"So what are your current stats and level compared to mine?" asked Shikamaru.
"Observe," said Naruto, looking directly at Shikamaru.
Name: Nara Shikamaru
Title: Academy Student
Level: LV9 Next Level: 7.09%
HP: 110/110
CP: 160/160
STR: 8
VIT: 11
DEX: 11
INT: 16
WIS: 41
LUK: 3
Staus: Lazy Genius (+5 WIS per Level, -1 STR, -1 VIT, -1 DEX), Shadow Element (Able to manipulate and control shadows, -15% cost to kage jutsu, +10 control to kage jutsu), Natural Leader (+25% to experience gain to [Advanced Tactics] Skill)
Nara Shikamaru is a member of the famed Nara clan known for their intellect and laziness. The unique ability to manipulate shadows makes them rather versatile shinobi. Shikamaru is by far the smartest Nara born in many generations and in turn is also the laziest.
Naruto read off the stats for Shikamaru.
"Troublesome," he said, pulling out a pad of paper. "Read that to me again."
Naruto did.
"Okay, now read me your stats."
Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Class: The Gamer
Title: Academy Student (+25% experience gain to level 10)
Level: LV8 Next Level: 6.43%
Affiliation: Konoha
HP: 1169/1169
CP: 1110/1110
STR: 20 (6.50)
VIT: 25 (11.88)
DEX: 20 (11.50)
INT: 20 (11.00)
WIS: 15 (2.10)
LUK: ?
DEF: 35 (4.2)
Status: ? (+10 VIT, +10 INT, +?% experience to [?] Skill), ? (+100 HP & +100 CP per Level), Prankster (-5% reputation gains, +5% experience to [Trap] Skill, +5% experience to [Stealth] Skill)
Uzumaki Naruto is the dead last of the Konoha Academy having failed the graduation twice before while clearly not prepared to graduate. His past is shrouded in mysteries for him to uncover.
Point: 5
Ryo: 9000
Naruto read off the stats noticing that he now had a 'Next Level' stat which he immediately found helpful.
"You're really troublesome, you know that right?"
"I've heard something along those lines," said Naruto, trying to lighten the mood a bit.
"So, you gained a level earlier today and can now add one more stat point to each of your stats except VIT which can gain three more and INT which can gain eight more, is that right?"
"Yeah, I think so, it's hard to keep track sometimes," answered Naruto. "It's a lot of shit you know."
"Yeah, I can see that. Well, I would suggest you get your WIS up to twenty for now just to level the playing field. To become genin we need to be well balance in all fields. That said you don't really need to waste any points in VIT and INT so long as you have that '?' status buff giving you plus a hundred to you HP and CP every level."
"Do you know what that '?' could be? And how come you're not very well balanced?"
"Probably a kekai genkai or something similar," answered Shikamaru, a frown still marring his face. "You might want to go to the library or something to read up on it. As for my stats being imbalanced, with the exception of WIS they are pretty close. It just means I should probably do some of the troublesome training you are to bring them up a bit. What a drag."
"Um, my reputation is 'Hated' with the library. They probably won't let me in."
"Why are you 'Hated'? What did you do to them?"
"Nothing, I've never pranked the library in my life. Hell, I don't even know where the library is. You'd be freaking amazed at just how many place and people hate me. And these are people I've never met or places I've never been to. It's completely retarded."
Shikamaru groaned and sighed at the same time. "You're troublesome. So very troublesome. Fine, I'll look into it for you for now at least but you're going to have to fix that reputation on your own."
"Supposedly I can do quests for them but I've yet to see even one. Which usually means my level isn't high enough or a special event has to occur first to unlock the quests," explained Naruto, he actually knew quite a bit about video games and their various mechanics.
"That makes some sense. I imagine most of those places give quests only as a mission which means you have to make genin first."
"That . . . kind of makes sense," said Naruto, it wasn't something he'd previously given much thought to.
"Right, so for now, all you can do is grind the few quests that are available and your skills until they cap. At least until you become a genin."
"Assuming I can graduate. I still can't do Bunshin and according to the skill book I've got to have crazy high WIS to learn it with my current CP. It's totally jacked up."
"Yeah, I can see where that CP is going to cause you trouble in the future. You could maybe learn a different Bunshin but I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that." Shikamaru rubbed his face with both hands as he tried to figure out the best course of action to help his friend.
"So now you know my secret. And even though it's 'troublesome', you have to admit it is pretty cool right?"
"Yeah, it's not bad. It would certainly make things interesting." Shikamaru smirked. "So what are you going to do now?"
"Keep training, keep doing my quests. Try to find the skill books for [Advanced Academy Taijutsu], [Intermediate Academy Tactics], and [Advanced Academy Tactics]. I hope that I can get those learned by the time graduation rolls around or I may well be totally screwed."
"I know I have extra copies of the tactics books at home," Shikamaru volunteered. "But you're on your own for the taijutsu."
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