The Spar! Part-1
{Training ground, Konoha Academy, Konohagakure}
{1st day of Class}
{3rd Person POV}
Ren looked at the impressive display, honestly, Sasuke's performance was outstanding enough that Ren thought about the psycho girl from his class last year. Her unique ability to handle shuriken and kunai made sure that she racked in enough marks that she was always above Ren in the accuracy portion of the exam and thus narrowly beat him in the final standings.
Ren thought about the scroll of the Intermediate Shurikenjutsu Skill Book he got from the previous quest. Now although it was his first time coming across this particular feature of his powers he could guess what he needed to do. Since he was at the end of the line, he slipped away to the restroom, he was sure Iruka saw him leave but that could be handled after he came back.
Ren slipped into the nearest washroom and looked around, seeing no blue boxes popping up in his vision he opened the inventory with a thought, 'Inventory'.
His inventory was a 10x10 grid of boxes, there was not much in his inventory, Ren had just stored a spare set of kunai and shuriken along with a pair of extra clothes in case of emergencies. Along with the things he had stored before, there were two more scrolls that were glowing softly, Ren clicked on the first one and a blue block popped up.
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[Learn {Intermediate Shurikenjutsu} skill?]
[Pre-requisite: Basic Shurikenjutsu Lv- MAX(-), DEX>20
[Yes/No]
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Due to the couple of weeks of training that Ren did before today's class, he easily met the pre-requisite to learn the skill so he clicked on yes. The block disappeared as a bunch of new information appeared in Ren's mind, he adjusted his posture to throw more than two shurikens at the same time and realized that his posture had automatically adjusted a little bit from before.
The new motions felt comfortable and after a few practice swings Ren left the washroom, while it was frightening to think that he could have an unknown amount of muscle memories by just clicking a button, it still wasn't as frightening as looking around and seeing someone's name floating over their head.
Ren arrived back at the training ground, he noticed Iruka turn to look at him for a brief moment before he turned back to look at Koichi throwing his shuriken one by one. Seeing that there was still a while before his turn Ren opened his skills block and focused on his new skill.
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[Intermediate Shurikenjutsu (Intermediate Shuriken and Kunai throwing Techniques) C-Rank: Lv 1 (0% to next Lv) Shurikenjutsu is a fundamental aspect of a ninja's arsenal, focusing on precision, agility, and strategic use of shuriken and kunai. Skilled practitioners of Shurikenjutsu are able to wield these weapons with incredible accuracy and incorporate them into their combat techniques While most ninjas master only the basic throwing forms of these aspects some clans or ninjas are known to utilize more advanced forms.
• Increases attack power of shuriken and kunai by 25% during combat
• Increases accuracy when thrown during combat by 50%
• Accuracy when thrown outside of combat by 100%
• Able to handle multiple shurikens and Kunai simultaneously = 2
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'So if push comes to shove I can throw two shurikens and kunai at the same time...should I risk it, there is no point in losing accuracy if I can't beat Sasuke, I should focus on maintaining my accuracy above 90%' Ren thought as he watched everyone one by one step up and throw 20 pieces of metal at the targets.
There are only two people remaining in line, Hinata was the first one to step up. Ren watched the girl throw almost all the shuriken in the center spot just missing one. He wasn't impressed by the Hyuga's performance, having sparred with Neji many times during the past 4 years, Ren knew how impressive the boost to one's eyesight the Byakugan provided.
'She shouldn't miss one if she fully concentrates.'
Even Ren with his level-7 {basic Shurikenjutsu} never missed the target during his final year. He was a bit disappointed with the class up till now, although he didn't see Uzumaki's performance looking at his pouting face it was clear that he didn't do so well.
"Ren" Iruka shouted as it was finally his turn, quite a few of his classmates had surprised murmurs asking the ones around them who he was. Ren ignored his oblivious classmates as he took a stack of kunai and shuriken from a smiling Mizuki.
"Good luck" the Chunin assistant encouraged him with a nod.
'Okay he's a spy... no one is that nice to an unnamed orphan.'
Seeing Mizuki's smiling visage alarmed Ren but he still managed to suppress his instincts to narrow his eyes at the chunin and walked to the starting spot. The targets were around 100 m away from the starting spot, and each of the three targets was arranged in different positions and distances.
Ren focused on the left-most target and felt the weight of the shuriken before he flung it with a snap of his wrist. He grabbed another and flicked the next shuriken at the second target. He cycled through the targets one by one before he switched his posture to throw the kunai.
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"Good Job Ren!" Iruka-Sensei praised Ren after he got a full score, at least where the accuracy was concerned. He went back to stand at the end once again, this time a lot more gazes followed him, he could even see Shikamaru vaguely shaking his head as he passed by him.
Although Ren was puzzled now wasn't the time to confront the lazy brat, the reward for his second mission was here.
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[UNIQUE STORY QUEST COMPLETED!]
[Ready! Set! Fire!]
[Shurikenjutsu is one of the five basic branches of combat, while not as popular as its counterparts, mastery over the trajectory of a shuriken can change the outcome of any fight.]
[Main Quest: Score at least 70% on the accuracy test.]
[Side Quest I: Score 80% or higher on the accuracy test.]
[Side Quest II: Score 90% or higher on the accuracy test.]
[Hidden Quest: Get the Highest marks in the accuracy test in your class.]
[Rewards:]
[Main Quest Completion: 250 EXP {Collect}]
[Side Quest Completion: 300 EXP, +100 Reputation [Iruka]. {Collect}]
[Second Side Quest Completion: 500 EXP, Acquire [Intermediate Academy Taijutsu Skill Book], +200 Reputation [Iruka]. {Collect}]
[Hidden Quest Rewards: ?, ?, ?.]
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