The Root Days III

{ Baki POV }

[ 1 year later ]

' I'm "Baki" or formerly Bucky. I'm currently training myself for chakra control in the lotus position on my bed at around five in the morning and I'm waiting for the shinobi to come to pick me up soon"

' And how did I learn my name? '

'The most logical move, of course, someone said "Do you know my name?' I asked '

' Even though the shinobi here don't talk much, I've seen them chat among themselves sometimes and that means they're still not completely emotionless'

' Later, I asked kunoichi, who, as usual, took me to my cell after the last training session in an empty moment'

' I specifically asked the female shinobi because her response rate is higher than a normal male. women are more emotional by nature'

' And after a few seconds of silence, he said it in a voice that was quiet enough for me to hear, though not very loudly.

"...Baki"

' Actually, I didn't have any problems with pronunciation because my two names are similar in pronunciation.

' From now on I will go by the name "Baki" since I will live in this world and another reason is that my name is the only thing left to me by my (mother) parent in this world '

' The other thing realized is that I discovered I was in the 'Naruto' world, as for why it took me five years to understand it'

I didn't watch the 'Fucking Naruto'!! '

' True, I haven't watched Naruto, but it was an anime on my watchlist so I had a brief look at its subject, and like every Shounen anime, it was the adventures of a blonde hyperactive brat as a ninja. I doubt that this much information will be of any use to me.

'Why not another anime I've watched like Bleach, the Fate series or Fullmetal Alchemist or maybe the manga could at least I have some knowledge of the world'

*sigh*

'I'm lucky to be given at least a few tricks'

' Then I came to the middle of the room, crouched down, closed my eyes and pressed my index finger to the floor and began to feel the chakra signatures around me I can detect several dozen chakra signatures in different places'

'Lately, I've been spending a little more time improving my sensor type sensing capabilities and I've been able to get my average range up to 100 meters so far'

'If I push myself too hard, I can go up to 150 meters, but I'm not in a hurry, for now, I will try to gradually expand my range over time'

And although my current strength level is medium chunin, my chakra capacity has approached the level of Tokubetsu Jonin. It's a new record for a five-year-old in the ninja world, no matter how physically I look seven or eight years old, I can attribute it to my training'

' But for me, that level of strength isn't strong enough to escape means I have to be at least as strong as the special Jonin before I try to escape, and it means I have to hold out for at least a few more years until that level and then I can consider running away'

' While still pressing my index finger to the floor, I perceive a chakra signature coming towards the cell where I am staying, this chakra signature I recognized as the kunoichi who had told me my name before. I need to gradually improve myself on chakra signatures.

*tap* *tap*

'I straighten my posture as the footsteps approach the door. After opening the door, my emotionless face greets him there as always.

'He points ahead without speaking, so I started following him without saying anything. Moving forward for today's tutorial '*sigh* It's Sunday huh! Not a day I was waiting for 'I thought as I moved on'

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[ 1 month after ]

' I am currently wearing a black shirt that exposes my shoulders and shows the seal and scars on my left arm, under which black pants and a standard shinobi sandal and white bandages around my ankles '

' I stand on an indoor training ground wearing a standard blunt tanto on my back, with three pouches containing Kunai and shuriken on my waist. As I stand I can feel the Anbu hiding in the various corners of the arena'

' And with my gravity-defying spikes of black hair and the face of a small version of the winter soldier, with an expression so emotionless that a newborn would cry, I'm waiting for the first person I'm going to kill today, with my arms folded.'

All my fights so far have been with Anbu and I won by leaving my opponents unconscious or badly injured, the same thing happened to me when I lost and I don't think they've ever taken it from the bottom.

'As I apply chakra to the soles of my feet and perceive my surroundings, I feel that there are three gates 50 meters ahead of me, the two chakra signatures are familiar but the other is not, I think it is the person who will be my opponent today'

[ A/N: That's my assumption, technically speaking like Toph in the Last Airbender can sense the ground ]

'Blindfolded as the door slowly opens and I can tell from the headband on his forehead he has a Kirigakure shinobi, most likely one of the spies trying to infiltrate the village'

' Judging by the amount of chakra, he is almost equal to me at medium or high Chunin level, but he can be considered stronger than me with experience '

' As they entered the arena, they took off his hands and his eye gauze and threw three pouches and a tanto, the bear of mine, before walking away from him. while catching them, his eyes fell on me at the same time

' His eyes widened a little, and the next second he was back to his old self. I guess he didn't expect his opponent to be a kid'

'He can understand that he has to belittle me when his eyes evaluate me'

' While taking my stance, I am waiting for the signal to start the fight from one of the other Anbu watching the match, and the same can be said for him because today only one person will come out alive on this field. I can guess that Danzo was watching the match from somewhere.

*ding*

'We jumped towards each other, leaving a smoke from where we were with the sound of a single shuriken falling to the ground'

' I shook my tanto aiming at his neck, sparks came out between them as he stopped my blow with his own tanto'

While swinging my tanto targeting vital organs, after a few blows, he retreated a few meters and threw a few shurikens.

Seal of Confrontation or Ox → Snake → Ram

"Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hiding in Mist Technique)" said Kiri shinobi.

*clang* *clang*

'While deflecting the shurikens with a tanto, he quickly used a water-style Jutsu with the confrontation seal and hand signals, leaving the pitch in a fog'

'As I predicted before, it's not very strong in one-on-one combat when attacking with a tanto, at best it's a low chunin level in Taijutsu and Kenjutsu'

' Assassination and stealth attacks should be his specialty, considering that he is a spy'

'A few Kunai and shuriken attacks followed behind me as a thick fog covered the arena'

'As I deflected the attack again with my tanto, I threw a few Kunai in the direction the attack came from and I can tell it didn't pierce its target'

'He quickly made hand signals for a Jutsu behind me while sensing Shinobi's location'

"Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Release: Wild Water Wave)"

'With a pressurized wave of water coming out of its mouth, I quickly escaped the trajectory of the attack using the body flicker technique with a tiger pointing'

'I think he understands that he can't beat me one-on-one, I thought as the creature of his attack looked at the destruction'

'I think it's my turn now!'

'I used a jutsu that quickly turned most of the arena into a swamp with a snake hand signal'

'Doton: Sokonashi Numa (Earth Release: Bottomless Swamp)'

'I then tried to relocate it by throwing a few shurikens where it was'

' He moved closer to the swamp as he moved. I tried to slam my Tanto in the neck by appearing behind him to guide him into the swamp, he managed to evade and crossed into the swamp area as he relocated'

As his feet slowly sank, he tried to jump into the non-swamp as if he realized what was happening. But I didn't let that happen, so I jumped up and threw him back into the swamp'

' He crashed facedown into the swampy area. I landed on normal ground. Later, as he struggled to escape from the swamp, he was already knee-deep.

"This is the end," I said as the fog became a thinner layer and our field of vision increased.

' I took a Shuriken in my hand and spun it on my finger as a large became a vacuum blade as I spread the wind-infused chakra from my mouth around the shuriken then turned and threw it at him, his eyes turned to me

"This...!!"

"Fūton: Shinkūjin! (Wind Release: Vacuum Blade)"

His eyes widened as the chakra-infused shuriken shot towards him. As he struggled further in place, Shuriken split him vertically in the middle and continued on his way, smashing the arena wall to a halt."

"..."

'After a few seconds of silence, one of the Anbu applauded as he slowly approached me

"Good job on your first kill, brat" is none other than that jonin who is one of my most hated people here of course

'I just nodded to his applause'

"Someone clean up the mess and someone takes the brat to his cubicle," he said after seeing me shake my head

' Later, while following the shinobi accompanying me, a shiver went through my body and I felt someone with an evil aura watching me...And that's not Danzo!'

*gulp*

'Why do all the bastards find me?'