Discovering his Heritage

Searching through the Screens

What seemed to have become a habit for him, Naruto was laying in his bed once more going through the screens that have become his way of checking the progress of his goals as well as his own progress as a Ninja. Though Naruto had wanted to investigate the routes that he had unlocked in one of his missions, he decided that the best thing to do would be to check the relationship that was between himself and Tsunade to ensure that he would either never trust her or doubt her again.

As such this was the screen that he was currently on and as he was looking at the screen that held Tsunade's image on it, he was ecstatic to find that the initial distrust that was forming within him since meeting with the Hokage had been wrong.

Tsunade was the second individual within the village that he had found to have their bar completely maxed out. "I am thrilled to learn that she thinks of me so fondly though I am still curious as too why she held such an expression when Kakashi mentioned making me a Chunin. Any thoughts on this Kurama?" Naruto inquired of the fox that lived within him.

As usual, his tenant didn't respond right away though as always; Kurama's voice came fluttering through his mind when Naruto called on him. "It is possible that she is trying to protect you or even someone else that she cares about. Why don't you check her profile out more thoroughly and see if there is anyone that she is close to?" Kurama explained and upon hearing the suggestion that his tenant had, Naruto thought that it was a good way to discover what was going on.

Following the suggestion that Kurama had given him, Naruto started to search through the names that were associated with Tsunade. The only name that had a maxed-out bar like Naruto's own with his Hokage, was an individual named Korin Kato. Intrigued by the prospect of meeting someone who was in similar standing, Naruto clicked on the Korin's name though when the profile appeared; Naruto was saddened to learn that the profile was blank.

"Though I am annoyed that the profile doesn't show me anything I guess I am not surprised since I haven't met this individual..." Naruto contemplated and just as he was coming to the end of his thought, another popped into his mind. "...though why would Tsunade risk herself for this Korin Kato?"

This thought like so many others that Naruto has had, brought up a mission screen.

New Mission Acquired: Puppet Master

Mission Details: Find out who is controlling Lady Tsunade.

Requirements: Locate Korin Kato.

Rewards: Lady Tsunade will be free from the one pulling her strings.

Failure: Relationship with Lady Tsunade will become tarnished.

Accept: Yes/ No.

Seeing what would happen if he failed the mission caused Naruto to contemplate not taking it though knowing that someone was pulling the strings behind Lady Tsunade reenforced the need for him to do so. Knowing that he had no other choice but to accept the mission, Naruto did just that and with his newest mission now accepted; Naruto closed out of the screen as well as the relationship one.

Now that Naruto had finished one of the things that he wanted to get done before calling it a night, he moved on to complete the next one. "Skills." Naruto whispered out which immediately brought up the screen that he wanted.

As usual, the first thing that Naruto noticed was the text boxes that covered the screen and as usual; Naruto clicked on them so he could clear them out.

"New Skill Acquired: Lockpicking (Level 1)- This skill will allow the user to break into places that they were previously unable to get into. As the skill grows more powerful, the user will be able to pick locks more effectively as well as more quickly."