And the story I decided to rip off was the greatest superhero of all time. Batman. I knew of course I had to make changes to the story, since this was a ninja world.
So instead I made Bruce Wayne, yes I kept the name, a boy from a far away country in the West hailing from a land that had no ninjas or chakra, but instead focused on civilian science. I made the story in such a way that Bruce was the first person from his land to discover the Elemental Nations and chose to be trained as a ninja by the great ninja master Ra's Al Ghul.
And the story was pretty much identical to Batman Begins. I had explained in detail about how this world behaved, what people's ideas were. How Gotham a city filled with crime and terror reached out for a hero. And how Bruce became that hero.
I focused on the idea that the hero had one strict moral code, never to kill. I knew here the concept of death is very common, but it's not supposed to be, and I made sure to highlight just how important life was in the eyes of Bruce Wayne.
It took me a week of writing to complete the story to my liking. I had to rewrite it three times in three different books, but in the end, I had it done. So the very next day early in the morning I headed out with the book in my hand, the title read, 'Batman Begins', and I took it to the library.
Misa noticed me straight away, "ah Yami! It's been so long since I saw you last. I hope you didn't stay away from here for so long because I yelled at you."
Oh, she was worried, isn't that sweet. I shook my head, "no, I got over that. I didn't come because I found something interesting to do."
"Oh? And what's that?" the kind older lady asked curiously.
I held out my book, "I wrote a story. Can you plse read it and tell me what you think?"
Misa blinked, "a book? You wrote a book?" she took the book and looked at it's cover, "what's it about?"
I smiled, "read it and find out."
Misa chuckled, "fine Yami, I promise to read it, okay?" I nodded, "thank you! I'll come back tomorrow! You better have read it by then okay!"
Misa chuckled, "alright alright, I promise."
I grinned. I quickly returned all the books I took last time and got myself a new set of them, two fantasy books and one book about Suna, the village hidden in the desert. I was just curious about it's history, hopefully I can learn something.
I read the book on Suna that night and found myself immediately interested in the chakra threads they used for their puppets. If they did in fact could move wood and metal with sting, then maybe it's something I should learn too.
I spent all night pushing chakra out of the tip of my finger and tried to mold it into the shape of a thread. I pushed as much chakra as I could out of it, and what did you know, a small string of blue chakra came pouring out.
Ping! You have created a new skill!
Chakara thread, Lv- 1 (0%) A concentrated thread of chakra that can be attached to manipulate certain objects.
CP cost- 5 CP per minute per 1 feet Max length- 10 feet I grinned, this was so exciting! I used the thread to come out and extend up to five feet. I watched my CP go down, but the tip of the thread managed to grab hold of my pen and carry it into the air.
I moved my finger around and the pen did the same, obeying to a small degree my orders. It was like having an extended hand that could grab things and move it around. I would need to be more skilled to do things like control a puppet, but again, I have plenty of time.
I dropped the pen and waited for my CP to recharge. Alright, 5CP per minute is 0.083CP per second. I use around 0.25 CP per second to keep my leaf on my forehead, so if I also use 1 feet of thread active I would use 0.3 per second while I produce 0.4 CP per second! That meant I could push the chakra thread to two feet and still not lose a single CP!
This was too good to be true, but I won't ever look a gift horse in the mouth. I stuck the leaf on my head, used a two feet long thread to lift my pen and began to write in my notebook with it. I practised writing kanji, it was very very difficult, but with the leaf exercise helping with my concentration, I pushed on.
By morning I had leveled up both skills;
Chakara thread, Lv- 5 (80%) A concentrated thread of chakra that can be attached to manipulate certain objects.
CP cost- 5 CP per minute per 1 feet Max length- 15 feet Leaf concentration exercise, Lv- 11 (24%) By keeping a leaf stuck on your forehead thanks to chakara you now only help with your chakra control exercise but also improve your concentration.
Uses: 15 CP per minute Leaves to hold up- 3 +1 INT while active +1 CC permanent bonus per level Not bad for a night's work. And while I wouldn't be able to write any novels using my string, at least I would be able to write SOS if I'm in danger or something.
I went to the library that morning in hopes that Misa kept her promise and read my book. I walked in and just like normal I found her by the entrance reading the very last page of the book, her eyes glued to it as her eyebrows rose up in shock. "Having fun?" I asked her.
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