'I've also increased my mastery of all academy jutsu, the only thing that I practiced but couldn't get higher was my body flicker, which will take a while to bring to perfect mastery.' Kazuo thought before his mind switched to what he had been thinking during the entire two weeks.
'A way to kill myself painlessly, I'll have to see if it actually works but this should be painless and quick.' Kazuo thought.
He had thought of using poison, using the water bullet technique wrongly again as well however in the end he ended up with his current idea.
By sending an exorbitant amount of chakra into his brain forcefully, causing the brain to explode and kill him instantly.
Taking a deep breath, Kazuo readied himself mentally and steeled his will.
'Three'
'Two'
Before he even counted to zero, Kazuo rushed his entire chakra reserves into his head, specifically his brain.
The overload happened instantly and...
*Thump*
Kazuo fell down face first into the ground.
Opening his eyes, Kazuo found himself back inside his apartment, the day had restarted once more and he was back on his broken bed.
*Inhale*
Taking a long deep breath and exhaling it slowly, Kazuo stood up from the bed and walked to the kitchen to prepare his eat his morning meal once more.
'Let's get this grinding started for real.' Kazuo thought as he finished his meal and headed to the training grounds.
Time continued to repeat, the same day over and over.
Day thirteen of the vacation for the tenth time.
Day thirteen of the vacation for the twenty-fifth time.
Day thirteen of the vacation for the sixtieth time...
Death had become a mundane part of Kazuo's life.
When it no longer hurt, when you didn't even notice it and the only change was that you found yourself back in time.
However, that didn't mean that it was easy.
Eating the exact same food one hundred and twelve times in a row.
Practicing the same jutsu over and over but no matter how much he tried, no matter how much he sweated, bled, and cursed, his body remained the same with only a number in a holographic screen going up every once in a while.
Finally, however, it was over.
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13th day of vacation for the 113th time.
Inside Training Ground One, a young ninja was sitting on the ground, a large toothy grin on his face, his entire body drenched in sweat.
'I fucking did it.' Kazuo thought as he stared at a holographic screen in front of him.
[ Stats ]
[ Name: Kazuo ]
[ Age: 13 ]
[ Race: Human ]
[ Strength: C- ]
[ Endurance: C ]
[ Agility: C ]
[ Intelligence: B- ]
[ Charisma: B ]
[ Chakra: C- ]
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[ Skills ]
[ Time Loop ] [ Level 1 ]
[ Academy Taijutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Academy ShurikenJutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Clone Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Substitution Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Transformation Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Hiding Like A Mole Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Paper Shuriken Jutsu ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Water Style: Enhanced Water Bullet ] [ Level 9/10 ]
[Chakra Control: Tree Walking ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Chakra Control: Water Walking ] [Level 10/10 ]
[ Chakra Control: Chakra Thread ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Summoning: Lighting Flash Blade Creation ] [ Level 10/10 ]
[ Shunshin ] [ Level 10/10 ]
'Every single jutsu that I know is now perfectly mastered besides the enhanced water bullet however from what I've seen the only way to increase that to max mastery is by gaining water elemental chakra affinity training, which doesn't carry over during the time loop for some reason.' Kazuo thought as he stared at the status screen and with a smile on his face, he got up from the ground and for the first time in 113 days, he was finally leaving this damned training ground.
Once outside, Kazuo decided that there was no better way to end this last day of his vacation than to go for a hearty meal at Yakiniku Q.
Without making any hand signs at all, and with no smoke appearing, Kazuo vanished from his spot as he moved at tremendous speeds using the body flicker jutsu.
'I've mastered the jutsu however I still can only use it in short bursts to locations that are within my sight, my visual prowess simply isn't good enough to allow me to use it how Shisui managed to, at that point I wouldn't consider his jutsu even the Body flicker anymore.' Kazuo thought to himself as he arrived in front of the Yakiniku Q restaurant.
Heading inside, the waitress greeted him with a smile, by now every worker in the restaurant knew the boy who came back every day to eat at the restaurant.
That wasn't the only reason that they knew who Kazuo was, however.
Two weeks had passed and Kazuo's accomplishments on the battlefield had spread to every corner of the village.
The handsome young ninja defeated an entire army of enemy shinobi using only his mind and a handful of explosion tags.
And that was one of the less farfetched stories being said around the village.
There were some that told about how Kazuo had faced the Raikage one one-on-one and managed to get a draw whilst cursing the Raikage's mother at the same time.
Just thinking about the crazy stories that were swirling around about him made Kazuo smile.
'Good, the more extreme the stories get, the more famous I'll become though the downside is that my bounty will likely get higher and soon enough enemies will start targeting me when im on the battlefield. I also can't use the fact that im a child to trick them into letting their guard down anymore.' Kazuo thought before releasing a shallow sigh.
Sitting down on a corner of the restaurant, Kazuo awaited his order.
At that moment, however, Kazuo heard a loud voice arguing with someone.
Lifting his head, Kazuo saw someone he hadn't been expecting.
'Team 7 huh...' Kazuo thought as he gazed at what could be called one of if not the most legendary team to have ever existed coming close to even the Team Seven of the future.
'Besides Rin, each of these guys becomes a legend in their own right. Minato the fourth Hokage, Kakashi the sixth Hokage, and of course Obito, a man who becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.' Kazuo thought before a large smile appeared on his face.
'You shouldn't have forgotten about me right Minato senpai?' Kazuo thought, his lips curling upward.
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'You shouldn't have forgotten me right? Minato Senapi.' Kazuo thought as his lips curled upwards.
Team Seven looked around trying to find a table, at that moment Minato's gaze landed on Kazuo who was looking at him with shining eyes and a soft smile on his lips.
Minato felt uncomfortable however he decided to head closer to the young ninja that idolized him so much.
"We meet again, Kazuo right?" Minato asked as he smiled at Kazuo.
Kakashi, Obito, and Rin who were behind him were showing confused looks before Obito made an exclamation as if he had just remembered something.
"I'm honored that Minato Senpai remembered me. Do you want to join me for some dinner? You guys too." Kazuo said as he showed an expression of joy as if Minato remembering him was one of the greatest things that could have happened to him today.
Kakashi made an expression as if he was already bored with this conversation whilst Obito seemed to nod, Rin remained still, not showing an expression of rejection or acceptance, clearly leaving it to Minato's decision.
Minato seemed to think about it for a second or two before he nodded his head.
"Alright then we'll join you for dinner tonight, hope we aren't intruding Kazuo," Minato said with a light smile.
"Not at all Senpai, it's a pleasure that I can eat together with a shinobi like you," Kazuo said, his words made Minato's smile twitch however his students showed different expressions, Obito and Kakashi looked especially proud as if Kazuo was praising them instead of Minato.
The group settled down around the table and soon enough the waitress came to take their order, Kazuo decided to take a second serving of food as a way to congratulate himself for having completed his training.
As soon as the waitress went away, Obito turned toward Kazuo and asked, his expression showing that he was extremely curious.
"So are the rumors that you defeated more than one hundred cloud ninjas at the same time by yourself true?" Obito asked, his eyes practically shining.
His question clearly piqued the interest of the rest of them as they turned toward face Kazuo curiously.
Kazuo simply shook his head and gave a light chuckle.
"I'm afraid that most of the rumors are quite exaggerated, sure I did technically eliminate more than a hundred cloud ninjas however it was because of a plan that I and the camp commander came up with," Kazuo said, however his words instead of lowering Obito's and the others curiosity interested increased it by leaps and bounds.
Even Kakashi's eyes sharpened as he looked at Kazuo.
"What did you do?" Minato decided to ask himself.
Kazuo turned toward the man and replied, explaining the strategy that he had come up with and then executed on the battlefield.
"So you used the hiding-like-a-mole technique and planted hundreds of explosion tags under the ground? Your mastery over earth elemental jutsu must be high." Minato replied, his eyes clearly showing that he was thinking of ways he could have countered the strategy.
"How did you manage to use the hiding-like-a-mole technique and plant the bombs simultaneously? And even then how did you manage to explode all of the tags at the same time when the distance was that large?" Kakashi finally talked for the first time since he had sat down, his gaze clearly showed that he doubted if what Kazuo had said was true.
Kazuo gave the young ninja a sidelong glance before nodding and starting his explanation.
"I have enough mastery over the jutsu where I only need to use a single hand seal to start the jutsu and after that, I can simply copy and continue the path of chakra movement indefinitely, this makes it so that the jutsu can be maintained even when I'm not holding the hand seal. As for how I managed to launch all of the explosives at the same time? I'm afraid that it's a secret." Kazuo said as he winked at the youngest Jonin of the leaf.
"That's impressive, I thought you simply had high levels of earth chakra manipulation however that comes close to perfect mastery over a jutsu, I'd say that you're quite close to perfect mastery, which should remove that last hand sign for the jutsu as well," Minato said as he nodded his head.
Rin simply remained silent as she listened to the group, clearly deciding that she didn't have enough knowledge to add anything to the conversation.
'She's going to die soon enough either way.' Kazuo thought as he gave her a minute glance before completely ignoring her as if she wasn't even part of the group, though he was doing it secretly so that he wouldn't offend the others at the table.
The food quickly came and the shinobi started eating, the conversation coming to a close for a while.
"You're group gets sent back to the battlefield tomorrow if I recall correctly?" Minato questioned as he finished eating his meal.
Kazuo gulped down the rest of the food still in his mouth and nodded as he patted the edges of his mouth with a white cloth.
"That's right Minato Senpai, I'm unsure where I will be sent to however, I just hope it's not to the battlefield with the mist, my earth style would be suppressed quite heavily when there is no ground underneath our feet," Kazuo said.
Kakashi nodded his head, as he added on.
"Right, Earth-style users do have a large disadvantage in that battlefield, it can be even worse than the disadvantage fire users have when fighting a water-style user simply because the amount of Jutsu that requires contact with the Earth for Earth-style jutsu is quite high."
"That's right, however even if I get orders to head to the Mist, I won't object, anything for the greater good of the village and I'm sure the Hokage knows better than me either way," Kazuo replied with a soft radiant smile.
Minato stood silent for a few moments before finally asking Kazuo a question.
"Would you like to join my team, I won't be able to be with them in the next mission so they would be a member short," Minato asked as he turned to look at Kakashi, asking with his eyes if the boy had any objections.
Kakashi simply nodded his head showing no objection to the addition of Kazuo.
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