Daichi and his sensei reached the tower and Kakashi handed the slip of paper indicating the completion of the mission to the desk chunin. At that moment Daichi received the quest completion notification.
[Quest 'Complete the first D Rank mission' Completed.]
[Rewards:]
[2500 Exp.]
[375 Exp.]
[Reputation increases with your clients.]
[2000 Exp.]
[300 Exp.]
'So I have to return and report the outcome of my mission to get the reward huh.'
Seeing as the mission was marked successful Kakashi gave Daichi his share of the mission reward.
"Well, Our work is done for the day. Take a break tomorrow and I'll see you the day after at 7am here." Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke without waiting for Daichi's response.
Daichi sighed and left the place. He looked at the money Kakashi gave him.
'1033.2 Ryo… I guess it would be even smaller if I were in a normal squad.'
Daichi was given the necessary information about payments and such when he became a Genin.
'The client deposits the total mission fee to the village and then a team is assigned to the mission. If the mission is complete the client gives a slip of paper to the team leader and after submitting the paper to the mission desk the money is allocated to the team. If the mission is a failure the money is returned to the client. The cost of D Rank missions ranges from 3000 Ryo to 25000 Ryo.'
Daichi stopped at a nearby tea stall and got something to drink. As he drank the tea he thought about how the money would trickle down to the ninja who completed the mission.
'The reward for this babysitting mission was 4000 Ryo. The village takes an 18% from the total mission reward as a commission fee for facilitating the mission. So that brings that number down to 3280 Ryo. The remaining amount is equally divided among the squad members. Since it's just me and Kakashi, my share is 1640 Ryo. And from that individual amount the village deducts a 15% for retirement funds or as compensation for the family if anything happened to the ninja. Then another 15% goes to the health care system. Medic ninjas are difficult to train and their services are expensive. And another 7% goes to the village taxes. A total of 37% deduction from the amount that was divided. And that brings 1640 Ryo down to 1033… Suddenly I'm kinda glad I don't have teammates.'
Daichi finished his cup of tea and left the place. Before long he reached his house and noticed that Kensei was not home. Daichi went to his room and just sat on his bed.
'I'll be busy with missions but I'll still have some free time. What should I do this year?'
This was a question that was on his mind for a while.
'I've mastered the two steps of all 5 chakra natures. I've learned medical ninjutsu… Hmm… I should concentrate on increasing my stats and improving my Ninjutsu. I'll start on the third step this year. But which nature should I begin with?'
Daichi couldn't think of a solid answer for that question. But he came to a conclusion. 'Lightning, water or earth nature. It should be one of those… But for the moment I'll take a break and enjoy myself. I've been training like a maniac for the last few years. I need to take a short break. And I'll have missions to keep me busy so that's not a problem. I'll do physical exercises and work on improving my Ninjutsu and Genjutsu skills.'
Daichi stood up and went to stand in front of the tall mirror he had in his room. 'Now that I'm Genin I need to change my style and wardrobe.'
Daichi was wearing a dark green full sleeve shirt with camouflage patterns and blue knee length shorts. He also had the weighted clothes on him along with a black ninja pouch strapped to his right thigh. His Leaf headband hung loosely around his neck.
The young gamer looked at his reflection and sighed. 'I'm in serious need of an upgrade… Guess I'm going shopping tomorrow. I'll also need to buy something like a chainmail mesh undershirt. Can't have too much protection and I have a feeling it'll look cool with the right dress… I'll also need to take a look in my inventory. Take out what I don't need.'
Daichi opened the inventory section and started going through everything. He took out the books and other non essential items and kept only what was important. At that moment he noticed the weighted training clothes icon blinking.
'I wonder what that's about?'
Daichi clicked on it and the information on the training gear popped up along with something else.
[Weighted Training Clothes] [Rare Item: Rank C]
[A training gear created …]
[Option to modify the 'Weighted Training Clothes' is now available.]
[Modification can be done according to the user's wish. The different pieces of the item can be combined into a new desired form.]
[Would you like to modify it? Y/N]
'Yes.'
[Concentrate and visualize what you want the item to look like.]
Daichi thought about what he wanted and had a picture in mind. He concentrated and a few seconds later a new blue box appeared with the same picture he had in his mind.
[Would you like to change the item to a new form? Y/N]
Daichi pressed yes and a few seconds later the completion message appeared.
[New Item created. Weighted Black Scarf.]
Daichi took the new item out of the inventory and smiled.
'Perfect. This will do nicely.'
The weighted leg warmers, arm sleeves, undershirt and trouser all combined and modified into a new form. A long black scarf in a round shape that can be worn around the neck with two ends sticking out to the back. Daichi checked the information on it and found that it weighs 300 Kilos. It also had an additional option added to it.
[The minimum weight of this item is 300 Kg. But the weight can be increased or decreased by adding or removing chakra to the scarf. This scarf is modified so that its weight will be distributed evenly throughout the body.]
'Nice. This is definitely much better. And I can increase the weight of this thing to improve my physical stats. Even distribution of weights throughout the body huh. That's convenient.'
After checking the rest of his inventory and rearranging all the items, Daichi went to sleep.
The next day he headed out to a store that sold ninja gear and protection garments. Daichi looked over the items they had and soon made a choice. He bought the items he wanted and quickly returned home.
Daichi bought black pants with a purple tone chainmail mesh undershirt and a full sleeve deep purple jacket with a few small silver lines for design. He also changed his footwear from open toed sandals to black shoes. He tied his head band around his forehead and put on the black weighted scarf around his neck. His ninja pouch was now secured near his back pocket.
The only thing that remained from his time as an academy student was his glasses. Daichi smiled as he looked at his new attire.
'Hmm… This reminds me of the denim jackets I had before I came here… My hair has grown and it's reached mid back length. Should I cut it?... Na. Long hair is cool.'
Daichi spent the day just roaming around the village and getting used to his new outfit. The whole day was spent relaxing and just indulging himself in small pleasures.
"That's a new look." Kensei said as he looked at Daichi's new outfit when he got home.
"Yeah. I figured it was time for a change."
The old man nodded and they spent the rest of the day tending to the garden and sharing some stories.
—-
"Hmm… There seems to be something different about you today."
Daichi ended his meditation and opened his eyes to the voice of his sensei.
"Morning to you too sensei."
"Did you get new shoes?"
'This guy is definitely trying to mess with me. Two can play at that game.' "Yeah. Figured this was better than the sandals."
Kakashi just hummed at that reply. "That must be it." He and Daichi soon reached the mission desk.
"Ready for your next mission?"
"Yup."
The ninja at the mission desk handed Kakashi a scroll and Daichi got a new quest. After looking over the details Daichi and Kakashi were on their way to their second D Rank mission. They soon reached a modest sized home.
"Your next mission is to clear the yard. Pull the weed, level the ground, remove any rodents… That sort of stuff." Kakashi said as he looked at the boy.
"So what deep insightful lessons will I learn from this mission?" Daichi asked with a slight sarcasm.
Kakashi looked at his student and replied. "How to pull the weed, clear the ground and kill any pest…"
Daichi raised an eyebrow at that answer.
"Not all D Rank missions have some great meaning behind it. Some are just chores… Now why don't you get to work while I find out what Mimi-chan is up to with her new boyfriend." With a small giggle Kakashi turned his attention to the small book in his hand.
Daichi sighed and began the mission. 'I should have expected that… If I can complete this quickly I'll have much more time to focus on myself. And despite what Kakashi says, I can use this as training. I haven't focused on chakra strings for a while. That should be my priority.'
Just like the last mission Daichi created several clones but this time each clone took a section of the yard surrounding the house and got to work. They used chakra strings to pull the weed out of the ground. The blue chakra strings dug into the ground and Daichi pulled them out by the roots.
Even though it looked like Kakashi had his nose buried in the book, he was keeping an eye on his student. The man was surprised to see Daichi's use of chakra strings with such efficiency. 'Normally you'd only see puppet masters from the Sand village with such mastery over the chakra threads.'
The young gamer used chakra strings to catch the small pests that were running away. When it came to the largest plants Daichi had an idea in mind.
He focused the chakra in the strings and changed it to wind nature. He had a certain image in mind. 'Wind is mainly used to push and cut. And for this situation cutting is what I need.'
The next second the normal chakra strings took on the form of wind chakra with small blades swirling around it. Daichi essentially had a long flexible blade running from his fingertips. He flexed his fingers and aimed the strings at a large plant near him. The wind blade coated strings wrapped around the plant and the next second it was cut into pieces.
Kakashi, who was paying attention to Daichi's every move, was surprised at that development. 'He was able to create something like that on his first try? And if he can change the nature of the threads to wind then it stands to reason that he can change it to other natures he mastered.'
A new skill appeared but before checking it out Daichi created a new shadow clone and dispelled it. With that action all the active clones learned the new technique. They started using the new Jutsu to speed up their simple mission.
Meanwhile Daichi looked at the new skill that popped up.
[Elemental Strings - Active (LV.1): This skill is a more advanced version of the skill Chakra Threads. The user converts the chakra into different Nature Elements and changes the properties of the string. This technique can be used in battle in various ways. Even combined Nature Elements can be used to create the Elemental Strings.]
[Effects:]
[5% More effective in the changed element properties.]
[CP cost: 25/Sec.]
'Hmm… Excellent. I can already imagine a lightning and fire whip. I'll definitely need to train this jutsu. It will have so many applications on the battlefield. Looks like this mission wasn't a waste of time after all.'
Daichi and the clones soon completed the work. With the mission completed Team Kakashi returned to the mission desk and got their pay.
"I'll see you tomorrow Daichi." Kakashi said to the boy.
Daichi nodded and left the place. He didn't know it but tomorrow was going to be his first C Rank mission.