Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

Early morning.

Natsuki, who was still asleep, faintly heard footsteps.

His heart moved, but he did not wake up.

Very soon, he felt his nose being pinched.

Natsuki opened his eyes.

What entered his sight was Kushina's pretty face.

She was standing beside the bed, bending down as she looked at him.

"Why are you up so early today?"

Natsuki reached out, held her wrist, and moved her hand away from his nose.

"Today is the first day of the New Year. You can't sleep in."

Kushina said with a bright smile.

"This doesn't count as sleeping in. You woke up too early."

Natsuki smiled and asked, "Did you wake up this early just to tease me?"

"No?"

Kushina smiled sheepishly and shifted her gaze elsewhere.

"You should go out, Kushina."

Natsuki sat up and said.

"Why?"

Kushina subconsciously asked.

"Because I need to change clothes."

Natsuki blinked and said, "I don't mind if you stay."

Kushina's face instantly turned red.

She quickly turned and ran.

When she ran out, she did not forget to close the door.

Natsuki could not help smiling.

He changed clothes and left the room.

When Natsuki raised his head, he saw Kushina and Nonō sitting on the sofa and chatting.

Nonō sat very properly, while Kushina had taken off her shoes and was sitting cross-legged on the sofa.

From Natsuki's angle, he could see her fair soles.

"Natsuki, go wash up first."

When Kushina saw him, she waved and said, "We'll wait for you."

Natsuki nodded.

After washing up, they went to Tsunade's house.

Eating breakfast at her house had already become a habit and part of their daily life.

After breakfast, the group went shopping.

For Natsuki, the New Year was rare time to rest.

Because normally, he was either training or busy with Akatsuki's affairs.

His current training was learning five ninjutsu for each of the seven chakra natures.

Aside from that, he was developing Lightning Release: Chidori and learning the Mystical Palm Technique.

Lightning Release: Chidori was Lightning Release, and the Mystical Palm Technique was Yang Release.

These two ninjutsu could also be counted among the five ninjutsu for each of the seven chakra natures.

Natsuki estimated that he could complete the development of Lightning Release: Chidori this month.

As for the Mystical Palm Technique, he had not started learning it yet.

Because it was A-rank and difficult.

He would start with the easier ones and learn the difficult ones last.

As for other abilities, they either required time or combat.

The New Year soon passed.

Konoha's shinobi became busy again.

Natsuki and the others trained at the Senju clan residence.

After learning Water Breathing, the Six Powers, and Armament Haki, Nawaki continued learning Tobirama's Water Release.

After Kushina finished learning the Six Powers, she started learning Armament Haki.

Nonō was not there. She had gone to Konoha Hospital with Tsunade.

Minato was not there either.

He had already learned the Flying Thunder God Technique and was now continuing to study advanced techniques such as Flying Thunder God, Second Step and Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.

When Natsuki previously saw that he had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had suggested they spar, but Minato refused.

His meaning was that he wanted to fully learn the entire Flying Thunder God series of ninjutsu first, then fight Natsuki in his peak state.

Natsuki thought about it and agreed.

Because defeating a stronger Minato could trigger a stronger character template.

After all, difficulty and strength were directly proportional.

Another half month passed.

Nawaki and Kushina, who were training, suddenly heard piercing thunder.

It sounded as if a thousand birds were crying out at the same time, extremely noisy.

They subconsciously looked at Natsuki.

They saw lightning spreading around Natsuki's right hand, its power looking extremely terrifying.

"So this is Lightning Release: Chidori?"

Nawaki could not help asking.

Natsuki had not hidden the development of Chidori from them, so they both knew about it.

"No wonder it's called Chidori."

Kushina shook her head and said, "It really is noisy."

"It feels like it'll be very powerful."

Nawaki guessed.

At that moment, Natsuki used Soru and arrived in front of a tree.

His right hand stabbed toward the tree like a ninja blade.

The sharp lightning cut through the bark and pierced deep into the trunk.

A cracking sound rang out.

The trunk was pierced through, then split in half.

"That power is at least A-rank ninjutsu!"

Nawaki exclaimed.

"Get used to it."

Kushina smiled and said, "For Natsuki, this is nothing unusual."

The corner of Nawaki's mouth twitched, and he was immediately speechless.

Although Lightning Release: Chidori was indeed impressive, compared to the previous Sorcery Clima-Tact, Geppo, and other abilities, it was somewhat less shocking.

[Congratulations to the host for unlocking Hatake Kakashi Template Ability Three: Lightning Release: Lightning Blade.]

Natsuki looked at the line of text before his eyes and shook his hand.

When the lightning disappeared, a large amount of information surged into his mind.

For Lightning Release: Lightning Blade, the system defined it as an improved version of Lightning Release: Chidori.

Natsuki had wondered at the time what had been improved.

Now he knew. The improved Lightning Release: Lightning Blade no longer made the piercing noise that Lightning Release: Chidori did.

To be fair, such an obvious sound was not suitable in battle.

Because it warned the enemy and could not be used for sneak attacks.

Lightning Release: Lightning Blade was different. It abandoned sound and became silent.

Whether it was Lightning Release: Lightning Blade or Lightning Release: Chidori, both required the user to rush quickly toward the enemy when attacking.

Without the sound, enemies would not react as easily, and the hit rate would increase.

Aside from that, Lightning Release: Lightning Blade and Lightning Release: Chidori had many derived ninjutsu.

For example, the Kunai Lightning Blade used by Kakashi.

Injecting Lightning Release: Lightning Blade into a kunai could both increase the kunai's attack power and turn Lightning Release: Lightning Blade into a ranged attack.

Another example was Uchiha Sasuke's Chidori Katana.

Injecting Lightning Release: Chidori into a weapon increased the weapon's lethality and also added a paralysis effect.

There was also Kakashi's Kamui Lightning Blade.

By combining Kamui's power with Lightning Release: Lightning Blade, once it hit the target, the struck part could be sucked into another dimension.

[Congratulations to the host for unlocking Misaka Mikoto Template Ability Seven: True Lightning.]

Another line of text appeared.

True Lightning's unlock condition was also developing Lightning Release: Chidori.

But its power was greater than Lightning Release: Chidori and Lightning Release: Lightning Blade.

Natsuki felt it could rival S-rank Lightning Release: Kirin.

Its effect was to gather thunderclouds and produce cloud-to-ground lightning attacks. Its maximum output voltage could reach one billion volts.

It could be considered Misaka Mikoto's ultimate move.

"Natsuki, is this A-rank Lightning Release?"

Nawaki asked curiously.

"It's A-rank."

Natsuki answered.

"It's a shame I don't know Lightning Release."

Nawaki said with some regret.

"You can learn it too."

Natsuki paused and said, "But I suggest you keep learning Water Release."

Nawaki's talent was limited.

Being proficient in swordsmanship and Water Release would be enough for him to establish himself among Jonin.

In truth, most Jonin were at most proficient in two areas. Any more than that was unnecessary and would only waste time and energy.

Kushina was the same.

If she mastered fūinjutsu and taijutsu, then added the Nine-Tails, as long as Madara and others did not appear, she could compete for the title of strongest shinobi.

"I know."

Nawaki nodded with self-awareness.

At that moment, an ANBU shinobi appeared nearby.

"You two keep training."

Natsuki greeted Nawaki and Kushina, then walked forward.

"Natsuki-sama."

The ANBU shinobi bowed slightly and said, "A merchant claiming to be from the Land of Demons says he wants to meet you."

"Where is he?"

Natsuki raised a brow and asked.

"He first asked about you in the mission hall, then the staff sent him to your office."

The ANBU shinobi answered.

"I'll go there now."

Natsuki nodded slightly.

Since he was a merchant from the Land of Demons, this was naturally related to Kakuzu's Daybreak branch company.

He had not expected Kakuzu to directly send someone to him.

But it was not a problem.

It was very common for clients to request specific shinobi for missions.

Especially now that he was famous, people often requested him.

However, he chose to refuse all of them.

The ANBU shinobi disappeared, and Natsuki walked toward the ANBU base.

After arriving, he directly entered his office.

"Natsuki-sama."

When a middle-aged man saw him, he quickly stood up and greeted him.

Natsuki sized him up and discovered that he was not a shinobi, just an ordinary person.

Kakuzu had indeed thought things through. If he had sent a shinobi, Konoha would likely become suspicious and investigate.

But if it was an ordinary person, Konoha usually would not bother.

"This is what Kakuzu-sama asked me to give you."

The middle-aged man took out a scroll and handed it to him.

Natsuki opened the scroll and began reading.

As he expected, the contents of the scroll were about the shrine maiden of the Land of Demons and the daimyō of the Land of Snow.

The current shrine maiden of the Land of Demons was Miroku, Shion's mother.

However, she was still very young and had not married, much less given birth to Shion.

As for the foreign demon Mōryō of the Land of Demons, it had been sealed for almost ten years. At present, there were no signs of it breaking free.

However, Kakuzu had discovered that an organization called the Yomi Cult was trying to rescue it.

The Land of Snow was also very peaceful for now.

Kazahana Dotō had no intention of usurping the throne yet, but he had already begun researching chakra armor.

At the same time, he also had close dealings with the Snow Shinobi of the Land of Snow.

The Snow Shinobi were skilled in Ice Release.

But their Ice Release was not true Ice Release. It was a secret technique based on the environment.

In other words, they did not create ice with chakra. Instead, they controlled the ice and snow found everywhere in the Land of Snow to fight.

It was similar to Sunagakure's sand control secret technique.

Natsuki nodded slightly.

It had to be said that Kakuzu had done well with the intelligence work.

Most likely, he had also used the power of the underground black market.

"You can go back."

Natsuki looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said, "After some time, I'll go find Kakuzu."

"Yes, Natsuki-sama."

The middle-aged man paused, then said, "Kakuzu-sama also asked me to pass on one message. He said there are not many Stamina Recovery Potions left."

No wonder he had sent someone to find him.

So it was because of the Stamina Recovery Potion.

Natsuki could not help laughing.

Kakuzu really did love money as much as life itself.

After the middle-aged man left, Natsuki sat on the sofa and began thinking.

He was considering which country to start with first.

After careful thought, he decided to take control of the Land of Snow first.

The Land of Snow had many advanced technologies and many researchers, which would be more beneficial to the development of the Daybreak Company's research department.

Aside from that, there were the Snow Shinobi.

With the environmental advantage of the Land of Snow, the Snow Shinobi's strength was decent.

But only decent.

In the original work, only three of them could barely be considered Jonin-level.

Natsuki planned to have them serve as practice opponents for Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.

The three of them now all had Chunin-level strength, but so far, they had never participated in real combat.

Armchair strategy was ultimately meaningless.

Having them participate in combat would also let them grow faster.

After defeating the Snow Shinobi, they could also recruit them into Akatsuki.

A group of shinobi without a village was essentially no different from wandering shinobi.

The reason they worked for Kazahana Dotō was simply to obtain payment and survive better.

If someone richer and stronger than Kazahana Dotō appeared, they would easily switch sides.

And making Kazahana Dotō rebel and usurp the throne early would also depend on this group of Snow Shinobi.

Of course, the Land of Demons would not be abandoned.

Judging from Kakuzu's intelligence, the Land of Demons would most likely have to start with the Yomi Cult.

In the original work, the Yomi Cult was indeed mentioned.

Their leader was named Yomi, and he was also a rare medical Jonin.

The Kaidō of the Retsu Unohana Template required killing three medical Jonin to unlock.

Medical Jonin were already rare, so Natsuki naturally would not let Yomi go.

The only problem was that the current timeline was different, so he did not know the current situation of the Yomi Cult.

For the specific details, he would still need Kakuzu to investigate.

Unfortunately, there was only one Kakuzu.

If there were several more Kakuzu, Akatsuki's development would be much faster.

Natsuki was not in a hurry to return to the Land of Rain.

He hoped to take Yahiko and Konan to the Land of Snow after they unlocked their Blood Demon Arts.

During this time, he would continue learning the seven chakra nature ninjutsu.

If he could unlock the Three-Tomoe Sharingan from the Kakashi Template, many things would become much easier.

But he also had to make time to visit the Land of Demons.

One week later.

Natsuki brought the completed Stamina Recovery Potions to the Land of Demons' metropolis.

Although the Land of Demons sounded somewhat gloomy, it was actually no different from other countries.

The name Land of Demons was clearly related to the foreign demon Mōryō.

In the shinobi world, the influence of the Ōtsutsuki clan was undoubtedly the greatest.

But aside from that, the shinobi world itself also had many special places or creatures.

For example, this foreign demon, as well as the Shinigami and the Jashin.

Following the map Kakuzu had given him, Natsuki soon found the Daybreak branch company.

It was a large two-story shop, and the signboard had the words Daybreak written on it.

Natsuki looked around and found that there were many customers.

But the branch company used the same method and did not directly sell Stamina Recovery Potions.

Natsuki had arrived at just the right time.

An auction was currently being held here.

The auction process had also been determined by Natsuki based on knowledge from his previous life.

Wealthy merchants and nobles sat in the private rooms on the second floor.

The remaining customers stood on the first floor and called out bids.

Natsuki stood in place and watched for a while before going upstairs.

He activated Electromagnetic Wave Sensing and locked onto Kakuzu's location.

Natsuki directly pushed the door open and walked in.

Kakuzu was somewhat surprised to see him, but quickly regained his calm.

"Stamina Recovery Potions."

Natsuki handed him a summoning storage scroll and said, "The Hero Water you gave me has only one-tenth left."

"I understand. I'll give you Hero Water when the time comes."

After accepting the summoning storage scroll, Kakuzu asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Investigate the Yomi Cult."

Hearing this, Natsuki spoke.

"The Yomi Cult?"

Kakuzu roughly understood his thoughts, but he did not ask further.

Because he was paid to do things.

Whatever Natsuki wanted to use the Yomi Cult and Mōryō for had nothing to do with him.

"Then I'm leaving. Notify me if anything happens."

Natsuki did not stay long and turned to leave.

Time slowly passed.

May, the beginning of summer.

On Konoha's Hokage Rock.

Natsuki, Nawaki, Nonō, and Kushina were sitting on the ground, looking down at Konoha below.

The four of them had grown tired from training, so at Kushina's suggestion, they came to the Hokage Rock to enjoy the scenery.

"I hope one day my face can appear on the Hokage Rock."

Nawaki lowered his gaze and looked at the three faces carved into the Hokage Rock.

They were Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen.

Only after becoming Hokage could one leave their face on the Hokage Rock.

Just as Natsuki was about to speak, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[Konan has unlocked Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood.]

Immediately after, a great deal of information flowed into his mind.

In an instant, he also mastered Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood.

There were many uses for Exploding Blood.

Aside from making blood explode and producing high heat, it could also attach blood to weapons and form burning blades.

Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood was also the natural enemy of demons. It could destroy a demon's Blood Demon Art and purify a demon's poison.

Unfortunately, the demons in this world all came from Natsuki, so this effect had lost its meaning.

He had not expected Konan to unlock Exploding Blood so quickly.

But this was a good thing.

He just did not know when Yahiko would unlock his.

Natsuki thought for a moment and decided to visit the Land of Rain in two days to check the situation.

He came back to himself and chatted casually with Nawaki and the others.

Two days later.

Natsuki left Konoha and headed for the Land of Rain.

After arriving at the Land of Rain's metropolis, he went straight to the courtyard in the southern part of the city.

"Natsuki-sensei!"

Konan was the first to run to him and said impatiently, "I've mastered a new ability!"

She was very happy, and a rare smile appeared on her face.

By comparison, Yahiko was somewhat disappointed.

Not only had he failed to comprehend his Blood Demon Art, he had not even gotten started and did not know how to comprehend it.

After Konan spoke, she extended her hand.

Scarlet blood flowed from her palm like water and flew into the distance.

In midair, the blood suddenly exploded.

After falling to the ground, the ground began burning.

"Very good."

Natsuki rubbed her head and said, "In view of your excellent performance, I plan to take you out on a mission."

"A mission?"

Yahiko immediately became excited and asked, "Will there be combat?"

Natsuki nodded and said, "There will be quite a few enemies this time."

(To be continued.)