This time, when consciousness returned to Daiki, it was a gentle thing, like he just woke up from a really good nap.
Awake almost instantly, as soon as he opened his eyes.
He pushed himself up, and realised, he was actually in a bed. A pretty nice bed actually, way better than the one in his shitty apartment.
He looked around, noting he was in a rather barren looking room, with a particular type of wooden walling and flooring.
Looking exactly like the wood made to build the houses in the Waterfall Village.
Daiki smirked, feeling a surge of pride flow through him as he remembered the state he left that prick Suien in.
Giving himself a mental pat on the back, he leaned back against the comfortable pillow that he had been laying on and just basked in the feeling of victory now that he was awake to enjoy.
'…oh yeah, been a while since I checked my stats.' he mused, idly calling up his status.
"…Eh?" he blinked stupidly at what was reflected back at him.
That didn't make sense.
[Chakra Capacity: 39,600/39,600 (Chunin)]
[Endurance: 128.4/510]
[Durability: 86.4/510]
[Chakra Control: 182/500]
[Lightning - (Adept): You have stepped onto the path of roaring thunder.]
[Fuinjutsu - (Adept): You are no longer a mere amateur.]
His chakra capacity, it had…more than doubled since he last saw it. Not only that, but, all of his physical abilities, they had risen drastically!
But beyond even that. His physical stats.
The cap on them had been five hundred before, but now…it was five hundred and ten!
That didn't seem like a big gap. But he'd noticed something before. Going by his stat numbers, he should only be roughly four times as strong as he was right now, as he was when he first woke up with this status system.
But that was wrong. By his estimates, he was actually double that amount stronger and definitely that amount faster.
The higher his stats rose, the harder it became to make them rise, yet at the same time, each single stat pot, seemed to bit by bit, become worth more than the one before it.
Thirty wasn't half as strong as sixty in these numbers, not even close. He actually couldn't tell how big the gaps were, it was really hard to measure.
The difference between five hundred and five hundred and ten, was probably quite massive when applying that logic.
"..Is it because of the Hero Water?" he wondered, dismissing the status screen and thinking.
Thinking on it, this…this was probably a good thing. Considering the amount of time he'd need to make these kind of gains, weeks, more even…
For a paltry ten years off of his life?
Yes, Daiki decided, this well worth it.
After all, making up for ten years of life force? That would be easy. After all, he was planning on becoming a Jinchuuriki.
And beyond that. There was a certain little ferret with a certain little travelling clan from another continent roaming the Elemental Nations.
And in that ferret, there was a certain stone that he could easily get his hands on. He only needed a fragment of it even and could give the rest back to the ferret, and not only would it boost all of his abilities and chakra, it would also massively increase his lifespan.
'Guess I gotta look into finding the Stone of Gelel.' he mused.
He should probably start with the Land of Rivers.
Everything fucking else was there after all.
Shifting the covers laying neatly across his body off, Daiki sat up fully and pushed himself up out of the bed.
Honestly, he was feeling pretty damn energized right now, he was almost itching to burn off energy now that he'd sorted his thoughts out.
He was eager to get back to the grind.
And something else now plagued him, as he remembered back to that fight. He was more or less a gnat compared to Suien, as expected of a rookie genin fighting a Jonin.
Yet…with just a sip of the Hero's Water, he'd absolutely crushed the man easily, even with such an stounding technique as that Water Armour of his.
The man was probably on, or at least approaching the level of an Elite Jonin, definitely at least bordering on the ability of an A-Rank shinobi.
Daiki clenched his hands, a wide grin spread across his he drifted back to the feeling of complete power, the pure confidence and high he felt.
It was like nothing he'd ever experienced before.
He wanted it. He wanted to reach that level, become that strong, and then grind even further upwards and ascend even further beyond.
He knew after all, that the level of strength he'd gained from there, was but a pittance compared to the kind of strength the likes of Madara and Hashirama had, hell, he bet it didn't even come close to comparing to the likes of the Raikage Ay and the like.
"Yeah, that's it, I'll get there s-" he lifted his hand into the air and began to make a vow to grow that strong.
Only for the door to swing open and Fu to step in, and pause, blinking her orange eyes owlishly, "Hey, you're awake again Daiki!" the mint haired Jinchuuriki beamed, then her eyes drifted down from his face, to his crotch and her cheeks flushed a bit red.
…And it was then Daiki realised he was completely naked.
'I blame Kakashi.' he growled mentally.
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Name: Daiki Yurei (With Hero Water drank)
Chakra Capacity: 194,000/194,000