Struggles
"171, 172, 173", Ren was muttering as he did pushups, almost gasping for breath as his heavy weights did not allow for any easy training sessions. If Ren was to give one thing he absolutely loved about training with the limitations of the Naruto world was that there weren't any. As long as he made an effort to improve, he could always see a noticable change in his speed or strength, unlike on Earth where you can only progress so far. Stretching out, Ren sent chakra to his sore muscles, a piece of advice which the system had given him made him do this. [If you excersize, be sure to add your chakra into your muscles so your body will slowly rebuild itself with chakra being apart of it]. Doing this not only soothed the muscles but also made them grow faster, and stronger. The system had given him an example of this through someone named Lee who he did not have any of Jun's memories of. Apparently this Lee had damaged chakra coils, so he couldn't circulate his chakra, and even if he could it would bring him no benefit as his chakra was almost non existent as a result of not being able to use it. However, he was able to become one of the most powerful ninja in his specialization, taijutstu (Basically hand to hand combat), due to the fact that the chakra he had, no matter how little, was constantly reinforcing his muscles. The only way he could become powerful was through hard work though, with chakra reinforcing his muscles as an added bonus to his insanely grueling workouts.
If Ren was to compare himself to how he had been when he had first unlocked his chakra, it would be like comparing a cat to a dog. A noticable increase in strength, only not by much. Strength was not the only thing he trained though, with his substituon and clone justsu coming along very nicely as well, with him being able to subsitute as far as 20ft away, and could make a clone of someone he just met with little difficulty. You may be curious about Ren's current living arangement, and that is a good question. "I'm hungry", was the first thought that made Ren realize that he couldn't continue living alone in a warehouse with no food. The only way he had survived 2 days was because of his chakra, and he was not excited to last more days without it. Wandering through the streets under a clone, as his clothes were a little odd, he was looking for any way to land some housing in this busy downtown New York area.
"Quick, we can't be seen or boss will kill us!", Ren heard, his chakra having enhanced his hearing helped him hear these men whisper, "Get in the truck, hurry up!", shouted one of the men, clearly the leader of the 4 that were there. Ren took a glance around the corner where he had heard them, seeing a group of men heaving rather suspicous looking boxes into the back of a truck. They got inside the truck, happy to have not been seen, and Ren started chasing after them.
Arriving at an abandoned warehouse, not unlike his own, The men started to unload the packages, and opened them up one by one. Inside each one were stacks of explosives, low grade explosives clearly made illegally. Hearing the heavy metal door of the warehouse screech open, Ren, hid behind a car parked adjacent to the warehouse sneeked a peek over to see another group walk out, with only 3 in that group. "You have the money?", questioned the thugs with the explosives, "You got the product", responded the buyer, not intimidated by the show the seller tryed to put up. The man buying the explosives gestured to one of his body guards, and they put down a suitcase. "4,450,000 just like agreed upon", said the buyer, clearly wanting the transaction that was in the possible public eye to end. The seller agreed with this sentiment, trading hands with the buyer and grabbing the suitcase.
*Pop*, went the tire of the car Ren was hiding next to. He hadn't noticed that his foot was near a nail, and had been so caught up in eavsdropping he couldn't tell he was pressing the needle into the cars wheel. Both sides who had done the transaction immediatly went on guard, shouting,"Is anyone there! Show yourself!". They all spread out around the area, going into a circle and spreading out slowly.
One of the men appeared right next to the truck, spotting Ren, but before he could react, Ren knocked him out with a quick jab to the face, and immediatly dragged his body under the truck he was hiding behind, taking a good look at his facial features before shoving him completely under. Ren used the clone jutsu technique he had bought to disguise himself as this man. He called out, "I found something come over", to the 2 other men who the man with the explosives had brought. The moment they came behind the car, their bodies slumped over, immediatly unconcious. With Rens estimated High Genin strength, regular people couldn't even fight back. Ren rushed over to the last 4 men, dropping his disguise and just using pure speed to overwhelm them. He raged through the first 3, but stopped when he saw a gun in the hands of the last. "So, what are you going to do now kid", taunted the thug, gesturing with his gun at Ren. He fired a bullet out of the blue, intending to take Ren out by suprise. In the heat of the moment, with his adrenaline running high, he used the subsitution jutsu the moment the gun was shot, leading to the bullet only hitting a log that poofed into smoke. Sprinting at the man, he slapped down the gun, much like he had done in his previous life, only this time he wouldn't make the mistake of keeping his enemy concious. With a final jab, he had knocked the last of the thugs unconcious. [70 points gained], said the system. "So I can obtain points through defeating bad people, good to know", Ren thought as he walked up to the suitcase. Alrhough he hadn't intended to, he had just solved his money problem.
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Walking up to the housing agency, with a clone disguise over him that looked like him but in actual clothes, and not ninja ones, he first looked at availible houses for his large amount of money. The only feature he was looking for in a house was a pool, because the system had told him about a chakra control training excersize that also made you look like jesus, water walking. The one option that stood out to him was a condo that was listed at 1.7 million. It was the top 2 floors of a penthouse, with a great pool, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and a recreational area. compared to the others listed at the same price, it was a bit smaller, but the pool made up for that completly in Rens mind. Walking over to the service rep at the front desk, he asked, "Hi, could I take a look at the condo on top of the xxxxxx penthouse? I am interested in buying", Ren asked the rep, not wanting to waste time with small talk. "Ok sir, we will bring you out there", answered the sales rep, clearly sharing Rens mentality. Ren nodded as he waited for a car to arrive,and once it did he hopped in.
Arriving at the condo, the first thing he noticed was the lack of furniture, but he thought, "Oh well, its not like homes come with furniture pre-installed", and continued surveying his potential home. Walking through the massive kitchen, and going up the stairs to the master bedroom, which he liked the size of, he went up to the rep and said,"Ok I would like to buy this place, could you arrange the paperwork?". "No problem sir, we will be back with you in a moment with the proper documentation. Pulling out a card he had gotten 20 minutes earlier after depositing the thugs money in the bank, he gave it to them and watched as they went through the neccesary procedures to authorize his buy. ( I know this is very oversimplified and plain wrong, no need to point it out ) . Handing over a document and instructing Ren to sign a few places, the sales rep said, " Alright sir, your purchase has been authorized. This house is now yours. Would you like help furnishing the house?", asked the rep. "Sure, I would love the help", responded Ren. "Ok that will be 300,00 more. Thank you for working with NY Housing!", said the rep, grabbing his credit card once more. A day later, Ren entered his house to see it fully furnished, giving off a modern vibe with higher scale technologies set up around the house, such as an Alexa, which he immediatly got rid of. He didn't want any Jeff to have his information!
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After having his new house furnished, Ren was happily strolling through the neighborhood his condo was in, attempting to find a grocery store in the area that was close enough to walk to. As he walked around, he appreciated the New York experience, with the busy streets full of cars packed to the brim. Knowing that he was in such a large city, he knew a car would only limit his movement, so he opted to walk around. Also knowing that ninjas could essentially teleport if they had the shunsin jutsu, a technique he had noticed was going for 3000 points, he was rather content with walking. With his mind being occupied with his thoughts, he neglected to realize the person infront of him and as such crashed into him, sending both slightly away from each other. "I'm really sorry, I was zoned out!", said Ren, sorry that he had rudely crashed into someone.
[MISSION ISSUED: Get to know Bruce Banner - Time Limit: N/A - Reward: 24,000 points - Fail: Lost the oppurtunity to get to know a future Avenger], said the system. Ren turned to glance at the man, no, Bruce Banner, and quickly rushed up to him. "Hi, me again. I was thinking and to apoligize can I take you to coffee?", said Ren, blowing bumping into someone into a bigger out of proportion problem for the sake of the mission. Bruce said, "Ok, meet me at xxxx cafe tommorow at 12", confused and caught off guard by Ren rushing back. Rens days were getting progressively more and more tedious. "Why is my new life such a struggle!", complained Ren to himself, walking back to his condo. Going to the master bedroom, he sank into the soft bed, awaiting the struggles of tommorow.