15 Chakra Control! Part-2
{Academy Training Ground}
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[Chakra Points: 1590]
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'That attempt cost me 10 chakra?' I thought as I looked at the fallen leaf and then at the other two screens in front of me.
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[Meditation Lv 1 {243/1000}] {+9 Exp}
[Chakra Control Lv 0 {2/50}] {+1 Exp}
[Leaf Concentration Exercise Lv 0 {1/50}] {+1 Exp}
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'Alright, so I'm gonna have to waste approx 500 chakras to get Chakra Control and Leaf Concentration Exercise to level 1. And the learning curve for EXP keeps on increasing after that, to get 1000 EXP it would take me ages...' I thought. Math was never my strong suit but I know enough to tell that grinding chakra control would not be easy.
I picked up the leaf once again and placed it back onto my palm, this time I didn't close my eyes and tried the same thing. I immediately noticed the difference in difficulty, the Meditation skill allowed me increased control over my chakra, and while my chakra felt like flowing water, now trying to force it through feels like honey.
Still, I succeded, even though it took me a couple of tries. The end result was the same thought as I saw the leaf fly up from my palm as it visibly skidded through the air.
'So expelling chakra abruptly can create a force... but then again I knew that because that's the entire theory behind the Hyuga's revolving technique, what was it called Kaiten or something?'
"...There are 361 Tenketsu in your body but normally even Jonins aren't able to perfectly control all of them." I heard Iruka sensei's voice close to me and when I looked up both Hinata and Sakura were listening to the same lecture that I had listened to 5 minutes ago. When I looked back to the training ground, the rest of 2 students from the first batch were still sitting on the ground, and 2 more had taken their place on the ground.
'Was I really that quick, or was the meditation skill that impressive?' The thought popped up in my eyes as my gaze once again drifted back to Sakura and Hinata, both of them had their back to him letting him admire their shapely thighs and ass. I appreciated the more modern selection of clothing that people in this alternate version of the world wore.
'It made sense, if whoever was in control of designing this place could twist the origin of chakra to such a perverted degree, making tight leggings and yoga pants a part of shinobi arsenal shouldn't be too out of pocket. Though I do wonder if they are made from reinforced material...'
Pushing thoughts of fluffy and bouncy ass aside, I looked back down at the leaf that was lying in front of me, I hyped myself and picked it up once again, this time I placed my other hand over it, intent on confining the leaf in place. I looked at the enclosed leaf as I repeated the process of trying to force my chakra out of the tenketsu in my palm.
The plan worked exactly as I thought as I felt the rush of kinetic force displace my upper hand slightly, though it was not enough to cause any actual problems even if the force was noticeable. Seeing that it was working as intended I closed my eyes and after a few moments of calming my breathing down, I felt myself going back into a trance-like state.
My chakra moved a lot more fluidly when I was in this state and I began repeating the entire chakra expulsion process again and again. As I knew how the system worked, I focused on just grinding the next part, with my larger reserves I could handle the massive drain and wastage of chakra.
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Time soon passed and suddenly a familiar sense of deja vu hit me, as a strange sensation overtook me, and memories of working on moving my chakra all around my body and even some basic knowledge about how to start molding chakra to perform ninjutsu entered my mind.
The bizarre memory dump lasted a while and this time it was a lot longer as I became intimately aware of the Tenketsu that were in my palms. Level 1 of chakra control gave me access to a high degree of control over the chakra and tenketsu in my palms. I opened my eyes and looked at the screens in front of me. A lot of things had changed and quite possibly the greatest change that I could see was the change in my Chakra Control stat.
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[Chakra Control: 12%]
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'Thank fucking god it leveled up, I can at least get to 20% control if I level up this skill to 5.' I thought as I looked up at the now level 1 skill.
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[Meditation Lv 1 {324/1000}] {+81 Exp}
[Chakra Control Lv 1 {0/1000}] {+49 Exp}
[Leaf Concentration Exercise Lv 0 {49/50}] {+49 Exp}
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'Wait lemme try this,' I thought as I focused, I could already feel the change as even without going into the same meditative trance, my chakra moved around a lot more fluidly, it wasn't exactly as smooth as the trance-enhanced control, but it was a lot better than the sludge-like feeling I had before. I focused on expelling a small portion of chakra and like before the leaf blew up.
I ignored the falling leaf for a moment and closed my eyes instead. As another set of experiences overwhelmed me, I quickly realized that I was doing the exercise a little wrong.
'Although 'wrong' would be the wrong thing to say. A more apt description would be primitive. Because of my shoddy chakra control, I was not able to control the release of chakra but now with my improved control...' I stared at the number 13 in front of the Chakra Control column of my stat window, '...I might be able to do it.'
I closed my eyes, content with attempting the technique with the new experience I had gained, I entered the meditative state quickly. This time I focused, fully intending to only let the smallest amount of chakra possible out of the tenketsu and it kind of worked. Instead of blasting open the gates like before, a small trickle of chakra left my hand. I focused on the feeling for a bit before holding onto it I opened my eyes.
A small grin stretched across my face as the leaf was still there in my palm, I grabbed onto my wrist and slowly turned my hand around. Like magic, the leaf defied gravity and remained stuck to my palm. I looked up toward the active notification and noticed the change at which the EXP gain is calculated.
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[Meditation Lv 1 {330/1000}] {+6 Exp}
[Chakra Control Lv 1 {7/1000}] {[+7]+1EXP/sec}
[Leaf Concentration Exercise Lv 1 {14/1000}] {[+14] +2Exp/Sec}
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'Now that's what I'm talking about. Not only am I getting more EXP per chakra cost. The chakra cost for the skill had also decreased, if only just slightly.'
3% wasn't a large number but it would surely compound sooner than later. I maintained the chakra control for a moment before my palm started getting irritated. I forced myself to maintain control over my chakra but after a bit, the leaf was once again blasted off as an abnormal amount of chakra left the tenketsu along with the irritation turning into slight pain.
"Ow, what the fuck-" I cursed.
"Language Akio-" Iruka's sharp voice erupted from behind me startling me as I turned back to look at him. Even though his voice was sharp, the look on his face clearly told another story.
"How much chakra did you push through your palm, you are suffering from a chakra burn..." Iruka spoke.
'Chakra what now?'
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AN - Short lemon in the next chapter!
