Chapter 4

The following days were not so dangerous (including for my psyche, which was in no way able to digest receiving the "Talk no jutsu" skill).

I built a makiwara in a favorite patch of forest. Yes, that same classic stick, wrapped in rope, which is used to hit while practicing blows and stuffing fists. There is nothing pleasant about being so frail and even having almost no strength in your hands. I can't even give change to the yard children, what kind of becoming a shinobi can we even talk about?! And it's VERY offensive to receive a slap on my "sniffer" from some children, no matter what reasoning I give, but it doesn't make it any less offensive, like an adult guy, but.... but I'm being bullied by children (!), and I don't care that I'm in a child's body, and besides, I'm so frail.

In general, I decided to also practice punches, fortunately I understand something about this, and in general, learn how to do it normally in this body. Well, I decided to approach this with all the responsibility of a resilient and almost unkillable jinchuriki of one fox. In general, somewhere around the fifteenth blow to the makiwara with fists full of abrasions, blood oozing with might and main from small scratches on the knuckles, and having raised the masochist level twice, I finally got the more or less expected skill.

Strong fists:

In the future, you have the chance to break walls with your bare hands, grind rocks into dust with your fingers, and punch through barrier techniques with your fist. But for now, your hands are just a little harder to hurt (especially on the back), and your punches are a little stronger and heavier than those of your peers.

+1 Strength per skill level.

+1 Stamina for every five skill levels.

That's something. So, in addition to this, I also found out a couple of other interesting things.. For example, I get experience for killing, and it doesn't matter who it will be. Just a small animal, fish or even an insect! But I didn't know how to hunt or fish normally yet... so I will keep the secret of how I gained the third level at all costs! Yeah, ninety-eight experience points were gained on mosquitoes, one for each killed. It's good to be a child; this creature wouldn't give a teenager even a single unit of experience.

But damn, ninety-eight! Why are these bloodsuckers so attached to me? Is the poisonous blood of a jinchuriki really so tasty that you have to try it, and don't care if you die after that?1

There was one more event: my intelligence stopped increasing, the system reported that this was the limit for orphan status. As I get it, if I want something more, I have to wait for the academy. But still, such restrictions turned out to be an unpleasant surprise. What if the growth of stats is also limited by ranks? And let's say, chunnin cannot get more than three hundred in each stats, and so on. Considering that in the canon Naruto was an eternal genin, and then immediately into a kage, I'm afraid that with the limit on the growth of it, I'll simply end up much earlier than even reach the middle of the canon.

No, now my stats make me happy, but how long will this last? Look, intelligence has already stopped, not even reaching twenty. Well, I understand the logic of the system - an untrained orphan, even if he is a genius, will not reveal his talent without the necessary knowledge, and there is nowhere to get knowledge from. And my past life, as I understand it, is not taken into account.

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

HP: 590

Chakra reserve: 160

Chakra Control: –250

Level: 3

Experience: 40/300

Class: -

Statistics:

Strength: 28

Agility: 13

Stamina: 24

Chakra: 6

Intelligence: 16

Free points: 10

Titles: "Demon", "Jinchuriki", "Uzumaki", "Orphan".

Passive skills: "Stealth - lvl53", "Butler - lvl8", "Masochist - lvl9", "Cold gaze - lvl9", "Strong fists - lvl11", "Observation - lvl6".

Skills: "Singing - lvl23", "Talk no jutsu - lvl7".

The thing that scares me the most about all my stats is my HP bar. Somehow I look a little thick, maybe I should really join the paladins?

It's good that at least I wasn't given some left-wing "ramen absorber" status, otherwise with my passion for Teuchi's cooking, this was quite real.

I earned the rest of the stats with blood and sweat, and even a little proud of myself, I've finally stopped looking like someone you'd knock out with a snot. But lately it has begun to seem to me that this is nothing more than the calm before the storm. In any case, there are not many days left to hold out, and then maybe I'll get lucky. The main thing is not to get into problems until then.