land of Iron

after getting close to our destination, Luna disappeared with a puff of smoke.

walking in the gates of the village, we decided to look for an inn.

after a while, and a pretty stupid name later "the tower of swords" who names an inn like that? and the worst part is, that it's a 5 star Inn.

after checking in I decided to walk around and see the surroundings, my first time here, maybe I can find a good sword.

asking around, I found a weapon shop.

walking in I hear a bell, notifying the shop owner that there was a customer.

"Welcome, how can I help you".

was the simple introduction, by a simple-looking man.

nodding my greeting, I decided to look around.

[katana], ah yes, best observe skill ever.

"excuse me, do you have any weapons made with chakra metal?"

I decided to ask instead of searching.

"ah yes, what kind are you looking for?"

taking out my Ninjato from my storage seal I hand it to him.

"very well, I'll look for it in the back,"

he left and I waited and waited and the the bell rang again.

looking over, I see a girl walking in, she was a little shorter than me, blond hair tied in 4 pigtails, with a giant fan on her back, looking her up and down, I can't help but nod in approval, her green eyes meet mine and we just look at each other.

(...wait isn't that Temari? that's Shikamaru's future wife, and I'm checking her out.)

looking back at the door, I watch as the man came out with a sword in his hand.

"here you go," he said as he handed me the Ninjato.

taking the sword in my hand, and swinging it around a little, I nod.

handing the cashier the sword back he rings it up, and damn, it took half of the money I got from the bounty.

handing the man money, and walking out of the shop, I look up at the night sky.

I sigh as I think about the future, I don't know what will happen now, and that is very troublesome.

well, it's time to go and train a little.

I heard the door opening again and tamari walked out, her eyes met mine once again.

"a leaf ninja? are you here for chunin exams?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"yeah, I'm guessing you are too?" I respond and also ask a question of my own.

"yes, well, I guess I will meet you at the exams," she said with a nod.

I give a nod of my won and we walk off...in the same direction.

"well, this is awkward" I commented absentmindedly.

"yes, it is" she responded with a sigh.

after a bit of walking, we end up at the same inn.

"Okay, this has gotten more awkward."

we walk in, head to the second floor, and stop at the same time, our rooms are next to each other.

"I guess, see you tomorrow," I say with a wave.

she responds in kind and we go into our respective rooms.

laying in my bed, I give a command.

(start simulation)

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appearing in the simulation, I suddenly thought of something.

"settings"

a screen appears in front of me.

I slap my forehead, wondering how I never thought of this before.

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1 hour - 1 hour √

1 hour - 2 hours

1 hour - 3 hours

_

so, I can spend much more time here...I could have trained so much for the past six months.

marking the last option, I start training my lightning moves.

almost two hours and training to modify the Chidori later I get a notification.

[skill: chidori:senbon, has been created]

now with this skill, I got a long-range attack.

deciding to continue, since I still had 5 hours in the outside world, I chose to train my storm affinity.

focusing my storm nature chakra on my hand, I try extending it.

after a few more tries I managed, but it was the length of a kunai.

using pure manipulation for this is a pain, but This needs to be fast, and let me tell you hand signs are a delay that can be brutal.

it took me 6 hours, which means two outside hours.

but I did it.

[skill "storm release: longsword" has been created]

cool, a trump card.

I need to get some sleep, my body may be resting my mind would be a mess tomorrow.

deciding that I give the last command for the day

(leave simulation)

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it's time for the exams, right now all the participants are standing in a clearing, waiting for the proctor.

finally when. he shows up it's not a ninja, it's a samurai, I guess since we're in their land they would be the Proctors.

shrugging at the thought I look around, spotting the other rookies, and team 9, Kabuto isn't here, but Orochimaru might be.

I see the teams from Suna, there are 4 of them, 3 of them look average, and then there's Gaara's team.

the proctor gets everyone's attention and starts explaining the exam, our first test was to simply say a retrieval mission, but with minimal clues...and we had a week to complete it.

well, this is going to end well, at least if we don't run into some pedo-snake.

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done, yey, so I'm still thinking about the second exam, I know what the third will be, but I'm struggling with the second.

SOS pls.