>>5790316“I didn’t use anywhere close to my full skill level to do that to you. I’d just call that high genin, maybe low chunin basic fighting. And you’re down. Furthermore, imagine I was an enemy ninja and instead of a love tap with my knuckles I was holding a knife. You know what would be happening right now? You, squirming around and bleeding out in the dirt while your teammates panic and wonder what the fuck they’re supposed to do before you die.”
He squats down next to you as you finally manage to begin driving air into your lungs. “Otomo, you need to improve. I don’t want you to think I’m telling you that the other parts of your skillset aren’t valuable, but there is a basic floor of ability you need to hit. ‘Villager Peasant’ level is where you’re at right now. You don’t need to be ‘Naoki Level Wrecking Ball’, but you do need to be ‘Guy Who Won’t Die Instantly’. Junpei is about as bad as you but even he can at least hide well and dodge alright. I’m pleased with your gains in endurance and energy, but there’s only so much the body can take when you can’t even mitigate a basic attack. Having all the energy in the world is absolutely worthless if you can’t DO anything with it to protect yourself and someone can just come along and forcibly transform that energy into arterial blood gushing out into the sand. Get yourself up to a level where I’m not questioning if graduating you from this academy is the same thing as sending you out to be slaughtered. Okay?”
He helps you to your feet.
“For added motivation…”
The Taijutsu ranking is updated.
Naoki
POWER GAP
Yuna
Katsuro
Daigo
Shizuka
Masami
Junpei
Otomo
Your datasheet so far:
>Ninjutsu: 2.5>Taijutsu: 0.5>Genjutsu: 0.5>Intelligence: 2>Strength: 1>Speed: 1>Stamina: 2.5>Hand Seals: 2>Total: 12>Techniques Known:Water Bullet
Water Clone (Unpracticed)
Your training options:
>0.5 to X>0.5 to X>Free time>What hobby do you pick up?>Do you attempt to pick up a weapon style, and if so, what? (If yes, you feel drawn to the quarterstaff. It’s simple, non-lethal, and you can find ways to handle it that won’t overly affect your ability to form hand seals. Still entirely optional because using one would have a detrimental effect on your ability to quickly transition from melee to ninjutsu or vice versa in a pinch, in addition to leaving you exposed if you get disarmed. You’re by no means locked into using it exclusively or forever if you decide you don’t like it.) 