The Cycle!
Aura points?
She had to farm aura points to get stronger?
Didn't she get 100 aura points from that starter pack just now? Sakura blinked and then flipped the page, reading the first line.
Aura points can be exchanged for Skills/stats/items at the Exchange Window.
The Exchange window can be summoned by simply thinking or saying out loud, its name.
She read the words as she pondered.
"Is that so…" Sakura muttered. "If that's the case then, Exchange Window!"
Silence filled the room
And then the new screen flickered to life before her.
It wasn't blue like the old screens but instead a bright green, an iridescent sheen glistening off its surface. The screen wasn't of a simple texture like the old windows either.
It had a simple digitised border, rows of fractal patterns and geometrical shapes tesselated into a screen.
Everything about it screamed sci-fi, everything about it screamed power.
EXCHANGE WINDOW
Current Aura balance: 100
Exchange for Skills ◉
Exchange for Stats ◉
Exchange for Items ◉
She stared at the screen as the patterns lazily glided around, almost a display of hypnotism were it not for the words on the window.
Skills stats or items… maybe stats for now?
She clicked on the button to the side of it and the rippling effect from before re-emerged, smoothly transitioning the window into the next.
Almost like a powerpoint slide.
Name: Sakura Haruno
Age: 12
[Chakra]
Chakra Capacity: 600 〈0/10〉[+]
Chakra Regen: 5/minute 〈0/10〉[+]
Chakra Control: 45% 〈0/10〉[+]
Chakra Sense: [2m] 〈0/10〉[+]
[Physical]
Strength: [9] 〈0/10〉[+]
Agility: [11] 〈0/10〉[+]
Endurance: [8] 〈0/10〉[+]
Durability: [8] 〈0/10〉[+]
Later stats can be unlocked…
The plus buttons were everywhere, and based on the numbers on the side… Sakura started punching the plus button next to the strength stat.
And just as her finger tapped the plus button for the tenth time, something incredible happened.
This entire morning had almost been a fever dream for Sakura after she'd woken up. The new body hadn't helped much in that matter.
However, at this moment, she finally understood that all this was real.
There was no way this feeling could be replicated by a mere dream.
There was no pain but she could feel her muscle fibers tightening, her arms becoming harder as everything tightened to the limit.
And then she saw herself in the mirror.
Her arm was visibly more defined, less the stick that it had been a minute prior and now more of a… curvy swollen stick.
The sensation didn't last for long but it was enough for her to confirm.
As her arm went back to its usual shape, the tightened muscle fibers going back into their original positions, she felt it.
She was indeed stronger.
This…
Name: Sakura Haruno
Age: 12
[Chakra]
Chakra Capacity: 600/600 〈0/10〉[+]
Chakra Regen: 5/minute 〈0/10〉[+]
Chakra Control: 45% 〈0/10〉[+]
Chakra Sense: [2m] 〈0/10〉[+]
[Physical]
Strength: [10] 〈0/10〉[+]
Agility: [11] 〈0/10〉[+]
Endurance: [8] 〈0/10〉[+]
Durability: [8] 〈0/10〉[+]
This was amazing.
It wasn't difficult for her to make the decision.
A grin broke out on her face, the sides of her cheeks stretching far enough that soon, torn skin might not be an impossibility.
Current Aura Balance: 90 AP
Her finger came down.
Not once. Not twice.
Ninety times.
That exact same plus button next to the strength stat, she hammer her finger down, so fast it almost became a blur as her grin stretched wider.
[Physical]
Strength: [19] 〈0/10〉[+]
Agility: [11] 〈0/10〉[+]
Endurance: [8] 〈0/10〉[+]
Durability: [8] 〈0/10〉[+]
Her body jerked as an overwhelming sensation flooded through her.
The same sensation as before. Her muscles swelled in size and tension, so painful that she almost screamed and then they loosened, going back into their original shape.
But the feeling of strength remained.
She reveled in it.
This feeling… oh yes.
She liked this Golden Finger.
Current Aura Balance: 0 AP
And all she had to do to obtain more points… was look cool?
Sakura looked to the side of her room where her wardrobe was placed, the door was open with her clothes hung up neatly.
She didn't miss the glistening sheen of her forehead protector, the metal polished to a shining finish as it sat on its blue headband.
The symbol of the leaf was present on it.
Sakura had already graduated from the Ninja Academy and today was the day where she would get assigned to her team.
Of course, now since her body was the vessel for another, she knew what team she would be placed in.
Team 7, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
Ashura and Indra.
It had been frequently memed, that scene during the fourth shinobi war where Sakura had declared with full seriousness that she had caught up to the both of them.
But with this system… wouldn't that be less of a possibility and more of an inevitability?
She would surpass them both, and gain immeasurable aura whilst doing so.
Her hands tightened around the Infinite Senbon pouch.
But it all started with today… usually with strength comes aura, but for her… with aura comes strength.
So she needed to start the cycle.
She needed to show up to class in such a way that she could generate the most aura for herself.
A snicker escaped her mouth. And then a chuckle.
And then a full bellied laugh.
A slow snicker escaped her lips. Then a chuckle.
And then…
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
"SAKURA!"
A voice shouted from downstairs.
Her mother.
"If you're awake, come help me set the table!"
Sakura froze.
She had completely forgotten about her mother.
Her mom. A normal, everyday civilian.
[-10 Aura points]
[If your aura balance remains negative for longer than a day, penalties will be applied!]
Sakura blinked.
You can't be serious.