Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

The Mizukage's office in Kirigakure.

The Third Mizukage sat in the Mizukage's chair with his eyes closed.

Before him stood the famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

The current Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were already somewhat different from the original story.

The reason was that Natsuki had killed Jinin Akebino.

It had happened during the previous attack on the Uzumaki clan by Kirigakure and Kumogakure.

Three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had gone there.

Jinin Akebino died, while Fuguki Suikazan and Kushimaru Kuriarare were captured.

In the end, Kirigakure exchanged for Fuguki and Kushimaru's return, but they paid a heavy price.

Among the price was the Great Sword, Samehada.

Losing the Great Sword, Samehada, meant that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were missing one blade.

However, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were an iconic elite shinobi group in Kirigakure.

If they were canceled just like that, it would cause unrest in Kirigakure.

Because the Seven Ninja Swordsmen held very high status in Kirigakure.

After thinking it over, the Third Mizukage decided to have Yagura Karatachi join them and replace Jinin Akebino.

Yagura was an outstanding figure among Kirigakure's younger generation.

In terms of strength and talent, he was much stronger than Fuguki and the others.

In the original story, he eventually became the Fourth Mizukage.

Yagura was skilled in Water Release and staff techniques, and the ninja tool he used was a coral staff.

Although the coral staff was not a ninja sword, at least they did not need to find a second Great Sword, Samehada.

"Only five months have passed since the New Year, yet the Kuja Pirates have already successfully robbed ships fifteen times."

The Third Mizukage slowly spoke, "Kirigakure has also lost fifteen shinobi teams, including two jonin."

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen exchanged glances, all understanding why they had been called over.

"Mizukage-sama."

Fuguki took a step forward and said, "I volunteer to deal with these Kuja Pirates."

He had previously been captured by Konoha, so he had been looking for a way to earn merit.

After all, even though he had been released, the fact that he remained one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had drawn a great deal of criticism.

"The daimyo of the Land of Water has already sent me a message, ordering Kirigakure to destroy the Kuja Pirates within this month."

The Third Mizukage looked at Fuguki and said, "You and Jūzō Biwa will go together. Do not disappoint me."

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen were elites among elites.

In addition, the strength the Kuja Pirates had shown so far was not particularly strong. Most of their members were only chunin.

The reason they were so difficult to catch was because their movements were strange and unpredictable.

This was mainly thanks to the snakes of Ryūchi Cave. Like White Zetsu, they could appear everywhere and avoid danger in advance.

After the three great snake priestesses learned Natsuki's Concealment Barrier, the Kuja Pirates became even more elusive.

This time, Fuguki was put in charge because he was also the Anbu commander and had carried out covert missions for many years.

With the help of the Anbu, the Third Mizukage believed that the Kuja Pirates would definitely be found.

"Yes, Mizukage-sama."

Fuguki and Jūzō quickly answered.

"Dismissed."

The Third Mizukage waved his hand and said.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen bowed slightly and turned to leave.

"When do we depart?"

After leaving the Mizukage's office, Jūzō immediately asked impatiently.

"We have not yet confirmed the Kuja Pirates' exact location."

Fuguki remained very calm and said, "We will need to wait at least half a month."

"That slow?"

Jūzō frowned and asked.

"The Kuja Pirates are not that simple. We only have one chance."

Fuguki said without changing expression, "If we are too impatient, we will only alert them."

"Do not forget that we only have one month."

Jūzō reminded him, "If we exceed one month, Mizukage-sama definitely will not let us off easily."

"Do not worry. We will find them within the required time."

Fuguki said calmly.

Time arrived in mid-June.

Since Amegakure changed hands, the main thing Natsuki had been doing during this period was training.

Although he was the Hokage secretary and Anbu commander, there was not much work that truly required him to do it personally.

After all, he had subordinates.

There was no need to mention the Anbu. He could command all of them.

As for the Hokage Secretariat, he had the help of Mikoto, Minato, and Shikaku.

Mikoto in particular often helped him.

Natsuki felt that she was not a Hokage secretary, but his secretary.

No, more accurately, she was his maid.

After all, a normal Hokage secretary would not provide services like brewing tea and peeling mandarins.

Spending most of his time training also allowed Natsuki to unlock two abilities from the Kikyō Template.

One was Dimensional Seal.

Its unlock condition was to develop a new Door-Door Fruit ability or learn a space-time ninjutsu.

Natsuki chose the former.

He developed a new ability called Banishment Arrow, which was the idea he had come up with earlier in the leader building of Amegakure.

The other was Opening the Gate of Hell.

Its unlock condition was learning Impure World Reincarnation.

How should it be put?

The Impure World Reincarnation Natsuki learned had not been improved, so its effect was average.

The shinobi summoned would be far weaker than they had been when alive.

To Natsuki, its usefulness was not especially great.

But that did not mean it was useless.

He could summon some enemies with Impure World Reincarnation and make them work for free.

For example, Akatsuki needed these free employees.

Aside from that, there was the ability Opening the Gate of Hell.

It could open the gate leading to the Pure Land.

After Natsuki unlocked it, his first thought was to try it.

But in the end, he restrained the impulse.

Because there was an old veteran in the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.

The souls of shinobi who died normally in the shinobi world would all go to the Pure Land.

Once they went to the Pure Land, they could not return to the shinobi world.

However, there were always exceptions to everything.

For example, Impure World Reincarnation.

But the Sage of Six Paths was another situation entirely.

He was too powerful. Even without a physical body, he could freely enter and leave the Pure Land with only his soul and chakra.

In the original story, he personally gave Sasuke and Naruto their power-ups.

Although Natsuki was already strong enough now, it was still hard to say what would happen if he faced the Sage of Six Paths.

For safety's sake, he would not open the gate to the Pure Land for the time being.

However, the Pure Land was indeed a very good resource.

There were countless souls inside. Especially the souls of those powerhouses, who would still possess powerful combat strength if summoned.

Most importantly, if he controlled the Pure Land, it would be another form of immortality.

Natsuki fell into thought.

He always felt that this was a plan the Sage of Six Paths had set up against Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Even if Kaguya broke free, he could still rely on the Pure Land to seal her again.

Aside from that, within the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths could keep living.

Judging from the original story, the Pure Land had indeed played quite an important role.

After learning Impure World Reincarnation and developing a new ability for the Door-Door Fruit, the ninjutsu Natsuki still had to learn was only the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

At most, there was also Ryūchi Cave's senjutsu.

After thinking it over carefully, Natsuki decided to learn the Spirit Transformation Technique.

A long time ago, he had used his contributions to exchange for the Spirit Transformation Technique from Konoha, but he had never learned it.

Now that he had Kakashi's talent, he could try it.

After all, he had even learned Impure World Reincarnation.

Because the Dead Demon Consuming Seal was a sealing technique, it was somewhat more difficult.

But he had already begun to understand it. Learning it was only a matter of time.

The Spirit Transformation Technique was very special.

Perhaps after learning it, he could trigger a character template related to souls.

At that moment, Natsuki felt a summoning force.

It was obviously from the three great snake priestesses.

He immediately stopped resisting, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived on the ship where the Kuja Pirates were.

"What is it?"

Natsuki glanced at Tagorihime, then sat on the sofa.

Tagitsuhime and Ichikishimahime ran over as usual to massage him.

"Kirigakure's Anbu have set their sights on us."

Tagorihime answered, "Although they have not discovered us yet, it is only a matter of time."

"It seems you have put too much pressure on the Land of Water and Kirigakure."

Natsuki was not surprised when he heard this.

He had already guessed this would happen before.

In truth, he was looking forward to it.

Because if nothing unexpected happened, after dealing with Kirigakure's targeting, the Kuja Pirates would be able to make their name known.

He would also be able to unlock the Love-Love Fruit from the Hancock Template.

"Who is responsible for this matter in Kirigakure?"

Natsuki asked again.

"It is Fuguki Suikazan, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

Tagorihime explained, "I had the snakes of Ryūchi Cave carry out a reverse trace, and they saw Kirigakure Anbu meeting with him."

"The snakes of Ryūchi Cave are indeed very useful."

Natsuki praised them.

"Master, I am even more useful."

Tagitsuhime suddenly grabbed his wrist.

Before Natsuki could react, she pressed his hand against her chest.

The soft sensation made him freeze slightly.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing this, Ichikishimahime immediately flew out from behind Natsuki and pounced toward Tagitsuhime.

Tagitsuhime had no choice but to dodge.

Natsuki withdrew his hand and secretly thought that Ryūchi Cave's Sage Art: Transformation was indeed impressive. The feeling was extremely realistic.

"Quiet."

Tagorihime immediately said, "How improper is it to make a scene in front of Master?"

Tagitsuhime and Ichikishimahime immediately stopped.

Natsuki raised an eyebrow.

He actually felt that seeing a legal loli and a young woman wrestling together was rather amusing.

"Back to the matter at hand."

Natsuki coughed lightly and said, "With Kirigakure Anbu's ability, they will most likely find our base soon."

"Do we need to transfer?"

The corner of Tagorihime's mouth twitched as she asked.

Because she saw Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime running back to Natsuki.

Each of them grabbed one of his hands and placed it against their chest to warm it.

"We need to transfer, but not now."

Natsuki glanced at Ichikishimahime and said.

She was too flat and ordinary, leaving him unable to produce any improper thoughts.

"We can turn their plan against them."

Natsuki thought for a moment and said, "When they surround our base, I will open a spatial door and let all of you leave."

"As expected of Master!"

Ichikishimahime said enthusiastically, "When the time comes, we can surround them in turn and kill them all in one go!"

Whenever killing was involved, she became very excited.

Or rather, all three of them became very excited.

After all, they were not human and had no feelings toward humans.

"That is my idea, but there is no need to cause unnecessary casualties. When the time comes, only the four of us will stay behind."

Natsuki nodded slightly, then said, "During this period, you can search for a new base."

"Yes, Master."

Tagorihime immediately answered.

"Do not choose an island."

Natsuki suddenly thought of something and said, "Choose a small nation."

He was preparing to unlock Conqueror's Haki.

Its unlock condition was liberating the slaves of the Land of Water.

But after these slaves were rescued, what should be done with them?

He could not possibly bring them back to Konoha.

The best method was to find a small nation in this sea region.

When the time came, this group of slaves could settle there and live in peace.

As for benefits, it was not as if there were none.

This small nation could be like Akatsuki's orphanage and continuously provide him with subordinates.

Aside from that, slaves with shinobi potential could also be sent to Amegakure to live.

After all, Amegakure was currently very short on shinobi.

He could actually send this group of slaves to the Land of Rain.

But that would be too obvious.

The second day after he sent them there, the Land of Water and Kirigakure would know.

At that time, Kirigakure might directly attack Amegakure. That would not be worth the loss.

At least for now, Amegakure did not have the ability to contend with Kirigakure, one of the five great shinobi villages.

What Amegakure and the Land of Rain needed right now was development.

Before the Third Shinobi World War erupted, they had to improve their overall strength as much as possible.

"Notify me once you have decided."

Natsuki stood up, pulled his hands back from Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime's chests, opened a spatial door, and returned to Konoha.

In less than three days, he was summoned again by the Reverse Summoning Technique to the Kuja Pirates' ship.

"Master."

Tagorihime handed him a scroll and said, "We all agreed that the Land of Sea is good."

Natsuki immediately felt that this nation sounded somewhat familiar.

He thought back for a moment and realized it was related to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru had once conducted mermaid experiments on Kikaijima in the Land of Sea.

Simply put, the experiments were meant to give humans the ability to breathe underwater.

The purpose of this experiment was to create an underwater shinobi force.

It was also on Kikaijima in the Land of Sea that Anko Mitarashi was given the Cursed Seal of Heaven.

But now, the mermaid experiment definitely no longer existed.

After all, as the Hokage, Orochimaru had no need to run to the Land of Sea to conduct experiments.

From another perspective, however, this proved that the Land of Sea was a very remote small nation.

Orochimaru had definitely conducted experiments there because he would not be noticed.

Natsuki opened the scroll and began reading.

It was a map of the Land of Sea.

The Land of Sea was an island nation mainly made up of four islands.

Kikaijima, Tarō Island, Jirō Island, and Mother Island.

Among them, Kikaijima was the main island.

This nation had no shinobi and was only a simple small nation.

Most importantly, it was also far from Kirigakure.

"The Land of Sea is indeed a good place."

Natsuki nodded and said, "We will choose this place."

"I will have Tagitsuhime control the daimyo of the Land of Sea."

Tagorihime immediately said.

Among the three great snake priestesses, Tagitsuhime was the best at genjutsu, so it was suitable for her to handle it.

Natsuki had experienced this when he had previously taken the three great snake priestesses' trial.

But the daimyo of the Land of Sea was only an ordinary person, unlike him, who could break free from genjutsu.

Of course, Tagorihime's genjutsu was not bad either.

However, she had to remain with the Kuja Pirates to guard against Kirigakure's attack.

"After robbing the next merchant ship, return to the Kuja Pirates' base."

Natsuki said with a smile, "Kirigakure will most likely be unable to hold back and will make a move against you."

"Yes, Master."

Tagorihime nodded.

Late June.

The isolated island where the Kuja Pirates' base was located.

Ten kilometers away, there was a very small island that looked like a huge stone platform.

There were many strangely shaped stones inside it that had been eroded by the seawater.

At this moment, Fuguki and Jūzō were standing among the stones.

Together with them were four Anbu teams, a total of sixteen people, including two jonin and two Tokubetsu Jonin.

This lineup was already enough to fight a small-scale encounter battle.

After all, the shinobi who could join the Anbu were all elites.

Moreover, there were also two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

The reason he brought out this lineup was because of the decision Fuguki made after investigating during this period.

The Kuja Pirates had a total of thirty-three shinobi.

But only five could be called jonin, and two of them were Tokubetsu Jonin.

The other crew members were chunin and genin.

In other words, only the three great snake priestesses were jonin.

The three great snake priestesses did not make many moves, and they gave Fuguki a very strange feeling.

But he had never seen the three great snake priestesses, so he did not pay too much attention to it.

The reason was simple.

He had an impression of every famous powerhouse in the entire shinobi world.

Among them, there were no three great snake priestesses.

Because the past contractors of Ryūchi Cave could not summon the three great snake priestesses.

Natsuki was an exception.

"All members of the Kuja Pirates have already gone ashore."

An Anbu shinobi appeared in front of Fuguki and Jūzō from afar.

"Once night falls, we will land on the island."

Fuguki nodded and said, "The four Anbu teams will go ashore from four directions. Do not let a single person escape."

Everyone answered in unison.

The night gradually deepened.

Fuguki, who had been standing in place for a long time, suddenly leaped up.

Jūzō and the four Anbu teams quickly followed.

Once they got close, Fuguki waved his hand.

The four Anbu teams immediately scattered and landed on the island from different directions.

Fuguki went straight onto the island and ran toward the Kuja Pirates' base.

Jūzō smiled grimly and gripped the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, on his back.

Fuguki's previous weapon had been the Great Sword, Samehada.

But because he had been captured, Samehada had fallen into Nawaki's hands.

After returning to Kirigakure, he took over Jinin Akebino's Bluntsword, Kabutowari.

In a certain sense, the Bluntsword, Kabutowari, and the Great Sword, Samehada, were similar. They were both heavy ninja tools.

With Fuguki's powerful strength added in, he quickly adapted to it.

At that moment, in the Kuja Pirates' base, a spatial door opened.

The members of the Kuja Pirates walked into it one after another and went to the Land of Sea.

In the end, only the three great snake priestesses and Natsuki remained.

"The four Anbu teams of Kirigakure are yours to handle."

Natsuki instructed, "I will deal with Fuguki and Jūzō."

"Yes, Master."

The three great snake priestesses turned and left.

Natsuki stood in place and waited.

He had no intention of hiding his identity. In any case, Fuguki and Jūzō could not possibly leave this place alive.

The sound of air being torn apart rang out.

Fuguki and Jūzō landed.

The instant they saw Natsuki, both of them could not help feeling their hearts shake.

What was going on?

Why was Natsuki here?

Could this be a trap set by Konoha?

(To be continued.)

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