Chapter 22: Chapter 21
The [General POV]
Toneri stared at the dead orc body for a moment with blank eyes. There were only two thoughts present in his mind right now.
One is this: 'What the fuck.'
The orc just went out of his way to die, only leaving Toneri with something to ponder which is the second thought: 'What does he mean by 'I'm no Human?'.'
Though, he somewhat already knew what the orc leader was talking about. It's a known fact that the Otsutsuki Clan is a clan of alien parasitic creatures that drain the life of a planet; but what Toneri does not understand is why the orc pointed out that he was not 'human'.
He was sure that the Otsutsukis living on the moon back in the Naruto world were not pure-bred as Hamura Otsutsuki, the ancestor of the Otsutsukis living on the moon produces offspring with humans.
And he made so many offspring that his children even became so large, it became a clan consisting of the main family and a branch family. So that means, Hamura's descendants cross-bred with other families to maintain their bloodline. And that tradition repeated for many generations until finally the OG Toneri's generation, which is the last.
So despite keeping the bloodline pure (meme intended), Toneri is still part human... So why is he not 'human'.
'This is confusing as hell...' He silently complained.
Could it be that his Otsutsuki genes are superior to his human genes? Possibly. I mean, although the Otsutsukis are aliens, they still look human so he doesn't have to worry about growing the main Otsutsuki Clan's horns.
*Sigh...*
He sighed once more as he felt like he'll have a headache if he continues to ponder this problem. So, he just decided to think about this at another time.
He stood up from his squat position and picked up the weapon the orc leader was carrying. It was a great sword, a large one at that.
Although it was massive, for him, it was quite easy to lift.
*Swoosh*
He swung it around and found that it was quite easy to wield.
He inspected it more and found runic inscriptions on the blade. He took a closer look and studied the runes. After a few seconds, he found something interesting. The runes were emanating mana. That means the runes were inscribed on the sword using magical means.
'If I could learn this rune process... Perhaps I can 'enchant' my other items...' Toneri silently thought.
'Forget the items I picked up from those orcs from the previous battle, this one is much more worth the trip!' He thought as a gleam started appearing in his ice-blue eyes.
He took one last look at the boss room and confirmed that there was nothing more valuable here except the monster boss' carcass.
Of course, he picked it up and intended to sell it. The money from selling monster boss corpses from A-Rank Gates ranges from 480,000 won to 600,000 won. Of course he'll sell it.
(A/N: Roughly around $400 - $500 USD, respectively.)
After leaving the boss room, oh surprise surprise, there were still orc monsters present outside. So, as a responsible hunter, he killed them off by using Shinra Tensei.
'Now that I've thought about it, my Kenjutsu is roughly around the chuunin level in Naruto world terms... I need to improve that... As for my Taijutsu, I guess it's roughly around low jonin or mid jonin, I think?'
Since he wants to learn Sage Mode, he needs to learn more about Jutsus. He plans to mix different kinds of Jutsu with the Tenseigan Chakra Mode to see if it will show the same effects as the Sage Mode, like how Naruto mixes different kinds of elements with his Rasengan.
And oh yes, Toneri found something quite depressing. He found out that he simply just cannot learn Rasen-Shuriken without the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. The reason for this is Toneri requires the aid of two shadow clones; he provides the chakra, one clone is responsible for the shape transformation, and the other provides the nature transformation.
And he can't just make some random hand gestures; he found that out the hard way. Turns out, you also need to know how to release chakra after performing the hand seals. And experimenting with random hand seals and releasing random amounts of Chakra will be dangerous as the Jutsu that will be released may be different.
So for that, he'll just try it where there are no people.
"Hunter Toneri, you're finally out."
Shortly after exiting the gate while carrying a great sword and a monster corpse, he was greeted by a familiar voice.
It was Sung Jin-Woo.
Along with the hunters association, of course.
'I'm not really surprised. This IS where his sister goes to. It's just natural that he'll appear if a gate were to open here..' Toneri thought internally.
'But of course, I still need to pretend.' He added
"Hunter Sung! What are you doing here?" Toneri asked with a bit of a curious expression.
"I heard a gate opened here and I just happen to be nearby." Jin-Woo replied
'I was worried for my sister...' He silently thought
"Uh-huh, you're not here to share the spoils from the gate, are you?" Toneri suspiciously asked
Jin-Woo was taken aback for a moment and smiled. "Don't worry. I won't do that. As for that great sword on your hands..."
Jin-Woo looked at the rather ominous great sword with a skull as its hilt being carried by Toneri.
Toneri became a bit worried and tried to trick him. "Oh? This? This is just uh... A souvenir! Yes! I want to take a souvenir with me from this gate!"
What a horrible excuse.
Even people like the hunters that entered the gate before knew it was a lie and looked at Toneri weirdly.
He stared back at them and did not say anything but his eyes were saying: 'SHUSH.'
They stayed silent in the corner.
He then looked back at Jin-Woo and smiled while secretly thinking. 'DON'T EXPOSE ME!'
Sensing the atmosphere and Toneri's bulging eyes, Jin-Woo somehow got what he was trying to say and nodded.
Seeing this, Toneri rejoiced in his heart. 'YES! THAT'S THE BRO CODE RIGHT THERE!'
Then, a person from the association approached them and asked a couple of questions from Toneri, to which he answered. Mostly.
"... As for that great sword there..." The person pointed at Toneri's sword
"Oh, this? Will you believe me if I said that the boss monster gave it to me of his free will?" Toneri replied
(•ิ_•ิ)
(￣▽￣)
"Riiiiighttt..." The person said as he gave a small nod.
Seeing this, the joy in Toneri's heart grew. 'Another person who understands the bro code!'
'Truly, a blessed day it is.'
After a few more questions and confirmation, Toneri was finally able to escape the association's grasp and continue on his trip.
'Holy shit, I hope I didn't miss my flight.' He thought.
He still needs to go to Japan, y'know?
* * *
After Toneri left the campus, Jin-Woo stayed behind and went to his sister who was outside with everyone else. Because of the three students that Toneri saved, they managed to inform the whole school that a gate opened. This made the principal evacuate all the students outside.
Later, he found her and checked if she was injured but sighed in relief that she was okay.
"Thank goodness you're okay..." Jin-Woo said
"Of course I'll be okay, why are you so worried, Oppa? Hunter Toneri came here and stopped the monsters from advancing further."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm grateful too. Let's go home. Your principal said that there will be no school for two days."
"Alright."
After that, Jin-Woo hugged her and used Shadow Exchange to their house.
Jin-Ah changed clothes while Jin-Woo made some food, like the responsible older brother he is.
Their mother wasn't home so Jin-Woo peeked through the shadow that he planted on his mother to see where she is and found out that she was out for groceries.
After finishing the food, Jin-Woo came back to the living room with one shadow soldier carrying two plates.
He found Jin-Ah lying down on the couch while grinning at her phone.
"What's with that grin on your face?" Jin-Woo asked her casually.
Jin-Ah got a bit startled at first. She seems to have not noticed Jin-Woo walk into the room. As a result, she accidentally dropped her phone revealing a digital art of Toneri holding Jin-Woo's chin while smiling.
"..."
"... What the hell is this." Jin-Woo asked calmly. But it was clear that he was a bit infuriated with what he had just seen.
"W, Well... Y, you see oppa... Uhh..." Jin-Ah tried to defend herself while stuttering.
She then picked up a plate and ate the cooked egg and said: "Delicious! Can I get more? Please!"
However, Jin-Woo wasn't buying it and stared at her coldly.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, Jin-Ah finally gave in. "Okay! Okay! I'll yield!"
"Alright. Now tell me. Explain this picture." Jin-Woo said as he picks up the phone
"I-It's because of you and Hunter Toneri!"
"What do you mean?" Jin-Woo still had questions marks above his head.
"Can't you see, oppa? Hunter Toneri is the total opposite of you! I mean, look at you! You wear all-black! Even your summons are black! And look at Hunter Toneri! He's all-white! The complete opposite of you!" She explained
(A/N: No racism intended)
Then continued. "Not only that but look at his charisma! It's shining brightly! He looks like some kind of a protagonist and you're the villain!"
And this is the part where Jin-Ah started to blush a little. "And when people noticed the difference between the two of you... Uhh... They... Umm... They might have... Shipped you."
"..." Jin-Woo stayed silent looking at his stuttering sister.
"... And you happen to be one of those people...?"
"W, Well... Not technically..." She said as she got a bit more embarrassed.
"What do you mean?" Jin-Woo asked. But he seems to know what she's talking about.
"I-IT'S NOTHING!" She shouted as she ran to her room, red as a tomato.
However, she forgot one critical thing. Her phone. It was still with Jin-Woo.
He picked it up and opened the gallery to confirm his suspicion. And sure enough, what he saw made his face stiffen.
Her gallery was filled with digital arts of Toneri. Ranging from normal portraits of Toneri to half-naked pictures of him.
"..."
---------
A/N: This chapter is so weird. 😕
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone