Naruto: The Life Changer

Chapter 12: Chapter:12 MENTAL?



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Naruto dug in eagerly. Ramen was truly the food of the gods. Throughout the years, Naruto had never had to worry about being poisoned or beaten while inside Ichiraku's. He did tend to avoid the ramen stand on his birthday, so the place which was so good to him wasn't damaged by his 'well-wishers'.

Eight bowls of ramen and half an hour later, Naruto headed back to his apartment, full to the brim with his favourite food. Much to his relief, his window was still intact.

"Hmm…I guess I'd better do a bit more research on this weird power of mine." Naruto mused aloud. Because he never really had any friends, he had developed the habit of thinking aloud. First sign of madness be damned.

"{Guide}" Naruto said, making the blue window appear again, "Huh…so many topics…meh. I'll read them from the top down."

Saying that, he tapped the button labelled 'Attribute Points and Attributes', making a window appear.

[Attribute Points and Attributes]

Every time you Level Up, five Attribute Points are automatically generated, which you can then use to increase your own Attributes.

Your Attributes are representations of your physical and mental abilities. For ordinary people, their Attribute Points are automatically distributed to their strongest areas as soon as they Level Up. A person who possesses 'The Gamer' however, can distribute their points themselves, thereby making themselves smarter/stronger/faster than an ordinary person is capable of.]

"Holy shit!" Naruto exclaimed.

[Your Attributes are split into three categories. Physical, Mental and Special.

Physical Attributes deal with the strength and speed of your body. They are Strength (STR), Dexterity (DEX), Speed (SPD) and Stamina (STA).

STR is the raw physical strength of your body. This determines how much Weight you can carry, as well as the Base Damage you deal out in combat.

DEX represents how nimble and agile you are, determining your Accuracy as well as Attack Speed and Attack Evasion.

SPD is how fast you are overall. This determines your Movement Speed. This Stat receives a Buff if your STR and DEX are at the same level. (Note: Locked until special condition is fulfilled.)

STA represents how sturdy you are, determining a great deal of your Hit Points, Resistances to various Status Effects and Fatigue.

The Mental Attributes represent your mental prowess. They are Intelligence (INT) and Wisdom (WIS).

INT represents your ability to learn and reason, especially in problem solving. It determines how much CP you have, as well as how effective your offensive and defensive skills are. Determines your memorisation ability.

WIS is your common sense, basically. It determines your CP Regeneration rate, your ability to read other people's emotions and body language, as well as resistance against mental attacks, pain and torture. Determines your problem-solving ability.

Special Attributes are unaffected by your mind or body. They are generally of things that affect you without you being able to affect them, other than raising their Attribute Points. The only Special Stat you have access to at this time is Luck (LUK).

LUK is a mysterious thing. It affects a multitude of things; random encounters, monster drops and critical hits among other things.]

Naruto shook his head as the information he just read soaked in to his mind. This…this is a cheat skill! If he used this right, he could get stronger than Sasuke-teme in no time flat!

Absently he closed the two windows as he tried to remember the command to bring up the window with his Attributes on it.

"Ummmm…{Status}." Naruto tried and was rewarded with a small window appearing in front of him.

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Class: The Gamer

Level: 5 Next Level: 35.43%

Title: Academy Student (+25% EXP to LV10)

Age: 12

HP: 700/700

CP: 700/700

STR: 11 (-5)

STA: 25 (-5, +10)

DEX: 10 (-5)

INT: 15 (+5)

WIS: 5

LUK: ?

Special Status: ? (Passive) (+5 INT, +10 VIT, +?% EXP to ? Skill), ? (Passive) (+ 100 HP, + 100 CP Per Level), Prankster King (Passive) ( -15% Reputation gains, + 10 EXP to [Trap] Skill, + 10% EXP to [Stealth] Skill).

Perks: -Benten's Blessing

-Outside the Box

Flaws: -Eyesore

-Pariah

-Headstrong

Attribute Points: 7

Uzumaki Naruto is a two-time failure of the Konohagakure Shinobi Academy. Ostracised by the village and his peers for an unknown reason, he nevertheless stands proud, unwilling to let the words and attitude of the villagers get to him.

Naruto blinked in surprise. OK, this was…weird. Interesting but weird. Why was his Wisdom that low? Was he really that lacking in common sense? He was expecting to not be smart, but this was a bit much. Just about the only decent stat among his attributes was his Stamina.

"Jeez, Iruka-sensei was right; I am a stamina freak." Naruto muttered. He turned his attention to his Special Status. Two of them were unnamed and one even added an unknown amount of EXP to an unnamed Skill. The Prankster King Status gave him mixed feelings. On one hand, he was pissed that his reputation gains were reduced by fifteen percent. On the other, the bonuses to his Stealth and Trapping Skills were not to be sneezed at.

Spotting the Attribute Points at the bottom, Naruto felt a bit conflicted. What should he do here? Improve his mental stats to be more in balance with his physical stats, or improve his physical stats so he isn't kicked around like a football during a Taijutsu Spar by Sasuke-teme?

'On one hand, getting smarter will make class work easier.' Naruto thought, 'On the other hand, getting physically stronger will make that Teme stop beating me in a spar, which would really kick ass. Choices, choices…'

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