Chapter 26

Shikaru concluded his speech to the leaf shinobi quickly and soon enough the entire camp full of ninja started moving toward their next location.

Their route? The most frequented one by merchants.

A daring choice by Shikaru Nara, the commander of the leaf camp.

As the ninjas ran, they maintained a steady speed, none of them got tired, a side effect of chakra running through their bodies aswell as training those very bodies to the bone since a young age.

At least all but one weren't tired.

Kazuo was having sweat falling from his forehead as he ran behind the ninja, he had to keep a steady pace otherwise he would be left behind, doing so would completely ruin the reputation of a genius that he had so painstakingly created over the last few days.

'If only i had enough time to learn the body flicker, with my chakra being in the chunnin levels already as compared to my other physical stats which are barely at the low gennin level, i would have been able to use the jutsu intermittedly so that i wouldnt get as tired and kept up the pace much more easily.' Kazuo thought as he ran, the further away they got the more drenched his back became in sweat.

Thankfully the sweat didnt show up on his back however he already knew that some people had noticed simply by his face which was covered in sweat.

'Ah fuck' Kazuo thought before running faster until he arrived next to Shikaru who looked at him with a slight smile.

'This bastard is enjoying this shit, that's the reason he gave me the jutsu so damn late wasn't it.' Kazuo thought before voicing out a question.

"How long will we have to run without rest commander?" Kazuo asked.

"Until nightfall, we dont have time to slow down. If you cant go on anymore then get someone to carry you." Shikaru said to him before turning his head to face infront once more.

Kazuo started thinking deeply about what choice to make.

He could ask someone to carry him just as Shikaru had proposed however that would completley ruin his reputation that he had made until now, just as he had thought.

'He wants me to become less of a distinguished figure inside the camp.' Kazuo immideatly realized as he stared at Shikarus back.

'Well, how about no?' Kazuo thought as a deranged grin took over his face.

Slowing his pace down until he was almost at the back of the group, Kazuo took out a kunai from his ninja bag.

It was an explosion kunai.

His hand shook as he held the weapon.

'Ah, killing yourself is so much fucking harder than just getting killed.' Kazuo thought before he closed his eyes and with bated breath circulated his chakra to his hand and activated the explosion tag tied to the kunai.

The sound it made immediately alerted the nearby shinobi who turned to look at Kazuo, their eyes widening quickly.

"Ah, fuck you Shikaru." Kazuo said out loud before plunging the kunai into his abdomen.

*Boom*

With a loud booming sound, Kazuo's body exploded as his limbs scattered around in the air.

*Huff* *Huff*

Opening his eyes, Kazuo found himself back in his tent.

'I have to learn that damned jutsu' Kazuo thought as he got up immediately.

He had managed to memorize the entire scroll quickly, the jutsu itself wasn't difficult to understand, but that didn't mean that it was easy to master.

The D-rank Jutsu, Body Flicker had one of the highest skill ceilings of any Jutsu ever created.

It could be as weak as a D-rank jutsu in the hands of the unskilled or as strong as an S-rank jutsu in the hands of someone like Shisui Uchiha or Minato Namikaze.

Quickly making his tent, Kazuo headed to the training grounds.

He had around an hour at the most to learn the jutsu, if he couldnt then he would have to die again.

The prospect frightened Kazuo, death was never pleasent afterall but if he wanted to actually survive and achieve a good life in this world then it was a necessary part for him who was a Time looping Gamer.

'The Body Flicker jutsu only requires the user to make the tiger seal and at higher levels it becomes a sealless jutsu. It basically uses chakra to vitalize the user's body allowing it to move at extreme speeds, causing it to look as if the user has teleported. The difficulty in mastering the jutsu is in the user's ability to actually control himself at that extreme speed, if you use the jutsu wrongly then it can even result in severe injuries or death if you were to run directly into an obstacle at such high speeds.' Kazuo thought as he quickly summed up the jutsu and without waiting for any more time, he made the tiger seal.

Circulating his chakra whilst he maintained the tiger seal in the method showed inside the jutsu scroll, Kazuo aimed his body at a clearing instead of at any trees or obstacles and only used the smallest ammount of chakra that he could manage.

*Poof*

A bunch of smoke erupted where he had been and his sight blurred.

When his eyes refocused, Kazuo found himself two meters in front of where he had previously stood.

'Good, now all that i need to do is quantify how much chakra is needed per meter and this should allow me to for a pseudo mastery of the jutsu.

I wont be able to use it on instinct like most ninjas who have mastered it can however ill be able to reach a close levels to them, atleast in accuracy though the speed at which i utilise the jutsu will fall but thats a disatvantage im willing to take for the moment.' Kazuo thought before he started his experimenting.

His chakra reserves had thankfully grown leagues since he had been reincarnated into this world and the jutsu itself didnt use much so he could use it repeateadly over and over.

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