7 Chapter – 7: Another Year
Surprise!
Today, I will be making my first mass release of Five Chapters!
It will be a slightly bigger childhood arc as there are some events that I cannot just skip. So, please bear with me and I assure you you will not be disappointed.
- Silver.
Mass release chapter (1/5)
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[Rei POV]
**Time skip no Jutsu**
Another year has passed. I had my second birthday in the Shinobi world two months ago. It was nothing much, my caretaker Akako-san made a cake. It was just the two of us although Fugaku did send me a birthday gift.
The goals I had set for my second year were,
First, become fluent in the Naruto world's language. Second, circulate chakra throughout my body Third, start putting foundations for Taijutsu by exercising every day. I had to be careful with this, what kind of one-year-old would do exercises, so I have to come up with a way to make it look like I am playing and also make sure I don't overdo it as I am still a child. And lastly, continue to work on the emotional instability of the Uchiha.
The easiest one was the first goal. I could easily understand every sentence by the end of the sixth month of this year. But, I still haven't asked anyone to teach me to read or write. Although with the A. I chip's analyzing power, recognizing some words is not difficult, even it takes time to completely analyze a new language that it previously had no data upon which it could extrapolate. I haven't asked because Akako-san definitely reports to Fugaku everything that goes around me, and there is a high chance that the Sewer Rat has spies around here everywhere. And I absolutely don't need any rumors about me. Also, it will definitely be conspicuous to see a one-year-old trying to read, and being a conspicuous Uchiha is the same as inviting Death for dinner!
Ever since I could walk freely, I started running around the house playing until I was dead tired and fell asleep on the floor directly. I have lost count of how many times Akako-san carried me to bed like this. So, the third goal wasn't a problem either. I have even secretly sneaked in some exercises to my playing charade.
The hard one was still the chakra. It was very hard and tiring to access my chakra. I was very confused at first why I was having problems with it. Initially, I thought it might be because I was still a child. But I ruled that theory out because I had already successfully accessed it once, although subconsciously, but still I did move it.
I noticed a change days after I started running around the house. As my physical strength or stamina increased, I was able to more freely access my chakra. Then it hit me, according to what I knew, chakra is obtained by kneading inner spiritual, and physical energies. Because I am a reincarnated person, my spiritual energies are already very high for a newborn. In addition, I am an Uchiha who are generally born with more spiritual energies (Yin). This caused a serious imbalance between them inside my body, so I wasn't able to knead them properly, thus more difficulty in forming and accessing chakra.
Once I understood the cause, it became a lot easier for me to find a solution. I just had to run around more and increase my stamina.
After more than a year of hard work, I was finally able to access and move chakra through the chakra pathways all around my body. I even felt like my chakra even increased by a small amount.
Now finally, I can start with chakra control exercises and ninjutsu. But before that,
'A. I chip, show my stats. Also, use ordinary adult from his world as the unit for comparison.'
Last year, Akako-san brought me out several times. When I tried to scan any Shinobi to check their stats, chakra always interfered with it. I couldn't even scan the Genins. So, I decided to wait until chakra is analyzed before trying again. But I did scan multiple ordinary people.
[Beep! Scan complete.] [Calibrating units... Done!]
[Name: Uchiha Rei. Strength: 0.9, Agility: 0.6, Vitality: 1.1, Sprit: 1.8, Bloodline: Uchiha (One Tomoe), Status: Healthy.]
There is a reason my stats increased this much in just one year. With a stronger body, one can extract more physical energies and hence normally has more chakra. In turn, greater chakra can passively nourish the body and soul making them stronger. This forms a weird positive feedback loop where one increases the other and the latter helps increase the former. That is why generally Shinobi would have greater stats.
'Yes! at last, I could freely use my Sharingan. Although I can only keep it active for a short period of time before running out of chakra, I should be the youngest Uchiha ever to use Sharingan. Take that in your face Itachi.'
[Beep! Warning! Emotion quotient exceeding limits! Please calm down.]
And that brings us to the last goal. This year I created a new task for the A. I chip that keeps running in the background and monitors my brain activity all day and alerts me just like before when my 'Emotion quotient' exceeds the limit I have set. This should be enough for the time being, to stop me before doing anything stupid.
'I need to keep my Sharingan a secret and not activate outside. I shouldn't entirely believe in my anime knowledge too. I should be flexible and be able to adjust to changes. What would I do if I get noticed by some weird sensing technique I don't know about. Better be safe than sorry.'
But none of the goals I set for the last year were the hardest for me. The hardest was acting like a baby. Do you know what is even more difficult than that? acting like a Dumb baby!
If you ask me, I would say all of my goals put together didn't seem as difficult to achieve as this one.
Even with the A. I chip to perfectly control my expressions and body language, it was still too tiring. I had to constantly keep watch of my actions around adults while also praying constantly I didn't do anything that I would regret just because I got emotional. Thank god I lived with just Akako-san who most of the time is busy with housework.
Last Year I was able to get some information about my parents from Akako-san. Although she as an ordinary person didn't know much, she did work at many different houses. So, she had heard some rumors. I had to do it in a sneaky way so that she won't suspect me. I didn't have any ideas on how to do it, so I decided to follow Yami-sensei. The last time when she took me to the park, I saw someone taking his daughter to play. Sensing an opportunity, I made a sad face and asked "Akako-san, where are my Mom and Dad? Everyone has Mom and Dad, why don't I have them?"
At first, she faltered, soon calming herself down, "Your Mom and Dad were Ninja of Konohagakure. They went to a faraway place for some mission," she said with a smile but with her wrinkled face, it looked a bit terrifying, to be honest. Obviously, this is not the first time she had to say something like this to a child.
"That sounds so cool! When will they come back? And, what's a Ninja?" I asked jovially.
"Ninja is a hero who protects Konohagakure. Your mom and dad are heroes who protect this village. They went on a super long mission, so I don't know when will they come back," she said making a sad face.
"It's ok I have you, right Akako-san? I will become a great Ninja like them when I grow up!"
Although I wanted to ask what Ninja ranks they were, I am pretty sure Akako-san had no idea about them. Also, from what I gathered so far, my parents should Chunins, or Special Jonins at most.
'Cannon-fodders,' I thought.
Back to the current time.
'A. I chip, what's the status on converting my chakra into data?'
[Information for chakra is being collated. Estimated time: 1 Day 6 Hours].
'Finally, tomorrow I will be able to see my chakra as attributes.'
All in all, it's been a productive year. Let's see what I can do next.
