Chapter 105: Konoha Six Styles
The next day.
After breakfast, Natsuki went to the laboratory where Tsunade was.
But contrary to what everyone else expected, she was not trying to crack Chiyo's poison.
She was using Chiyo's poison to make an antidote, the Curse Antidote Natsuki had given her.
After such a long time, along with Natsuki's hints, they had already found six deadly poisons needed for the Curse Antidote.
If the new poison Chiyo had made was the seventh, then they would be able to successfully produce the Curse Antidote.
In theory, the Curse Antidote could not only counter Hanzō's poison, but also Chiyo's poison.
"You brought back a lot of poisons."
Tsunade noticed his arrival and said, "But there is only one poison I don't recognize. It is most likely the new poison Chiyo made."
"Is this Chiyo's new poison?"
Natsuki looked at the vessel on the experiment table and asked.
"Mm."
Tsunade nodded and said, "I'm trying to add the other six deadly poisons."
Natsuki reached out and placed his hand over the vessel.
He soon received a system notification. This was indeed one of the poisons required for the Curse Antidote.
Last night, because time had been tight and the poisons had been stored together, Natsuki had not touched them one by one.
He pretended to examine it for a moment and said, "I feel like our luck will be very good."
"Every time you say that, we confirm one of the poisons needed for the Curse Antidote."
Tsunade laughed and said.
"Then let's see if it works this time too."
Natsuki paused for a moment and asked, "How much longer will it take?"
"One hour."
Tsunade glanced at him and said, "If the Curse Antidote really works, you will become Konoha's greatest contributor."
"Doesn't that mean Konoha will have to give me whatever I want?"
Natsuki blinked and asked.
"That's not exactly wrong."
Tsunade nodded slightly and said, "As long as it is a reasonable request, Konoha can satisfy it."
"Does Konoha have a Water Release chakra crystal?"
Natsuki asked smoothly.
"What do you need a Water Release chakra crystal for?"
Tsunade asked in confusion.
"I want to make a ninja tool that can enhance the power of Water Release."
Natsuki explained, "Although the Sword of the Thunder God also has a chakra crystal, it is Lightning Release, which doesn't match the Water Release I'm good at."
"I see."
The corners of Tsunade's lips rose as she said, "Then your luck really is good. Konoha does have a Water Release chakra crystal."
Natsuki's eyes immediately lit up.
"Because the Water Release chakra crystal is too precious, no shinobi has ever accumulated enough merit to exchange for it."
Tsunade changed the subject and said, "If the Curse Antidote can neutralize Chiyo and Hanzō's poisons, then your merit will be enough."
Of course, there was one thing she did not say. This Water Release chakra crystal had been left behind by Senju Tobirama.
Only a small number of people knew of its existence.
"I understand."
Natsuki's gaze fell on the Curse Antidote.
To be honest, he did not have absolute confidence that it could neutralize Chiyo and Hanzō's poisons.
But he could only say that the chances were high.
After all, it could even neutralize magical poison and cursed poison, which sounded very unscientific.
Time slowly passed.
"It succeeded!"
Tsunade picked up the Curse Antidote with an expectant expression.
But successfully developing the Curse Antidote was only the beginning.
"Natsuki, bring over the white rabbit used for experiments."
Tsunade instructed him.
Natsuki nodded.
Soon, the white rabbit was placed on the experiment table.
Tsunade fed it Chiyo's poison.
After taking one sip, it collapsed to the ground and could not get up.
Tsunade then fed it the Curse Antidote.
After the white rabbit drank it, an astonishing change immediately occurred inside its body.
Before long, it stood up again and took two steps. There were no signs of poisoning at all.
"Natsuki!"
Tsunade happily hugged Natsuki and said, "We're definitely going to win this war!"
Natsuki did not even have time to react before his face was pressed against her clothes, making it hard for him to breathe.
But it was indeed soft.
"Chiyo would never imagine that we cracked her poison in less than half a day."
Tsunade let go of Natsuki and thought for a moment before saying, "With the Curse Antidote, the success rate of turning their plan against them will rise greatly."
Natsuki breathed in fresh air.
He raised his head and looked at Tsunade.
Tsunade had already fallen into thought.
Along with the excitement that had yet to fade, her fair skin rose and fell slightly with her breathing.
"The best method is for us to make normal defensive preparations."
Tsunade came back to her senses and said, "But we don't need to make them too strict. We should let the Suna shinobi successfully poison us."
Yesterday, Nara Shikaku had raised a problem.
If they wanted to turn the enemy's plan against them, they had to find out where Suna would place the poison and who would do it.
But the premise of the problem he raised was that Chiyo's poison had not been cracked.
They needed to pretend to be poisoned without actually being poisoned.
But today, there was no need to consider that issue anymore.
Because with the Curse Antidote, they could truly be poisoned.
That way, Suna's shinobi would not suspect that Konoha was turning their plan against them.
This was also why Tsunade said their success rate would increase greatly.
"Natsuki, go call Shikaku over."
Tsunade patted his head and said.
Natsuki turned and left.
A moment later, he and Shikaku returned to the laboratory.
"Shikaku, Natsuki and I have cracked Chiyo's poison."
Tsunade got straight to the point.
"That fast?"
Shikaku was surprised, then revealed a delighted expression.
His intelligence was very high, so in an instant, he came to the same conclusion as Tsunade. Their plan to turn the enemy's scheme against them had a very high chance of success.
Once it succeeded, they would be able to deal Suna a heavy blow. It might even directly end this war.
The two of them quickly began discussing it.
The best places for Chiyo to poison were the water source and the food supplies.
Although it rained every day in the Land of Rain, Konoha could not directly drink rainwater.
Their water source came from underground.
With Earth Release shinobi present, drawing water from underground was not difficult.
From another perspective, Earth Release shinobi could also burrow underground to poison the water.
Aside from Iwagakure, Suna had the most Earth Release shinobi.
After all, the environment in the Land of Wind was extremely harsh.
Most of Suna's shinobi used Wind Release, followed by Earth Release.
Water Release shinobi were almost nonexistent.
Because using Water Release in the desert environment of the Land of Wind consumed much more chakra.
Tsunade and Shikaku both believed that Suna was most likely to poison the water source.
But the other areas still had to be protected as well.
What if Suna did the opposite of what they expected?
After the discussion ended, Tsunade held a Jonin meeting in the main tent and began assigning missions.
Natsuki's team also received a mission.
They were to protect the food supplies and medicine.
Aside from that, Natsuki also had a private secret mission from Tsunade.
That was to produce as many Curse Antidotes as possible.
To prevent Suna's shinobi from learning about the Curse Antidote, Tsunade only had him produce the Curse Antidote.
In other words, only the two of them knew about the Curse Antidote's existence.
At the rear of Konoha's main camp.
Natsuki, Maruboshi Kosuke, Yakushi Nonō, and Nawaki arrived in front of their mission target.
It was a huge tent filled with important supplies, namely food and medicine.
But at this time, a small laboratory had also been set up inside the tent for Natsuki to produce the Curse Antidote.
Of course, a place this important naturally would not be guarded by only one shinobi team.
Aside from one Anbu team hidden in the dark, there were also three other shinobi teams.
"Hizashi-senpai, we'll leave sensing and reconnaissance to your team. Please notify us immediately if there is anything unusual."
Natsuki walked up to Hyuga Hizashi and spoke.
"Of course."
Hizashi smiled and said, "Please leave it to us."
These five shinobi teams were under Natsuki's command.
If this had been before, Hizashi and the others would definitely have doubted whether he had the strength to become the person in charge, but now he had already proven himself.
In terms of age, he was the youngest.
But in terms of strength, he was the strongest among the five shinobi teams present.
Natsuki nodded, then entered the tent with Nawaki and the others.
Their mission was to stay inside the tent and guard the medicine and food supplies.
The other four shinobi teams were protecting the outside of the tent.
The reason Tsunade had given such an order was naturally to make it convenient for Natsuki to produce the Curse Antidote.
[Congratulations, host. Gordon Template Ability Four, Curse Antidote, has been unlocked.]
After Natsuki made the first bottle of Curse Antidote, he unlocked the corresponding ability.
He immediately went from beginner level to proficient level, and the speed at which he produced the Curse Antidote increased greatly.
As for the Gordon Template, only Ability Five, Poison-to-Medicine, remained locked.
"This is so boring."
Nawaki sighed.
After an entire day, he had done nothing but walk around the tent on patrol.
"As a shinobi, you must be able to endure loneliness."
Kosuke reminded him.
"You can make antidotes with me."
Natsuki said with a smile.
"I would rather fight Chiyo to the death than make antidotes."
The corner of Nawaki's mouth twitched as he said.
"This place isn't suitable for practicing Water Release, but you can train."
Natsuki suddenly thought of something and asked, "I created a taijutsu technique. Do you want to learn it?"
Nawaki immediately became excited.
"Nonō, you teach them."
Natsuki said when he saw his reaction.
"I'm learning it too?"
Kosuke asked, somewhat surprised.
"This taijutsu technique is called Soru. It is a high-level Body Flicker Technique. There is no harm in learning it."
Natsuki paused for a moment and said, "I plan to create six taijutsu techniques and name them the Konoha Six Styles."
The Marine Six Styles definitely could not use that name in the shinobi world. It would sound very confusing.
Moreover, the Konoha Six Styles sounded closely related to the Konoha Whirlwind series of taijutsu techniques.
He could also say that the inspiration for the Konoha Six Styles came from Might Duy.
"That is truly remarkable."
Kosuke immediately sighed and said, "You might become a taijutsu master just like my Sensei."
Tobirama was publicly recognized as a Water Release master.
He had created a large number of Water Release ninjutsu, and even Kirigakure had been deeply influenced by him.
Kosuke meant that Natsuki could become a taijutsu master.
The reason was that there were currently too few taijutsu techniques in the shinobi world.
The only one that could be called high-level taijutsu was the Eight Gates.
Nonō had almost finished learning Soru, so teaching Nawaki and Kosuke was not a problem at all.
Natsuki continued making the Curse Antidote.
To speed things up, he also created three shadow clones to help with the production.
Time arrived at the next day.
The main tent of Suna's main camp.
"Chiyo-sama."
An Anbu shinobi reported the results of yesterday's reconnaissance.
"We can have Earth Release shinobi go and poison them."
Rasa immediately said.
"If we can think of that, Konoha definitely can too."
Pakura reminded him, "The defense around the water source will definitely be the strictest."
"The locations of the food supplies and medicine are too deep inside. Poisoning them will be the most difficult."
Rasa frowned and said.
Many shinobi were very skilled at infiltration.
But infiltrating Konoha's main camp was another matter.
That meant they would have to break through the barrier, eliminate the sentry posts, and possess extremely strong concealment ninjutsu.
Even a genius like Natsuki had been discovered when he infiltrated Suna's main camp.
Where could Suna find a genius comparable to Natsuki?
Although Natsuki had been discovered, he had completed his mission.
Poisoning was different. Being discovered meant the mission had failed.
Konoha definitely would not foolishly consume water or food that might have been poisoned.
"We can learn from Konoha and create a diversion."
Chiyo suddenly had an idea and spoke.
Rasa, Pakura, and the others subconsciously looked at her.
"On the surface, we poison their food supplies and medicine. In secret, we poison their water source."
Chiyo explained, "If we are discovered, make the surface commotion bigger. It would be best if we can destroy the food supplies and medicine."
"Chiyo-sama is wise!"
Rasa immediately said.
"Rasa, you will be in charge of this matter."
Chiyo instructed him.
"Yes, Chiyo-sama!"
Rasa promised, "I will definitely complete the mission!"
Pakura hesitated, then ultimately fell silent.
She knew Chiyo had greater hopes for Rasa becoming the next Kazekage.
In fact, it was not only her. More than half of Suna's shinobi had greater hopes for Rasa.
Because he had mastered the Magnet Release kekkei genkai.
Although Pakura's Scorch Release was not inferior to Magnet Release, Magnet Release represented orthodoxy in Suna.
After all, the Third Kazekage had also mastered Magnet Release.
Moreover, Rasa's Magnet Release had been learned from the Third Kazekage.
Suna had two orthodox lineages. One was Magnet Release, and the other was Puppet Technique.
Puppet Technique had been created by the Second Kazekage, Shamon, and its most outstanding successor was Chiyo.
In theory, the ones most likely to become the Fourth Kazekage were Rasa and Chiyo's son, Reki.
They both belonged to the Kazekage lineage of shinobi.
As a shinobi outside the Kazekage lineage, if Pakura wanted to become the Fourth Kazekage, she either needed overwhelming strength or overwhelming merit.
In terms of overwhelming strength, it would be very difficult for her to achieve, so she could only find a way to gain merit.
But just now, Chiyo had handed a major achievement to Rasa.
If he could truly succeed in poisoning Konoha, then Suna would most likely be able to repel Konoha and end this war.
There was no need to say how great Rasa's merit would be.
Pakura could not help but sigh inwardly.
From the perspective of a Suna shinobi, she hoped Rasa would succeed.
But from a personal perspective, she hoped he would fail.
(To be continued.)
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