You have slept in your bed. HP & CP are fully restored.
Naruto awoke and prepared for the new day to come. After a quick cold shower and freshly cleaned teeth, Naruto ate a quick breakfast of rice and grilled fish, a recipe he'd learned in Nami and one he'd come to really enjoy.
[Rice and Grilled Fish]
Restores 1000 HP
+50 VIT & +20 DEX for 60 minutes
As to the source of the fish, well that was another life skill he'd picked up in Nami no Kuni.
[Fishing (Active) Lv13 Exp: 13.12% CP 5]
There is something rewarding in catching your own food and the bountiful waters of the elemental nations have plenty to spare if you've got the time and the patience.
Additional 13% chance to catch edible fish.
As a result he'd stockpiled a lot of horse mackerel and salmon in his inventory. Speaking of, he'd need to sell most of it off as soon as possible so it doesn't turn bad on him. That was something else he'd learned about his inventory, food still had an expiration date, it didn't really put things in stasis. Which brought him back to needing to get back in the habit of doing dailies.
Naruto groaned at the thought of getting back into the daily grind after having such a great experience on Nami no Kuni mission. Not necessarily the mission itself but the training time, the pure unadulterated, uninterrupted training time. No dailies to eat up time with stupid chores. Just training and a dungeon with someone that was becoming a decent friend . . . okay so Sakura was still bitchy sometimes but she at least seemed to have developed a little respect for him. It was a start.
Speaking of Sakura, Naruto felt that he'd finally moved on from his crush on her. She was his friend sure but that was it. After having spent so much time with her, every day for the last month, closer to two months, he'd gotten to know her a lot better. She was very girly, too girly for his tastes. She complained constantly about everything, and if something went even a little wrong she'd complain even louder and longer about it. She like flowers and shopping and pretty clothes and jewelry. Naruto like weapons, training and video games.
Then there was the fact that the only thing they had in common was being a shinobi and even then she didn't take it as seriously as Naruto did. She was in it to protect herself and her family, a bit selfish but still a good reason. If Naruto had been asked a year ago why he was becoming a shinobi he would have said it was to gain respect so that people would stop looking down on him. Now, he could honestly say it was the 'Will of Fire' the old man preached to him about all the time. He had an iron will to protect everyone, his team, his friends, even the villagers who didn't tend to treat him very well. He would still earn their respect if he could but even if he couldn't, he'd protect them all until the day he died.
Naruto was a little sad when he realized it but not heartbroken like he'd expected to be. Still, it was probably for the best in the long run, especially since they were going to be teammates for a long time.
Naruto finished his breakfast and his self-reflection and left his apartment only to be ambushed by his landlord, Michiya Ota.
"You're two months behind on rent, pay me by the end of the day or you're out," stated the grouchy old man.
Naruto wanted badly to hammer the man's head through a wall but refrained. He would take the mission and get the problem resolved.
"I'll take care of the rats in the basement again," said Naruto.
"And that will cover one month of your rent, what about the other two months?"
"What other two months?" demanded Naruto.
"You owe for last month, and this month plus the one month late fee," explained the old man, grinning a little.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Naruto.
"Fix the water heater."
Naruto gave the man a deadpan look, he really wanted to kill him. "Is that all?"
"Yeah," he then turned and left.
Quest Alert
Rent is due: Pay Rent
Rent must be paid by 6:00 pm or you will be evicted. Pay the landlord 1000 ryo by 6:00 pm or clear out the chakra rat nest in the basement by 6:00 pm (must bring their tails as proof of kill).
Completion Award: 500 Exp.
Increase reputation with landlord (reputation increase will double for clearing out the chakra rat nest).
Completion Failure: Eviction
Decrease reputation with Konoha
Naruto accepted with a roll of the eyes. Then the second quest window appeared.
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