Chapter Twelve: KAI
Three weeks after the Chunin Exams prelims, deep in the forests outside Konoha…
I lounged on a boulder, one leg dangling, a smirk plastered across my face as chakra crackled in the air like static.
Three weeks. Twenty-one days of bending time and space to my will, and I'd turned that speck of time into a lifetime of gains.
Most ninja would need a decade to touch what I've done, but me? I'm Kenshin Yogen, The fucking D Rank Daiō.
Okay, that's going back in the locker.
With Polymath shaving off 75% of my training time, High Specs turning my brain into a quantum processor, and Scholar locking every lesson into my skull, I've been rewriting the ninja handbook.
Oh, and Infinite Stamina? Yeah, sleep's for losers. Fifty shadow clones running 24/7 meant I crammed years—*years*—into three measly weeks.
Oh, why am I flexing on you dregs?
I pushed Medicine to Grandmaster, Tsunade-level stuff. I could probably stitch back your near-dead love life.
Chakra Morph Jutsu got some love too—tweaking my biology's like playing with clay now.
Returning to my adult form is possible at any moment now.
Stealth? I'm a phantom, Master-level, gliding through shadows so smooth even the Byakugan would blink twice. ANBU wishes they had my finesse.
Then there's Observation Haki. I cranked that up, stretching my sensory net 1-2 kilometers wide. Every chakra pulse, every nervous twitch—I feel it all like I'm standing right there.
Chidori? Oh, I didn't just polish it; I pimped it. Say hello to Chidori Stream, a lightning web that fries anyone dumb enough to get close. I might've toyed with a Spear variant too, just for kicks.
What? Plagiarism who? Bitch please, Sasuke's got no evidence. In fact, he would be lucky to even think of the same technique as me.
But the real crown jewel? Rasengan.
Mastered it in under two weeks, because of course I did. Spinning chakra's a breeze when Six Eyes maps every flow like a blueprint. Rotation, power, containment—nailed it all.
I not only trained my skills and created new ones. No glazing over this, please.
I trained my proficiency on my abilities. Call me copy cat all you want, but now Flying Thunder God got nothing on me.
Still gonna learn it though.
For now, spamming Rasengan while teleporting via Instant Transmission.
Poetic.
Boogie Woogie? Swapping places with a deer mid-spar, leaving my clone swinging at air—pure comedy.
And if you guessed it, it's been three weeks since the prelims, meaning it's just one week till the third round of Chunin Exams.
The Konoha Crush arc.
Which would mean it's time for the next phase of my awesome plan.
This phase involves…
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Inside Ichiraku Ramen…
Naruto slurped down a mouthful with gusto.
"Mmm! This is so good! If training's like this every day, I'm all in!"
Across from him, Jiraiya chuckled.
"Eat up, because this is the last..."
"Huh?"
Aiya, what a slip-up. Yes, avid fans would remember this scene—this is the time where Jiraiya took Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen for his supposed "last meal" if Naruto had not successfully summoned a toad.
When I was young, I definitely did not like this part. It felt like betrayal. What if Naruto could not tap into the Nine-Tails' chakra to summon a toad? The anime would have ended there.
But as an adult, I understand it now.
*Cough*. Jiraiya stumbled as Naruto caught his slip-up.
"No, nothing. Anyway, eat! Eat a lot. Like there's no looking back! Hahaha!"
What a fool.
He tried diverting the topic, and it worked.
"I don't know what's going on, but I should eat, right? Okay!"
He went back to slurping his ramen.
Aiya, Naruto's an even bigger fool.
Time to insert myself in the convo.
"Oi Naruto, careful there ya know, the ramen's not running."
"Huh?" Naruto looked up to see who had spoken. "Eh? It's you again."
With mock hurt: "You're saying it as if seeing me is a problem. Oh, Naruto, I thought we were friends."
"Hah, me? Friends with you? I'm going to beat you, believe it, then we can be friends!"
"Is it about the beating? I apologize."
"Hmmph."
"Okay, ramen's on me."
He lit up like a candle. "Really? Hey, Pervy Sage, did I ever tell you Kenshun's my very good friend?"
"Hey! It's *Kenshin*. I've corrected you too many times to know you do this on purpose."
"Hehe." He grinned.
"..."
"Hey, Naruto, who's the old man, your guardian?"
"Hehe, he's my new sensei. When he's done teaching me this awesome technique, I'm going to wipe the floor with you and get my revenge—you and that Sasuke, most especially Sasuke."
"Oh, wow. Nice to meet you, Oji-san."
You could see his eyebrows twitching. If it weren't for the enclosed space, I'm sure he would have gone on to do his signature demo.
'Mt. Myoboku-Gama's holy master sennin, also known as Toad Sennin.'
"Ahem, nice to meet you too."
Aired.
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FEAT ACHIEVED! MEET THE TOAD SAGE
+1 Platinum Skill Ticket
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Roll.
Let's get this over with while I endure this farce.
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Rolling Platinum Skill Ticket...
Legendary Skill: Grandmaster Genjutsu
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Now that's something to scream for.
Shit just gets better and better.
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"I ate, I ate. Thank you, Pervy Sage."
Naruto says as he finishes eating.
He actually brought me back from the zone. Now to find out that Jiraiya had dipped already.
"What?!!"
"Hahaha, it seems your teacher ditched you."
"Hey, where'd he go?"
"Thanks for your patronage."
Hah, no pity. Ayame had come to collect the payment. Okay, let's just be the bigger guy.
"Don't stress about it, Naruto. I'll pay for you."
"Hehe, I was going to remind you of your promise anyway, but thanks."
And with that, he dipped.
"Hehe, little bastard. How much is the bill, Ayame-san?"
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Long story short, don't try to flex. Naruto's ramen streak is not for the poor.
Received a ticket for paying for his meal and dining with him—Bronze and Silver tickets respectively.
Compared to recent hauls, it just feels lackluster. Now the eternal dilemma: to roll or not to roll.
Fuck it.
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Rolling Bronze Random Ticket...
Common Ability: More Eyes
You can manifest eyes anywhere on your body. You will not be disoriented by the multiple instances of vision you manifest.
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Rolling Silver Random Ticket...
Rare Ability: View Earth
Allows you to share your vision with the earth, feeling everything the earth feels and seeing all it can see. The default range is 5km, which can be increased with training.
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Discombobulated! More Eyes? Really?
Well, to be fair, I did need the ability. Think about it—I have two dojutsus, per se: Six Eyes and Mangekyo Sharingan.
Now, how have I been using them? My default dojutsu is Six Eyes; you know what, I'm about to start calling it by its more polished name: Rikugan—ah fuck, I meant Rokugan.
How can I live in a world where they speak Japanese and not know shit like this? Shake my head.
As I was saying before the intervention, my default dojutsu is the Rokugan. When training and I need the abilities of the Sharingan, I either switch entirely to the Sharingan—the three Tomoe or the Mangekyo—or I just use them side by side, like Sasuke does with his Sharingan and Rinnegan.
It's a more balanced state for me. But now an even more OP state: just create another eye. I'll probably create an eye on my forehead just like the Otsutsuki.
Gotta represent my fam.
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With that little scene over, I know that today is the day Naruto summons Gamabunta and, in the evening, lands himself in the hospital.
Three days later, Shikamaru visits, and Gaara tries to off Lee. Blah blah.
I await.
Yes, I know my presence there holds no significance, but have you ever trained for three weeks without any fun?
Then you would know how a little chaos helps.
"Ayyy, Captain!"
Ahh, shit, here we go again.
Right now, you are about to witness why I am introverted. How can you disturb one's peace of mind just because you saw them as you walked your own path?
Is your path that unimportant?
{A/N: He fails to see how important he must be for one to divert from their path to greet him. Always respond well when this happens to you; don't abuse your importance. You may become as unimportant as you were important. That said, if you see me in the streets, do well not to call me. I do not appreciate small talk.}
"What?"
Taro and Hana had walked up to me after Taro's little greeting.
"Hey, don't be like that, Captain. Let's visit Yaniku, let's party. We haven't seen each other in a while."
"Three weeks, seven hours, and however many seconds. How do you do that, Captain?" Hana said, fangirling, I think.
"Heh, you need intelligence and skills to match it. Did you think anyone could do it? And it's been three weeks, seven hours, thirty-five minutes, and forty-five seconds. And it could have been longer if you avoided me."
Placing his hands over my shoulder: "C'mon, Captain, you've got to open up and stop being, what'd he call it?"
"Introverted," Hana answered.
"Yeah, that. Life's more than just scheming and fighting, ya know."
"Ha ha." I remove his hands from my shoulders. "First off, keep your hands to yourself. Second, who told you I only scheme? It's not even a scheme if it's for the benefit of the recipient."
"Oh, really? What'd they benefit?" Hana asked, eyeballing me.
"Of course, my highly sought-after tutoring. I taught them lessons that will take them far."
"Heh."
You see, the thing with an established hierarchy, you can do this.
"Okay, I'm bored. Off I go. Enjoy the rest of your week; may we not see each other until the day of the finals."
"And there he goes, ditching us whenever he gets tired of social settings."
"Kenshin, he asks of you. Your little stunt did not go unnoticed."
"Fuck off," I answered Taro. To Hana, I replied, "Tell him I'll get to him after the exams."
That's the issue. I saw it coming a thousand steps before: Shikaku's calling for me.
I have a dream.
Eh, already made that joke before. Won't be nice to repeat dry jokes.
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So, I didn't show up for the showdown. I slept. Yeah, my bad.
I just slept through the little stunt. After that day, there were four days until the main event. I decided to make use of my time, so I did a little chaotic dance around the village.
I put my Mangekyo Sharingan and my Grandmaster Genjutsu skills to practice.
Almost every ninja in the village that I could find, I put in a genjutsu and filtered through their memories to assimilate their jutsu knowledge.
800+ ninjas—I had help from my clones. I learned a total of 1000+ ninjutsu, over 80+ taijutsu styles, over 40 kenjutsu styles, and 50+ fuinjutsu.
Improving existing skills in my arsenal and gaining better collective knowledge.
My hand-to-hand combat went up to Divine from Grandmaster.
My bladed weapon mastery as well, to Divine from Grandmaster.
Gained Fuinjutsu mastery at Master level.
Ninjutsu mastery at Grandmaster level.
My stealth went up to Grandmaster from Master.
My Genjutsu skills went up to Divine from Grandmaster.
If you question the feasibility, understand that right now—or rather, after my three weeks of training—I was at super Kage level, only under Pain because of the diversity of his Rinnegan. And again, I could have won; we'll never know. There's no way in hell any ninja could have noticed me put them in a genjutsu. And if it's about the feasibility of the number of ninjutsu mastered, understand that not all jutsus were realistically shown in the show.
And most especially, this is real life, man. People learn and create. Humanity in any world is known for their adaptability and intelligence, so creating numerous jutsus—be it Tai, Nin, Ken, or Fuinjutsu—would be unparalleled. Not everyone has connections to getting techniques. Normal people create.
Well, you get the point. Why am I emphasizing this? I'm shook. I didn't expect this, that's for sure. It started as a little test for my genjutsu skills, and then it evolved. With my High Specs trait turning me into a supercomputer, it was quite easy to assimilate the knowledge. It made me thirst for more. And here I am, looking at my system registering my feats.
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Illusion Master: For putting over 800 ninjas in genjutsu. Diamond Ticket
Jutsu Hoarder:For learning over 1000 jutsu. Platinum Ticket
Silent Specter: For moving undetected in the village. Gold Ticket
Mind Scanner: For reading over 800 ninjas' memories. Gold Ticket
That's one Diamond, one Platinum, and two Gold tickets. A haul.
And no, I'm not rolling it now. I have to nerf myself for my next plan.
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"Ah, UWAAAAA!!! BLOOD... MY... MY BLOOD!!!"
Gaara screamed as Sasuke hit him with the chidori.
Ahh, it's begun. Chaos has begun.
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"Kai"