3 Chapter 3
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For weeks, I continued doing the trait quests I had been giving while attending the academy, mostly because no other quest had appeared since day one, and in the process had levelled up to level three, all while little by little I had come to accept my bizarre situation in this new world, taking it with a grain of salt, of course. In class, none of the kids really stood up or were even worth mentioning, their names didn't ring any bells, or anything for that matter, with the exception of the big three, Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya.
As for the academy itself, the classes were becoming gradually more and more difficult, each week a student or two would just not come back to class, probably meaning they had been dropped from the academy altogether, and how could they not, classes were becoming ridiculously hard to pass, war tactics, taijutsu classes, ninjutsu classes, interrogation classes, pain management where they basically tortured you and taught you how to handle pain, emotion control, genjutsu theory, genjutsu application, and more… Those were just a few of the classes I was seeing now, and when I started the curriculum was that of a normal school, that lasted for about a week, heck I already knew how to walk in walls and water, that's how hard the training was.
Orochimaru was at the top of the class, with his grades being outstandingly good in every subject, everything the teacher said he would take it and learn it with such ease that scared me, especially knowing what he would become in the distant future.
Tsunade was like Orochimaru, but to a lesser extent, a genius in her own ways. She would understand all subjects with relative ease but would struggle every now and then, putting her in second place in the class.
Then there was me, the third-best student of the class, surprisingly, not gonna lie… I didn't expect to be in the rankings at all, heck I fully expected to be dead-last, the subjects were legitimately hard, and because of that, I would be forced to read and research for hours to no end just to pass, there was no way Naruto had any of these courses… no way in hell they had to deal with any of this.
This brings up the question, how the hell was Jiraiya still in class, he was the dead-last of the class, having the worse grades, and no because he was mentally disabled like Naruto, the kid by no means was stupid, he simply preferred to spend his time doing… things… yet he was still here… perhaps they were kicking those that they considered had no talent for the Shinobi career instead of those with bad grades.
As for my quests, I had only finished two trait quests, the Gnome one that I had already started a while ago, and the human one, and was currently doing the Troll racial quest, which was hunting one hundred chakra rats… yep chakra rats were a thing, a terrifying thing… a nightmare provoking thing… they were as big as a cat, and as fast as a… rat on coke, but no natural abomination would stop me.
"Raiden," Tsunade approached me, "Wanna spar?" Something that had surprised me was how friendly Tsunade was, I mean… with Jiraiya she was the same as she was in the show, but without the pervert in the picture, she was very chill, and quite helpful when I didn't understand a subject.
"Sure," I nodded, sparing was a good way to burn time during recess, and it was like a repetitive quest, it didn't give me much exp, but anything it's better than nothing, and it was good practice.
And talking about exp, because I was level three, I was able to summon an imp, which I did… the little guy was confused and burned my bed in his confusion, but like in Warcraft he obeyed my commands without a question, I initially tested his obedience with small orders, like… fetch this, do that… wait here, and as expected he did everything, then… I upped my commands, and asked him to kill himself… and the little imp didn't even question my order, and would have carried it out if it wasn't because I stopped him.
I also learned I can command my pets or summons mentally, which was cool, I didn't want to be the first Pokémon master here.
"Ready?" Tsunade asked, and I nodded.
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After a long day of class, and a long recess where Tsunade almost fractured my skull… thank god I can heal myself… I went back to what I was doing before, hunting rats that for some reason had chakra, "Remy… I know you want to cook me some ratatouille… Come out, I will let you get on my head and puppet me, without a single care for any health regulatiooon," I… I liked to goof around, especially when hunting… sometimes I'm lucky if I find one rat, so I do stupid shit to burn the time.
As I continued to walk, I heard a loud squeak, followed by a dozen or more mini squeaks… taking a deep breath, I followed the sound, which led me to a rat's nest, where many rats had given birth, "Ahhh, they are cute… it would be morally questionable to kill newborns," it would, "But I have a quest, and that overrules cuteness and whatever moral hang-up I have, so time to burn, babies!" and burn they did, all thanks to Fire Blast, a spell strong enough to kill over fifty newborn rats in a single hit.
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It took me a while, but in the end, I had managed to finish my quest. The hard part was to kill the angry rat mothers that seemed to be angry at me barbecuing her babies, but all's well that ends well, and I got my troll racial traits. Meaning I now regenerated HP faster than ever, which was my goal, I wanted to be as unkillable as possible.
"Now, which one should I get next," I hummed as I opened the quest tab. The Zandalari troll looked like a hefty bounty, their traits were quite good…
[You want to be one of us brotha? Then show us wha you got! And kill them rats brotha!
0/200 Chakra rats killed.
Description:
So you wan to be part of the tribe, eh? Well, good for you, but first you must prove ya self, kill them rats, and show us wha you got!
You will receive: Zandalari troll traits.
You will also receive: 600xp and 500ryo]
]
"Fuckkkkkk-"
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After a few minutes to gather my shit, after finding out I would still have to hunt more fucking rats, I decided to check on my stats, to see if the quest I was about to embark on would level me up, "Stats,"
[Name: Raiden -----
LV 3
HP: 760/760
CHK: 1344/1344
ENERGY: 400/400
FURY: 89/100
EXP = 817/1265
-----STATS-----
INT = 42
STR = 42
AGI = 42
STA = 38]
I inwardly chuckled at the sight of my fury, it had probably gone up because of my unyielding rage at the quest, "Alright… time to practice with my spells… should I call them spells… they use chakra…. Jutsus, time to practice with my jutsus before leaving on the quest,"
As I trained my skills, I focused on seeing which ones would be useful for me, and which ones I was going to never use, for example, Primal Strike from the shaman tree was… not good, a single-use would take out 10% of my chakra, and the result was less than desirable, the attack dealt almost no damage, compared to my other powers that is, and the cost to use it, was rather high, meaning it was very useless.
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Next morning, after killing one hundred fucking rats, I trotted to the academy, wondering what kind of academical torture I was going to battle today. On the way, I found Tsunade waiting for me at the edge of the Senju bridge, I mean, at least I assumed that, cause she smiled when she saw me coming, "Tsunade, hey," I waved at her, stopping at the edge of the bridge.
"Ready for the graduation exam?" Say what now?
I looked at her, perplexed at what she had said, "Tsunade, I just started the academy,"
"The exams for the graduation class it's in two weeks, but anyone can take it, and all we need to learn it's the three basic jutsus, to pass" Tsunade grinned, "I already know them, and I can teach you,"
"Why would I want to graduate early though?" I mean seriously, why would I want to start doing ninja shit before it was intended.
"Come on, we are the best in the class, even the perverted freak of Jiraiya will take the test…" Well, without counting Orochimaru, yes we were the best.
"I suppose, but you would still have to teach me three jutsus we haven't covered in two weeks," I rolled my eyes, "I don't think you can…. So," and here… right here, that was my mistake, challenging Tsunade.
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One hundred and twenty rats later, after finishing the Zandalir Troll trait quest, and surviving two weeks of torture with Tsunade, I was ready to take the exam, but the mental scars the five-year-old girl had… delivered upon me…. were to big, "I fear the poor soul you have to teach in the future," I shuddered and Tsunade giggled.
"I told you I could teach you the three academy Jutsu in under two weeks," Tsunade puffed her chest with pride.
"So you two also, want to take the exam," The teacher sighed, it seemed Orochimaru and Jiraiya had already taken the exam, intriguing.
[Quest Acquired!
~Graduate Early!~
Do the three academy jutsus without failing.
0/3 academy jutsus completed.
So you want to be a full-fledged ninja of Konoha, eh? Well, prove you have the skills to deliver and show us what you got!
You will receive: 10000xp, 10000ryo
Bonus Objective: Ace the Written Test
Reward: ????, 5000xp]
That was a tasty reward, heck it would level me up a few levels, "Yes we are," maybe graduating wasn't so bad, I mean… Genin don't do anything dangerous, so there is that.
[LV 4 -- EXP = 54/2085]
"Alright, follow me," The teacher instructed us, and we followed him to an empty classroom, "Now, the graduation test, is both a practical and written test, first you will answer the written test, that counts for thirty percent of your grade, and then the practical test, that counts for seventy percent of your graduation grade,"
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It took me two hours to finish the written test, and I honestly think I aced the motherfucker, reading was actually paying off, but I might be overselling my own genius, I might have calculated so stuff incorrectly, either way I passed that one.
"Very good Raiden, you scored a 87%," The teacher congratulated me, well I guess there goes the bonus objective, "As always Tsunade, you got a 100%,"
"Easy," Tsunade grinned.
"Easy," I mocked under my breath.
"Now the practical part," The teacher chuckled, "Raiden, please perform a clone jutsu,"
"On it," I did as I was told, creating a clone.
[1/3 academy jutsu completed]
"Sup," the clone waved.
"Good," the teacher nodded, marking something on a piece of paper he was holding, "Now, please demonstrate a body replacement technique,"
"Can I do it with anything? Or…" I asked.
"Sure, as long as the technique is done properly, I don't mind," The teacher nodded, well that was easy enough.
Taking a deep breath, I did as I was told, switched with a block of wood, "Tada," I chuckled.
[2/3 academy jutsu completed]
"Very good," the teacher smiled, "Now, please perform the transformation technique,"
Easy enough, I transformed into Tsunade with a poof of smoke, "Where is Jiraiya? For some reason I want to beat him up," I chuckled, using Tsunade's voice.
[3/3 Academy Jutsu completed
Bonus Objective Completed!
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!]
"Haha," Tsunade snorted.
"Alright," The teacher, who had been also laughing at my Tsunade impression smiled, "You pass," he said, giving me the famous Konoha headband, before he turned to Tsunade, "Now your turn Tsunade,"
