STATUS
Name: Ishiki
Age: 12
Chakra: 30/30
Strength: 15
A full week had passed under the relentless tutelage of the legendary First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
Yet, despite the rigorous, daily sparring sessions, Ishiki felt a growing sense of frustration.
His progress had hit a wall, a sharp, demoralising bottleneck that saw his core stats stubbornly refuse to budge.
"Thirty units of Chakra and a Strength rating of eight," he muttered to himself, reviewing his mental status screen. It's the same as yesterday, and the day before that.
He racked his brain, recalling the fundamental principles of the ninja world.
Chakra, the lifeblood of all jutsu, was a composite energy, the harmonious blend of physical energy (derived from the body's stamina, training, and vitality) and spiritual energy (derived from the mind, meditation, and life experience).
His spiritual reserves seemed stable, but the physical component was clearly lagging.
The realisation struck him: If his Strength, a direct measure of his physical energy and bodily constitution, was stuck, his overall Chakra capacity would also be capped.
The path to breaking the Chakra limit lay in first strengthening his frail, twelve-year-old body.
He mentally assessed his condition.
Madara's sparring was brutal, the best training imaginable, but his body was simply too weak to properly recover and grow from the stress.
He knew the reason instinctively: he was likely malnourished.
His current circumstances, being an anomaly in a strange world, didn't exactly afford him a balanced diet.
He needed better nutrition to fuel the intense physical demands of his training.
Following his daily ritual, driven by the hope of discovering a game-changing tool, Ishiki opened the Props Panel page.
He had yet to fully grasp the mechanism for unlocking new gadgets; was it tied to cumulative experience, completing a hidden quest, or simply surviving? He checked every day, a small act of faith.
This time, his persistence paid off. A new icon glowed, pulsating faintly on the panel.
NEW GADGET ACQUIRED!
He focused on its description. The item was rendered as a small, unassuming bottle with a thick straw poking out of the cap, looking vaguely futuristic and entirely out of place in this feudal era.
GADGET: Concentrated Food
Description: A marvel of 22nd-century robotics technology, borrowed from the infamous pocket of Doraemon. This canned, semi-fluid nutritional supplement is designed to instantly abate hunger and malnourishment. Consumed via a specialised straw, the liquid bypasses the lengthy digestive process, allowing for easy and rapid absorption directly into the body's cells.
Ishiki's heart pounded with excitement.
This was the exact solution he needed to overcome his physical limitations! He mentally withdrew the item, a small, sleek metallic bottle appearing in his hand.The Power Cost
He initially expected the gadget to function like the Reverse Cloak, drawing a passive, low-level amount of Chakra to activate its basic function. However, nothing happened. The bottle remained inert.
"A simple food supplement wouldn't need Chakra, would it?" he mused.
He decided to experiment, channeling a small pulse of his energy into the bottle. The result was instantaneous and startling.
The metal of the bottle absorbed the Chakra, and with a soft, internal hum, a thick, nutrient-rich liquid began to visibly form inside.
Driven by curiosity, he poured a substantial amount into the device, nearly half of his total Chakra reserves.
The bottle yielded only a meagre amount of the concentrated fluid.
He noted the conversion rate: one unit of Chakra seemed to produce roughly one drop of the liquid.
Fifteen units of Chakra were gone, and he only had about fifteen drops to show for it.
He quickly lifted the straw and drank the viscous liquid.
The effect was astonishing. It wasn't just satisfying, it was invigorating.
The energy was absorbed so rapidly that he felt a sudden, powerful surge of warmth throughout his entire body.
It was as if every tired, depleted cell was instantly drenched in revitalising energy.
His exhaustion vanished, his mind sharpened, and he could feel his body's ability to naturally replenish its energy stores; his Chakra Recovery Speed improved noticeably.
Ishiki burst into laughter. This gadget was a cheat code! By consuming the Concentrated Food, he could bypass the slow, natural limits of his physical growth.
It would strengthen his body, which in turn would allow his physical energy component to grow, raising his Chakra capacity alongside it.
The laughter quickly died as the harsh reality of the economics set in.
"Fifteen drops for half my Chakra..." he sighed, a shadow of disappointment crossing his face.
"That means the cost is brutally high: one drop per one unit of Chakra. If I want to make meaningful progress, I need an astronomical amount of this liquid, and I barely have any Chakra to spare."
He needed a benefactor, a source of vast, pure energy. His mind immediately went to the person currently occupying the role of his self-appointed mentor: Hashirama Senju.
The man was a god of the ninja world, with Chakra reserves that dwarfed his own a thousand times over.
Furthermore, as a master of the Wood Release, Hashirama's Chakra was known to be incredibly pure, imbued with potent life energy a vital force that might even enhance the Concentrated Food's effects.
The plan was set: he would approach Hashirama for assistance.
But until then, he would not waste the precious vitality he had just gained.
With renewed vigor and a full tank of internal energy, Ishiki threw himself back into his physical training, initiating his brutal, self-imposed regimen: the Saitama Training.
DAILY REGIMEN INITIATED:
100 Push-ups100 Sit-ups100 Squats10-Kilometer Run