Chapter 25: Academy Dungeon, Race and Bullies

Chapter 25: Academy Dungeon, Race and Bullies

Half a day passed and recess came. Daichi went outside to eat the bento his grandpa made him. He sat under a tree in the corner and quietly ate. After a short while he finished eating. As he was sitting there Daichi looked at the academy building. Even after a year it was still unbelievable to him that he was here.

'Observe'

[Academy]

[Shortly after the founding of the village the shinobi academy was created. During the second Hokage's period due to a shortage of military manpower Tobirama Senju founded a ninja training camp at the base of the cliff. Although it was purely educational at first it quickly merged with military and domestic facilities and the existing shinobi academy and began to be called the academy. During the third Hokage's reign he revised and perfected the education curriculum and training system which are now carried out under strict standards. The motto of the academy teachers is " Development to shinobi with respect to individuality."]

A new notification box appeared after Daichi closed the 'observe' page.

[You have found a Location Dungeon. Do you wish to view the information on the dungeon?]

'Well isn't that interesting.' He became excited to check out the new dungeon.

'Yes. Show me the information.'

[You have found a Location dungeon.]

[Location dungeon: Player will have to go to the dungeon specific locations to access them. These are long term dungeons with strong and weak opponents. Once the dungeon is activated it will remain active for 1 year before disappearing. Players can enter and exit the dungeon anytime during the active period.

Exiting the dungeon is impossible when in enemy sight. Players can stay inside the dungeon for up to 24 hours(Dungeon time), at a time. Once exited, the dungeon will have a cooldown of 3 hours in real world time. Real world time and Dungeon time is - 01: 06 ratio. Whatever happens in the dungeon will not affect the real world.]

[You have found the Academy dungeon. Would you like to activate this dungeon?]

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After reading through the details Daichi immediately pressed no. 'This dungeon would definitely have opponents from students to chunin teachers. I'd rather activate this after 3 or 4 years. That way I'll be confident enough to clear it. Since they only stay open for a year, if I open it now I'll only be wasting a precious opportunity. Need to find other locations with value. They most probably have a dungeon hidden in them.'

Daichi got up and went back to the classroom. Time passed by and the last class was physical training. The instructor brought the students outside and showed them simple stretching exercises. Once everyone was limbered up the instructor called everyone's attention.

"Alright, now we're going to see where you stand in terms of physical strength and speed. We're going to have a race. I'll be dividing you all into groups of 6. You'll be running 8 laps on this training course.

Each lap is 250 meters. So that's 2 kilometers total. Even though this is just a simple race, try to do your best. Boys and girls will be separate. When I call out the names come to the front.

1st group. Kiba Inuzuka, Daichi Hekima, Choji Akimichi, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Hibachi."

[Quest Created - 'Win the race']

[Complete 8 laps with the shortest time. Win the race.]

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[Rewards: ]

+100 Exp

Rep increases with everyone but Sasuke and Hibachi.

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[Failure:]

Rep decreases with everyone.

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[Accept (Y/N)]

Quickly Daichi got to the front and accepted the quest. 'This group is full of kids who are physically fit in the class. So that means the teachers must have used the data from when we were registering to select this group to make things even. So they'll be doing it to the rest as well.'

[Due to logically deducing new information from very little, you have obtained +1 WIS]

Suddenly Daichi heard a boastful shout from his side. "I'm gonna blow you all away. I'll be first." Kiba was looking at Daichi and Sasuke when he said this.

"No way I'll be first." Naruto joined in. "I'm gonna try my best and I'm gonna win." He shouted with a smile.

"Keep dreaming. I got this in the bag." Hibachi said in a smug tone.

Daichi looked at everyone in the group and smiled. "Good luck. You all are gonna need it." He then stepped up to the starting line as did everyone else.

The instructor blew the whistle signaling the start of the race. The moment Daichi heard the whistle he took off like a bolt of lightning. He had been running around his compound almost everyday for the last year. As a result his stats were much higher than that of his peers.

Daichi was keeping a steady but fast pace. He completed the first lap before the others were even half way. Sasuke and Kiba pushed themselves harder to catch up with Daichi but they couldn't. Sasuke was behind Daichi followed by Kiba and then Hibachi and Choji and finally Naruto.

"Bikan. Why don't we properly welcome him to the academy." Zakro copied his friend and tried to scare Daichi.

"If you kneel down and apologize I'll forgive you." Bikan said, smirking.

[Quest Created - 'Beat the Bullies.']

[Defeat the bullies and scare them away.]

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[Rewards:]

+100 Exp

Rep increases with Rookie 9.

Rep decrease with Zakro and Bikan.

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[Failure:]

-100 Exp.

Rep decreases with everyone.

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[Accept (Y/N).]

Daichi's patience was wearing thin. "Get lost." He said in a gruff voice accepting the quest.

Bikan, angry that a first year student was talking to him like that, attacked him. He threw a punch straight at Daichi's face thinking he wouldn't be able to dodge or block it. Daichi, watching the slow, pitifully telegraphed punch coming his way, sighed. Daichi stepped to the side and evaded the strike and used his right arm to grab and hold Bikan's fist.

Even though Daichi was small his strength far exceeded someone his age. Bikan tried to pull his right arm back but he couldn't move it an inch. Zakro, wanting to help his friend, attacked Daichi. He kicked at him trying to get Daichi off balance.

Daichi deflected the kick with his leg and sent a front kick straight to Zakro's abdomen. Daichi made sure to control his strength and not injure the kid. The kick didn't do much damage but it sent him flying backwards several feet. He landed roughly on the floor and was coughing. That kick took away his breath.

Daichi suddenly twisted his arm and shoulder flipped Bikan onto the ground. When Bikan tried to get up, Daichi twisted the shoulder till it became too painful for the older boy. He was face down on the ground and was crying in pain as Daichi stood above him and held his arm.

Daichi put his left leg above Bikan's shoulder joint and said. "Did you know that if I press here and pull, I could dislocate your shoulder?" Daichi slightly moved his feet into a new spot. "But if I press here and pull with a little twist it would definitely break your shoulder. That would be quite painful, wouldn't you agree?"

"Please, I'm sorry. Please. Lemme go."

"Why should I let you go? You could come back with a few more friends and try to ambush me again. So isn't it best I just put you down now?" The steely tone of Daichi's voice scared the upperclassmen. But before he could say anything Daichi spoke.

"Don't try this again. Don't ever come in front of me. If you do" Daichi put some pressure on his foot and slightly pulled on the arm. Just enough to prove his point.

"Ahhh. Please I won't, I swear." Squealing in pain, Bikan answered.

"And if I find out you went after any of my classmates I'll pay you a visit you won't like. Do you understand?"

"Yes. Yes. Please let me go." Frantically nodding, Bikan pleaded.

Daichi released his arm and stepped back. "Get lost. And take your friend with you."

Bikan, scared out of his wits, rushed to Zakro, picked him up and left.

[Quest 'Beat the Bullies' Completed.]

[Rewards: ]

+115 Exp

[Rep increases with Rookie 9.]

[Rep decrease with Zakro and Bikan.]

Now Daichi was all alone in the backyard. Or so it would appear. Daichi left without realizing that there was someone else who witnessed everything.

Someone who stumbled upon the whole thing when he was looking for a quiet place to take a nap. Someone in his class.

'That Daichi. What a troublesome guy.'