Quest Alert
Rent is past due: Pay Rent
Rent must be paid by 6:00 pm or you will be evicted. The landlord requires the building hot water heater be repaired in exchange for back rent and the late penalty.
Completion Award: 5000 Exp.
Increase reputation with landlord.
Completion Failure: Eviction
Decrease reputation with Konoha
And again, Naruto accepted. It also meant he'd have to go to the general store and see if he could get a day shopping pass again. Then he'd have to stock up on skill books for home maintenance.
So, Naruto's plans for the day were altered by the need to get work done. It took about an hour and a half for Naruto to complete all of his daily quests in the market district including the harder quest at the General Store for the shopping pass.
After that Naruto bought every last booked he could get his hands on at the store.
[Intermediate Home Repair and Maintenance] Skill Book.
[Advanced Home Repair and Maintenance] Skill Book.
[Water Heater Repair] Skill Book.
[Window Repair] Skill Book.
[Floor Repair] Skill Book.
[Ceiling Repair] Skill Book.
[Interior Wall Repair] Skill Book.
[Exterior Wall Repair] Skill Book.
[Foundation Repair] Skill Book.
[Roof Repair] Skill Book.
[Electrical Wiring Repair] Skill Book.
[Electrical Switch Repair] Skill Book.
[Electrical Outlet Repair] Skill Book.
[Electrical Fuse Box Repair] Skill Book.
[Electrical Lighting Repair] Skill Book.
[Electrical Heating Repair] Skill Book.
[Air Conditioning Repair] Skill Book.
[Duct Repair] Skill Book.
[Furnace Repair] Skill Book.
[Furniture Repair] Skill Book.
[Upholstery Repair] Skill Book.
[Stovetop Burner Repair] Skill Book.
[Oven Repair] Skill Book.
[Bathroom Tile Repair] Skill Book.
[Shower Repair] Skill Book.
[Refrigerator Repair] Skill Book.
[Tatami Repair] Skill Book.
[Beginner Home Painting] Skill Book.
[Intermediate Home Painting] Skill Book.
[Advanced Home Painting] Skill Book.
[Plaster Repair] Skill Book.
[Masonry Repair] Skill Book.
[Cement Repair] Skill Book.
[Beginner Demolition] Skill Book.
[Intermediate Demolition] Skill Book.
[Advanced Demolition] Skill Book.
Naruto carried the rather heavy load of skill books to the counter, thirty-six books in all. Some of them wouldn't even apply to his situation but he'd be damned if he didn't get this particular skill leveled as high as he could at this point.
The clerk still sneered at him but happily rang up his purchases then charged him the 18000 Ryo the books would cost him.
Naruto paid and walked out of the store and into an ally. Naruto started picking up the books one by one and learning them if he could. He'd learn three books and got an 'LvMax' warning so he picked up the intermediate skill book and learned it. He then started going through the books again. Another nineteen books and he got another 'LvMax' so he grabbed the advanced skill book unlocking more levels. Then he polished off the last twelve books.
[Home Repair and Maintenance (Active) Lv52 Exp: 0.00 CP: 5]
Everyman should know how to fix the things around home that break. It's amazing how much can be done with just a hammer and nails.
Additional 50% to [Home Repair and Maintenance] speed when active.
And now that Naruto knew everything he'd need to know to fix his buildings water heater he went back into the General Store to get parts. It cost him another 10000 Ryo to get an assortment of parts that based on his knowledge would be able to fix anything wrong with the water heater except a giant hole in it which would require replacing it, he finally headed back to his apartment.
Naruto cleared out the rats effortlessly gaining no experience from any of them, not even the king. With the rats dead, Naruto went to work on the water heater. Thankfully there wasn't a giant hole in it or even a leak. The pilot had to be replaced to make it work but Naruto decided to use all the parts he bought anyway and replace several pieces that were obviously worn and on the verge of failing. In the end, he'd gained three more levels to his [Home Repair and Maintenance] skill and even better, he would now have hot water in the morning.
Naruto stepped back from the water heater, appreciating his work. It really was a good bit of work. Then he saw something odd, the water heater had a health bar. He hadn't even noticed it or maybe he couldn't see it before but he now saw it had a health bar. Except it wasn't exactly a health par, it was a quality bar. This quality bar was hovering around 63% and had a status below it labeled 'Functional'. Naruto shook his head once as he had yet another thing to deal with thanks to the game but for now it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
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