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  It was the sed semester exam week for the academy. Daichi stepped into the and saw some students revising the lessons, a few not doing anything and the rest pying around.

  Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji and Kiba beloo the st group while Sakura and Ino were in the first. The moment Daichi stepped into css he knew he got their attention.

  "Hey Daichi! e on, e on!! We're gonna prank Daikoku sensei whes here. You wanna join us?" Naruto excitedly ran up to Daichi and asked. He had a wide smile on his face. Ever sihe Yota i he gained several valuable friends and he was happier than ever.

  "Good m to you too Naruto!" Daichi slightly sighed but still happily greeted his friend. "And to answer your question, No! I'm not going to join you in your pranks."

  "Aww… e on… It'll be fun!!" Naruto started whining.

  "Give it up Naruto. He's not gonna join." Shikamaru came along and greeted Daichi.

  "Hey Shikamaru. Didn't think you'd join him in pranks." Daichi smirked looking at the young Nara.

  "I'm bored and didn’t have anythier to do. Also Naruto threateo dump water on my face whenever I take a nap if I didn't join him…Such a drag." Shikamaru sighed saying this.

  "I didn't threaten you. I only implied it." Naruto said with a devilish grin.

  "Hahaha…." Daichi let out a small ugh, hearing him. "The fact that you even know the word 'implied' is in itself scary… Have you studied for the exam?" Daichi asked Naruto even though he khe answer.

  "I'll be fine. I studied all day yesterday. Now it's time for some fun."

  "Let's just get to our seats before sensei es." Daichi moved to his usual spot in the babsp;

  But Naruto went to the teacher's chair and put some glue on it. "This is gonna be awesome."

  Shikamaru sighed looking at his friend's antics. "Our teacher is a in. He's not gonna fall for that."

  "Oh yeah? Then what's your pn?"

  "My pn was to sleep till the teacher got here and then answer just enough questions to pass and then go back to taking my nap. But sihat's not gonna happen… I might as well help you." Shikamaru had a deadpan look on his face as he said the words.

  Shikamaru helped Naruto set up a simple trap a back to their seats.

  Meanwhile Kiba and Choji were near Daichi watg Naruto and Shikamaru. Choji was mung on some snacks while Kiba tried to goad Daichi into a bet.

  "e on Daichi. Let’s make this exg. 20 Ryo says Daikoku sensei isn't gonna fall for that."

  "That's obvious." Daichi muttered. "He wouldn't have been made a in if he fell for such a childish trap."

  "What about you Choji? Wan?" "Arf Arf?" Kiba and Akamaru looked at their big boned friend.

  "No. If I lose my mohen I won't be able to buy my snacks." Choji said, mung on the crisp potatoes.

  It was at that moment that Daichi saw Sakura and Ino approag. Daioticed Sakura subtly pushing Ino towards him.

  "Hey Daichi! How was the holidays?" Ino asked. She had a small almost imperceptible blush on her cheeks as she spoke.

  Having watched all sorts of anime and cartoons for a lifetime, Daichi was well aware of the romance cliches. 'Oh my god!! Does she have a crush ohis ’t be happening… Ok!! Keep cool Daichi. Just ahe question and pretend everything is normal.'

  "Yeah. It was nice. Got to rex. And I spent most of my time reading some books. So you know… The usual… How have you been Ino?"

  "Oh I'm great! Was helping out at my shop and studying and all that… Say Daichi… My father got some new flower seeds in his stock. You wanna e by and check them out ter?" Ino asked boldly.

  "Sure. I'll drop by the store sometime week." Daiodded and politely smiled at her.

  Reputation increases with Ino Yamanaka.

  Reputation slightly increases with Sakura Haruno.

  "Good luck with the exams Daichi. I know you'll be first."

  "No way. Sasuke will be first this year." Sakura chimed in.

  Both Ino and Sakura went back to their seats arguing who would be first. Daichi slightly smiled looking at them. 'Even though they're arguing I 't sense any real malice… I guess their friendship didn't end because I took Sasuke's p Ino’s mind. Another ripple effect from the Yota rescue mission no doubt!... Ino is cute but this feels really weird. I have no i in a romantic retionship right now. Should I tell Ino that? No… That might plicate things… '

  Daichi sighed and leaned back. ‘I’ll tell her some other time. That’s a future me problem.’

  As Daichi sat in his chair, he noticed Sasuke eyeing him every so often. He could sehe anger ing from the Uchiha from where he sat. Daichi gave a small eye smile and mouthed the wood luck. Sasuke gred at him and averted his gaze.

  Si was almost time for css to start, everyo to their seats. Naruto was sitting a couple rows in front of Daichi while Shikamaru was sittio him.

  "Why did you help him set up the prank Shikamaru?" Daichi asked in a slow voice.

  "I told you… He threateo take away my nap time. Besides, I only gave him a few suggestions. He's the one who set it up."

  Daichi smirked, hearing his answer. "e on. I know you better than that. You wouldn't help him with pranking a teacher knowing you could get detention. And you and I both know Naruto was just makiy threats. The real reason you did it was because you've seen it, haven't you?" Daichi stared at Shikamaru with a knowing look.

  Shikamaru looked at Daichi for a few seds and then sighed. He spoke in a low voice. "Nothis past you does it?... Yeah. I noticed that most teachers don't like Naruto for some reason. They haven't punished or yelled or even spoken harshly to him but… I tell that they don't like him. And it's not because of the pranks. I just don't know why… But something tells me you do."

  "I know most people in the vilge feel the same about him but other than that nothing." Daichi said with a straight face. He tinued. "So then you're helping him because you want to see how Daikoku sensei reacts?" Daichi asked him.

  Shikamaru nodded. "We set up a simple harmless prank. I doubt he'd fall for it. But it's still a prank. I want to see how he responds to it?"

  They spoke some more and then fell silent.

  After a few mihe bell rang and Daikoku sensei opehe doors.

  "Good m css. I hope all of you are ready for the exam." As he said the words he reached the chair. He then noticed something peculiar and instantly reized it as glue.

  'Do they actually think they catch me with this? I'm almost disappointed.'

  It was then that he noticed an almost imperceptible, thin ninja wire tied to the chair. It went all the to the top of the board and Daikoku noticed a water balloon strapped to the wire, right on top of where he was standing. 'So, the glue was a distra huh. If I had moved the chair the balloon would have dropped.'

  Daikoku signed. He turo the css and questiohem. "Alright, who did this?"

  "Oh man! You almost fell for it." Naruto's loud voice of disappoi could be heard.

  "Were you the one behind this?" Daikoku asked in a ral tone.

  "Yup. ime I'll definitely get you. Hahaha." Naruto boisterously said those words.

  Daikoku looked at him with indifferend then sighed. "Just sit down, Naruto."

  The joy Naruto felt dimmed a down in his chair and crossed his arms.

  Shikamaru noted Daikoku sensei's look. He uood what it was. 'Indifference. He's ign him and pretending Naruto does. That’s harsh. I'll have to see why everyone dislikes Naruto so much.'

  The written exams began shortly after.

  'The questions are easy enough.' Daichi pleted his exam faster than anyone else. He theated till Daikoku sensei collected everyone's papers.

  The students were taken outside to test their shurikenjutsu skills. Daichi and Sasuke scored perfect hits. Naruto was among the lower end of the css rankings in the shurikenjutsu test. Shikamaru, Choji and Kiba were among the middle to upper tier of the css.

  The st part was the Taijutsu spar. For the exams the students were paired up with someone simir in their strength level. The spar started with students at the lower end ranking. Everyone khe rules and the spars started. A pair of names would be called every few minutes.

  Naruto aired up against Hibachi. The sparing started oh of them made the seal of frontation. Even though Naruto's books knowledge and aim were poor, he trained his body and tried to improve his Taijutsu skills. And with the added be of exceptional stamina and chakra, Naruto won the spar a mier it started. He was able to knock Hibachi out of the ring thus seg the victory.

  The fights tinued and before long it was Daichi and Sasuke's turn. This time no quest like 'defeat the oppo' popped up. Daichi figured it must be because of his overwhelming strength.

  The spar began but her one made any moves. Sasuke observed Daichi and seeing that he wasn't making any moves Sasuke rushed at him. Daichi stood in his spot and easily blocked the ining attacks. He wao see how fast Sasuke had bee before ter attag.

  'He's definitely been training harder than before. Based on his current speed and strength he could easily defeat anyone in the css and maybe even several senior students. It seems being sed has given him a driving force.'

  Daichi casually blocked a punch aimed at his fad held on to the fist. Sasuke immediately tried to get out of it by attag him with his other limbs but it was for naught. Daichi easily evaded the strikes and terattacked. Within a few seds Sasuke was on the ground wheezing. He looked up and saw a finger poi the middle of his forehead.

  "Match over. Daichi is the winner." Daikoku sensei called the match. He was Daichi much more than Sasuke. 'He's gotten a lot stronger sihe st spar. His chakra hasn't fluctuated aher has his breathing. This was far too easy for him. He won't learn anymore if he stays in this grade. I should speak with the Hokage.'

  Daichi and Sasuke made the seal of Reciliation. Even though Sasuke was displeased with it. And with that st spar, the exams came to an end. A couple days passed and the results were out. Daichi retained his top spot with Sasuke as the sed. Naruto was somewhere in the middle to lower end of the css rankings. The st day of csses for the sed year came to an end.

  Kensei had e home from his trip a ferior. He shared stories with Daichi and took him to Shi Fang's restaurant the day the academy closed. Both of them had special meals in celebration of Daichi results.

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  Daichi was ying in bed looking at the clock. A few seds after it struck midnight several notifications popped up.

  Ongoing Quest - ‘Path to the stro.’

  2asks successfully pleted. Distributing the Special reward for clearing a dungeon. Distributing New Skill reward for learning new jutsu.

  Special Reward:

  Title: Dungeon Warrior.

  Note: Apprentice Dungeon Warrior title has been repced by the itle ‘Dungeon Warrior’ (This title will increase all your stats by 15% when fighting inside a dungeon.)

  New Skill: Plunderer.

  "Plunderer huh… I wonder what kind of a skill that is?" Daichi clicked on the skill. A new information box popped up.

  Plunderer - Passive (LV. MAX): This passive skill allows the user a certain ce to plunder a skill, special ability or a jutsu from the targets the user kills. The user choose to absorb or abandon the plundered reward. The user will only get a single reer kill if the Plunderer skill is triggered.

  The ces of obtaining skill or jutsu from the killed enemy is 10%.

  The ces of obtaining special abilities or bloodline limits is 1%.

  "HOLY FUCK…" Daichi's eyes almost popped out of his skull.

  'I get jutsu or special abilities from people I kill? Is that limited to the real world or would this skill activate if I kill dungeon ninjas? Even if there is only a 10% ce for a skill or jutsu to drop, it is still a massive advantage. I had killed 167 ninjas i dungeon. If I had this skill before, I could have had about a dozen new skills. This is definitely an OP passive ability.'

  'And the ce of obtaining a special bloodline limit… Even if it's only a 1% ce… I he ‘luck’ stat. Have to find a way to unlock it somehow. That stat would definitely help me with this skill.'

  Daichi thought about the usefulness of this passive ability. He wao test it out immediately but he restrained himself.

  'This skill description clearly says the targets I kill and not defeat… I 't go around killing people in the real world. But in the dungeons it's airely different story. If this skill works on the dungeon ninjas then my dungeon runs just became much more crucial to my growth.'

  'This is an excellent reward. Thank you system. I'll be sure to put it to good use.'

  Satisfied with the rewards, Daichi went to sleep.

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