Kawarimi No Jutsu

"This… This Demon is a player?"

"No wonder this Demon is so difficult to exterminate even if it is only a low rank Demon."

Rio originally the other party used the Blood Demon Art to escape his death, but it seemed to be a Skill from the Beginner Pack.

Walking up to the red ripple, Rio crouched down and put his hand inside the red ripple.

There was a lot of tactile sensation in his hands, Rio frowned.

"There seems to be a lot of items stored in the System Warehouse, I can only rely on luck to acquire the Skill that the Demon used earlier."

Can turn into a block of wood upon death, for Rio this is a very useful skill in life and death.

After fumbling inside the red ripples, Rio withdrew his hand.

[Ding! Congratulations on getting a Rank D Skill Card containing Kawarimi No Jutsu]

"<Kawaimi No Jutsu>? If I'm not mistaken this is a common move in the Naruto world."

Staring at the yellow Skill Card in his hand, Rio crushed the Skill Card in his hand without hesitation.

As the Skill Card shattered, a yellow light entered Rio's forehead.

[Ding! You learn Kawarimi No Jutsu Active Skill Rank D]

"Status Window." Rio said as he stood up.

[Character : Rio (Player Number 12)]

[Race : Human]

[Title :-]

[Bloodline :-]

[Rank : F]

[STR : 20 (23)]

[VIT:11]

[AGI : 20 (26)]

[INT : 20 (25)]

[System Note: The average value of each adult stat is 10 points]

[System Warehouse: 5x mineral water, 10x onigiri]

[Active Skill :]

<Reduced Earth>

<Thunder Breath>

<Kawaimi No Jutsu>

[Passive Skills:]

<Danger Detection>

<Apathy>

<Lightning Affinity>

<Lightning Resistance>

There weren't many changes to the contents of Rio's status screen except for the addition of Active Skills and food and drinks stored in the System Vault.

Seeing <Kwarimi No Jutsu> appear on the Active Skills list, Rio clicked to see the description.

[Kawaimi No Jutsu]

﹝Rank : D﹞

﹝Level : 1﹞

﹝Ability : Shortly before they are hit, the user replaces themselves with a block of wood or something similar three times﹞

﹝Description: Kawarimi No Jutsu is one of the most practical moves in Naruto's world and one of the mandatory moves that shinobi must master﹞

﹝Level 2 Upgrade : 2 Skill Points﹞

"So that's how it is... No wonder the Demon was so scared after I beheaded it a second time, it turns out that the <Kawaimi No Jutsu> at level 1 can only be used three times."

"I have to use it wisely."

Rio would rather get <Kawaimi No Jutsu> than <Stone Breathing>, because it was one of the most useful tactics for him right now.

<Kawarimi No Jutsu> is an escape technique by changing the body into another object and quickly moving away from the location. This is a basic skill that almost all shinobi master.

But <Kawaimi No Jutsu> wasn't too flashy compared to the other moves, but to the current Rio, this was a life-saving trump card.

"Koak Koak"

On a tree, the Kasugai Crow rests on a tree branch and speaks human language.

"Next mission, there's a Demon in the southeast in Kitashiobara village... Koak Koak..."

"Quickly go to Kitashiobara village and exterminate the Demons..."

"Koak Koak."

After saying that, the Kasugai Crow flapped its wings flying into the sky.

Rio wasn't surprised that the Kasugai Crow could talk, because he knew it wasn't a talking bird, it was just repeating the words of a human giving information.

Rio ran after the Kasugai Crow who was leading his way.

2 weeks later...

In the dark night and only lit by moonlight, two human figures could be seen running down the path.

The figure running in front had blood red eyes, capillaries were clearly visible all over his body and the figure was running away from the figure behind who was chasing him.

"Damn it! This person is very persistent."

The figure running in front was none other than a Demon escaping from the pursuit of a Demon Slayer wearing a white Haori.

"Why is this guy running so fast, I can't keep this guy away." The Demon was afraid that the other party would soon catch up with him.

"<Reduced Earth>"

The moment the Demon thought of a solution for escaping, the Demon Slayer who was chasing after him instantly covered the distance between them by 20 meters in the blink of an eye.

Before the Demon could respond, it saw a flash of slash and its head was already rolling on the ground.

"Huh... 62...."

"Demon hunting is not easy..."

That Demon Slayer was none other than Rio who had been hunting non-stop for these 2 weeks. Apart from eating, sleeping and resting. He always hunts Demons in the villages.

"Now only Quest 2 remains..."

Exhaling a long breath accompanied by white steam from his mouth, Rio opened the quest list..

[Quest 1: Kill at least 30 Demons]

﹝Reward: 3000 Reincarnation Points (The more Demons exterminated, the more rewards)﹞

﹝Time Limit: 1 Month﹞

﹝Penalty : -500 Reincarnation Points﹞

﹝Progress : 62/30﹞ [Completed]

[Quest 2: Get a Demon Slayer rank promotion at least Kanoe]

﹝Reward: 3000 Reincarnation Points (The higher the rank of the Demon Slayer, the bigger the reward)﹞

﹝Time Limit : 2 Months﹞

﹝Penalty : -1000 Reincarnation Points﹞

﹝Progress : Mizunoe Rank﹞

[Quest 3: Kill at least 1 player who chose the Demon side]

﹝Reward: 2500 Reincarnation Points (The more players killed, the bigger the reward)﹞

﹝Time Limit: 1 Month﹞

﹝Penalty : -10,000 Reincarnation Points﹞

﹝Progress : 1/1﹞ [Completed]

[Reincarnation Room System Records :]

-Reincarnation Points are awarded when the Player returns to the Reincarnation Room.

--Players who don't have enough Reincarnation Points to pay the Quest Failure Penalty will die.

"There are still 44 days before the Quest 2 deadline… I need to eradicate more Demons to get promoted faster."

During these 2 weeks Rio had exterminated 29 Demons scattered in various regions, due to his high efficiency, he was promoted one rank.

Mizunoto's original rank has now become Mizunoe!

"Koak… Koak…"

The Kasugai crow chirped weakly, the poor bird was exhausted following Rio who was relentlessly exterminating the Spartan Demons.

"Alright, let's go to the next location."

From the System Warehouse, Rio took out a shabby bike that he stole from someone in the city while he was visiting in the big city.

To increase the efficiency of the trip, Rio decided to ride a bicycle. A Mizunoto Rank Demon Slayer's salary was around 20,000 Yen a month, that was a lot of money for a person living in the Taisho era.

But considering that Demon Slayers faced inhuman existences like Demons and could die in the line of duty, it was no wonder the salaries they received were huge for even the lowest rankers.

Unfortunately Demon Slayer receives a salary every month, because only 2 weeks have passed, Rio has not received his salary. So he innocently stole the bike to save time on the trip.

By the way Mizunoe Rank Demon Slayer's salary was 35,000 Yen.

"How is Charlotte's current situation, did she go through the quest smoothly?"

While pedaling like this, Rio remembered the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life.

"Forget it, with her intelligence and talent, Charlotte should be fine."

"I'd better focus on my own Quest."

Shaking his head, Rio no longer thought about this and continued to pedal his bicycle to the next location.