Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

July 1st.

Natsuki stood on the ship and activated Clairvoyance.

Hōzuki Castle in the distance came into view.

Hōzuki Castle was an isolated island surrounded by the sea.

Yet it was indeed located within the Land of Grass.

From that point alone, the climate and terrain of the shinobi world were quite mysterious.

The Land of Grass had plenty of sunlight, so there was a vast grassland within its borders.

Aside from the grassland, it also had an inland sea.

The Land of Rain beside it had no sunlight all year round and rained every day.

When Natsuki thought of grasslands, he thought of animal husbandry.

He felt that the Land of Grass could also be brought under Akatsuki's control.

In any case, he had no favorable impression of Kusagakure.

In the original story, Kusagakure had done inhuman things by treating Karin and her mother as mobile blood supplies, which ultimately led to their tragic fate.

If not for Orochimaru, Karin would probably have ended up like her mother, drained of blood until she died.

As for who would control the Land of Grass and Kusagakure, he felt Mui could be chosen.

Mui was quite strong.

In his early years, he had been obsessed with the Box of Ultimate Bliss and hoped to open it so Kusagakure could rule the shinobi world.

It was not until his son, Muku, died because of the Box of Ultimate Bliss that he finally woke up to reality. From then on, he wholeheartedly wanted to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss to revive Muku.

Unfortunately, the wish-granting mechanism of the Box of Ultimate Bliss was twisted.

Muku was revived, but in reality, he had become Satori.

In the end, Mui used his life to help Uzumaki Naruto and the others defeat Satori.

It was worth mentioning that Muku also had a childhood friend named Ryūzetsu.

She had mastered a forbidden jutsu called Life Transfer, which was a resurrection jutsu that exchanged one life for another.

However, it was still far too early. Muku and Ryūzetsu had not been born yet.

Natsuki and the others soon reached the shore.

Yahiko and the other three had stayed at Hōzuki Castle for a long time and had already figured out the situation.

The location they chose was the weakest point in Hōzuki Castle's defenses, so they infiltrated very easily.

In fact, Hōzuki Castle's defenses were not strict.

This was related to Mui's Fire Release: Heavenly Prison.

It was a combination of Fire Release and sealing jutsu.

After a target, or rather a prisoner, was struck by Fire Release: Heavenly Prison, they would no longer be able to use ninjutsu.

If they attempted to escape, the cursed seal left behind by Fire Release: Heavenly Prison would turn into flaming chains and burn them.

In addition, if they moved too far away from the user, it would also ignite automatically.

Because of this, the prisoners held in Hōzuki Castle did not dare to escape.

Hōzuki Castle was also a public prison shared by various shinobi villages, so there were not many shinobi who tried to break prisoners out.

Even if a jailbreak succeeded, they would not be able to take the prisoner away.

Unless Fire Release: Heavenly Prison was undone.

After reaching the island, Natsuki and the others headed toward Hōzuki Castle.

However, they did not use the main gate. Instead, they arrived at the rear of Hōzuki Castle.

Its rear side was a cliff. The cliff was very high, and the sea lay below.

A shinobi's body was certainly strong, but under the restriction of Fire Release: Heavenly Prison, which prevented them from using ninjutsu, jumping down would most likely lead to death.

Natsuki looked around, then raised his hand.

Hidden Barrier!

Chakra surged out and formed an invisible barrier.

Soon, this area was covered by the barrier.

From the outside, Natsuki and the others could no longer be seen. They had been hidden by the barrier.

"I'll lure Mui over. You hold him off while I go look for the Box of Ultimate Bliss."

Natsuki spoke.

Fighting within this barrier would reduce the commotion as much as possible.

Konan and the others would not end up surrounded by guards either.

"Natsuki-sensei, leave it to us!"

Yahiko said confidently.

The four of them all had Tokubetsu Jonin-level strength, and their abilities were special. Even jonin could easily get into trouble when facing them.

After all, shinobi battles were battles of intelligence.

"Be careful of his Fire Release."

Natsuki nodded and said.

He still trusted Yahiko and the others quite a bit.

Mui's current strength had not yet reached its peak.

Besides, if he could not defeat a combination like Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and Yukina, that would be unreasonable.

After Natsuki left the barrier, he entered Hōzuki Castle.

Following the map Yahiko and the others had given him, he quickly found Mui's office.

Natsuki extended his hand and flicked out a burst of chakra, striking his window.

"Who is it?"

Mui immediately stood up and chased outside.

Natsuki left him with only a view of his back, then ran outward.

Mui chased after him without hesitation.

When they reached the rear of Hōzuki Castle, he suddenly stopped.

Because Natsuki had already disappeared.

At that moment, a wave of cold air surged toward him.

Wherever the cold air passed, the ground froze solid.

Mui immediately retreated.

The sound of wind being cut rang out.

Konan, who had turned into a demon, appeared behind him.

Rankyaku!

She kicked out.

Terrifying force turned into a vacuum wave, slicing toward his body like a sharp blade.

Fire Release: Heavenly Prison Fire Sword!

Mui sensed danger, but as a jonin, his reaction speed was very fast.

He turned his right wrist, and Fire Release chakra formed into a sword that collided with the vacuum wave.

The air twisted, and sparks scattered everywhere.

After the sword exploded, it turned into a sea of flames that surrounded Konan instead.

Geppo!

Konan narrowly avoided the sea of flames and reached midair.

As for Mui, he did not even look at the result before using the Body Flicker Technique.

The cold air Yahiko created was immediately avoided by him.

As soon as Mui landed, he saw a water dragon descending from the sky.

He raised his head and saw Nagato.

Mui hurriedly formed hand seals.

He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of flames.

However, before it could even approach the water dragon, an ice wall appeared in front of him.

The ice wall blocked the flames. The water dragon changed direction, avoided the ice wall, and crashed toward Mui.

"Two Ice Release shinobi?"

Mui noticed Yukina, and his heart immediately shook.

Grass Style: Peeling Palm!

Facing the incoming water dragon, Mui chose to strike out with his palm.

Chakra covered his palm, then struck the water dragon's head.

The water dragon let out a sharp sound, and its head instantly split apart.

Nagato clearly had not expected Mui's taijutsu to be so strong as well, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

However, Yahiko had already seized this chance to create a large amount of blood with chakra.

Blood Demon Art: Winter Icicles!

Sharp icicles fell from midair, enveloping Mui.

At the same time, Konan took out the Sorcery Clima-Tact.

Thundercloud Rod!

A large number of black spheres emerged from the top of the Sorcery Clima-Tact.

They connected together, making the Sorcery Clima-Tact longer, like a whip.

Konan raised the Sorcery Clima-Tact.

A long whip flashing with lightning lashed toward Mui.

Mui felt the situation growing stranger and stranger.

Where had these four geniuses come from? And why were they attacking him?

However, he had no time to think too deeply.

The four-person assault left him somewhat overwhelmed.

At this time, Natsuki had already arrived at Mui's residence.

He stepped forward and stepped on one of the floorboards.

The floorboard suddenly split open, revealing a passage leading downward.

Natsuki walked down.

At the end of the passage was a basement.

In the middle of the basement sat the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

It was a cube with a human face on each of its four sides, representing joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.

This was why Natsuki said Satori was a Yin Release monster.

Emotions were mental energy, which was Yin Release.

Yin could create form from the formless, which matched the wish-granting mechanism of the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Natsuki reached out and placed his hand on the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

A cold aura surged toward him.

The innate talent of the Nfirea Template immediately took effect.

Natsuki felt that as long as he wished it, he could open the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

After thinking about it, he did not open it immediately.

After all, this place was not suitable.

Natsuki took out a summoning storage scroll.

However, he quickly discovered that the Box of Ultimate Bliss could not be placed inside.

No wonder Mui kept the Box of Ultimate Bliss in the basement instead of carrying it with him inside a summoning storage scroll.

Thinking of this, Natsuki used the Door-Door Fruit.

A spatial door appeared.

He exerted his strength and pushed the Box of Ultimate Bliss into the spatial door.

After that, he and the Box of Ultimate Bliss arrived on the boundless grasslands of the Land of Grass.

Natsuki thought for a moment, left behind a shadow clone, then returned to Hōzuki Castle.

Although he believed Yahiko and the others could defeat Mui, he was still worried that they might be injured.

Moreover, Mui could not be killed by them. Otherwise, Natsuki would have to find another person in charge.

Before Natsuki even got close, he sensed intense chakra fluctuations.

He looked toward the five people in battle.

Because he had not been gone long, the outcome had not yet been decided.

However, judging from the situation, Mui had already fallen into a disadvantage.

Lightning flashed.

Under Konan's control, a thundercloud in the sky immediately released dazzling lightning.

Mui's speed instantly surged.

But in the next second, Nagato blocked his path.

Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide!

Nagato held the Kusanagi Sword and swung it.

A large amount of chakra turned into water currents that attacked Mui madly.

Body Flicker Technique!

Mui dodged to the left.

Konan predicted where he would move, and another bolt of lightning fell from the thundercloud.

With nowhere to dodge, Mui immediately formed hand seals.

Fire Release: Heavenly Prison Fire Sword!

A scorching aura spread.

A stream of flames took the shape of a sword and collided with the lightning.

There was a boom.

The flames exploded.

Mui waved his hand, and the flames flew toward Nagato, who was charging at him.

Seeing this, Yukina formed hand seals and used Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome of Magnificent Nothingness.

Although she had two Blood Demon Arts, neither could be used in battle, so she could only use Ice Release.

Her strength was indeed somewhat inferior to Yahiko and the others.

An ice wall rose and blocked the flames.

Nagato stepped on the ice wall and leaped up.

Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Constant Flux!

The Kusanagi Sword spun as it slashed toward Mui.

But even more shocking was his enormous chakra.

Streams of Water Release chakra surrounded him and soon intertwined in the air to form a giant water dragon.

Mui was shocked.

This boy named Nagato actually had such astonishing chakra.

It felt like he had even more chakra than Mui, a jonin.

The terrifying attack made Mui feel unprecedented pressure.

Fire Release: Great Heavenly Prison!

Mui raised his hand.

All of the chakra throughout his body turned into flames.

Under his control, the flames directly bound the water dragon.

In the original story, he had used Fire Release: Great Heavenly Prison to restrain the tailed beast-level Satori.

Although the water dragon was enormous, it was still inferior to Satori.

Seeing this, Nagato was shocked, but he immediately changed his attack method.

Rankyaku!

He kicked toward Mui.

The vacuum wave turned into a slash, trying to split Mui in two.

Grass Style: Peeling Palm!

In a hurry, Mui struck out with his palm.

The immense force pushed him backward.

At the same time, a bloody mark appeared in the center of his palm.

Ice Release Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!

Ice mirrors appeared one after another around him.

Yukina appeared inside one of the ice mirrors, and with a swing of both hands, a large number of ice shuriken flew toward Mui.

Mui hurriedly steadied himself and threw out a dense spread of shuriken in response.

However, Yukina immediately slipped into the ice mirror and disappeared.

Besides, she was not fighting alone.

Yahiko's ice shuriken had also arrived behind Mui.

Nagato raised his hand and stabbed at him.

Mui could not dodge in time.

The ice shuriken struck his back.

Nagato's Shigan pierced his shoulder.

Konan seized this chance and used the Sorcery Clima-Tact to create several cloud spheres.

The cloud spheres touched Mui and rapidly expanded, binding him.

Natsuki appeared in front of him with Soru.

Although Mui was injured, he still had strength left.

Just as he was about to resist, he met Natsuki's eyes.

Figure Eyes!

He immediately fell into a daze.

Natsuki then extended his hand.

A drop of blood flew toward Mui.

"Release him."

Natsuki took a step back and said.

Konan nodded and dispelled the cloud spheres.

Mui fell to the ground and was quickly turned into a demon.

Unlike Hiruko and Nadare Rōga, he was chosen as one of the Twelve Kizuki.

Although he was only a Lower Moon.

The reason Natsuki chose him as one of the Twelve Kizuki was that he needed him to control Kusagakure and the Land of Grass.

Mui himself was a shinobi of Kusagakure and was powerful. Having him control Kusagakure would be relatively convenient.

With his talent and strength, becoming one of the Twelve Kizuki was also acceptable.

Even if he was only a Lower Moon.

The reason Natsuki made him a Lower Moon was that he was not sincerely loyal to him.

Mui's panel quickly appeared in front of Natsuki.

[Name: Mui.]

[Race: Human, Demon.]

[Ability One: Partial Demon Transformation, locked.]

[Effect: Become half-human and half-demon, increasing attack power, speed, and regeneration.]

[Unlock condition: Comprehend it on your own.]

[Ability Two: Blood Demon Art: Illusion Flames, locked.]

[Effect: Mixes illusions into flames, allowing them to interfere with the target.]

[Unlock condition: Comprehend it on your own.]

[Note: After Blood Demon Art: Illusion Flames is unlocked, you will also obtain this Blood Demon Art.]

Natsuki thought carefully.

Blood Demon Art: Illusion Flames came from Kamanue, one of the Twelve Kizuki in Demon Slayer. It leaned toward interference using flames and illusions.

It sounded quite powerful, but in reality, it was average.

The effect description also said it was for interference.

How should he put it?

It suited Mui fairly well.

Mui himself was very skilled in Fire Release.

In a certain sense, he also countered a demon's weakness.

Natsuki raised an eyebrow.

He discovered that the progress toward unlocking the first gate of the Eight Gates in his Hatake Kakashi Template had increased by one-third.

Its unlock condition was defeating three taijutsu jonin.

Did that mean Mui was also a taijutsu jonin?

Natsuki thought about it. Mui had indeed used taijutsu just now.

Grass Style: Peeling Palm was a unique taijutsu of Kusagakure.

Natsuki secretly felt fortunate that he had used Figure Eyes to control Mui at the end.

Only then had the system determined that he had defeated Mui.

However, the first gate of the Eight Gates was not particularly useful to him.

He was not in a hurry.

Gaining one-third progress counted as an unexpected gain.

Mui woke up.

He quickly understood his situation and stood there in a daze for a while.

To him, this was a completely undeserved disaster.

After all, he had been staying peacefully in Hōzuki Castle and had never gone outside.

In the end, Natsuki and the others suddenly appeared.

Not only had they beaten him badly, but they had also turned him into a demon.

Mui could not help feeling bleak inside.

Although he was unwilling to be controlled by Natsuki, he was already powerless to resist.

The blood curse was just that tyrannical.

"Welcome to Akatsuki of the Land of Rain."

Natsuki looked at him and spoke.

Mui responded with silence.

"You should actually thank me."

Natsuki chuckled softly.

"You controlled me, and you still want me to thank you?"

Mui laughed from anger.

"What you seek is opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss."

Natsuki said calmly, "But the Box of Ultimate Bliss is not the all-purpose wish-granting machine you imagined it to be."

"Your goal is the Box of Ultimate Bliss?"

Mui reacted.

"Not just the Box of Ultimate Bliss."

Natsuki shook his head and said, "I need you to become the leader of Kusagakure and control the Land of Grass."

Mui could not help revealing a surprised expression.

He had not expected this organization called Akatsuki to have such great ambition, wanting to control the Land of Grass and Kusagakure.

"Although I have some authority in Kusagakure, it is almost impossible for me to become its leader."

Mui said very calmly.

"Naturally, you cannot do it alone."

Natsuki pointed at Yahiko and the other three. "Akatsuki will help you."

"Does Akatsuki have that much power?"

Doubt appeared on Mui's face.

Although he guarded Hōzuki Castle, he had always paid attention to the outside world.

He had never heard of anything called Akatsuki.

"Don't underestimate our Akatsuki!"

Yahiko immediately became unhappy. "Don't forget that we just defeated you!"

The corner of Mui's mouth twitched.

But what Yahiko said did make sense.

Judging from the battle just now, the strength and talent of Yahiko and the other three were terrifying.

As for Natsuki, there was even less need to mention him.

A single blood curse was enough to gradually devour Kusagakure.

Hearing this, Natsuki did not say anything more.

Having Yahiko and the other three help Mui take control of Kusagakure would not be easy.

But that suited Natsuki's intentions.

Because completing this matter would produce a very good training effect.

It was the same reasoning as before. Blindly training made it very difficult to truly grow.

In addition, the shinobi who joined Akatsuki also needed experience.

"All right, next, we'll go open the Box of Ultimate Bliss."

Natsuki reached out and opened a spatial door.

"Space-time ninjutsu?"

Mui could not help widening his eyes, but then he thought of something and said, "You and I alone cannot open the Box of Ultimate Bliss."

"You are wrong. I do not need you. I can open it by myself."

Natsuki walked into the spatial door.

"That's impossible!"

Mui subconsciously denied it.

"Hmph, you simply haven't seen Natsuki-sensei's abilities."

Yahiko followed him into the spatial door.

"Natsuki?"

Mui frowned slightly and felt that the name sounded very familiar.

After walking through the spatial door and seeing the Box of Ultimate Bliss, his body suddenly trembled as he remembered.

Natsuki was Konoha's super genius and Orochimaru's student.

Why had he gone to the Land of Rain and founded an organization called Akatsuki?

Moreover, he was even planning to control the Land of Grass and Kusagakure.

Was Konoha trying to start the Third Shinobi World War?

Natsuki ignored what Mui was thinking. He raised his hand and placed it on the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

The Black Grail opened, and a large amount of chakra was poured into it.

The Box of Ultimate Bliss suddenly trembled.

A gloomy aura spread.

At the same time, a voice appeared in everyone's minds.

"Born with Satori, moved by Satori, ended by Satori. State your wish."

Mui froze in place.

Natsuki had actually opened the Box of Ultimate Bliss by himself?

"Mui."

Natsuki thought for a moment and said, "You make the wish."

It was safer to let someone else make this kind of twisted wish.

"Me?"

Mui's face was filled with disbelief.

"Yes, you."

Natsuki withdrew his hand and said.

"I wish to become the strongest in the shinobi world!"

Mui said without hesitation.

(To be continued.)