Using a chair to lift himself, he started the cooking process. After he was done making it, he gained a new skill.
[Cooking Level 3, Exp-22%]
Naruto: "That's nice. I can eat healthy and tasty items altogether." he said as he started consuming his dinner. This was the first-ever meal that he created and it was a little too salty for him. 'Less salt next time.' After finishing dinner, he immediately went to sleep. Mind resistance may have helped ward off mental attacks and stress but constantly feeling it left him both physically and mentally exhausted. As he dozed off and dreamt about more food, there was a slight worry growing elsewhere.
Third: "First it's the Nine-Tails. Then this position. Then the stupid civilians and their irritating council. Then Danzo and his root and now, Naruto. Wonderful. I wonder what else can go wrong today?" said the exhausted leader as he leaned into his chair. He started to smoke using his pipe to alleviate the stress that was building up again. 'Why me?'
Shinobi 1: "Sir. Something has happened."
Third: 'Of course. Speak of the devil.' "What is it?" said a tired voice.
Shinobi 1: "We have found out that according to the intel, Orochimaru was seen meeting a person with black robes and red clouds on them. We can correctly assume that Orochimaru has joined the group known as Akatsuki."
Third: "Great. Anything else?" His mood was becoming worse.
Shinobi 1: "Yes actually. There was-" The Third sighed.
Third: 'Kill me already.'
Back to Naruto...
8 hours passed and Naruto soon woke up. He felt incredibly refreshed and felt unfettered. It was almost like he has been chained up since birth and now slowly those chains are being broken.
Naruto: "Boy does that feel good." He yawned and stretched. Previously, Naruto stole enough supplies to last at least a week so he doesn't need to go out and he can now focus on his training. Before he does that, however, he turned to his right and spoke in a loud voice. "Hey man. I can sense you. I know you're the same guy too so just leave before you irritate me." There was a slight whoosh sound and then Naruto sensed that he was gone. "Good." He quickly had a light breakfast with two eggs and some bread which leveled up his cooking to level 4. After he was done, he took a small shower. Wearing new clothing, he was ready to train. "ID Create."
Naruto appeared in the same place as he did yesterday and spammed clones. His goal today was to max out the swordsmanship skills and mind resistance. After obtaining the two perks yesterday, Naruto felt different. His hands felt comfortable and just simply using a sword felt better. Especially each movement. Seeing the benefits, he decided to start training again but of course not doing too much so that he kills himself.
However, Naruto wanted to try something. Naruto summoned another 20 clones and took them away. He told them that they know what they should do and they all nodded. The clones created their own clones of 5 and then made them spar in swordsmanship only for 10 minutes.
Time passed quickly and after the ten minutes were done, Naruto told the extra clones to disappear and give back their experience to their original. The 100 clones nodded and their experiences were now transferred. Naruto looked at all of them and told them to keep the most useful memories and forget the others. It was extremely difficult for them to do since you can not just simply forget stuff. One of the clones got the hint and tried to focus on the insights and the most useful information only and reviewed it over and over until he naturally forgets the useless information.
Everyone else saw this and followed that lead. After 15 minutes or so, they all had smiles on their faces and then they all told Naruto that they will go away now. After the clones vanished, Naruto obtained what he wanted to gain.
[Battle Shadow Clones Level 32, Exp-55%]
[Basic Sword Moves Level 40, Exp 37%]
[Swordsmanship Level 30, Exp-100%] --> [(I)Swordsmanship Level 7, Exp-87%]
[Mind Resistance Level 93, Exp-77%]
[Thought Processing Level 3, Exp-8%]
He looked at his new skill and he smiled. Since he now has this skill, extracting the useful information of the shadow clones to further level up the skills will be easier as the extra information will not block the important information. Since it is not maxed out, some information will be lost but this a step in the right path. Naruto walked back to his other clones and started training with them.
An hour passed and the clones and Naruto kept practicing. He had a great idea of making the swords heavier so that he could attempt to gain some extra attributes. After changing the swords, all of them continued to spar over and over although with a little bit more challenge. Why try so hard? It was the goal of freedom and peace for himself. To not be bound by society or people and to have no regrets until death comes is his motivator.
After the three-hour sparring session, the clones went away and Naruto reaped his gains.
[+4 Dex,+1 Vit ,+2 Str, +2 Endurance ]
[Instinct Level 5, Exp-3%]
[Battle Instinct Level 10, Exp-16%]
[Intuition Level 5, Exp-21%]
[Basic Sword Moves Level 50, Exp-100%] --> [Sword Foundation Level 30, Exp-100%] --> [Sword Foundation Level Max]
[(I)Swordsmanship Level 40, Exp-100%] --> [(A)Swordsmanship Level 2, Exp-6%]
[Mind Resistance Level 100, Exp-100%] --> [Mind Fortress Level 3, Exp-3%]
[Obtained Mind Power skill.]
[Battle Shadow Clones Level 40] --> [Linked Shadow Clones(Due to Mind Power) Level 1, Exp-5%]
Naruto: "Yes! Finally! This is awesome." Naruto screamed out loud as he raised his fist. "So many new skills. Cain, tell me what they do."
[Okay.]
[Instinct - A passive skill where user can automatically react to any threat without the need to acknowledge it and defend themselves. However, this ability is not a guarantee against all danger. When fully maxed, coordination of the body will increase greatly and foresight will be ingrained into daily lifestyle. ]
[Battle Instinct - A passive skill where the user's body can move and adapt while in battle on its own, allowing them to attack and defend simultaneously. When fully leveled, this skill will be precognitive in nature. This is a battle exclusive skill.]
[Intuition - A passive ability that activates once in a while to help the User in predicaments or daily life. When fully maxed out, it will activate once or twice per day. Currently can be trained along with the two instincts but not much experience will be gained. Mind Power training is the most effective.]
[Sword Foundation - A passive skill that allows the user to have extreme talent in swordsmanship and foundation so deep where any sword will not be difficult to wield. + 25% damage to other sword users. 75% easier to learn other sword styles. An extra passive ability which lets the user increase his senses and instincts by 30% when using a sword.]
[(A)Swordsmanship - 15% extra damage when using a sword. Levels 1-15 is Jonin level swordsmanship and 15-30 is Kage and above. Next skill evolution will make the user the best sword user in the world however currently the user is weak in attributes so even though using the sword will maximize the Users potential, there would not be much potential to use in the first place due to a lack of requirements.]
[Mind Fortress - A passive ability where the mind is like a fortress. Some Yamanaka clan members have this but only the User can make it impregnable. With this fortress, no one can go into User's mind to steal information but instead will face a backlash where it will damage their minds and steal a few their memories. Anyone who invades the user's mind will not be able to get away very safely afterward and they can die from it.]
[Mind Power - A separate power from chakra and demonic power. User has to explore this power for possibilities of usage.]
Naruto: "Damn. That's broken! I got ultimate fighting capabilities, a mysterious foresight, extreme sword capacity, a mind trap, and another power source that I have no idea what it does. Holy crap. That's a bit much don't you think Cain?" Naruto questioned.
[No. You have worked hard for this. No one can say that they have experienced the same hardships you have to gain these skills. Some people are genetically born with skills like these ones while you obtained it with hard work and experiencing extreme pain. Even when you didn't have to train and you could just goof off, you didn't. You stuck true to your ambition and that is praiseworthy. Your dedication deserves this much at least.]
Naruto: "..." Naruto felt his eyes getting wet.
[Are you...crying?]
Naruto: "No." said Naruto as he used his hand to wipe away the tears that were dropping. "You're crying."
[I can't cry.] This statement made Naruto a bit speechless.
Naruto: "Say, Cain."
[Yes.]
Naruto: "Remember my pickpocketing adventure?"
[Yes.]
Naruto: "Good because there was a skill that confused me when I obtained it along with Stealth and acting and the others. It was called muscle movement. How do I train it?"
[Oh that. Muscle Movement is a passive skill that is trained from actively training one's muscles. Due to your movements that day, you accidentally trained in this so it makes sense you obtained this.]
Naruto: "I see. So do you have any exercises that can help me with developing this."
[Yes but I want it might be a little hard for you.]
Naruto: "Doesn't matter."
[You can't use your clones.]
Naruto: "On second thought, how about we ju-"
[No. This will be extremely good for you in the future.]
Naruto: "..."
[Have I ever misguided you?]
Naruto: "No."
[Then do it. I'll send it to your mind now.] A few seconds later, Naruto possessed memories of exercises that he had not ever had in mind before. He read the title of the and had no idea what it was.
Naruto: "So what are pink muscles?"
[Starting from the beginning. There are three types of Muscle; Red Muscle which has high endurance but very little strength, White Muscle is composed of high strength but low speed and endurance, and finally Pink Muscle which is a hybrid of the two.]
Naruto: "Oh okay. So we're doing the pink muscle thing so that we could kill two birds with one stone. Got it."
[Yes. Are you ready?]
Naruto: "Yeah."
Hard-working was already the original Naruto's greatest quality and with proper guidance, Naruto is finally on a path that seems correct. Although Cain didn't give him advice, it gave Naruto opportunities. Just like the pink muscle exercises.
Cain spawned in equipment that is used for training the body. High Reps and moving Heavy Weights is the goal here and Naruto has to achieve this to gain any pink muscles. Deciding to follow the instructions in the memories, he started slowly with high reps. Once he became more comfortable with it, he moved on to heavier weights and started to do lower reps. This would accomplish the clashing of the red and white muscles to create pink muscles.
[+5 Str]
[+5 End]
[Muscle Movement Level 12, Exp-94%]
After an hour, Naruto felt exhausted. He fell on the floor with sweat dripping from head to toe with his chest heaving up and down heavily. Being a great power that Cain is, he created cold water for Naruto drink and a barrel of it to bath himself. Naruto looked at the glass of water like it was the meaning of life. The very cold fruit of his labor.
As the cool water went down his throat, it had a miraculous effect of releasing fatigue from his body and he felt a bit more energized to move again. The water effects didn't just stop there as it also spread out in his inner body and enhanced his inner organs. Effects that Naruto would never realize.
Taking off his clothing, his body seemed a little more structured than it ever did previously. Of course, he didn't have abs or any observable muscles but one can see that he is on that path. Once Naruto went inside the barrel, he realized that the water was at a perfect temperature. Maybe it was his imagination but he swore that he felt his entire body cry out in happiness.
Naruto: "The leveling is really slow."
[Not everything is fast. Training your body takes time and patience. There are shortcuts but I'm pretty sure you'll just act you never heard of it afterward.]
Naruto: "You're right. I would totally deny any knowledge of those methods if it's ridiculously painful."
Sorry for the delay. I hope to upload another chapter to today but If I can't then I am sorry. Hope you enjoy this chapter. If there are any mistakes, please do tell.