Chapter 7

I pushed open the doors and made my way inside the library. What greeted me was an almost empty library. There were rows of books however they were not as many as I was hoping there would be.

'The woes of a public library.' Thinking to myself, I made my way towards a middle-aged woman pushing a cart stacked with books, returning them to their appropriate places.

"Oh Sakura, how are you?" Even before I could reach her, she beamed happily after taking one look at me. She looked genuinely happy.

'Damn it, this Sakura will be the death of me. Why the hell is she so happy to see me? Does Sakura secretly sell weed or something?'

"Good afternoon, I am well, thank you. I came to find some books" I said with a smile on my face. Ambiguity was key in this situation. If I played this right then I could get what I needed and probably more.

"Of course, dear, you already know where all the books are right? Just go on ahead." She spoke with an even wider smile. Sakura was her favorite person who loved coming to the library and helping her out.

'Sakura, oh Sakura, you crazy bookworm. Ah, this is frustrating me to no end,'. My eyes twitched a bit as I cursed a few times to myself. Who the hell went to the library so much they knew where all the books were?

"Actually, I wanted to ask you something. I overheard a conversation about certain jutsus I had never heard of before. I was wondering if they were here in the library.". I asked with glaring expectations written all over my face as I stared at her.

The librarian's face gained a motherly smile as she looked down at me. "No dear. The library only holds E rank jutsus and very few D ranks as well." The only reason the librarian was happy to tell me that was probably because of the relationship we shared together. Well, shared with Sakura, but regardless it was a win for me.

"Could I possibly have a look? Not to practice, just to read about. I know my limits after all." Next was the embarrassed look. It should trigger the 'good you know' feelings in the her.

Just as predicted, she patted my head. That is how to follow a script. Why can't Haruno Mebuki follow the script as simply as this.

"Alright dear. It is a good thing there is barely anyone around. Let's find you a corner to read, shall we? I do love you desire to read Sakura, that is why you are my favorite." She beamed as she finished stacking the books and scrolls on her trolly. Thankfully she shooed me away why I offered to help. It would have been a disaster.

My eyes followed her as she pushed her trolly to a room at the back. After a while she walked back out pushing a few books and scrolls on her trolly as she made her way towards my table in a corner of the library.

There were already three thin scrolls on the table when she returned. During her time away, I had already found myself the three graduating E rank jutsus as well as other E rank jutsus that looked like it might come in handy.

"Remember dear, you cannot take it out to practice. You cannot copy it either, just reading them is enough okay.". I knew the reason she kept reminding me was because those that were yet to become official ninjas, that is, those who had not yet graduated from the academy to become genin were not allowed to view D class techniques and above.

I nodded at her without looking away from the scrolls on the table. She did not mind though as she smiled and walked away from my table. My smile widened picked one of the scrolls up. Copy it? There was absolutely no need for that. As a former salesman my job required learning about my products and sometimes, we received new products we had to sell that same day. As such, memorization became a norm.

'I don't need to copy; I'll just memorize everything. HAHAHAH!'

Oh, why do I feel so alive.

'Ok, calm down Joe. First thing first, let's take a look at the first three.' After calming myself down I had a proper look at the three graduating jutsus. Looking up at the time it read ten o��clock. I had quite a bit of time.

First was Bunshin no jutsu (clone technique). The jutsu allowed one to create one or more clone or after images of themselves. The clones had no substance unlike other clone jutsus and could not deal any damage.

The second was Kawarimi no jutsu (Body replacement technique). The instance they are about to be struck, the user switches place with an object, such as a block of wood or something similar. Since the enemy does hit something, they assume to be their targets, and with that sudden lapse of concentration, can lead to a counter attack. An even higher use would be to switch places with an indigenous animal in order to convince their opponents they were never there in the first place. An example would be Zabuza replacing himself with the snow rabbit. Except in his case, that type of rabbit was not an indigenous of that region.

Third and final one was henge no jutsu (Transformation technique). The jutsu allows the user to turn into any animate and inanimate object the want to. However, some transformations would take some getting used to if for instance there is difference in height, weight or voice of the transformed person.