8 Grinding! Part-1
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[COR Lv 6 {49/600}]{+2 Exp}
[Beginner Academy Taijutsu Style Lv 0 {48/50}] {+2 Exp}
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I stared at the screen in anticipation as I successfully finished performing the same dash and jab move for the 24th time. Leveling up the skill was both easy and hard at the same time. I didn't need to do all the katas to level up the skill as any of the 15 katas would have worked.
I was able to successfully do the move on average 2 out of three times. So in all honesty it didn't take me long to get to this stage. My body was in a much better shape than... I guess I don't have much in the form of anything to compare it to. This memory wipe thing is quite annoying. Still, I wasn't even winded from this amount of exercise.
As I dashed and jabbed once again, maybe in my excitement I botched the motion. I cursed and backed up again, after concentrating and hyping myself once again I repeated the same motion that I had been doing for the last 20 minutes. I soon as I finished the motion I froze. A weird feeling overcame me as I felt strange, alien sensations travel through my muscles.
My body felt out of control for barely a moment before memories of how to perform all the katas of the Taijutsu style were imprinted on my mind. The process was disorienting as I stumbled back, using the edge of the table to stabilize myself before I sat down on my bed. When I tried to think about how to perform the jab again I realized I had countless memories of performing the same jab.
After a moment I stood up and got into stance once again, the distance between my feet was more standard this time, I didn't even have to consciously adjust. Even though I didn't have much sense about my balance, I could still feel the difference. My body was more stable even though I was leaning forward, my body weight was divided perfectly on my right leg as I pushed.
I wasn't any faster but I would bet that more of my body weight was behind this next jab. For the next couple of minutes, I went berserk, dashing left and right in the room, zooming and fighting against imaginary enemies until a sudden shout stopped me.
"WHO'S THAT MAKING SUCH A RUCKUS!!!"
The voice was distinctly male, and considering I didn't know if it was my landlord or another tenant, I decided to stop this experiment for now. Still, the moves that I was making amazed me, but then again I need to be proficient enough in these things if I want to survive.
'I should go to the training ground and grind, even though I would take a hell of a lot longer to level up this or maybe any skill...'
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[COR Lv 6 {71/600}]{+21 Exp}
[Beginner Academy Taijutsu Style Lv 1 {21/1000}] {+21 Exp}
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'If just gaining level one in any skill would provide this much advantage, then there is no point in not learning anything.' I thought as I looked through my desk again, I quickly found three more scrolls like the Taijutsu one, though two of these looked brand-new and the third looked like it was opened just a couple of times.
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'''Basic ShurikenJutsu'''
'''Basic Calligraphy'''
'''Basic First Aid'''
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'I could live without Calligraphy and First Aid for now, though I need to get Level 1 in ShurikenJutsu today.'
With the plan clear, I left the two unopened scrolls back on the table and grabbed the scroll for Shuriken throwing and Taijutsu, just in case. I wanted to store them in my inventory so I needed to try a couple of ways to put things in the inventory.
After a few minutes of trial and error, I had a basic understanding of how Inventory worked. There were two ways, as of now, to put items in the inventory. Either I could place the item in the grid directly. Thinking about putting the item away also worked. The mental command had a little more variation as I could direct in which slot I wanted the item to be stored.
'This will do, there seems to be no cooldown in between uses, I wonder if I could make use of my inventory in combat scenarios or if there are some other restrictions.'
Experimenting would have to wait till later though as I started searching my wardrobe for anything else that might be useful. I found a couple of things that I had been wondering where they were at. A pouch of bills and coins that should be this world's currency and a weapon pouch that had 10 kunai and shuriken each.
'Why was I not carrying these to the academy, surely they are not prohibited. Especially since these are blunted and shouldn't be dangerous.' I stared at the kunai that had rounded corners, though the pointy tip could still poke someone in the eye. Other than it being a heavy object and could do some blunt damage there should be no reason that 'Akio' didn't have the pouch with him.
'Speaking of damage, how does that work, I don't have an HP bar or anything so there shouldn't be a number min-maxing right?'
I had plenty of questions that needed to be answered, it's not like there was a manual on how to survive after reincarnating into another world right?
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I let my words hang, daring the world to prove me wrong but upon receiving no instructions I decided not to waste time and left the room. The sliding door did get me as I tried to push one time before remembering the unlocking mechanism. A quick look around and then I went straight for the front door.
'Map' I thought and the whole village was once again in front of me.
'Should I?' The urge to tinker with this source of knowledge was a little too much to ignore as I thought about zooming out. Unfortunately, the map was stuck in a certain radius around me.
'Whatever, something is better than nothing.' A little miffed that my gamer system was kind of nerfed. The fact that I had one was a big bonus anyway.
'As long as I can maintain the rate at which I learn things I'll be alright!'
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