章節 25: Chapter 25 - Academy Dungeon, Race and Bullies
Half a day passed and recess came. Daichi went outside to eat the bento his grandpa made him. He sat under a tree in the corner and quietly ate. After a short while he finished eating. As he was sitting there Daichi looked at the academy building. Even after a year it was still unbelievable to him that he was here.
'Observe'
[Academy]
[Shortly after the founding of the village the shinobi academy was created. During the second Hokage's period due to a shortage of military manpower Tobirama Senju founded a ninja training camp at the base of the cliff. Although it was purely educational at first it quickly merged with military and domestic facilities and the existing shinobi academy and began to be called the academy. During the third Hokage's reign he revised and perfected the education curriculum and training system which are now carried out under strict standards. The motto of the academy teachers is " Development to shinobi with respect to individuality."]
A new notification box appeared after Daichi closed the 'observe' page.
[You have found a Location Dungeon. Do you wish to view the information on the dungeon?]
'Well isn't that interesting.' He became excited to check out the new dungeon.
'Yes. Show me the information.'
[You have found a Location dungeon.]
[Location dungeon: Player will have to go to the dungeon specific locations to access them. These are long term dungeons with strong and weak opponents. Once the dungeon is activated it will remain active for 1 year before disappearing. Players can enter and exit the dungeon anytime during the active period.
Exiting the dungeon is impossible when in enemy sight. Players can stay inside the dungeon for up to 24 hours(Dungeon time), at a time. Once exited, the dungeon will have a cooldown of 3 hours in real world time. Real world time and Dungeon time is - 01: 06 ratio. Whatever happens in the dungeon will not affect the real world.]
[You have found the Academy dungeon. Would you like to activate this dungeon?]
[Y/N]
After reading through the details Daichi immediately pressed no. 'This dungeon would definitely have opponents from students to chunin teachers. I'd rather activate this after 3 or 4 years. That way I'll be confident enough to clear it. Since they only stay open for a year, if I open it now I'll only be wasting a precious opportunity. Need to find other locations with value. They most probably have a dungeon hidden in them.'
Daichi got up and went back to the classroom. Time passed by and the last class was physical training. The instructor brought the students outside and showed them simple stretching exercises. Once everyone was limbered up the instructor called everyone's attention.
"Alright, now we're going to see where you stand in terms of physical strength and speed. We're going to have a race. I'll be dividing you all into groups of 6. You'll be running 8 laps on this training course.
Each lap is 250 meters. So that's 2 kilometers total. Even though this is just a simple race, try to do your best. Boys and girls will be separate. When I call out the names come to the front.
1st group. Kiba Inuzuka, Daichi Hekima, Choji Akimichi, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Hibachi."
[Quest Created - 'Win the race']
[Complete 8 laps with the shortest time. Win the race.]
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[Rewards: ]
+100 Exp
Rep increases with everyone but Sasuke and Hibachi.
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[Failure:]
Rep decreases with everyone.
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[Accept (Y/N)]
Quickly Daichi got to the front and accepted the quest. 'This group is full of kids who are physically fit in the class. So that means the teachers must have used the data from when we were registering to select this group to make things even. So they'll be doing it to the rest as well.'
[Due to logically deducing new information from very little, you have obtained +1 WIS]
Suddenly Daichi heard a boastful shout from his side. "I'm gonna blow you all away. I'll be first." Kiba was looking at Daichi and Sasuke when he said this.
"No way I'll be first." Naruto joined in. "I'm gonna try my best and I'm gonna win." He shouted with a smile.
"Keep dreaming. I got this in the bag." Hibachi said in a smug tone.
Daichi looked at everyone in the group and smiled. "Good luck. You all are gonna need it." He then stepped up to the starting line as did everyone else.
The instructor blew the whistle signaling the start of the race. The moment Daichi heard the whistle he took off like a bolt of lightning. He had been running around his compound almost everyday for the last year. As a result his stats were much higher than that of his peers.
Daichi was keeping a steady but fast pace. He completed the first lap before the others were even half way. Sasuke and Kiba pushed themselves harder to catch up with Daichi but they couldn't. Sasuke was behind Daichi followed by Kiba and then Hibachi and Choji and finally Naruto.
Sasuke gritted his teeth and pushed harder. 'Can't lose.'
Daichi passed them completing his second lap by the time they completed their first. He wasn't feeling winded at all. But unlike Daichi, everyone else was starting to feel the strain. They started too fast and were beginning to get tired.
Daichi didn't stop for anything and in 1 minute and 59 seconds he completed the 2 km run and slowed down and jogged back to his teacher.
[Quest 'Win the race' Completed.]
[Rewards: ]
+115 Exp
[Rep increases with everyone but Sasuke and Hibachi.]
"Sensei. I'm done."
"Yes. Well done." Daikoku was impressed. He rarely met children with such physique. Especially at the start of the academy. 'His speed is pure physical strength. If I couldn't sense chakra I would have thought he was using chakra flow to increase his speed.'
"Wow Daichi. That was so cool." Some of the girls exclaimed. Some of the boys surrounded him to know the secret of his win. Daichi just smiled and said nothing. After a short while everyone else finished the race with Sasuke coming in second 5 minutes 13 seconds and Naruto coming last in 8 minutes.
Sasuke had a frown on his face as he looked at Daichi. 'I can't believe I lost to someone in my class.' He lightly fumed thinking about his loss. 'Next time… I'll definitely beat you.' He quietly kept walking and stood alone in a corner.
Hibachi slightly glared at Daichi but didn't say anything as well and went back to his friends.
Naruto, Kiba, Choji on the other hand approached him.
"Oh man. That was awesome. Where did you learn to run like that?" Kiba asked with a panting breath.
"Yeah. You were so fast." Naruto had a giant smile even though he lost.
"Did you eat something special during lunch?" Choji also chimed.
"I just trained you guys. Nothing all that special. I've been training last year. Just ran around my house and did a couple of exercises… That's all." Daichi said, laughing slightly.
The instructor formed several groups and had them complete the exercise. A little over an hour had passed, and by that time everyone was done with the race. Daikoku after several minutes announced the 1st place to Daichi, 2nd for Sasuke and 3rd to Kiba. Naruto was somewhere in the middle of the class.
Soon the classes for the day were completed and everyone went home. Some kids invited Daichi to play with them but he politely declined. Daichi quickly reached home and found his grandfather waiting on the front porch smoking a pipe.
"So how was your first day.?" Kensei asked.
"It was interesting. Contrary to what I thought, I found the whole experience enjoyable. I look forward to it." Daichi replied. Since he had been training for a year and had some access to Kensei's library he thought he wouldn't find anything useful in the academy and would be bored but he was wrong.
When he was in the classroom he wanted to make a handful of genuine friends and enjoy his time in the academy. Something he couldn't do in his previous life.
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The days passed by with Daichi excelling at every subject in the academy. Sasuke, refusing to be second, started competing with Daichi in everything. But not once did he speak a single word to Daichi.
The first month focused mainly on exercises that increase one's strength and cardio. The academy began teaching Taijutsu lessons and how to safely handle weapons like kunai and shuriken starting the second month. Daikoku sensei showed the proper ways to maintain, handle and use the different types of weapons.
Each student was taught the various stances of Taijutsu style and the purpose behind them. The instructors explained how each stance could utilize the stability and strength and how to effectively put it into an attack.
The children from the clan and a couple of kids like Daichi who had a shinobi family were already ahead of the rest. Daichi scored first in all the tests and class assignments and was ranked number 1 in class. He was followed by Sasuke.
By the end of the second month Daichi noticed something peculiar. His classmates started to pick on Naruto. Daichi realized that they were slowly copying the behavior of the adults without even knowing the reason for it.
Aside from Daichi, Choji and sometimes Kiba no one else interacted with him. Even the teachers. Although they taught him, they kept their interactions with Naruto to a minimum. This was starting to have an effect on Naruto.
Contrary to what Daichi thought, Naruto didn't start pranking anyone to get some attention. As the days passed Daichi saw Naruto get more sad and angry. Daichi sometimes caught Naruto looking at the Hokage mountain with a serious expression.
Daichi noticed the change in behavior but he didn't feel like trying to change Naruto. He knew getting involved would create trouble for him so he justified his inaction with this thought.
'Sooner or later he'll be the prankster who'll one day paint the Hokage mountain. And a Naruto who's not a prankster is not a Naruto at all.'
Daichi still helped Naruto when he asked for it but it wasn't that much.
One day during his third month a couple of upperclassmen cornered Daichi in the back of the academy. They were the local bullies.
"Look what we have here Zakro. A pipsqueak who thinks he's the best." Bikan said. He was in the 4th year of the academy and occasionally bullied his underclassmen. He was accompanied by his friend Zakro.
Daichi was thinking about the hand seals and how they interacted and helped with the movement of chakra throughout the body. And when the 2 bullies cornered him he lost his train of thought and this irritated him.
Daichi had an annoyed look on his face. "What do you want?" He didn't even bother using the 'observe' skill on them.
"Did you hear that Zakro? This kid has an attitude. You freshmen think you're so tough." Bikan squeezed his fists and popped his knuckles trying to look intimidating.
"Bikan. Why don't we properly welcome him to the academy." Zakro copied his friend and tried to scare Daichi.
"If you kneel down and apologize I'll forgive you." Bikan said, smirking.
[Quest Created - 'Beat the Bullies.']
[Defeat the bullies and scare them away.]
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[Rewards:]
+100 Exp
Rep increases with Rookie 9.
Rep decrease with Zakro and Bikan.
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[Failure:]
-100 Exp.
Rep decreases with everyone.
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[Accept (Y/N).]
Daichi's patience was wearing thin. "Get lost." He said in a gruff voice accepting the quest.
Bikan, angry that a first year student was talking to him like that, attacked him. He threw a punch straight at Daichi's face thinking he wouldn't be able to dodge or block it. Daichi, watching the slow, pitifully telegraphed punch coming his way, sighed. Daichi stepped to the side and evaded the strike and used his right arm to grab and hold Bikan's fist.
Even though Daichi was small his strength far exceeded someone his age. Bikan tried to pull his right arm back but he couldn't move it an inch. Zakro, wanting to help his friend, attacked Daichi. He kicked at him trying to get Daichi off balance.
Daichi deflected the kick with his leg and sent a front kick straight to Zakro's abdomen. Daichi made sure to control his strength and not injure the kid. The kick didn't do much damage but it sent him flying backwards several feet. He landed roughly on the floor and was coughing. That kick took away his breath.
Daichi suddenly twisted his arm and shoulder flipped Bikan onto the ground. When Bikan tried to get up, Daichi twisted the shoulder till it became too painful for the older boy. He was face down on the ground and was crying in pain as Daichi stood above him and held his arm.
Daichi put his left leg above Bikan's shoulder joint and said. "Did you know that if I press here and pull, I could dislocate your shoulder?" Daichi slightly moved his feet into a new spot. "But if I press here and pull with a little twist it would definitely break your shoulder. That would be quite painful, wouldn't you agree?"
"Please, I'm sorry. Please. Lemme go."
"Why should I let you go? You could come back with a few more friends and try to ambush me again. So isn't it best I just put you down now?" The steely tone of Daichi's voice scared the upperclassmen. But before he could say anything Daichi spoke.
"Don't try this again. Don't ever come in front of me. If you do…" Daichi put some pressure on his foot and slightly pulled on the arm. Just enough to prove his point.
"Ahhh. Please I won't, I swear." Squealing in pain, Bikan answered.
"And if I find out you went after any of my classmates… I'll pay you a visit you won't like. Do you understand?"
"Yes. Yes. Please let me go." Frantically nodding, Bikan pleaded.
Daichi released his arm and stepped back. "Get lost. And take your friend with you."
Bikan, scared out of his wits, rushed to Zakro, picked him up and left.
[Quest 'Beat the Bullies' Completed.]
[Rewards: ]
+115 Exp
[Rep increases with Rookie 9.]
[Rep decrease with Zakro and Bikan.]
Now Daichi was all alone in the backyard. Or so it would appear. Daichi left without realizing that there was someone else who witnessed everything.
Someone who stumbled upon the whole thing when he was looking for a quiet place to take a nap. Someone in his class.
'That Daichi. What a troublesome guy.'
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章節 26: Chapter 26 - Taijutsu Spar with Sasuke
It was a Saturday afternoon. Daichi was currently in his backyard meditating and training his chakra control. Several leaves stuck like glue to both his hands and he even had one spinning in the center of his forehead. His goal was to complete this exercise today and move onto the next one as soon as possible.
The leaf concentration was the most basic of the chakra control exercises. On a blank white canvas where there was nothing, an ordinary person would not be able to concentrate on a single spot and his eyes would wander around the whole area. But if even a single dot is added his eyes would suddenly be drawn to that point and it would help focus the mind.
This was the theory when creating the leaf concentration technique. A simple yet effective training method. It improved the focus and concentration power of the mind and would even help with the person's chakra control.
Daichi pushed this concept beyond the ordinary and was able to improve his control far beyond those his age. He sat there for hours and immersed himself in this exercise. His efforts paid off. Daichi awoke to the sound of new notification boxes popping up.
[Skill 'Leaf concentration technique's level has risen by one.]
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[Leaf concentration technique - (Active/Passive)(LV.100(MAX)) ]
[Effects: +200% Increase in chakra control.
CP cost : 1/sec.
-50% CP cost to chakra techniques.]
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[Congratulations. You have successfully trained a skill to its highest level.]
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[+500 EXP]
[+75 EXP]
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[Skill 'Meditate's level has risen by one.]
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[Meditate - Active (LV. 54(2%))]
[Effects : +108% to base HP regeneration per minute.
+108% to base CP regeneration per minute.
+108% to base SP regeneration per minute.]
'Finally. Now that I'm done with that, I can start the tree walking technique… Hmm… So every time I get a skill maxed out I get a 500 Exp huh. Not bad.'
Daichi sat there feeling good with his progress. He thought about the last 6 months he spent in the academy. Although it wasn't boring, it wasn't as exciting as he thought it'd be.
'It's the last day of September. The first semester of the academy will end by mid week next month. Then a 2 week break and then the second semester of the year will begin in November. I'll try out the new dungeon during the break.'
Daichi received random rewards weekly from the system due to the quest 'Path to the strongest'. Sometimes it would be ordinary items like a pen, a notepad or even an umbrella. But sometimes he would get weapons like knives, shuriken, daggers and even a set of bow and arrows. But still these items were of normal quality.
But two weeks ago he received a dungeon Key to training ground 43. It completely took him by surprise. It was a yellow key, indicating that the enemies inside the dungeon would be 5 - 15 levels above Daichi. A difficult but not an impossible dungeon.
Due to memorizing the map of the village, Daichi had an understanding of where the training ground would be. He visited training ground 43 and was surprised to find that it was abandoned. He used 'Observe' and found out that it was due to the animals roaming the place and due to the destruction done by the several previous shinobi using the place.
Training ground 43 was located near ground 44 or the forest of death. The animals that could not survive the predators in training ground 44 moved to 43 to make it their home.
Since this training ground was used to test more destructive jutsus, it was wrecked beyond measure and when the animals moved in, the ninjas training there decided to abandon it. But since the animals were not special or rare like the ones in ground zero, ground 43 was still open to public training but people seldom came. It has been like this for over 20 years.
Daichi decided to complete the dungeon after the end of his first semester. He was going to make a lot of preparations before entering the dungeon. It would be his first dungeon run and he wanted to be ready for anything.
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"Alright class. Pencils down. Time to hand in your answer sheets. The score will be marked on your report cards." Daikoku sensei said in a stern voice. He collected the papers and gathered the students outside for sparring.
"Now we will test your Taijutsu skills. We've carefully selected your opponents based on your performance these last few months so your sparring partner will be of roughly the same strength and skill. This way no one will have an unfair advantage."
He started explaining the rules. "If you step out of the ring or get knocked out you lose. If I see that you can't continue the fight, I'll end the match and declare the winner. If your opponent forfeit then you win. Absolutely no use of weapons and jutsus. This is purely hand to hand combat. And if I see anyone breaking the rules they will fail."
Once the explanation was finished, Daikoku sensei started calling out a pair of names at a time. Each person called would enter the ring and make the Seal of confrontation as protocol and would start fighting. And once the sparing was over they would use the Seal of Reconciliation as a sign that they were still comrades.
The class started the traditional shinobi sparring 3 months ago. Daichi won in all his spars. The only person in the class who came close to his taijutsu prowess was Sasuke. Time went by as Daichi watched the fights. He internally sighed watching the fights that would sometimes become almost childish. Except for those that came from clans, most others didn't have the drive or skill.
As he was standing there the next pair of opponents were called. "Daichi Hekima vs Sasuke Uchiha."
Daikoku sensei called his name along with Sasuke's. It was the first time Daichi would fight Sasuke.
Daikoku was looking forward to this match. He had been paying more attention to these two since the start of the year. One was from a famous clan and the little brother of a known genius and the other was a prodigy whose talent couldn't be matched by others. The top two of his class.
'Daichi and Sasuke. No one has their raw talent in this batch. Daichi's improvement is astonishing. He picks up everything at a much faster pace than others and he's consistently at the top. And this fueled a rivalry in Sasuke and made him train harder.'
'And Daichi, not wanting to lose the 1st spot, pushes himself even harder. I've never seen them even talking to each other but both of them are pushing the other to become better. They are far ahead of the others. I wonder how this fight goes.'
Both Daichi and Sasuke walked to the center of the ring. Several girls cheered for Sasuke while some cheered for Daichi. Due to his talent and taking the top spot in almost every competition, several students came to admire him.
[Quest Created - 'Defeat your Opponent.']
[Defeat Sasuke Uchiha and ensure first place in the taijutsu exam.]
[Rewards:]
+250 Exp
Rep increases with some classmates and Daikoku Funeno.
Rep decreases with Sasuke Uchiha.
[Failure:]
-150 Exp.
Rep decreases with everyone.
[Accept (Y/N) Success.]
Daichi accepted the quest and stepped into the ring. 'Observe'.
[LV.12] [Sasuke Uchiha]
[Age: 6]
[HP: 1506] [CP: 1300]
[Sasuke Uchiha is the son of the Uchiha clan head Fugaku and his wife Mikoto. He is the youngest of two children. He is a happy child eager to please and be worthy of his clan name. He adores his older brother Itachi. He wants to defeat Daichi and prove that he is the best and is worthy of his clan name and heritage. Sasuke Uchiha has a vast amount of hidden potential and talent.]
Daichi and Sasuke didn't say a word as they stepped into the ring.
"I'm sure I don't have to explain the rules again, do I? Now make the Seal of confrontation." Daikoku sensei exclaimed.
Hearing their sensei's words both of them raised their right hand into a half tiger seal. Neither one said a word.
"Fight."
Sasuke wasted no time and rushed towards Daichi who stood his ground and raised his guard. Within no time the Uchiha reached his target and started attacking. But every punch and kick he threw were blocked by Daichi.
Both of them fought like that for a minute. Sasuke attacking and Daichi defending. Daichi was looking at and trying to understand Sasuke's fighting style.
'It seems Sasuke is more of a speed type fighter. And what's more is his fighting style. He's attacking with seemingly powerful punches but subtly going for grabs and submission locks and trying to knock me off my feet. Sneaky guy.' Daichi internally smirked as he understood Sasuke's intentions.
Both of them fought at relatively the same speed but to Daikoku Sensei it was clear that Daichi had the advantage. 'Looks like Daichi is blocking every attack Sasuke launches with ease. And the way he does it…. It's clear he can go much faster.'
The students looked in awe as they witnessed the fight. They all knew these two were the best in class even though some of them wouldn't admit it out loud. Some like Shikamaru and Shino were paying close attention to the match.
Shikamaru had an aloof expression on his face. But he was watching every move that Daichi and Sasuke made. 'That Daichi… He's definitely stronger. The fact that he took down those senior students easily is proof of that… Looks like even Sasuke can't match his strength. Even Daichi's talent is better than anyone I've seen here.' He sighed to himself.
'I'm sure I'll have to spar with him in the future. It's going to be such a pain to fight him. What a troublesome guy.' Shikamaru and the rest watched as Sasuke tried his best to get through Daichi's defenses. Suddenly Daichi stopped defending and started attacking.
Daichi switched gears and suddenly went on the offense. The sudden shift in momentum of the fight caught Sasuke off guard and he wasn't fast enough to defend against a punch to his gut. He jumped backwards to regain his bearings.
It was now Daichi who ran to Sasuke and started their second round. Both of them fought with the intent to win. But Daichi's speed didn't allow Sasuke to land any attacks on him. Suddenly Daichi stepped forward and locked his right leg with Sasuke trapping him in place and used a submission hold to effectively immobilize him.
Sasuke grunted and tried to break free but it was for not. Daikoku sensei watched Sasuke struggle for a few more seconds and decided to call the match.
"Sasuke Uchiha is unable to continue. Winner of the match. Daichi Hekima." As soon as Daikoku announced the end of the match, Daichi let go. Sasuke had a scowl on his face as he looked at him.
"Now make the seal of reconciliation." Their sensei said in a somewhat serious tone. He knew that every first year student would be stubborn especially when they lose a sparring match.
Daichi and Sasuke made the Seal of Reconciliation and left the ring.
[Quest 'Defeat your Opponent' Completed.]
[Rewards:]
[+250 Exp]
[+37.5 Exp]
[Rep increases with some classmates and Daikoku Funeno.]
[Rep decreases with Sasuke Uchiha.]
Daichi looked over and dismissed the pop up box. He stood over with those who completed the test and watched the rest of the matches.
Sasuke was expressionless but he was sad and angry. And the pity looks some of his female classmates gave him were not helping. When Daichi bested him in class tests and shuriken jutsu he thought he would be able to prove himself in Taijutsu. But this defeat made him slightly depressed.
'Father won't be happy when he hears I lost… Big brother never lost a single fight when he was here. Am I not as good as him? How did I lose? Why am I so much weaker than Daichi?' Sasuke clenched his fists as he looked at Daichi.
The matches ended shortly after and within a few days the end of the first semester came.
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It was October 14th and every student got their report cards. Daichi looked at his card and had a slight smile.
Report card
Ninjutsu - A - 1/30
Taijutsu - A - 1/30
Genjutsu - A - 1/30
Theory - A - 1/30
Strategy - A - 1/30
Positivity - B
Classroom Attitude - B
Cooperation Skill - B
Teacher's comments.
"Daichi has maintained top grades throughout the semester. He has incredible talent and skill for Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Has an excellent range of knowledge and control of chakra. Willing to cooperate in team exercises but only with some students."
These were the contents of the card. Daichi went home and showed his report card to his grandfather. Kensei was proud and had a wide smile. They celebrated with a BBQ dinner.
As Daichi was resting in his bed he went through a mental checklist. He made sure he placed all the things he would need to clear his first dungeon in his inventory.
He put on a set of clothes he got as a random reward and got ready. When the small clock on his desk struck midnight Daichi took the dungeon Key out from his inventory and activated it. In an instant he was teleported from his bedroom.
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