章 13: Chapter 18
I noticed a mistake. Instead of fixing it with an edit, I decided I'll incorporate it as part of the story. The quests which get listed, only some of them actually exist, others I made up on the spot for pure comedic and reference value.
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Chapter 18
Palming a kunai, Akari spun it a few times by the ring, releasing it at the apex of the swing and sending it hurtling towards the tiny wooden target in the distance, hearing the thunking noise as it parted wood, embedding itself deeply within the target.
Pulling another from her inventory, she began spinning it again, her eyes focused far more on her status screen than the now-automatic action of spinning and throwing kunai. When fighting Orochimaru, she realized that, for all her stats and abilities, there were some people in her new world who took her notion of strength, tramped on it, then pissed on the remains and lit them on fire with a Katon Jutsu. If she wanted to stay competitive and survive in this world, she had to get stronger. The problem was that, in all honesty, she'd hamstrung herself right out of the gate with her stat and perk choices.
Strength - 55
Vitality - 40
Endurance - 30
Intelligence - 30
Agility - 50
Wisdom - 30
Luck - 30
She had decent stats...but against someone like Orochimaru? They meant fuck-all. Her strength was 55, and yet he was still stronger, even with the brief moments where she locked blades with him he was able to push aside her defence. Granted, she wasn't even level 50 yet, and she'd never actually observed the sannin to find out his level, but presumably, it was higher, a lot higher.
That fight revealed that her early decision to stick to what she was comfortable with, which was blade work, and shun using Jutsu's which weren't extremely useful or easy to use for her...was a crock of shite. If she didn't have access to Susanoo, her Shadow Clones, Megami no Mon, and her Sharingan, all of which used Chakra like water-spouts, she would have died a dozen times over after presumably being mentally tortured to give her secrets up to him.
Calculating it, she could use her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan for 200 seconds before she was drained dry of Chakra. The Susanoo was even worse, needing a large portion of Chakra to even bring forth, leaving her with 3500, a mere 35 seconds of usage at absolute maximum. For some strange reason when using the Susanoo, her EMS stopped draining Chakra, but presumably that was incorporated into the -100CP/s cost of using the exceptionally powerful ability.
Granted, Megami no Mon didn't require Chakra persay, but if she had a full tank, she would lose 25% to summon one spectre, meaning that it too required a lot of Chakra, but would make her spectres more powerful as she got a larger and larger pool of Chakra.
The fact remained, however, that she had spent too many points early on in her progression on things she thought she'd want. Her strength was good, she could fend off regular Jonin just fine, and her agility allowed her to keep up with them. If that failed, her Sharingan would cover the gap for her. But, how that she looked at it, the really key stats she needed more than ever were Intelligence and Wisdom. Perhaps they'd also help with her slightly inane decision-making.
Knife-fighter was...good early on, when she could learn to wield her knives with extreme speed, increasing her proficiency at an unprecedented rate, but now, when she needed to pivot away from them and into something with a bit more staying power? Now, she regretted not taking something like Chakra Monster. Her medic-related perk would mean she would be able to push past the difficult chakra control, and as such she'd have twice as much chakra, which then would add onto the Wis x Int x 5 and give her a ton more Chakra.
But, her decisions were made, so now she just had to deal with it. First step? Try to find a way to remedy her mistakes. That step fell through instantly, as the game was...weirdly less forthcoming than earlier levels, where quests were rampant, giving large rewards for comparatively minor things. Now? She didn't even get a quest for getting home, or fighting Orochimaru, or anything of the sort? Sure, she got a title and his sword, but those weren't even close to what she'd expect from such a difficult fight.
It was almost like the game was...fucking with her.
Thank Kami, you finally noticed it! I can get started now.
Blinking away her momentary blindness, she quickly read what was in front of her and frowned. 'Eh?' Immediately trying to look around, she groaned when she realized she was in the same state as 7 years ago when she died in her old world and appeared here. 'Can I have a body again please?' Immediately she felt the familiar feeling of flesh, curling her fingers and giving herself a once over. "Thank you. So...what do you mean by that?" More text appeared, scrolling quickly and making her eyes glaze over slightly.
NoxCorp have been having...issues recently. I am still the same entity which you spoke to during your first arrival, but less than a universal-standard week ago, there was another being watching over your experience. Due to...unprofessional and inappropriate conduct, they have now been forcibly retired from their position. Now then, I understand you have questions, so allow me to cover a general basis of what has occurred before we continue.
Ahem.
Unbidden, a smirk crept onto Akari's face as she recalled that the entity started its last explanation seven years ago with the exact same 'Ahem'.
Your game, after being initialized by yours truly, was set to be overseen by U.O.273 - 2. Approximately three standard years after you appeared within the selected world, U.O.273 - 2 became...unhappy with his position, but was unable to progress to the role he wanted. As such, he began taking it out on his assigned reincarnates, one of which was yourself. To begin with, he started manipulating probability, causing the death of your team. He attempted to force a curse of hatred onto you, but the design behind the Mangekyo Sharingan you unlocked is hard-coded, so he could not cause such a thing.
From there, he went on to remove quest triggers, as well as disabling the buffs your (at the time) decent wisdom should have given, which would have according to calculations set you on the path of most strength. He then nerfed your stats and created the Rolling Table item, filling it with technically useful items. That item is typically meant to give comparatively-great items, though only once a year, not monthly.
What finally tipped us off to his actions though was when he removed the completion trigger for a quest you performed. You may not have noticed, but despite completing the 'Depot Duty' quest, you never received the promised 15,000 experience. He thought he'd gotten away with it, but it was noticed and set us on his case.
And so we come to now. We've removed him as the overseer of your world, alongside the others he has manipulated, and can now begin trying to remedy this issue. I must say I am now contractually obligated to say 'NoxCorp apologize for any injuries, fatalities, shed tears, signed contracts, broken hymens, crushed dreams, lost wills to live, stolen underwear, or otherwise problems and afflictions which may have resulted from this incident.' Sorry about that.
"So, what you're saying is that this guy got pissed off that he didn't get a promotion and took it out on the people he was meant to be keeping an eye on?"
"Precisely."
"Wow, sounds like a douche-bag. So, what happens now?"
"Now we attempt to remedy this issue. The first stage is to grant you the experience missed from removed quest triggers, listed as: 15,000 for 'Depot Duty', 7500 for 'Not the Gumdrop Button', with extra 5000 for completed bonus objective 'Be Good', 20,000 for unlisted bonus objective of 'End of the War', 'Insult Onoki the Fence-Sitter behind his back with at least three unique iterations of insult.', 15000 for removed quest trigger 'Brotherly Love', with bonus 500 per one-time Golan-seal use per unique person, totalling 279 people, for 139,500 earned, and finally, 50,000 for missing quest 'Snake-hunter', bringing the missing experience count to the grand total of 252,000 experience points."
"That's..." Before Akari could continue, more text appeared.
"Aside from that, several drops have not been dispensed, which include but are not limited to: Chakra-conduction Jutsu scroll, Concealment Shroud, randomized Summoning Contract, 371 Kunai, 1729 Senbon, 31 Plain Iron Swords, 2 Iron Chestplates. A full list of items will be made available after this is over.
"Now, you have a choice to make, player. You can take all these stockpiled rewards, including the missing experience, and forget about this situation. Or, you can take the second option. You will be taken from your world, with said world being placed in a temporal lock during the duration, and placed within a Universe completely of your choice for a duration also of your own choice though limited to an upper cap which has not been decided, then allowed to do whatever you wish for said duration without limitation. This includes manipulation of game mechanics. Upon returning to your previous world, you will re-take your old status."
Akari quirked her jaw to the side. On one hand, that was a lot of stuff she could get. But, on the other, being able to, from the sounds of it, basically control reality itself for as long as she want and generally enjoy herself as recompense for their fuck-up sounded awesome. Indecision struck her, her mind tipping between the two. "Hey uhh, entity, sorry I don't have a name to call ya. I'm honestly stumped, so...hell, you didn't lead me wrong last time so I'll ask again, what do you think?" She got the impression that the entity was surprised she expressed herself as apologetic for not knowing its name, but it passed quickly.
"In my honest opinion as to what I personally would do, I would select the second option. However, you also, as I have taken the liberty of observing your existence, have a child to look after, and as such, the bonus experience and item drops would be invaluable towards protecting him. Of course, either way, quests will be resumed correctly, with experience earned and drops correctly dispensed, but selecting the second option would be the inherently selfish option, as it only benefits you in a cathartic and pleasurable sense, it gives no tangible benefit."
Nodding along, Akari grinned, her mind already made up. "Alright then entity, hit me with the first one!"
Short as hell, I know.
But, I don't want to write into this direction any further until I hear what you guys think of this decision. Going back, I fucked up. I never gave Akari the depot duty experience. And her progression took a nose-dive at chapter 10. She levelled a single time between chapters 10 and 17. I could have just gone back and adjusted it, but I decided that incorporating it into the story is a fun idea.
I'll honestly admit it to you all, I fucked up. That's just it, I'm human, I'm fallible, and, more importantly, I don't plan shit. Because of that, sometimes I mess up, but since I freeform write anyway, I can just add it into the story at a later point, just like here.
Please tell me what you think. If people don't think it's a good idea, tell me so, and I'll...I don't know, I'll have to come up with something I guess. If you guys like this, then I'll be giving Akari that exp dump and whatnot, but if not I'll re-do the chapter and make something new up from scratch.
Oh, and don't expect this whole daily two uploads thing to happen often. Yesterday I had Prison of the Soul already written but I missed the 5PM upload so I waited till the next day, and then got really into writing Watching Rose C17, so yeah, this isn't going to happen very often at all.
Name: Akari Uchiha
Level: 48
Age: 15
Experience: 35385/48000
To Next Level: 8615
Title: Sannin-slayer - Defeating one of the three legendary sannin is no easy feat, but you managed it. Future opportunities unlocked.
Secondary Title: Tokubetsu Jonin - +25% experience gained during solo missions.
Health Points: 6500 - (100 Base + (Vit x End)) x 5
Regeneration Rate - 1200/m - 20/s - Vit x End - Halted when afflicted with bleed status.
Chakra Points: 5000 - (100 Base + (Int x Wis)) x 5
Regeneration Rate - 500/m - 15/s - Int x Wis - Halted when continuous chakra drain Jutsu in use.
Strength - 55
Vitality - 40
Endurance - 30
Intelligence - 30
Agility - 50
Wisdom - 30
Luck - 30
Chakra Nature(s): Fire - Primary, Lightning - Secondary
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