STATUS
KUROSAWA REN
Power -Academy Student
Phisique -12
Chakra -106
Specials-None
Skills-Tagcraft II
System Stats-324
Call-The eye passes.
Soul
Develop Basic(0/5) 1000 SS
Physique
Increase Basic(5/20) 10SS.
Chakra
Refining technique Basic(1/5) 300 SS
Volume Increase Basic(5/20) 20 SS.
3 months had passed since the last time he had used his SS. By now, I understood that the system was an aid and not a cheat per se. He had no achievements during this time. The increase in stats was purely due to his practice. I had been working hard to get my hands on the refining technique. Which was better than the one the academy had. But more importantly, I realised that the level of the technique directly corresponded to chakra control. And to learn any jutsu, control was paramount. I chose today as it was relatively free. Without further ado, he clicked upgrade.
A current similar to the time ran through my body, depositing instinctive memories and faint, distant fragmented scenes. I could feel the technique evolving and new insights taking hold. My Chakra control had increased by twice. In my confidence, I made hand seals and breathed, "Ninja art, Clone Jutsu." And found myself staring at an identical version of myself. Success! Kind of Freaky, but still, Success!
As I strode out, skipping happily, I saw girls sitting down and practicing fuinjutsu. I just nodded and got out into the open to see boys practicing taijutsu and kenjutsu with wooden swords. Initially, when I had asked them which side they wished to learn, I hadn't wanted to divide the roles into girls and boys. But they had kind of divided it themselves.
So now, I had 40 girls training in Fuinjutsu, and 80 boys training chiefly in ninjutsu. The basic training was for both, in which I was trying to cover the academy content. I had gotten all of them to open their chakra using the method described by the academy.
But now I was seriously looking to delegate power and focus on my own personal development. In the past 3 months, I had only learnt 2 new tags(detection and paralysis), and just now one jutsu. This would have been good speed if these were advanced objects, or if the tag I learnt was storage. But unfortunately, it was not.
I decided that as soon as the harvest comes in from the potato fields. Yeah, they were almost grown now. It takes only 70-100 days for potatoes to grow. You can Foogle it. I will hire a teacher for them. We were mostly afloat by the Hokage's grace, who had sent another 200,000 ryo when I was running out. Honestly, the guy was running me ragged.
No sooner had I said it than Daichi came running. "Lord, the missions went up." Yes! I remarked. I had told him to keep an eye out for the harvest missions. By helping in planting and harvesting, we could gain an even bigger share. I kind of felt like a tenant farmer. But what can I say, job is a job.
"Summon the legions!" I said. It sounded stupid to say that out loud for gathering harvests. But that was the organisation I had come up with. There were 4 legions. 2 of 20 girls each led by Reina and a brown haired girl named Sayo. and 2 of 40 boys, each led by Haruto and Daichi.
I quickly gathered everyone and set out to gather our harvest.
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A week later.
I stood in front of a lame man who stood with difficulty on a walking stick. He used to be a chunin until an explosive tag blew his left leg away. He was the person whom I had chosen for teaching. He was 26 years old and had a wife and two kids. The government pension was good, but not enough. He was fairly dark skinned by Konoha standards. He had blonde hair and the face of a kind senior. But it had several dark lines now, the Mark of almost all veterans.
I had asked for someone who would agree to join my clan. It had limited possibilities, but I had felt it necessary. And that's how we got our newest member, Kurosawa Daizen.
And he came with his own surprise as well.
Achievement - All hail the clan head - Establish a Shinobi clan
Reward - 1000SS
My eyes widened as the contract was signed. 1000SS! One full thousand. This was a jackpot. But I wondered, why now? I had been a clan head for a while now.
Then I realised, this was the first real shinobi I had recruited. Even if he was short a leg, he must still have enough skills to be an inferior genin, right? One man is not a clan, but two, maybe.
Setting that aside for later, I took my leave and focused on distributing my newly found SS in seclusion.
I had several options: Even distribution, Soul upgrade, which I had no clue about. I coil alternatively max out chakra Volume basic, or max out Refining Technique or Max out Physique. I chose to max out physique and chakra volume basics, and then invest rest into refining technique.
I currently have 1048 SS.
15 X 10 =150 SS Invested into Physique. As soon as I clicked upgrade, A searing heat and a numbing current ran through my body, and an involuntary scream escaped my lips. It was a good thing I came to the forest.
A prompt suddenly flashed in front of my eyes
Basic Phisique maxed out.
SS for the requirement for Evolution met.
Invest 200 SS to Evolve into Prodigy Physique?
Note: The host is advised to evolve instantly when prompted.
From my previous world memory, this was usually a good thing. So I decisively clicked Yes.\
The pain rose, the heat flared, and the electricity cackled. And I understood the meaning of the word Instant Regret.
After a few hours, when I regained consciousness, the pain had subsided. I was covered in gunk and sweat, which I began washing off in the nearby lake.
This time had been different. Usually physique grew slowly over days. But right now, I felt I could smash trees with my bare hands. I felt like running and finding Might Guy to practice his ridiculous training regimen. Only to remember he was still probably a kid, or maybe wasn't even born. I remembered that Maito Duy was one year younger than the Sanin. So he was probably still a little kid.
I slowly took in the Notifications.
Fostering Evolution. Deducting 200SS.
Evolving Physique.
Prodigy Physique Gained. Congratulations.
I saw that the tree had evolved. Now I could see the advancements on the map for Physique.
They are - Basic, Prodigy Physique, Chakra Physique, Soul Physique, Sage Physique, and Ascendant Physique.
I also noticed another extra line in the upgrade panel. I could not upgrade the Physique.
Max basic Chakra Required. It prompted.