Naruto wasn't really sure what to make of the info. It seemed he was mostly hated by everyone but a few he had regular contact with. At least there were some he was on friendly terms with, even a couple of honored.
Naruto tapped the '?' in the top left corner and similar to the status page a black box with yellow writing appeared but no arrows pointed to anything.
Reputation is your status with various factions with the game world. A hated status will often have reduced or limited quest availability and increased cost of goods if they are even willing to sell to you. As your reputation improves you will have more quests available and reduced cost of goods if they have goods to sell.
"Well that's some bullshit," groused Naruto to himself. It was soft enough to not be heard thankfully but did earn him a glance from Shikamaru who happened to be sitting next to him today.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru grumbled. "What are you doing now, Naruto?" he asked, his curiosity finally getting the better of him.
"Huh? Oh, nothing, just reviewing some stuff," said Naruto, hoping Shikamaru would drop it.
"Whatever," said Shikamaru, clearly seeing Naruto was hiding something. "Just don't get me involved in one of your pranks. It's too troublesome."
Naruto laughed nervously. "You got it."
The rest of the morning class was very boring and Naruto eventually joined Shikamaru in napping on the desk. Lunch found Naruto once more at the target range gaining one more level in his bukijutsu skills but gained no improvement in the passive or active skills. Even so he was feeling more comfortable and familiar with the weapons than he ever had in the past.
Naruto finished his last toss and went to collect his weapons. The first kunai he pulled loose snapped the tip off. "Shit, these things are terrible," he groaned out loud. "Hey, wait a second, what happened to the shuriken and kunai I got from that quest yesterday?"
Naruto used observe on the kunai and shuriken still stuck in the target.
Dull and Rusted Kunai – Old kunai do reduced damage and break easily. -5% damage & accuracy. Stats: 1-3 Damage (melee), 3-5 Damage (ranged), DUR 1/25.
Dull and Rusted Shuriken – Old shuriken do reduced damage and break easily. -5% damage & accuracy. Stats: 2-4 Damage (ranged), DUR 1/25.
Naruto growled. "Inventory."
A new orange window popped up for him showing several thumb size images, most of which were empty, and an image of his body overlaid with several thumb size images indicating his clothing and equipment.
"Cool," whispered Naruto, grinning like an idiot. Naruto tapped his jacket wondering what kind of stats it gave him.
Orange Overstock Jacket – Made of a thin lightweight material this jacket does not provide much protection from weapons or the elements. Stats: +5 DEF, -15% effectiveness to [Stealth], -5% reputation gains, +0.50 to speed, DUR 2/30
"What?" demanded Naruto loudly. "That's bullshit, again. This game is fucking broken, kami damn it."
Naruto closed the window in disgust and annoyance. He tapped the icon for his pants expecting similar, he wasn't wrong.
Orange Overstocked Running Pants – Made of a thin lightweight material these pants do not provide much protection from weapons or the elements. Stats: +7 DEF, -15% effectiveness to [Stealth], -5% reputation gains, +0.50 to speed, DUR 3/30.
Naruto tapped on his shoes next.
Blue Academy Issue Shinobi Sandals – Made of lightweight material these sandals are perfect for learners as they do not impede flexibility or chakra. Stats: +3 DEF, +5% effectiveness to [Stealth], +0.50 to speed, DUR 10/30.
Then his goggles.
Green Goggles – High quality eye protection often used by doujutsu user to protect their eyes from damage in the field. Stats: +5 DEF, +10% effectiveness to [Observe], DUR 40/50.
That was better, Naruto thought. He could see his leg pouch had one slot with the damaged kunai assigned to it and his hip pouch had three slots with his shuriken taking up one of the slots and the other two were left empty.
Naruto looked over to his inventory and in the two occupied slots were the Academy Kunai (10) and Academy Shuriken (20). Naruto touched one and dragged it over top of the currently equipped item and they traded places. He quickly repeated the action with the other and closed his inventory.
Naruto lined up to try out his new weapons only to be interrupted with the KSA bell chiming the end of lunch.
Naruto trudged unhappily back to class, pouting the whole way because he didn't get to try out his new equipment. Speaking of new equipment, he'd definitely have to stop at one of the weapon shops in town to see if he could do anything about his running suit, he either needed to replace it, something he was dreading, or get it repaired. It would be a matter of what he could afford.
The positive of this was that he now knew of at least one store that he was Neutral with which meant not getting over priced goods.
"Welcome back from lunch, everyone," began Iruka. "Now, let's start with a review of the three basic academy jutsu."
Mizuki once again walked along the end cap handing a stack of scrolls to each student to pass down.
Naruto got his three scrolls.
You've obtained the skill scroll [Henge].
This skill has already been learned. Cannot learn again.
You've obtained the skill scroll [Kawarimi].
This skill has already been learned. Cannot learn again.
You've obtained the skill scroll [Bunshin].
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