Chapter 2. 1:
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It's a good day.
Well… you know… as good as it gets in Sunagakure.
The sky wasn't completely covered in sand, the sun wasn't roasting my skin, and the wind wasn't trying to rip my face off. So yeah, by my standards, that qualified as a beautiful day.
On days like this, I like to stroll through the village. Well, "stroll" by my current definition: walking the streets guided by the vibrations beneath my feet, the ambient sounds, and the subtle feedback from my [Radar Sense].
It's like seeing without seeing. A living silhouette of the world in 360 degrees.
No colors, of course. No shadows or light. But the shapes, the movements, the finest details of the village's structure… those, I could feel.
And in some ways, it's even clearer than with human sight. So yeah, it's pretty damn cool…
But no, I wouldn't trade it for normal eyes. No matter how impressive my senses… or rather, that [Radar Sense]... might be, blindness still sucks.
Still… you adapt.
Walking through the sandy streets, I passed by a shawarma shop. And while I couldn't see it, my nose recognized it instantly.
Roasted meat, pita bread, fresh veggies, sauces that made my mouth water. Honestly, it's one of the few universal pleasures in this life. Yeah, I was already drooling.
It's at moments like this that I'm really thankful I haven't lost the ability to smell and taste food, I swear one doesn't realise it but when you know you could have lost it you start to appreciate it twice as much, not three times as much.
…
Huh?
Oh right… well, about half an hour later I walked out with a full stomach, happy and satisfied. Yep, not everything was bad. And that meal was just perfect for such a lovely day.
As I leaned against the shop's doorway to adjust my sandals, I used the moment to recalibrate my position with [Radar Sense]. It was still amazing how this perk worked… the way the vibrations bounced back told me everything I needed. I could even detect my own silhouette… not visually, but through how the air trembled when I moved.
Oh, and by the way… seven years have passed.
Yep. I was finally seven damn years old. The age I originally wanted to pick when entering the Naruto world. Only I hadn't counted on the lovely detail that the system wouldn't let me choose anymore, so I ended up being born as a helpless baby. A stage I swore to bury in the deepest, darkest corner of my mind forever. I'm pretty sure that stage left more trauma than both of my deaths.
Anyway… From the very beginning I focused on what I had to do to survive and make rapid progress using all my knowledge and advantages.
The first thing I did was to recognise the name Kiba Jiki as mine.
Then spent my days learning as much as I could and training like a madman... having Gamer's Body had allowed me to do so without fear of any after-effects or future health problems due to overtraining every day, so yea, knowing that with rest and sleep I could easily get back perfectly healthy and continue with the same intensity was just OP.
I made huge progress during this time.
Not only did I greatly improve my taijutsu and control my chakra, but I also increased my chakra reserves and managed to learn quite a few ninjutsu, some basic sealing techniques (nothing very impressive but still useful) and finally control two puppets with chakra threads.
Also, just to be clear: I'm still blind. Haven't seen shit since I was born into this world. Literally. Which is really frustrating, because there were so many things I was dying to see…
I mean, I'm in the freaking Naruto world! Who wouldn't want to see everything here if they had the chance? But no, I could only form a mental image of my surroundings thanks to [Radar Sense], totally colorless and nowhere near what real sight would be.
But like I said, it's not all bad. [Radar Sense] lets me navigate perfectly, and with [Supersensitive], I can even read text just by touching the paper. So I try to stay positive.
And best of all… even though after my second death the Gamer System got... messed up and I couldn't see my levels, stats, or skills with little numbers anymore… all that was gone. The system still exists.
Though it now runs in the background. It still applies bonuses, like +20% HP and a few others, but I can't see them displayed. No more number windows. I just have to trust what I feel and what the world reflects back at me.
The upside? I'm still alive. The downside? I'm basically playing on hardcore mode with no HUD.
And the worst part… well, I already said it: blindness.
But hey… positive thinking, remember? That's my new motto. Even if I have to repeat it like a mantra sometimes to keep from bashing my head against a wall.
Now, one might wonder how the hell I "see" the damn system if I can't actually see, heh. Well, surprise surprise… the system adapts.
I don't see it as a floating window anymore, because yeah, I can't exactly see it that way, right? Instead, I view it inside a space in my mind…
And when I say I see it, I mean I really see it… clearly and perfectly, just like before, with freaking colors and all. So whenever I miss seeing something, I just summon the system mentally, and there it is, vivid and crystal clear.
Although there wasn't all that much to see, due to… well, you know:
[ Name: Kiba Jiki
Age: (Not available)
Level: (Not available)
Title: Suna Academy Blind-Student
Rank: Ninja-in-Training
Health Points (HP): (Not available)
Chakra Capacity: (Not available)
Strength: (Not available)
Endurance: (Not available)
Agility: (Not available)
Intelligence: (Not available)
Status Points: (Not available)
Chakra Control: (Not available)
Chakra Nature Affinity: Yin Release, Earth Release, Wind Release, and Lightning Release
Kekkei Genkai: Magnet Release(Jiki Jiki no Mi)
Inventory:
– Tunic
– Map
– Water x10
– Puppet x2
– Kunai x7
– Shuriken x7
– Wire Strings
– Smoke bombs x2
– Sealing scroll x7
– Chakra suppression seals x2
– Sealing cylinders x2
– Explosive tags x17
Skills: (Not available)
Relationships/Reputation: (Not available)
Perks: -
-Drawbacks/Defects:
– [Kenjutsu Unfocused: Learn Kenjutsu 30% slower]
– [Genjutsu Unfocused: Learn Genjutsu 30% slower]
– [Born Loser: -100% luck in gambling (You'll almost always lose any luck-based game)]
– [Congenital Cataracts (Severe): You're practically blind due to dense cloudiness in your eye lenses, severely impairing your vision from birth]
- Perks/Bonuses:
– [Enviable Vitality: +20% total HP]
– [Chakra Touched: +20% increase in total Chakra Capacity]
– [Fuinjutsu Focus: Learn Fuinjutsu 40% faster]
– [Enhanced Hearing: +100% improvement to hearing (Distinguish subtle and environmental sounds much more clearly)]
– [Heightened Sensitivity: +100% improvement to touch sensitivity (You can distinguish a wide variety of objects and textures through touch alone)]
– [Enhanced Senses: +50% touch and hearing]
– [Supersensitive: Your sense of touch is so refined that you can read printed text by touch alone]
– [Radar Sense: You perceive vibrations around you, allowing you to "see" the world differently from normal eyes, detecting the exact location of objects and people within a 7-meter radius—even through walls—with no distortion in space or distance] ]
Alright, maybe there was quite a bit to see in my inventory, but those were literally all my belongings. Yeaa… That was literally everything I owned in this world.
As for that damn title: Suna Academy Blind-Student…
No, the system wasn't trying to be funny or mess with me…. it's just what most people in Suna called me or saw me as.
After all, it is pretty rare to have a blind kid in a ninja academy. But since I'm from the Jiki clan and can move, train, read, and study just like anyone else, no one's been too harsh with me.
That's right, I didn't have the cliché tragic childhood of suffering and discrimination.
Nope. Sorry to disappoint, but that didn't happen. People in Suna don't care much about my condition as long as I can do what needs to be done… and most keep to their own business.
Sure, there were the occasional weird looks or jokes, but nothing extreme.
In fact, a lot of people were impressed by the fact that, despite being blind, I could do pretty much everything the others did, without falling behind.
Oh. And finishing at the top of my class(just first year students) in my first year at the academy definitely earned me respect from both people who knew me and those who were just getting to know me.
So no, my life wasn't bad.