Chapter 3 — Chakra Attributes

Entering the forest, Ren Tainyou was suddenly blanketed by the huge, towering trees around him.

Walking slowly with maximum vigilance, he suddenly spotted a white-furred rabbit feeding on grass in the distance.

Panicking that it would run away if it saw him, he unceremoniously and comically dived into a set of nearby bushes and carefully peeked to check if it hadn't run away.

After all, he was quite familiar with the beast from his memories, and to put it in game terms:

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♦ Name — Rumbling Rabbit

♦ Grade — Low-Class Magical Beast

♦ Skill(s) — Water Arrow

♦ Summary — Mostly harmless if one is careful, as their skill Water Arrow can be lethal if unguarded. They are by nature timid and cowardly and will flee at any chance they get.

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Ren Tainyou, after identifying that the Rumbling Rabbit had not run away, was quite relieved, though it did seem to be on alert, as its long ears started scanning the vicinity.

'It couldn't have found me... Could it?'

Squatting in the bush, Ren Tainyou was conflicted about whether or not he should attack or stay hidden until it let its guard down again.

But the question was, would it?

While he was pondering, the rabbit was now staring directly at his hiding spot.

'Shit! Can it see me?'

Looking at its readied stance, Ren Tainyou realized he might have been found.

Thus, it was now or never.

While keeping his eye on the rabbit, weak white-colored radiance like steam started bubbling from his body like a cloak.

This was the previous host's Battle Qi, although it looked as if it would disappear at any moment; he knew he could still use it for a few more minutes at most.

Picking up a conveniently placed branch next to him, he immediately readied himself and then...

‹ Sssuuushh! ›

His figure blurred out of the bush like a bullet.

"Oh... Shit!"

'So fast!'

Then he realized that even though this was weak Battle Qi by worldly standards, for him, a previous ordinary person, this was no different from being a superhuman.

Rushing toward the rabbit, he suddenly noticed a needle-shaped object a few inches from his face.

'Water Arrow!'

And in the distance, he could already see the little shit fleeing at top speed.

Pulling a matrix, Ren Tainyou quickly shifted his head to the side, and that's when he heard a...

‹ Riiippp! ›

As the arrow took a piece of fabric from his neck collar a few inches from his neck.

Frightened but also filled with extreme adrenaline, he rushed toward the rabbit at full speed.

"Come here, you little shit! Hahaha!"

Closing in on the rabbit in a blink of an eye, he suddenly stopped with one foot in front and with that momentum, held the conveniently placed branch with both hands firmly and swung viciously toward its tiny head...

‹ Peng! ›

Everything went in slow motion as the branch in Ren Tainyou's hands snapped and exploded into pieces.

The shrapnel took along the rabbit's head into the distance.

"Damn!"

Almost falling over, Ren Tainyou balanced himself and stared blankly at his unscathed hands.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the host for killing your first Magical Beast — Rumbling Rabbit — You earned 10 System Points!]

Looking at the headless rabbit he'd just killed, Ren Tainyou ruminated on his current feelings about what he'd just done...

"Th-this is for my survival... Yes, for my survival."

Picking up the rabbit firmly, he drew heavy strides back to the stream in silence.

When he arrived back, the white-colored Battle Qi cloak bellowing from him suddenly shrunk and disappeared.

"Even though it's weak, it's still come in handy," he commented.

"This cultivation system deserves to be called the million years heritage of the Divine Wind Continent, but I have Ninshu, so I don't need to care much about this Battle Qi."

He thought about how, even if it was minuscule, Chakra did help him on his final swing at that moment.

Quickly peeling off the skin of the headless rabbit, Ren Tainyou completed it with ease, even though he had no Battle Qi left.

He noticed that this body was quite tough and firm.

"Must be the Battle Qi," he murmured.

After he was done, he was met with a problem.

"How am I going to cook this rabbit, and I can't use fire; my Battle Qi's attribute is Wind."

You might be thinking, what about fire Ninjutsu? Hehe, not only was he only cultivating chakra for a few hours, but he didn't even know the simplest Taijutsu, not to mention Ninjutsu.

"And there's no way I'm eating this raw."

He had considered eating it raw, but seeing the meat that was still dripping blood made him give up instantly.

"Ah, there's no way; I can only do as our ancestors — drill wood to make fire."

After speaking, he looked at his rumbling stomach, which was unnaturally concaved, and quickly forced himself up to run to look for some branches, bark, twigs, and dry grass.

With a serious face, he quickly engineered a platform to drill on and filled it with dry grass, started drilling with vigor.

The first time ended in failure, as he broke the drilling branch.

The second time ended in partial success, but he forgot to quickly feed the flame, which ended up dying out.

The third... failure.

The fourth...

The fifth...

The tenth...

"For the sake of food, stake it all!"

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"For Food."

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"Food."

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Under the rapid twisting and turning, he saw some smoke emerge, which quickly surged into a tiny flame.

Feeding it with grass managed to make it burn even more vigorously.

"Haha.... HAHAHA, IT LIVES... IT LIVES!"

A disturbing laugh suddenly echoed into the distance, scaring away birds in the area.

Taking a long branch, Ren Tainyou mercilessly ran the branch through the rabbit and quickly roasted it over the fire.

He was so hungry that he had even started shaking.

‹ Sizzle! ›

While carefully baking the rabbit, an enticing fragrance quickly emitted from the meat, making him even hungrier.

"Finally ready."

Saying a prayer first to his first meal in this world, he cloaked his hands with the minuscule Battle Qi he had left to protect his hands and quickly stuffed the meat into his mouth.

"Uhm, although there's no seasoning, this Magical Beast meat is super delicious. It's nice and oily too, yet not greasy. In fact, compared to the meat from Earth, it's like I've been eating tree bark until now,"

He reviewed, making sure not to bite his tongue.

In a few seconds, he had already finished the entire rabbit, but strangely, his stomach was still hungry.

"No wonder the Ninjas in Naruto have such big appetites, especially Naruto himself, who can eat 8 large bowls of ramen. I thought Kishimoto only inserted that as a trope, but unexpectedly, cultivating chakra consumes so many nutrients and so much energy from the body,"

He mused.

'No wonder those Ninjas often went on missions so regularly to earn money.

Otherwise, just eating alone would make them extremely poor.'

With no other way, Ren Tainyou meditated for a few minutes and forced himself to continue hunting more Rumbling Rabbits.

Picking up a stick he had specially reserved, he walked briskly towards the forest, this time a bit livelier.

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‹ Burp! ›

"Finally full."

Letting out a burp of satisfaction and seeing the bones of Rumbling Rabbits littered around suddenly made him blush.

After all, he never thought he would turn into such a glutton.

If it were on Earth, it would be incredible if he could even finish even one Rumbling Rabbit.

After clearing the scene, he intended to continue cultivating his chakra.

This world was not like his previous life.

Here, a person could simply toss a stone and kill 8 out of 10 people weaker than him, not to mention that some hidden monsters were lurking in this world that could crush him with a finger like an ant.

Besides, in his previous life, he was extremely fond of Ninjas, and now that he had a chance to be one, how could he not take that opportunity?

"Oh, that's right, I still don't know my chakra attribute, yet?"

He thought out loud.

"But I don't have any chakra testing paper."

Walking, he pondered on how to remember.

"Oh, right... system! I'm a system-man now, how could I forget?"

Hurriedly, he opened the system and went to the stores tab.

"Good heavens!"

Inside the store were Kunai, Shuriken, Paper Bombs, and all other essentials.

Heck, there was even clothing of all the lead characters in the Naruto series, such as Naruto's two-piece jumpsuit from the OG series and Shippuden, Sasuke's clothes, the Akatsuki's iconic cloaks, and even the Anbu's and Obito's masks.

And there was even something that made his face burn with shame — a lighter.

Correct, a lighter.

Looking at his fire and the snapped branches and twigs, made him turn away.

He couldn't look.

He just couldn't.

Checking the price of the lighter, he was surprised because it only cost 2 system points, and the attribute testing paper only cost 10 system points, so he bought both without saying a word.

After he was done, he closed the system and took out the Chakra Attributes testing paper and, like a seasoned veteran, channeled a tiny portion of chakra onto the paper.

And as the name suggests, chakra testing paper was a paper that one can use to check their elemental chakra attribute.

As chakra attributes were classified into these main types: fire, wind, water, earth, and lightning.

If you have the following attributes, then the testing paper will react as follows:

- Fire — The paper will burn.

- Wind — The paper will split into two.

- Earth — The paper will disintegrate.

- Water — The paper will become damp and wet.

- Lightning — The paper will wrinkle up.

And if you have more than one affinity, then the paper will exhibit multiple reactions until all your attributes are identified.

When Ren Tainyou channeled his chakra, the paper first wrinkled, then split in two, and finally caught on fire.

"Unexpectedly, I have 3 chakra attributes — Lightning, Wind, and Fire. I'm quite lucky. As I have the same attributes as both Naruto and Sasuke. Though I surmise that I have the fire attribute because of the Sharingan."

After all, the members of the Uchiha that had Sharingan's that appeared in the show had fire attribute chakra most of the time.

Ren Tainyou was also quite excited that all his attributes were all attack-oriented.

With lightning, he could learn Chidori or Raikiri, and furthermore, that S-Class Ninjutsu — Kirin.

With wind, he could learn the super-bug Ninjutsu — Rasen Shuriken.

And finally, fire, like Madara, he can release the Ninjutsu — Fire Style — Majestic Destroyer Flames, which took 10 other Ninja jointly releasing Water Style — Water Wall jutsu to block it.

Knowing his chakra attributes, Ren Tainyou started cultivating his chakra in a good mood.