2 2. The Weapon System
Whoosh… swoosh…
Kakashi looks around as he feels a gust of hot wind fluttering against his body out of nowhere.
"What was that?!"
He looks around and notices a lump of charcoal burning near the entrance.
"Oh! That must be it."
Kakashi nods in understanding and turns towards Akio to complete his purchase.
AH!
Akio has a blank expression on his face as he blankly stares at the space in front of him.
Kakashi frowns as Akio is spacing out.
"Oye! Can you hurry a little? I don't want to end up being late for my mission."
Kakashi yells near Akio's ears, but Akio ignores it.
There is a blue reticle display in front of his eyes, with various lines and numbers flickering through it. Multiple strings of lines and codes run across as the system calibrates itself.
[Calibration is complete. Loading system…]
"Oye! Are you even listening to me?"
Kakashi shakes Akio's shoulder to drag him out of his stupor.
"Ah…"
Akio returns to reality as he remembers about Kakashi.
"I am sorry! I will quickly process your order."
He hurriedly packs the kunais and returns the change to Kakashi.
"Thanks for your patronage customer-san! I hope you will continue to opt for our services."
Akio humbly bows in front of a departing Kakashi.
"I might consider if you don't space out and delay me next time!"
Kakashi waves his hand and walks away.
Phew…
Akio takes a deep breath and enters the shop. He calmly returns to his stool and looks around to confirm no one is present in his neighborhood.
"Holy Shit! A system!! A freaking god-damn system!! Looks like I can finally give up on being a mob and become the main character of this story!"
Akio jumps around in joy as the prospect of the system raises his hope.
'Damn! I almost gave up on life when I found out that I had no chakra. But looks like whoever reincarnated me here doesn't want me to suffer as a mob.'
Akio clenches his fist as a stupid smile appears on his face.
From the window of the top floor,
Kaori worriedly gazes at her son, who is jumping around in joy after completing his first sale like the dumbest motherfucker who ever lived.
"This boy! It has been a while since I last saw him so excited; the first time being his trip to the academy. Looks like my decision to pass the shop to him paid off. I hope he will overcome his pessimism."
She shakes her head and returns.
After jumping around for a while, Akio calms down.
Umm…
He patiently sits in his seat and calms his breath.
Swish…
A blue pop-up menu appears on his reticle with a bunch of numbers. Akio inspects the numbers.
"So, this is my status?"
Host Name: Nakamura Akio
Race: Human
Age: 8 years
Class: Civilian
Title: None
Strength: 7(10) Vitality: 10 (10) Agility: 8(10) Dexterity: 25(10) Endurance: 6(10) Resilience: 10(10) Stamina: 6(10) Chakra: nil (10)
Special skill: Weapon Master (Adds +15 dexterity)
Akio lazily scrolls through his stats.
"So, the stats in the parenthesis are stats of a normal adult civilian."
He notices the nil around the chakra and feels a pain in his heart.
"I know I don't have any chakra, but do you have to honestly rub it on my face?" He groans in anger.
"Huh?! This is…"
Akio notices his abnormally high dexterity status.
"What's the deal with this dexterity status? Why is it so high compared to my other average stats?"
Confusion appears on his face as he reads the description beside the dexterity.
[Dexterity is a measure of skills of a person with his hands. How proficient is a person with different weapons?]
"So, this skill weapon master grants me bonus stats in dexterity. That's quite overpowered! I guess, my hard training in my past life paid off."
Akio nods in understanding as he tinkers around with his status menu.
"So, does this system only show me my status, or it has some other functions too?"
He scrolls through the menu, and two other options appear in front of him.
[Inventory] [Shop]
The shop is greyed out and is currently inaccessible.
Tch…
Akio clicks his tongue in dismay.
"And here was expecting something good from the shop but I guess that's not happening?"
Ding…
Before Akio could close the menu, an alert tone startles him.
[Requirement: Complete first sale has been met.]
[New Feature Shop has been unlocked]
"Oh?!"
Akio opens the shop menu with excitation.
"Will I get something that will help me gain a chakra system?"
"No! I have to keep my expectations low so that I won't be disappointed." He slaps his cheeks and calms himself down.
He opens the shop menu with trembling hands.
"This is…"
A large variety of weapons, ranging from cold weapons like swords, daggers, polearms, bows, claymores, throwing projectiles like chakram, kunai, shurikens to hot weapons like firearms and artillery, appear in his vision.
The light in his eyes brightens as he dreams about shooting down a bunch of enemy shinobis charging towards him.
"The shinobis might have incredible speed and reflexes, but in the end, they are made of blood and flesh. Can they outrun a gunshot? One hit to the forehead and bang… they are dead just like that."
Akio has a goofy smile as he continues to fantasize.
"At least, with such weapons; I will have enough power to fight against a bunch of chunnins and low-rank jounins. As for people above that rank…"
He shakes his head as an image of a shinobi spewing out a massive amount of fire appears in his mind.
"They are fucking walking and talking flame throwers. Let's not think about that for now!"
He shakes his head and continues to scroll through the shop menu with a smile.
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On the outskirts of Konoha,
In an underground laboratory,
Hmm…
A tall man with black shaggy hair and bandaged right eyes walks across the room. There is a wooden stick in his left hand as he calmly stares at the multiple giant test tubes lined up in the room.
"So, this is another of Orochimaru's abandoned facility."
He grips the wooden stick and throws a cursory glance at various dead bodies of kids floating in the nutritional fluid.
"Orochimaru's obsession and ambitions have gone beyond my control. I never expected him to conduct hidden experiments beyond my back. This explains the recent disappearance of multiple kids from the village."
"Danzo-sama!"
One of the anbus passes a block of wood to him.
Hmm…
Danzo inspects the wooden block.
"Oh?!"
Surprise appears in his eyes as the wooden block reflects in them.
"This way, Danzo-sama!"
The anbu member leads him deeper into the facility.
"This is!"
He notices multiple stakes of woods protruding out of the ground and the test tube.
"There is no doubt about it! This is the wood release of the First Hokage."
A glint flashes across his eyes.
"Immediately cease any other actions and search for the test subject with the wood release."
He waves his hand and signals the six anbu black ops closely following after him.
"Yes, sir!"
The anbu members scatter in action.
A few minutes later,
Crackle… crackle…
Danzo clutches his stick tightly as the swathe of flames reflects in his eyes.
"I can't let Hiruzen discover this facility. If I can get hold of wood release; then I can finally put my plans in motion."
He turns around and flickers away, leaving behind a giant pillar of flames at the previous spot of the hideout.
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"That hit the spot!"
Akio quickly gulps down his dinner.
"You should slow down a little!"
Kaori walks out of the kitchen and shakes her head.
"Mom! Give me another serving."
He raises his bowl.
"Alright!"
Kaori sits in front of his son with a smile as she notices the enthusiasm in his eyes.
'Looks like I don't have to worry about his future anymore.'
"Alright! After dinner, throw out the trash."
"Mom!"
Akio groans in displeasure but nods his head nonetheless.
Later in the night,
Yawn…
"I am quite tired from all that work and excitement."
Akio opens the backdoor of the shop and throws out a big bag of trash in the alley.
"I am eagerly waiting for the next day to start!"
He turns around and leaves.
Swoosh…
A dark shadow leaps out of the alley and jumps towards him.
"Or not?"
Akio jumps back in fear.
Ding…
