A Lucky Trap

I crouched quietly on a rock as a calming whistle sound echoed through the forest and rustled the trees near me.

A rather small leaf floated down from a tree and gently landed on my head as I suddenly groaned and clenched my chest.

"Ugh... Damn, it's starting to seriously drain me..." I muttered to myself as gasped for breath, clenching my chest in exhaustion.

It has been a few hours since I stole their food and it was now the middle of the night

My customization was constantly draining my chakra in order to grow, but it would seem that it suddenly began feeding on my energy even more.

I didn't know exactly why it started doing that, but I have to assume that it's due to the creature within me reaching its quote-unquote final form.

However, despite my excitement for this new power's awakening, I was also nervous due to how much chakra it was draining from me.

With the amount of energy that was being drained from me, I was permanently at only about a third of my usual chakra quantity.

Granted, it wasn't too bad due to my Uzumaki genetics, but the creature also drained my life force as well, so i wasn't feeling too energetic.

in fact, that was why I waited for those kids to tire themselves out to steal the food from them.

One, I was too lacking in chakra and didn't want to waste my little energy on a useless fight.

And two, I was feeling really drained from the lack of lifeforce and my own food wasn't going to cut it. So I stole theirs.

It's also why my plan to hide using the trapped den was incredibly vital to me surviving the imposters.

This draining power was beginning to be a limitation, but it would be worth it once it fully formed.

And, surprisingly enough, it seemed to be progressing even faster than I expected and should be finished quicker than I originally thought.

If I had to make a rough guess, then it would most likely be in two days. Maybe more, maybe less, who knows.

Ugh, I wouldn't have to go through any of this exhaustive shit if I had some bullshit generator...

Wait a second.

That just gave me an ingenious idea.

I placed the drink I was holding back into the basket and then opened my system with a questioning look.

A small leaf fell from the sky and landed on the top of my hand as I continued with what I was doing.

I quickly swiped over to the customization tab and then opened a blank draft to begin making a new item.

Right now, my luck stat was almost 25 less than all of my other stats and this customization was meant to bring it up.

I had thought about this customization a while ago, but I was only just reminded by the thought of a generator.

This would allow me to quickly raise my stats at a high rate without much effort at all.

After around three minutes of drawing and colouring, I finally started writing down the attributes.

[Name: DP Converter]

[Details: A bound watch that converts DP into Free Stat points that can be used to upgrade stats. The conversion ratio is whatever is the most useful while also being cost-effective]

[DP Cost: 700/100]

I left the conversion ratio up to the system to decide so it would come up with the quote-unquote "perfect" ratio that wouldn't burn away all of my DP.

And it seems to have worked judging by its meagre cost of nothing but 100 DP.

Without delay or hesitation, I confirmed the creation and watched as a wristwatch suddenly appeared on my wrist.

Now that I think about it, with the amount of accessories I've been making for myself, I'll probably end up *ahem* iced out as the kids would say.

[Conversion: a sixth of the DP you put in is the number of ability points]

I suppose that was a good enough ratio for how much DP I earn at once usually.

With that thought in mind, I tapped the watch as another screen suddenly popped up above the watch.

[DP: 0] = [AP: 0]

With a smile on my face, I continuously clicked the up arrow on the DP option until it reached 400 DP. Just over half of my current amount.

[Convert?]

'Yeah. Convert,' I confirmed as I noticed a certain attribute appear on my status screen along with a number.

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Strength: [45]

Dexterity: [45]

Vitality: [43]

Defense: [43]

Intelligence: [40]

Charm: [28]

Sense: [43]

Luck: [20]

ABILITY POINTS: +67

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Oh, this is absolutely wonderful. With this amount of AP, I could allow luck and charm to catch up with the rest and also boost the rest of the stats.

With that thought in mind, I began scattering the points toward all of the stats that I wanted before gazing in satisfaction

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Strength: [45]

Dexterity: [45]

Vitality: [43] ---> [55]

Defense: [43]

Intelligence: [40] ---> [55]

Charm: [28] ---> [48]

Sense: [43]

Luck: [20] ---> [40]

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I finalized my decision and suddenly felt my body burn up, sending searing pain through my mind.

A small layer of steam flooded out of my skin, my mouth, and my muscles as I felt every part of myself contract and tense up.

I felt my heart begin beating way faster, my skin tightening around my musculature, as my body overflowed with newfound vitality.

"Ugh, shit..!" I groaned in pain and contained frustrated at the pain that was being caused by the system.

And after a few minutes of enduring the pain, I stood back up on one knee and let out a steaming breath.

"Holy shit...! I fucking feel great... I feel like I could run around the world...!" I spoke to myself in an excited manner as I stood up and pulled out the mirror from my seal.

I gazed at my reflection in surprise as I noted that my body appeared much more visually attractive than before.

Whereas before, my body still held muscles and all of that stuff, they weren't especially noticeable.

Now, however, my upgraded charm has made my form look better with my muscles being much more defined and my face being way sharper.

Not to mention that my upgraded vitality has made me look much more vibrant and healthy-looking compared to before.

I'd say that right about now, my physical form appeared to look like that of a past-middle teenager. Around 16 or higher, I think.

And, because of my increased intelligence, and by proxy chakra, my overall body had improved to handle the new chakra.

Also, my hair seemed to have strangely grown as well. It was most likely due to vitality flooding my body with life.

Despite having to endure quite a bit, growing this strong in such a short amount of time was an incredible payoff.

And it would seem that suddenly raising a bunch of stats by a large margin puts a strain on my body as well.

Suddenly, I heard the notification sound of the system and raised my head to see a great message.

[Stats [Strength] and [Defense] have gained +5 points due to [Adaptation] skill]

That was unexpected. So my Adaptation skill can even boost stats? That is incredible.

I'm fairly sure that the strain of upgrading my vitality and chakra quantity had caused Adaptation to activate and increase my strength and toughen my defense.

"A little pain for a major boost? Count me in," I muttered to myself as I slowly stretched my body while picking a rock up.

In an effort at testing out my newfound luck, I aimed at a hole in between the trees and then threw it forward in a sloppy manner.

I watched in anticipation as a cracked-off branch suddenly hit the rock to the side, the rock hitting the nearby basket and bouncing right through the hole between the trees.

Hell yeah.

I was incredibly excited to get started with my new status upgrades and continued my stretching for a few moments.

However, I suddenly felt a massive wave of exhaustion hit my mind.

Quickly doing a check-up, I noticed that the organism had suddenly just doubled in size and luminosity.

Did my sudden influx of chakra and life force increase the amount of chakra that the organism within me was devouring?

And does this also mean that it will awaken even faster since my chakra quantity and quality is even better?

If those two assumptions were even close to the truth, then I couldn't be happier to have upgraded my chakra.

However, in spite of how much adrenaline I was experiencing at this sudden power gain, all that emotion was suddenly muted upon remembering something.

That strange girl that Sarada and Cho Cho were fighting... I've been thinking about her for the last while and I don't know what to think of her...

I still don't know if she was actually the impersonator or just some kid, but I was really paranoid.

She may very well have been the imposter, but I didn't want to just assume and kill her on the spot lest she was straight up just some kid.

But, again, I was very careful, which was why I was currently perched on a rock with my Invisibility, Byakugan, and Stingers activated and ready.

I let my arms, which were heavier due to the Stingers, rest between my bent legs, and kept myself invisible as I focused my attention on my spider-sense and chakra Sensory abilities.

I have been crouched here on this rock for an hour or so, purely focused on seeing whether or not that girl would appear.

I was trying my hardest to not be too distracted by anything in particular, but I keep getting annoyed by those weird leaves that are landing on me.

Actually, now that I wasn't focusing on my system in particular, I noticed that a ton of them were stuck on my clothes.

Now that looked at them closer, there was something off about them...

"Weird... They are almost identical... Every last one..." I muttered to myself as I grabbed one of the leaves and gazed at it carefully.

However, my focus was suddenly interrupted as the sound of a branch cracking reached my ears.

Swiftly, I jumped off my rock and perched myself onto one of my nearby ninja wires.

I stopped my breathing for a moment upon noticing the forest go dead silent as I sensed a strange chakra enter my range.

Lowering myself down, I crawled forward using the wires and finally managed to catch a glimpse of the person outside.

It was a young girl with steely-gray eyes who was quickly approaching my den in a cautious manner.

Is that the same girl who I stole the basket from? No, it's someone different.

She was taller than the other girl, looked older, had really short hair, and had a darker complexion in comparison. Not to mention the gray eyes.

She was a completely different girl but also seemed to be purposefully coming toward my den, as though she knew I was here.

'I don't know who the hell this is, but there's a chance that she's one of the pretenders...' I thought to myself as I landed near the girl.

My experience with thinking that girl could see me in my invisibility had made me a bit paranoid which was why I chose to crawl upside down above her.

I took a spider-like stance while hanging from a platform of webs and wires, and placed my hand on a bundle of 3 wire lines.

"He should be here..." The girl muttered quietly as she made her way right under me and my eyes widened in surprise

So she did find me, huh? No matter. I got her right where I need her.

All of a sudden, I rapidly pulled the hand holding the 3 wires and watched as numerous hidden wires swiftly cut through the cover and wrapped around the girl's body.

"Ugh...!" The girl groaned slightly as I lept off my perch and shot a line of web that covered her eyes.

'Fire Style: Flame Capture...!' I called out within my mind as a layer of fire wrapped around my hand for a moment before blasting off into a rope of fire and wrapping around the steel wires that were trapping the girl.

And then, I continued my trap by running behind her and jabbing her spine with a Bio-Electrified finger.

Following that up, I used my stingers to cut every single major part of her body to keep her paralyzed.

And then I ran directly in front of her immovable body and slammed a sealing tag right on her forehead before running through a few hand seals and activating it.

The seal that I made would basically just muddle someone's vision which, in cooperation with my webbing blocking her eyes, would keep her blind.

And after ending off my grandiose trap with an extra layer of web, I turned to her with an inquisitive look.

"Hey there, sweetheart. You and I are gonna have a little chat, so get cozy."