[Gamer Mind.] (Initiating.)
'Haaah!' 'Haah!'
Taking a deep breath, a blond man with a facial whisker mark awoke from his sleep.
He looked at his hand and appeared to be in the middle of a terrifying nightmare, but he knew that no one would give a damn about him.
He was Naruto Uzumaki of the hidden village, after all, and an orphan whom, for some reason, was despised by everyone in this town.
But today, instead of feeling cold or angry, a cozy feeling was churning inside his chest, bringing his entire outgoing personality together in a desire to grow and change.
"System! You there." He muttered very silently. Along with his words, a beautiful blue projection appeared in his vision as he looked at the blue screen with a small smile on his face.
[Host: Naruto Uzumaki.]
[Bloodline: Uzumaki-Clan (13%)]
Ninjutsu: Clone Jutsu Level 1 (2/100), Transformation Jutsu Level 1 (68/100), Substitution Jutsu Level 1 (72/100).
Taijutsu: Basic Academy Taijutsu Level 1 (94/100).
[Chakra Nature: Wind.]
[Parameters: Mid-Chunin Physique, Mid-Genin Agility, Mid-Genin Strength, High-Chunin Chakra.]
[Chakra Control: Basic Level 1 (44/100)]
'Huh! Is that it...?' He wondered. Although there was that fire flickering within his gaze, Naruto today had lost one of the precious aspects of his personality, but in return what he got was calmness that was never seen before.
'Well, whatever! I can raise them anytime,' he muttered as he looked at the dark room. It was raining today.
Naruto noticed that his appetite was churning as he looked at the entire set of instant ramen, but he used Transformation Jutsu because he knew that eating this much ramen was bad for him.
He would at least buy some egg.
Though given the condition, no one would sell him, so he transformed and got to the other side of the city to buy a whole set of eggs before heading back.
He was able to purchase some eggs, and, as he had assumed, no one noticed anything.
On the way back, he changed into his normal self to avoid the patrol shinobi noticing anything off about him.
'This is a bit tiresome, but we'll consider it as a training.' Naruto muttered, knowing that those guys would eventually find out about him.
He was thinking of going to see if he could find out more about the locals so that he could use Transformation jutsu to copy them and buy eggs.
After all, these guys in his neighbourhood had undoubtedly seen him bringing eggs, and Danzo, the psychopath, would undoubtedly do something to put pressure on him by doing little things.
But gathering intel is also a shinobi job, so Naruto smiled, thinking how he won't mind playing some mind game with that shit.
As for why, he knew about Danzo. Well, he used a gamer skill that is well hidden from the skill list, Observation at level max.
He only had to look at his details to see what that man who had been staring at him with such hatred had in them, and he was able to identify one name—Danzo—that appeared to be associated with each and every one of them.
'That shit is going to get it. But being able to manipulate this many simply means he is a strong shinobi, so I might as well take time to deal with him.' Boiling some eggs and cutting off some celery and cabbage, Naruto cut them off and served them with pepper and salt, along with the instant ramen, although not too good, but a proper diet was created.
'I can also add some pork meat and other things next time.' While eating, Naruto continued to update his menu, though he will finish this ramen set before starting to take a proper diet. 'I need to read about some good, food-related material,' he thought.
Looking out.
Naruto, for the first time, tried to comb, but his hairstyle did not change that much, and after taking a shower in this cold weather, he took the goggles before throwing them back, and finally, taking a few things, he left the cold apartment.
He recalled how he had read the entire instruction in his dream and how, in accordance with it, his nin-jutsu abilities were terrible due to his lack of chakra control.
And further reading how chakra control determines if he can learn more powerful ninjutsu or not, Naruto realized the reason why he sucks at clone jutsu, as it has a higher chakra control ability than he possesses.
'They all knew! Because they had parents who knew few things. And I continued to ignore Iruka-sensei's class, and I do not have parents, so I lagged behind them due to my inability.'
His icy logic was spot on, and although Naruto was aware of his foolishness at the moment, he did not appear depressed because, even at this moment, he knew that he had no time to waste if he wanted to become strong, and he was aware that he had many enemies.
'Well! As expected of me,' he silently joked at himself. As he walked toward the academy, his gaze fell on the quest bar that suddenly appeared on his screen.
[Quest: Find the reason for getting strong.]
[Task 1: Don't go to the academy and find a place to think about your own reason to live.]
[Task 2: Find a partner who will be willing to stand with you.]
[Task 3: Find your origin, Uzumaki Naruto.]
[Reward: 5 X Stamina Potions.]
[Host will accept it.]
[Yes]/[No]
'Well, let's accept it.' Perceiving no harm in accomplishing this quest, Naruto chose to accept it because he knew that the Stamina potion not only restored his energy and fatigue during training, but it also slightly increased his overall Chakra value.
However, training while consuming it will undoubtedly have a significant effect on his Chakra value. When he turned off that alley, however, he was unaware that a figure had noticed him walking toward the academy and had followed him with a smile.
The young girl frowned slightly as she attempted to follow him but was unable to do so.
'Naruto-kun. Did something happen?' Hinata felt something off at that moment.
However, with his clan's devoted guard by her side, she was forced to go to the academy in the hopes that Naruto would be safe and that she would see him there again soon.
'Yes! He should have forgotten something.'