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The Life of Kenshiro Senju
Chapter 14, Genin 6, Progress is made

Chapter 14, Genin 6, Progress is made

Ariha blinked up at me, the weed still in her hand. She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice that Sakumo and I have already finished our parts and even did most of hers.

“Something wrong?” I asked it was rare for her to space out like that.

“No, I was just thinking about stuff,” she replied a little defensive and with a slightly red face.

I shrugged, she would tell us if it concerns us. The months we were now a team were...interesting. We grew together and I might even call us friends. We each helped each other and worked together. They were first surprised by my honest help, which might have been because I was a loner in the academy.

“Sakumo-kun and I have finished most of the garden. Only the patch you have in your hands and under you are left,” I said and gestured at the weed-free garden.

She blushed a shade redder and quickly pulled the last few patches out. “Sorry,” she then apologized. Sakumo waved her off, not bothered. I gave her a shrug and turned to Kagami-sensei. He was lazing in a chair and reading some book about Ninja tactics.

“Hey Sensei, we're finished. Can we go hand in our mission and go back to training?” I called over. He looked up from his book, took a quick glance at the garden, before closing his book and standing up.

“Sure, let's hand in the mission scroll,” he then said and jumped off, we followed quickly.

Since graduation, I have learned quite a bit. Physically I am now again 'as good' as I was before I activated my seals. Something that Kagami-sensei noted, he, however, thinks that I finished grieving. I can't mourn as I want to, so instead I grew stronger.

This is my status now; Kenshiro Senju' Status

Name; Kenshiro Senju

Player Title; Genin of Konoha

Bloodline; Body of a Senju

Age. 6 Years

Live Points; 100%

Chakra Points; 100%

Stamina Points; 100%

Level; 9

Game Points; 90

Chakra Control; 100%

Nature Chakra Control; 000%

Fire; 000%

Water; 000%

Earth; 000%

Wind; 035%

Medical; 060%

Lightning; 000%

Strength; 85 (-40) = 45

Endurance; 113 (-40) = 73

Reflex; 75 (-40) = 35

Intelligence; 105

Luck; 75

Charisma; 30

Charisma increased after interacting with my team and being friendly to them.

I grew in height, now at 1.2 meters, whereas I was 1.15 before. Yes, I am short, but I am still 6, bite me.

But not only did my attributes and level increase. My Jutsu and Skills did too. Here is a full list of my Jutsu and Skills.

Jutsu:

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Chakra Control; LV 100 (0%) Passive: No Rank

Chakra Control allows you to move, control and influence your Chakra. More control allows you to waste less Chakra in any used Jutsu.

Chakra Sensing; LV 61 (37%) Active: No Rank

The ability to sense Chakra can help you in understanding the strength of others. It can be used to find people and identify Jutsu, as well as their properties.

Chakra Enhancement; LV 50 (6%) Active; B-Rank

The ability to enhance your body, or with growing skill objects, with Chakra. Making it stronger, more durable and all in all better.

Sealing; LV 25 (46%) Active; No Rank

The art of sealing is the hardest to master under Ninja skills. It bears the greatest risks, but also the most rewards. Everything is possible with the correct seal.

Wind Elemental Chakra Manipulation; LV 35 (49%) Passive; No Rank

Gather and manipulate your Chakra into Wind Chakra, it is used for every Wind Jutsu.

Current transformation rate; 3 Chakra for 1 Wind Chakra.

Medical Chakra Manipulation; LV 60 (76%) Passive; No Rank

Gather and manipulate your Chakra into Medical Chakra, it is used for every Medical Jutsu.

Current transformation rate; 3 Chakra for 1 Medical Chakra.

Medical Jutsu;

Tsunade and I learned those together. We used animals as test subjects or ourselves in some cases.

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Diagnostic Medical Jutsu; LV 45 (79%) Active;

Gain a clear overview of the patient’s wounds and ailments.

Adhesive Medical Jutsu; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

The user creates a sticky clear substance that leaks out of their fingertips, this substance is highly adhesive and can be used to patch up small scratches and cuts, allowing the cut to clot and stop bleeding.

Operation Theatre Jutsu; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

The user emits a sphere of Chakra that cleans and disinfects the surrounding area within a short radius. This allows for the creation of clean environment in which to operate without the risk of bacterial infection.

Clear Lungs Jutsu; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

The user first manipulates their Chakra to clear the patient’s lungs of invasive fluids or materials before passing air back and forth from the patient’s lungs until they are capable of breathing on their own again.

Body Remodeling Jutsu; LV 1 (54%) Active; C-Rank

The user can reshape the flesh of a dead body to resemble another person to a reasonable degree of accuracy. An autopsy by another med-nin could reveal the deception. This is a complex process and takes several hours.

Mysthical Palm; LV 35 (13%) Active; B-Rank

The Mysthical Palm uses medical Chakra to heal wounds. A high level allows the user to heal quicker, restore more health and treat more serious wounds.

Embalming Jutsu; LV 2 (45%) Active; B-Rank

Through this technique the user can shut down the process of decomposition inside a corpse, preserving it in pristine condition so long as it is left undisturbed.

Stasis Jutsu; LV 7 (32%) Active; B-Rank

The user can use this technique to bring a patient's body into a state of stasis, reducing body activity to a minimum and allowing for a day to only amount to 10 minutes to the body. If a patient is kept in this state for longer than three days their body will completely shut down and die.

Chakra Scalpel; LV Max 10 Active; A-Rank

This Ninjutsu technique is used primarily for field surgery. The user concentrates a powerful aura of Chakra around their hand, creating a blade capable of tearing through muscles and arteries, or breaking bone, without actually breaking the skin of the person they're using it on.

Poison Removal Jutsu; LV 3 (62%) Active; A-Rank

A Jutsu used to remove the poison from an infected victim. This is a hard technique to perform and requires precise Chakra concentration and control. This technique can perfectly remove poisons up to A in rank.

Limb Recreation Jutsu; LV 2 (98%) Active; A-Rank

This Jutsu allows the user to attach a new limb to a patient that has lost an arm, leg, toe, etc. Only perform able in a relatively safe environment, this technique allows the user to manipulate the cells in the limb, re-create them and attach it to the patient without any chance of cellular rejection.

Fighting Jutsu;

None Elemental;

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Kawarimi; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

Replace yourself with something in your surroundings. Higher levels allow you to use smaller objects for the Jutsu.

Bunshin; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

Create a basic illusion of yourself, it does not have a shadow and gets dispelled the moment something physical pass through them.

Henge; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

Place a basic illusion of a mind construct over yourself. Higher levels allow for more detail and none humanoid illusions.

Shunshin Jutsu; Max LV 10 Active; B-Rank

The user moves with high speed towards his intended target. Evading objects by instinct and less by sight. Using it during fights can result in missing the target or running into an object.

Shadow Clone; Max LV 10 Active; B-Rank

Creates a physical clone with low health. It has half of its creator's stamina and Chakra. It can use this Chakra for Jutsu of its own. A single strong hit will dispel it.

Dispelling of the clone will send back anything learned to its creator, as well as any fatigue.

Warning! Too many destroyed or dismissed clones at once might cause mental backlash and damage to the user, possibly resulting in death.

- Clones have 45% of the users status.

Exploding Clone Jutsu; Max LV 10 Active; A-Rank

The user's clone uses a special hand sign and uses all of its remaining Chakra to violently explode. The explosion can be elemental if the clone is an elemental clone.

Wind Element;

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Great Cutting Whirlwind; LV 8 (75%) Active; B-Rank

Creates sharp blades of wind that get sent off of the user. Higher skill level allows the user to create more, faster and sharper blades.

Vacuum Projectile; Max LV 10 Active; C-Rank

Shoots a single vacuum projectile from the mouth. It causes blunt damage and is rather fast. Higher skill level increases the speed, size and damage of the single projectile.

Gust of Wind; Max LV 10 Active; D-Rank

Creates a gust of wind that blows light materials like dust or smoke away.

Gale Palm Jutsu; LV 9 (65%) Active; C-Rank

The user gathers wind Chakra in his/her hands and pushes them out in a palm thrust. It generates a strong gust of wind that can uproot trees if enough Chakra was gathered.

Wind Needle Jutsu; Max LV 10 Active; B-Rank

The user spits sharp needles of wind out of the mouth. The sharpness, amount, range and speed of these needles depends on the amount of Chakra used and LV of the skill.

Skill;

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Observation; LV 100 (0%) Active;

"It's better than X-Ray, you can read their personal information."

Observe your surroundings and find useful information. Each use costs Stamina and the given information vary, depending on the Skill level of the user, the LV difference of the observed living being or the rarity of the observed item.

Hand to Hand Combat; LV 65 (54%) Passive;

"Pow, right in the kisser!"

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

This skill makes it easier to fight people with your bare hands and learn sub-skills in the form of fighting styles. A high level allows you to analyze and dismantle seen fighting styles.

Meditation: LV 40 (76%)Active;

"Count to ten, it might help."

The user gathers himself and finds inner peace. Chakra and Stamina will be regenerated at an accelerated pace. This skill can't be used during combat.

Chakra regeneration per minute now uses (0,25 intelligence x 0,25 strength x 0,25 endurance): 800 to calculate the given amount.

Japanese; LV 90 (0%) Passive;

"Good that you have clones, right?"

Speak and write the language of Japanese.

Learning that one up to this level was a bitch and most of my clones were dedicated to writing and caligraphy. Grandma Mito wouldn't have let me do seals on my own otherwise.

Weapon Throwing; MAX LV 10 Passive;

"Come baby, let me win you a price." °Walks up to the Tin Can Alley°

The ability to throw weapons. With a higher level you can turn none weapons into lethal projectiles. Ever killed an enemy with a flower? If not, it's fucking badass.

Pain Resistance; LV 42 (86%) Passive;

"Feel the pain!" °Eats cookie without sharing° "Resist the pain!"

Pain will affect you less with the increase of this skill. At higher levels the felt effects of Stamina depletion and Chakra exhaustion will grow weaker. However, only the feeling, not the costs on your health.

PS; Some cookies were shared after training

Tracking; LV 8 (76%) Passive;

°Licks ground°," Jup, definitely a wounded female ocelot."

Find your target, there are always signs they leave. Finding clues about your target will be easier with a high skill level.

Sneak; LV 35 (45%) Passive;

"Now you see me," °Hides behind a leaf° "Now you don't."

You'll find it easier to hide from observant eyes and even easier from none observant ones.

Herbalism; LV 4 (87%) Passive;

"..., What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

Plants are often better used than in salads. With this skill, you identify useful plants quicker and process them easier.

Foraging; LV 6 (12%) Passive;

"Now, are these berries edible? And is it possible to eat birds raw?" °Two hours later°"They were not, urgh."

You'll find it easier to spot edible things and how to process them into food.

Large Weapon; LV 7 (66%) Active/Passive;

"That is not a knife," °pulls a large knife out°", that's a knife."

This skill shows how good the user is with large weapons. A high level allows the user to wield bulky or large weapons with more ease, reduces the stamina consumption and gives him/her insights into the fighting style of other large weapon users.

Small Weapon; LV 10 (43%) Active/Passive;

"I stab you! Stabbidy stabby stab stab stab!"

This skill shows how good the user is with small weapons. A high level allows the user to wield light or small weapons with more ease, reduces the stamina consumption and gives him/her insights into the fighting style of other small weapon users.

Evasion; LV 45 (77%) Passive;

"Now Gohan, we will learn how to... DODGE!"

Evasion is used to dodge attacks of all kind, or just objects. The level of this skill allows the user to move more easily around objects or notice them coming towards the user.

Yeah, a pretty long list, especially the medical Jutsu. After father's death, Tsunade had thrown herself into medical Jutsu and the human body. She wants to stop anyone she knows from dying. Futile if she isn't present but it helped her.

I learned every Jutsu instantly, as long as I have the needed attributes, but acted as if I was having a hard time with the higher ranked ones. Officially Tsunade is better than me in medical Jutsu, I don't even know a single one. That is if you look at my records.

Still, both of us know that I have more Jutsu and Chakra in that field. She does know a bit more about the body, but only because she is learning more than I do. She is thankful that I am quiet about my skills.

I also gained a few new Perks when reflex and strength hit 50 and when endurance and intelligence reached 100.

These are all my Perks;

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Heroic Constitution;

The body of the user is that of a hero.

- Increase in Stamina, Life Points and Chakra regeneration by an additional 5%.

- 5 % decrease in any Jutsu and Skill costs.

- A decrease in any damage by 5%

Enduring;

The body of the user is used to stress.

- You regenerate Stamina, Life Points and Chakra 10% faster.

Strong Arm;

The user is really strong.

- Melee attacks do 10% more damage.

Quick on his legs;

The user is really fast.

- Increases speed by 10%.

Genius;

The user is so intelligent most things become easy for him.

- 10% quicker experience gain for every Skill and Jutsu

The Walking Encyclopedia;

- The User is so intelligent he won't forget things once memorized.

Lucky Shot;

It might be a skill, it might be luck, who knows.

- 20% more critical damage.

Gamer's Body;

The body of the User is that of a Gamer.

- Game rules apply to the User's body.

Gamer's Mind;

The Mind of the User is that of a Gamer.

- Immunity to psychological attacks.

- The User will always remain calm and calculating.

Body of a Senju;

You have the body of a Senju.

- Every attribute grows 10% faster than normal.

- You have 5% more Life Points than normal people.

- You'll heal 10% faster than normal people.

- You regenerate Chakra 10% quicker than normal people.

- You have 5% more Chakra than normal people.

- You have 5% more Stamina than normal people.

- You regenerate Stamina 10% quicker than normal people.

If I go purely by statistics than I am as good as a low Chunin in some parts. But I have seen that others don't have perks. I can see a lot with observation. A lot of their past, their mood, believes, goals, their opinion of me and so on, but no Perks. Their titles also don't give them a numerical bonus. I try to not use Appraisal on my family and friends, I feel as if I am invading their privacy, which I would.

So yeah, I might be better than the average weak Chunin. Haven't fought one, so I am not sure.

One thing that I also learned is that I can't raise a Jutsu or Skill that has 100 level above 90. I don't know why, maybe because 100 is perfection and nothing can naturally become perfect. Not that it applied to me, I can still rise them to 100 with my Game Points. A good thing that I kept them. At first, I thought that I just need more training. But the experience of the 90th level wasn't increasing and when I got to level 90 in Observation and Japanese they behaved the same.

Which means that I can only get a max level in this kind of skills/Jutsu when I add my Game Points. Something that I had done this morning. Ten into Chakra Control and ten into Observation, both are important. Japanese not so much, helpful for finding the correct words in a conversation or while writing, but the higher levels, since 80, are more for poetry and writing songs.

Surprisingly I got Perks for perfecting something. I got these two.

Master of Chakra;

The user has perfect Chakra control, manipulating basic Chakra is like breathing.

- Experience gain in any neutral Chakra Jutsu increased by 25%

Observant;

You can see every tiny detail of an object by focusing.

That's cool. I mean, freaking awesome! And there are dungeons and special quests? Up until now I only ever got quest notifications whenever I received my D-Rank missions. But I think to remember that the academy graduation test had a special behind its name.

“Okay my little Genin group, I've decided that you are ready for your first C-Rank mission. We're going to hand in our mission and I'll go and secure us a C-Rank for tomorrow,” announced Kagami-sensei suddenly. All three of us looked at him before Ariha cheered loudly. Sakumo sighed and muttered a “finally” and I nodded once.

We had to wait a few minutes in which Ariha was asking both me and Sakumo what possible C-Rank we will become.

Kagami-sensei came back with another mission scroll and threw it over to me. I caught the scroll easily and unrolled it for us to read.

Escort Mission:

The merchant Haro Lee wishes to be

escorted to the town Tanzei Gai.

The mission starts tomorrow at 8 am.

In front of the Eastern Gate.

Estimated danger;

Possible Bandit attack

Estimated travel time one week.

Quest Alert;

Take your team and escort Haro Lee to Tanzei Gai.

Reward; 10% to the next level.

I waited until the other two have finished reading and then gave the scroll back to Kagami-sensei. “Hmm, an escort mission sounds easy enough. There shouldn't be any real danger between Konoha and Tanzei Gai. By Ninja travel it is only a day away,” I said and waited for the reaction of my team.

Sakumo was the first to speak. “So that is our first real mission.”

“Sounds easy,” added Ariha. I nodded in agreement. Bandits rarely attack Ninja, this will most likely be a boring ten-day long mission.

“Alright, we're finished for today. We'll meet again tomorrow at 7:20 in front of the Eastern Gate. Don't be late,” announced Kagami-sensei. We three chorused a confirmation, before splitting up.

I run back home and to my room, where I gathered the needed clothes and gear for my trip, before sealing some of them into scrolls. These scrolls were made by myself. That's right, grandma Mito has deemed me good enough to write my own sealing scrolls for basic stuff. Under constant supervision and only those, but still. My very own sealing result. Sealing was steadily increasing since then, it's already on LV 25.

Once that was done I peeked into Tsunade's room but saw that she wasn't home yet, so I left a note and then walked to the Senju training grounds.

There I made twenty Shadow Clones. One half began to work on Medical Chakra control, while the other half worked on Wind Chakra control. Me as the original started a workout that would increase my reflex. I want to be faster, it's still the lowest of my physical attributes.

Three hours later and Tsunade came back from her Ninja work. “Hi Tsu-chan, what did you have to do today?” I asked without stopping training.

“Buy groceries, Jiraiya that idiot almost destroyed them when he stumbled and fell onto his bags. Luckily Orochimaru was quick enough to kick the idiot out of the way. We gave him the more sturdy ones, to begin with,” replied Tsunade with an angry huff.

I winced a little. Poor Jiraiya is the punching bag of his team. He hasn't yet contacted the toads, he tries, but it's hard to catch up to a genius and a clan kid when you are only an orphan with a lacking work ethic.

“I'm so envious of your team. You were able to work with them from day one and only became better,” she ranted and sat down on a log.

“We could ask both of our Sensei for a team fight. It might show Orochimaru and Jiraiya that teamwork can do good. From what you have said it is not only Jiraiya's fault. Orochimaru belittles him and you hit him,” I suggested.

Tsunade raged with her fist at an imaginary foe, which probably looks like Jiraiya. “I hit him because he is a pervert. He said I have a cute face but the total lack of any chest kills any sex appeal I could have. Do you think I am sexy?”

Damn, how did I step into that minefield? “Tsu-chan, do you really want me to answer that? There are at least three things wrong with your question,” I replied with a wry smile. She glared at me, knowing full well what I was meaning. Siblings, age, and again age for a different reason.

She pouted cutely. “Muh, like a good older brother you are duty bound to agree with me when I rant about boys.” I laughed and finished my workout.

“But as a sibling, I am also duty bound to disagree with everything you say. At least that is what cousin Taka has told me,” I replied. Cousin Taka is another Senju our age, he has a younger brother and they are always fighting.

“Cousin Taka is an idiot, last time I saw him he said girls have germs. We have tested it, both boys and girls have germs. Everything alive has germs!” Trust a six, almost seven, year old to use a Medical Jutsu to test out the statement of another child.

“Come, mom will have dinner ready and you haven't told me what your team has done today,” she then said and grabbed me by the hand to pull me back home. I followed without protest and only made another batch of thirty clones, splitting them up in halves again.

Dinner was okay, I told mom and Tsunade about my C-Rank mission tomorrow. Mom was worried and Tsunade envious. It took mom half a month to function almost normally after dad's death. Tsunade needed a month and only managed with my and mom's help. But they managed and are now happy again. Having a team and daily training, as well as missions, were good for Tsunade, she had less time to think and brood.

After dinner, Tsunade and I went back to the training field. I released the clones and got their experience and then made five more. All five would fight Tsunade in Taijutsu. It would train her situational awareness and my hand to hand combat.

With my seal active I was still stronger than Tsunade, but not by much. Some of her attributes were in the sixties. The weakest Chunin I have seen was in the low seventies.

In the meantime, I have decided to learn something that should be invented in thirty years. The Rasengan, an A-Rank sorely Chakra manipulation Jutsu for close combat.

Quite a lot of people in stories I have read don't want to use or learn the Rasengan because it is Minato's Jutsu or because he should get the credit for it. Bla, bla, bla if it's useful to use it, then use it.

While Tsunade was busy evading and punching my clones, I was sitting on a log and holding a water balloon. Creating the Rasengan with knowledge of each step will be rather easy. Especially with my new 100% in Chakra control.

I began to put my Chakra into the water and let it rotate in all directions. The balloon moved and bulged out in all directions, before exploding with a wet splat. The sound distracted Tsunade and she got kicked in the face by one of my clones and thrown over to me.

Her body came to a stop directly under me. She was wincing in pain and looked up at me, I grinned and took another balloon, before making it also explode, right over her face. The water inside lost its barriers and streamed down and on Tsunade's head.

“Hey!” Squealed Tsunade in protest and anger. She tried to hit me, but I switched with one of my clones, who got destroyed instead.

She huffed and glared at me and my other clones, we all had to press down our chuckles. “Not nice Ken-kun.”

“You looked as if you need to cool down Tsu-chan,” I said and couldn't hold back any longer. My clones and I began to laugh at the look of her pout and wet face.

She wasn't looking as if she would try to hit me, so I went back to my log. “What are you doing anyway?” She asked when I had sat back down and had taken out the rubber ball for the second step. The first one was laughably easy with my perfect Chakra control.

“I had an idea for a new Jutsu. You know that the Chakra Scalpel uses Medical Chakra to form a blade. We can do the same with elemental Chakra or coat a blade to give a weapon a better cutting edge.

I thought that it might be possible to do more with pure Chakra. I looked through things in nature that are destructive and found maelstroms. The water in a maelstrom is flowing and twisting, grinding everything to dust.

If I manage to replicate that with Chakra I should get something that can grind and shred into my target,” I explained. It was not the original reason for creating the Rasengan, Minato has copied the effect from the Bijuudama, but it was a logical one.

“You make it sounding easier than what it probably is,” commented Tsunade with a grin. I knew that she understood what I have explained and also knows that this needs a lot of control and possibly Chakra.

“It is hard, if it works I can teach you,” I offered. She hummed in agreement and walked back to the sparring arena. I remade the clones she has had destroyed and gone back to working on my Rasengan.

The next step was to increase the power behind the rotations. I redid the same as with the water balloon and could see that the walls of the rubber balloon were slightly bulging, but not violently like they are meant to.

Hmm, if something didn't work with violence you just haven't used enough. With that in mind, I put more Chakra into the ball and increased the rotation. The rubber got filled with my Chakra and began to bulge on different directions, before with a small fart like sound one side ripped.

“That was not what I wanted,” I muttered and took out another rubber ball. I have bought a lot, not knowing how many I need. Not as if they will get wasted, Tsunade will have to learn this as well.

I took a look at my Chakra and noted that I had a little bit less than 50%. The Chakra I have used for the Shadow Clones has been regenerated, which means that these three tries on an unfinished Rasengan took half of my Chakra. No wonder it is an A-Rank Jutsu and not recommended to learn before becoming Jonin.

It should be possible to counter the costs with control, but first I have to do it right. While learning I am wasting a lot of Chakra.

Okay, so what did I do wrong? I made it rotate in every direction and put more Chakra into it. The rotation increased in strength and allowed the Chakra to rip a hole into the ball. However, the ball is meant to explode, violently.

Maybe here I need to add some fine control? Up till now, I was just moving it erratically around. I could hold the Chakra back from escaping, while simultaneously increasing its strength and speed.

The moment I let go the Chakra will escape and move outwards, putting pressure at the ball from all sides and hopefully make it explode.

With this new approach, I did manage to let the ball explode. It made a loud bang and hurt a bit on my hand. Tsunade and my clones also got distracted, only this time Tsunade was ready and used the chance to hit one in the throat and kick another in the balls. The last made me and my clones’ wince in sympathy. Thankfully I don't get the pain of my clones.

The last remaining clone got kicked in the chest and turned to smoke when it crashed into a tree. She took a deep breath and then struck a winning pose, before skipping over to me.

“Did you see that? I totally beat your clones up,” she looked way too proud for that. I nonetheless stood up and patted her head.

“That you did. Now come, it's getting late and we both have missions tomorrow,” I said and grinned at her. She nodded and skipped home. I followed with a little distance, might as well finish the Rasengan tomorrow.