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'I really awakened it!'
Kifu could not resist the urge to test his new power.
He reached out his hand and focused his consciousness. He felt the cells in his hand begin to divide and multiply at an incredible rate. An itchy, aching sensation spread through his bones. He could clearly feel the skeletal structure in his fingertips splitting apart.
A piercing pain followed immediately. Five small openings tore through his fingertips, and five distal phalanges the size of bullets shot out.
*Thud! Thud! Thud!*
The bones traveled at extreme speeds. They slammed into the wall of the Mortuary and left deep marks.
The openings in his fingertips closed quietly. His hands looked exactly as they had before the attack. There was no visible sign of the trauma.
Kifu looked down at his fingers and then walked to the wall to inspect the five dark holes.
'The power is impressive. They are almost as fast as real bullets. But damn, it really hurts.'
The nerves in the fingertips were sensitive. Tearing holes in his skin to fire bones was an agonizing process. He realized he had been deceived by the anime. Kimimaro always used [Shikotsumyaku] with such a calm expression. The skill was powerful, but extracting bones and tearing through skin and muscle meant injuring oneself before even touching the enemy.
A Shinobi without a powerful will would never be able to endure such self-torture.
'These bones are certainly hard.'
He pried out a sunken bone fragment and tapped it gently with his long sword. It produced a crisp, metallic ringing sound.
If firing finger bones hurt this much, then Kimimaro must have been insane to pull out his entire spine without flinching.
Kifu shuddered at the thought.
'Kimimaro was truly a monster.'
'However, [Shikotsumyaku] provides more than just the ability to use bones.'
Kifu muttered to himself as he drew his blade across his arm. A thin red line appeared and blood began to seep out.
The wound healed at a visible speed. Within seconds, his skin was as smooth as it had been before the cut.
He nodded in satisfaction. 'As I thought. My physical attributes and recovery speed have improved. Even my ability to perceive and control my cells has been greatly enhanced.'
[Shikotsumyaku] naturally reinforced the skeletal structure of a Ninja to be as strong as precious metals. When combined with this level of regeneration, Kifu became a terrifying prospect for his enemies.
He wondered if he could even be killed unless someone managed to decapitate him in a single strike. If they could not take his head, his recovery speed would make him practically immortal.
Fast recovery plus hard bones equaled an unkillable body. It was a simple calculation. He understood the formula perfectly.
'As long as I continue to level up steadily, I can be a Body Collector in peace.'
He would no longer fear AOE attacks. No matter how strong the enemy was, he would remain unmoved. He had taken another step toward becoming a safe and lazy Body Collector.
He rubbed his arm as his body adjusted to the changes. He felt much better now.
He tidied up the Mortuary and prepared to go to sleep. Suddenly, he remembered something important.
He still did not understand the matching mechanism for the [Experience Card].
The Jonin [Experience Card] for Miura Ichigo only had a fifty percent compatibility rate. However, the Pseudo-Kage [Experience Card] for Akagi Tsukasa had reached seventy percent.
Kifu opened the [System] interface.
He spent thirty minutes searching before he finally found the [Supplementary Provisions] menu. The button was almost transparent. It was clear the System did not want him to find it, but it was forced to include the information due to the rules.
He clicked the menu and a long list of regulations appeared. This was the first time Kifu realized how many rules governed the System.
[Supplementary Provisions]:
[1. The death of the Host has no relation to this System. The System bears no responsibility or obligation.]
'How cruel.'
He scrolled through the list quickly. He ignored most of the regulations until he found the rules regarding [Experience Card] compatibility.
[136. Experience Card Compatibility is determined by the Host's Chakra attributes, combat style (Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Perception, Camouflage, etc.), physical appearance, weapon type, attribute bias, behavioral principles, mental state, and intensity of desire.]
[137. During the use of an Experience Card, the System will evaluate the Host's learning progress, matching degree, and thought patterns. After the card expires, the System may increase the Host's base stats accordingly. Specific details must be explored by the Host.]
'So it depends on all of those factors. Akagi Tsukasa was a Ninja who specialized in Earth Style. That, along with other factors I do not yet understand, resulted in my high compatibility.'
Kifu wondered if he could manually adjust his behavior or mental state to increase his compatibility with future cards. If he could maximize the sync rate, he could unleash even greater power.
However, an [Experience Card] was temporary. It was not his own strength.
While he was still weak, these cards were life-saving tools. Once he became stronger, their primary value would likely be the experience and skills he could learn from them.
For example, while using the Akagi Tsukasa card, Kifu had successfully learned [Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld] and [Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet]. Both were B-Rank skills. He had tried to learn the A-Rank skill [Earth Style: Turning Earth into Mountains], but it was too difficult to master in such a short time.
'Finally, I can sleep.'
The recent mission had been exhausting. He had dealt with high mental stress, high-speed travel, and a battle against the Hidden Mist.
A nap was not enough. A full night of sleep was the best way for a person to recover.
The sky was already beginning to turn grey with the coming dawn.
It did not matter. He planned to use his injuries as an excuse to hide in the Mortuary for a long time.
His peaceful life had returned.