Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

A drop of blood flew into his forehead.

Hiruko quickly understood what had happened.

He had been transformed into a demon and was now under Natsuki's control.

Worst of all, he could not even speak about what had happened to him.

For a moment, his heart sank into despair.

Before Natsuki arrived, he had still been imagining a future where the Chimera Technique succeeded, allowing him to gather five kekkei genkai and become invincible in the shinobi world.

But who could have known that his fantasy would disappear in an instant?

Now, even his life and death were no longer in his own hands.

"Show me your Chimera Technique," Natsuki said.

Although Hiruko was unwilling, he did not dare resist under the effects of the Blood Curse. He could only take out a ninjutsu scroll and hand it over.

After reading it, Natsuki thought that it was just as expected.

Hiruko's Chimera Technique was not yet complete. It was currently still in its early stages.

At present, it could only merge the user with summoned creatures and could not fuse kekkei genkai.

Natsuki fell into thought.

In terms of effect, the Chimera Technique had limitless potential.

After all, it could fuse five kekkei genkai.

But in practice, its performance was below expectations.

In the original story, Hiruko, who had fused four kekkei genkai, had only looked like he was at Jonin level.

Perhaps the main reason was that Hiruko himself was too weak.

The same technique could produce different effects in the hands of different shinobi.

For example, the Eight Gates.

The power of the Eight Gates in the hands of Might Guy and Might Duy was completely different.

Shinnō of Soragakure also knew the Eight Gates.

But his performance was even worse, completely disgracing that taijutsu.

After thinking for a moment, Natsuki decided to begin with summoned creature fusion.

After all, he had promised Honoka and the others.

As for kekkei genkai fusion, he would let Hiruko continue researching it.

In any case, Akatsuki was rich now.

After giving Hiruko's three subordinates simple treatment, Natsuki used the Door-Door Fruit.

The other end of the door was connected to Yukigakure in the Land of Snow.

"Go in."

Natsuki spoke.

Hiruko and the other three exchanged glances before entering the spatial door.

Natsuki then followed them in.

When they stepped out, Hiruko and the others immediately showed shocked expressions.

They had arrived in the snowy Land of Snow.

Natsuki brought them into Yukigakure.

Their appearance immediately attracted the attention of Yukigakure's shinobi.

Before long, Nadare Rōga hurried over.

"Take them to meet Honoka," Natsuki instructed.

"Yes, Lord Natsuki."

Rōga immediately answered.

Natsuki did not stay long and turned to leave.

Only after leaving Yukigakure did he use the Door-Door Fruit.

After thinking for a moment, he went to the capital of the Land of Rain.

However, to his surprise, the courtyard was empty. Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and Yukina were all absent.

Natsuki raised an eyebrow and went to find Kakuzu.

"Yahiko and the others went to the Land of Grass."

When Kakuzu saw him, he took the initiative to speak.

"Before they left, they asked me to tell you."

"How is our rainwater business doing?" Natsuki asked, unsurprised, changing the subject.

"Very well."

A rare smile appeared on Kakuzu's face.

"It can be described as earning gold every day."

"Seeing you so happy, I imagine that must be true."

Natsuki could not help smiling.

"When it comes to money, I never deceive people."

Kakuzu restrained his smile and spoke seriously.

"I trust your integrity when it comes to money."

Natsuki nodded, then asked, "How is Pakura's situation?"

"Neither good nor bad. She is currently only responsible for Sunagakure and one-third of the Land of Wind."

Kakuzu replied, "The remaining regions of the Land of Wind have been handed over to Rasa and Gravel."

"The Third Kazekage is truly ruthless," Natsuki said with a sigh.

"As long as it does not affect us making money, it does not matter," Kakuzu said indifferently.

"I want Rasa and Gravel to make a move against Pakura."

Natsuki changed the subject and asked, "Do you have a way?"

"You want to provoke internal conflict in Sunagakure?"

Kakuzu instinctively narrowed his eyes. Only now did he remember that Natsuki was a shinobi of Konoha.

Although Konoha and Sunagakure had formed an alliance, they were still enemies in essence.

"No."

Natsuki did not hide it and stated his true purpose.

"I want Pakura to side with us."

"Is that so?"

Kakuzu fell into thought.

"There is a way. We can interfere with Rasa's and Gravel's business."

"How would that work?"

Natsuki asked curiously, "Whether it's Sunagakure or the Land of Wind, they have no reason not to buy our rainwater resources."

"Rainwater resources are highly profitable. Because the profits are too great, other merchants have already taken notice."

Kakuzu explained, "Especially now that there are many bounties related to our rainwater resources on the black market."

"What kind of bounties?"

Natsuki became interested.

He truly did not pay much attention to the black market.

Kakuzu was different. He had once relied on the black market to make a living.

Although he had now joined Akatsuki, he still paid close attention to the black market.

The black market could indeed play a useful role in many situations, such as intelligence gathering.

"There are all kinds. The most important ones target the locations of the transportation pipelines."

Kakuzu paused before continuing, "Aside from that, many people have directly approached the daimyō of the Land of Rain, but all of them were refused."

"You want to leak the locations of the pipelines managed by Rasa and Gravel?"

Natsuki quickly understood and said, "That is indeed a good method."

"Not many people know the locations of the transportation pipelines. Aside from the daimyō of the Land of Rain, there is Pakura, the overall person in charge."

Kakuzu's tone remained flat.

"Rasa and Gravel will definitely suspect her. If it happens a few times, they will eventually lose patience and resort to violence."

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Natsuki nodded.

"If Pakura is attacked, crush the eyeball clone I left with you."

"The only problem is that our business will be affected."

Kakuzu sighed with some pain in his voice.

"The Land of Rain lacks everything except rain. Wasting some of it is nothing."

Natsuki found it rather amusing.

Kakuzu truly loved money as much as his life.

Fortunately, he was not the one who had founded Akatsuki. Otherwise, he definitely would not have done something like this.

"There is one more matter. Some merchants are planning to imitate us by importing river water from the Land of Rivers," Kakuzu suddenly remembered and said.

"The Land of Rivers has many rivers and mountains. Although its water resources cannot compare to the Land of Rain, it does have quite a lot."

Natsuki smiled lightly.

"And they can sell it more cheaply," Kakuzu continued.

"Actually, that is easy to solve."

Natsuki did not mind.

"We solve it the shinobi way and control the daimyō of the Land of Rivers."

"That is indeed your style," Kakuzu said.

"Then that's settled. See you next time."

After finishing their discussion, Natsuki turned and left.

He found an empty place and used the Door-Door Fruit to return to Konoha.

Next, he only needed to wait for Kakuzu's actions and news from Yahiko and the other three.

Two months later, the Ninja Academy's opening day arrived once more.

Early in the morning, Natsuki brought two ANBU squads to the Ninja Academy.

The reason was simple.

They needed to inspect and prepare the area in advance, eliminating any unsafe factors.

This was to ensure that Hiruzen could give his speech at the entrance ceremony smoothly.

When Natsuki had been captain of the Fourth Division, this task had not fallen to him.

But now that he was ANBU Commander, it belonged to his responsibilities.

Although he did not think Hiruzen, with his strength, would encounter any real danger.

If someone truly came to assassinate Hiruzen, the ones in danger would probably be the ANBU.

That being said, the necessary work still had to be done.

Moreover, this year's entrance ceremony was different from previous ones. Even if he had not been ANBU Commander, he would have come to watch.

Natsuki stood on the rooftop and activated Clairvoyance. The entire school came into view.

Although it was still early before the entrance ceremony, many parents had already brought their children to school.

Natsuki soon saw a familiar figure, Hatake Sakumo.

"Kakashi, do you have any goals after enrolling?" Sakumo asked, lowering his head to look at his son, Hatake Kakashi.

"To graduate as quickly as possible," Kakashi replied after thinking for a moment.

"Why?" Sakumo asked.

"I want to become a shinobi like you as soon as possible," Kakashi answered.

"Being a shinobi isn't as wonderful as you imagine."

Sakumo rubbed his head.

"You're still young. You can enjoy life at the Academy."

Kakashi still wanted to say something, but he was interrupted.

Might Duy and Might Guy, father and son, both wearing green jumpsuits, rushed into the Ninja Academy while shouting slogans about youth.

Kakashi looked at their strange behavior and could not help feeling confused.

Could people like that also become shinobi?

"Don't look down on them."

Sakumo smiled and said, "They are taijutsu experts who have mastered the Eight Gates."

Because of the butterfly effect caused by Natsuki, Might Duy had gained a certain amount of fame early due to mastering the Eight Gates.

"What kind of taijutsu is the Eight Gates?" Kakashi asked curiously.

"It is an S-rank forbidden technique."

Sakumo paused before saying, "That child will definitely become a powerful rival for you in the future."

"S-rank?"

Kakashi nodded, but he remained confident.

"I'm not that easy to surpass."

At that moment, Sakumo instinctively turned his head.

Not far away, Hiruzen and Sarutobi Asuma were walking over.

"Hokage-sama."

Sakumo quickly went forward to greet him.

"It's been a long time, Sakumo."

Hiruzen glanced at Kakashi and said, "It seems Kakashi and Asuma will become classmates."

Of course, that was not a coincidence. It was something he had arranged intentionally.

Asuma was actually one year older than Kakashi.

Asuma was six, while Kakashi was five.

In an era when war could break out at any moment, the age for entering the Academy was not strictly fixed. Quite a few children enrolled at five years old.

For example, Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin.

As Hokage, Hiruzen cared about the bonds formed between children.

Placing these geniuses in the same class would allow them to form bonds more easily.

After exchanging greetings, they walked toward Class 1-A.

Asuma also took the initiative to greet Kakashi.

The current Kakashi was not the emotionally closed-off version from the original story. Although he was not especially outgoing, he could still converse normally.

Natsuki withdrew his gaze.

Time passed slowly, and soon it was nine o'clock.

All the teachers and students lined up in order on the Ninja Academy's plaza.

Then Hiruzen appeared.

The teachers and students immediately erupted into cheers.

As Hokage, Hiruzen enjoyed extremely high popularity in Konoha.

Among children in particular, his popularity was extraordinary.

That could be seen from the fact that nine out of ten children dreamed of becoming Hokage.

Standing on the rooftop, Natsuki yawned.

Hiruzen's speech was truly long and tedious. It was still the same old Will of Fire.

Natsuki had heard it often when he attended the Ninja Academy.

Natsuki rubbed his chin.

He was thinking about a question.

In the future, which three students should he choose if he became a team leader?

In the original story, after Kakashi, Obito, and Guy's generation graduated, the teachers selected were from Minato's generation.

In other words, Natsuki's generation.

When the time came, Hiruzen would most likely ask Natsuki, Minato, Nawaki, and perhaps even Nonō to each choose three students.

Natsuki shook his head, feeling that there were not enough outstanding students to go around.

There was also the rather dangerous Uchiha Obito.

After all, he would be targeted by Madara.

In the original story, he had been assigned to Minato.

This was actually a decision Hiruzen made to ease the tense relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage.

In other words, once the butterfly effect was included, Natsuki and Nawaki could also possibly become his team leaders.

After all, both of them were shinobi of the Hokage lineage.

Of course, with Natsuki's strength and status, he had the right to choose freely.

He did not plan to become Obito's team leader.

Although Obito had not yet fallen into darkness, Natsuki had already seen the original story and could not accept him.

If he had to choose, he would prioritize Might Guy.

The Eight Gates combined with the Six Powers and Armament Haki would be very interesting.

By noon, Hiruzen's two-hour-long speech finally ended.

The entrance ceremony also came to a close.

Natsuki did not leave immediately.

As ANBU Commander, he had to wait until Hiruzen left first.

After watching most of the children leave, Hiruzen stepped down from the stage.

Seeing this, Natsuki prepared to return to the Senju clan compound.

At that moment, he stopped and looked toward the school gate.

A little boy wearing goggles rushed into the school gate, covered in sweat.

But when he saw the students walking out, he froze.

"It's over! I even missed the entrance ceremony!"

Uchiha Obito scratched his head, filled with regret.

"Are you Obito?"

At that moment, a little girl with brown hair walked up to him.

"I am."

Obito froze for a moment, then asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Nohara Rin. We're classmates."

Rin smiled.

"I picked up your entrance materials for you."

"Really?"

Obito looked pleasantly surprised.

"Thank you!"

Standing on the rooftop, Natsuki raised an eyebrow. He had not expected to witness a famous scene from the original story.

He raised his hand and opened a spatial door.

Natsuki walked inside and returned to the Senju clan compound.

"You're back?"

When Nawaki saw him, he asked, "How are this year's new students?"

"Quite good," Natsuki replied.

"Really?" Kushina asked curiously. "Can they compare to our class?"

"They feel about the same."

Natsuki thought for a moment before answering.

"That impressive?"

Nawaki looked surprised.

"Who are they?"

Natsuki then picked five important students and introduced them.

Sarutobi Asuma, Hatake Kakashi, Yūhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shizune.

The first four had fathers who were fairly famous.

The last had a famous uncle.

Shizune's uncle was Katō Dan.

In the original story, he had been Tsunade's boyfriend.

He had also been an extremely capable Jonin who had mastered the S-rank ninjutsu, Spirit Transformation Technique.

Unfortunately, he had died in the Second Shinobi World War.

As for the remaining ones, Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin, their parents were not famous.

Although the Uchiha clan itself was famous.

"This generation of students really is high quality."

After listening, Nawaki agreed.

"But I think none of them can surpass Natsuki!"

Kushina waved her small fist.

"Nonō!"

Just as Nawaki was about to speak, he saw Nonō and quickly greeted her.

"Nonō, why do you have time to come over today?" Kushina asked in confusion.

"Today is the first day of school. Many new students will join the medical-nin training class this afternoon."

Nonō explained, "I took a day off from Konoha Hospital to come help Tsunade-sensei."

"Can students join the medical-nin training class as soon as they enroll now?" Kushina asked, puzzled.

"It was Hokage-sama's order," Nonō replied.

Natsuki raised an eyebrow and roughly guessed what Hiruzen wanted to do.

As Hokage, Hiruzen certainly knew that the current peace in the shinobi world was temporary.

That was because Kumogakure had not participated in the Second Shinobi World War.

With Kumogakure's style, it was impossible for them to remain quiet. They would inevitably start a new shinobi world war.

The role of medical-nin in war was beyond doubt.

Allowing new students to enter the medical-nin training class early would let them learn medical ninjutsu sooner and play their role earlier.

To be honest, there was nothing wrong with this approach.

The Ninja Academy only taught the Three Basic Techniques, which wasted time for many students.

Students capable of learning medical ninjutsu were basically small geniuses.

"Have any students applied?" Natsuki asked after returning to his senses.

"I don't know yet."

Nonō shook her head.

"The morning was the Academy's entrance ceremony. They won't apply until the afternoon."

"If there are any good students, you can take them as assistants," Natsuki suggested.

In this generation, Rin and Shizune both had talent in medical ninjutsu.

They would be more than qualified to become Nonō's students.

And even if they became her students, they could still join other teams after graduation.

Nonō herself was an example.

She was Tsunade's student, but she had joined the shinobi squad led by Orochimaru.

"I'll pay attention."

Nonō paused slightly, then nodded.

"Natsuki just said this generation has many geniuses. There should definitely be someone suitable for you."

Kushina smiled.

"Maybe some of them will become my students too."

Nawaki immediately said, "By the time they graduate, I'll probably be old enough to take students."

(To be continued.)