Naruto prayed the whole wait back to the front of the line that this would be enough to hit the mark.
Kunai went five for five again. The first nine shuriken hit their mark. Naruto only had the one throw left. Naruto took a deep breath in and out, stared down the target then quickly flicked his wrist sending the last shuriken cutting through the air. After what felt like a lifetime there was a sharp 'thunk' as the last shuriken stuck dead center of the target.
"Yatta!" shouted Naruto, jumping and pumping a fist into the air. "Finally, I've made you my bitch now you stupid targets."
"Well done Naruto," said Iruka.
Perfect!
Completion Awarded: 2000 Exp
Congratulations! Your level has increased by 1.
"Yatta!" Naruto shouted in joy yet again. "Finally, fuck I never thought it would happen. Took freaking long enough."
"What took long enough?" asked Shikamaru curiously, despite knowing he probably should get involved with whatever troublesome thing Naruto had gotten into.
"I got a perfect score," answered Naruto, a slight nervous quaver in his voice.
"Fine, don't tell me. It's probably troublesome anyway," said Shikamaru.
That made Naruto frown. He hadn't told anyone about his gamer ability yet, not even the old man and he was like family, not that he'd seen much of him the last few months. But Shikamaru had proven himself smart and reliable in spite of his outwardly lazy attitude. Naruto counted him among the few true friends he really had. His reputation bar even said they were closer friends than they had been when they started playing shogi together.
"Well, are you free after class today?" asked Naruto. "It's hard to explain so it might take a while."
Shikamaru studied him briefly before finally nodding. "Alright, we can go up to the academy roof to talk."
"Cool," said Naruto, finalizing his decision.
"For now, we should probably head back in before Iruka-sensei's head explodes," joked Shikamaru.
Naruto nodded and followed him back inside.
The afternoon lecture proceeded as expected before taijutsu practice.
Naruto got paired again with Tomodo first and absolutely beat the crap out of him inside of two minutes.
[Beginner Academy Taijutsu]'s level has increase by one.
The message popped up as soon as Naruto excited the ring after being declared the winner. The one downside Naruto had noticed with the [Beginner Academy Taijutsu] skill was that even though it gained levels it didn't increase his passive abilities at all. Naruto still opened the menu to see if it changed at all now that it finally hit level ten.
[Beginner Academy Taijutsu (Passive) LvMax]
Taijutsu or hand to hand combat is another essential skill for all shinobi to learn. The beginner level focuses on appropriate stances and basic strikes, kicks, and blocks.
Passively increases STR 5%
Passively increases VIT 5%
Passively increases DEX 5%
Naruto blinked several times. He hit the level cap for that skill at level ten, not one hundred like he'd assumed. That meant that maybe some of his other techniques capped at a certain point too.
Naruto quickly opened his inventory and took out the [Intermediate Academy Taijutsu] skill book.
You've obtained the skill book [Intermediate Academy Taijutsu].
Would you like to learn the skill?
Naruto pushed the 'Confirm (Y)' button.
You've upgraded you skill 'Beginner Academy Taijutsu' to 'Intermediate Academy Taijutsu'.
[Intermediate Academy Taijutsu (Passive) Lv10 Exp: 0.00%]
Taijutsu or hand to hand combat is another essential skill for all shinobi to learn. The beginner level focuses on appropriate stances and basic strikes, kicks, and blocks. The intermediate level adds a few stances, strikes, kicks, and blocks as well as a few holds to your hand to hand combat skills.
Passively increases STR 7.5%
Passively increases VIT 7.5%
Passively increases DEX 7.5%
Naruto couldn't stop the grin from forming on his face. He finally understood the taijutsu skill set. It would level to a point and then he'd have to upgrade it to the next level if he wanted to progress it any further. That would probably end up being the case with [Beginner Academy Tactics] skill as well. This also meant he'd have to find the necessary skill books or find someone willing to train him in the skill if he wanted to learn higher levels of those skills.
"Naruto, you're up," called Iruka, interrupting his train of thought.
Naruto rushed into the ring to find himself facing off with Sasuke who was now level 13.
"Observe," Naruto mumbled wanting to know what he was up against.
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