Chapter 02

Pulling myself from the mirror I took a quick shower. After I was done I went back to my small room and put on the only other fresh pair of clothes I had. It was pair of old sand coloured cargo shorts a red shirt and a pair of blue sandals. Honestly I was surprised such small clothes even fitted me.

I walked out and followed everyone else into a large mess. There the kids around my age were gathered at a table talking in excited tones. A few of the loud ones exclaimed how excited they all were for today.

I took some food for myself and sat down with them, better to be a part of a group then stick out. As I ate the small bowl of rice and skinny fish I listened to them talk.

"So is it like difficult?"

"It is! I heard only like half the kids even pass!"

"I heard only three students get to come out as a team!"

"No you idiot! That's three students per team! At least twenty people graduate every year!"

I listened as I silently ate my food, using chopsticks was difficult at first, but I managed but adapting an unusual eating habit of being very rough with the food.

But as I continued to listen intently there was another one of those gaming boxes;

Ping!

Repeated action has caused a new skill to be formed!

Easdropping, Lv- 1 (0%)

Your ability to listen in someone else's conversation without them being aware of it. This is a very important skill for a ninja to possess for information gathering.

Range: 10 feet (100% accuracy)

-10% accuracy for every additional feet

I blinked, 'well this is new,' I told myself reading the box. If I understand this correctly this means I have a very interesting power indeed. Just like a game.

But wait, it said skill, does that mean I have other skills? Growing curious I whispered in a quiet voice, "skill list." Suddenly a box appeared before me, making my eyes widen in surprise.

"Did you say something Yami?" a girl sitting besides me, Karua, asked.

I blinked, "n-no, nothing," I said looking down at my meal, hoping she would ignore me.

"What a weirdo," somebody whispered, which I promptly ignored. I freaking hate kids.

Instead I focused on the box before me. It was a menu list showing me all the skills I had. Apparently I already had two;

Gamer's Mind Lv-MAX

Allows user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind, immune to psychological status and effects.

Gamer's Body Lv-MAX

Grants the user a body that allows the user to live the real world according to the status he possess.

Okay, that's actually understable. I understand Gamer's body, meaning my body will work according to the HP and SP bar I have. Meaning the lower my HP the lower my actual health will be. And the same for my stamina.

And Gamer's mind is probably why I'm not freaking the fuck out right now. Amazing, truly amazing. So I can't get freaked out huh? Could be useful.

I blinked, I need to check something, "Menu?" And just like that a new box opened up showing off my menu card.

Okay let's see here;

Yami, (No Title)

Level- 1 (0/200)

This had my name and level. Hm, that bracket must be how much experience I have left to level up. And title, I suppose that makes sense, I'm supposed to be an orphan, a nobody, hence no title.

HP- 50/50

SP- 25/25

CP- 25/25

CONTROL- 20%

Allegiance- Konoha Civilian

Okay this isn't too bad. I'm supposed to be eight years old. An eight year old can't be freaking immortal. HP means health points, SP means stamina points. Could CP mean chakra points? Most likely yes. And CONTROL, obviously that meant chakra control, but how did it apply into the game mechanics?

I know chakra control in important for anyone, it determines how much chakra isn't being wasted...hm, maybe CP is how chakara I have totally and CONTROL is how much I can use without everything being wasted. Hm, makes sense;

Ping!

Your INT has gone up by 1 for thinking logically!

I blinked as I looked to my status, and sure enough;

STR- 2

VIT- 2

DEX- 2

INT- 6

CHA- 4

CC- 3

LUC- 1

My INT has gone up by one. Usually in games like this logical thinking would result in WIS going up, I'm guessing since this game doesn't have WIS, INT fills in that roll instead.

The rest of my stats were...okay, for a child. My physical side never was very strong. But my brain and chakra were decent, assuming CHA meant chakra and not charisma. Which I think it did.

Points- 0

Money- 0R

And finally I had no points to allot and no money. No wonder my LUCK was only 1. Great. I looked around, the kids were nearly done, a few staring at me giving me weird looks. Why..oh, right, food.

I quickly scarfed down my breakfast and put the tray away for washing. I followed the crowd out of the orphanage as we walked down the streets of Konoha. Ksume was at the head of our little group, guide us through the streets while people smiled and waved at us.

I looked at them all, there were so many ethnicities here, blonde caucasians, a lot of them with japanese features. A few korea and even, I think, a few chinese people. But there were also white people her and people with weird hair colours like blue and green. Natural or not I have no clue.

As we walked through I noticed most of the people in the streets had a level from 5 to 20. I very rarely saw anyone passing that level, and when I did it was sometimes a kid no older than 13!

I would have been shocked, but most of those kids had a title over their heads that read, 'Genin of Konoha', which meant they were ninja. Which actually made sense.

So that mean that civilians were just below level 20 while ninjas were generally above. Hm, makes sense I suppose.

The kids were all excited, but kept their gossiping to whispers around Ksume, which did make sense. I was left out of all the socialising, guess I was supposed to be an outcast of sorts huh?

Soon however we approached the gates of an academy and I was a little taken back about how accurate all of this was too the manga. I never saw the anime, only read the manga, saw some things might be out of my reach, but so far it seemed I wouldn't be totally lost.

Ping!

Quest completed!

Join the academy on time!

As an orphan you don't really have much of a life, so when an opportunity comes to become something amazing, you damn well better take it!

Reach the academy before 9 AM!

Rewards;

Ninja training

+20 EXP

I blinked, I opened up my menu and sure enough I had gained 20 experience points, only a hundred and eighty to go.

"Alright children, wait here," Ksume called out causing us to all stop in the academy's front yard. The kids immediately began to look around, peeking into classroom windows, finding a few of the older years sitting inside lectures.