"I didn't ask how much you have. I asked how much can you spend? If I take all your money how will you eat? Pay your bills? Live?"
"Oh, um, then I guess about 1500," said Naruto. It was the money he'd been saving up to buy a new game but this was more important.
"Right, we should be able to get you some decent pants and a better jacket but not much more than that," said the shopkeeper.
"That works for me," said Naruto, finally starting to relax around the man.
Naruto took a moment to study the shopkeeper as he trundled through the narrow aisles. He was a large man, easily twice Naruto's height. He had a large gut but his arms were thicker than Naruto was and they were very well muscled.
"Here," said the shopkeeper, handing Naruto a pair of black pants. They looked like standard issue shinobi pant.
Black Academy Issue Pants – Made of a thin lightweight material and reinforced with light leather armor inside these pants provide reasonable defense. Stats: +15 DEF, +5% effectiveness to [Stealth], +5 DEX, +0.50 to speed, DUR 60/60.
Naruto's [Observe] reported, making him very excited for try these on.
"Pick a jacket," said the shopkeeper holding up four different jackets.
Black and Crimson Academy Issue Jacket - Made of a thin lightweight material and reinforced with light leather armor inside this jacket provides reasonable defense. Stats: +12 DEF, +5 DEX, +5 STR, +0.50 to speed, DUR 60/60.
Black and Navy Academy Issue Jacket - Made of a thin lightweight material and reinforced with light leather armor inside this jacket provides reasonable defense. Stats: +12 DEF, +5 DEX, +5 STR, +0.50 to speed, DUR 60/60.
Black and Olive Academy Issue Jacket - Made of a thin lightweight material and reinforced with light leather armor inside this jacket provides reasonable defense. Stats: +12 DEF, +5 DEX, +5 STR, +0.50 to speed, DUR 60/60.
Black Academy Issue Jacket - Made of a thin lightweight material and reinforced with light leather armor inside this jacket provides reasonable defense. Stats: +12 DEF, +5 DEX, +5% effectiveness to [Stealth], +0.50 to speed, DUR 60/60.
"Um, Black and Olive," said Naruto. It wasn't orange and while the Navy looked cooled, it would be a cold day in hell before Naruto dressed more like the Uchiha prick.
The shopkeeper nodded and tossed the jacket to him, hanging the others back up. "That's 1200 ryo total. You could probably get some cheap gloves or forearm or shin protectors with what you have left."
"Um, no thanks," said Naruto, deciding to quit while he was ahead.
The shopkeeper shrugged and led Naruto back to the counter of the shop where Naruto paid and thanked the man for his help.
"Before you go, my regular delivery girl is out on a mission. If you've got time I could use the help," offered the shopkeeper.
Naruto grinned at seeing the blue window pop up.
Quest Alert
Deliver the Goods: Make the Higurashi weapons deliveries in place of the regular delivery girl.
Deliver the box to the Hokage tower in fifteen minutes or less.
Completion Award: 500 Exp
500 Ryo
Increase reputation with Higurashi Weapons
Completion Failure: 100 Exp
100 Ryo
Decrease reputation with Higurashi Weapons
Naruto tapped the 'Confirm (Y)'.
"Great, take this box to the Hokage tower. Be careful, it's heavy. Oh, and make sure the receptionist signs for it."
Naruto picked up the box happily and ran out of the shop with it. As soon as he was out the door the timer popped up and began to count down. "Let's do this," he almost shouted as he took off at his top speed.
Nine minutes later Naruto had arrived at the tower and reported to the tower reception with the box. As soon as he got her to sign the form the timer stopped with 00:05:43 left on the clock.
You've completed the delivery with time to spare. Return to Higurashi Weapon's to claim your reward.
Naruto grinned and strolled out of the tower with a little bounce to his step.
"You made good time kid," greeted the shopkeeper when Naruto came in waving the signed form around.
"You bet I did," said Naruto.
Completion Awarded: 500 Exp, 500 Ryo, +50 to reputation with Higurashi Weapon's.
Bonus Award: 500 Exp (100 Exp per minute remaining on timer), 500 Ryo (100 Ryo per minute remaining on timer) +250 to reputation with Higurashi Weapon's (50 reputation points per minute remaining on timer).
"Good work, come back next week and I might have another delivery for you," said the shopkeeper.
Naruto finally bothered to look up at the man's name.
Higurashi Hiten Lv ?
"Thanks, Higurashi-san," said Naruto. That was awesome. He doubled his award just for being fast.
"Now get out of here, I'm closing up for the night."
Naruto said a quick farewell and departed the shop, eager to get home and try out his new clothes.
Once home, Naruto popped open his inventory and dropped the new clothes into the open slots and dragged them to his chest slot and legs slot. It was kind of a weird feeling as it happened but Naruto wasn't going to complain about it at all. After it was done he ran to the bathroom to check out his new look in the mirror.
"I make this look good," he complimented himself, grinning all the same.
Now Naruto had to figure out what to do with the rest of his evening. Obviously his plans for Ichiraku had changed so the first order of business was to get some instant ramen in his belly.
Naruto ended up eating a few bowls of instant 'Cup Ramen' for dinner, it wasn't exactly cooking but it would do.
The rest of the night was spent working on [Leaf Sticking] and video games in between while he waited for his chakra to replenish. By the time he passed out for the night he'd gained five more levels with it.
[Leaf Sticking (Passive/Active) Lv10 Exp 63.82% CP 8 per 5 seconds]
Introductory chakra control exercise taught to all academy students. This exercise improves your chakra control the more you level it up.
Passively increases WIS 8%.
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