Chapter 20: Chapter 20
The rest of the battle didn't take longer than three minutes, with the Anbu which were all at least elite chunin level in power, the cloud really had no way of winning.
Their morale had already dropped down and so had their numbers, and in three minutes, none remained alive.
A complete and utter annihilation.
'And these are the men that are considered the good guys, the heroes. Don't make me laugh, a killer is a killer, there's no good in one' Kazuo thought as he sneered inwardly at the scene before him.
Kazuo had always been an avid reader and fan of the Naruto series however he had much preferred the light novels when in comparison with the manga and especially the anime.
The process after defeating the group was swift, the leaf quickly headed to the Cloud main camp and looted everything inside whilst Shikaru took any valuable information that could be taken before the whole group turned around and headed back to the Leaf main camp.
This time it would be more tiring and chakra intensive as they all had to climp up the steep mountain to get through to the other side as they had collapsed the passage.
However, with everyone's morale high and joy seeping through their bodies, the journey was considered light and not tiresome at all.
They knew that with them having defeated the entire cloud, most of them would get a vacation to go back to the leaf for a week and maybe even 2 weeks if they were lucky.
'I don't think that bastard Shikaru will just let me get out of his grasp however' Kazuo thought as he looked at Shikaru who was walking in front of him.
'Should i just eleminate him and make it look like an anbu from the cloud did it?' Kazuo thought for but a moment before showing a self loathing smile.
'As if I can even touch him, I would die before I could even see his face with all the anbu around to protect him.' Kazuo thought.
The journey took a while but before night had fallen upon the world, they returned to the camp once more.
Sharing the great news with the other ninjas who had been left behind to protect the camp.
That didnt mean that there was no sadness however as a lot of people had lost their comrades and would most likely shed tears tonight when they were alone in their tents.
War was never joyful for the weak, it was only a repeating cycle of pain and sadness that fueled hatred.
Kazuo quickly excused himself from the others and headed back to his tent, he had something else to deal with.
Once inside his tent, Kazuo quickly opened the system menu and clicked on the Quests tab.
[ Quests ]
[ Kill Ochioke, Jonnin of The Hidden Cloud ]
[ Reward: Two Minor Stat Upgrades, One B-Rank Random Jutsu. ]
[ Claim ]
Quickly pressing the claim button at the bottom of the holographic page, Kazuo saw a new pop-up appear before his eyes.
[ Quest Reward has been Claimed ]
[ Rewards are being given out! ]
[ 1%... 56%... 98%... 100% ]
[ User has been given the B-Rank Jutsu ]
[ Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation ]
'What the hell is that?' Kazuo thought before a flood of information was transferred directly into his mind, granting him another headache.
A few minutes later, the pain going through his mind finally calmed itself down and he was able to reveiw the information he had been given.
'So its Sasuke's technique that he used against itachi, by inscribing seals onto any paper or clothes then you can summon them instantly by placing your finger on then and using a small fraction of chakra, this allows the user to summon weapons instantly, its useful' Kazuo thought as he analyzed the technique.
'Considering I could have gotten the shadow clone jutsu however, this does leave a bad taste' Kazuo thought before releasing a long-winded sigh.
Getting up from his bead, Kazuo headed outside of the tent.
The moon was about to rise up on the horizon as the sun gave its lay rays of light.
'It's almost been a week if you consider all the times that I've died' Kazuo thought as he stared at the sky before lowering his head and looking around the camp.
The shinobi were immersing themselves in the joy of a won battle as they ate some deer meat they had managed to hunt and cook.
"Come join us, Kazuo!" One shinobi shouted as he waved at Kazuo who nodded his head and joined the group.
Soon finding himself with a plate of deer meat in his hands.
It was clear that they had given him more of a cut than the rest.
Lifting his eyes, he saw everyone, tens of shinobi giving him a grin and a nod.
"Dont worry about it, just enjoy it!" The man who had called him said before releasing a laugh and patting Kazuos back.
"Right, thank you, everyone," Kazuo said as he looked at everyone and nodded.
'...' Kazuo didn't know what to think as he stuffed his mouth with deer meat.
At times like this, he found it hard to think about betraying these people but these moments were short as Kazuo lightly shook his head.
'Don't be dumb, if I want to survive in this hellish world then the only way is to get strong, if I can do that but I need to sacrifice everyone else then so be it. I don't want to feel the pain of dying over and over again, not to mention that if I get stuck in Madaras infinite tsukynome then it's just game over, even my time loop won't save me from that.' Kazuo thought before taking another piece of deer meat and stuffing it in his mouth.
His gaze grew more chilling every moment as he reaffirmed his resolve to only care about himself.
'In this world, I am Alone'
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Chapter 21: Chapter 21
The night passed quickly under the joyous atmosphere around the camp after the hard-earned victory.
Hours later, just before the sun could rise up over the horizion, Kazuo woke up sweating his breaths haggard and his eyes unfocused for a moment before they regained their clarity.
A headache pierced his mind causing him to hold his forehead in his hands.
"Ah fucking nightmares," Kazuo thought before turning around so that he could sit upright on the bed with his legs on the floor.
*Sigh*
Releasing a sigh for what felt like the thousandth time this week, Kazuo shook his head to regain his focus and immediately got up from his bed.
Yesterday had been the first night that he hadnt slept in his combat gear since coming into this world, he had it cleaned and even washed his body before he had went to sleep.
Taking the clean combat gear, Kazuo quickly wore it before taking out an ink brush he had obtained from one of the fellow leaf shinobi yesterday.
Taking out two handguards, Kazuo quickly started trying out the new jutsu he had gained.
He didn't think and instead, simply let the instincts that the system had ingrained into him to do the work.
Sealing jutsu was dangerous, he knew that for a fact.
A simple mistake could result in an explosion causing him to die once more.
The inscribing process of the seals didnt take more than a few seconds with his full mastery over the jutsu and when he was done, Kazuo quickly wore the arm guards and took out his ninja bag before placing his newly made papershuriken against the seal and using a small fraction of his chakra.
*Poof*
With a small smoke eruption which quickly disappeared, the shuriken was sealed inside the arm guards.
'This will allow me to have easier access to weapons whilst in battle and even hide them from the enemy until the last second allowing me to launch a surprise attack but most importantly since the leaf doesn't know about this then I can use it to store items that I do not want them to find out that I actually own.' Kazuo thought with a small smile, his headache almost forgotten in front of the excitement he felt about using a new jutsu he had earned after a hard-fought battle.
With his preparations done for the moment, Kazuo headed out of his tent and went directly to the training grounds.
'I need to know whether i can actually increase my base stats by simply training, if i cant do that then it means the only way for me to grow stronger is through quests. Lets just hope for the best. Ill give myself one month of time if none of my physical stats increase in that time frame then its confired that i can only gain strength through quests' Kazuo thought as he arrived at what felt like his own special training ground in the camp.
It was the same secluded spot where he had exploded his own head, more times than he would have liked.
Forming a taijutsu stance, Kazuo started going through his katas for the morning.
It was one of the best ways to increase both your fluidity of comabt aswell as to build the required muscles to perform the movements at a faster speed whilst giving the attacks at higher strength.
This took about an hour and only stopped when the first rays of the sun hit the elemental continent.
*Huff* *Huff*
'Shit, this is hard' Kazuo thought, his breath haggard and sweat drenching his entire body.
However, he didn't stop and turned around to face the tree trunk that already looked half destroyed from his repeated use of Jutsu onto it.
Taking four paper shurking from his ninja bag, Kazuo continued his training, this time his focus was on his shuriken jutsu.
Instead of going to retrieve the shuriken, Kazuo had put a stack of paper in his bag and used his paper shuriken jutsu to make shuriken from the paper almost instantly before throwing them.
'By doing this, it allows me to have a much larger amount of projectile weapons whilst saving a ton of space as well as lowering the weight that I have to carry.' Kazuo thought with a smile.
His shuriken jutsu practice lasted for around half an hour before he headed to the tree trunk which was riddled with paper shuriken and quickly retrieved them.
Using the shuriken jutsu he quickly turned the shuriken back into paper and put them into his bag.
There was one last thing that he had to do before he was done with today's training and had to head to the commander's tent.
Opening his status menu, Kazuo looked at the two small grade upgrade points and quickly thrust both into his chakra sat.
[ Stats ]
[ Name: Kazuo ]
[ Age: 12 ]
[ Race: Human ]
[ Strength: D- ]
[ Endurance: D- ]
[ Agility: D- ]
[ Intelligence: B- ]
[ Charisma: C ]
[ Chakra: C- ]
[ Skills ]
[ Time Loop ] [ Level 1 ]
[ Academy Taijutsu ] [ Level 9/10 ]
[ Academy ShurikenJutsu ] [ Level 9/10 ]
[ Clone Jutsu ] [ Level 6/10 ]
[ Substitution Jutsu ] [ Level 5/10 ]
[ Transformation Jutsu ] [ Level 5/10 ]
[ Hiding Like A Mole Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Paper Shuriken Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Water Style: Enhanced Water Bullet ] [ Level 4/10 ]
[Chakra Control: Tree Walking ] [ Level 6/10 ]
[ Chakra Control: Water Walking ] [Level 4/10 ]
[ Summoning: Lighting Flash Blade Creation ] [ Level 10/10 ]
A smile erupted onto Kazuos face as he felt energy start gathering at his stomach before it almost exploded and spread all over his body.
Increasing his chakra levels by more than six times and bringing him to low Chunin level chakra reserves.
However that wasn't the only reason for Kazuo's satisfaction, it was the fact that his training was actually bearing fruit.
His Academy style Taijutsu and Shuriken Jutsu training had paid off and now he was just one rank away from complete mastery and he had managed to make the system recognize the water walking as a skill.
'If I were to fight myself in the body of this guy on the first day then I would obliterate him' Kazuo thought with satisfaction.
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