[Ding!!! Successfully exchanged auxiliary skill: Parasitic Seed, consuming 500 points.]
[Ding!!! Successfully exchanged auxiliary skill: Absorption, consuming 500 points.]
After selecting the two skills, Hirito immediately understood how to use them with ease.
He didn't choose Photosynthesis. He didn't choose Sleep. He didn't choose anything else. Instead, he went straight for Parasitic Seed and Absorption.
Hirito knew very well that what he needed now wasn't long-term cultivation, but a significant boost in strength within a short time.
Relying on Photosynthesis and Sleep might allow him to cultivate passively and increase his training speed tenfold.
But even so, given his current talent and strength, it would still take at least one or two months to break through from Chūnin to Jōnin.
People often underestimate the gap between Chūnin and Jōnin—it's more than just a rank difference.
Even within Chūnin, there's a wide divide between ordinary Chūnin and Elite Chūnin. And the leap to Jōnin is even more drastic.
In contrast, Parasitic Seed and Absorption were skills he could use continuously, as long as he had enough stamina and chakra.
Even if their effects weren't massive in one go, their cumulative value was immeasurable.
Parasitic Seed could be cast on multiple people and last for 24 hours, continuously siphoning chakra from the targets.
As for Absorption, Hirito could use it anywhere, anytime, on any ninja. There were no restrictions.
Just imagine—if Hirito planted parasitic seeds on every ninja in Konoha, what would happen?
Would he even need to train anymore? The chakra would naturally flow into him without pause.
Absorption was even more versatile. He could use it on anyone he disliked. And in a critical life-or-death moment, he could turn the tide.
Picture it: right at the final strike of a battle, he drains the opponent's chakra with one move—leaving them helpless, a lamb awaiting the slaughter.
Hirito was a transmigrator. He wasn't some average villager content with ordinary life.
If he truly desired a normal life, he could've just ignored the system.
In his past life, he had been weak and passive. If he couldn't obtain what he wanted in this life, then what was the point of transmigrating?
Calming down, Hirito walked out from the corner of the room and returned to the librarian's desk, acting like nothing had happened.
Nearby, Chūnin Kamimura Kaishu—who was also assigned to library duty—shot Hirito a frustrated glance after noticing his long absence.
"Hirito, you've been in the restroom forever... I can't hold it anymore! Hurry up, do you have any toilet paper?" Kamimura's expression twisted in discomfort.
Clearly, Hirito had been gone for nearly two hours, and Kaishu was desperate.
"Sorry, sorry. I had a stomachache last night and ended up squatting longer than expected. Go ahead, I'll cover here." Hirito smiled lightly, pulling out a roll of toilet paper from the drawer and handing it over.
At the same time, he activated Absorption.
An invisible force locked onto Kamimura Kaishu using Hirito's perception. In just a few seconds, a trail of fluorescent green particles drifted from Kaishu's body and flowed into Hirito.
Oh crap!
Cursing internally, Hirito's heart skipped a beat.
Wasn't this supposed to be unnoticeable? Why is there glowing light?!
But the next second, he realized that only he could see the glowing effect. Kamimura Kaishu took the toilet paper and rushed off to the restroom in the other corner of the library without noticing anything.
"You scared me." Hirito sighed in relief and focused on the changes in his chakra.
The amount absorbed was minimal.
The increase was less than one percent—not much at all.
At the Chūnin level, chakra reserves weren't very high. An average Chūnin could perform maybe four or five C-rank jutsu. B-rank jutsu? Maybe one or two, max.
That's why, in the original story, most Chūnin leaned heavily on taijutsu or weapon techniques.
Only Jōnin-level chakra reserves allowed for heavy ninjutsu exchanges.
Take the early part of the original series—when Hatake Kakashi clashed with Momochi Zabuza.
Speaking of chakra levels, let's talk about Kakashi.
Before time-traveling, all Hirito knew was that Kakashi was "low on chakra."
But that's simply not true.
Considering the data and narrative, Kakashi's chakra, even at its lowest, was still within Elite Jōnin range.
The idea that the Hatake clan had weak bodies that limited chakra? That's baseless. It's never even mentioned in canon.
The real reason for Kakashi's chakra limitation was the Sharingan given to him by Uchiha Obito—it constantly drained chakra, even outside of battle.
But even so, Kakashi had enough chakra to use and copy multiple C and B-rank jutsu with ease.
Even A-rank jutsu were within reach.
Hirito recalled that in the early part of the original story, Kakashi said he could use Raikiri four times a day.
That's an S-rank technique.
Uchiha Sasuke could only use it twice a day at the time, and he'd be drained afterward.
During the Chūnin Exams, Sasuke's strength had reached the Chūnin level, and his chakra reserves were even above average.
Now compare that to Uzumaki Naruto.
In the original, Kakashi once said Naruto had four times his chakra—even while suppressing Kurama's power.
If the Nine-Tails wasn't being suppressed? Naruto's chakra level would be a hundred times higher.
Sure, that may be exaggerated, but it was meant to show just how absurd Naruto's chakra volume was.
Naruto, after all, was a member of the Uzumaki Clan.
The original series described the Uzumaki as having monstrous chakra reserves—enough to suppress tailed beasts.
That's why all Nine-Tails jinchūriki were Uzumaki.
In other words, Naruto's chakra alone was terrifying—even beyond Kage-level.
And if we compare that to Kakashi?
Even if he had "low chakra," his reserves were still far superior to average Jōnin.
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