Chapter One: Choices, Choices, and Not-Choices POV: MC
As my world turned dark, I saw the classic ‘light at the end of the tunnel’. (Read next sentence in deadpan tone.) What happened next was shocking. A screen popped up in my mind, showing the same clan & bloodline choices as shown in RE: Clan. The first (and easiest) step was to pick a clan. The choice was obvious. The Uchiha clan comes with the entire power leveling set, and the ability to copy whatever you like. Also, who doesn’t like a broody, emo, handsome, dark, and powerful guy? That may or may not be the real reason for my choice.
After picking what was probably not the best choice, I moved on to filling the rest of my bloodline out. Otsutsuki descended clans each take up 40% of your bloodline, and I had used up almost half of my bloodline on Uchiha. Yeah, starting to regret that now.
Non-Otsutsuki clans with special clan abilities (Jugo’s clan, other Dojutsu like Ranmaru’s) take up 30%, Nature transformation Kekkei Genkai take up 20% of the bloodline sequencing, and special talents for hidden jutsu (Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka) take up 10% of the bloodline sequencing. You can only have a maximum of four add-ons to your clan bloodline, and they cannot go directly against the clan “theme”.
My first instinct was to pick Senju, for the Madara-Style shenanigans I could get up to, but, unfortunately, that went directly against the “clan theme” rule. Sad, but fair. Then, my thoughts went towards cheaper options. Nature transformation Kekkei Genkai. Uchiha style is fire, right? Scorch. Draining the water out of my enemies sounds crazy cool, basically Uchiha style emo stuff.
(Read in Spongebob voice) ~5 minutes later~
After much deliberation, I have decided on sending my last 40% towards Shikotsumyaku, the Kaguya clan ability. It seems to be a physical type counterpart like the Senju, leading me to believe that it could resonate with the Uchiha blood. Plus, I am the bones of my sword. Literally. Kimimaro really showed off how the bones could be used in large-scale combat, while I’ve got Sharingan for 1v1s. Scorch style is really just making my fire much more powerful, which is a cool passive.
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Finalizing my decisions, I submitted my choices, and immediately was greeted with a difficulty screen, very similar to the one I had seen minutes earlier, but with one key difference. There was a hell difficulty. “What the heck is hell diffi-” [Hell Difficulty Chosen. Finalize? Y/N
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Error Code
132874897
Entity:
A̶̡̱̲̳̱̣̱͎̼͙̣͚̳̪͚̔̌͆̿̽͑̑̅̽͝ư̴̡̡̛̫̪͙̞̞̻͎̻̜̯̲̰͔̳̺̘̖̟̖̹̮͚̱̌̏̿̂̿̌͐̑̌́̀͜ͅt̶̛̛͚̰̪̋͑̈́̊̏̾̐͐̓̔̿̍̏̿̓̚h̶̨̞̖͇̖͓̞̫̫̰̫͕̭̮͍͒́̏͆̋̒̃͋̄̽̍͐̈̉̄́͋̌̓̆̀̄̊̓̈͂͘̚͘͜õ̵̢̨͔̮̻̦̳̼͙̮̜̙̫̬̩̟͕̘̟̞͖̋́́̀̈́̎̿́̓͆̆̾͋̉̋͆͗̉̈́̐̈́̈́̂͑̎͝ͅr̷̢̹̼̯̥̼̮̰̼͚̩̊̒͒͂̃̀̀̆̌̈́̉̀̈́́͒͒̋͠͠-̸̧̤̘̝̻̬̟͕͉̺͉̫̺͔̥̙̣̯̘̼͈̇͆́̋S̴͚̲̝̩͍͍̥͕͕̱͓̩̾͗͗̾̾͜ͅa̵̡̡͕͍͓̱̘̻͓̼͍̭̰̰̩̲͌̐̊͜͝ņ̶̡͎̰̠̤̰͉̬͎̙͔͈̥̮͔̪̋̆̑͆̊̓̿́̔̾̑̎̐̏̇̓̍͂̿̊͘͝͠
Outside
Interference
[Hell Difficulty Chosen. Finalize? Y/Y]
“What. The. Hell.” As I mentally paced around worriedly, my adrenaline junkie self started whispering about how fun it might be, a new, harder difficulty than anything before. Unexpectedly, Rational Self drowned him out with panicked screaming about the error messages. Fortunately, my emotions seemed to be dulled in this odd, void-like space. Deciding to get it over with, I chose, unsurprisingly, Yes. After that, I was left with one last message.
[Enter Name: _______________________ ]
Searching my memory for my name, I found that everything not “Naruto” related had been shaded out. It was as if they took the individuality out of my life. I remembered my apartment, but not the objects there. I remembered people, friends at work, a sister, but their faces? Gone. My dulled emotions saved me from a complete breakdown yet again, and I decided to go with some of my rudimentary Japanese skills to find my answer. Surprisingly, my admittedly shallow knowledge of Japanese was considered “Naruto-Related” enough for me to keep it.
[Name Entered]
[Finalize? Y/N]
As I mentally accepted my new name, everything turned black, and I fell into a deep slumber.