Chapter 188: Senji Muramasa
Fuguki made the correct decision in an instant.
First, it was because Natsuki was famous and powerful.
Second, it was because their target was the Kuja Pirates.
Now, all members of the Kuja Pirates had vanished into thin air, and Natsuki had appeared in their place.
No matter how he thought about it, there was clearly a problem.
Naturally, Natsuki would not let them leave.
He raised his hand.
Bakudō Number 81: Dankū!
Fuguki and Jūzō had escaped less than a hundred meters when a defensive wall stretching from earth to sky appeared, blocking their path.
The two of them did not slow down. They raised the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, and the Bluntsword, Kabutowari, and slashed at it.
An ear-piercing sound rang out.
Huge cracks appeared in the defensive wall.
Just as the two of them were about to continue attacking, they felt the temperature around them rise rapidly.
Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!
Three huge fire dragons roared as they flew out.
The air twisted.
The two instantly turned around. Flames rushed toward their faces, and sweat seeped out from their foreheads.
At the same time, they were greatly shocked.
Their memories of Natsuki were still stuck in the Second Shinobi World War.
At that time, he had not used Fire Release.
Let alone Fire Release with such terrifying power.
Their thoughts flashed by in an instant, and the two of them quickly formed hand seals.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
Two thick water walls rose up in layers before them.
The three fire dragons collided with them, and the first water wall was instantly evaporated.
But the three fire dragons also shrank by a circle. When they slammed into the second water wall, the two sides fell into a stalemate.
As water and fire collided, steam immediately rose.
The two took this opportunity to scatter left and right.
Fuguki's mind moved, and he quickly formed hand seals.
Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique!
In an instant, with him as the center, mist spread outward.
Seeing this, Jūzō also used Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique.
The mist spread even faster, and in the blink of an eye, it had already covered the nearby area.
Observation Haki!
Electromagnetic Wave Sensing!
Because of the mist blocking his vision, Natsuki could only see about one meter ahead.
But fortunately, Observation Haki and Electromagnetic Wave Sensing were not affected by the mist.
The sound of air being torn apart rang out.
After using Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique, Jūzō immediately used both hands to throw the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō.
The huge blade whistled through the air, spinning as it became a terrifying killing weapon.
The imposing Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, flew out of the mist in an instant and slashed toward Natsuki.
Tekkai: Break!
Natsuki clenched his fist and punched the huge blade.
The Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, let out an explosive sound and flew back even faster.
Jūzō's expression changed sharply. He did not dare catch it head-on and quickly dodged.
At the same time, Fuguki had already used the mist to get behind Natsuki.
He swung his right hand fiercely, and the axe chopped out.
Natsuki turned around.
His right hand caught the axe.
"What?"
A look of shock appeared on Fuguki's face.
Whether it was Natsuki detecting his position or Natsuki catching the axe barehanded, neither made any sense to him.
Rankyaku!
Naturally, Natsuki would not explain it to him. He raised his leg and kicked.
Fuguki quickly raised his left hand, placing the huge hammer in front of him.
With a boom, Rankyaku's cutting wave far exceeded Fuguki's expectations.
He only felt his left hand go numb, and his entire body was forced backward.
Bakudō Number 61: Rikujōkōrō!
Natsuki released the axe and waved his hand casually.
Six bars of light descended from the sky and locked Fuguki in place.
At the critical moment, Jūzō arrived in time to reinforce him.
He held the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, and swung it with force.
The massive blade tore through the air and mist, producing the sound of air being split wherever it passed.
Natsuki's expression did not change as he opened his hand.
Iron Sand Sword!
The ground trembled. All of the iron sand flew out and formed a wall in front of him.
The Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, struck it and immediately produced a deafening sound.
"Is this Magnet Release?"
Jūzō's pupils shrank.
"Retreat!"
Seeing this, Fuguki shouted without hesitation.
At the same time, regret rose in his heart.
If he had known, he should have fled immediately after using Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique earlier.
But Jūzō had believed that they held the advantage in the mist and could kill Natsuki.
In addition, they were both members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. If they retreated just like that, they would not be able to explain themselves to the Third Mizukage.
Since Fuguki had already seen Jūzō launch an attack, he could only follow along.
But judging by the current situation, not running earlier had indeed been a huge mistake.
Because Natsuki had not been affected by the mist at all, and he had suddenly displayed Magnet Release.
After hearing Fuguki's words, Jūzō quickly retreated.
His entire body turned into a gust of wind, and his speed reached its limit.
At the same time, Fuguki broke through the six bars of light and also turned to flee without hesitation.
His astonishing speed turned him into an afterimage.
"I am the bone of my sword. This body is made of swords. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood..."
Natsuki immediately raised both hands.
Unlimited Blade Works!
Fuguki and Jūzō only felt their vision blur, and the environment around them changed.
The two subconsciously stopped and swept their gazes around. Immediately, impossible expressions appeared on their faces.
The sky had suddenly become dark, and countless gears appeared.
The earth was desolate, with swords planted everywhere.
"Space-time ninjutsu?"
Fuguki was Kirigakure's Anbu commander and had seen many things, so the words subconsciously slipped out of his mouth.
"Then this is troublesome. Neither of us knows space-time ninjutsu. Unless we kill Natsuki, we cannot get out."
Hearing this, Jūzō's face immediately darkened as he spoke.
Fuguki also thought of this, and his expression became ugly.
But they were members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen after all, elites among elites.
After confirming their current situation, they immediately charged toward Natsuki.
Natsuki waved his hand.
Two Swords of the Thunder God flew up from the ground.
"Be careful. His swords can explode!"
Fuguki reminded him.
After he finished speaking, Jūzō and he made the same choice, using the Body Flicker Technique to avoid them.
But in the next second, the two suddenly stopped.
Twenty Swords of the Thunder God appeared in front of Natsuki.
The sound of air being torn apart rang out.
Twenty Swords of the Thunder God smashed toward them like a meteor shower.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
Jūzō quickly formed hand seals.
A water wall rose.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
A huge water dragon appeared before Fuguki and flew out.
Broken Phantasm!
Natsuki's mind moved.
The twenty Swords of the Thunder God exploded all at once.
Countless fragments wrapped in lightning scattered above their heads like fireworks.
The water dragon and water wall were immediately riddled with holes.
The two retreated while using the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, and the Bluntsword, Kabutowari, to block.
Natsuki raised his hand again.
The swords near them all rose into the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions erupted one after another.
Even though the two of them were powerful, they still began to fall short under such dense attacks.
Fuguki let out a muffled groan.
Four fragments had pierced into his arms, and blood seeped out.
As for Jūzō, he relied on the wide blade of the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, to block.
But he soon discovered a problem.
Fine cracks had appeared on the blade of the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō.
If this continued, the sword would break.
"We have to risk our lives!"
Jūzō shouted.
"I will block these swords. You go kill Natsuki!"
Hearing this, Fuguki immediately answered.
He also knew there was only one outcome if they passively took the beating, death.
Shadow Clone Technique!
Fuguki formed hand seals with both hands and created two shadow clones.
After that, all three of them formed hand seals at the same time.
Water Release: Water Formation Pillar!
Three huge water spheres fell from the sky, and after landing on the ground, they suddenly exploded.
The spreading water swept in every direction like ocean waves.
The incoming swords immediately paused.
Jūzō seized the opportunity. The ground cracked apart, and powerful force sent him leaping into the air.
In midair, his body shot above Natsuki's head like a cannonball.
The huge Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, slashed down at his head.
But at that moment, Jūzō sensed danger.
The sound of air being torn apart rang out.
He keenly heard three sounds, but the problem was that he saw nothing in his field of vision.
Three Swords of the Thunder God exploded around him.
Unlike the previous explosions, this time, aside from fragments and lightning, there was also a violent gust of wind.
They were three Swords of the Thunder God that had been covered with Invisible Air.
Natsuki had prepared them long ago, waiting for the two of them to get close.
Now that the explosion happened without warning, Jūzō had no defense against it at all.
He could only instinctively pull back his sword and try to use the huge blade to block the explosion.
But the blade could only block one side.
It could not block the other three sides.
Jūzō only felt intense pain strike him as countless fragments, lightning, and violent winds slammed into his body.
Blood spread, and his body instantly became a bloody mess.
The next second, he flew out and fell to the ground, his life and death unknown.
Seeing this, Fuguki's heart immediately turned cold.
The two of them together could not defeat Natsuki, let alone now that only he remained.
But he no longer had time to think.
Natsuki waved his hand casually.
Countless swords appeared around him.
A more violent explosion than before erupted.
Flames, fragments, lightning, and chakra currents submerged Fuguki like a tsunami.
Even though he resisted with all his strength, it was still useless.
A bloody mist rose.
Under the various attacks, not even his body was left behind.
Natsuki nodded slightly.
It had to be said that after obtaining the Black Holy Grail, the power of Unlimited Blade Works was truly terrifying.
The vast majority of shinobi pulled into Unlimited Blade Works by him would be killed.
Although Fuguki and Jūzō were members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, they were still within that vast majority of shinobi.
Natsuki only needed to wave his hand and could defeat them with Projection Magecraft and Broken Phantasm.
In the end, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen still had not reached the level of true powerhouses.
Natsuki waved his hand casually and drew the Broken Sword, Kubikiribōchō, and the Bluntsword, Kabutowari, in front of him.
These two swords were of no use to him.
He did not plan to use them to trade with Kirigakure either.
But since they were swords, he could keep them inside Unlimited Blade Works.
The only thing he had to pay attention to was that Kirigakure had a summoning scroll that could summon these two swords.
Fortunately, Natsuki had learned the Contract Seal from Kushina, allowing him to sever their connection with the summoning scroll.
[Congratulations to the host for unlocking Ability Two of the Hatake Kakashi Template: Eight Gates, First Gate.]
Natsuki looked at the line of text that appeared before him and was slightly stunned.
Why had Eight Gates, First Gate, been unlocked?
Its unlock condition was defeating three taijutsu jonin.
Natsuki rubbed his chin.
Strictly speaking, Fuguki and Jūzō could indeed be called taijutsu jonin.
In the shinobi world, taijutsu also included swordsmanship.
Because the prerequisite for learning swordsmanship was having a sufficiently powerful body. Like taijutsu, swordsmanship required close combat.
Without a powerful body, one would simply be going to their death.
But learning ninjutsu was different.
Even with a poor body, one could still use ninjutsu.
For example, Nagato and Itachi.
Of course, having a poor body would definitely have an effect.
Precisely because of this, many people in Natsuki's previous life had wanted to know how strong Nagato and Itachi would be if they were healthy.
No matter what, being able to unlock Eight Gates, First Gate, was a good thing.
With this, all the abilities of the Hatake Kakashi Template had been unlocked.
In terms of abilities, the most valuable ability in the Hatake Kakashi Template was the Mangekyō Sharingan.
However, Natsuki felt that the Seven Nature Transformation Talent played an even greater role.
Because it helped him learn many ninjutsu and secret techniques.
One ability could unlock a whole pile of abilities.
Natsuki released Unlimited Blade Works and reappeared on the island.
He did not wait long before the three great snake priestesses descended from the sky.
"Master."
Tagorihime stepped forward and said, "The four Kirigakure Anbu teams have been dealt with."
Although the four Kirigakure Anbu teams had more people, they only had two Tokubetsu Jonin and two jonin.
Besides, in terms of numbers, the snakes of Ryūchi Cave were naturally greater.
Although the three great snake priestesses were not contractors of Ryūchi Cave, as high-ranking members of Ryūchi Cave, they could also summon great snakes such as Manda.
"Have the bodies been handled?"
Natsuki nodded, then asked.
In the shinobi world, corpses could speak.
Only by destroying all traces could he and the three great snake priestesses avoid being exposed.
"They have already been eaten by snakes. No traces remain."
Tagorihime answered.
"Let's go."
Hearing this, Natsuki said, "We will head to the Land of Sea."
He took two steps, then suddenly stopped.
[You have awakened the Senji Muramasa Template.]
Natsuki let out a soft sound of surprise.
When Muramasa was mentioned, most people's first reaction would be the demon sword Muramasa.
Natsuki was no exception.
The demon sword Muramasa was a very famous sword from Japan's Warring States period.
Because it brought misfortune to its wielder, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and his family.
The ones who forged it were the Muramasa school of swordsmiths from Kuwana in Ise Province.
The Muramasa school had three generations in total, and the swords they forged would all be engraved with the two characters Muramasa.
Senji Muramasa was the first generation of the Muramasa school.
Natsuki rubbed his chin.
He was able to awaken the Senji Muramasa Template, and it was clearly related to killing Fuguki and Jūzō.
The only thing the three had in common was swords.
No, perhaps there was another reason.
Natsuki had used Unlimited Blade Works from the Emiya Template to kill Fuguki and Jūzō.
If he guessed correctly, the Senji Muramasa Template came from Fate/Grand Order.
Fate/Grand Order and Fate/stay night both belonged to the Nasuverse.
In Fate/Grand Order, Senji Muramasa was summoned with Shirou Emiya's body as his vessel.
In other words, he looked exactly like Shirou Emiya.
Thinking of this, Natsuki immediately looked at his newly obtained character template.
[Name: Senji Muramasa.]
[Period: Shimōsa Province Saber-class Servant.]
[World: Fate/Grand Order.]
[Rank: S.]
[Ability One: Sword Trial, Unlocked.]
[Effect: By looking at a non-Noble Phantasm ninja tool once, you can grasp how to fight with it.]
[Ability Two: Trial Cutting, Locked.]
[Effect: Draw out the power possessed by the ninja tool in your hand, and even allow the ninja tool to unleash its greatest power, enough to destroy itself in an instant.]
[Unlock condition: Forge seven swords with special effects.]
[Ability Three: Flame, Locked.]
[Effect: A flame used to forge ninja tools with all your heart and strength, even at the cost of burning yourself out. Its effect is determined by the materials.]
[Unlock condition: Obtain the Longsword, Nuibari, the Blast Sword, Shibuki, the Lightning Swords, Kiba, and the Twin Swords, Hiramekarei.]
[Ability Four: Tsumukari Muramasa, Locked.]
[Effect: Deploy a Reality Marble. After creating a wilderness of countless swords, all swords will shatter like snowflake crystals, leaving only one sword in your hand. It is a slash that can cut through time, space, or even causality.]
[Unlock condition: Establish the Seven Warlords of the Sea, obtain the recognition of the daimyo of the Land of Water without using genjutsu, and gain a foothold in the Land of Water.]
After Natsuki finished reading it, he had only one feeling. He had made a huge profit.
Ability One, Sword Trial.
This ability was not very useful.
Because the shinobi world did not have many special ninja tools.
Moreover, this ability was similar to the Innate Talent effect of the Nfirea Template.
Ability Two, Trial Cutting.
This ability reminded Natsuki of Broken Phantasm from the Emiya Template.
In terms of drawing out the greatest power of a tool to the point of self-destruction, it was somewhat similar.
But overall, it was still not very useful.
Its unlock condition was forging seven swords with special effects.
Clearly, this was related to Ability Three, Flame.
The effect of Flame could be summarized in four words, forging ninja tools.
Its unlock condition was obtaining the remaining four swords of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Natsuki had already obtained three.
Although it said obtaining four ninja swords, in truth, it required him to defeat their holders.
Only after unlocking the ability Flame could he unlock Ability Two.
This ability was still quite good.
Mainly because it could be used to forge ninja tools with special abilities.
Since they had special abilities, they were probably similar to the Six Paths Treasured Tools.
Ability Four, Tsumukari Muramasa.
The reason the Senji Muramasa Template was rated S-rank was clearly because of this ability.
Compared to the fourth ability, the first three abilities were not worth mentioning.
This ability was an alternative version of Unlimited Blade Works.
Like Unlimited Blade Works, it could deploy a Reality Marble.
But Unlimited Blade Works was an area attack type that controlled countless swords.
This was the exact opposite. Countless swords were concentrated into a single slash, unleashing the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Its unlock condition also proved its power.
Because this requirement was very high.
Not only did he have to establish the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he also had to obtain the recognition of the daimyo of the Land of Water and gain a foothold in the Land of Water.
The Seven Warlords of the Sea came from One Piece and referred to seven great pirates who served the World Government.
Simply put, he needed to find seven jonin as his subordinates.
Actually, this was not especially difficult for Natsuki.
He could take a shortcut and have Yahiko and the others come over.
The most difficult part was obtaining the recognition of the daimyo of the Land of Water and gaining a foothold in the Land of Water.
Especially since he could not use genjutsu to control the daimyo of the Land of Water.
But even if he obtained the daimyo's recognition, needless to say, Kirigakure would be the first to object.
Because from another perspective, the Seven Warlords of the Sea would become the second shinobi village of the Land of Water.
(To be continued.)
