Chapter 7: The Road to Becoming the Strongest and Realisation...

[A/N: Rejoice my subjects! For you shall get a chapter today as well... sorry about that, been reading some plays recently.

By the way, forgot mention earlier, I'm considering another milestone, collections. If we get 500 collections, I'll also upload more for a while. Well, it's not like I have set these goals in stone or something, if I feel like I accomplished something cool, then I'll upload more as a celebration.]

"Right.... so, will I be staying here or somewhere else? For that matter, where even am I? This doesn't look like one of the general rooms of the Konoha hospital." Kagaku probed to figure out his exact condition.

The anbu ninja wearing a mask that Kagaku could only make out was some sort of amphibian, maybe a salamander or an axolotl, replied, "This is the Konoha hospital's highest quality medical room and yes, you will be staying here for rehabilitation purposes. I am Axolotl, in charge of your recovery and medical ninjutsu training. So, if you have any questions, feel free to ask."

Kagaku nodded in understanding and said, "I see... I do have a couple of questions. May I ask them right now?"

"Go ahead." Axolotl replied.

Hearing this, Kagaku held nothing back and started asking all of his questions, "I will ask a series of questions, please reply to them in chronological order. First and foremost, can I get a book with a summary of well.... everything related to ninjas and whatever else I'm gonna be trained in? I had some books given to me by the matron if my orphanage as well, can you bring me those? And my other belongings too? 

Who is going to train me in root and anbu and what are their qualifications? For how much time am I going to be trained by the two factions? Which things and till what extent am I going to be learning? If I wish to, can I train on my own? What's going to be my schedule during these three days of rehabilitation? What is my training schedule going to be once the three days are over?

And finally, you said that I will be provided a house by the village, what about rent, water and electricity bills? Also will I be given a pension to buy groceries or will they be provided as I'm assuming you're not going to leave me with nothing and in the case of a pension, how much will I be given?

Axolotl was taken aback for a moment but quickly composed himself and thought, 'Whoa I knew this kid is a genius in terms of chakra and is pretty smart but damn, he talks like a seasoned ninja who just woke up from unconsciousness. It's as though he is a genius in every sense of the word.'

Axolotl responded after a moment of thinking, "The matron of your orphanage had informed us that one of the first things you will ask for are the books you already posses and for more books on the summary of being a ninja as well as your other belongings and as such, we have already arranged them, the books are on your right and the rest of your stuff is in the cupboard towards your right, next to the window.

There will be a specialist to teach you for every field and every single one will either be an anbu with the strength of a jonin or an elite jonin who is a master of their field.

The amount of time you will be trained for overall and in particular fields depends on your future performance and strength.

At the start, you will be trained in the basics and then in all fields. Throughout your training, you will be constantly assessed to see what your current level is and based on that, your further education will be determined."

Then, in an off putting sweet tone, he continued, "Yes of course!... you are free to do whatever you want in your downtime. You can train on your own if you want... if you can that is."

When Kagaku heard this, a shiver went through his spine and even though he couldn't see the face of Axolotl due to the mask, he could almost feel his sadistic grin underneath.

Then as if nothing happened, he continued, "For these three days, I and other medical professionals will come for three hours each day, during the morning, afternoon and evening for one hour each to examine your body and check for any issues.

You will also be taught the general overview of being a ninja for 3 hours each day, the aim is for you to be familiar with the basic concepts of being a ninja by the end of the rehabilitation period. The rest of the time will be your downtime but I would advise you read the material given to you on your own in that time.

As for the schedule after the rehabilitation period is over, well..... you will be informed of it at the start of your training.

As I said, you will be provided a house to live in, rent, water, electricity bills, etc will be paid by the village and as for groceries, you will have to buy them yourself with the pension you will be provided. The amount will be 30,000 Ryo."

'30,000 Ryo??? That's way more than enough to live a comfortable lifestyle. After all, 1 Ryo ≈ 15 ¥ this is calculated through seeing the price of something in Ryo and comparing it to the real world ¥. Excluding housing costs, with ≈ 450,000 ¥ a single person could live a lifestyle considered lavish not to mention ninjas get discounts for their service in many parts of the village much like the real world. Although considering a ninja's lifestyle, they would eat way more than a normal civilian would due to their higher demand for energy.

It looks like they indeed value me quite highly, the only thing I did was awaken my chakra and show impressive mental capabilities, the latter shouldn't elicit such an overreaction so this must have something to do with me awakening my chakra.

This is most likely the case considering that even in the Anime, Manga and the several data books, the exact method of awakening chakra was never really mentioned properly. Exposing a gap in my knowledge.... wait a second.....

Now that I think about it I'm a huge moron! There's zero reason for me to think that this is the exact verse of Naruto seen in the anime, manga, etc... even if that's what you generally see in those transmigration fanfics, out of an infinite number of possible universes, if it was random, then there's basically zero chance that I ended up in the exact verse of Naruto that was shown in my world.

I was so caught up in the situation I failed to notice a major flaw in my thinking! I need to reconsider everything! There's really no way to confirm that this is the Naruto verse unless something like a god interrupts....

Well then again, other than a higher being, I don't really have an explanation for this.... but isn't that the essence of science? Everything is at first attributed to God but later science finds a way to explain it with logic, perhaps one day I will find out the reason and how I was sent here.

Although gods do exist in this world, they aren't like the gods described in my original world, they are killable, mortal, if you have enough power this is applicable to even Shibai Otsotsuki, someone recognized as God even by the Otsotsuki.

Well, there's really.... nothing I can do is there? I have to assume that this is the Naruto I know from my world. But assumption comes with a fatal flaw, I can never be 100% sure about this world's functioning, it's past, present or future.

I can only use it as a reference. It's laughable that I forgot about this too... After all I used to ridicule transmigration fanfics with the same logical inconsistency back in my original world.

This means that gathering knowledge is the first step, however I will have to be careful about doing so as information available to the general public or even ninjas is often proven to be wrong.

This isn't like my first world, in that world, for the most part history wasn't all that off if you considered multiple angles. But here, it's incredibly easy for the people in power initially like Kaguya or Black Zetsu to manipulate the records.

This is a dangerous game of my life and death I'm playing here... I can't be as carefree as the MCs of those transmigration fanfics ignorantly thinking that they know the entire past, present and future of the world they are in. The most absurd thing is that the author makes it work without even a mention or an explanation.

Maybe the authors thought about this too, but didn't mention it as it would be too much of a logical inconsistency to ignore and would therefore make the plans of their MCs asinine.

But anyways, enough thinking about them, I need to prioritize information gathering and training right now, I can't just rely on the anbu and root personal to teach me either. I need to have enough trump cards that I can easily beat a team of people specifically designed to counter me using the information they have about me.

But that would require me devoting all my free time towards this and normally that would be impossible for my lazy self but having the threat of death looming over you and knowing that most likely there's an alien race out there with intentions and power to destroy your entire planet is a pretty good motivator.

Not to mention, that's the long term stuff, there are plenty of poisonous snakes in the midst of this 'family' they call Konoha waiting to strike. So overall, I don't think I'll be able to go to sleep without thinking about what would happen if I didn't work as hard as I can.

Because in the previous world, if you don't work hard enough, you will just remain unremarkable but at least you will be alive and at least exist to experience regret. But here, laziness only means certain death, maybe even an excruciating one.

There's not even rest after death, as some greedy immoral bastard could drag your soul from the pure lands to do their bidding against your will.'

And finally, Kagaku understood his situation... this wasn't some cute and funny adventure story.... it was journey and a fight to survive in a statistically unknown situation with hurdles on every step.

He was laughing at his younger self for fantasizing about his exact current situation. 'Fanfics really understatement the cruelty and ruthlessness of this world.

This world isn't about people with superpowers, or about cool jutsus, it's about death, war and cunning schemes and the consequences of those things.

Kakashi is the best example of this, he perfectly embodies real life problems but is just thought of as the cool sensei which is just mad disrespect to both the character and it's creator.

Well.... either way, it doesn't matter what the Naruto community thinks, they aren't gonna help me out here.'

Kagaku came out of his every and noticed that Axolotl was just standing there, observing him. Likely, he thought that he was calculating his expenses.

Well, he is lucky right now, he can think for somewhat long periods of time and have other people assume that he is just thinking about something normal, it's just taking him time due to his age.

Kagaku finally spoke up, "Hmm.... 30,000 Ryo is quite a lot for a single person. May I ask if this is in a month or an year?"

Axolotl replied, "A month. The money you are given is slightly more than enough for a ninja to live comfortably. With the rest of the money, you will be taught finance by experts.

Keep in mind, this is generally not something a ninja learns but it's the special order of Lord Hokage and Elder Danzo so won't find it in the ninja guide."

'Hoh? Finance? I see what they are trying to do now.... they want me to become the Hokage. Specifically, like the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. They seem to believe that I could grow to become as strong or stronger than him.

Of course, I was going to become so strong, I would make Hashirama say "Is this the power of a God?" Now that would be a sight to see but anyways, this is good.... very good.

The village seems to be thoroughly invested in my development, all according to plan.... well... maybe just a little early but let's go with, that was part of my plan as well.'

"I see... just one more question, when does the rehabilitation and theoretical classes start?" Kagaku asked.

Axolotl replied, "Well, it's 11 am right now so, you have 1 hour until lunch and then 3 hours after that, is the rehab session at 3 pm. Your theoretical lessons are 1 hour after that. I'll be here to take you around.

Make sure you are ready by lunch time, again, all your belongings are placed in the cupboard towards your right, next to the window. I would advise you change out of the hospital gown and get ready by lunch. Any more questions?"

Kagaku nodded and said, "Ok, thanks Axolotl.... uh... how should I address you?"

Axolotl replied in a monotonous voice, "Sensei or san is fine."

Kagaku nodded and continued in an amiable tone, "Ok, Axolotl sensei! Thanks for your patience in answering my questions, I have no more doubts. I'll be ready by the time lunch is due."

Axolotl seemed to smile slightly behind his mask and came close and said while ruffling Kagaku's hair, "Good, keep up that attitude and you'll definitely be favored almost anyone.

After all, most people are amiable towards someone who respects and appreciates them."

Kagaku tried to give his best impression of a cute little kid like he was supposed to be and said in a jovial tone, "Ok, I'll remember that sensei!"

Kagaku thought for a bit, 'Well that's some good advice but I should watch out for manipulative people like in my original world...

I don't remember exactly who it was but I saw a post on the internet which puts it into perspective beautifully :-

-The word respect can mean two things, respect as a person and respect as an authority. And sometimes, people say if you don't respect me, I won't respect you which sounds pretty fair but what they are really saying is that if you don't respect me as an authority, I won't respect you as a person and that's not ok.-

That's how a lot of my friends were treated at their jobs.... it's a very toxic practice and also hard to really avoid without straight up leaving the job or filing a complaint against that person which is a whole another can of worms on its own.

Such a thing is inevitable with human nature and there will always be some arrogant prick like that everywhere, probably here too. Luckily here, power rains supreme, so as long as you have enough power, arbitrary things like those don't matter.

Well, anyway, enough thinking, I should get to reading the history of the world first to understand what things could be different...'

[A/N: Now here comes the creative liberties I was talking about, you see, there are some huge plot holes in Naruto for example, basically the entire war arc, Madara's stupid plan, etc, So, I'm going to change things a bit to make them make more sense.

And anyway, what's the point of a fanfic if it doesn't deviate from the original? Well that and as already mentioned, being in the exact verse of Naruto is statistically impossible too, but that's mostly just an excuse I suppose... I just wanna write some cool stuff that still makes sense ok?

I don't know why but I kinda feel like all I did in this chapter was just go on random rants and call out people on their bs and some other random stuff too. It feels like this chapter was kinda all over the place you know? Well it is the longest chapter I have written so far too...]