Bridge 28 (Da Loot)

Ringo ran and blazed past the surrounding lands at a lightning-fast pace. I knew that it would not be enough. Obito being the asshole that he was had to be watching us. Ringo was special no doubt but Obito is on demon time. 

The Uchiha were breaking yourself mentally and hating everything and everyone would lead you to be broken levels of powerful. Honestly, I would be jealous if I was not already stupidly powerful.

Even with all I had I still wanted to pluck Obito’s eye out and claim it as my own. I may not want to replace my eyes with Ranmaru’s but Obito’s Sharigan is pretty fucking neat.

It allowed him to have a personal dimension that he could move around with. Sure the place sucked as it was Minecraft without any mobs or grass so just fucking squares. But having a personal world to play around in is great.

Then again I had the I.D create skill so not that great.

Kamui also let him teleport which was slower than the thunder god justu but still out paced any other chumps. Which allowed him to keep up with Ringo’s speed.

As the timer on my Luck boost was almost over I motioned for Ringo to stop.

“This is far enough I can teleport us.”I let out quickly to get Obito to listen in and before Ringo could react to that I opened the I.D.

Hopefully, those words would trick the prick. I did not want to deal with him camping outside waiting for me to get back. The guy might still do it but the more likely option was for him to scratch his head and accept what I said. He had no reason to believe I knew he was there after all.

It was also likely that the guy would assign a Zetsu to watch the area but as long as the fuckers were not Obito himself I should be good….at least I hoped so. I did not know how I got caught. I hoped it was the Sharigan being bullshit again but it really could have been the level difference.

“Pretty sure this is not teleporting brat but what do I know?” Ringo let out as she looked around the I.D. Sure the Empty I.D looked like a completely different place but Ringo knew enough about the I.D skill to recognize this place.

“I can’t teleport.” I let out going to explain but Ringo stops me.

“I don’t believe you. Brat you pull so much shit out of your ass that teleporting might as well come. I think you might have genuinely forgotten that you could since you have so much bullshit.”Ringo explains her perspective so I open my mouth to respond before pausing.

I mean the kaleidoscope was technically teleporting to different dimensions and I could make an item to teleport me if I wanted. If I sat down and really thought about a runic array I could probably make one that teleported me. If I increased certain Magecraft skills as well I could probably reach a point where I could pull that feat off as well.

“See, you totally can!” Ringo shouted out as she pointed at me with a smug smile. I rolled my eyes as she was not wrong but she was also not right.

“I can not teleport in a quick and easy fashion,” I admit quietly as that was the truth of this manner. I could make a quick and easy method but that did not mean I could do it right now. A technicality but I fucking needed it.

“So why the big show about teleporting?” She asked as she did not even bother clarifying what I just said. I let out a sigh before getting into it.

“We had someone following us. I did not want to deal with them waiting around for us to come back.”I admitted that. I was not going to hide something like that from Ringo. Even if I might have been paranoid as I did not actually know that Obito was watching us. I only assumed that to be the case.

“No shit? Must be a pretty powerful dick head. I did not even get a trace of them.” She let out nonchalantly but I could see the small frown on her face.

She knew that she was not the biggest shark in the pond so having someone evade her sense was getting to her. I will say that I was surprised that she accepted my notion so quickly but I should have expected that.

She was just rolling with the punches by this point after all.

“Guy is powerful no doubt but he is not in his right mind. The guy has the emotional stability of a particularly scruffy cat and he is a follower through and through not an original bone in his fucking body.” I shot out with a sour look on my face still upset about the bullshit Obito put me through.

“So big fucking baby with the ability to slap us around but easy to trick,” Ringo speaks out slowly. I blink at her description but that worked out. 

“Bingo,” I spoke out lightly.

“So we waiting for him to leave?” Ringo asks as she got comfortable on the ground. I guess she did not see many issues going on right now for her to have her guard up.

“No, I hate the guy but that is not the reason I stopped us. I used an ability that doubled my luck but for the rest of the day, I will have exactly zero luck. I was not going to risk anything when the world would be conspiring against me.

Ringo blinked at me before giving a concerned look as she looked around the vast empty plane we were in.

“Should I prepare for the world to give us all the fuck yous it got?” Ringo asked suddenly wary of everything. Which I could respect. Having a Null Luck value might not seem too bad but I was not going to risk stumbling on a world ending plot because I could not wait around for a day or two.

Actually I knew all the world ending plots so maybe I should have risked it. No, that's the stupidity talking. Hide out here Camden. The world out there can’t get me here.

It was just common sense.

“No, we are going to sit here quietly for a day. The world can’t fuck me over if there is nothing going on here.” I let out idly. Ringo looked like she was physically struck at the notion of standing around doing nothing for a day.

“You can’t mean nothing right? I can at least train you for the day!?” Ringo demanded as she looked around. I grimaced as using this time would be more helpful but it was not in the cards.

“Can’t afford the risk. With my luck as it is, you are likely to decapitate me by accident.”I let speak out calmy and Ringo winces and sits down in an extravagant sigh.

I mean maybe I was treating this as too much of an issue. Null my luck did not make everything shit on me. No it just meant good fortune would not come to me. Touma had the world shit on him but that should not be blamed just on his abilities.

The guy had a difficult fate about him. Which was absurd since his abilities allowed him to dispel even illusory concepts luck like. I mean if he kept his nose out of things Touma would not have nearly as many problems but the guy was too kind for his own good.

He craved up pieces of himself to make one girl happy. Then he did similar things over and over again. The guy was self-sacrificing but there was something entrapping about watching him.

I could see why so many fall for the guy.

I admired the will behind making those choices but I could not see myself doing something like that…..Then again I snuck into a Hidden Village because I did not want Ringo to get hurt.

That situation was different as I thought I was free to walk in there and out without any issues. Obito may have fucked me over but I still had options to run….yet, I stayed because I did not want to leave Ringo and I had a plan I could work with.

More noble than I expected from myself but at the same time it was also selfish. Ringo was mine and I did not want to let her go.

I let out a sigh and dropped this thought. My actions good be looked at in any manner but I could not come to the moral integrity that Touma had. Well, not moral integrity I would classify him more as a case study of will power.

At least Obito fucking with me did not leave me empty handed.

[Congradulations! Quest completed!]

Reward: A Skill level scroll for winning?, A pair of Seven League Boots for running from Yagura/Obito, The Diadem Of Ravenclaw for breaking the illusion on Yagura.

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I was not really thinking about the rewards when I did what I did. I mainly did all that for Obito fucking me over. I had to ‘beat’ Yagura to get him still long enough for my array to be set up. Then that array would release Yagura from his illusion with that empowered glove.

I could have just slapped Yagura with the glove if I wanted to release him from the illusion. The problem with that was I was still an intruder in his village. I may have freed him but I also fought far too like Obito to have him feeling comfortable.

So it was just easier to fuck Obito over later. I had no doubt the guy would get Yagura under control quickly but he would still have to deal with it. Hell, depending on how public Yagura makes it I might screw Obito’s plans here for a good long while.

Not that he had a plan for the Mist other than fuck these guys in particular.

Honestly, even if Obito fucked me over here it was worth the hassle for the rewards I was given…..wait, was that why Obito found me in the first place? My luck!? Sure it was dangerous but that moment left me with far more than I went in with. FUCK, that can’t be it right?

I wanted to slap myself and try to restart my brain but I figured it would not work out well. I hoped the Luck stat did not work like that but I was afraid that it did.

Protagonists get into shit all the time and they have luck out of their assess. 

Just think about the loot Camden. Just think of the loot.

The skill scroll can be used on some of the more difficult skills to level. It sucked that it was only a single level but I did not really win that fight. It was only called a victory from technically

The boots on the other hand were really fucking great.

I did not get really lucky and get the boots from legend but the boots from 5e worked pretty well as well.

Using those boots I can cast, Expeditious Retreat, Misty Step, Dimension Door, and Teleport. Sure it had limits and a pool of energy that recharged but it was still worth it. Especially since I gave myself the ability to use D&D magic meaning I could get these things as skills after I used them.

The Diadem on the other hand was not as cool but it did offer a 25% increase in my INT stat as long as I wore it. Wearing the tiara on the other hand was going to be an issue. Call it manly pride or maybe something else but the idea of wearing the Diadem bugged me.

At least it did not have a soul piece in it.