Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

Natsuki sent Asahino's squad back to Konoha ahead of him while he took Yukina to the Land of Rain.

After another four-day journey, the two arrived safely in the capital of the Land of Rain.

Yukina's emotional state had improved considerably compared to before.

However, she had also become much colder and more withdrawn.

Naomi and Katsuri's actions had truly broken her heart.

Natsuki had spoken with her several times, but it had not helped much.

It seemed only time could heal her wounds.

Still, she was already fortunate. At the very least, Katsuri had not killed her as he had in the original story.

"Natsuki-sensei!"

When Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan saw him, they immediately stopped training and ran over.

"Let me introduce you. Her name is Yukina."

Natsuki smiled.

"Konan and Yahiko, you can guide her during training and help her awaken her Blood Demon Art."

The three immediately understood.

Yukina had accepted the Blood Curse, so she could be trusted.

"Get to know each other first. I'm going to visit the orphanage."

Natsuki turned and left.

The orphanage was also located in the capital of the Land of Rain, not far from there.

He soon arrived.

When Natsuki entered the courtyard, he saw a group of orphans practicing Soru.

Chino and Fūshin stood nearby, offering guidance.

The two of them were also learning the Six Powers. So far, they had mastered Soru and Shigan.

By comparison, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato were progressing much faster. They had already mastered five of the Six Powers.

Kami-e was the only one they had yet to learn.

Natsuki planned to formally teach Water Breathing to Nagato and Yahiko once they mastered all six techniques.

In terms of swordsmanship, Nagato had also learned One Sword Style from the Roronoa Zoro Template, placing him ahead of Yahiko.

As for Konan, Natsuki had originally planned to teach her Doll Possession from the Bickslow Template, but he had now changed his mind.

He wanted to raise her strength to the level of a Jonin as quickly as possible.

Once that happened, he could unlock the corresponding abilities from his character templates.

Natsuki now planned to teach her Weather Arts from the Nami Template.

Combined with the Sorcery Clima-Tact, demonization, and her Blood Demon Art, she would be fully capable of reaching Jonin-level strength.

Nonō and the others did not need the Sorcery Clima-Tact for the time being. Once Natsuki unlocked unlimited magical power, he could create more through Projection Magecraft.

"Lord Natsuki."

Chino and Fūshin noticed him and quickly approached to greet him.

"How many orphans have mastered Soru?" Natsuki asked.

"Only one so far," Chino replied.

"That's not bad."

Natsuki raised an eyebrow and nodded.

He was not merely saying that to encourage them.

Akatsuki's orphanage had been established in May of the previous year. Roughly seven months had passed since then.

Producing one child capable of mastering Soru within seven months was already impressive.

It meant the child possessed exceptional talent.

Of course, Natsuki's efforts had also played a part.

These children had been orphaned by war, and most of them had been malnourished when they first arrived.

Natsuki had spent a great deal of money providing them with the best possible meals.

He had also purchased medicinal ingredients specifically intended to strengthen their bodies.

"Lord Natsuki."

Chino and Fūshin exchanged a glance.

"We want to accept your blood."

During this period, they had watched Konan's and Yahiko's strength increase at an astonishing rate.

They had also learned that after being transformed into demons, the two had obtained a form of immortality.

Simply put, as long as Natsuki lived, they would not die unless every trace of his blood disappeared from their bodies.

"Very well."

Natsuki smiled.

He extended his hand, and two drops of blood flew toward Chino and Fūshin.

At the same time, he received the corresponding system notifications.

With a thought, Natsuki opened Chino's information first.

[Name: Chino.]

[Race: Human, Demon.]

[Ability One: Partial Demonization. Locked.]

[Effect: Transforms the user into a half-human, half-demon state, increasing attack power, speed, and regenerative ability.]

[Unlock Condition: Comprehend it independently.]

[Ability Two: Blood Demon Art: Forced Sleep. Locked.]

[Effect: Uses altered eyes and mouths to trap the target inside a dream. The target can only escape by killing themselves within the dream.]

[Unlock Condition: Comprehend it independently.]

[Remark: Once Blood Demon Art: Forced Sleep is unlocked, you will also obtain the corresponding Blood Demon Art.]

Just as Natsuki expected.

Chino and Fūshin had received far less blood than Yahiko and Konan, which meant their abilities were also much weaker.

First, they lacked Full Demonization and could only achieve Partial Demonization.

The resulting increase in strength would be moderate at best.

Second, their Blood Demon Arts were also somewhat weaker.

Blood Demon Art: Forced Sleep came from Enmu, one of the Lower Moons of the Twelve Kizuki.

Unlike Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood and Blood Demon Art: Ice Crystals, which were powerful offensive abilities, Forced Sleep focused on support and control.

In practical terms, it functioned like genjutsu.

Even so, it would be more than sufficient against ordinary shinobi.

Natsuki then opened Fūshin's information.

[Name: Fūshin.]

[Race: Human, Demon.]

[Ability One: Partial Demonization. Locked.]

[Effect: Transforms the user into a half-human, half-demon state, increasing attack power, speed, and regenerative ability.]

[Unlock Condition: Comprehend it independently.]

[Ability Two: Blood Demon Art: Storm Blades. Locked.]

[Effect: Controls blood and transforms it into black-and-red blades that form a storm to attack enemies.]

[Unlock Condition: Comprehend it independently.]

[Remark: Once Blood Demon Art: Storm Blades is unlocked, you will also obtain the corresponding Blood Demon Art.]

Like Chino's ability, Fūshin's Blood Demon Art came from one of the Twelve Kizuki's Lower Moons.

Although it was an offensive Blood Demon Art, its effect was not much different from Wind Release ninjutsu.

It was still considerably weaker than Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood or Blood Demon Art: Ice Crystals.

However, it suited Fūshin's Typhoon Release extremely well and could also compensate for its weakness.

The greatest weakness of Typhoon Release was the eye of the storm.

Under normal circumstances, while Fūshin was controlling a Typhoon Release technique, he could not defend against attacks directed at the center.

Blood Demon Art: Storm Blades was different. It originated from his blood and required no hand seals.

"You will need to awaken your Blood Demon Arts yourselves."

After thinking for a moment, Natsuki offered them a hint.

"Chino, your Blood Demon Art is related to genjutsu. Fūshin, yours is related to Wind Release."

"Thank you, Lord Natsuki!"

Chino and Fūshin answered in unison.

Although they had yet to awaken their Blood Demon Arts, their bodies had already begun transforming into demons.

They could clearly feel that their physical strength had increased considerably.

"Continue training."

Natsuki turned and left.

His only reason for visiting the orphanage had been to learn how many children had mastered Soru.

As he walked, Natsuki considered another matter.

Where should Infinity Castle be placed?

Although Yukina had yet to awaken Blood Demon Art: Infinity Castle, it was only a matter of time.

Natsuki rubbed his chin.

Since Infinity Castle would become Akatsuki's base, placing it within the Land of Rain was clearly the best choice.

However, it should not be located in the capital.

It should be placed in Amegakure.

Amegakure would eventually belong to Akatsuki.

That would allow Natsuki to make better progress toward fulfilling the condition of rebuilding the Land of Rain.

After all, Amegakure was also part of the Land of Rain.

Natsuki suddenly remembered something else.

Once Yukina awakened Blood Demon Art: Infinity Castle, he would obtain the ability as well.

That meant there could be two Infinity Castles.

Where should the second one be placed?

The Land of Snow? The Land of Demons? Or perhaps Konoha?

Natsuki felt Konoha might be the most suitable choice.

Infinity Castle was controlled by its creator.

If his Infinity Castle were placed in the Land of Snow or the Land of Demons, it might be too far away for him to control properly.

If it were placed in Konoha, it could serve as an ANBU base or even as his own home.

However, there was no need to decide yet.

He could wait until Yukina awakened Blood Demon Art: Infinity Castle.

Natsuki returned to the courtyard.

Yukina had already become acquainted with Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.

"Yukina."

Natsuki spoke.

"I don't know how strong you are yet. Let's have a spar."

The spar itself was not his real objective.

His main goal was to unlock Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals from the Haku Template.

"I only know two Ice Release techniques," Yukina said as she walked to stand opposite him.

Yahiko and the others watched with interest.

Ice Release was still unfamiliar to them.

The battle began, and Yukina immediately formed hand seals.

"Ice Release: Myriad Ice Blossoms!"

Chakra surged outward and transformed into countless shards of ice that resembled darts.

"Blood Demon Art: Frozen Lotus Leaves!"

Natsuki raised one hand.

Blood surged outward and transformed into lotus-shaped ice crystals.

A large number of ice crystals flew forward and collided with the incoming shards.

A series of crisp impacts rang out.

"Ice Release really does resemble my Blood Demon Art: Ice Crystals," Yahiko remarked.

Fragments of ice scattered everywhere.

However, Natsuki's Blood Demon Art: Frozen Lotus Leaves proved stronger.

The remaining ice crystals continued flying toward Yukina.

She quickly formed hand seals and used Ice Release: Ice Dome.

An ice wall rose in front of her.

"Lightning Release: Rasengan!"

A Rasengan appeared in Natsuki's hand.

Unlike an ordinary Rasengan, Lightning Release chakra had been added to it, and faint arcs of electricity flickered across its surface.

Natsuki threw it forward.

The lightning-covered Rasengan struck the ice wall.

A loud explosion erupted.

The Rasengan detonated, and the ice wall shattered.

Lightning spread outward and enveloped Yukina.

Her body immediately went numb, leaving her frozen in place.

Fortunately, Natsuki had not used his full strength.

The Ice Dome had also absorbed most of the attack's power, so she was not injured. She only felt numb.

[Congratulations. Haku Template Ability Four has been unlocked: Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.]

Natsuki nodded slightly.

With that, every ability of the Haku Template had been unlocked.

Among the Ice Release techniques Haku used in the original story, Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals was undoubtedly the strongest.

Using that technique alone, Haku had nearly defeated Sasuke and Naruto.

After thinking for a moment, Natsuki created a training plan for Yukina.

She would first focus on Ice Release and her Blood Demon Arts, then learn the Six Powers.

Mastering those three areas would be more than enough.

At the very least, inside her Infinity Castle, she would be nearly invincible.

Natsuki then thought of his Twelve Kizuki.

There were now five members.

The Upper Moons were Yahiko, Konan, and Yukina. The Lower Moons were Chino and Fūshin.

At this rate, he was progressing quickly.

He had already gathered nearly half the required members.

Madara, who was watching from the shadows, might even be pleased.

The Eye of the Moon Plan required ten Jonin to perform the sealing technique, Nine Phantom Dragons.

Its purpose was to extract the tailed beasts from their jinchūriki and seal them inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

That was also why Akatsuki had constantly recruited new members in the original story and maintained a specific number of shinobi.

"Konan."

Natsuki took out a summoning storage scroll and handed it to her.

"Read the books inside whenever you have time."

Learning Weather Arts from the Nami Template required more than simply knowing how to use the Sorcery Clima-Tact.

Konan also needed a certain degree of knowledge about meteorology.

The summoning storage scroll contained a large collection of books related to weather and climate.

Natsuki had ordered ANBU to gather them from various nations throughout the shinobi world.

Although the information differed from what Nami had studied, he had done everything he could.

"Yes, Natsuki-sensei."

Konan nodded.

"Continue training."

Natsuki planned to remain there for some time.

There were too many things he needed to teach Yahiko and the others.

Whether he stayed in the Land of Rain or Konoha made little difference.

Most of his time was spent training either way.

Of course, he still needed to return occasionally to check on Kushina, Nonō, and the others.

March arrived.

The Academies of the major shinobi villages entered their graduation season.

Although Natsuki did not visit Konoha's Academy, he used ANBU intelligence to review the students from the previous two years.

Overall, he did not recognize any of them.

The people he was familiar with, such as Kakashi, Sarutobi Asuma, and Yūhi Kurenai, would not enter the Academy for another two years.

Natsuki did not clearly remember most of the others, but he remembered Kakashi's record.

Kakashi entered the Academy at five years old and graduated that same year.

His speed was unmatched in Konoha's history.

[Congratulations. Kibutsuji Muzan Template Ability Three has been unlocked: Accelerated Regeneration.]

After two months of effort, Natsuki mastered the Mystical Palm Technique and unlocked Accelerated Regeneration.

Accelerated Regeneration was a passive ability.

He did not need to activate it intentionally. It would trigger automatically whenever he was injured.

Natsuki had tested its effect, and it was astonishing.

Of course, he had not tested it on a severe injury.

However, cuts from a blade healed almost instantly.

Now that he had mastered the Mystical Palm Technique, the only remaining ninjutsu-related task was learning the Chinoike clan's Blood Secret Techniques.

How should he put it?

There were many Blood Secret Techniques, so learning them required a great deal of time.

Many of them were also fairly difficult.

Most importantly, Natsuki had no one to teach him and had to study them entirely on his own.

After all, Chino did not know the Blood Secret Techniques either.

He could seek out En Oyashiro, but he had no intention of doing that. He had his pride.

Still, Natsuki was not in a hurry.

He had plenty of time.

[Konan has unlocked Partial Demonization.]

A line of text suddenly appeared before Natsuki.

He froze.

Natsuki instinctively turned around.

Only Yahiko and Nagato remained in the courtyard.

"Where is Konan?" Natsuki asked.

"She suddenly ran into her room just now," Yahiko said, scratching his head. "We don't know why."

Natsuki became thoughtful.

It seemed she had awakened Partial Demonization and had gone to her room to test it.

To be honest, he did not know what Konan's Partial Demonization would look like.

However, judging from her Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood, it might resemble Kamado Nezuko's transformation.

While Natsuki was thinking, Konan reappeared.

Yahiko instinctively cried out in surprise.

Nagato also looked astonished.

Natsuki looked toward Konan as she emerged from the room in her partially demonized state.

Her appearance had changed completely.

She had gone from looking like a seven-year-old child to resembling her nineteen or twenty-year-old self.

Her face looked almost identical to her appearance in the original story.

However, several features were noticeably different.

First, a pair of small demon horns had appeared on her forehead.

Second, willow-like markings covered her limbs.

Finally, her pupils had become slightly vertical.

Just as Natsuki expected, her transformation resembled Nezuko's partially demonized form from Demon Slayer.

Her appearance was striking and mysterious.

The only problem was her clothing.

She was wearing Natsuki's clothes.

Thinking about it carefully, that could not be helped.

She could not have known in advance that she would need clothing suitable for an adult-sized body.

With no other option, she had gone into his room and borrowed a set.

Although Natsuki was not yet an adult, he was already tall enough that his clothes were similar in size to an adult's.

They looked slightly loose on Konan.

Once she grew older, clothing would no longer be a concern during Partial or Full Demonization.

For now, she could wear something loose and adjustable, such as a kimono, before transforming.

Even if it did not fit perfectly, it would not cause any major problems.

"Are you really Konan?" Yahiko asked in disbelief.

"I am."

Konan nodded.

She had also been shocked at first, but she had already calmed down.

"This is the ability I unlocked, Partial Demonization."

"Partial Demonization?"

Yahiko froze before asking excitedly, "Does that mean I can do it too?"

Konan nodded.

"Yahiko, spar with Konan," Natsuki said.

"Yes, Natsuki-sensei."

Yahiko immediately agreed.

He also wanted to know how much Konan's strength had increased after transforming.

Konan walked over and stood across from him.

"Begin," Natsuki said.

Konan instantly appeared in front of Yahiko.

She clenched her fist and struck.

"Armament Haki!"

Yahiko hurriedly raised both arms.

A tremendous force struck him.

Armament Haki protected him from injury, but it could not stop the impact.

Yahiko was sent flying.

"Geppo!"

Konan appeared in front of him almost as if she had teleported.

"Konoha Whirlwind!"

She kicked out.

Yahiko had no choice but to defend again with Armament Haki.

He crashed into the ground like a cannonball.

The earth cracked, and dust rose into the air.

Nagato's eyelids twitched as he watched.

If he had been the one fighting Konan, the result would probably have been the same.

After Partial Demonization, Konan's physical abilities combined with the Six Powers had already reached the level of a Tokubetsu Jonin.

Natsuki nodded in satisfaction.

It seemed that once Konan awakened Full Demonization, her strength would become comparable to that of a Jonin.

The same would probably be true for Yahiko.

Nagato's progress was somewhat slower by comparison.

However, judging from the original story, he would undoubtedly reach Jonin level within three years.

When that happened, Natsuki would also unlock three powerful abilities.

Sage Mode, Minazuki's Shikai, and Minazuki's Bankai.

"I'm done. I surrender."

Yahiko struggled to his feet, looking deeply shocked.

Before this, he and Konan had been roughly equal in strength.

Now, facing Konan felt like facing Minato after he learned the Flying Raijin Jutsu.

She was simply too fast.

Yahiko could not react in time and could only endure her attacks.

Although he had lost, he was not discouraged.

After all, he could also awaken Partial Demonization.

(To be continued.)

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