Filthy Gamer in Narutoverse: 246

Title: HE is The Storm That is Approaching

*Crackle*

*Humph* *Nom* *Numph*

Kai stares at the spiky, blue-haired girl as young as Konan, which means she should be close to 13 years since the bluenette looks slightly older than a usual 9-year-old civilian. The girl cares little for appearances as she tears meat off the bone, chewing every last bit of food hunted for her while the cute white-furred, ruby-eyed rabbit nibbles on a small fruit beside the girl. The girl cringes as she accidentally bites on the tough bone before resuming her eating. The flickering glow of the campfire reflects on her dirtied face and her dull black pupils.

The girl is pale and starved—for days, Kai imagines.

But the clone retains its silence as he looks at the rabbit.

‘The presence is gone. Did this rabbit stumble out from the Shikkotsu Forest somehow? Can’t say I’ve heard of any clan with as blood-numbing presence as this rabbit alone,’ Kai guesses the creature’s origin. ‘Maybe there is another location steeped with Nature’s energy, and the little guy stumbled from there. But the rabbit DID pull me into a genjutsu. Granted, I’m more susceptible to Genjutsu for the time being, but a rabbit should NOT be capable of such a feat. And what was that eye? It looked similar to rinnegan's ripple pattern but possessed Sharingan’s tomoes and red color.’

Kai liked his life before the sudden veil of Rinnegan and Rikudo curtaining his life.

First, he finds the Uchihas are possibly the Rikudo’s descendants. Then he discovers the Uzumakis are related to the Rikudo, too. He also has a reason to believe the Bijuu and the Senju share an intimate connection with the Rikudo. There’s no way Hashirama is rocking Madara with such finesse if he doesn’t have some equivalent kekkei genkai goodness.

‘And then there is this rabbit. The Shinobi temples, too. What? Am I going to find out every prominent clan came from the Rikudo’s lions? Hey, the Sharingan and Rinnegan are under the same evolutionary line. Maybe Byakugan is not far off,’ Kai thinks sarcastically. He cannot easily infiltrate the Byakugan clan. But when he finds a way to replicate the [Indra’s Tritya Path]’s seal on a moving body, Kai will squeeze the white-eyed possessive freaks to their absolute limit! He didn’t just hand them the best fuinjutsu for their situation for no reason—there are implicit costs, too, damn it!

‘I still cannot believe I didn’t score a Hyuga girl yet,’ He idly thinks as he waits for the girl ahead to eat her fill. ‘Imagine that. An Uchiha, a Hyuga, a Senju, and a Uzumaki. Hey, maybe I should aim for a Hyuga Princess—’

His thoughts turn still as the two Hyuga Princes come to his mind.

‘Nono will have a field trip with that train of thought. Couldn’t Hiashi’s father marry another woman and have a daughter? She would have been my age!’

Not that he wants to create a harem as one develops a space for their collectibles. ‘But the Hyugas are bound to become slightly better in terms of communication, right? I still could have a chance! Or if I look young enough, I can scout a proper Hyuga Princess later. Hey! If Mistress Mito can thirst for my ass at her age, the other way should be—no, don’t walk the dark side, dumbass. It’s already hard enough with my disciples acting strange.’

He shakes his head as he looks at the blue-haired kid.

“Feeling full?” questions Kai with a harmless smile, “Would you like to eat some more?”

The girl dodges his gaze, shaking her head.

“Some water?” Kai continues as the girl flinches and nods. He chuckles warmly, passing her a small pouch of water. The girl’s expression eases as she gulps the entire thing before gently placing the bag beside her.

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She gently places the empty water pouch beside her folded legs, anxiously rubbing her dirty fingers together. Her village is gone, and nobody shows kindness without reason—that she knows now. While noble-looking and more well put-together than the odd men she came across during her journey where they tried asking HER for their kindness before running away in terror for some reason, she understands the tanned man ahead must want something from her.

Her nervousness eases like before as she accepts her fate. Every time she wishes to escape such fate, she would—miraculously. But she ate someone’s food and drank someone’s water. She owes him something, if not a debt of life.

“I’m grateful for your kindness, Sir. I’m ready,” she bows, oblivious to specks of dirt and dandruff dusting from her unkempt hair, the pungent scent emanating from her body, and the shocked expression on her companion’s face.

The rabbit beside her perks up. But it merely hops near the girl.

“You’re ready?” She hears him speak.

“Yes. My body is dirty, but others said it should still relieve some strain of one’s day with enough use.”

She has yet to understand the in-depth meaning of those men’s words, but she surely understands the ‘essence’ of their sentences—they desired her body. She gossiped about such things and her ideal prince charming with her friends. Alas, the bandits destroyed her carefree life.

She flinches as she feels movement from the front. The bristled rabbit suddenly calms down for a strange reason.

And then she feels it.

A warm and gentle hand pats her on the head, and a soothing voice enters her ears.

“You’re a strong and lucky girl to survive this long. Look at me.”

She slowly looks up, sensing all her frustrations intensifying under the caring look of the stranger.

“What’s your little friend’s name?” He questions gently.

“M-Miss Shiro Akane. She was one of the village hunters’ rabbit.”

He nods and inquires further.

“And what’s your name, girl?”

“I’m… Guren.”

“Guren? That’s a nice name. I’m Kai.” He chuckles. “And I don’t want to sleep with you. You can rest, eat, and drink. You can talk about what happened, too. You’re so strong, easily surviving the wilderness on your own. Will you help me by staying near me? We will help each other.”

Guren matches her benefactor’s kind gaze as all her stifled frustration wells inside her.

Why? Why did it have to be her home?! Why did the bandits attack them? The reality she once accepted as the survivor’s truth finally takes its true form as sadness and mourning of losses. Tears unconsciously start spilling from her eyes as the girl chokes back her sobs.

“I’m sorry. *hic* I shouldn’t cry. P-please, I really am brave! I won’t cry again, so please—”

“I won’t go anywhere, Guren,” Kai smiles warmly. His act fades to a moment of true sincerity as he ruffles her rag of a head with a fond look. “It’s alright to cry. I know you will become even braver after letting it all out.”

The girl starts crying loudly as the threatening presence around the rabbit all but disappears.

‘Well,’ Kai grins wryly. ‘I’m used to dealing with crying and confused girls. Here’s to hoping Guren turns out better under my guidance than the trio of team Kai.’

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Kai silently stares at the sleeping Guren hugging the potentially lethal rabbit in her arms, snoring softly.

‘Bandits attacked her village?’ Kai muses. ‘And didn’t commit their usual acts? They took everyone away peacefully without killing a single man or taking someone’s woman in front of them just for the kicks of it.’ He recalls chancing upon Konoha’s anbu initiative not long ago, connecting dots. ‘Hmm. It’s the same thing our platoon committed during the second war. It really fucked with Jiraiya. But we didn’t pose as bandits. We used the faces of the enemy villages.’

Kai doesn’t know whether to feel sorry for Guren that she had to go through this experience or that she survived, knowing she will have to commit the same deeds, if not worse, to survive. After all, it’s a piece of pretty common knowledge in the world of shinobi that staying stagnant will eventually cause the demise of an active shinobi. Yes, it’s fucked up. But Kai never hoped to find sanity in a fucked world. His entire goal in committing suicide was to break free from his past mistakes when setting his trait. As for the rest? Isn’t he making plans to make the world less fucked by ironically planning fucked things?

That’s a lot of fucks.

‘Well, the fortunate part is I can sense a good chakra reserve within Guren. She has yet to train at all, but no need to force active training without the usual theories. I don’t think she can easily get into a Shinobi academy, so let’s see what I can make out of her.’

He already needs a good number of loyal people to represent his objectives—why not start now?

And while he did help Guren out of the remnants of humanity secured deep inside of him, it’s not to say Kai didn’t have plans for her. It’s the same thing as changing Nagato’s cursed tag. The boy is safe and still serves a good purpose—Kai’s purpose.

‘But what of the rabbit?’ Kai muses and sighs. ‘Like the usual. One step at a time.’

He is in here for the long haul. Impatience won’t befit his needs and ambitions.

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[Forbidden Individual Curse Tag (9/100): A cursed seal placed on the target’s heart that restricts the use of their bodies based on the user’s will, including thinking of specific thoughts or acting in particular manners. Decreases time to form the seal by 0.5% at every level. Decreases chakra consumption to form the seal by 0.5 at every level. Current chakra consumption: 13370/seal.

Next Level: Construct 30520/76294 Seals or 60 SP.]

An honest-looking youth menacingly smirks as he stares at the group of raiders. Raiding and piracy are prominent professions near the Land of Water, but such a profession has yet to reach Island countries like the Land of Whirlpool. The youth gently places the infant boy beside his mother before humming in satisfaction. “Nothing better than the good old grind~! With how the requirements for the level are rising, I will have to use my Skill Points for the last few levels instead.”

That’s why he saves his SP, right? To use them in a clutch like a true gamer!

His clones are very near the other five great Shinobi Villages. He slowly plans to spread his influence in the ‘minor’ Shinobi villages like Takigakure, Yugakure, and Shimogakure.

Unlike his other counterparts, the wooden clone on one of the islands of Land of Water was fortunate to reach the key location earlier. The one headed to the Land of Earth slowed down due to Guren, the one nearing Sunagakure SHOULD have reached his destination the earliest, but sh. And the clone near the Land of Lightning decided to enjoy the hot springs of the Land of Hot Water. After all, one clone’s joy transfers to everyone! So they can enjoy the sweet grind and hot springs at once!

“From now on, I’m Kai Fuyuki,” he strokes his chin while retrieving an odd kitsune mask highlighted with red linings. “A pirate who escaped a sadistic Kunoichi’s ‘tortures,’ but not before learning some things about Chakra.”

He chuckles. “Now, I only need to find a way to infiltrate Kiri as naturally as possible. Let’s start with abducting some nobleman’s daughter or son before making contact with some Shinobi. But Kirigakure also has the most kekkei genkai clans due to their policies. I suppose the most interesting of them will be the Kaguya and the Hozuki Clan. The feeling of controlling bones should be similar to my Sage Transformation’s ability to deconstruct my flesh and bones before forming them into various structures. But I wonder what it feels like to BECOME water. And if I go to pee, am I peeing water—or am I the pee?”

Kai doesn’t believe no other Hozuki Clan member thought of this point. Most shinobi have wild imaginations during their earlier years. It’s a misfortune for the world that conflicts curb the very same innocent imagination.

*Rumble*

Fuyuki Kai looks up at the dark sky, noting the distant flashes of lightning. While the wind picks a pace, the waves around the island simmer and turn calmer.

‘A storm is approaching,’ He sighs. ‘Let’s get these people in their homes.’

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Alternate Title: The Sensei of Questionable Kunoichi!; Kai Doesn’t Groom… He Gets Groomed Without Knowing; The Price of Food and Water; A Furry Protection; The Unfailing Decency of a Human Being; A Brave Girl; The Truth Behind The Abandonment; Kai Needs No Girl—He Only Needs Grind; The True Clone Wars; The Mystery of The Rabbit; Taking One Step at a Time; A Storm Approaches; The Calm Before The War; Kai Taking Unconsenting Volunteers For The Grind; Even Infants Can Contribute—Kai, Probably; Kai Fuyuki, The Shinobi King of Pirates; Hot Springs And Chill; The Kekkei Genkai of Interest; Kai’s New Target For Bullying; Guren Gets Orphaned *Kai: Would You Look At That. She Has No Rights*