Chapter Two: First Dungeon
[You have slept in your bed. HP & CP are fully restored]
That's new
I thought as I sat up, grimacing as I did so, remembering the pain I felt after I drank that strange black liquid however I didn't feel any different so I opened my stats screen to check
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Shadow Senju
Race: Human
Rank: E
Class: None
Talent: None
Level: 29 [EXP: (10%)]
HP-25850/25850
CP-50950/50950
The Gamer
Title-Student (Shinobi-in-Training)
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I widened my eyes as I saw the immense figure that represented my Chakra. It had literally skyrocketed.
'Is this the effect of that black liquid?'
I asked myself as I felt the immense Chakra within myself compared to the tiny amount of Chakra I had before
I got ready for the day, my mind still was reeling from the growth of my Chakra. When I was perpared, I headed to the academy
***
Arriving at the academy took me more time than I thought, the reason being that I kept on taking wrong turns and missing my way so by the time I arrived, I was once again almost late and Suzume was at the gate just like yesterday although she was alone today
"Again Shadow" She asked giving me an unimpressed stare while leaning on the gate. She seemed a lot relaxed than she did yesterday but I didn't say anything.
My memories were telling me that she likes to keep up this strict persona when a lot of people were around but she usually drops it when she's around me because we were a lot closer than what normal or even best friends usually are.
"Give me a break 'zume, I've not been feeling myself recently" I shrugged.
"I noticed" She said dryly as she let her eyes wander up and down my body, an excited glint in her eyes.
"Enjoying the view~" I teased and she snorted even when she knew that she was caught.
"You wish. I pity you actually"
"Oh? and may I ask why?"
"Our first class is taken by Yamamoto-sensei and while I can be exempted from his class due to my important duties, you're not so fortunate, poor you."
What?
Yamamoto-sensei
Yamamoto.
Oh fuck you Suzume.
My legs had already started running, even before my memories told me that he was just another bitter man who enjoyed overworking me for no reason.
He's completely convinced that I cheated with one of his ex-colleague's wife which detoriated his mental health leading to him being sacked. In my defense, I didn't do anything like that but I guess him catching me groping one of my classmates, a girl named Rihoko really sold the nonsensical theory.
I arrived at my class —thankfully before him— and took my seat calming myself down and got ready to recreate reinforcement, when I felt someone staring at me intently.
Really intently.
I looked around and saw Rihoko staring at me with joy and... lust?, there's something wrong with my life. I winked at her and she turned away blushing.
Cute.
[Rihoko Uzumaki]
-Member of the almost extinct Uzumaki clan and a skilled fuinjutsu user in her own right. She has a massive crush on you but hides it from others with faux hate. She also has a strange liking of being... groped? but only by you at least.
Wonderful, so I have a Tsundere as a love interest, just a regular day in the life of Shadow Senju
[+5 Affection with Rihoko Uzumaki]
What?.
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-Tutorial: Romance-
Everything in the world is about sex. Except for sex, sex is about power.
By interacting with people and factions you can get affection and reputation from them. And by forming bonds with them you will get rewards at 50 and 100 affection/reputation.
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Well, well ain't this interesting.
I like power. And I like women.
Whelp, I guess I'll aim to become the "Harem King" then.
Fuckin hell.
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Quest Alert!
[A Man's Greatest Dream]
Show these half ass harem protags what a real harem looks like and amass a harem of the most desirable women in any universe
Objective 1: Make a harem of 5 girls
Objective 2: Make a harem of 25 girls
Objective 3: Make a harem of 50 girls
Objective 4: Make a harem of 100 girls
Bonus Objective 1: Get 10 villains to join your harem
Bonus Objective 2: Get girls from 10 different species to your harem
Bonus Objective 3: Get 5 goddesses to join your harem
Rewards 1: 50 stat points, 5000 Credits, All harem members get a permanent 10% stat increase, [Harem Prince] Title
Rewards 2: 500 stat points, 50,000 Credits, 1 Gacha Token, all harem members get a permanent 25% stat increase, [Harem King] Title
Rewards 3: 2500 stat points, 250,000 Credits, 3 Gacha Tokens, All harem members get a permanent 50% stat increase, [Harem Emperor] Title
Rewards 4: 10000 stat points, 1,000,000 Credits, 5 Gacha Tokens, All harem members get a permanent 100% stat increase, [Harem God] Title
Bonus Rewards 1: 250 stat points, 100,000 Credits, 10 Gacha Token, [Heartseeker] Perk
Bonus Rewards 2: 5000 Stat points, 800,000 Credits, 50 Gacha Tokens, [Love for All] Perk
Bonus Rewards 3: 10,000 stat points. 7,500,000 Credits, 100 Gacha Tokens, [Divine Seducer] Perk
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The rewards were awesome, especially that of the bonus objectives, but the difficulty balanced it. After all where the fuck was I supposed to find different species?
As I finished browsing through the notifications, the door suddenly burst open, scaring quite the number of my classmates but not me.
...At least that's what I'll tell people when they ask.
Anyways, the door opened and a tall robust man walked in. He had curly brown hair, green eyes and a little gotee. He was wearing the standard chunin flak jacket and a long sleaved grey shirt, he also wore dark blue shinobi pants and black sandals. His eyes surveyed the class, stopping at me and smirked. I frowned.
What do he have planned now.
"Alright maggots!, to the training yard this instant, hut two three four!"
The class let out collective groans of disapproval but got moving anyways and I couldn't blame them, it was truely a nightmare to have this man as company but even worse to have him as an enemy.
As we all collectively trooped together, I snuck a quick squeeze of Rihoko's ass and she moaned softly before turning, eyes softening when she saw it was me.
[+5 Affection with Rihoko Uzumaki (70/100) (For being so daring)]
[Wrath of the Uzumakis] — Rihoko Uzumaki
Effect of seals are increased by 40%
Worth it. Also someone is a bit of an exhibitionist.
My senses prickled and I looked up, only to see Yamamoto looking at me with a mix of rage and painful retribution.
I may have signed my death warrant but I couldn't help smirking, serves the bastard right for making my life difficult.
We arrived at the training yard where we mostly practice bukijutsu, taijutsu and any other outdoor activity the senseis cook up for us.
We stood in an orderly manner while Yamamoto paced in front of us, sampling us like cattle. He glared at me then nodded as if making a decision he was pleased with.
"Alright maggots, today you'll be taking part in a training exercise. A spar actually" He declared enthusiacally a wicked gleam in his eyes.
Whispering broke out amongst the rest of my classmates while my eyes remained fixed at him.
I know where this is fucking going.
"First round is Shadow Namikaze vs. Suzuki Yuki"
Fucking called it. It seems that he taught that putting the best taijutsu female fighter in the class with the average loner was a good fucking idea.
Cursing under my breath, I headed to the clearing made specifically for shit like this with a beautiful petite European looking girl. She had shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a simple white shirt and black bloomer shorts that clinged to her ass nicely.
"Are you both ready?" Yamafucker asked when we both stood opposite each other.
"Hai" We said at the same time. To outsiders, I must have looked calm however, I was panicking internally cursing Yamamoto with all the curses I could think of.
[+3 Affection with Suzuki Yuki (For not chickening out like a true man)]
Good to know you think so highly of me.
Contuary to what I thought, there was no starting signal, no buzzer or bell. She simply rocketed forwards and brought her foot up in an axe kick. I, barely, managed to dodge and the vicious blow came down in an almost perfect arc coming down where he'd been just standing.
Dodging, however, wasn't enough to save me.
The heel of her foot came down like a sledgehammer, shattering the ground, sending pieces of debris flying as stone came apart as easily as tissue paper. It was all I could do to stay on his feet as the ground became loose and unstable, concrete cracking as a whole section of the court was pushed downwards, sinking into the ground.
Barely avoiding the small hole, I gawked at the herculean middle schooler.
"The hell?!"
What were they feeding people in this school?!
— No One —
It struck Shadow as odd that someone so small could pack that much of a punch.
That wasn't to say he hadn't seen girls that were just as scary. Tenten possess various weapons and Kurenai was scary in ways you couldn't even look at her without being in danger.
This was different.
And just as bad.
"Not the face! Watch out for the face!"
Jabs, hooks, straights. The tiny girl lashed out with punch after punch, moving like an experienced pugilist, faster than a human had any business being, with attacks strong enough to blow his hair back with wind alone.
The one time he blocked them, Shadow actually felt his forearms go numb and his knees buckle before pushing her back… which had been just about the only win he had managed so far in this fight before the girl, Suzuki, launched herself back at him intent on giving his face a permanent makeover.
Using the force of her strike to propel herself upwards, the white haired brawler bounced up and at Shadow and it was all he could do to throw up a wall of debris between them.
"Got you."
Grabbing the tip of the slab of stone as it fell, she rotated herself over the edge of Shadow's shield and he, well, took advantage of the opening. With a second kick coming down, the extra rotation lending it additional power, but taking more time to land, Shadow roughly guessed where Suzuki was falling.
So, wincing, hesitating to put much effort into it, and feeling immensely guilty, the teen lined his fist up with his opponent's face and just… let the girl fall into it.
"Sorry!"
Her chin struck his knuckles with a sharp crunch while her second strike did send him flying, the sheer force released on impact being enough to knock Shadow back several feet, still landing on his feet even though he felt like he'd had a soccer ball punted at his chest.
Shadow ducked under a punch, barely dodging the little girl… who just so happened to be able to shatter steel.
Flailing wildly, he back pedaled as he tried to dodge her strikes, the short, sharp attacks coming in at a heavy pace. Each punch would have pulverized a normal human and Shadow still flinched, even if he could take the hits without much trouble. But, after a sudden trio of blows - a simple left, right, left - both of his hands came up out of instinct.
"Bad choice."
Suddenly pushing off the ground, the white haired girl landed an elbow to his gut and then stepped into Shadow as he doubled over.
"Up!" She grabbed his jacket, slammed her hips into his thighs, and bodily lifted him off the ground. "And over!"
He slammed into the floor with the force of a crumbling building and layed there panting to hell and back, accepting his defeat.
"Suzuki wins!" He heard Yamamoto say as his vision started to blur, he could feel a hand lifting him up and he groaned in a pain
[+2 Affection with Suzuki Yuki for being a better fighter than she thought]
'Ah, good to know you think so highly of me.' He thought before blacking out
***
"*Grumble* *Grumble* Fucking cucking cat."
Damn, Suzuki for being so good at fighting. When I woke up, the exercise was already over and that motherfucker called Yamamato told me to my face that I needed to train more, how dare he. After that I spent some alone time with Rihoko, you know, the good stuff and managed to get her affection up by five.
After I recollected that fight, I found my performance to be very disappointing. I really needed to bump up my stats so that this shit don't happens again.
I smiled as I arrived home, happy to be back. Sharing my sentiments, my stomach growled in hunger and I rubbed it with a chuckle. I freshened up and had a not-quite-filling meal of ramen before lying on my bed pondering.
How exactly do I level up.
The system have gone on and on about how great it was and how blessed plain little me was to have this opportunity however, it hasn't told me how I could level up.
Normally there would be a skill to create dungeons or the Gamer would be required to located dungeons on the map however I hadn't seen anything like that on my HUD
[I'll fix that]
[You have acquired the skill: ID Create]
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[ID Create]
Cost: 100CP
Allows the user to create Instant Dungeons. The dungeons that can be created and entered change as you level up.
Available Dungeons:
[Zombies]
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[You have acquired the skill: ID Escape.]
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[ID Escape]
Cost: 100CP
Allows the user to instantly escape the instant dungeon they are in.
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[You have acquired the skill: Language]
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[Language](Passive)
Allows the user to understand and speak any non-magical language.
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Awesome.
With those 3 now I could start the "Game" for real. I read the Gamer Manwha enough to know the gist of what I have to do with ID creation.
I have about three weeks till I leave the academy. By the end of those weeks, I need to get stronger. I need to be strong enough to ensure my survival. I won't leave anything to chance. There is always the chance that I may be targeted either by a rogue nin or enemy ninjas.
I won't die again.
'ID Create.'
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Choose a dungeon
[Zombie]
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More like choose THE dungeon but whatever. I tapped on the zombie option as my body disappeared from the spot.
...
[F1]
A shattering sound was heard but I paid no mind to it rather focusing on the now different world, the sky was red and the village was in a state of ruin. In the place of humans were zombies.
Quest Alert!
Quest: Zombie Massacre
Desciption: Oh no! the village has been infected by the zombie virus. Everyone else but you has been transformed into zombies, so as the last surviving human, it is your duty to eliminate all zombies in the dungeon and save the world.
Objective 1: Kill all zombie grunts (0/100)
Objective 2: Kill all Zombie brutes (0/5)
Objective 3: Kill ??? (BOSS) (0/1)
Bonus Objective: ???
Rewards: 1500 EXP, 2000 ryo, ???, Next floor unlocked
Bonus rewards: ???
I swiped the screen away then unsheathed [Crimson] as I saw a hobbling zombie with rotting skin limping toward me.
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[Zombie - Lv. 10]
HP: 1030
Stats:
Str: 19
Agi:18
Vit: 17
Int: Na
Wis: Na
Rotting human corpses reanimated by magic.
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Instead of approaching I waited until the zombie reached my range. And the moment it did I cut off it's head my my sword. The body made a nice thumping noise as it fell.
[Defeated 1x Zombie +20exp]
Now that I wasn't in immediate danger I looked around. I was really curious how an entire street was a part of a dungeon so I tried one of the doors. And suprisingly, it opened although the house was completely empty. I closed it, disappointed that I couldn't salvage anything.
Just as I turned around to continue down the street I saw another undead that had seemingly manifested out of thin air behind me go for a bite of my juicy shoulder. Instinct kicked in and I kicked it away then stabbed my sword into it's skull killing it
[Defeated 1x Zombie +20exp]
That was close, getting bit by those things usually involved getting turned into zombies in the movies but with the system who knew, anyway it was better to be safe than sorry.
I continued walking around the street and came across 3 whole undead. Or I guess 2.8 since one of them is missing an arm.
Thanks to their bad agility I was able to abuse the range of my blade and used it to cut off the head of any undead that came too close to me.
And after the 3 were thoroughly washed onto the ground and their heads were spilled onto the pavement. Frankly, it was incredibly disgusting but if it meant I would get stronger I would lick those brains off the ground if I had to
I hurried my steps as I encountered 5 undead hobbling toward me. Before I focused on the energy inside me and started trying to infuse it to my sword, it worked and a purple light came out of the blade and it turned violet however as I tried to swing it, it fizzled out and returned back to it's natural colour. As I was about to try it again the zombies reached me. The one closest in front of me lunged at me trying to bite me. I kicked it back and cracked its jaw with my bat.
As I swung at another one the other got a hold of my arm and bit down, HARD.
[ -680HP ]
My eyes shot wide open at the pain. Kicking the zombie away I decapitated the head before turning to the zombie next to me and delivering a swing, splitting the head in two. Not letting up my momentum I charged at the zombie behind and pushed it down before stomping down on its neck. Before the last one could even think of lunging at me it met the sharp end of my sword.
[ Defeated 5x Zombies +100exp +2x Undead Flesh ]
I sat down on one of the corpses in exhaustion, ignoring the blood staining my clothes as I looked at the items that had been deposited into my inventory. I looked at their description while being careful to not accidentally drag it out of my inventory.
[Undead Flesh: Flesh of a reanimated human, contains traces of necrotic energy. Can be used as an alchemical ingredient or as material for rituals.]
Well, at least it was useful. I certainly would drop the piece of flesh on the ground if it was useless. After a minute or so my health was nearly topped off so I continued advancing.
***
An entire hour later I was lying on the ground panting to hell and back.
I managed to reach level 7, grinding here with these stats wasn't easy If only I had a SPELL OR JUTSU from my SHINOBI class to clear mobs more quickly. I was halfway through level 8 which required 300 exp to complete. And the zombies gave fuck all for exp. At least now with my slightly better stats I could kill them much easier.
OH WAIT. I DO have a jutsu thanks to a jutsu scroll drop from one of the zombies. It also seemed really great, something that an actual shinobi would use. There was just one eeny meeny tiny problem.
I CANT FUCKING LEARN THE DAMN THING.
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Jutsu Scroll: Ice Release: Ice Dragon
Freeze a water dragon made by an enemy or ally and bring it under your control or shape moisture in the very air itself to make an ice dragon. The damage and potency scale with your intelligence.
Requirement: Ice Release Kekkei Genkai
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That's right, I'm a shinobi whose only jutsu is one he can't even learn. I am sick and tired of this student bullshit. I can't even control my own chakra. I can't cast for shit. And I get fuckall for my current stats.
Honestly, considering my current streak of luck I am surprised that the floor boss hasn't come all the way he to stomp my cock and balls into fine red paste.
*STOMP!* *STOMP!*
Just cut me fuckin break...
I jumped up from my position as I held my blood soaked sword in my hand. In front of my eyes was a hulking beast of a zombie nearly twice my size and muscles big enough to wrestle a bear.
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[Zombie Brute - Lv. 25(Elite)]
HP: 1812
Str: 30
Agi: 7
Vit: 28
A hulking musclebound zombie brute with less than stellar agility and an even less intelligence.
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Yeah... no, I am not taking that on while I am THIS tired. Silently I used ID Escape.
[ID Escape has failed: Cannot escape against a mini-boss.]
Fuck.
Me.
Actually, those words may as well be a self-fulfilling prophecy with the 200 kilos of muscle running toward me.
As the brute reached me, he threw a heavy straight. Crouching I ducked under the meaty fist and swung my blade toward its side. But as the blade sliced into its side it felt like I was trying to slice a goddam brick wall and it felt like I took more damage from the recoil. I stepped back as I evaded a stomp from the brute and tried stabbing the brute. Yet the blade did not even budge an inch into its armor-like muscles.
*WHOOSH!*
Leaning to the side I avoided a predictable hook as I stabbed it in the armpit. Contrary to how I thought, the adrenalin in my body cleaned out my mind. I couldn't panic here. With that last stab, I had dealt 20 hp of damage. With persistence, I could wear him down.
I jumped back with my superior agility as it slammed both arms onto the floor in rage. He is very strong against physical attacks. The zombie moved toward me I could see its fists bleeding from hitting the pavement.
Suddenly, the brute charged me shoulder first. Moving like a train toward me but unfortunately for it, it did not possess the speed of one so I sidestepped it and stabbed the back of its knee with my blade in my right and brought it out, wiping the blood that sprayed on my face.
It got one knee from the hit, reversing the grip of the sword in my left hand I plunged it as hard as I could into its shoulder. Drawing out a pained groan before it got up and I ran back to create distance. I had already downed its HP by 390. I tried throwing rocks at it but they just bounced off of his head only dealing 3 damage.
I could do this. I was faster and more dextrous than it. It may double my strength but I double its agility. All I had to do was to play peek-a-boo by dodging and retaliating in the giant openings it leaves.
But as I was about to stab its throat after it charged at me with its fist raised, it suddenly tanked my stab to the throat and instead of punching me, opened its hand and hugged my waist.
Held by the embrace of the Brute, I suddenly felt immense pressure crack my ribcage, sending jolts of pain throughout my body. I saw my health drop rapidly in my rearview. And suddenly the brute threw me toward the hard pavement.
Just before my body was about to hit the pavement I heard just one thought overshadow all others.
'Ah, I'm going to die.'
I was going to die. Again .
I was about to lose my second chance.
'I WON'T DIE AGAIN!'
Sadness, fear, anger, indignation, rage, and desperation all bubbled up within my body. Before bursting like a balloon.
*BAM!*
Just before I hit the ground my entire body was cloaked by dark purple chakra. Protecting my body. Getting up from the cracked pavement I wiped the blood from my mouth as I glared down the brute.
Feeling the immense power rushing through me like a million volts I leaned forward and sprinted toward the brute with inhuman speed. before it could raise its arms to intercept me with its meager agility my chakra enhanced fist slammed into its stomach.
*BOOM!*
My fist dug deep into its stomach as the blow nearly lifted the brute off its feet. As it skid backward I pursued it and hit its jaw with a devastating left hook that ripped its jaw off. Right after I twisted my whole body as I threw the hardest straight I ever threw into the brute's chest. Completely shattering its ribcage as my fist dug in nearly up to my elbow.
[You have defeated the Zombie Brute! +200exp +1 Gacha Token +1 str crystal]
I felt a rush of strength fill me as I leveled up 2 times in a row. But I was still looking at my hands. Or specifically what they had just accomplished and the power that ran through them. But now that I had killed the boss and felt like the entire world had stomped on my shit I immediately used ID exit and landed back in my apartment.
Right on my clean white carpet.
With my dirty bloodstained sandals.
Fuck it, I couldn't care less right now. Feeling the strength in my legs vanish, I unceremoniously collapsed onto the soft carpeted floor. This was the most exhausted I had ever been in my life.
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[Status Effect: Exhausted]
-Health and Chakra recover 75% percent slower.
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Honestly, right now, I wanted nothing more than to crawl over to my bed and sleep for a year or so but I had something I needed to do first. I looked at my status screen and assigned my stats immediately.
All 10 straight to luck
My heart won't be able to take it if the game keeps pulling shit like that. After feeling ever so slightly more confident in my luck I pushed myself off the ground and regretfully walked to my room.
The moment my tired ass body hit the bed I was knocked out.