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Chapter 29: Chapter 29

Until now Shikaru had merely seen the official leaf villages database about Kazuo.

'Twelve years of age with a medium to low amount of talent for the ninja arts, closed to himself and with almost no friends, nothing substantial that would show the amount of talent that he is currently displaying, nowhere near it fact. Not in intelligence and not in ninja arts. However, there should be something that the root managed to glimpse during his childhood.' Shikaru thought to himself as the anbu disappeared after a nod of his head.

Hours passed by and soon enough night fell upon the elemental nations, Shikaru ordered the shinobi forces under his command to stop and form their camp of the night.

They had already covered more than half the distance to their destination, they would be stopping here for the night, and then early tomorrow they would cover another stretch and meet up with the other camps.

The next battlefield would be much more harrowing than the one they had experienced until now.

They would be fighting with the main forces of the Cloud, there was even the possibility of the jinchuriki or the Raikage himself showing up, causing utter decimation in the Leaf's troops.

'Thankfully it seems like lord Orochimaru will soon be dispatched here to help us otherwise this would simply become a suicide mission.' Shikaru thought as he surveyed his troops.

His eyes landed on Kazuo once more.

The young boy was sitting by himself in front of the tent he had already set up.

'You're intriguing Kazuo, just how deep are you hiding? Is this all that you have to show or is there more?' Shikaru thought as his eyes gained a glint, his curiosity peaked at the mystery that was the young shinobi.

Kazuo meanwhile was catching his breath as he sat on a tree stump he had placed in front of his makeshift tent.

'I need to increase my physical attributes, even though I can use chakra to increase them to a certain degree, there is a limit to it, at least with the amount of chakra control that I currently possess.' Kazuo thought to himself.

At that moment a bell-like sound rang in his head.

[ Ding! ]

[ A Quest has been generated! ]

Looking at the pop-up in front of him, Kazuo felt his heart fall, quests usually meant rewards but they also meant that a large hurdle was coming toward him.

[ The Root has taken notice of the User. ]

[ Join the Root ]

[ Reward: 2 Minor Stat Upgrades ]

[ Decline the Root ]

[ Reward: 1 Minor Stat Upgrade, ??? ]

Reading the Quest that had been generated for him by the system.

Kazuo felt an incoming headache as he held his head.

'Fucking damn it, am I the fucking main character or something, can't I at least have one day to myself.' Kazuo thought as he stared at the first mission he had gained that had two paths he could choose.

'Joining the root is immediately disqualified.' Kazuo thought before his mind quickly skidded to a halt.

'Wait... why can't I just do them both?' Kazuo thought to himself as a smile started showing on his face, his lips curled upwards.

'I can just join them and then kill myself, gaining the reward however the question remains whether the quest will disappear or if it will remain and allow me to get both rewards.' Kazuo thought before deciding that he had nothing to lose.

'All right, it's decided then' Kazuo thought as he released a soft sigh and headed back into his tent.

It was likely that the root would come to him during the middle of the night or whenever he was alone so Kazuo decided to make their job easier by heading inside his tent.

Laying down on the ground, Kazuo closed his eyes and waited.

Hours passed by and soon midnight passed as well, most of the camp was already asleep besides the guards and patrols who were still awake and keeping a perimeter around the camp against any enemy attackers.

The job of these guards had been left to the Hyuga, though they didn't have many of the clansmen inside the camp, there was enough so that every guard team could at least have one with them, allowing for much better surveillance.

As Kazuo stood silent, his breath calm and his eyes closed. He noticed a slight change in the wind inside his tent.

Immediately Kazuo's eyes snapped open and his body released a puff as a log of wood took his place.

Appearing two meters away, Kazuo quickly saw what had changed.

There was an anbu inside his tent.

"Kazuo, I'm from the root division of the Anbu corps, our leader would like to extend an invitation to join our ranks so that you could be of better use to the leaf village." The anbu said, his mask was blank, not showing any kind of animal face painting.

'When did Shikaru inform them about me and your leader? Are you saying that Danzo already has his sights on me?' Kazuo thought as he furrowed his brows.

"I can't simply accept when I don't even know if you are the real person, if the root is really a thing then I'll have to ask my commander to confirm," Kazuo said as he looked at the anbu.

The anbu maintained silence for a few moments before nodding his head.

"You can accept now, and confirm it with your commander tomorrow. We won't be taking you anywhere tonight either way." The anbu responded.

'So Shikaru is a part of Root as well, isn't he? Otherwise considering how most of Root was against almost every shinobi in the original series then they wouldn't have allowed me to tell anyone else that I was joining the Root.' Kazuo thought quickly before nodding his head a moment later.

"If what you say is true and I can be of better help to the village then I accept," Kazuo said, at this moment he heard a ring sound inside his mind.

[ Ding ]

[ Quest has been accomplished. ]

As soon as Kazuo heard the notification, he saw the Anbu before him nod his head and disappear.

He placed two fingers on his wrist guard and injected a light amount of chakra.

Kazuo pulled out two explosion tags.

'It still hurts just as much as the first time.' Kazuo thought, before injecting his chakra into the paper tags.

*Booom*

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Chapter 30: Chapter 30

This time, Kazuo didn't wake up from slumber when the time loop happened.

He simply had his eyes closed and he was lying down on his bed.

This was the shortest time loop he had done since the first one when he had died against the cloud Jonin on his patrol mission.

There was around one hour left before the anbu would come inside the tent.

Opening his eyes slightly, Kazuo opened his quest menu.

[ Quests ]

[ The Root has taken notice of the User. ]

[ Join the Root ]

[ Reward: 2 Minor Stat Upgrades ] [ Claim! ]

[ Decline the Root Invitation ]

[ Reward: 1 Minor Stat Upgrade, ??? ] 

Thinking of clicking the button, Kazuo saw it light up slightly before it appeared to be pressed on its own and a new pop-up appeared in front of Kazuo's face.

[ User has been granted 2 Minor Stat Upgrades ]

Another difference that took place was that the first part of the quest where it told him to join the root was now greyed out whilst the decline option was still written in a golden color.

'That means I can still do it, getting double the rewards from the same quest.' Kazuo thought as he felt exhilaration and joy course through his body at the notion.

Opening his status screen, Kazuo looked at his stats and didn't hesitate even for a second.

[ Endurance: D ]

[ Agility: D ]

'Strength has much less importance at this low of a level, at least until you reach levels similar to Might Guy or Rock Lee, then strength isn't really the best, this is best demonstrated by Minato Namikaze, he doesn't have the raw strength of many cloud ninjas or someone like Tsunade however he could run circles around them and simply slice their neck apart before they even knew what was happening. Strength can also be compensated easily by the usage of chakra techniques like Tsunades strength.' Kazuo thought before closing the status menu.

When he had put in the stat upgrades he had felt a warm current pass through his body however he had noticed no other changes, he would have to test it out to see just how much faster and durable he had gotten tomorrow.

Closing his eyes once more, Kazuo remained in pure silence as he awaited for the root anbu.

The moment that he felt the slight shift in the air, Kazuo quickly substituted himself away as he had in the previous loop.

This wasn't simply to protect himself but to also show off that he was always on guard and couldn't be sneaked up on. 

If you wanted to leave the impression of a genius ninja then you had to act out even the smallest of details otherwise the whole image could crumble away at the slightest blow of wind.

"Kazuo, I'm from the root division of the Anbu corps, our leader would like to extend an invitation to join our ranks so that you could be of better use to the leaf village." The anbu said as he stood at the other side of the tent from Kazuo's position.

"I decline," Kazuo said as he shook his head.

The anbu seemed taken aback by his swift rejection and seemed to want to question Kazuo's choice.

This was easily discernable by his body language and so Kazuo didn't even wait for him to ask as he answered.

"The leaf village is made of two parts, the leaves, and tree that showers in the light and brightness of the world as well as the roots that are under the ground and nourish the tree, and as much as I respect the fact that you the Anbu do the brunt of the behind the scenes missions for the village, that isn't a place where I want to be in," Kazuo said, using Danzo's own words against the man's minion.

"How do you know about that, how do you know that saying?" The anbu questioned almost instantly after Kazuo finished his speech.

"I simply made a guess from the name of your organization, it was simply an assumption, turns out that I was correct," Kazuo said as he took a step closer to the anbu.

"I do not wish to be under the ground, for I wish to be the brightest fire in the leaf, a fire that protects all of those around it however if I am put under the leaf then I might just accidentally burn the tree itself because of my intensity," Kazuo said with a light smile.

"I've tried, not gaining attention, following the middle and even bottom of the barrel however it simply wasn't for me. My very existence burns when I remember the fact that I was invisible. Never again." Kazuo said as a fire seemed to be ignited behind his eyes.

"I thank your commander for the offer however as I just explained, I wish to be a part of the light," Kazuo said before sitting down on the ground and awaiting the anbus decision.

Kazuo didn't fear the man, he feared pain however he wasn't a slave to it and thus if he wanted something, he would get it.

Death?

That had lost its meaning quite a couple of turns back.

Why be scared of death if it basically doesn't exist?

The anbu stood silent for a few moments before nodding his head.

"I shall relay your words to the commander." The man or woman said as they disappeared from sight.

'His Shunshin Jutsu is around the same mastery as mine.' Kazuo thought before lying down fully on the ground.

Unlike what he had just shown, unlike the vigor and passion that had been carried through his voice merely seconds ago, Kazuo's mind was calm as a lake.

'Become the light? Fuck me if I give a shit about that, I simply don't want to become your fucking slave. If there was enough benefit to it then I would have considered it however there is none.' Kazuo thought.

At this moment, Kazuo heard the jingle of a bell inside his mind.

[ Ding! ]

[ User has accomplished a quest! ]

 [ The Root has taken notice of the User. ]

[ Decline the Root ]

[ Reward: 1 Minor Stat Upgrade, 0.1% Bloodline Activation ] [ Claim ]

Reading the second reward, Kazuo felt his eyes open impossibly wide from the shock.

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Here's the daily chapter!

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I just want to explain the part about the bloodline activation, in no way will this happen quickly nor will it have any effect until much much later around the fanfic, around the fourth great ninja war.

It's mainly tied to his ability to time loop, so no sharingan and other kekke genkai. I just wanted to explain that.

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