Chapter 64: Familiar Figure
"This Ninjutsu is called White Snake. It's a modification based on Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique."
Natsuki cleared the smoke and explained.
"Very impressive."
Minato remarked with emotion, "I couldn't move at all after being entangled."
At this point, he felt an even greater urgency to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.
If he could learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, he could easily escape from White Snake.
"The Kiri Silent Killing Technique is too difficult, so I could only modify Hiding in Mist Technique."
Natsuki said with a smile.
Minato's lips twitched, and for a moment, he was at a loss for words.
Did he think modifying a Ninjutsu was easy?
The two chatted for a bit, then left the field.
The students of Third Year Class A were not surprised by the result. They were all discussing the Hiding in Mist Technique Natsuki had used.
To them, Natsuki felt like a mystery box. No one knew what new Ninjutsu he would use next.
The final exam continued.
After the three rounds of sparring ended, Ishida Yū announced the final rankings for this final exam.
First place was, naturally, Natsuki.
[Congratulations, Host, for unlocking Heroic Spirit Emiya Template Ability Two: Independent Action.]
A line of text appeared before Natsuki's eyes.
He nodded slightly.
Independent Action was an ability that was usually useless but extremely helpful in life-or-death situations.
Of course, Natsuki hoped he would never have to use it.
"Are you guys free tomorrow?"
Kushina suddenly remembered something and said, "Members of the Uzumaki Clan are coming tomorrow."
"You want us to go with you to pick them up?"
Natsuki understood and asked.
"That's not the main reason."
Kushina said with a smile, "I want to introduce you to a few friends."
"I see."
Natsuki nodded and said, "I'll go with you."
He was curious to see if there were any familiar faces among the arriving Uzumaki Clan members.
"I'll go too."
A smile appeared on Minato's face as he said, "Since tomorrow is a holiday anyway, I don't have anything urgent to do."
"Then it's settled!"
Kushina said happily, "Tomorrow morning at nine, we'll meet at the village gate!"
After chatting, the three went their separate ways to train with their respective Sensei.
The next day.
Natsuki, Minato, and Kushina arrived at the Konoha gate on time.
"Over here!"
Nawaki waved and shouted when he saw them.
Since a group from the Uzumaki Clan was coming, it was only natural that someone would be there to welcome them.
The Konoha Ninja welcoming them was none other than Tsunade.
"Tsunade-sensei."
Natsuki stepped forward and called out.
Kushina and Minato followed closely behind and greeted Tsunade.
"Natsuki, you've come at the right time. I have something to discuss with you."
After Tsunade finished speaking, she walked to the side.
Natsuki quickly followed her.
"So mysterious."
Nawaki couldn't help but complain, "I always feel like they're hiding something from me."
"I think so too."
Kushina agreed.
"Natsuki."
Tsunade stopped and said, "For the time being, I will be the one producing the red healing potions."
"It seems other Ninja villages have set their sights on the red healing potions."
Natsuki was slightly taken aback, then immediately guessed the reason.
Because it was not hard to guess.
The effects of the red healing potions were too good. Other Ninja villages certainly would not just stand by and watch.
"Yes, some Jonin out on missions have recently been ambushed by other villages."
Tsunade nodded and said, "By any means necessary, information about the red healing potions is bound to be leaked."
Although Jonin were powerful, there was little they could do when facing several times their number in enemy Jonin.
"However, they will likely stop such actions soon."
Tsunade added, "Because they have no way to replicate the red healing potions."
The key to the red healing potions lay in the Hashirama cells.
Other villages did not have Hashirama cells, so they were destined to be unable to replicate them.
"Then the next thing they can do is search for the inventor within Konoha."
Natsuki said thoughtfully.
"Not just the inventor, but the producer as well."
Tsunade shook her head and said.
Natsuki was slightly stunned, then it clicked.
They would suspect Tsunade was the inventor, but since she was difficult to deal with, they would definitely search for any other producers.
"Don't worry too much. They would never imagine that the inventor of the red healing potion is an eight-year-old child."
Tsunade patted his head and said, "The Uzumaki Clan members are almost here. Let's head back."
"What did you guys talk about?"
Before they even got close, Nawaki asked impatiently.
"It's a secret."
Tsunade said with a light chuckle.
"...."
Nawaki's face was instantly filled with question marks.
Was she really his sister?
"They're here!"
Just then, Kushina shouted excitedly.
Natsuki looked up and saw a group of red-haired Ninja and children walking toward them.
"Keisuke-sama, welcome."
Tsunade stepped forward and said, "Grandma Mito has difficulty moving around, so she asked me to come and welcome you."
"Understood."
Keisuke nodded and said.
He was one of the few who knew that Mito was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Kushina!"
Many children were waving to Kushina.
"Kae. Chiki!"
Kushina called out their names and ran over.
Natsuki and Minato followed behind her.
"These are two of my classmates and my new friends."
After the initial greetings, Kushina introduced Natsuki and Minato to them.
While responding, Natsuki looked at the little girl named Uzumaki Kae.
Because she bore some resemblance to Karin.
In the original story, after the Uzumaki Clan was wiped out, Karin's mother fled to Kusagakure.
But the Ninja of Kusagakure treated her as a mobile blood bank. She lived a miserable life and eventually died from excessive blood loss.
Karin's fate was similar to her mother's, but fortunately, she caught Orochimaru's eye and was taken away from Kusagakure.
Natsuki did not know if Kae was Karin's mother.
But in any case, now that she was in Konoha, it was impossible for things to be as tragic as in the original story.
He had essentially done a good deed.
The holidays always passed quickly.
New semester, new class, new classmates.
On the first day of the new term, Fourth Year Class A welcomed five transfer students.
They were all from the Uzumaki Clan.
These included Kushina's two good friends, Uzumaki Kae and Uzumaki Chiki.
Of course, more than five children had come from the Uzumaki Clan. They were assigned to different grades according to their ages.
For Natsuki, the addition of new classmates was no different from before.
However, Onodera and the others gave them a wide berth whenever they saw them, fearing that Kushina would lead them in bullying them.
But with Kushina's personality, she naturally would not act like a Konoha troublemaker.
(To be continued.)
