Ch-7 (Part-2)

While making sure nobody was around, I ran forward, jumping from tree to tree.

'It's amazing that the fertile lands of the fire country are adjacent to the barren lands of the wind country.!

Reaching the borders of the Land of Fire was no easy feat, and I encountered numerous foes.

Thankfully, most of them were bandits or traveling merchants with malicious intent.

'I lost count of the days, but the first week was the harshest.'

Back then, I would encounter masked men every hour. The masked men are called ninjas, I know that now.

'Although each encounter with those ninjas were life threatening, I learned a lot from them.

The most important thing I learned was the foundation of this world.

'Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, and Chakra... Apparently, the "snake man" and the man who lured me to that organization weren't using magic, but rather ninjutsu, I chuckled.

I also learned that my "Demonic Chakra," was incompatible with everything but me. I tried touching a fish with demonic chakra on my palm, but when they touched the fish, the fish's flesh melted.

Unfortunately, that effect is not as great against humans.

'It sucks that I can't use ninjutsu or the other ninja techniques, but I suppose it's not that bad.

While Demonic chakra had its cons, it also had its pros.

Demonic chakra is stronger than regular chakra, and it's not even close.

'I don't know how much stronger it is, but I can punch a fireball ninjutsu and the ninjutsu would be dispelled instantly.'

However, it wouldn't always work. I learned that the hard way when I tried to punch a dragon-shaped fireball and got burned.

'And through that, I learned that my Demonic Chakra can heal pretty much any wound. Of course, I can only heal myself.'

I also learned that I can regrow limbs, but that would be a desperate attempt and would take a long time. To regrow limbs, I have to pay the price of energy.

'Once, I was starving during a fight with the masked ninjas and got stabbed. I tried healing myself, but only did more harm as the Demonic Chakra used my own flesh to create energy.

It was also that same day that I lost my right arm... it took about a week to regrow my arm.

'Even now, my right arm feels numb and weak. It should still be healing.

Shaking my head, I scattered those terrible memories.

'That's all in the past now, and I learned everything I could while standing on the line separating life and death.

I wouldn't say I mastered my power yet. My way of using it is primitive at best.

1././.

After walking for a few more hours, I reached the end of the forest.

'Damn, it's just as hot as before.'

The reason I didn't continue heading forward when I reached the land of wind before was simple.

I wasn't prepared yet.

'However, I now have a week's worth of food inside my bag.

Creating a simple bag from the clothes of my fallen enemies was pretty simple, I made it two weeks after my journey began.

Creating a simple bag from the clothes of my fallen enemies was pretty simple, I made it two weeks after my journey began.

'Sigh,' I said it's a week's worth of food... but with my appetite, this amount is worth nothing.

'At most, it'll keep my hunger at bay for three days.

Sometimes, I wished I didn't have Demonic Chakra. If I had regular chakra instead, would I be living a normal life?

No one will know, and I couldn't ponder about it anymore because I saw someone running toward me.

'They're fast... That person is a ninja, with that, I secretly circulated my demonic chakra through my whole body.

'If they're hostile, they won't know what killed them.'