Kunai appeared in Hyuga Akira's hands once again, and he threw them straight at the two men.
Hyuga "Stationary Kunai Launcher" Akira was back in action.
The two men stared at the kunai blanketing the sky and were scared out of their wits.
One drew the sword at his waist, while the other rapidly swung his Steel Claws. They blocked the kunai as they retreated.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Whose Shinobi carried this many kunai?
Did kunai cost nothing!!!?
The two hurried behind a nearby rock before finally letting out slow breaths of relief. Although they had reached temporary safety, both had still been struck by kunai, though fortunately not in any vital spots.
But Hyuga Akira's strength had increased this time, and the rock sheltering them kept breaking apart beneath the torrent of kunai.
"What family did this monster crawl out of?!" the short man shouted in exasperation. The kunai kept him from even daring to poke his head out. He had truly never fought a battle like this.
"Judging by those eyes, he seems to be from the Hyuga Clan?" the tall man beside him said hesitantly.
He had only heard rumors and had never met a member of the Hyuga Clan, but those eyes closely matched the descriptions.
But this fighting style...
Was not Shinobi-like at all!!!
Chapter 6: Mission Perfectly Accomplished?
What were Shinobi battles like?
Everyone tossed a few shuriken first, just to go through the motions. After all, with shuriken in your pockets, you couldn't claim reimbursement without throwing them, could you?
Then they threw out a couple of ninjutsu, which consumed a fair amount of chakra, followed by a contest of taijutsu. Finally, they set a trap or ended the battle with a decisive ninjutsu.
As long as they weren't killed along the way, everyone fought according to this routine.
Who started out throwing shuriken like crazy as though they cost nothing?
Crack. The rock shattered completely.
Panic appeared on their faces. Were they about to face those countless shuriken again?
Please, no.
They really couldn't block them.
The two had even begun waiting for death.
Everything was calm.
"Huh?" Both looked in confusion at Hyuga Akira, who stood motionless where he was.
Hyuga Akira looked apologetic. "Sorry, I threw them all."
What were you apologizing for?!
"Brat!! Your turn!!" Both men gave savage grins and charged at Hyuga Akira.
At that moment, the viciousness on their faces made them look hideous.
But when they felt something wrong beneath their feet, they suddenly stopped and looked down at the flashing Explosive Tags on the ground.
"You motherf-"
Boom!! An explosion rang out, and the flames it whipped up swallowed both figures.
"I still have Explosive Tags."
The gale buffeted Hyuga Akira's clothes as an innocent look appeared on his face.
He hadn't lost his mind throwing nothing but shuriken. Naturally, he had noticed his dwindling supply nearing its end. While the rock was being blasted to pieces, he had attached Explosive Tags to the last few shuriken and thrown them over.
The two men stepped onto the Explosive Tags just as they were about to explode.
He had already said this was a shooting game. Naturally, there had to be bombs.
Not playing a shooter with the Byakugan would be a complete waste.
[Experience 156] [Experience 135]
The two men's bodies had been blown to pieces. A Bronze Battle Blade, a bronze suit of armor, a scroll with a blue background and white center, and a red bag appeared on the ground.
[Bandit's Sword: Increases attack by 10-15] [Bandit's Armor: Increases defense by 15] [Skill Book: Fire Release: Unknowing Fire] [Money Bag: 100 ryo]
"A Skill Book dropped." Pleasantly surprised, Hyuga Akira put everything into his inventory, then took out the Skill Book separately.
He had always wanted more skills. The skills he currently possessed weren't much help to him.
After all, he played at range. A whole set of melee skills was no use at all.
Although the Hyuga Clan had collected quite a few ninjutsu, the problem was that these people were stubborn. They stuck exclusively to Gentle Fist and placed little importance on other ninjutsu.
Only the Main Family held a fair number of ninjutsu scrolls. Aside from scrolls related to Gentle Fist and the Byakugan, the branch family rarely had any other ninjutsu scrolls.
It really was hard to put into words.
If he wanted ninjutsu scrolls, he could either work for Konoha or kneel before the Main Family and be their dog.
But he had already thought of a third path.
Kill mobs and farm Skill Books.
He could farm not only Skill Books from the Naruto world, but also Skill Books from other worlds.
It was just that items from other worlds could only be farmed from specific monsters, and their drops were all chance-based.
He chose to use it immediately.
A mass of ninjutsu memories appeared in his mind.
[Fire Release: Unknowing Fire (lv1) Experience (0/100) Trait (None)]
Unknowing Fire itself had a D-rank learning difficulty. After use, it could briefly add fire damage to attacks.
"This skill is pretty useful to me."
The best thing about Unknowing Fire was that it could imbue weapons with flames, such as shuriken.
"Flame Shuriken actually have plenty of potential."
Hyuga Akira began forming hand seals with both hands.
Snake-Ram-Tiger.
Only three seals.
Once he finished the seals, Hyuga Akira felt the chakra in his body being steadily consumed. He thrust out a palm, and flames flashed across both hands before vanishing.
He picked up a shuriken from the ground and threw it straight into the distance.
Flames ignited on the shuriken, making it look as though he had thrown a small fireball.
"The power is decent. It's worth leveling up."
There were two ways to level up skills. One was diligent practice, but the experience value wouldn't rise; the panel would only change once the skill leveled up.
The other was to directly consume experience from the experience pool to improve the skill.
Aside from the Substitution Technique, on which he had spent experience, he had trained all the others himself.
He glanced at his experience pool.
[Experience Pool: 311 + 918 = 1229]
"I actually farmed over a thousand this time. Another eight hundred and I can level up."
Hyuga Akira set those thoughts aside and equipped all the gear in his inventory.
[Equipment Slots: (Bandit's Left Greave) (Bandit's Right Greave) (Bandit's Right Gauntlet) (Bandit's Sword) (Bandit's Armor)]
Nothing changed on his body; only a Bronze Battle Blade appeared in his hand. With a thought, the Bronze Battle Blade vanished. With another thought, the equipment appeared again.
"Too bad there's no stats panel."
Because he had joined the closed beta, the stats panel hadn't been fully developed. As a result, even after coming here, he couldn't see his own stats panel.
Otherwise, he could have seen his improvements more directly.
Equipment also had durability, which hadn't been released during the closed beta either; its effects were merely hidden.
Only once all of this was fully developed would the open beta officially begin.
Unfortunately, he hadn't made it to that point.
Pushing off the ground, he charged up the mountain to kill. He wondered how many monsters remained up there and whether he could farm the entire Bandit Set in one go.
Cheap Shot's skill effect was god-tier in the early game.
He coveted it very much.
When he reached the mountaintop, he saw Tsunade and the two Hyuga brothers standing there waiting for him.
Tsunade watched him expressionlessly. Hyuga Hiashi leaned against a nearby tree, his hands wrapped in bandages, while Hizashi Hyuga stood beside him, glaring at Hyuga Akira.
Hyuga Akira looked at the three with a hostile gaze. "Where are those bandits?"
Had these three stolen his mobs?
He scanned the surroundings and didn't even see a single corpse.
Tsunade frowned slightly and said, "They ran before we got here."
This brat was a little too bloodthirsty.
He had charged up here with a Bronze Blade, brimming with murderous intent. She wasn't about to believe Hyuga Akira had come to spread warmth.
Hyuga Akira sighed regretfully.
Testing his skill earlier had cost him some time. Otherwise, he probably could have caught them.
Looking at the regretful Hyuga Akira gave Tsunade a headache. She glanced at Hyuga Hiashi again.
This mission counted as an imperfect success.
One injured, the enemy almost entirely wiped out. Before coming up, she had seen that only seven or eight people had escaped.
Hyuga Akira had killed all the fighting strength among these bandits.
And that fighting style... was just... rather expensive.
The only injured person had hurt his hands during infighting, too.
It was simply hard to put into words.
This mission was meant to help Hyuga Hiashi grow, not let Hyuga Akira go on a killing spree.
Tsunade didn't even know what she should say when they returned.
Seeing that there were no monsters left, Hyuga Akira turned his wrist, and the Bronze Blade vanished.
Even Tsunade couldn't tell where he had put it.
Hyuga Akira turned and left.
Tsunade called out, "Where are you going?"
"To clean up the battlefield." Hyuga Akira waved a hand.
There were still so many shuriken lying around. He had to collect them all.
Chapter 7: A Storm Brewing After the Return to the Village
An afternoon farming mobs, a whole day picking up loot.
Hyuga Akira looked at the several stacks of ninety-nine kunai in his backpack and let out a sigh of relief.
It really was hard to put into words.
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