Chapter 18
" What is this?" I asked the guy named Jiraya, I had found out his name during the discussion about who I was, and finding out I had a godfather was quite strange.
" This is the house that Kushina and Minato lived in, and from now on, your house."
If we had to compare my previous house and this one, someone might ask why the fuck I was comparing shit to gold.
A full mansion with a garden filled with training equipment, a kitchen, bathrooms, and extra bedrooms, I had also seen a room with some strange seals, but when I tried approaching it Jiraya stopped me.
" You can't go in there for now, that room is full of strange and dangerous Jutsu, the normal library is on the other side of the house."
'Strange Jutsus?' My interest had been picked but I had all the time I wished to look inside of it in the future.
Getting inside the normal library I saw dozen upon dozen of different types of books, from fairytales to full-blown ninja tactics books, some also were glowing meaning I could learn them.
After taking a look at the rest of the house Jiraya made me sit down on the table while he prepared some tea.
" So I heard you wanted to learn Fuinjutsu."
" Yeah, but I still have to train my calligraphy," I said while taking a look at my still level one skill.
" That won't be hard for an Uzumaki I am sure, your clan was known to be one of if not the best clan regarding Sealing arts."
" Cool, but what can I do with seals?"
Matter of fact, I had absolutely no idea what seals could do, I knew they could store things, but that was all.
" Depends on the seal, we can go from normal seals like the exploding ones or the ones created for storage to seals able to directly change the world or make a normal person reach a level of strength above human logic."
" And you know these types of seals?"
" Some of them, some of the seals are a secret that remains hidden in the clan, others aren't."
I simply nodded and after talking for a bit longer Jiraya excused himself saying he had some things to do and that he would be back in the evening.
Finally, alone the first thing I did was use Kagura's Mind Eye to see if there were any secrets in the house, and apart from some hidden seals invisible to the normal eye, and the sealed room emanating a strange aura, no other out of the ordinary things were present.
Heading out, I took a look at the garden, but most importantly at one quite interesting item.
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Training Puppet
A puppet created by my Fuinjutsu Masters for the purpose of training, the puppet will activate once hearing the words "Fight", it will adapt to the level of the opponent to be just a little above him
Effect: Fighting stiles growth X2
Side-Effect: The puppet will damage the opponent and will stop only after hearing the words "I Lose", it was created to not kill though, so the opponent's life will never be in any danger
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' OH, MY GOD.'
That's exactly what I needed, while the other skills were growing quite steadily, the academy Taijutsu was the hardest to level up without having a real fight, this puppet had just resolved this problem.
before starting my training I headed to the library to search for any skill book I could learn but each require either some skills or stats I still didn't have, one require Lv. 100 Leaf sticking Chk Method and it would give me the next step for the Chk Control method, Tree Climbing Method.
A bit sad that I couldn't learn any skill I headed towards the garden to start my training.
While doing the physical aspect of the training I continued to use the leaf-sticking technique to kill two birds with one stone.
My body was getting used to the training, or more like to the pain it caused, so I was able to complete the 100 squats, 100 sit-ups, 100 push-ups, and 10 Km run, in just 3 hours, during the run and the squats I also made sure to train my hand sign skill.
Next, I trained my kunai and shuriken throwing techniques, using different tricks to make the skill level up faster, most ended horribly but the one that landed made it clear this was the right way thanks to the skill level ups.
And finally, the part I was waiting for the most, was the Taijutsu training.
After taking a big breath and reading myself I shouted "Fight."
The puppet suddenly gained life and from its meditating pose it immediately got up and took a fighting pose very similar to mine but just a bit more steadier.
I waited to see if it attacked but when 1 minute passed and it didn't move an inch I decide to attack first.
Aiming for its leg I fainted a liver punch only to stop midway and try to kick its thigh.
The thing though predicted it and rose its aimed leg, making the kick hit the shin instead of the thigh.
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The attack has been countered
Reflected Damage: 50 HP
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The fight went on like that, most of my attacks got countered, and the few times it attacked I always ended with my ass on the ground.
After an hour had passed I didn't stop, for some reason, the thing was annoying me, its blank emotionless face seemed to mock me.
Was I just imagining things? Most likely, Do I want to break this puppet until nothing remains? Absolutely, Am I able to do it? No.
" I lose," I said with quite an annoyed tone.
The thing stopped and returned back to its previous meditating position, leaving me there with clothes covered in dirt.
' Well, at least it proved how much my Taijutsu level is shit.'
I decided to take a look at the rewards of completing the training and fighting the puppet, and was it worth it.