AN: Sorry for taking so long, I had to rewrite some sections and was busy, but I finally managed to get another chapter done. Not sure if get further than chapter 10 before losing inspiration, since this is written by me and not translated updates will take long, maybe even only once a month. With that enjoy.
Standing in a clearing was a cute white haired child dressed in black clothing and eyes covered in a black blindfold. If he saw himself he would be reminded of the game Nier: Automata and think he was cosplaying as an android.
(Shiro POV)
I decided I needed to train properly. The fight caught me off guard, though I was victorious, I could have been hurt or died if it wasn't for my advantage. Relying on that to get powerful was not good, so I'll use it as a tool, not a crutch.
Some hours later when the sun was high up in the sky, I sat down on a rock to rest. Chakra wise I was full but my stamina and muscles were tired.
The only thing I could do was the Chakra building exercises and practice all the martial arts I knew, making it usable at the speeds shinobi fight and coming up with a good combination to use in tandem. Krav maga was effective, and throwing in a few different ones will confuse the enemy.
Also, I discovered I can use Chakra body enhancement very effectively during that fight and further explored it here. I can enhance my whole body, the power of my strikes, my defense and my speed thanks to my eyes and multitasking, it was easily accomplished.
The proof lay in the dozen trees that were felled from me training Taijutsu. Physically I was at the peak of my age but with chakra it was enhanced several fold. Naturally it did put a strain on my body and it took more than a few hits, but because of my perfect control it is minimal. And once I truly start training my body it will be even less.
I didn't forget to store the cut down trees in my ring's storage and covert it into a decent amount of Materials for later.
I wasn't nearly as good as Tsunade as I didn't know a method of precise detonation of chakra the moment the fist hit, I didn't want to risk it even if I'm confident. Anything can go wrong. If I witnessed her doing it, I could reverse engineer it with the clear view of chakra my eyes gave me and my perfect control… or use another Charge.
Honestly I had nothing to compare my chakra to so I don't know how much I have. But it grew 5% larger from the exercises, maybe the perfect control I had made the exercises more effective, because they might be too effective. Who knows, it might grow slower later on.
Anyway, my new charges arrived so what to spend it on? I need a larger variety of jutsu, specifically elemental jutsu.
[Naruto- Elemental Jutsu: 1]
That is what I wanted to use it on, but unfortunately, it seems I have to use a charge to learn jutsu one at a time. So I put a charge on Substitution Jutsu, further improving it. The first charge made me a master at it so it only requires one hand sign, but I have a feeling if I practiced and used my perfect control, I could feel the flow of chakra and remember it, and then not require hand signs with some practice, or use more charges on this.
[Chakra Theory: 1]
This gave me a broader understanding of the inner workings of chakra. From a fanfiction I read, I wanted to see if I can recreate Red and Blue from the mentions of positive and negative chakra, the ones mentioned that are used to form Tailed Beast Bombs. But it didn't include that. Mostly it explained how spiritual and physical energy combined to make chakra, it synced well with my other charges.
[Chakra Theory: 2]
Now it did include it and some more. But no matter how many times I thought about it, this positive and negative chakra has no space and time properties. Red and Blue use space and time as a medium, so that fanfiction did not work based on this world's logic. I'll have to buy Limitless to access that. Fanfiction is after all fanfiction, a lot of the content is made up for the author to use, like make powers based on other works.
I sighed. What a waste. The only good this will do is make me better able to make my own jutsu. As it also gave me a deep understanding of what each hand seal does and their combinations.
2 left. I smiled and pumped my fists at this idea.
[Uchiha Shurikenjutsu: 1]
Wow. That math and physics synergises extremely well with this. If I use Bullet Time I can use it easily, and even do some maneuvers without it thanks to the Six Eyes with some effort.
Combined with Six Eyes perception, that scene where Itachi hits a target behind a rock, I can do that easily, to enemies hiding behind cover. And like I said, I still need to practice. Looking at the 4 shuriken I had looted, I groaned and bought several more from the shop, and some cheap throwing knives. Thankfully, they were cheap.
"Arggh, I'm already thinking to myself, this is not fanfiction. This is real."
For the last point. I decided to make a failsafe. Keep one in reserve and spend it if it is needed.
Already the third day and not one charge was used for technology. I need to get more money somehow, should I do bounty hunting?
Just to get my starting funds. Once I get a base running I can build drones and a spaceship to mine asteroids. Once I do that I'll be rich. I could even leave this world and explore space but the thought of encountering the white space aliens made me shudder. Definitely needed to get a world travel ticket. Maybe to a slice of life anime or something to build up quietly in a safe place. But it was also expensive, 100 million for a random world ticket, and it is one way. 200 million for specific worlds, 500 million for a permanent link to travel back and forth. For now, I put world travel out of my mind, I have to focus on surviving this world.
My mind made up. I used the last of my credits for a map on bounty station locations and the latest bingo book. I should go for C-rank bounties for now, these are Genin or close to chunin level. B-rank is stronger chunin or weak jounin and A rank is elite jounin.
The bounties for C rank range from 100,000-250,000. B rank 1-5 million. A rank, anywhere between 10-30 Million. It all depends on how valuable the information they know is, and their reputation. There is also a D- rank. These are 50,000 and less. For genin level and weaker, such as bandits that learned to use chakra from other missing nin.
I'll be able to afford Limitless in a few years if I take it slow. I wasn't sure of my strength yet, but I might be able to take down chunin if I get them off guard. So I'll stick to C and B rank bounties. First with C to get a feel for it.
Before I do anything I need to find a town to get information on the current era. Was the 3rd Ninja War happening? Was it over? Was the 4th Ninja War over? I hope I wasn't in Boruto's era. I refuse to acknowledge Boruto as a sequel, to me it is fanfiction.
But that weak Konoha genin, why would he be a missing nin if so? So I can assume I was before Boruto.
I still don't know why a weak genin would desert and don't want to know.
Enough lollygagging. Stop thinking and start training.
In the end I had to use that charge on the Shadow Clone Jutsu when I realised I had no way to train Substitution without help, as I can't exactly throw stones at myself. After preparing various objects to substitute with, after an hour of training I made a breakthrough. I could feel the flow after using the hand sign, and using the perfect control I had to move it through my body the same way and mastered seal less Substitution.
Now done training, I sat down to eat my last rations and refilled my water, and started moving to the next nearest town.
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The bountiful and vibrant nature surrounding the dirt road was a sight to see for those who don't go out much. While walking, I realised something important. The tinnitus I had in my left ear since I was a teenager, most likely from blasting music from one earphone, was gone. Now only crisp clear sound with no interference filled my ears and it was amazing. This is what I vaguely remember from my life that was erased.
My improved hearing, combined with the Six Eyes, revealed to me I was being watched by suspicious figures hiding behind trees, no chakra detected. I sighed. More bandits, just how many are there out there? Thankfully there are only two this time. Likely a small group targeting lone travellers.
My backpack, decent clothes and good looks must be a tempting target for them. That and I looked like a girl, so they might have other pent up desires…. since they are so ugly even a prostitute would refuse to lay with them. Not to mention their teeth, urgh, I'm glad I'm not actually seeing them with my eyes, or I'll be swallowing my vomit.
Well, they should work as perfect test subjects for my new skills. I didn't want to wait for them to come out and spout cliche lines like 'Hand over all your valuables or you're dead' so I dropped my bag, and pulled out a few shuriken. As two shuriken flew in an arc, another pair hit them with a clang sound and the two bandits hiding behind a tree found themselves with a shuriken lodged in their throats.
I took no joy in the act. In fact I hated killing, but if they did not die then some other unfortunate soul would die by their hands, so I did the world a favour.
Just as I was about to turn back to the road to the town just ahead I froze as an idea struck me.
Aren't human organs worth a lot on the black market? What if I sold it using the Market?
I turned back and approached the already dead bodies with a new purpose. If they could see the expression of the person approaching them. They would have long run for the hills. Unfortunately, they are long gone from this beautiful cruel world.
After storing the bodies and using the shop…
[Internal organs in good condition. Would you like to sell them on the black market and dispose of the trash? Y/N]
Yes.
[Finalizing trade value… 95,000 Credits. Are you sure you want to go through with this trade? Y/N]
Yes. 95,000 is a good amount, or 425,000 ryo if I decide to convert it, the Market took half as a conversion fee. Damn it, I regret leaving those bodies behind now. If only I thought of this sooner. However, it was too late to go back. Their organs must have long rotted and lost their worth.
Being alone for so long clearly took a toll on my sanity even though I had Well Adjusted. Maybe seeing actual people that aren't stinky bandits will do me some good. And a dip in the hot springs too, or a hot bath. Using a river didn't clean everything, as I didn't have soap.
Cue, facepalm. Of course I could have bought it from the Market. Having Inspired Inventor clearly didn't improve my intelligence, whoever I was before I died must have been a dumb dude.
I was a new me now. I nodded to myself. And starting walking again. The town should be just 10 minutes that way.
(At the town)
The sign reads Tanzaku Gai. Of course. The town where Tsunade was found by Naruto and Jiraiya.
And also a place famous for its gambling houses. It was also still a town so it had inns and hotels, restaurants and hotsprings. I think it is a relatively popular tourist destination too.
Getting in was easy. Acting like a young independent traveller and I had my identity papers.
The busy bustling of civilians filled the streets, as was the calls of food stand owners and stands that sold other items.
"Here, Here! Buy 2 Takoyaki for just 100 ryo."
"Don't listen to him. Beef skewers are superior to mere Takoyaki. Buy 2 get 1 free!"
"You bastard! I'll tell your wife later."
"No, please don't!"
I blinked at the utterly random argument between the stand owners, and put myself far away from them and bought some finally genuine street food and booked a room at an inn for a week, setting me back 10,000 ryo. This particular Inn had a hot spring attached which explained the extra cost.
Hmmm, these meat kebabs were amazing.
(Later)
Having the bath in the hot springs was a bit awkward, since no one believed that I was a boy and I was not going to drop my pants to prove it. Luckily there were only a few grannies in there with bad eyesight and lots of steam.
Returning to the room I sat on the bed and took out some pen and paper to draft a few plans to choose from, regarding what I should do from now on.
Option 1: Become a Mercenary in the Underground Gold Exchange or Black Market and hunt down missing nin for their bounties and bodies. Note: Conceal my identity with a mask and hair dye, voice as well, and look for a chakra suppression skill to change chakra signature or hide it.
Option 2: Using money from selling bodies, buy materials that are worth a lot to exchange using the BB9000 and then build an underground base with lesser risk. Then use charges gained on technology, sell inventions to the Market for a constant stream of credits. And the cycle repeats as the cash is used to further upgrade.
Option 3: Use Option 1 for a short time to gain lots of money and then Option 2, use the money to build a proper base and then upgrade technology to beyond bleeding edge to quickly get spaceship technology for asteroid mining.
Other goals: Look for Significant Other, if I can't find them in this world, look for something in the Market to find where they could be.
Visit all the hidden villages and other countries if I get the chance. Seeing it in real life will be nice.
Avoid the Akatsuki, don't join a hidden village, you will just be monitored and be under scrutiny. Those fics where the character not from the Leaf Village becomes a shinobi is a load of bullshit. Unless you are born in the village, how can you expect to join easily? I'm a Fire citizen but I'm not sure if it would help, not that I want to join a child soldier organization.
That was it. I also thought of selling technology but if my identity is traced back to me I will be hunted to either kill me or force me to join them. So perhaps a separate identity would work or use drones with optical camo when I unlock the technology. I remember a funny Worm fanfic where Taylor uses drones to pretend to be a person and makes a lot of funny Doom villain jokes. I could mimic that to be safe if the buyer wants to attack me. Minus the Doom thing of course.
Now with not much to do, I can't expect to train here in this town without drawing attention from undercover spies, so I could sit inside, buy some materials from the Market and practice fuinjutsu to make some training tools or finally give the Market a personal look. There could be other people in the Multiverse with the Market or just random people able to access it from certain worlds that sell things from there, that's why I need to check it out. The Marketplace rules ensure safety and that everyone there can't access their powers and are prevented from hurting others, and if they try they will get warnings and then banned.
With that said, or thought, I selected the Personal Visit function of the Multiversal Market, and found myself in a different place. Meanwhile, his body slumped over unconscious on the bed.
End Chapter
[Shinobi Academy Training - 1*][Martial Arts - 1][Chakra Control Training - 1][Chakra Capacity Training - 2][Survival Training-1][Fuinjutsu-1][Stealth Training-1][Mathematics-1][Physics-1][Substitution Jutsu-1][Chakra Theory-2][Uchiha Shurikenjutsu-1]
AN: So what do you think? Feel free to correct me if the price of the Inn or the price of food is correct, I'll edit the chapter to correct it.