. He scrambled across the relatively skinny branches that led to the other tree and continued on.
It took him a whole 10 minutes to make it all the way there, but that was fine with him. Only another 40 minutes to go.
'Maybe I should just stay up here?' The idea was a good one, but not very viable. He could see a lot of the ants flying above tree level and it would only be a matter of time before he was spotted and swarmed.
He scaled down the tree quickly, hopping onto the beautiful wet grass in front of the cave. He was about to make his way off to the side of it, hoping to get into coverage. It wasn't to be however.
You have taken 500 DMG!
You have been inflicted with Titanoboa Venom!
You have 2 minutes before you become unconscious!
Unconsciousness lasts - 91 minutes!
Skill gained!
Toxin Resistance/(Active/Passive)(Lv. 1)(1/100%) - This skill consists of your ability to resist toxins.
Passive:
-1% effectiveness of toxin
Gain 1% chance of flushing out toxin immediately
Active:
-3% effectiveness of toxin
Gain 3% chance of flushing out toxin immediately
Requirements:
Passive - N/A
Active - 10 CP per minute
He could faintly hear the soft ding of boxes opening up, but he was more concerned about the pain in his torso. He looked down briefly and saw why it hurt so much. Jaws, massive jaws with massive teeth.
They were hooked into his body, oozing clear fluid. Then the jaws moved. Back and forth, tightening and loosening, mangling his body like it was playing with him.
"GRAAAH! LET ME GO!" He pounded at the jaws, only succeeding in hurting himself further.
Thankfully, he remembered that he had jutsu. He quickly cast the transformation jutsu, switching with a large branch at the entrance of the cave. He didn't feel any relief though, even if the pain was over. He remembered what the venom did to the croc. He would be asleep soon.
He dashed into the cave, only faintly aware of all the blood that was covering his ruined shirt and jacket as well as his brand new pants. His vision began to blur and he could feel his body begin to shut down.
The cave was dark, filled with little pot holes in the floor and wall. He could hear the slithering of the snake chasing him, but his heart rate wouldn't speed up at all.
'There!' He noticed a pothole in the wall that was just big enough to fit himself into while being too small for the snakes head get through. He practically threw himself into it, not even bothered by the cramped and unyielding space around him.
He only faintly hear the slithering of the snake as it looked for him. His heartbeat was getting slower and slower, his thoughts slowly following it.