Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

After the brief conversation ended, Natsuki casually took out a Kurosawa.

Seeing this, Kakuzu's gaze sharpened.

After the Second Shinobi World War, everyone knew Natsuki's swordsmanship ranked among the top three in the shinobi world.

Now that he had taken out Kurosawa, it meant this was no longer a casual exchange. The real battle was about to begin.

Thinking of this, Kakuzu immediately struck first.

Wind Release: Pressure Damage!

The chakra inside his body erupted like a volcano and surged out through the Wind Release mask.

A wind sphere compressed to the limit was spat out. The moment it hit the ground, it suddenly exploded, forming a vortex-like gale.

Hadō #88, Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō!

Natsuki did not use swordsmanship right away.

He raised his left hand, and a massive straight beam shot toward the gale like a laser cannon.

The moment it came into contact with the gale, the wind scattered violently as if oil had been poured onto fire.

The ground shook. Countless cracks spread outward, the air trembled, and waves of pressure formed one after another.

Kakuzu's heart tightened.

Because Natsuki had disappeared from where he stood.

Earth Release: Earth Spear!

Kakuzu reacted quickly. No matter where Natsuki was, he would definitely attack him, so he clapped his hands together and defended first.

The skin across his body hardened again.

The next second, a blade light came at him like terrifying lightning.

Kakuzu instinctively crossed his arms.

Natsuki's figure appeared, and Kurosawa struck both of his arms head-on.

A clang rang out.

Kakuzu was forced half a step back.

But he quickly steadied himself. Then his body expanded, and countless black tendrils appeared.

The black tendrils gathered together, forming two additional hands that swiftly grabbed toward Natsuki's heart.

This was the secret technique, Heart Stealing.

Starburst Stream!

Natsuki opened his left hand and gripped another Kurosawa.

Both Kurosawa moved at once, slashing horizontally from left and right. Dense blade lights overlapped.

In an instant, the two tendril arms were cut to pieces.

Kakuzu realized things were turning bad and quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to put distance between himself and Natsuki.

He took a deep breath and finally used his true skill, combined ninjutsu.

Combination Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Wild Wave!

Kakuzu's Fire Release mask and Wind Release mask opened their mouths at the same time.

A fireball and a wind mass were spat out together.

The fireball landed on the ground and immediately spread in every direction. In the blink of an eye, it turned into an endless sea of flames.

The wind mass followed closely behind and landed inside the sea of fire, then exploded violently.

Countless gusts surged outward, carrying flames with them and spreading the fire even farther.

In an instant, the air distorted, and everything on the ground was burned away.

The flames also swallowed Natsuki's surroundings completely.

Geppo!

The instant the flames reached him, Natsuki leaped into the air.

Kakuzu frowned slightly and immediately controlled the flames to surge into the sky.

The crimson flames looked like reverse falling meteors as they crashed toward Natsuki.

Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Constant Flux!

Natsuki turned his wrist, and Kurosawa unleashed several spinning slashes in succession.

Water formed out of thin air and transformed into a roaring water dragon, descending from the sky and colliding with the flames.

Countless clouds of steam appeared.

The surroundings were filled with water spray and flames, which then turned into a chaotic current.

Mana Burst!

Armament Haki!

Natsuki charged straight through the chaotic current.

He dropped down from above, gripping both Kurosawa tightly.

Invisible Air!

Both Kurosawa were wrapped in wind and disappeared from sight.

"What?"

Seeing this, Kakuzu immediately realized how troublesome Invisible Air was.

As a shinobi from Senju Hashirama's era, his battle experience was extremely rich.

A blade that could not be seen would be very difficult to deal with.

Earth Release: Earth Spear!

Kakuzu clapped his hands together again.

As the skin across his body hardened, black tendrils appeared once more.

Unlike last time, there were now eight giant black tendrils.

He looked like a massive spider. The eight legs attacked Natsuki at high speed, trying to pierce through him.

The Eclipse!

Natsuki swung both blades at once.

Twenty-seven consecutive strikes turned into the most violent storm, sweeping across the eight giant black tendrils.

Dense black threads were severed and fell to the ground.

At that moment, Kakuzu raised his right arm.

Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot!

The combination of three ninjutsu raised its power to another level.

The Wind Release mask, Fire Release mask, and Lightning Release mask all gathered on his right arm.

A terrifying pressure spread outward.

Surging chakra formed a chakra cannon flickering with lightning.

Instead of retreating, Natsuki advanced.

In an instant, he bypassed the remaining black tendrils and arrived directly in front of Kakuzu.

Kakuzu had not expected him to close the distance.

His heart shook, but he reacted quickly. He aimed his right arm at Natsuki and released the chakra beam.

Tsubame Gaeshi!

Natsuki gripped Kurosawa and slashed.

Kakuzu felt the space around him freeze for an instant.

Immediately after, three blade lights bloomed in his vision.

He froze for a moment, then lowered his head and saw that his right arm had been cut open.

Because of that, the released chakra beam changed direction and blasted into the ground.

A terrifying explosion erupted.

The ground cracked, and countless stones flew outward.

Natsuki dodged and avoided the aftermath of the explosion.

Kakuzu did the same and hurriedly retreated.

When the explosion faded, a massive crater had appeared in the ground.

Kakuzu looked at Natsuki in silence.

With that Tsubame Gaeshi just now, Natsuki could have aimed for his heart, but he had not. He had only cut off his right arm.

Kakuzu had Earth Grudge Fear, and his body was no longer ordinary flesh and blood. A severed right arm could be restored quickly.

But if one of his hearts was destroyed, it could not be restored. He would have to find another one.

If all five hearts were destroyed, he would die.

Of course, the Tsubame Gaeshi just now could at most have destroyed one of his hearts.

He still had four hearts left, so the outcome was still uncertain.

"After fighting this far, both of us should have a general understanding of each other's strength."

Natsuki noticed his expression and said, "I'm guessing that while you acknowledge me, you only think our strength is roughly equal."

"Isn't it?"

Kakuzu snorted coldly and asked in return.

Natsuki's Tsubame Gaeshi was powerful, but it also consumed a lot.

He had five hearts, so Natsuki would have to use Tsubame Gaeshi five times in a row.

With such a large consumption, the risk was also great. Kakuzu might even counterattack and kill him.

After all, he would not just stand there stupidly and let Natsuki attack him.

"It seems I'll have to convince you completely."

Natsuki raised his hand and began chanting.

Kakuzu immediately showed a puzzled expression.

What was this?

He had never heard of using chants for ninjutsu.

Unlimited Blade Works!

The Reality Marble unfolded.

Under Kakuzu's shocked gaze, the world before his eyes underwent an earth-shaking change in an instant.

Before he knew it, they had arrived on a desolate plain. Countless swords were embedded in the ground.

Flames flickered along the horizon, and giant gears turned in the distance.

There was no sun in the sky. It was dark and blood-red.

"Space-time ninjutsu?"

Kakuzu was stunned for a long while before blurting it out.

"It can indeed be considered space-time ninjutsu."

Natsuki's expression did not change.

It had to be said that Unlimited Blade Works consumed an enormous amount of chakra.

Fortunately, the swords used by Unlimited Blade Works could be projected and stored in advance.

If he projected this many swords on the spot, it would consume even more chakra.

Even so, he could not maintain it for too long.

It seemed he still needed to find a way to unlock Artoria Template Ability Four, Infinite Mana.

However, dealing with Kakuzu was not much of a problem.

The reason Natsuki used Unlimited Blade Works was purely because he had never used it before and wanted to try it.

Kakuzu happened to be a suitable test subject.

Natsuki casually waved his hand.

A sword from the ground flew toward Kakuzu.

Kakuzu quickly formed hand seals.

Water Release: Water Formation Wall!

A water wall appeared in front of him.

The sword struck the water wall and suddenly exploded.

The water wall trembled violently but withstood the explosion.

Kakuzu paused slightly.

This space-time ninjutsu looked grand, but the power of this attack seemed unworthy of its appearance.

He subconsciously raised his head and immediately froze.

Countless swords were floating in the air.

Kakuzu could not help swallowing.

The power of one exploding sword was not huge, but it was not weak either. At the very least, it required a B-rank Water Release: Water Formation Wall to block it.

Then what about thousands of swords exploding together?

Was he supposed to use a thousand Water Release: Water Formation Walls in an instant?

That was impossible.

The only option was to clash with an attack of the same level or something even more violent.

But he did not have one.

His combination ninjutsu could combine at most three techniques.

Unlike Hiruzen, who could combine five techniques.

If it were five combined ninjutsu, he might be able to try.

"I admit defeat."

Kakuzu said very decisively.

Hearing this, Natsuki immediately canceled Unlimited Blade Works.

If he really had to make that many swords explode at once, he honestly could not bear to do it.

These were the results of several months of work, and he did not want to waste them on Kakuzu.

Fortunately, Kakuzu had been frightened by the display and admitted defeat on his own.

"I don't think your bounty should only be seventy million ryō."

Kakuzu looked at Natsuki and spoke.

The corner of Natsuki's mouth twitched.

Even at a time like this, he was still thinking about his bounty?

As expected of Kakuzu.

"No wonder you were able to kill Hanzō."

Kakuzu changed the topic and said, "With this space-time ninjutsu, aside from the Five Kage, there probably aren't many people in the entire shinobi world who can break it."

That was not necessarily true.

It would not be difficult for Madara to break Unlimited Blade Works.

He could use the method Kakuzu had thought of and brute force his way through it, destroying the Reality Marble with a sufficiently terrifying attack.

Aside from that, shinobi who possessed space-time ninjutsu could also break Unlimited Blade Works.

For example, the Flying Thunder God Technique and Kamui.

Of course, there was another method.

That was to control him before he used Unlimited Blade Works or while he was chanting.

But if someone could really do that, Natsuki would surrender directly.

In reality, even for the first two methods, the number of shinobi who could do them could be counted on one hand.

He could name those who could, such as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Madara.

"Kakuzu."

Natsuki smiled and asked, "Will you join Akatsuki now?"

"I'll join."

Kakuzu said without hesitation, "Since it's an organization you established, there must be many strong people."

Natsuki's expression immediately became strange.

In the original work, Kakuzu had joined Akatsuki for a similar reason.

He believed that in Akatsuki, he could encounter all kinds of powerful people and exchange them for bounties.

Thinking that way was not exactly wrong.

But the problem was that in the current Akatsuki, the only one who could be considered strong was Natsuki.

"Is there a problem?"

Kakuzu noticed Natsuki's expression and asked.

"No problem."

Natsuki shook his head and said, "I'll take you to Akatsuki's base now."

He turned and walked toward the Land of Rain's metropolis.

As he walked, he looked at the system.

Kakuzu was a five-release shinobi. After defeating him, the progress of Misaka Mikoto Template Ability Two and Jiraiya Template Ability Four had both increased.

But there was no new character template?

As soon as this thought appeared in Natsuki's mind, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[You have awakened the Hatake Kakashi Template.]

Another local character?

And it was Hatake Kakashi?

For a moment, Natsuki did not understand why defeating Kakuzu had awakened the Hatake Kakashi Template.

Was it because both of them could use all five nature releases?

Or was it because, in the original work, Hatake Kakashi had fought Kakuzu and destroyed one of his hearts?

Natsuki felt it was the latter.

His fight with Kakuzu just now matched Kakashi's experience.

Otherwise, if it were only because of using all five nature releases, triggering the Hiruzen Template would make more sense.

Then the question was, did the Kakashi Template he triggered have the Mangekyō Sharingan?

After all, the five nature releases he used came from copying with the Sharingan.

Of course, strictly speaking, it was actually the Mangekyō Sharingan. In the early stages, Kakashi either had not realized it or had not awakened it and only used it as a normal Sharingan.

Kakashi was able to become the Sixth Hokage, so he naturally had Kage-level strength.

But ordinary Kage-level strength was no longer enough to impress Natsuki.

After all, he himself was already an ordinary Kage-level powerhouse.

He needed more special abilities.

The ability on Kakashi that best met this requirement was the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The Mangekyō Sharingan from Uchiha Obito possessed Kamui, a space-time ninjutsu dōjutsu.

Although his Kamui was different from Obito's Kamui in effect, it was still extremely useful.

Natsuki then thought of Misaka Mikoto Template Ability Seven.

Its unlock condition was to develop Lightning Release: Chidori.

Would that not conflict with the Hatake Kakashi Template?

After all, Lightning Release: Chidori was developed by Kakashi in his youth.

While thinking this, Natsuki looked at the Kakashi Template he had awakened.

[Name: Hatake Kakashi.]

[Period: Hidan and Kakuzu Battle.]

[World: Naruto.]

[Rank: S-rank.]

[Ability One: Seven Release Talent, Unlocked.]

[Effect: Possess Hatake Kakashi's seven chakra natures and talent.]

[Ability Two: Eight Gates, First Gate, Locked.]

[Effect: Allows the user to open the First Gate of the Eight Gates and master Front Lotus.]

[Unlock Condition: Defeat three taijutsu Jonin.]

[Ability Three: Lightning Release: Lightning Blade, Locked.]

[Effect: An improved version of Lightning Release: Chidori with greater power.]

[Unlock Condition: Develop Lightning Release: Chidori.]

[Ability Four: Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Locked.]

[Effect: The left eye can activate the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, possessing abilities such as copying, hypnosis, and insight.]

[Unlock Condition: Learn five ninjutsu of each nature release.]

[Ability Five: Mangekyō Sharingan, Locked.]

[Effect: The left eye can activate the Mangekyō Sharingan and use the dōjutsu Kamui.]

[Unlock Condition: Intense emotional fluctuation.]

After reading it, Natsuki felt pleasantly surprised.

Because it really did have the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Ability One, Seven Release Talent.

Kakashi was one of the rare shinobi who possessed seven chakra natures.

The seven chakra natures were fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, yang, and yin.

Combined with the Sharingan's ability to copy, this gave him the title of Copy Ninja.

But being able to copy did not mean being able to use what was copied.

Otherwise, why was Kakashi the only one known as the Copy Ninja?

So many shinobi of the Uchiha clan possessed the Sharingan. Logically speaking, someone should have obtained the title of Copy Ninja long ago.

The reason was that they did not possess all seven chakra natures like Kakashi.

Of course, judging from the original work, he could not copy and use all seven kinds of ninjutsu freely either.

Although he was said to have copied over a thousand ninjutsu, the ones he commonly used were only a few.

Kakashi was undoubtedly best at Lightning Release and Earth Release, followed by Water Release and Fire Release.

Now that Natsuki had unlocked his Seven Release Talent, learning ninjutsu would at least become much easier.

Ability Two, Eight Gates, First Gate.

Judging from its effect, Ability Two was not only the First Gate of the Eight Gates, but also came with a taijutsu technique, Front Lotus.

In the original work, Might Guy's Eight Gates all had corresponding taijutsu.

Front Lotus was a taijutsu that could be used after opening the First Gate or Second Gate.

Its effect was to first kick the opponent into the air, then bind the target and violently slam their body into the ground while spinning.

There were different ways to bind the target.

One could use bandages, or directly grab the target.

As for the First Gate of the Eight Gates, its effect was to remove the brain's limiter and increase strength.

How should he put it?

For the current Natsuki, it was useful, but not much.

However, he had never intended to learn the Eight Gates.

If he really wanted to learn it, he could directly go to Might Duy.

The reason he did not learn it was simple. First, it was difficult to learn. Second, the side effects were great. Third, after opening the gates, other ninjutsu could not be used.

Judging from the performances of Might Guy and the others, after using the Eight Gates, chakra became extremely violent.

Under such circumstances, most ninjutsu could not be used normally. Only the corresponding taijutsu could be used.

For Natsuki, that would not be worth the loss.

Opening the First Gate was safe, so he could use it occasionally.

Its unlock condition was defeating three taijutsu Jonin.

Defeating them was not difficult. The difficulty was finding three taijutsu Jonin.

At this stage, taijutsu was completely neglected in the shinobi world. Finding three taijutsu Jonin was even harder than finding three medical Jonin.

Ability Three, Lightning Release: Lightning Blade.

In the original work, Might Guy once said that Lightning Blade was Chidori, only with a different name.

The system had made some adjustments and treated it as an improved version of Chidori.

Its unlock condition was developing Lightning Release: Chidori.

And the unlock condition for Misaka Mikoto Template Ability Seven was also Lightning Release: Chidori.

Natsuki had wondered before how the system would handle this. He had not expected it to merge them directly.

But that was good. It saved him trouble.

Developing one Lightning Release: Chidori would unlock two abilities.

For the previous Natsuki, developing Chidori would have been very difficult.

Because he had no particular talent for Lightning Release.

But the current Natsuki was different. He now had Kakashi's Lightning Release talent.

The difficulty of developing Lightning Release: Chidori had dropped significantly.

In truth, although Chidori was very powerful, it needed to be paired with the Sharingan.

After losing the Sharingan, Kakashi no longer used Lightning Release: Chidori or Lightning Blade and instead developed Lightning Release: Purple Electricity.

In other words, even if the previous Natsuki had developed Chidori, he might not have used it.

Ability Four, Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

The Sharingan was the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha clan. It had many functions and was as famous as the Byakugan.

It was no exaggeration to say that it was the most influential Kekkei Genkai in the original work.

Because it could evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan, and then further evolve into the Rinnegan.

Even without evolving, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan was enough to let any shinobi become a Jonin, and an elite Jonin at that.

After all, in the shinobi world, there was a saying that the Uchiha were invincible in one-on-one combat.

Kakashi's Sharingan came from Obito's gift before his death.

This referred to Obito before he fell into darkness.

During the Third Shinobi World War, half of his body was crushed by Earth Release, so he entrusted his intact left eye to Kakashi.

Its unlock condition was learning five ninjutsu of each nature release.

Now that Natsuki had Kakashi's Seven Release Talent, this unlock condition was not difficult. It was only a matter of time.

Ability Five, Mangekyō Sharingan.

The Mangekyō Sharingan was the advanced form of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Its abilities were also strengthened versions of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan's abilities, reaching the exaggerated level where a single glance could trap a target in genjutsu.

Aside from that, each Mangekyō Sharingan also came with a unique dōjutsu.

The Mangekyō Sharingan was the eye that reflected the heart, and the dōjutsu obtained was related to the owner's state of mind when the eye awakened.

Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan naturally also came from Obito.

Because Obito's state of mind at the moment of awakening involved escape and creating a new world, he awakened Kamui.

Kamui had two forms.

Put simply, the left eye leaned toward offense, while the right eye leaned toward defense.

The left eye's Kamui could forcibly twist off an enemy's limb from a distance and send it into another dimension. It could also teleport the user in and out of that dimension.

The size of the object that could be teleported depended on the user's chakra amount.

Kakashi's Kamui was this type.

In the original work, he used Kamui to twist off Deidara's arm and the arm of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, throwing them into another dimension.

The right eye's Kamui could absorb a target into another dimension. It could also transfer the user or part of the user's body into another dimension.

The left eye's Kamui worked from long range, but the right eye's Kamui required contact with or proximity to the target to absorb them into another dimension.

However, the most useful effect was transferring part of one's own body into another dimension.

Because it could be used to avoid an enemy's attack.

Before an attack landed, transferring away the body part that would be hit allowed the user to ignore the attack.

This was the so-called intangibility.

But what Natsuki awakened was the Kakashi Template, so he did not have the right eye's Kamui.

Moreover, the current Obito was only one year old. Whether he would awaken Kamui in the future was still a question.

In any case, having one Kamui was still quite good.

The only troublesome part was its unlock condition.

It required intense emotional fluctuation.

After thinking carefully, Natsuki realized that from birth until now, he had never experienced any especially intense emotional fluctuation.

Therefore, meeting this condition would still be rather difficult.

(To be continued.)