Chapter 21: 5th Simulation! Part-3
{Kōchiyo Village, Land of Fire}
{10:18 AM, 18 March 78 Yrs}
It was surreal to Hiroshi how the simulation changed even though he didn't do anything different, or he didn't think he did anything to warrant such changes, but somehow he ended up on Kabuto's radar. Maybe it was Orochimaru's instruction or maybe it was Danzo's, he was still a sleeper agent planted by Orochimaru's side by Danzo right?
'I should go back to grinding both physical stats and leveling up Intermediate Vaccum Fist. If the synergy is good enough I could maybe get a low jounin level evaluation...'
Hiroshi knows he was stretching a bit to get that evaluation, and he knows what would block him from getting that evaluation, he just wasn't good enough right now, physically, maybe he could reach that level if he really exhausts his body's potential, but he was severely lacking in both ninjutsu and Genjutsu department, against any jounin, he would be dead within a few moves, hell Neji could completely dismantle any advantage he can, but getting the Intermediate Vaccum Fist to a high enough level would go a long way in allowing him a firm standing against at least chunin level opponents up close.
[Day 39: You went back to sparring against other genin and chunin in the reserve force.]
[Day 40: You went back to sparring against other genin and chunin in the reserve force.]
[Day 41: You went back to sparring against other genin and chunin in the reserve force.]
[Day 42: You went back to sparring against other genin and chunin in the reserve force.]
[Day 43: {Intermediate Vaccum Fist} leveled up to level 2.]
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[Day 51: {Intermediate Vaccum Fist} leveled up to level 3.]
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[Day 58: {Intermediate Vaccum Fist} leveled up to level 4.]
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[Day 73: {Intermediate Vaccum Fist} leveled up to level 5.]
'As expected an Intermediate level skill's cap is greater than 5, so I should be fine continuing to level it up, I don't know what having Kabuto on my team would do to the timeline, I never expected him to go through with it.'
Kabuto's role in Orochimaru's plan wasn't important during the first two parts of the chunin exams, he was just an insurance so that Sasuke passes the second part of the chunin exam. Though being on our team would surely hinder that part of his plan unless he planned to guide us to meet Sasuke's team during the exam.
[Day 74: You notice the hustle and bustle in Konoha kept on increasing every day, and you have started noticing some genin from neighboring countries roaming around Konoha's commercial district. While the Kusa and rain genin marveled at some of the wares, the hostility hidden in Suna genin was easy to be seen. The chunin exam starts tomorrow so you arrive at training ground 21 to meet with your temporary team. Ren and Kabuto weren't here yet so you decided to go through your physical conditioning, you have grown used to training under heavy weights, and your stats breaching triple digits is the best way to show how much progress you have made.]
[Day 75: You warn Ren about Ibiki once again and this time even Kabuto chimes in about some information and rumors circulating around the T&I department where he worked for a few months, the three of you discuss Ibiki's notorious reputation for mind games and how he is one of the heads of the T&I department, specializing in information extraction before you made your way to the academy. You waited for Kabuto to approach Naruto and party but he never left, but you noticed that your team ended up in earshot of them making it easy for you to hear the two fangirls bickering. The sound attack didn't happen as everyone just buzzed at each other before Ibiki body flickered into the room signaling the start of the First exam. The 10 questions were the same as every time and under the grateful gaze of Ren your team easily passed the first part of the chunin exam.]
[Day 75: After Anko's impressive entry and a small trek through the village your team arrived in front of training ground 44. It wasn't a long wait and before long you had an Earth scroll in your hand as your team stood behind gate no 11, the changes were already affecting your timeline but you still decided to take the necessary precaution. You, Ren, and Kabuto discussed for a brief moment, your strategy was already decided beforehand so after a final nod all three of you decided to rush at an angle towards the nearest gate to try and get a Heaven to scroll to pass the exam. You remembered the poisoning possibility so you quickly told Ren to be careful about any sign of Kikaichū. It didn't take long for you to run into a team, Ren placed their chakra signatures at around high-genin/low-chunin level so the three of you stopped rushing and observed from around 200m away. You looked at the 2 shinobi dressed in a weird white coffin/dress, it took a moment to click where you know these guys from, and your eyes darted to Kabuto's face before you used hand signs to indicate plan A. It was a simple plan that you know should work, the 2 genin from Ame were heavily focused on genjutsu, but Ren confirmed that the three genin were not clones but had real bodies, as far as he could remember in the show they had prepared a trap for Team 7 instead of standing out in the open.]
'It could be a trap couldn't it, but then again they should not be able to fake out a sensor...'
[Day 75: Your team made short work of the two genin, your team had no idea where the last one was so your still maintained vigilance considering a member of the other team was missing, though you could hazard a guess on where he was, a quick search later your team had an identical Earth scroll that you threw towards Ren to safeguard. You felt the ground rumble as Ren shouted to back away, a wind tunnel blasted through the trees as you briefly saw an orange shadow sweep across your vision.]
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