Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

After choosing a ninja cat, Hina handed Natsuki a contract scroll.

Once he signed his name on it, it meant he had become a contractor of the ninja cat clan.

Natsuki did not stay long. After greeting Granny Cat, he brought his ninja cat back with him.

"My name is Shirayuki, meow."

Shirayuki jumped around Natsuki excitedly.

As expected of a cat, she really was energetic.

Natsuki smiled and asked, "What abilities do you have?"

"I can help you pass on information and buy ninja tools."

Shirayuki answered.

"That's the ability of the ninja cat clan. What about your own abilities?"

Natsuki asked again.

"My speed is very fast, and my claws are amazing too. They're comparable to kunai!"

Shirayuki stretched out her soft cat paw. With a light sound, her sharp claws appeared.

Natsuki nodded.

He estimated that Shirayuki's combat ability was probably equivalent to an ordinary Genin.

But that was normal. He could not expect a cat to have world-destroying power.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the ninja cat Shirayuki.]

[When the ninja cat Shirayuki is summoned through the Ten Shadows Technique, her speed will receive a fixed increase of 30%.]

Natsuki could not help raising his brow.

A 30% enhancement exceeded his expectations.

For the ninja cat Shirayuki, a 30% speed increase might not be too huge, but what if it were changed to the snakes, toads, and slugs of the three great sacred lands?

However, judging from the description of the Ten Shadows Technique, the enhancement each summon beast received should be different.

"Natsuki, is this your cat?"

As soon as Natsuki walked into Orochimaru's residence, Nawaki's voice rang out.

"I am Shirayuki, meow."

Shirayuki raised her paw, waved, and said.

"She's quite cute."

Nawaki immediately praised her.

"I went to Granny Cat's shop to buy ninja tools and asked for a summon beast while I was there."

Natsuki answered.

"I see."

Nawaki looked at Shirayuki and said, "When I have time one day, I'll also go ask for one."

"Ninja cats aren't suited for you."

Natsuki shook his head and suggested, "I think you can look for a summon beast with sensory ability."

"Sensory ability?"

Nawaki could not help being stunned, not understanding why Natsuki said this.

"Neither you nor I are sensor shinobi. After graduation, it'll be easy for us to run into traps or be ambushed by enemies."

Natsuki explained.

"You really think things through."

Nawaki said emotionally.

"How about a ninja dog?"

Natsuki blinked and said, "The two of us can go to the Inuzuka Clan and ask for one."

The Inuzuka Clan was a ninja clan famous for raising ninja dogs, and their inherited secret techniques were closely related to ninja dogs.

"But I don't know any shinobi from the Inuzuka Clan."

Nawaki scratched his head and said.

"Your sister definitely knows some."

Natsuki reminded him.

"Then after training ends, we'll go to Konoha Hospital together."

After hearing this, Nawaki immediately said.

Natsuki nodded.

The reason he mentioned ninja dogs was not only because of his Ten Shadows Technique, but also because Nawaki died from an exploding tag trap.

But if he had a ninja dog, there would be a very high chance of avoiding his death from an exploding tag trap.

Because ninja dogs had an extremely strong sense of smell and could smell exploding tags, or rather, the scent left behind by the enemy who set up the trap.

After the two of them finished chatting, Natsuki took out the Sword of the Thunder God and began practicing Konoha Style Swordsmanship.

After nearly two months of learning, he had already mastered most of it.

The only pity was that he temporarily could not learn the ultimate technique of Konoha Style Swordsmanship, Dance of the Crescent Moon.

Because Dance of the Crescent Moon involved the Shadow Clone Technique.

With his talent in ninjutsu, learning the Shadow Clone Technique would definitely take a long time.

Besides, the Uzumaki Naruto Template he had obtained included the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, so there was no need to learn the Shadow Clone Technique.

The two were essentially the same ninjutsu. It was just that the Shadow Clone Technique had limits and could not produce too many shadow clones.

The setting sun sank in the west.

Natsuki and Nawaki finished their training. After saying goodbye to Orochimaru, they arrived at Konoha Hospital.

"Sister!"

When Nawaki saw Tsunade from far away, he shouted loudly.

Nonō was standing beside Tsunade.

After seeing Natsuki, her eyes lit up, but she was quickly drawn to Shirayuki.

Natsuki picked up Shirayuki and stuffed her into Nonō's arms.

Nonō immediately showed a smile.

"Sister, do you know any shinobi from the Inuzuka Clan?"

Nawaki looked at Tsunade and said, "Natsuki and I want a ninja dog as a summon beast."

"Is there any shinobi in Konoha I don't know?"

Tsunade said very proudly, "Quite a few shinobi from the Inuzuka Clan owe me favors. They'll definitely be willing to give us two ninja dogs."

This was the network of Konoha's best medical shinobi.

Moreover, besides that identity, she was also the granddaughter of the First Hokage, the grandniece of the Second Hokage, and the student of the Third Hokage.

"Come with me."

Since it was already after work, Tsunade directly took them to the Inuzuka Clan.

With her help, Natsuki and Nawaki successfully obtained a ninja dog.

His ninja dog was completely black and was called Kurohana.

Nawaki's ninja dog was completely yellow and was called Saburō.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the ninja dog Kurohana.]

[When the ninja dog Kurohana is summoned through the Ten Shadows Technique, its sense of smell will receive a fixed increase of 30%.]

Natsuki nodded in satisfaction.

For shinobi, the greatest use of ninja dogs was tracking.

And what tracking required was the ninja dog's sense of smell.

With a 30% increase in sense of smell, Kurohana could already be called the king of dogs.

Natsuki and Nonō returned to the Konoha Orphanage.

Only when Natsuki needed to use them would he summon them through the Ten Shadows Technique.

In the blink of an eye, time reached July.

Second-year Class A was also about to welcome the final exam of the first semester.

"Sensei, do you think the current me can defeat Natsuki in tomorrow's practical exam?"

Minato asked with great uncertainty.

"There's a problem with that mindset. As a shinobi, before you fight, you must always hold the belief that you will win."

Jiraiya patted his shoulder and said, "Your enemies won't show mercy just because you're weak."

"I understand, Sensei."

Minato was stunned for a moment, then immediately said in a serious tone.

"Don't worry too much. Your current Sensei is me."

Jiraiya laughed and said, "You should know that when I fought Orochimaru in the past, we were evenly matched."

If Orochimaru were here and heard this sentence, he would definitely expose him.

But Minato did not know the truth. Once he heard this, he immediately gained quite a bit of confidence.

Natsuki's Sensei was Orochimaru, and his Sensei was Jiraiya.

If their teachers were evenly matched, then there was no reason the gap between their students would be so large.

"Victory and defeat aren't decided by a single practical exam."

Jiraiya continued, "You're very suited to an S-rank ninjutsu. After another two years, once your foundation improves, I'll teach it to you."

S-rank ninjutsu?

Minato immediately began to look forward to it.

Once he learned an S-rank ninjutsu, he would definitely be able to surpass Natsuki.

(To be continued.)