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Chapter 9 - The Crooked mission! Part-2

{Somewhere in the Land of Fire}

{5:47 AM, 7 March 78 Yrs}

"Hah...Hah," Hiroshi panted from the exertion he was currently running around the abandoned trail that he had found a couple of kilometres away from the base. Nothing weird happened last night, but he was too anxious and paranoid to fall asleep, in the end, he somehow managed to nod off for a couple of hours when Ren was supposed to take his shift. Hiroshi knew he was getting a little too paranoid and it was even showing right now during his training, his movements were a little awkward during the katas for his new Taijutsu so he ended up just doing physical conditioning.

'Status...' Hiroshi thought and stared at his new stats...

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[Name - Hiroshi Aburame]

[Simulation Cooldown - 01::04::18::34]

[Simulation Points - 0]

[Title - ~]

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[Affiliation - Konoha]

[Chakra - 237/237]

[Str - 34]

[Vit - 25]

[Dex - 46]

[Agi - 31]

[Int - 54]

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[Physical Stats] [+]

[Mental Stats] [+]

[Current Strength - High-Genin]

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[Skills]

{[Intermediate Academy Taijutsu(Passive/Active) Lv- 4], [Intermediate Bukijutsu (Passive/Active) Lv-4], [Leaf Sticking(Passive/Active) Lv-Max], [Tree Walking (Passive/Active) Lv-8], [Water Walking (Passive/Active) Lv-Max], [Transformation Technique(Active) Lv-Max], [Clone Technique(Active) Lv-Max], [Body Replacement Technique(Active) Lv-Max], [Solid Clone Jutsu (Active) Lv-2], [Beginner Vaccum Fist (Active) Lv-2], [Secret Skill: Blood-Bone Transformation Technique(Passive/Active)Lv-1] }

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[Traits]

{[Night Vision(Green)]}

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Looking at his stats, Hiroshi could clearly see his progress, almost all his physical stats have increased by a couple of points, specially VIT, which had a 4-point jump. His chakra more than doubled because of the increase in his stats and maybe comprehension.

Hiroshi saw the outline of the rising sun and decided it was time to take a break, he jumped onto a tree before heading in the direction of the base camp.

'I need more information, but what if I make Tora suspicious then it would mess everything up, but since I applied to leave the team and the mission was officially shortened to 1 month I don't know what changes would happen...Surely though Tora wouldn't attack me so soon after arriving here right, I should be able to get by till tomorrow then I would be able to get more information from the simulations.'

"Yo, 'Roshi... you done with your morning exercises?" Hiroshi met Ren before he reached the base.

"Yeah, yeah... what you up to? Wanna have a spar I am a little nervous since I decided to take part in the chunin exams."

'This is better since Ren is probably not involved with Tora's plan, maybe I'll stick by him for the day.'

"Speaking of which, I was thinking about participating too now that I will have probably mastered the Great Fireball Jutsu by then, you wanna team up, I heard at least the first two exams are team-based and I would prefer you to the two psycho lovebirds..." Ren grinned as he punched Hiroshi's shoulder lightly.

"Are they even participating?" Hiroshi asked as they both started tree hopping north away from both the base and his trail.

"I don't know man and I ain't asking, anyway what you say, team up?" Ren asked.

"Yeah man sure, I guess I need to protect your ass as you spam your fancy new jutsu..." Hiroshi grinned and dashed forwards to avoid the swat coming his way.

"Twat..." Ren grumbled before then travelling in silence for a bit.

"Do you know anyone else?" Ren asked, his face turned away slightly making Hiroshi grin. Both he and Ren were anti-social, aside from each other they probably only got along with Tora. Maybe it was the reason why they both were a little more relaxed around each other.

"We both know the answer to this question, we'll just need to trust the system and watch each other's back, yeah?"

"...yeah" Ren exhaled his reply as they slowly appeared in a clearing, it was perfect for a small training ground, if there were some posts for practising kata's then it be just like home.

"Not bad, you found this quick," Hiroshi surveyed the surroundings before he started stretching a little bit, popping a few joints as he proceeded to deactivate the weights on both of his legs.

'Let's see how much the surprise factor of my taijutsu style plays a role.'

"You ready?" Hiroshi asked, and Ren nodded seriously, his eyes concentrating on Hiroshi's figure.

There was a brief moment of stillness as both of them gauged each other's stance, seeing no obvious openings after a moment, Hiroshi started moving his chakra through his calf muscles and his right bicep.

"You never change do you, you bastard..." Ren flashed him a grin, and Hiroshi decided at that particular moment to dash at him.

Hiroshi at that moment realised how much difference the upgrades to his vision and reflexes meant, in all the spars till now Ren always had the upper hand because he was just faster than him. It was difficult to explain it clearly, it wasn't that Ren was moving any slower or that he could see him moving clearly now, but being able to perfectly react to him allowed him to have a moment of clarity. After a few punches and dodges, Hiroshi now decided to check the efficiency of his new style.

He sent a chunk of chakra travelling down his right arm and sent it barreling towards Ren's right shoulder blade, knowing he couldn't dodge this attack Ren easily made the perfect block but his eyes widened as the punch stuck to his hands and as Hiroshi pulled his hand back while sliding closer, his left hand snuck through Ren's now broken guard before he got a clean grip at Ren's throat.

The moment of stillness returned, Ren's eyes stared into Hiroshi's for a couple of seconds before Hiroshi opened his hand and stopped the chakra flowing through his right hand. Ren backed up a few steps as he went through the spar back in his mind.

'It's more effective against a sensor type since I can mix in feints with my chakra too, still, its effects in straight up a hand to hand combat was better than what I imagined, but if Ren was holding Kunai's then my whole taijutsu style breaks down... maybe I would need to get an intermediate or advanced version of this Taijutsu styles to get more proficiency...'

"Well that was new," Ren broke the silence, his narrowed eyes staring at Hiroshi's figure, "It's a weird style but effective, but your reactions are clearly faster too... that weight training is doing wonders for you I think." Hiroshi could clearly sense the suspicion in Ren's gaze.

After giving him a half smile Hiroshi replied, "The first thing you said to me after 3 weeks of us forming a team was, 'You lean on your left foot a little too much when you do a standard right hook, wanna s-spar?' "

"Fuck you!" Ren glared at him but Hiroshi noticed the tension leaving his shoulders.

"What you stuttered like an 8 year- old...." Hiroshi ducked the roundhouse kick as they went right back to sparring this time Ren was especially looking out for the unusual style which led to Hiroshi trapping him with feints.

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An: Yo we're back! Sry about the unexpected Hiatus but I got an internship opportunity that lasted for three months. Anyway, I'll try to update this daily form today so I hope you like it!!!