Naruto was a bit slower to wake up the fifth morning after his gamer ability showed up. Maybe the initial excitement of it had worn off or maybe he just didn't sleep well. Whatever the case, he felt more back to normal either way.
After leaving Shikamaru the previous afternoon, Naruto returned to the training field earning a point of VIT as he ran there and then gaining that last point of STR and DEX to get his stats where they needed to be to learn [Intermediate Academy Taijutsu] minus the LvMax he needed in [Beginner Academy Taijutsu].
"Status," Naruto said as he yawned and stretched to wake himself up a bit more.
Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Class: The Gamer
Title: Academy Student (+25% experience gain to level 10)
Level: LV7
Affiliation: Konoha
HP: 1031/1031
CP: 1010/1010
STR: 20 (6)
VIT: 23 (11.15)
DEX: 20 (11)
INT: 20 (11)
WIS: 12 (1.68)
LUK: ?
DEF: 35 (2.1)
Status: ? (+10 VIT, +10 INT, +?% experience to [?] Skill), ? (+100 HP & +100 CP per Level), Prankster (-5% reputation gains, +5% experience to [Trap] Skill, +5% experience to [Stealth] Skill)
Uzumaki Naruto is the dead last of the Konoha Academy having failed the graduation twice before while clearly not prepared to graduate. His past is shrouded in mysteries for him to uncover.
Point: 0
Ryo: 3300
All told it wasn't too bad at all. He'd made some rather impressive strides in the last week. However, Naruto already noticed that the quests had dried up at the academy. He wasn't getting experience from his taijutsu matches or target practice. The only quest he had pending at this time, assuming it showed up again, was the kunai and shuriken mastery and possibly another delivery quest next week at Higurashi Weapons.
Naruto quickly found out how right he was. For the next three months his class pattern repeated. Day one, shuriken and kunai practice followed by taijutsu practice. Day two, chakra lecture followed by jutsu practice including Bunshin which Naruto couldn't do without putting some major progress into WIS, something he just wasn't willing to sacrifice that many stat points to achieve. Day three, more lectures followed by conditioning, something he'd already capped until he leveled again. At least on day three he'd spend time playing Shogi with Shikamaru, even after he'd hit his WIS bonus stat cap he kept playing because he'd started to become better friends with Shikamaru and as an added bonus it increased his [Beginner Academy Tactics] skill. And then of course it would start all over again with day one. At least on weekends he could focus strictly on improving his skill levels from the start of the day to the end of the day, minus time for meals and sleep of course.
So despite the lack of leveling, he'd significantly increased the levels of his skills, or at least the skills he tried to focus on most.
[Chakra Reinforcement (Active) Lv18 92.74% CP: 100]
Using chakra to reinforce your body can now protect you from taking some damage.
Additional 280 HP damage reduction when active.
Reinforcement lasts until 280 damage has been inflicted on you.
[Leaf Sticking (Passive/Active) Lv22 Exp 16.52% CP 5 per 5 seconds]
Introductory chakra control exercise taught to all academy students. This exercise improves your chakra control the more you level it up.
Passively increases WIS 9%.
Passively reduces excess CP lost from using too much chakra by by 8%.
[Beginner Academy Taijutsu (Passive) Lv9 Exp 99.97%]
Taijutsu or hand to hand combat is another essential skill for all shinobi to learn. The beginner level focuses on appropriate stances and basic strikes, kicks, and blocks.
Passively increases STR 5%
Passively increases VIT 5%
Passively increases DEX 5%
[Beginner Academy Tactics (Passive) Lv7 Exp 15.72%]
Team formations, ambush points, counter ambush and many other tactics.
Passively increases INT 5%
Passively increases WIS 5%
[Kunai Bukijutsu (Passive/Active) Lv15 Exp: 85.07% CP: 5]
Weapon's technique specific to Kunai usage in both melee and ranged combat.
Passively increases kunai accuracy 35%
Passively increases kunai parry 20%
Additional 15% increase in STR when active.
[Shuriken Bukijutsu (Passive/Active) Lv15 Exp: 85.07% CP: 5]
Weapon's technique specific to Shuriken usage in ranged combat.
Passively increases shuriken accuracy 45%
Additional 15% increase in damage when active.
So here he was again on day one of the rotation, just going through the motions, eagerly waiting to get to kunai and shuriken practice to try to finally get a perfect score on that damned cursed quest.
Quest Alert
Perfection is its own reward: Score 100%
You have five attempts to throw 100% with Kunai and Shuriken
Completion Award: 2000 Exp
Completion Failure: 500 Exp
Naruto growled at the quest text quickly hitting the 'Confirm (Y)' button and stepping into line. Between this quest once or twice a week and his delivery quest for Higurashi Weapons he was barely clearing 1000-1500 Exp a week and an extra 500 per month for his landlord's rat problem which still left him with no idea how long it would be before he leveled again.
Naruto had to shake his head to clear his mind of his current frustrations with the game that his life had become and focus on the target in front of him. Just yesterday he'd hit level 15 with both his bukijutsu skill, hopefully that would be enough to hit 100% this time.
Kunai went five for five then shuriken nine for ten. A huff and growl escaped Naruto as he went to the back of the line to wait his next attempt.
The next three went much the same way except that the third attempt awarded him with some benefit.
[Kunai Bukijutsu]'s level has increase by one.
[Shuriken Bukijutsu]'s level has increased by one.
[Kunai Bukijutsu (Passive/Active) Lv16 Exp: 0.02% CP: 5]
Weapon's technique specific to Kunai usage in both melee and ranged combat.
Passively increases kunai accuracy 35%
Passively increases kunai parry 25%
Additional 15% increase in STR when active.
[Shuriken Bukijutsu (Passive/Active) Lv16 Exp: 0.02% CP: 5]
Weapon's technique specific to Shuriken usage in ranged combat.
Passively increases shuriken accuracy 50%
Additional 15% increase in damage when active.
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