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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Done with his training for the morning, Kazuo turned and started heading to the commander's tent.
Walking through the camp, the atmosphere was much less joyful than yesterday night, in fact, a lot of shinobi were mourning their comrades that they had lost during the last battle.
It was a battle that they had won by a large margin, it could be considered a huge victory however the loss of comrades who had been eating and drinking with you for a long time was never a happy occasion.
Arriving in front of the tent, the guard never stopped Kazuo anymore and simply gave him a respectful nod before allowing him inside.
'I couldn't really use the last battle to add anything to the plan as a way to increase my standing, I did increase the people's morale however so it's better than not doing anything.' Kazuo thought before heading inside.
Inside the tent, Kazuo found both Shikaru and six of the sub-commanders.
"If it isn't the young commander," The Inuzuka said with a large grin on their face.
"Hello," Kazuo said simply giving a light wave before walking to stand next to the commander.
"What you did yesterday was impressive, defeating a Cloud Jonnin isn't something just any Gennin could do." The Hyuga of the group said, his voice calm and gentle.
'He's trying to curry favor with me? There's no other reason for a hyuga to say that to someone like me. Does he think that im a good prospect to invest in?' Kazuo thought before nodding his head, showing the man a light smile.
This seemed to satisfy the hyuga who nodded his head awell.
"So how did ya do it?" The crude Inuzuka asked, their eyes gleaming with curiosity.
Kazuo stood silent for a moment before contemplating his next choice of words.
"At first I was fighting against a cloud Gennin, around the same age as me. I used earth-release hiding-like a mole technique to bring him under the ground before implanting quite a bit of explosion tags onto his body. When I got out, I saw the Jonnin heading towards the genin and quickly saving him by pulling him out of the ground, I knew that he would be able to hear the explosion tags starting to explode so I caused a distraction by sending an explosion tag kunai his way, making him think that the noise was from the kunai and not the explosives planted on the young genin, this misjudgment on his part cost both of their lives" Kazuo said straightforwardly.
'It feels annoying to have to explain just how I did it however considering that Shikaru isn't interrupting me means that he's also curious, thankfully I didn't use anything that is too out of proportion, merely a C rank jutsu and some explosion tags' Kazuo thought before he heard the Inuzuka start laughing out loud like a mad man.
'Fucking dogs, can't even control themselves in front of their commander' Kazuo thought as he stared at them.
"Are you sure that you're not some Nara descendant? With that mind of yours, it's pretty hard to believe you aren't one." One of the other men said as he looked at Kazuo, his eyes filled with interest as he looked at Kazuo.
Shaking his head, Kazuo replied with a smile.
"Thank you for the compliment however it was simply a series of arrangements that worked out because of luck, i wouldn't have had a chance to defeat a Jonin otherwise," Kazuo said, his voice gentle, clearly trying to appear humble.
Shikaru made a noise with his mouth, gathering the attention of everyone in the room.
"Since we are on this topic then I guess I'll simply say it now," Shikaru said before turning to face Kazuo.
"Gennin Kazuo, from now on you are promoted to the rank of Chunin," Shikaru said with a soft smile on his face.
Kazuo meanwhile stood still, his face betraying his emotions for but a split second as his mouth hung open, however, he quickly regained his poker face as he looked at the man.
'What the fuck? Is this how easy ninjas get promoted during wartime?' Kazuo thought as he looked at Shikaru before bowing at a ninety-degree angle to his commander.
"I humbly accept," Kazuo said, he didn't start questioning the man, and neither did he ask for a reason.
Wasn't the saying to not look a gift horse in the mouth?
'He most certainly has reasons for this promotion, I'd say that he wants to keep me closer, and by promoting me to chunin then I won't be able to leave the battlefield as every Chunin is needed in the war whilst Gennin isn't.' Kazuo thought as he quickly analyzed the situation.
'I can't be sure, however, the mind of a Nara far surpasses mine and almost everyone else's, if I were to put it into stats then he is likely to be at S rank or maybe even higher in intelligence.' Kazuo thought before he lifted his body and stood upright.
A couple of claps and words of congratulations sounded in the room as the Inuzuka gave him an almost feral smile though it didn't look hostile whilst the Hyuga simply gave him a congratulations with a light nod.
"Now, let's get back to the future plans. As you all know we have completely annihilated the enemy camp however this isn't the end of our mission, next we will be pushing until the border with the land of the cloud where we expect to have another enemy camp waiting for us. This however will take a few weeks and a change of gennin will take place as most of them here have deserved a small vacation back to the village. As for anyone above Gennin rank, they will be staying here and participating in the battle, we can't afford to lose too much power otherwise a single ambush could wipe us all out." Shikaru said as he looked at every single person inside the tent.
His gaze stayed just a tad bit longer on Kazuo, and Kazuo didn't miss it.
'This bastard, I was right' Kazuo thought however made no outward reaction to the commander's words.
"Today, most of the Gennin will start heading back to the leaf, Inuzuka and Ijuru will accompany them back," Shikaru said turning to look at the two captains.
"All right, I've been missing home for quite a while now," Inuzuka said whilst the man called Ijuru simply nodded his head.
"With that out of the way, there's not much else to talk about for now, you all are dismissed until tomorrow morning at seven when we will start planning on the road we will take for our advance to the border, Inuzuka and Ijuru can start planning when to get going on their own though I do suggest that you get going by tonight," Shikaru said before everyone nodded and started heading out.
At least until Shikaru's voice was heard again.
"Kazuo, stay back, I've got something to talk about with you."
'Ah, what does this fucker want now. It's always bad news with him, always.' Kazuo thought inwardly before stopping and turning around whilst the others got out of the tent.
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